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Games like Anime Studio Tycoon

If Anime Studio Tycoon is your kind of game, the closest matches are Comic Book Tycoon, Two Point Campus and Game Dev Tycoon — picked from the ranked list below. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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About Anime Studio Tycoon: In Anime Studio Tycoon you replay the history of the anime industry. Witness rise of Otaku culture to end cell shading. Start your own company, your decisions will make or break your studio. Create bestselling anime and ascend to greatness in the anime industry.

2020StrategyIndieSimulationCasual9.99 USDWindowsby True Seria
Anime Studio Tycoon — Steam game cover

Players who liked Anime Studio Tycoon also play

Steam players who put hours into Anime Studio Tycoon also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Comic Book Tycoon

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Anime Studio Tycoon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Anime Studio Tycoon.

    Start out as comic artist in small room and draw best comic you can and show off your work, replay the history of the comic industry., your decisions will make or break your studio. Create bestselling comics and become immortal with your stories.

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Two Point Campus

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Anime Studio Tycoon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Anime Studio Tycoon.

    Build the university of your dreams with Two Point Campus, the sim with a twist from the makers of Two Point Hospital. Build, hire staff and run an academic institution packed with wild courses.

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Game Dev Tycoon

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Anime Studio Tycoon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Anime Studio Tycoon.

    In Game Dev Tycoon you replay the history of the gaming industry by starting your own video game development company in the 80s. Create best selling games. Research new technologies and invent new game types. Become the leader of the market and gain worldwide fans.

    2013StrategyIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Two Point Museum

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Anime Studio Tycoon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Anime Studio Tycoon.

    Curate and manage incredible museums! Explore to discover amazing artifacts. Design and refine the layout, keep staff happy, guests entertained, donations plentiful… and children off the exhibits

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Tavern Keeper 🍻

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Anime Studio Tycoon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Anime Studio Tycoon.

    From the creators of Game Dev Tycoon comes Tavern Keeper 🍻, a cosy-chaotic management sim, featuring a powerful decoration sandbox and a magical storybook RPG!

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Mashinky

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Anime Studio Tycoon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Anime Studio Tycoon.

    Mashinky is a transport strategy game about trains. The goal is to create your own transport empire on a procedurally generated map. It’s a unique blend of realistic graphics combined with an isometric construction mode and board game-like rules.

    2018StrategyIndieSimulation24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Big Pharma

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Anime Studio Tycoon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Anime Studio Tycoon.

    What if you had it in your power to rid the world of disease, to improve the lives of millions, to ease suffering and cure the sick… and earn a tidy profit? As the head of your own Pharmaceutical Conglomerate you have this power resting in your hands. Will you use it for good?

    2015StrategyIndieSimulation24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. RollerCoaster Tycoon® 2: Triple Thrill Pack

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Anime Studio Tycoon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Anime Studio Tycoon.

    This compilation includes the entire RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 series, with the original game as well as the Time Twister and Wacky Worlds expansions.

    2014StrategySimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Anime Studio Tycoon at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Anime Studio Tycoon on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Anime Studio Tycoon.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Anime Studio Tycoon on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Anime Studio Tycoon.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. How to Fish

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Anime Studio Tycoon on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Anime Studio Tycoon.

    A 1-4 player physics based fishing simulator. While drinking and boating you suddenly crash into a small island. To work your way back home you have to learn How to Fish.

    2026ActionIndieSimulation4.95 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Anime Studio Tycoon on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Anime Studio Tycoon.

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Anime Studio Tycoon on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Anime Studio Tycoon.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under Anime Studio Tycoon on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Anime Studio Tycoon.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Anime Studio Tycoon on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Anime Studio Tycoon.

    Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.

    2009Strategy4.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Anime Studio Tycoon on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Anime Studio Tycoon.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Anime Studio Tycoon.

    The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Anime Studio Tycoon.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Anime Studio Tycoon.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Anime Studio Tycoon.

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Anime Studio Tycoon.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Anime Studio Tycoon.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Anime Studio Tycoon.

    A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  8. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Anime Studio Tycoon.

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from True Seria

Other recommendable Steam games by True Seria, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Comic Book Tycoon

    WHY THIS

    Another title from True Seria, the studio behind Anime Studio Tycoon. Shares Strategy and Indie with Anime Studio Tycoon.

    Start out as comic artist in small room and draw best comic you can and show off your work, replay the history of the comic industry., your decisions will make or break your studio. Create bestselling comics and become immortal with your stories.

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Pizza Shop Manager

    WHY THIS

    Another title from True Seria, the studio behind Anime Studio Tycoon. Shares Simulation and Casual with Anime Studio Tycoon.

    Pizza Shop Manager gives you an opportunity to open and manage a pizza restaurant of your dreams. It's all in your hands. Toss it, flip it, make it. Create your pizza empire!

    2021SimulationRPGCasual9.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Project Prison: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Another title from True Seria, the studio behind Anime Studio Tycoon. Shares Indie and Simulation with Anime Studio Tycoon.

    Have you ever thought about the best place to start your criminal empire without any legal consequences? Now you will finally be able to experience prison life in Project Prison: Prologue. try to stay alive in a prison which contains’ s the world’s most ruthless inmates.

    2026ActionIndieSimulationFreeSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Two Point Campus

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Anime Studio Tycoon.

    Build the university of your dreams with Two Point Campus, the sim with a twist from the makers of Two Point Hospital. Build, hire staff and run an academic institution packed with wild courses.

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Two Point Museum

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Anime Studio Tycoon.

    Curate and manage incredible museums! Explore to discover amazing artifacts. Design and refine the layout, keep staff happy, guests entertained, donations plentiful… and children off the exhibits

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Tavern Keeper 🍻

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Anime Studio Tycoon.

    From the creators of Game Dev Tycoon comes Tavern Keeper 🍻, a cosy-chaotic management sim, featuring a powerful decoration sandbox and a magical storybook RPG!

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Anime Studio Tycoon

How much does Anime Studio Tycoon cost?
Anime Studio Tycoon is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Anime Studio Tycoon?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Anime Studio Tycoon are Comic Book Tycoon, Two Point Campus, Game Dev Tycoon.
Who developed Anime Studio Tycoon?
Anime Studio Tycoon was developed by True Seria.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Anime Studio Tycoon.

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