Tycoon games like Zoo Protocol

Remember how tense and scary Zoo Protocol felt at its best? These tycoon games line up well for what comes next.

Lobotomy Corporation | Monster Management Simulation
You run an energy company whose power source is monsters. Send clerks-turned-agents to work with Abnormalities you know nothing about, meet the daily energy quota, and expand into new departments. When something breaches, and it will, you clean up the mess. For tycoon fans who want the spreadsheets replaced with dread.
Tense, Scary, Dark
94% of 53,956 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3,546$24.99
Let's Build a Zoo
Build a cute pixel zoo from empty grass to a crowded animal empire. You place enclosures, buy and breed over 500 animals, keep visitors fed and happy, then start splicing DNA into oddities like the Giraffephant and PandOwl. Funny, busy tycoon games with a shady side.
88% of 3,749 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 104$19.99
Roadside Research
Roadside Research puts you in charge of a gas station run by undercover aliens. By day you stock shelves, order wares, pump fuel and take cash; on the side you scan customers and steal data for the invasion. Upgrade the shop to draw a bigger crowd and upgrade your alien tech to research faster, all while keeping suspicion low.
Also in Co-op
85% of 4,129 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 97$14.99
Planet Zoo
Build a world for wildlife in your own zoo, where lion cubs play and elephants lumber through habitats you shaped. You place exhibits and shops, set prices, hire staff and balance welfare against profit. Detailed, warm and demanding in a good way, it rewards tycoon fans who love tending both animals and budgets.
Atmospheric
90% of 81,720 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1,437$44.99
Rogue AI Simulator
Play as a Rogue Artificial Intelligence, in the sequel to the hit Flash game "I'm an Insane Rogue AI", played more than 4 million times! Your Prime Directive is simple: design a facility & manage human Test Subjects for the Dept of Science. But be careful: they NEVER stop being suspicious of you...
Tense, Dark, Mysterious
82% of 368 Steam reviews are positive$11.99
SCP Strategy
Take control of the SCP Foundation. For the general good, find, contain, and protect SCP objects. Develop your foundation and protect it from hostile organizations, in the last resort destroy them and capture SCP objects held there.
Dark, Mysterious, Surreal
78% of 558 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
Happy's Humble Burger Cult
Run a cursed burger joint with up to three friends: grill burgers, fry sides, pour drinks, work the register, hit quota and keep customers happy, then close up and run when the mascot starts hunting. A fast, funny management shift where profit is survival.
Also in Co-op · Tense, Scary, Dark
85% of 581 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 85$9.99
Zoo Simulator
In Zoo Simulator, your main task is to run and manage your own zoo. Renew it and take care of all the animals' needs, ensuring them a peaceful life! Will you attract crowds of visitors? Create your own zoo!
62% of 123 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
HAM: The Game
HAM is a chaotic co-op factory management game where you and your friends struggle to fulfill endless orders while everything falls apart around you. Work together to survive the corporate grind, or watch your careers go up in smoke when the HAM hits the fan.
Also in Co-op · Tense, Surreal
69% of 109 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
Creature Lab
Become a mad scientist! Conduct crazy experiments, mix mutagens, breed abominable creatures, and attach monstrous body parts to them. Manage your inventory, expand your lab, and make sure your hideout is safe. Send your creations into the city to obtain salvage and test subjects!
Tense, Scary, Dark
51% of 346 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
ZooKeeper
Become a Zoo Keeper, manage and build the zoo of your childhood dreams! Take care of the animals and create ideal conditions for them. Grow your zoo, add extraordinary species and prepare amazing attractions for visitors.
66% of 41 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Zoo 2: Animal Park
Run a small family zoo and grow it into a large animal park, placing enclosures, shops, benches and planting while feeding tigers, pandas, elephants and goats. It is a gentle, colorful keeper-and-tycoon mix with breeding, quests and events, best for tycoon fans who want short, low-pressure sessions.
77% of 1,715 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 131Free

Cheaper than Zoo Protocol

Zoo Park

Care for over 40 different animals from all four corners of the Earth whilst running a professional programme of rescue, rehabilitation, research…

$4.99

B.A.N.K.

Congratulations on your new career at B.A.N.K.! Go it alone or with friends (1-4) — serve customers, uphold the bank's reputation, climb the…

$2.91

Cryptid Keeper

A Cryptid-Collecting Adventure. Explore strange places, capture mysterious creatures, breed bizarre hybrids, and turn a forgotten zoo into a…

$3.99

Ravenous Devils

Run a tailor shop upstairs and a pub downstairs where the customers become the menu.

$4.99

Marine Park Empire

Get ready to jump in the water as you run the most exciting and wild marine park ever in the latest and greatest sea-life simulation!

$1.74

Blueprint Tycoon

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

$2.99

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

The Plant Shop

Run a late-night plant shop by day-job escapee Silvia: take orders, pot soil, seed and water into flowers, plants and cacti, expand the collection…

$4.99

Sandwich Simulator

Run a small sandwich restaurant where the lunch rush is the whole game.

$4.99

Pumping Simulator

Pumping Simulator As an active member of a gas station in a major city around the world, you can play with up to 10 friends in a multiplayer co-op…

$4.99

Barbecue

Barbecue is a co-op party game where 1 to 4 players manage a backyard BBQ that spirals into total chaos.

$4.95

Farm Keeper

A tile-based farming game where success means maximizing yields to survive the rent, expanding your farm through random tile choices.

$4.99

Hidden gems like Zoo Protocol

PROFITS 2167: Planetary Resource Optimization & Freight Infrastructure Technician Simulator

Deliver Minerals. Earn Tokens. Meet Deadlines. Upgrade your Infrastructure. Grow the Numbers. Deploy Human Resources. Manipulate the Token Market.

$6.99

Coal LLC

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

$14.99

Ore Factory Squad ⛏️

Start with a shovel and a small warehouse, end with forklifts, conveyor belts and oil contracts.

$12.99

Monster Care Simulator

Treat, raise and play with cute creatures while you grow your own care center, solo or with friends.

$12.99

Happy's Humble Burger Cult

Run a cursed burger joint with up to three friends: grill burgers, fry sides, pour drinks, work the register, hit quota and keep customers happy…

$9.99

The House Always Wins

Run a casino where the slots never stop and the guests never behave.

$12.99

CURE - A Hospital Simulator

Run a night-shift emergency room while the apocalypse starts outside.

$9.99

Alien Market Simulator

Run a market on your space station. Restore and upgrade the station, expand your services, and sell to a variety of alien customers.

$12.99

Roadside Research

Roadside Research puts you in charge of a gas station run by undercover aliens.

$14.99

Dirty Business

Run a criminal empire from an underground hangar beneath the city.

$11.24

Animal Shelter 2

Run a small animal shelter in a mountain town, keep every dog, cat and small animal fed, clean and healthy, then match each one to the right adopter.

$24.99

Happy's Humble Burger Farm

You run the overnight shift at Happy's Humble Burger Farm alone: grill patties, fry sides, pour drinks, and get each order right before Happy the…

$19.99

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