Games like Mad Games Tycoon 2
If Mad Games Tycoon 2 is your kind of game, the closest matches are City Game Studio: Your Game Dev Adventure Begins, Mad Games Tycoon and The Corporate Machine — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, contemplative and whimsical. 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.
Get personalized picks →Mad Games Tycoon 2 is a strategy simulation released in 2023 that tasks players with building and managing a video game development studio. Players begin in 1976 and progress through decades of industry evolution. The game emphasizes publishing and business management through mechanics including competitor acquisition, addon management, and automation workflows. Reviewers highlight that modular systems allow for diverse playstyles, while players appreciate the option to automate publishing and reduce micromanagement. Mod support is a significant feature, with players noting it substantially expands the experience. The game offers substantial length and challenging gameplay with difficulty variation. It supports online co-operative play and runs as playable on Steam Deck, priced at $24.99 USD, holding a 93% positive rating from over 2,100 Steam reviews. Players describe the experience as challenging, contemplative, and whimsical.
About Mad Games Tycoon 2: Start your own game development studio in 1976. Build your own offices, production facilities and server rooms. Develop the games of your dreams and produce the next next-gen console. Rise from a small garage company to a huge corporation.
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City Game Studio: Your Game Dev Adventure Begins
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Shares mod support and a contemplative mood with Mad Games Tycoon 2.
Top pick for Mad Games Tycoon 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mad Games Tycoon 2.
Manage a game studio from the dawn of the gaming industry in 1976. Your journey starts with small indie titles and grows into a gaming empire. Develop, design, and conquer the industry. From humble beginnings to gaming legend – it’s your story, your studio, your legacy!
Mad Games Tycoon
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Second-strongest match for Mad Games Tycoon 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mad Games Tycoon 2.
Form your own game studio set in the early 1980s in a small garage. Develop your own game ideas, create a team and develop megahit video games. Research new technologies, train your staff and upgrade your office space, going from a lowly garage to a huge building. Expand your business and dominate the world market for video games!
The Corporate Machine
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Shares a contemplative mood with Mad Games Tycoon 2.
Third-strongest match for Mad Games Tycoon 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Mad Games Tycoon 2.
Stardock's classic 2001 real-time economic strategy game, available now on Steam. Dive back into the timeless battle for one of the most ruthless environments ever created: international trade.
Rise of Industry
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Shares a challenging mood with Mad Games Tycoon 2.
Ranked #4 for Mad Games Tycoon 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mad Games Tycoon 2.
Put your entrepreneurial skills to the test in the first title in the ROI series as you create & optimise intricate production lines. As an early 20th-Century industrialist, grow your empire & adapt to an ever-changing business landscape with unexpected events that could lead to boom…or bust.
Game Builder Tycoon - Prologue
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Ranked #5 for Mad Games Tycoon 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mad Games Tycoon 2.
Game Builder Tycoon - Prologue is a free simulation game in which you begin your journey as an indie game developer. Personalize your character, craft hit games, manage marketing and research stuff. Create best game on the planet!
Desynced
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Ranked #6 for Mad Games Tycoon 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Mad Games Tycoon 2.
Desynced is a sci-fi strategy game with fully customizable units and behaviors. Gather, build, research, and explore the unknown. Alone or with friends, unveil the mystery of an AI on the edge of self-awareness and uncover the hidden truth in this blend of strategy, automation, and exploration.
SimCasino
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Shares mod support with Mad Games Tycoon 2.
Ranked #7 for Mad Games Tycoon 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mad Games Tycoon 2.
Modern Casino Tycoon Simulation in full 3D glory. Build the casino. Set the odds. Expand into a luxury hotel/casino or go cheap & extract max profits. Keep the vault secure at all times, and beware of criminals & cheaters!!
Rec Center Tycoon - Management Simulator
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Shares a challenging mood with Mad Games Tycoon 2.
Ranked #8 for Mad Games Tycoon 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mad Games Tycoon 2.
Design, build and manage a recreation center! Host fitness classes, build swimming pools, arcade & entertainment areas, build event rooms to host parties & much more. With endless customisation, Rec Center Tycoon goes much more in-depth than your average business management simulator.
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Game Dev Tycoon
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Reviewers of Mad Games Tycoon 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mad Games Tycoon 2.
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.
Mad Tower Tycoon
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Shares a contemplative mood with Mad Games Tycoon 2.
Reviewers of Mad Games Tycoon 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mad Games Tycoon 2.
Design your own skyscraper with more than 100 Floors. Rent offices, apartments or shops and build a financially lucrative skyscraper. Build cinemas, bars or a theater to satisfy your visitors and create an effective transport system with elevators and stairs.
Overcooked
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Reviewers of Mad Games Tycoon 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with Mad Games Tycoon 2.
