Games like Smartphone Tycoon
If Smartphone Tycoon is your kind of game, the closest matches are Laptop Tycoon, Cities: Skylines and Game Dev Tycoon — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its tactical positioning matters, writing quality is exceptional and dark. 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 Smartphone Tycoon: «Smartphone Tycoon» — unique business simulator. Create your own company for the production of smartphones! Your main goal will be to achieve worldwide recognition and take the company to the temple of fame of the global market.
Players who liked Smartphone Tycoon also play
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Laptop Tycoon
WHY THIS
Top pick for Smartphone Tycoon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Smartphone Tycoon.
Welcome to Laptop Tycoon!Compete with the tech giants! You will have the opportunity to show your skills in business management. Start your own laptop company! Choose and hire the best people for your company, buy and upgrade your own office and start building your dream laptop.
Cities: Skylines
WHY THIS
Shares resource management with Smartphone Tycoon.
Second-strongest match for Smartphone Tycoon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Smartphone Tycoon.
Cities: Skylines is a modern take on the classic city simulation. The game introduces new game play elements to realize the thrill and hardships of creating and maintaining a real city whilst expanding on some well-established tropes of the city building experience.
Game Dev Tycoon
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Smartphone Tycoon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Smartphone 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.
Startup Company
WHY THIS
Shares resource management with Smartphone Tycoon.
Ranked #4 for Smartphone Tycoon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Smartphone Tycoon.
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!
Endzone - A World Apart
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and a stressful mood with Smartphone Tycoon.
Ranked #5 for Smartphone Tycoon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Smartphone Tycoon.
Endzone is a post-apocalyptic survival city builder, where you start a new civilization with a group of people after an ecological disaster. Build them a new home and ensure their survival in a shattered world, threatened by constant radiation, toxic rain, sandstorms and droughts.
Automation - The Car Company Tycoon Game
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Smartphone Tycoon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Smartphone Tycoon.
Make your dream cars a reality with Automation’s unparalleled car and engine design tools. Gain a competitive edge through smart engineering and business decisions to help you build an automotive empire. Will you become an industry leader, or just a footnote in automotive history?
Foundation
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Smartphone Tycoon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Smartphone Tycoon.
Foundation is a grid-less, laidback medieval city-building game with a focus on organic development, monument construction and resource management.
Turmoil
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Smartphone Tycoon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Smartphone Tycoon.
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.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Smartphone Tycoon at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~86% under Smartphone Tycoon on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Smartphone 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?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~57% under Smartphone Tycoon on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Smartphone Tycoon.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
GRIS
WHY THIS
Priced ~46% under Smartphone Tycoon on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Smartphone Tycoon.
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~72% under Smartphone Tycoon on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Smartphone Tycoon.
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
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Priced ~79% under Smartphone Tycoon on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Smartphone Tycoon.
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 ~57% under Smartphone Tycoon on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Smartphone Tycoon.
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!
A Short Hike
WHY THIS
Priced ~43% under Smartphone Tycoon on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Smartphone Tycoon.
Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.
Super Hexagon
WHY THIS
Priced ~57% under Smartphone Tycoon on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Smartphone Tycoon.
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
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 Smartphone Tycoon.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Smartphone 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.
Landfall Archives
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Smartphone Tycoon.
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!
SuchArt: Creative Space
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Smartphone Tycoon.
Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!
The Last Sovereign
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Smartphone Tycoon.
Explore a world torn between armies of lust and purity in which everything is more complex than it seems, deciding the fate of nations through might, politics, and finance. Every decision matters in an intricate saga that tracks thousands of variables.
AdVenture Capitalist
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Smartphone Tycoon.
Welcome, eager young investor, to AdVenture Capitalist! Arguably the world's greatest Capitalism simulator!
Supermarket Together
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Smartphone Tycoon.
The multiplayer supermarket has arrived to your neighbourhood for free! Stock your shop space, unlock perks and franchises, hire employees or chase those pesky shoplifters. The more players, the more action!
Fallout Shelter
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Smartphone Tycoon.
Fallout Shelter puts you in control of a state-of-the-art underground Vault from Vault-Tec. Build the perfect Vault, keep your Dwellers happy, and protect them from the dangers of the Wasteland.
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Frequently asked about Smartphone Tycoon
- Does Smartphone Tycoon run on Steam Deck?
- Smartphone 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 Smartphone Tycoon cost?
- Smartphone Tycoon is listed on Steam at 6.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Smartphone Tycoon?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Smartphone Tycoon are Laptop Tycoon, Cities: Skylines, Game Dev Tycoon.
- Who developed Smartphone Tycoon?
- Smartphone Tycoon was developed by Roastery Games.
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