Best free tycoon and management games

1. 1

   Zombies Per Minute

   Build an automated factory, defend it from zombie waves, and climb the Zombies Per Minute leaderboard.

   strategyidle
   +1 6 players
2. 2

   Airlinia

   by u/runadev

   Start an airline and grow it from a forgotten airstrip: buy aircraft, license airports and fly contracts between more than 46,000 real airports. Free, no sign-up, it runs in your browser.

   strategy
   +1 5 players
3. 3 T

   The Realm of Tidefall

   by u/sephirith

   Tidefall is a shared online pirate world where idle progression supports a broader game of ships, ports, economy, rivalry, and growth.

   idle
   +1 3 players
4. 4

   Curbside Hauling

   by David Berget · built with Claude Code

   You just bought the town's only garbage company: one rusty pickup. Hire drivers, buy trucks, set routes, and win the city contracts.

   strategy3d
   -1 5 players
5. 5

   Harvest Tycoon

   by u/FryeMarcie

   A patch of land to call your own. Plant, craft and trade, and grow a little farm into a thriving estate. Play for free on any device.

   strategy
   0 5 players
6. 6

   Particle Clicker

   by CERN Webfest team

   Click to collect data, hire grad students, and discover the Higgs boson.

   idleeducational
   0 4 players
7. 7

   Airline Pioneer

   by u/emilianoabad

   Build your airline empire from the dawn of commercial aviation.

   strategy
   0 3 players
8. 8 N

   Next Mine Demo

   by u/baydinit

   Next Mine — from manual mining to automation. Try the free browser demo!

   0 2 players
9. 9

   Orbital Defense Idle

   by u/orbitaldefenseidle

   Build orbital defenses, repel alien invasions, and expand your galactic empire — even while you sleep. Coming to Steam April 2027.

   idlestrategy
   0 2 players
10. 10

    GridCity

    by u/fabianolecce

    Build your city in the style of classic SimCity (1989), entirely in the browser: zones, power, water, traffic, disasters, isometric 3D view. Free, no install required.

    strategy3dsandbox
    0 2 players
11. 11 3

    3D.City

    by lo-th

    You zone, build roads and power lines, and manage a growing city in a 3D city-builder simulation.

    3dsandboxtoy
    0 2 players
12. 12

    OpenTTD 15.3 Online

    by u/gerk20

    Play OpenTTD instantly in your browser! Import saves, access Online Content, and experience the full Transport Tycoon game without installing anything.

    strategysports
    0 1 player
13. 13

    Splash Line

    by NotebookArcade · built with Claude Code

    Notebook Sketch Style Waterpark Tycoon Game

    arcade
    0 0 players
14. 14

    Moonlit Grid

    by @himanshutwtxs

    A calm indie city-builder. $2.99 on itch.io, with a free demo in your browser.

    0 0 players
15. 15

    HustleTycoon

    by DonLouis187

    You start with one vending machine and buy up and automate businesses until you run a galactic empire.

    idle
    0 0 players
16. 16 C

    Civis

    by Daniele Veneroni

    You found cities, research technologies and expand your empire turn by turn in a small 4X strategy game.

    strategy
    0 0 players
17. 17 F

    FactorishJS

    by msakuta

    You lay mines, conveyor belts and furnaces to build a small Factorio-style automated factory.

    strategysandbox
    0 0 players
18. 18 B

    Bitburner

    by danielyxie & contributors

    You play a hacker in a cyberpunk world, writing real JavaScript scripts to automate breaking into servers and growing your money.

    idleeducational
    0 0 players
19. 19 E

    Empire of Sugar

    by Almut Kieffer-Jones · built with Claude Code

    You spread unicorns turn by turn across seven cloud-covered boards, uncovering tiles and scoring against the designer's own best result.

    strategy
    0 0 players

Every game here is free and runs in your browser with nothing to install. The order comes from players on Joystumble: thumbs up and down (weighted so a few votes don't outrank many), then how many people played. Made one that belongs here? Submit it.

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