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Games like Mad Tower Tycoon

If Mad Tower Tycoon is your kind of game, the closest matches are Factory Town, Railway Empire 2 and Mad Games Tycoon 2 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its clear win conditions, nostalgic simtower replacement and challenging. 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 Mad Tower Tycoon: 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.

2020StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDDeck PlayableWindows · macOSby Eggcode
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Players who liked Mad Tower Tycoon also play

Steam players who put hours into Mad Tower 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.

  1. Factory Town

    WHY THIS

    Shares a relaxing mood with Mad Tower Tycoon.

    Top pick for Mad Tower Tycoon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mad Tower Tycoon.

    Build, automate, and optimize a giant factory on 3D terrain using conveyor belts, trains, chutes, pipes, and airships. Sell your goods to nearby villages to expand their borders, increase happiness, and unlock even better technology!

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Railway Empire 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares a relaxing mood with Mad Tower Tycoon.

    Second-strongest match for Mad Tower Tycoon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Mad Tower Tycoon.

    Don the coat of a clever entrepreneur, take over a small railway company in the early 1800s and turn your steam engines into the workhorses of the economy. Grow your company into the largest railway company of the continent and outsmart your competitors.

    2023StrategySimulation49.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Mad Games Tycoon 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Mad Tower Tycoon.

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

    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.

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. RAILGRADE

    WHY THIS

    Shares a relaxing mood with Mad Tower Tycoon.

    Ranked #4 for Mad Tower Tycoon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Mad Tower Tycoon.

    RAILGRADE is the train RTS game! Construct dense vertical railroads, build cities, construct vast factory chains with train automation! Restore an off world colony's economy all in the intense story driven campaign or relaxing sandbox mode!

    2023StrategySimulation29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Railway Empire

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Mad Tower Tycoon.

    Ranked #5 for Mad Tower Tycoon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Mad Tower Tycoon.

    In Railway Empire, you will create an elaborate and wide-ranging rail network, purchase over 40 different trains modelled in extraordinary detail, and buy or build railway stations, maintenance buildings, factories and tourist attractions to keep your travel network ahead of the competition.

    2018StrategySimulation29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Sweet Transit

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Mad Tower Tycoon.

    Ranked #6 for Mad Tower Tycoon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mad Tower Tycoon.

    Sweet Transit is a unique city builder where the railway is king. Build and automate the dream supply chain for your citizens, giving them all they need to expand quaint villages into bustling cities. Progress from steam power to diesel and beyond in this advanced train-driven experience.

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Prison Architect

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Mad Tower Tycoon.

    Ranked #7 for Mad Tower Tycoon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mad Tower Tycoon.

    Only the world’s most ruthless Warden can contain the world’s most ruthless inmates. Design and develop your personalized penitentiary in Prison Architect.

    2015StrategyIndieSimulation7.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Foundation

    WHY THIS

    Shares a relaxing mood with Mad Tower Tycoon.

    Ranked #8 for Mad Tower Tycoon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mad Tower Tycoon.

    Foundation is a grid-less, laidback medieval city-building game with a focus on organic development, monument construction and resource management.

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation34.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Mad Tower Tycoon

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Project Highrise

    WHY THIS

    Shares progression system and a contemplative mood with Mad Tower Tycoon.

    Reviewers of Mad Tower Tycoon cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Mad Tower Tycoon.

    Project Highrise is a skyscraper construction and management sim...

    2016StrategySimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Big Tower Tiny Square

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Mad Tower Tycoon.

    Reviewers of Mad Tower Tycoon cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Mad Tower Tycoon.

    No Princess, only Pineapple! Dodge bullets, leap lava pits, and wall-jump your way up the Big Tower in this precision platformer. Quick deaths, generous respawns, and a whole lot of jumping.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Tower

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Mad Tower Tycoon cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    Tower is a top-down action game with adventure and puzzle elements. Fight out of a skyscraper full of terrorists. Find out what one motivated person can do against hundreds of thugs.

