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Games like Mobile Empire

If Mobile Empire is your kind of game, the closest matches are Just Xiangqi, eSports Legend and Startup Company — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, contemplative and immersive. 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 Mobile Empire: This may be the world's first stand-alone simulation game that can “develop a mobile phone"! There are more than 60 models for you to develop! Develop your own mobile phone now!Support sharing with IOS version of the game archive!

2018StrategyIndieSimulationCasual3.99 USDWindows · macOSby Shanghai huan zhen Info Tech Ltd
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Balancing innovation speed and research depthMid tier phones can outperform high end with intelOver 60 device models to experiment withChallengingContemplativeImmersive

Players who liked Mobile Empire also play

Steam players who put hours into Mobile Empire 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. Just Xiangqi

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Mobile Empire.

    Top pick for Mobile Empire fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mobile Empire.

    This is a refreshing Chinese chess game with realistic graphics and a detailed audio tutorial that will keep you entertained, even as a novice. A variety of well-designed challenges will test your tactics. Sit back and relax, as you transform into a master of strategy.

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. eSports Legend

    WHY THIS

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

    Esports Legend is a Esports club simulator. You are here to make a unknown amateur team world-famous within several seasons!

    2018StrategyIndieSimulation9.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Startup Company

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Mobile Empire.

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

    Startup Company is a business simulation sandbox game where you’re the CEO of a new company. Your job is to build your very own website and compete against the largest tech giants on the planet!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation12.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. 911 Operator

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Mobile Empire.

    Ranked #4 for Mobile Empire fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mobile Empire.

    Game about the difficult work of people that manage emergency lines and services. Answer incoming calls and react properly - give first aid instructions, advise, dispatch correct number of firemen / police / ambulances, or sometimes - just ignore the call. Play on ANY CITY in the world!

    2017StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Dragon Cliff

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Mobile Empire.

    Ranked #5 for Mobile Empire fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mobile Empire.

    Dragon Cliff is a Semi-Idle RPG game with deep and complex itemization/skill systems to support endless character builds. Players are to collect adventurers, kill monsters, advance talent trees, enchant/reforge equipment, discover scrolls and finally assemble the most powerful adventure team!

    2018StrategyIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. 恋爱模拟器 Love Simulation

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Mobile Empire fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Mobile Empire.

    Have you ever been in love? Do you want to be in love? Try the Love Simulation before you fall in love!

    2018StrategySimulationCasual1.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Thriving City: Song

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Mobile Empire.

    Ranked #7 for Mobile Empire fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mobile Empire.

    In 960 AD, the new Song Dynasty needs you! As magistrate, build a prosperous city from scratch. Develop bustling streets filled with businesses and entertainment, while navigating hidden crises of political strife and foreign invasions. How will you lead through these challenges?

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation12.34 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Mad Games Tycoon

    WHY THIS

    Shares a retro mood with Mobile Empire.

    Ranked #8 for Mobile Empire fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mobile Empire.

    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!

    2016StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Mobile Empire at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Mobile Empire on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Mobile Empire.

    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 ↗
  2. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Mobile Empire on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Mobile Empire.

    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?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Mobile Empire on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Mobile Empire.

    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.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Mobile Empire on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Mobile Empire.

    This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Placid Plastic Duck Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Mobile Empire on Steam right now. Shares Simulation and Casual with Mobile Empire.

    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.

    2022SimulationCasual1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Peggle Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Mobile Empire on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Mobile Empire.

    Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.

    2007Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Mobile Empire on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mobile Empire.

    shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Mobile Empire on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Mobile Empire.

    The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Landfall Archives

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mobile Empire.

    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!

    2023ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗
  2. Clicker Heroes

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mobile Empire.

    Click your way through hordes of monsters, earn gold, and recruit quirky heroes with powerful skills. Progress even while you're idle, and watch the numbers climb into the absurd. It’s a never-ending journey of clicks, crits, and colossal damage.

    2015StrategyIndieAdventureFreeSteam ↗
  3. Kingdom: Classic

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mobile Empire.

    Kingdom is a 2D sidescrolling strategy/resource management hybrid with a minimalist feel wrapped in a beautiful, modern pixel art aesthetic.

    2015StrategyIndieSimulationFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Learn to Fly 3

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mobile Empire.

    Build your spaceship from scratch, earn funds and invest them into building a bigger, better spaceship as you try and fly your way up to space!

    2017ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Mr.Mine

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mobile Empire.

    Explore the depths of the earth and uncover hidden treasures in this addictive idle mining game. Unlock the power of your drill with hundreds of upgrades, discover mysterious relics, and unearth priceless gems. Can you master the mines and reveal their deepest secrets? Dive in and dig deep!

    2020StrategyIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Endless Sky

    WHY THIS

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

    Endless Sky is a 2D space trading and combat game inspired by the classic Escape Velocity series. Work your way up from a relatively wimpy shuttle, cargo ship, or fighter, to a highly upgraded and customized flagship or to a massive fleet of warships or freighters.

    2015ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Realm Grinder

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Mobile Empire.

    Grow your realm, build alliances, and explore one of the deepest idle RPGs ever!

    2017StrategyRPGFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Soda Dungeon 2

    WHY THIS

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

    Everyone’s favorite laid-back dungeon crawler returns in Soda Dungeon 2. Featuring a new adventure, a whole town to upgrade, crafting, new classes, alternate dimensions, and more! It’s everything you loved about the original plus all the stuff you’ve been asking for.

    2020IndieRPGFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Mobile Empire

How much does Mobile Empire cost?
Mobile Empire is listed on Steam at 3.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Mobile Empire?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Mobile Empire are Just Xiangqi, eSports Legend, Startup Company.
Who developed Mobile Empire?
Mobile Empire was developed by Shanghai huan zhen Info Tech Ltd and published by XD.

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 Mobile Empire.

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