Co-op games like Network Engineer

Want something that feels relaxing the way Network Engineer does? These co-op games offer a similar pull for your backlog. Many of them are fun to share with friends.

Tower Networking Inc.
Run an internet service provider in a tower that keeps growing random new floors. Patch real cables into switches and routers, keep clients online from a command line, and answer to a board that fires you the moment you overspend. A network sim with roguelike runs, disasters to survive, and co-op for when one sysadmin is not enough.
94% of 336 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$19.99
Data Center
Build a data center by hand with co-op friends: buy racks, stack servers, run Ethernet port to port, then watch each customer's traffic roll through as colored packets. Meet app capacity targets, earn money and reputation, and keep it all alive when hardware ages and fails.
Relaxing
76% of 1,014 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 57$8.99
Uptime: A Cloud Provider Sim
Build a cloud provider from a garage to a hyperscaler - rack the hardware, run every cable, route the traffic, keep customers online. A first-person infrastructure sim where ports, power, fault domains, RSTP and BGP do real work, not flavour text. Readable for newcomers, honest for engineers.
90% of 73 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 9$7.49
Hosting Simulator
Build and manage your own data center! Design modular servers, set up realistic networking, and power systems. Manage heat, install OS (Windows/Ubuntu), and fulfill contracts for profit. Technical depth and hardware precision await!
Relaxing
50% of 8 Steam reviews are positive$3.74
Server-Admin Simulator
Build your datacenter empire from scratch. Buy hardware, manage contracts, hire staff and outsmart rivals. Face random events, hack the competition and survive the market. Moddable. Multiplayer. No two runs alike.
50% of 4 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Software Inc.
Build a software company with co-op friends, from a small plot to a ten-story office. Split the founding team, divide development and manufacturing jobs, and take on the simulated market together.
Relaxing
94% of 7,638 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 149$22.99
Data Center Simulator
Night shift at a data center, first person. Tickets come in from the NOC: run the diagnostic, strap in, pull the right part, swap it, close it by the book, and get graded. 45 real procedures, a sandbox where you can break the facility, and interview prep for data center tech jobs.
$4.99
Vectorio
Build. Automate. Defend.
78% of 369 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Pionero Capital
You arrive on Pionero Island broke, in a motel room, with an old friend pointing you at the docks. Buy cheap imported goods, pack a van, deliver, mark up. Then hire staff, build a fleet, buy property and let the company run without you. A relaxed business sim for solo play or co-op.
Relaxing
96% of 120 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 361$16.99
Construction Simulator
Start a construction company with mentor Hape, then take on more than 100 contracts across Germany and the US with over 90 licensed machines. Co-op friends can join for up to four-player crews with crossplay and voice chat, so one of you digs while another hauls and pours.
Relaxing
81% of 11,421 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1,155$24.99
Go-Go Town!
Build a fixer-upper town into a busy little tourist trap, then hand your co-op friends a shovel and put them to work. You lay streets, stock shops, and automate deliveries together in a bright, silly town where you can high-five chickens and run over other mayors.
Relaxing
93% of 2,544 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 89$27.99
Idle Tycoon Manufacturing
Lead a monster-run industry ! Recruit, upgrade machines, transform ores, and unlock tech. Get rich by mastering strategy and expanding your industrial empire. Ready to conquer the market ?
Relaxing
100% of 15 Steam reviews are positive$9.99

Cheaper than Network Engineer

Uptime: A Cloud Provider Sim

Build a cloud provider from a garage to a hyperscaler - rack the hardware, run every cable, route the traffic, keep customers online.

$7.49

Hosting Simulator

Build and manage your own data center! Design modular servers, set up realistic networking, and power systems.

$3.74

Data Center Simulator

Night shift at a data center, first person. Tickets come in from the NOC: run the diagnostic, strap in, pull the right part, swap it, close it by…

$4.99

Hydroneer

Hydroneer is a mining and base-building sandbox where you dig dirt, wash it for gold, and turn the profit into hydro-powered drills, pipes, and…

$4.49

Market Simulator

Build, manage, and dominate the retail world — from a humble shop to a thriving supermarket empire in Market Simulator.

$4.99

Rest Area Simulator

Run a roadside rest area with up to four co-op friends: pump gas, stock the convenience store, clean up messes, then expand into supermarkets and…

$7.29

Casino Simulator

Build a casino from an empty room to a city empire, alone or with up to three co-op friends.

$6.99

My Colony

Build a space colony from a single rover, grow it into a sprawling economy, and rule it your way.

$4.99

Technicity

A first-person city-building game with powerful tools that allow you to build faster and bigger.

$1.79

Skystead

A 2D co-op SkyBlock sandbox where you build floating islands, grow farms, mine resources, earn money, and hire workers to automate your growing…

$6.99

Farm Builder

Farm Builder is strategy puzzle board game in which you build farms, roads and surround windmills and water-towers in order to score points.

$3.99

On Hold - Call Center Simulator

A dark comedy call center simulator where you answer calls, verify identities, catch fraudsters, and run side hustles under your supervisor's…

$4.99

Hidden gems like Network Engineer

Go-Go Town!

Build a fixer-upper town into a busy little tourist trap, then hand your co-op friends a shovel and put them to work.

$27.99

Ore Factory Squad ⛏️

Grab shovels with up to three co-op friends and turn a bare warehouse into a humming ore business.

$12.99

Tower Networking Inc.

Patch a growing tower's network back together, keep the clients online and the board calm, and call in a friend when the floors outgrow one sysadmin.

$19.99

Pionero Capital

Start with one van and cheap imports, then grow a trading company that runs itself.

$16.99

Alchemy Factory

Start with a tiny medieval shop, then team up with co-op friends to belt, pipe, and magically fling resources into potions, jewelry, and relics.

$17.99

Territory: Farming and Warfare

Territory: Farming and Warfare grows a dozen villagers into a kingdom of thousands.

$11.99

Tropical Resort Simulator

Run a beach resort on a run-down island with up to three co-op friends: cook meals from island produce, set out towels and slides, hire staff, and…

$13.99

Dirty Business

Build a criminal empire in a hidden underground hangar, solo or with up to 4 co-op friends.

$11.24

Island Market Simulator

Team up with your friends and build a thriving trade empire in this CO-OP strategy and economy simulation set on a lively island.

$12.99

Data Center

Build a data center by hand with co-op friends: buy racks, stack servers, run Ethernet port to port, then watch each customer's traffic roll through…

$8.99

Rail Route

Rail Route lets you build and automate a railway network on maps inspired by real cities.

$24.99

FOUNDRY

FOUNDRY is a first-person factory builder on a procedurally generated voxel planet, where you and co-op friends mine resources, lay belts and pipes…

$29.99

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