    2022ActionAdventure1.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Tiny Towers

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Mad Tower Tycoon cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Mad Tower Tycoon.

    A short incremental game about defending your tiny fortress from hordes of tiny mobs. Place defensive towers, acquire resources by defeating enemies, and unlock new upgrades in the skill tree to strengthen your goblin stronghold.

    2026StrategyCasualSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Mad Tower Tycoon at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Mad Tower Tycoon on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Mad Tower 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.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Mad Tower Tycoon on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Mad Tower 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!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Mad Tower Tycoon on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Mad Tower Tycoon.

    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?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Sid Meier's Civilization® V

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Mad Tower Tycoon on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Mad Tower Tycoon.

    Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!

    2010Strategy7.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Mad Tower Tycoon on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mad Tower Tycoon.

    We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Mad Tower Tycoon on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mad Tower Tycoon.

    Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Mad Tower Tycoon on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mad Tower 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.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Mad Tower Tycoon on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Mad Tower Tycoon.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Mad Tower Tycoon.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

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

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Virtual Cottage

    WHY THIS

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

    2020IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Coloring Pixels

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Mad Tower Tycoon.

    A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.

    2018IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  7. 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!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  8. An Arcade Full of Cats

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Mad Tower Tycoon.

    Journey through gaming history's time and space, while searching for adorable feline companions in 'An Arcade Full of Cats,' the ultimate pet'em up hidden object game.

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Eggcode

Other recommendable Steam games by Eggcode, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Mad Games Tycoon 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Mad Tower Tycoon.

    Another title from Eggcode, the studio behind Mad Tower Tycoon. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mad Tower Tycoon.

    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.

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Mad Games Tycoon

    WHY THIS

    Shares a retro mood with Mad Tower Tycoon.

    Another title from Eggcode, the studio behind Mad Tower Tycoon. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mad Tower Tycoon.

    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 ↗
  3. Mad Television Tycoon

    WHY THIS

    Shares a retro mood with Mad Tower Tycoon.

    Another title from Eggcode, the studio behind Mad Tower Tycoon. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mad Tower Tycoon.

    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.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation20.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Factory Town

    WHY THIS

    Shares a relaxing mood with Mad Tower Tycoon.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mad Tower Tycoon.

    Build, automate, and optimize a giant factory on 3D terrain using conveyor belts, trains, chutes, pipes, and airships. Sell your goods to nearby villages to expand their borders, increase happiness, and unlock even better technology!

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Railway Empire 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares a relaxing mood with Mad Tower Tycoon.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Mad Tower Tycoon.

    Don the coat of a clever entrepreneur, take over a small railway company in the early 1800s and turn your steam engines into the workhorses of the economy. Grow your company into the largest railway company of the continent and outsmart your competitors.

    2023StrategySimulation49.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. RAILGRADE

    WHY THIS

    Shares a relaxing mood with Mad Tower Tycoon.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Mad Tower Tycoon.

    RAILGRADE is the train RTS game! Construct dense vertical railroads, build cities, construct vast factory chains with train automation! Restore an off world colony's economy all in the intense story driven campaign or relaxing sandbox mode!

    2023StrategySimulation29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Sweet Transit

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Mad Tower Tycoon.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mad Tower Tycoon.

    Sweet Transit is a unique city builder where the railway is king. Build and automate the dream supply chain for your citizens, giving them all they need to expand quaint villages into bustling cities. Progress from steam power to diesel and beyond in this advanced train-driven experience.

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Mad Tower Tycoon

Does Mad Tower Tycoon run on Steam Deck?
Mad Tower Tycoon 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 Tower Tycoon cost?
Mad Tower Tycoon is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Mad Tower Tycoon?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Mad Tower Tycoon are Factory Town, Railway Empire 2, Mad Games Tycoon 2.
Who developed Mad Tower Tycoon?
Mad Tower Tycoon was developed by Eggcode.

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 Mad Tower Tycoon.

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