Games like This Grand Life
If This Grand Life is your kind of game, the closest matches are This Grand Life 2, Timeflow – Life Sim and King of Retail 2 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, contemplative and grim. 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 This Grand Life: A life simulator that leans heavily into the personal finance aspect. Pay taxes, take out mortgages, trade stocks, buy real estate, start businesses, or grind your way to victory as an employee.
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This Grand Life 2
WHY THIS
Shares time management and a contemplative mood with This Grand Life.
Top pick for This Grand Life fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and RPG with This Grand Life.
A money-focused life simulator. Create characters with allergies and addictions. Manage their lives through financial booms and busts. Advance their careers, start a small business, invest in real estate and stocks - or roleplay a penniless hobo.
Timeflow – Life Sim
WHY THIS
Shares career progression, time management and a contemplative mood with This Grand Life.
Second-strongest match for This Grand Life fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with This Grand Life.
This game will make you rich! Learn the basics of investment and life management. Your goal is to make your dream come true. You can make a career, buy real estate, run business, trade stocks, become a blogger, or make a fortune on an art market. Study, network, and plan your time for all of it.
King of Retail 2
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with This Grand Life.
Third-strongest match for This Grand Life fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with This Grand Life.
Build a retail empire across dozens of locations with hundreds of employees. Design every inch of your stores with a deep building tool, then fine-tune pricing, staffing, and product mix to stay profitable. Scale up, customize everything, and manage the details that make or break your bottom line.
Turmoil
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for This Grand Life fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with This Grand Life.
Drill for oil like it's 1899! Turmoil offers players a visually charming, tongue-in-cheek take on the simulation genre inspired by the 19th century oil rush in North America.
Console Shop Simulator
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for This Grand Life fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with This Grand Life.
Become the owner of a game store! Organize shelves, repair CDs, negotiate profits, promote your store via live stream, and increase customer satisfaction.
GearCity
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with This Grand Life.
Ranked #6 for This Grand Life fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with This Grand Life.
Do you find tycoon games too simplistic? GearCity is a complex and in-depth business simulator. It focuses on a realistic economic simulation of the global automobile industry. The game takes several hours to grasp and hundreds of hours to master. Can you succeed where many other CEOs have failed?
STONKS-9800: Stock Market Simulator
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for This Grand Life fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with This Grand Life.
Simulator of an 80s Japanese stock market businessman. Chill, catch a retro vibe and watch your profits grow in the text-based game STONKS-9800.
Democracy 4
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with This Grand Life.
Ranked #8 for This Grand Life fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with This Grand Life.
Democracy 4 lets you take the role of President / Prime minister, govern the country (choosing its policies, laws and other actions), and both transform the country as you see fit, while trying to retain enough popularity to get re-elected...
Reviewers mention these as similar to This Grand Life
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Patrician III
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with This Grand Life.
Reviewers of This Grand Life cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation and RPG with This Grand Life.
Become a fellow of the famous medieval Hanse trading association in the 13th century. Manage the politics, prestige and economic success in your city and the known parts of Europe!
RollerCoaster Tycoon World™
WHY THIS
Reviewers of This Grand Life cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with This Grand Life.
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!
RollerCoaster Tycoon® 2: Triple Thrill Pack
WHY THIS
Reviewers of This Grand Life cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with This Grand Life.
This compilation includes the entire RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 series, with the original game as well as the Time Twister and Wacky Worlds expansions.
Star Traders: Frontiers
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with This Grand Life.
Reviewers of This Grand Life cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with This Grand Life.
You are the captain of a starship venturing through a massive open universe. Customize your crew and take command at the helm of your very own ship as you explore a galaxy torn apart by internal strife, alien threats, and political intrigue.
Capitalism 2
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with This Grand Life.
Reviewers of This Grand Life cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with This Grand Life.
Create and control the business empire of your dreams. This in-depth strategy game covers almost every aspect of business that could be encountered in the real world.
Plutocracy
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with This Grand Life.
Reviewers of This Grand Life cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with This Grand Life.
The business simulator Plutocracy gives you the chance to become wealthy and powerful to take control over the world. Where policy, laws, officials and people are only the chess pieces how do you play your game?
The Sims™ 4
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with This Grand Life.
Reviewers of This Grand Life cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with This Grand Life.
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.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below This Grand Life at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under This Grand Life on Steam right now. Shares Indie with This Grand Life.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under This Grand Life on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with This Grand Life.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under This Grand Life on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with This Grand Life.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under This Grand Life on Steam right now. Shares Indie with This Grand Life.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under This Grand Life on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with This Grand Life.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
Super Hexagon
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under This Grand Life on Steam right now. Shares Indie with This Grand Life.
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under This Grand Life on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with This Grand Life.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
Nodebuster
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under This Grand Life on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with This Grand Life.
Nodebuster is a short, experimental incremental game about busting nodes and destroying reality.
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 This Grand Life.
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 This Grand Life.
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 This Grand Life.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with This Grand Life.
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.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with This Grand Life.
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!
A Date with Death
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with This Grand Life.
Fight against & romance the one hunting for your soul in A Date with Death, a romance chat simulator where you date(?) the Grim Reaper himself. Create your own character, decorate your apartment, and chat away with the charming yet dangerous Grim Reaper through text and video calls.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with This Grand Life.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
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Other recommendable Steam games by Poking Water Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
This Grand Life 2
WHY THIS
Shares time management and a contemplative mood with This Grand Life.
Another title from Poking Water Games, the studio behind This Grand Life. Shares Simulation and RPG with This Grand Life.
A money-focused life simulator. Create characters with allergies and addictions. Manage their lives through financial booms and busts. Advance their careers, start a small business, invest in real estate and stocks - or roleplay a penniless hobo.
Tribe Of Pok
WHY THIS
Another title from Poking Water Games, the studio behind This Grand Life. Shares Indie and Simulation with This Grand Life.
Tribe Of Pok is a tribal survival strategy game featuring a deeply simulated environment. You manage a tribe of hunter-gatherers, helping them survive and thrive in a savage world.
Pawsecuted
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with This Grand Life.
Another title from Poking Water Games, the studio behind This Grand Life. Shares RPG with This Grand Life.
A brutal, slightly absurd tactical survival RPG. Play a rabbit escaping a koala-run convict camp in a procedurally generated, post-human apocalyptic world. Battle emus and hire kangaroo mercenaries. Scavenge supplies, gather and trade materials, recruit followers and rebuild society.
Frequently asked about This Grand Life
- How much does This Grand Life cost?
- This Grand Life is listed on Steam at 5.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to This Grand Life?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside This Grand Life are This Grand Life 2, Timeflow – Life Sim, King of Retail 2.
- Who developed This Grand Life?
- This Grand Life was developed by Poking Water Games.
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