The Best Management Games - Page 3

Update : Prison Architect 2 added at rank #26.
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My Lovely Empress (2024)

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Xbox One Xbox Series X PC Windows Nintendo Switch

My Lovely Empress is an empire management sim inspired by Asian mythology. As the Emperor of the Crimson Empire, you will build relations with neighboring rulers, balance internal factions, and ensure the prosperity of your people, all before you reap their souls to resurrect your beloved empress.


  • visual-novel
  • 2.5d
  • immersive
  • simulation
  • fantasy
  • point-and-click
  • political
  • management
  • hand-drawn
  • stylized
  • romance
  • dark
  • multiple-endings
  • choices
  • empire

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Football Manager 2024 (2023)

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Playstation 5 Xbox One Xbox Series X PC Windows Android Mac OS

Take the helm in Football Manager 2024 and lead your team to glory! Dive into the most realistic football universe, strategize your way to the top with improved gameplay, and enjoy the thrill of a new level of immersion. Your football story awaits – are you ready to leave your mark?


What we like:
  • Enhanced on-field physics and lighting
  • Multiple career paths and game modes
  • Ability to continue saves from previous versions
  • Fresh features like set-piece customization
  • Inclusion of the J-League for new challenges
What could be improved:
  • Steep learning curve for newcomers
  • Repetitive press conferences

  • football
  • management
  • tactical
  • simulation
  • sport
  • squad

23

PlateUp! (2022)

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

Cook and serve your dishes, design and decorate your restaurants, and expand your culinary kingdom with new unlocks, abilities and dishes in procedurally-generated locations. Classic cooking action with permanent roguelite progression. Hire your friends - or do it all yourself!


  • rogue-like
  • cooperative
  • cooking
  • management
  • local
  • building
  • base-building
  • 4-player
  • procedural

24

Nova Lands (2023)

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Playstation 4 Xbox One PC Windows Nintendo Switch

Dive into Nova Lands, where your creativity fuels an open-world adventure of base-building and automation! Master resource management, befriend or battle exotic creatures, and design a thriving industry with adorable helper bots. Unleash your inner strategist and transform untamed wilds into a flourishing empire. Embark on your journey in Nova Lands today!


What we like:
  • Engaging base-building and automation
  • Diverse biomes with unique challenges
  • Customizable helper bot AI adds depth
  • Satisfying progression and skill tree
  • Charming pixel art and soundtrack
What could be improved:
  • Late-game content a bit slow

  • management
  • crafting
  • open-world
  • resource-management
  • automation
  • resource
  • pixel
  • survival
  • base-building
  • farming
  • simulation
  • 2d
  • boss-fight
  • boss
  • building

25

Yes, Your Grace (2020)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch Xbox One Xbox Series X Mac OS

Yes, Your Grace is a captivating kingdom management game where you make tough decisions as King Eryk. Inspired by Slavic folklore, this RPG brings you a world of monsters, arcane practices, and quirky characters. Can you keep your people happy in this challenging medieval adventure?


What we like:
  • Enjoyable story with multiple endings
  • Excellent writing
  • Beautiful soundtracks
  • Outstanding pixel art
What could be improved:
  • No manual save (you'll have to finish the day to auto save)
  • Limited replay value
  • Lack of agency in important decisions

  • management
  • medieval
  • point-and-click
  • simulation
  • pixel
  • resource-management
  • battle
  • political
  • narrative
  • war
  • choices
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • kingdom-management
  • rpg

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Prison Architect 2 (2024)

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Android

Design and develop your own personalized penitentiary in Prison Architect 2. The classic prison-builder has broken out into 3D, and it's up to you to contain it!


  • simulation
  • sandbox
  • management
  • construction
  • building
  • strategy
  • top-down
  • base-building
  • economy
  • real-time
  • dog

27

football-manager-2023 (2022)

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Playstation 5

Football Manager 2023 lets you become an elite football manager, crafting your own team, writing your own headlines, and dominating the competition. Sign superstars or create them and level up your recruitment to develop a world-class squad. Play big European nights with the UEFA Champions League, and outsmart your rivals with smarter AI managers. Enjoy the new Supporter Confidence system and dynamic manager timeline, and relive your achievements.


What we like:
  • Official UEFA license
  • improved opponent AI
  • better defensive play
  • increasing number of licensed clubs
  • solid and stable game
What could be improved:
  • Not enough of an update to be worth getting
  • players still prone to inhuman fits of pique
  • overpriced compared to the lack of progress
  • takes a while to get a feel for the game

  • football
  • management
  • tactical
  • sport
  • simulation
  • squad

28

Let's School (2023)

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

Dive into the exhilarating role of a headmaster entrusted to revive your alma mater! Beyond just bricks and mortar, train teachers, recruit students. Sculpt your school into a unique educational haven! Let's School!

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  • medical
  • management
  • education
  • simulation
  • city-building
  • voxel
  • nature
  • time-management
  • sandbox
  • building
  • school
  • family-friendly
  • economy
  • comedy
  • relaxing

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Grow: Song of The Evertree (2021)

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Xbox One PC Windows Nintendo Switch Playstation 4

Grow: Song of the Evertree is an awe-inducing experience firmly planted between an adventure game and a sweet casual farm game. The game is beautiful with opportunities to explore the world around you and keep it casual with the gameplay, whilst feeding you the story. You get to customize your character and go on a journey to save the Evertree and nurture the world back to health from the Withering. You even get your very own sweet dragon companion!


What we like:
  • Beautiful art style & music
  • Customizable character
  • Relaxed gameplay
  • Dragon companion
  • Non-binary characters supported
  • No punishment or rush for doing things wrong
What could be improved:
  • Slow going
  • Not strictly accessible in terms of customization options

  • farming
  • simulation
  • city-building
  • sandbox
  • open-world
  • exploration
  • wholesome
  • world-crafting
  • management
  • relaxing
  • cute
  • agriculture
  • colourful
  • life
  • adventure

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Backpack Hero (2023)

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The inventory management roguelike! Collect rare items, organize your backpack, and vanquish your foes!


  • rogue-like
  • deckbuilder
  • management
  • inventory
  • rogue-like-deckbuilder
  • turn-based
  • moddable
  • backpack
  • battler
  • procedural
  • building
  • replay-value
  • choices

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