Overcooked is a chaotic couch co-op cooking game for one to four players. Working as a team, you and your fellow chefs must prepare, cook and serve up a variety of tasty orders before the baying customers storm out in a huff.
Software Inc.
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Shares a contemplative mood with Mad Games Tycoon 2.
Reviewers of Mad Games Tycoon 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mad Games Tycoon 2.
Construct and design buildings for optimal working conditions. Hire people to design and release software, so you can defeat the simulated competition and take over their businesses. Manage and educate your employees to make sure they are skilled and satisfied with their job.
Game Dev Story
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Reviewers of Mad Games Tycoon 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mad Games Tycoon 2.
Work hard and you may reach the top of the video game industry!
Project Highrise
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Shares a contemplative mood with Mad Games Tycoon 2.
Reviewers of Mad Games Tycoon 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Mad Games Tycoon 2.
Project Highrise is a skyscraper construction and management sim...
City Game Studio: Your Game Dev Adventure Begins
WHY THIS
Shares mod support and a contemplative mood with Mad Games Tycoon 2.
Reviewers of Mad Games Tycoon 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mad Games Tycoon 2.
Manage a game studio from the dawn of the gaming industry in 1976. Your journey starts with small indie titles and grows into a gaming empire. Develop, design, and conquer the industry. From humble beginnings to gaming legend – it’s your story, your studio, your legacy!
Game Corp DX
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Reviewers of Mad Games Tycoon 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with Mad Games Tycoon 2.
Manage your Game Studio, earn big bucks, impress the critics, beat rival studios and clean up at the awards!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Mad Games Tycoon 2 at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
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Priced ~80% under Mad Games Tycoon 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Mad Games Tycoon 2.
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.
Lethal Company
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Priced ~60% under Mad Games Tycoon 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Mad Games Tycoon 2.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Bloons TD 6
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Priced ~44% under Mad Games Tycoon 2 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Mad Games Tycoon 2.
The Bloons are back and better than ever! Get ready for a massive 3D tower defense game designed to give you hours and hours of the best strategy gaming available.
People Playground
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Priced ~60% under Mad Games Tycoon 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Mad Games Tycoon 2.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Vampire Survivors
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Priced ~80% under Mad Games Tycoon 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Mad Games Tycoon 2.
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!
PEAK
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Priced ~68% under Mad Games Tycoon 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Mad Games Tycoon 2.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Free alternatives
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Bongo Cat
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Mad Games Tycoon 2.
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?
Magic Archery
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Mad Games Tycoon 2.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
The Lab
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
Landfall Archives
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mad Games Tycoon 2.
Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!
SuchArt: Creative Space
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Mad Games Tycoon 2.
Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!
Crime Scene Cleaner: Prologue
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Mad Games Tycoon 2.
When there’s a call, you are the man to clean up after your client’s dirty job. Siding with the mafia is a dangerous game, but they pay well, and you need money, right? So take your mop and better remove those bloodstains quickly before the police come.
Outpath: First Journey
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Mad Games Tycoon 2.
Outpath: First Journey is a prologue chapter of the main game, Outpath. An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!
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Mad Games Tycoon
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Another title from Eggcode, the studio behind Mad Games Tycoon 2. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mad Games Tycoon 2.
Form your own game studio set in the early 1980s in a small garage. Develop your own game ideas, create a team and develop megahit video games. Research new technologies, train your staff and upgrade your office space, going from a lowly garage to a huge building. Expand your business and dominate the world market for video games!
Mad Tower Tycoon
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Mad Games Tycoon 2.
Another title from Eggcode, the studio behind Mad Games Tycoon 2. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mad Games Tycoon 2.
Design your own skyscraper with more than 100 Floors. Rent offices, apartments or shops and build a financially lucrative skyscraper. Build cinemas, bars or a theater to satisfy your visitors and create an effective transport system with elevators and stairs.
Mad Television Tycoon
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Mad Games Tycoon 2.
Another title from Eggcode, the studio behind Mad Games Tycoon 2. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mad Games Tycoon 2.
In Mad Television Tycoon, you take control of a TV station. Accept the challenge and lead your network to success. Your task is to create a diverse schedule, maximize advertising revenue, and outshine the competition.
Frequently asked about Mad Games Tycoon 2
- Does Mad Games Tycoon 2 run on Steam Deck?
- Mad Games Tycoon 2 is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Mad Games Tycoon 2 cost?
- Mad Games Tycoon 2 is listed on Steam at 24.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Mad Games Tycoon 2 have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Mad Games Tycoon 2 supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, PvP).
- What games are most similar to Mad Games Tycoon 2?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Mad Games Tycoon 2 are City Game Studio: Your Game Dev Adventure Begins, Mad Games Tycoon, The Corporate Machine.
- Who developed Mad Games Tycoon 2?
- Mad Games Tycoon 2 was developed by Eggcode.
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