Games Like ISLANDERS: New Shores (2026)

Shared: Sandbox Mode

The closest thing to a perfect RollerCoaster Tycoon successor: absurdly deep construction tools, a Steam Workshop stuffed with community parks, and management that leans creative rather than cutthroat.

Shared: Score Attack

Strap into the physics engine of a goat having an existential crisis. Pure sandbox chaos with zero objectives and zero apologies.

Shared: tier:aaa

Scrappy tycoon meets street-level hustle: Schedule I turns supply-chain management into something you'll lose sleep over, and it launched as a solo-dev Early Access title that outpaced GTA V on Steam charts.

Shared: tier:aaa, Day-Night Cycle

A five-person studio built a Tarkov parody that somehow outgrew the joke. If you've ever wanted extraction-shooter tension without a lobby full of strangers hunting you, this is the most accessible version of that feeling you'll find.

Shared: tier:aaa

Spent more hours at a virtual checkout than I care to admit, and the profit-margin itch never quite went away. Solo it's meditative; with three friends it becomes beautifully chaotic retail carnage.