Hidden Economy Games on Steam

Unlike generic lists, our strategy game recommendations use a rigorous analysis of Steam user reviews to identify and feature only the best, community-validated economy games. For those who prefer not to search, check out lists of the most played, top deals and best free to play Economy games on Steam.

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Game Dev Studio Welcome to your own Game Dev Studio! How will you run your own offices and ascend to greatness in the gaming industry?

Price -95% 0.52€
Rating 8.0
Release 12 Mar 2018
Ninja Tycoon Recruit Ninjas, Hire Workers, build your base, train your Ninjas and send them on Missions!

Price -83% 0.86€
Rating 6.8
Release 26 Feb 2018
Citystate Create a 21st century micro-nation and experiment with economic and political ideals. Futuristic skyscrapers or spreading slums, the Nation relies on your economic and city planning skills.

Price 13.90€
Rating 7.2
Release 22 Feb 2018
Loot Box Quest The spiritual successor to DLC Quest! Earn that sense of pride and accomplishment in the way that only repetitive clicking can deliver. It's a clicker game, so chill out, have a few chuckles, and watch numbers get bigger while the industry burns around us all.

Price 0.99€
Rating 8.6
Release 13 Dec 2017
Computer Tycoon Computer Tycoon is a fairly complex Business Grand Strategy game about Computer Evolution. Start in the 70s, invent until 2034, create the best computer systems, upgrade your infrastructure, lead a team, and alter computer history! It is time to "Think Different"

Price -17% 13.97€
Rating 8.1
Release 12 Oct 2017
Bronze Age - HD Edition What was it like to be a chief of a tribe in 6000 year B.C.? Oh, you know, the usual - feed your people, build them shelters, defend them from raids of neighbors. And if you are lucky, sooner or later you will build a kingdom and become their king!

Price 2.99€
Rating 7.2
Release 25 Sep 2017
Terroir Terroir is a 3D tile-based tycoon game where you manage your very own vineyard. In Terroir, you grow a variety of different grape varietals, craft your wine, and expand and manage your Chateau, all the while dealing with the weather and events that can either make or break your business.

Price -15% 5.66€
Rating 6.9
Release 20 Sep 2017
Capitalism 2 Create and control the business empire of your dreams. This in-depth strategy game covers almost every aspect of business that could be encountered in the real world.

Price -87% 1.32€
Rating 7.7
Release 01 Aug 2017
SAELIG SÆLIG is a game that blends together elements of simulation, strategy, RPG, and business management. Centred around the life of you and your family, you must try to survive and bring wealth and prosperity to your household.

Price 12.49€
Rating 8.0
Release 30 Jun 2017
Caesar™ IV Starting as governor of a newly formed province in the Roman Empire your goal is simple: advance up the empire's political ladder to become the next Caesar.

Price 9.99€
Rating 6.8
Release 29 Aug 2016
Simutrans Simutrans is a freeware and open-source transportation simulator. Your goal is to establish a successful transport company. Transport passengers, mail and goods by rail, road, ship, and even air. Interconnect districts, cities, public buildings, industries and tourist attractions.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.2
Release 24 May 2016
Blueprint Tycoon Build your settlement, gather goods, ensure maximum efficiency and make a profit!

Price -88% 0.37€
Rating 7.8
Release 13 May 2016
Industry Giant 2 Economic booms, stock market crashes, oil crises, upswings, triumphs... Now you can become the greatest power in industry!

Price -94% 0.63€
Rating 8.2
Release 14 Aug 2015
Sirius Sirius Online is a unique, easy to play Space Action Shooter with ongoing progression. Join the Ranks of the Terran Reclaim Forces or the Sirius Colonial Council today and fight for your Faction! Explore forgotten battlefields, find Treasures, create an empire and rule the universe!

Price 15.05€
Rating 6.8
Release 01 Jun 2015
Space Colony: Steam Edition Space Colony: Steam Edition is a remaster of the real-time base builder and strategy game from Firefly Studios, creators of the Stronghold series. In Space Colony you colonize to survive, designing intergalactic bases that keep your crew productive, happy and defended against hostile alien threats.

Price 14.99€
Rating 7.6
Release 30 Apr 2015
Cultures - 8th Wonder of the World Solve the mystery surrounding the 8th Wonder of the World with your heroes and banish evil from the Earth! Play this RTS-Classic.

Price -93% 0.39€
Rating 7.8
Release 26 Mar 2015
Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™ Explore a vast and detailed world and build a Transportation Empire!

Price 5.99€
Rating 8.1
Release 17 Mar 2015
Seven Kingdoms 2 HD Get ready for an exciting real-time strategy game experience like no other with Seven Kingdoms 2! Say goodbye to the monotony of resource gathering and army building, its unique gameplay offers a thrilling blend of city management, trade, industry, espionage, diplomacy, and conquest!

Price -77% 2.32€
Rating 7.6
Release 04 Feb 2015
Airline Tycoon Deluxe Airline Tycoon Deluxe is a funny economy simulation proceeding in realtime and assigning you the complete responsibility for an airline.

Price -93% 0.72€
Rating 7.9
Release 14 Nov 2014
Merchants of Kaidan Regain your riches, restore your honor and avenge your father's murder. A challenging trading game with lots of RPG elements.

Price -96% 0.64€
Rating 7.5
Release 10 Nov 2014
A Golden Wake The rise and fall story of a real estate agent in 1920s Miami. Based on historical events. From Francisco González, creator of the Ben Jordan: Paranormal Investigator series, Shardlight, and Lamplight City.

Price 9.99€
Rating 7.0
Release 09 Oct 2014
Sid Meier's Colonization (Classic) The New World lies before you with all its peril, promise and infinite possibility. Your colonists anxiously follow you to shore. The treasures of an entire continent await you.

Price -94% 0.46€
Rating 9.0
Release 09 Oct 2014
TransOcean: The Shipping Company TransOcean – The Shipping Company is your ticket to the world of gigantic ships and transnational transport empires. Build a mighty fleet of modern merchant ships and conquer the seven seas.

Price -97% 0.60€
Rating 7.1
Release 23 Sep 2014
The Guild Gold Edition It’s the year 1400- the late Middle Ages. Europe sees the dawn of the golden age of the new departures and the free spirit. Under the rule of the bourgeoisie and businessmen, more and more towns are emerging from the clutches of the aristocracy and are achieving independence, power and wealth.

Price -94% 0.63€
Rating 7.1
Release 09 Sep 2014