Tycoon games like 1849

If the retro and replayable rhythm of 1849 stuck with you, this helps. These tycoon games line up well for what comes next.

BoomTown! Deluxe
An explosive combination of mining sim and city builder. Your dream of building your own thriving town starts with few explosive charges and a yellow truck. As you mine the landscape and the money starts to roll in you'll be able to expand your empire, buying buildings, shops and facilities.
Also in City builder · Retro, Replayable, Relaxing
83% of 197 Steam reviews are positive$5.99
Deep Corp
Deep Corp puts you in charge of mines, factories, and a whole Wild West state that needs rebuilding. You dig tunnels, hire miners, haul ore by cart, run carriages between towns, and turn raw finds into goods to fill city orders. Keep deliveries on time or your governor rating slips to zero.
Retro, Replayable
89% of 413 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 62$14.99
Union Of Rivals
A deep colony sim and city builder. Manage resources and production chains to build the railroad from East to West. Found towns, harvest and refine the goods that fuel the line, then persuade or outlast the settlements in your path. Every citizen has a name, a trait, and a breaking point.
Also in City builder · Replayable
66% of 32 Steam reviews are positive$25.49
Turmoil
Turmoil turns the 19th-century oil rush into a bright, tongue-in-cheek race to out-earn three rivals and buy enough town shares to become mayor.
Replayable
92% of 13,212 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 132$12.99
Blueprint Tycoon
Build your settlement, gather goods, ensure maximum efficiency and make a profit!
Also in City builder · Replayable, Relaxing
81% of 995 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Iron Village
With the help of your railway, build houses, farms, warehouses, and more to create your village. Trade what your people make for other resources and gold to grow your village into a prospering town, and grow the railway into a powerhouse.
Also in City builder · Retro, Relaxing
89% of 75 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$7.99
Golden Rails: Road To Klondike
There's a gold rush coming and it's your job to pave the way! Guide Jack and Jill as they rebuild rundown villages and breathe new life into a barren land. It's as easy as a few clicks of your mouse!
Relaxing
100% of 30 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$6.99
Dream Town Island
Found a town on an empty island and grow it from a few shops into a place people live their whole lives in. You place restaurants, stores and theaters, unlock more facilities, and watch residents find jobs, marry and have kids. Relaxed, cute and easy to keep tinkering with, it suits tycoon fans who like building for happy residents rather than tight budgets.
Also in City builder · Retro, Replayable, Relaxing
95% of 496 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 25$12.99
City of Gangsters
Start with nothing in 1920 Prohibition and build a criminal booze business into a city-wide money machine. You set up stills and speakeasies, run production chains, smuggle goods, bribe police, and keep rivals in check. A slow, systems-heavy tycoon game for tycoon fans who like optimizing every link.
Replayable
73% of 1,347 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 48$29.99
Rise of Industry
Rise of Industry puts you in charge of a 1930s industrial empire, from first farm or mine to cars, computers and other luxury goods. You lay out factories, link 150 products into working chains, haul goods by truck, train and airship, and keep growing towns supplied while rivals bid against you. Best for tycoon fans who like long production puzzles with real boom-or-bust pressure.
Replayable
74% of 3,128 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 26$29.99
Rise of the Merchants
A medieval trading sim where a small settlement grows into a city living off production chains and long-distance caravans. You build 50+ buildings, turn raw materials into goods people want, and trade with NPCs and other players in a persistent online world. Good for tycoon fans who like slow growth, prices, and routes over rides and guests.
Also in City builder · Replayable, Relaxing
74% of 139 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 39$24.99
Spice Road
Strategy, trade and empire building on the old Silk Road. Spice Road is a town building, social and economic simulation game full of original challenges.
Retro, Replayable, Relaxing
66% of 59 Steam reviews are positive$19.99

Cheaper than 1849

BoomTown! Deluxe

An explosive combination of mining sim and city builder. Your dream of building your own thriving town starts with few explosive charges and a…

$5.99

Turmoil

Turmoil turns the 19th-century oil rush into a bright, tongue-in-cheek race to out-earn three rivals and buy enough town shares to become mayor.

$12.99

Blueprint Tycoon

Build your settlement, gather goods, ensure maximum efficiency and make a profit!

$2.99

Iron Village

With the help of your railway, build houses, farms, warehouses, and more to create your village.

$7.99

Golden Rails: Road To Klondike

There's a gold rush coming and it's your job to pave the way!

$6.99

Dream Town Island

Found a town on an empty island and grow it from a few shops into a place people live their whole lives in.

$12.99

Golden Rails: Small Town Story

Tame the Wild West in a rip-roaring adventure for all ages! The Old West meets the New Frontier as you build a railroad that stretches across…

$6.99

Industry Giant 2

Start in 1900 with little money and build your way to an industrial empire, choosing what to make, where to get materials, and how to move and sell…

$9.99

Wild West Supermarket Simulator

Take over a run-down General Store in an 1850 Gold Rush ghost town and build it back into a proper business.

$12.99

Bounty Train

Run a steam locomotive as a business on rails in the 19th-century American West.

$9.99

TheoTown

TheoTown is a pixel-art city builder where a few houses grow into a crowded metropolis if you keep the power, water, roads and budgets working.

$9.99

Black Gold: Oil Drilling Simulator

Build an oil empire the hard way in the early 1900s: clear land, chop timber, raise your own derricks, keep rusty pumps running, hire a crew, and…

$11.24

Hidden gems like 1849

Coal LLC

Run a cheerfully evil coal corporation where you fill a daily quota or face the consequences.

$14.99

Deep Corp

Deep Corp puts you in charge of mines, factories, and a whole Wild West state that needs rebuilding.

$14.99

This Grand Life 2

A money-first life sim where you can climb from part-time shifts to running your own shops.

$17.99

Dream Town Island

Found a town on an empty island and grow it from a few shops into a place people live their whole lives in.

$12.99

Big Ambitions

Start broke in New York with an apartment, a job and advice from your uncle, then build toward a business empire.

$25.99

High Seas, High Profits!

Live your medieval trader life! Buy low, sell high and explore the world! Buy ships, build businesses, find or train captains.

$14.99

Blacksmith Master

Run a medieval smithy as a full production business, from mines and woodcutter camps to smelting, forging, and selling.

$19.99

RAILGRADE

RAILGRADE gives tycoon fans trains, factories and supply chains on an off-world colony.

$29.99

Industry Idle

Industry Idle is a numbers-first management game about building factories, linking 90+ resources into production chains, and selling on a shifting…

Free

Rise of the Merchants

A medieval trading sim where a small settlement grows into a city living off production chains and long-distance caravans.

$24.99

City Game Studio: Your Game Dev Adventure Begins

Start in a cramped rented office in 1976 and build a game company that outgrows publishers, rivals, and eventually the console makers themselves.

$19.99

Definitely Not Fried Chicken

Run a fried chicken empire that is definitely not a drug empire.

$24.99

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