Games like The Corporate Machine
If The Corporate Machine is your kind of game, the closest matches are Mad Games Tycoon 2, Blockchain Tycoon and ELECTRONIC STOCK TRADING SYSTEM — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its deep economic strategy, multiple viable win conditions and replayable with randomized maps. 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 The Corporate Machine: 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.
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Steam players who put hours into The Corporate Machine 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.
Mad Games Tycoon 2
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with The Corporate Machine.
Top pick for The Corporate Machine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with The Corporate Machine.
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.
Blockchain Tycoon
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with The Corporate Machine.
Second-strongest match for The Corporate Machine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with The Corporate Machine.
Blockchain Tycoon is the cryptocurrency simulation game where you build and manage your own mining operation. Create your own coin, mine it, invest in other coins, upgrade and overclock GPUs or you can just HODL.
ELECTRONIC STOCK TRADING SYSTEM
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for The Corporate Machine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with The Corporate Machine.
This Stock Trading Simulator is the most comprehensive trading system created. This game is so uncomplicated that anyone can play this simulation. The game is highly recommended for the novice trader and more seasoned traders. Buy and sell over 65 different stocks in 10 different sectors.
SuperSuperMarket!
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for The Corporate Machine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with The Corporate Machine.
WELCOME TO MARKETING CITY!" SuperSuperMarket! is a tycoon based on time and money management ! Build, sell, improve your shop and your character to stay in town...
Trade City
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for The Corporate Machine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with The Corporate Machine.
Trade City is a simple city building game that you build your own city by building/developing new buildings.Grow your city with production and trade, and conquer other cities on the map without fighting.
Pawnbroker Simulator: First Haggle
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for The Corporate Machine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with The Corporate Machine.
Welcome to Pawnbroker Simulator! Learn the art of pawnbroking in this prologue, where you appraise items, haggle with customers, and manage your first shop to turn bargains into profit.
Mad Games Tycoon
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with The Corporate Machine.
Ranked #7 for The Corporate Machine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with The Corporate Machine.
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!
Casino Resort Tower
WHY THIS
Shares resource allocation with The Corporate Machine.
Ranked #8 for The Corporate Machine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with The Corporate Machine.
Build a towering casino resort and watch it come alive. Crowds flow, elevators jam, and tiny decisions create big stories as your tower grows upward, floor by floor. Build it. Break it. Fix it.
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Risk
WHY THIS
Shares territory control and a competitive mood with The Corporate Machine.
Reviewers of The Corporate Machine cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with The Corporate Machine.
Draft! Attack! Fortify! Play the original game of strategy and world domination — now for your PC. Enjoy the classic look and fun of RISK in an exciting new interactive experience. Play two ways as you strategize over the map and set out to conquer the world.
Game Dev Tycoon
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with The Corporate Machine.
Reviewers of The Corporate Machine cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with The Corporate Machine.
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.
The Entrepreneur
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with The Corporate Machine.
Reviewers of The Corporate Machine cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with The Corporate Machine.
Become The Entrepreneur they need! In this choice-driven adventure, you will dive into a world filled with fun, drama, high stakes, sex, and much more. Build relationships, face immense challenges, and feel the consequences of your decisions affecting those around you! What lies ahead for you?
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Corporate Machine at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Corporate Machine on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with The Corporate Machine.
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.
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Corporate Machine on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Simulation with The Corporate Machine.
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.
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Corporate Machine on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with The Corporate Machine.
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 The Corporate Machine on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with The Corporate Machine.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Corporate Machine on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Simulation with The Corporate Machine.
Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.
STAR WARS™ Empire at War - Gold Pack
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Corporate Machine on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with The Corporate Machine.
Command or corrupt an entire galaxy in the definitive Star Wars strategy collection. It is a time of galactic civil war. Will you take up the reins of the Rebellion, assume control of the Empire, or rule the Star Wars Underworld?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under The Corporate Machine on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with The Corporate Machine.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Nubby's Number Factory
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Corporate Machine on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with The Corporate Machine.
A plinko-style roguelike where you work at a number factory. Launch your spherical friend, Nubby, down a pegboard to make bigger and bigger numbers! But beware, if you fail to meet your number quota, the sun will explode.
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.
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 Simulation with The Corporate Machine.
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 Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Steam Engine Simulator
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with The Corporate Machine.
The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with The Corporate Machine.
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
WHY THIS
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!
Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 Onikakushi
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.
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More from Stardock Entertainment
Other recommendable Steam games by Stardock Entertainment, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with The Corporate Machine.
Another title from Stardock Entertainment, the studio behind The Corporate Machine. Shares Strategy and Simulation with The Corporate Machine.
Command a space-faring empire in Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion, the new stand-alone expansion that combines 4X depth with real-time strategy gameplay.
Galactic Civilizations III
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with The Corporate Machine.
Another title from Stardock Entertainment, the studio behind The Corporate Machine. Shares Strategy with The Corporate Machine.
Build a civilization that will stand the test of time in the largest space-based strategy game ever! Choose from dozens of unique races and make a name for yourself across the galaxy through diplomacy, espionage, technological advances, and more.
Sins of a Solar Empire II
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with The Corporate Machine.
Another title from Stardock Entertainment, the studio behind The Corporate Machine. Shares Strategy and Simulation with The Corporate Machine.
Battle for galactic dominance in this real-time 4X strategy game with unrivaled scale! You’ll explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate through military force, diplomacy, trade, culture, influence, and other underhanded tactics.
Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with The Corporate Machine.
Another title from Stardock Entertainment, the studio behind The Corporate Machine. Shares Strategy and Simulation with The Corporate Machine.
A massive-scale real-time strategy game where you command entire armies on a dynamic battlefield. Conquer multiple worlds across several single-player campaigns; or play with your friends in multiplayer combat.
Galactic Civilizations IV
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with The Corporate Machine.
Another title from Stardock Entertainment, the studio behind The Corporate Machine. Shares Strategy and Simulation with The Corporate Machine.
Take command of a civilization that has just achieved faster-than-light travel in Galactic Civilizations IV, the newest entry in the award-winning space 4X strategy game series. Explore the galaxy, colonize worlds, shape cultures, make alliances, fight wars and pioneer new technologies.
Star Control®: Origins
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with The Corporate Machine.
Another title from Stardock Entertainment, the studio behind The Corporate Machine. Shares Simulation with The Corporate Machine.
Star Control is a space role-playing game in which you command Earth's first interstellar starship on a mission to save the Earth from hostile alien empires.
Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with The Corporate Machine.
Another title from Stardock Entertainment, the studio behind The Corporate Machine. Shares Strategy with The Corporate Machine.
Fallen Enchantress is 4X strategy game from the makers of Sins of a Solar Empire and Galactic Civilizations. Build a civilization in the magical world of Elemental. Recruit heroes, train armies, build cities, forge alliances and save the world in this rich world where it's never the same game twice.
Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with The Corporate Machine.
Another title from Stardock Entertainment, the studio behind The Corporate Machine. Shares Strategy with The Corporate Machine.
Get the complete GalCiv II saga including Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords, the expansion pack Dark Avatar, and the newest expansion pack Twilight of the Arnor!
Frequently asked about The Corporate Machine
- How much does The Corporate Machine cost?
- The Corporate Machine is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does The Corporate Machine have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — The Corporate Machine supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, PvP).
- What games are most similar to The Corporate Machine?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Corporate Machine are Mad Games Tycoon 2, Blockchain Tycoon, ELECTRONIC STOCK TRADING SYSTEM.
- Who developed The Corporate Machine?
- The Corporate Machine was developed by Stardock Entertainment.
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