Games Like Backlot: Hollywood Studio Tycoon

Backlot: Hollywood Studio Tycoon

A deep Hollywood studio simulation, 1930 to the streaming age. A back lot, a million dollars and no pictures. Commission scripts, sign stars to seven-year contracts, book dates against rival studios, and survive television, home video and everything else that came for the movies.

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News Tower

94% 👍 OF 4.6K
About This Game

Develop your newspaper and become New York’s new media mogul! In this tycoon, build and manage your newspaper from printer to toilet. Create your editorial line and lead your journalists through unique 1930's stories and dig out the latest scoops!

Player reviews say you can…

  • …tailor the same paper to different NYC neighborhoods, because each borough has totally different reader tastes.
  • …take shady deals from the mayor, mafia, military, or high society, then deal with lawsuits, mobs, or baseball-bat "courtesy visits" if you anger them.
  • …hold finished stories for next week, then drop them together to stack combo bonuses.
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Painters Guild

67% 👍 OF 543
About This Game

Painters Guild is a management sim where you control an art academy in the Italian Renaissance. Paint artwork as beautiful as the Mona Lisa. Hire painters like Leonardo da Vinci and millions of randomly generated ones. Expand and customize your guild with furniture and more.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Manage A Renaissance Guild
  • …Hire Famous Painters
  • …Oversee Artwork
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Car Manufacture: Prologue

86% 👍 OF 319
About This Game

Build a car factory in the beginning of XX century. Discover new cars and technologies. Manage employees. Make tons of money and stay on top. Car Manufacture: Prologue, being a shortened version of the full game, is a great way to try this automotive tycoon game.

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Transport INC

70% 👍 OF 1.1K
About This Game

Become the manager of the largest transport corporation ever! Create new planes, bus, trains and truck connections. Optimize them to ever-changing demands and adapt to unexpected events. Beat the competition. Connect cities all around the real world map!

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Connect Cities Worldwide
  • …Reroute Around Strikes
  • …Set Route Fares
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Delivery INC

70% 👍 OF 279
About This Game

Delivery INC is a fast-paced time management game where you’ll be challenged with quick decision making and planning. Build a fleet of vehicles and drivers. Make deliveries before the customer’s patience runs out. Put your logic and delivery skills to the test in any real-world city.

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Puffin Planes

95% 👍 OF 357
About This Game

A casual airline management game set on Earth and Mars. Supports singleplayer and Steam co-op.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …run your airline on a custom Earth globe, or take the whole operation to a terraformed Mars.
  • …wage airline wars by advertising, stealing concourses, building hotels, kicking rivals out of airports, and buying them in hostile takeovers.
  • …create a ridiculous superhub by flying one city directly to everywhere, overload the airport, and strand huge passenger queues in lounges until you get fired.
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Sky Haven Tycoon - Airport Simulator

58% 👍 OF 1.4K
About This Game

Build your own airport in Skyhaven! Live out your airplane tycoon and simulation game fantasies and make the best surroundings and strategy for both airline manager and passenger alike. Schedule flight plans, build terminals, landing strips and more and create an airport tycoon empire in Skyhaven.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Build Airport Runways
  • …Plan Flight Routes
  • …Design Terminal Flow
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Startup Company

81% 👍 OF 6.2K
About This Game

Startup Company is a business simulation sandbox game where you’re the CEO of a new company. Your job is to build your very own website and compete against the largest tech giants on the planet!

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Build Website Features
  • …Scale Server Hosting
  • …Run Marketing Campaigns
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Business Magnate

67% 👍 OF 218
About This Game

Business Magnate is a tycoon business simulation game where you can create all types of businesses: Cars, rockets, phones, tanks, trucks, airplanes, computers, and ships. Design, produce, market and sell them. You can even run multiple companies at the same time.