The Best Economy Games for Xbox Series X

Update : Galacticare added at rank #1.
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Galacticare (2024)

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PC Windows Xbox One Xbox Series X Playstation 5

Build, manage and optimise intergalactic hospitals! Recruit staff to satisfy the whims of various alien species, and cure their bizarre illnesses - for money! Save the (literal) Galaxy in story mode, or head into sandbox to design the hospital of your dreams.


  • medical
  • humor
  • management
  • god-game
  • base-building
  • building
  • economy
  • dark
  • simulation
  • city-building
  • funny
  • cartoony
  • sci-fi
  • narration
  • space

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Dune: Spice Wars (2022)

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PC Windows Xbox Series X

A 4X real-time strategy game from the developers of the critically acclaimed Northgard. Set in Frank Herbert’s groundbreaking Dune universe, you must lead your faction and battle for control and dominance over the harsh desert planet of Arrakis.


  • real-time
  • 4x
  • strategy
  • economy
  • political
  • tactical
  • military
  • sci-fi
  • resource
  • dune
  • espionage
  • grand-strategy
  • dragonfly
  • novel
  • diplomacy

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Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator (2021)

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Nintendo Switch Xbox Series X Xbox One PC Windows

Buy, sell, and trade organs in a strange and evolving universe. Dive into the quivering innards of alien capitalism in the sci-fi body horror market tycoon game you didn't know you needed.


  • space
  • medical
  • simulation
  • trading
  • moddable
  • economy
  • cyberpunk
  • management
  • surreal
  • funny
  • aliens
  • horror

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SimAirport (2020)

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Xbox Series X Xbox One Linux PC Windows Mac OS

Build & Manage Your Airport. An International Hub or a Regional Masterpiece -- it's up to you. Buy more land to scale out, or escalators to scale up with MULTIPLE FLOORS. You're in full control in this modern business management tycoon!


  • base-building
  • city-building
  • flight
  • management
  • building
  • economy
  • simulation
  • sandbox
  • pixel
  • 2d
  • resource-management
  • casual
  • large-scale
  • strategy

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Imagine Earth (2021)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch j Playstation 4 Playstation 5 Xbox One Xbox Series X

Imagine Earth is a thrilling real-time planet simulation and strategy game that lets you explore and colonize distant planets. In this game, you play a space colony manager tasked with building profitable colonies while preserving living conditions for your people amidst corporate greed and environmental concerns. Dig for resources, build power plants, farms, and factories while fending off threats like asteroids, wild fires, and hostile colonies. You can trade resources and technologies to enrich your colonies, build towers, and research for advanced technologies. Now, it's time to expand your colony and dominate the universe!


What we like:
  • Well-polished game with unique art design and relaxing gameplay
  • Heavy emphasis on competitiveness with multiple ways to hinder AI competition
  • Great fun in multiplayer games
  • Continual and meaningful updates from the developers
  • Unique approach to a tile-based system
What could be improved:
  • Lack of micromanagement may disappoint city-building enthusiasts
  • Voice acting could be better
  • Limited countermeasures against weather effects
  • Unintuitive resource gathering and pollution mitigation

  • simulation
  • diplomacy
  • colony
  • economy
  • planet
  • city-building
  • capitalism
  • science
  • lore
  • management
  • nature
  • sandbox
  • building
  • resource
  • procedural

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The Settlers: New Allies (2023)

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PC Windows Xbox Series X Xbox One Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch

The Settlers®: New Allies is a strategy game with an in-depth build-up experience and real-time strategic battles.


  • city-building
  • strategy
  • economy
  • real-time
  • resource
  • simulation
  • military
  • medieval

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orbit.industries (2022)

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Linux Android Playstation 4 Playstation 5 Xbox One Xbox Series X Nintendo Switch PC Windows

Become a Space Pioneer by building and managing a station of your own on the orbit of distant planets! Focus on design and management or fulfill objectives to progress. ️ Explore, Build and Prosper!


  • space
  • resource-management
  • management
  • building
  • economy
  • automation
  • simulation
  • science
  • artificial
  • intelligence
  • cinematic
  • immersive
  • politics
  • abstract
  • procedural

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Common'hood (2022)

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Xbox Series X Xbox One PC Windows

Common’hood is a community building and economy management game with highly customizable base building tools. Scavenge for materials, grow your own food, research new technology, craft new tools, build a home, make friends. Form your community and take it from surviving to thriving!


  • colony
  • base-building
  • building
  • simulation
  • crafting
  • automation
  • economy
  • management
  • minimalist
  • sandbox
  • stylized
  • in-game
  • 3d
  • colourful
  • resource-management

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Beastie Bay DX (2021)

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Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 PC Windows IOS iPhone Xbox One Xbox Series X Android

Develop a deserted island and collect rare monsters!


  • simulation
  • colony
  • city-building
  • economy
  • rpg
  • pokemon
  • farming
  • battle
  • casual
  • survival
  • cute
  • strategy
  • exploration
  • 2d
  • pixel

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