Games like RPG Tycoon
If RPG Tycoon is your kind of game, the closest matches are Gnomoria, Towns and Lethis - Path of Progress — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its chill, contemplative and relaxing. 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 →About RPG Tycoon: Hire heroes, send them on quests, get loot and make a profit as you expand from nothing into a bustling fantasy kingdom and attempt to win the coveted title of the greatest kingdom in all of the land!
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Steam players who put hours into RPG 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.
Gnomoria
WHY THIS
Shares mod support and a relaxing mood with RPG Tycoon.
Top pick for RPG Tycoon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with RPG Tycoon.
Gnomoria is a sandbox village management game where you help lead a small group of gnomes, who have set out on their own, to thrive into a bustling kingdom! Anything you see can be broken down and rebuilt elsewhere.
Towns
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with RPG Tycoon.
Second-strongest match for RPG Tycoon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with RPG Tycoon.
The game brings a fresh new take on the city building/management genre by introducing many RPG features. In Towns you manage a settlement on top of an active dungeon. Instead of playing the hero who delves deep into the dungeon, how about playing the town that houses and caters to the hero's needs?
Lethis - Path of Progress
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with RPG Tycoon.
Third-strongest match for RPG Tycoon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with RPG Tycoon.
Lethis - Path of Progress is a city-builder in a victorian steampunk setting.
Meeple Station
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with RPG Tycoon.
Ranked #4 for RPG Tycoon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with RPG Tycoon.
Build your way to success! Trade your way to the top! Explore your way to infamy! Do it all your way!
Empire Architect
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with RPG Tycoon.
Ranked #5 for RPG Tycoon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with RPG Tycoon.
Empire Architect is an ancient city-building real time strategy game, with elements from grand strategies sprinkled in for good measure. The levels are procedurally generated, and you have limited control over your subjects
Indoorlands
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with RPG Tycoon.
Ranked #6 for RPG Tycoon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with RPG Tycoon.
The indoor park management simulator where you can create your rides and coasters from scratch and freely design your halls. Manage, expand and develop your own park to inspire your guests. Satisfy your visitors' needs by unlocking and researching new buildings, rides, transportation and more!
Let's Build a Zoo
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with RPG Tycoon.
Ranked #7 for RPG Tycoon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with RPG Tycoon.
It's time to Build a Zoo! Construct and decorate enclosures, buy and breed animals, hire zookeepers and vets... then try your hand at DNA splicing, and stitch together over 300,000 different types of animal. This can only go smoothly...
Parkasaurus
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with RPG Tycoon.
Ranked #8 for RPG Tycoon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with RPG Tycoon.
Parkasaurus is a dinosaur tycoon management simulation where you take care of your dinosaurs by constructing well-designed exhibits, researching specialized technologies, and maximizing profits to expand into the ultimate dinosaur theme park. Do you favor development for guests or your dinosaurs?
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Majesty 2
WHY THIS
Reviewers of RPG Tycoon cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with RPG Tycoon.
In the world of Majesty, you are the ruler of the kingdom Ardania. At your service are your loyal and somewhat obnoxious subordinates, who have their own minds about how things should be done. In fact, Majesty is the only game where your heroes decide on their own what should be done and when, leaving you to try to control them through...
Game Dev Tycoon
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with RPG Tycoon.
Reviewers of RPG Tycoon cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with RPG 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.
SimCity™ 4 Deluxe Edition
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with RPG Tycoon.
Reviewers of RPG Tycoon cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with RPG Tycoon.
SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition includes the bestselling SimCity 4 and the all-new SimCity 4 Rush Hour Expansion Pack. Create the most massive region of cities ever, with a farming town, bedroom community, high-tech commercial center, and industrial backbone.
Ski Park Tycoon
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with RPG Tycoon.
Reviewers of RPG Tycoon cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with RPG Tycoon.
Designed as a classic tycoon game, Ski Park Tycoon is a ski resort simulation PC game that will put your strategic thinking skills and creativity to the test.
Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection
WHY THIS
Reviewers of RPG Tycoon cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with RPG Tycoon.
The wildly popular Zoo Tycoon series gets set to crank up the excitement, challenge, and fun of building the ultimate zoo. Let your imagination run wild with Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection. Build, manage, and maintain your dream zoo alone or with up to four players.
The Sims™ 4
WHY THIS
Shares mod support with RPG Tycoon.
Reviewers of RPG Tycoon cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure and Simulation with RPG Tycoon.
Play with life and discover the possibilities. Unleash your imagination and create a world of Sims that’s wholly unique. Explore and customize every detail from Sims to homes–and much more.
RollerCoaster Tycoon World™
WHY THIS
Reviewers of RPG Tycoon cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with RPG Tycoon.
RollerCoaster Tycoon World™ is the newest installment in the legendary RCT franchise. This next-generation theme park simulation and building game includes fan-favorite features along with incredible new advancements!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below RPG Tycoon at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under RPG Tycoon on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with RPG 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.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under RPG Tycoon on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with RPG 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!
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under RPG Tycoon on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with RPG 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.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under RPG Tycoon on Steam right now. Shares Indie with RPG Tycoon.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under RPG Tycoon on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with RPG 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?
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under RPG Tycoon on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with RPG 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.
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under RPG Tycoon on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with RPG Tycoon.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under RPG Tycoon on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with RPG Tycoon.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with RPG Tycoon.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with RPG 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?
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 RPG Tycoon.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with RPG Tycoon.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with RPG Tycoon.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with RPG Tycoon.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with RPG Tycoon.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
Virtual Cottage
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with RPG Tycoon.
Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.
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Frequently asked about RPG Tycoon
- How much does RPG Tycoon cost?
- RPG Tycoon is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to RPG Tycoon?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside RPG Tycoon are Gnomoria, Towns, Lethis - Path of Progress.
- Who developed RPG Tycoon?
- RPG Tycoon was developed by Skatanic Studios and published by Macrocosmic Software.
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