Games like Startup Panic

Chasing that retro and cute feeling you got from Startup Panic? These games could fill that gap nicely.

Startup Company
You are the CEO of a tiny startup with one big dream: a website that outgrows the tech giants. Develop features, run marketing, keep servers alive and employees happy, then decide whether to buy your rivals or simply outlast them. A relaxed business sim you play at your own pace.
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80% of 5,859 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 31$12.99
Office Simulator
Ready to climb the career ladder? In Office Simulator, start as an intern and rise through the corporate ranks. Gain experience, earn promotions, and when the time comes, launch your own company to begin a new business adventure.
Also in Tycoon · Cute, Colorful
83% of 153 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$7.49
City Game Studio: Your Game Dev Adventure Begins
It is 1976 and you just rented a cramped room to build your first game. Grow it into a studio, then an empire: hire staff, build engines, court publishers, launch consoles and buy out rivals. A deep, replayable management game about climbing from garage to gaming legend.
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91% of 1,813 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 14$19.99
Software Inc.
Build your own software empire from a garage startup to a ten-story headquarters. Design every office, hire coders with opinions, ship operating systems, games and hardware, and outsmart a simulated market that fights back. A deep, replayable tycoon sim you can also run with friends.
Also in Tycoon · Funny
94% of 7,633 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 149$22.99
E-Startup
E-Startup is a sandbox business simulation game in a low-poly universe. Build, buy resources to create products and complete contracts, invest in the stock market to become rich and popular!
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44% of 127 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
Game Dev Story
Run your own game studio in this charming pixel-art management sim. Hire oddball staff, mix genres and topics into hit games, build your own console and chase the industry's top prize. Light, cheerful and easy to lose an evening to.
Also in Tycoon · Retro, Cute, Colorful
89% of 1,466 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$8.99
Mad Games Tycoon
It is 1980 and you have a garage, a desk and an idea. Build a game studio from that: design your own games, hire and train a team, research new tech, and grow from cramped beginnings into a company that ships engines, consoles and megahits. A deep, colorful tycoon sim that rewards one more run.
Also in Tycoon · Retro, Colorful
91% of 3,699 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 12$7.49
Big Ambitions
Start broke in New York with an uncle, an apartment, and a job, then build your way to tycoon. Open shops, hire staff, stock shelves, buy trucks and buildings, and try to stay fed, rested, and happy while the money rolls in.
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92% of 14,544 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1,107$25.99
E-Shop Tycoon
Build an online shop from a tiny startup into an e-commerce giant. Stock shelves, run warehouse logistics, hire staff, design the office and ride the holiday sales. A colorful, funny management sim that starts tight and gets easier as your empire grows.
Also in Tycoon · Colorful
72% of 686 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 13$9.09
Office Management 101
Office Management 101 is a satirical office life simulation tycoon game set in a fictional capitalistic dystopia. Step over competitors, drive your staff to the limit and milk your customers for every penny in the pursuit of spiraling success!
Also in Tycoon · Retro, Funny
62% of 90 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
Startup Freak
In Startup Freak you take the role of a budding entrepreneur, and grow your very own software startup from humble beginnings to a multi-million dollar company. Along the way you will have to overcome countless challenges. But the ultimate question you must answer: are you a Startup Freak?
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65% of 43 Steam reviews are positive$11.99
Game Dev Studio
Welcome to your own Game Dev Studio! How will you run your own offices and ascend to greatness in the gaming industry?
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86% of 537 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$9.99

Cheaper than Startup Panic

Startup Company

Hire a team, ship features and grow a small website into a business that rivals the giants, all at your own pace.

$12.99

Office Simulator

Ready to climb the career ladder? In Office Simulator, start as an intern and rise through the corporate ranks.

$7.49

Game Dev Story

Hire a quirky team, pair genres and topics into hits, and steer your little studio toward the industry's biggest award.

$8.99

Mad Games Tycoon

Start a game studio in 1980, design your own titles, hire a team and grow it into a company that ships engines, consoles and bestsellers.

$7.49

E-Startup

E-Startup is a sandbox business simulation game in a low-poly universe.

$1.99

E-Shop Tycoon

Build an online shop from a tiny startup into an e-commerce giant.

$9.09

Game Dev Studio

Welcome to your own Game Dev Studio! How will you run your own offices and ascend to greatness in the gaming industry?

$9.99

Startup Freak

In Startup Freak you take the role of a budding entrepreneur, and grow your very own software startup from humble beginnings to a multi-million…

$11.99

Game Builder Tycoon

In Game Builder Tycoon, begin as an indie game developer. Personalize your character, craft hit games, manage marketing, research stuff and manage a…

$0.99

Smooth Operators

Smooth Operators is an advanced simulation where you take control of a call center company and lead it to financial success!

$0.99

Game Corp DX

Start a small game studio, train your team and grow it into an award-winning powerhouse.

$2.99

Project manager SIM

Manage the most unpredictable resource - people - in this WASD tycoon!

$6.99

Hidden gems like Startup Panic

Life Inc.

You’re 16 with €500. 💼 Choose from 23 career paths. 🏠 Buy and rent property. 📈 Trade stocks. ₿ Invest in crypto.

$19.99

Devices Tycoon

Design gadgets, hire the team behind them, and grow a company from first product to market leader.

$19.99

This Grand Life 2

Build a character, chase careers, businesses and property, and let a shifting economy rewrite your plans each run.

$17.99

Office Simulator

Ready to climb the career ladder? In Office Simulator, start as an intern and rise through the corporate ranks.

$7.49

Big Ambitions

Climb from small shop owner to New York tycoon while keeping your own life in order.

$25.99

E-Shop Tycoon

Build an online shop from a tiny startup into an e-commerce giant.

$9.09

Idle Guy: Life Simulator games

Study, work, date and bowl your way up a funny, relaxed life where every choice about your climb is yours.

Free

Game Dev Story

Hire a quirky team, pair genres and topics into hits, and steer your little studio toward the industry's biggest award.

$8.99

Mad Games Tycoon 2

Start a tiny studio in 1976 and grow it into a corporation, building offices, hiring talent and shipping your own consoles along the way.

$14.99

Business Simulator 2026

In Business Simulator 2026, you start with a small capital and aim to build a business empire in the city by deciding which business to start in…

$11.99

City Game Studio: Your Game Dev Adventure Begins

Run your own game studio through five decades of the industry, hiring staff, courting publishers and launching consoles along the way.

$19.99

Game Builder Tycoon

In Game Builder Tycoon, begin as an indie game developer. Personalize your character, craft hit games, manage marketing, research stuff and manage a…

$0.99

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