Hidden Resource Management 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 resource management games. For those who prefer not to search, check out lists of the most played, top deals and best free to play Resource Management games on Steam.

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Ways of Alchemy Become a medieval alchemist in this card game. Brew deadly potions, discover ancient recipes, hire adventurers, and outwit the Inquisition. Transform your humble shack into an alchemical empire. No wands are required — just knowledge and wit.

Price 17.49€
Rating 7.2
Release 22 Aug 2025
Planetary Life Manipulate climate, add plants and evolve creatures in this planet and life sandbox simulation game. From cells to civilizations, spread life throughout the whole planet. Or just enjoy watching your creation burn!

Price 11.79€
Rating 8.7
Release 15 Aug 2025
Gemporium: A Cute Mining Sim Mine, Refine, and Sell Gemstones of various rarities to eagerly awaiting customers in Gemporium, a mining simulation management game! Manage your time wisely while purchasing upgrades and growing your shop's reputation day by day.

Price 9.75€
Rating 8.9
Release 07 Aug 2025
Galaxy Idle Clicker Embark on an interstellar journey with Galaxy Idle Clicker! Conquer galaxies, upgrade your spaceship, and face off against a myriad of enemy ships. With engaging minigames, powerful upgrades, GIC delivers an unparalleled idle space adventure. Join the cosmic conquest today and dominate the universe!

Price Free to play
Rating 7.0
Release 06 Aug 2025
Fuel Harvest Together Play solo or co-op with up to 5 players to find oil, store crude, refine fuels, and sell them at gas stations and shop. Dig for gems and fossils, upgrade your gear, lease new land, and dominate the city as the biggest oil supplier!

Price -40% 8.27€
Rating 7.5
Release 01 Aug 2025
Another Farm Roguelike: Rebirth Discover the ultimate farming roguelike experience! Build, craft, and grow your farm to pay off the increasing rent. No slow-paced walking or social distractions—just click! Reclaim the joy of strategic farming in diverse maps and let your cursor guide you to success. Play your way, rent won’t wait!

Price -53% 3.25€
Rating 7.1
Release 01 Aug 2025
Lakeside Bar A cozy management sim where the jazz is smooth, the cocktails are cooler than the evening breeze, and the lake reflects your perfect escape.

Price -67% 1.96€
Rating 8.0
Release 30 Jul 2025
Let Them Trade Build a network of cities that produce and trade resources, upgrade your castle, and protect the cities from cheeky bandits. Tinker with the economy at your own pace, and watch the charming wooden world grow into a lively and thriving kingdom.

Price 17.99€
Rating 8.0
Release 24 Jul 2025
Grimshire A deadly plague threatens the village of Grimshire. Manage your farmland, forage the bounty of the wilds, prevent your harvest from rotting away and keep the root cellar full. Can you help bring the community together and survive?

Price 14.79€
Rating 9.2
Release 22 Jul 2025
Fill Up The Hole Turn trash into cash in a dystopian world! Fill Up The Hole is a short incremental game where you build a city, automate garbage production, and toss it into a magical hole for profit.

Price 2.99€
Rating 8.4
Release 17 Jul 2025
Ground of Aces Take command of a remote military air base during World War II. Build your own airfield, manage iconic aircraft and oversee your crew’s well-being. Prepare them against air raids and send your pilots on dangerous missions. Survive and help your nation win the war!

Price -20% 19.60€
Rating 8.3
Release 10 Jul 2025
Not Monday Cafe Cozy idle cafe management that keeps you company while you work. Grow fresh ingredients, cook, and serve delicious food to adorable animal customers. Build your dream cafe that sits at the bottom of your screen.

Price 8.79€
Rating 8.8
Release 22 Jun 2025
Tobacco Shop Simulator Run your tobacco shop. Sign contracts with leading brands, order products, hire workers, expand your store, and never let your customers leave the store empty-handed. Play with friends or go solo, and enjoy the growth of your shop.

Price 11.79€
Rating 8.6
Release 22 Jun 2025
Ark Nova Plan and build a modern, scientifically managed zoo to support conservation projects in an acclaimed strategy board game.

Price -34% 14.60€
Rating 8.5
Release 20 Jun 2025
Chinese Frontiers Build the Great Wall and lead your village to glory in this immersive building and management simulator! Explore medieval China, develop your settlement, manage NPCs, and construct monumental structures. Your choices will shape the fate of an empire and leave a mark in history!

Price -52% 11.96€
Rating 6.9
Release 19 Jun 2025
After Inc: Revival Can you rebuild civilisation after a zombie apocalypse? From the creator of Plague Inc. comes a unique blend of strategic simulation, survival city builder and ‘mini 4X’. Build settlements, harvest resources and shape society as you lead Humanity out of the darkness.

Price -20% 13.99€
Rating 7.5
Release 17 Jun 2025
Cube Chaos Cube Chaos is a complex strategy roguelike about placing units to create giant armies, factories, combos, or self replicating murder crabs, overwhelming and outsmarting your opponents. Build and adapt new strategies each run using a ludicrous variety of units, perks and more.

Price 11.79€
Rating 8.9
Release 17 Jun 2025
Omelet You Cook The cozy chaotic cooking roguelike. Assemble omelets for quirky students using ingredients from a conveyor belt. Discover wacky combinations to satisfy the ever-demanding Principal Clucker.

Price -20% 7.80€
Rating 9.2
Release 07 Jun 2025
Zombie Graveyard Simulator Manage your Graveyard by day as you bury and cremate bodies, maintain graves, fulfill visitor requests, grow crops, run a shop and unlock upgrades. When night falls, face relentless zombie hordes as you build defenses to protect your work and fight to survive in Zombie Graveyard Simulator!

Price -26% 10.35€
Rating 8.3
Release 05 Jun 2025
Void War Command an ancient starship and fight your way to the heart of a dying Empire. Fend off attacks from demented cultists, craven space pirates, and xenophobic Imperial soldiers. Discover powerful artifacts and use them to build your ship into a fearsome war engine.

Price 19.50€
Rating 8.5
Release 02 Jun 2025
Survive the Fall Explore, loot and fight in an open world action game set in a post-apocalyptic future after a devastating meteor strike. Assemble your team and take the fight to the enemy or choose a stealthy approach to gain the upper hand. Expand your base to research new gear and get ready to survive the fall.

Price -53% 11.80€
Rating 7.0
Release 22 May 2025
Blacksmith Master Manage your own medieval smithy in Blacksmith Master and supervise the entire process from mining ores and gems to designing and selling finished products. Forge everything from weapons and armor to tools and cooking utensils to fund your craft and become the Blacksmith Master.

Price -55% 9.04€
Rating 8.0
Release 15 May 2025
Yes, Your Grace 2: Snowfall Rule your crumbling kingdom as you try to satisfy the petty needs of your people in this cinematic kingdom management RPG. Balance your resources, collect taxes, hire agents and make difficult decisions to see your kingdom prosper or fail.

Price 24.50€
Rating 6.9
Release 08 May 2025
Darfall Darfall is a hero-based RPG city-building game that puts you in the role of a hero who must protect their home and help it grow! During the day, grow your hero’s might, find epic loot, master new abilities, and fortify your settlement. At night, survive the hordes of undead, until you triumph.

Price 24.50€
Rating 7.5
Release 08 May 2025