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Which management games actually get played?

121 management games owned in at least 30 of the libraries read here, ranked by how many owners got past Steam’s two-hour refund window. Across all of them it’s 43%.

S9 games
  1. #1Schedule I90% of 150
  2. #2Cities: Skylines75% of 212
  3. #3Dispatch84% of 88
  4. #4Game Dev Tycoon79% of 99
  5. #5TCG Card Shop Simulator83% of 60
  6. #612 Labours of Hercules86% of 37
  7. #7Prison Architect65% of 153
  8. #8DAVE THE DIVER68% of 100
  9. #912 Labours of Hercules II: The Cretan Bull80% of 41
A24 games
  1. #10Mini Motorways81% of 37
  2. #11PlateUp!65% of 108
  3. #12Supermarket Simulator78% of 40
  4. #13Holy Potatoes! A Weapon Shop?!76% of 42
  5. #14Jurassic World Evolution66% of 73
  6. #15Youtubers Life77% of 31
  7. #16HunieCam Studio69% of 45
  8. #17Pixel Piracy69% of 45
  9. #18Tropico 563% of 68
  10. #19Planet Coaster56% of 127
  11. #20Frostpunk54% of 161
  12. #21King of Dragon Pass66% of 32
  13. #22Port Royale 366% of 32
  14. #23Planet Zoo55% of 107
  15. #24Turmoil58% of 55
  16. #25Two Point Hospital56% of 64
  17. #26Offworld Trading Company58% of 52
  18. #27Project Highrise61% of 38
  19. #28Beholder 257% of 51
  20. #29Train Valley57% of 46
  21. #30Kingdom Two Crowns52% of 110
  22. #31Tropico 452% of 108
  23. #32This Is the Police54% of 63
  24. #33Sheltered56% of 45
B37 games
  1. #34Arcade Paradise56% of 39
  2. #35Shoppe Keep54% of 52
  3. #36Mini Metro51% of 70
  4. #37Punch Club50% of 78
  5. #38Xenonauts52% of 44
  6. #39Dungeons 351% of 59
  7. #40Holy Potatoes! We’re in Space?!52% of 42
  8. #41Swag and Sorcery53% of 32
  9. #42The Last Hope53% of 32
  10. #43Anno 180051% of 39
  11. #44Dungeons 249% of 76
  12. #45Gas Station Simulator50% of 46
  13. #4660 Seconds!50% of 38
  14. #47Railway Empire49% of 43
  15. #48Evil Genius 249% of 39
  16. #49Tropico 648% of 46
  17. #50War for the Overworld48% of 44
  18. #51Domina48% of 42
  19. #52This War of Mine45% of 171
  20. #53Reigns45% of 51
  21. #54Beholder44% of 115
  22. #55Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2!!45% of 56
  23. #56Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic45% of 31
  24. #57Bomber Crew44% of 105

And 13 more: 60 Parsecs!, Train Valley 2, Halcyon 6: Lightspeed Edition, Dead In Vinland, Rise of Industry, Do Not Feed the Monkeys, 112 Operator, Townsmen - A Kingdom Rebuilt, Frostpunk 2, Let's School, Jurassic World Evolution 2, Cook, Serve, Delicious! 3?!, The Shrouded Isle.

C30 games
  1. #71Yes, Your Grace36% of 56
  2. #72Two Point Campus35% of 51
  3. #73Spiritfarer®: Farewell Edition37% of 105
  4. #74The Amazing American Circus33% of 39
  5. #75Rebel Inc: Escalation33% of 45
  6. #76Out of Space33% of 40
  7. #77Spellcaster University33% of 43
  8. #78Lobotomy Corporation30% of 33
  9. #79This Is the Police 232% of 41
  10. #80Railroad Corporation29% of 34
  11. #81Little Big Workshop30% of 43
  12. #82EarthX27% of 30

And 18 more: Cities in Motion 2, 60 Seconds! Reatomized, Mind Scanners, Siege Survival: Gloria Victis, Beholder: Conductor, RollerCoaster Tycoon: Deluxe, Honey, I Joined a Cult, Merchant of the Skies, The Invisible Hand, The Guild II, Tropico 3: Absolute Power, Dead In Bermuda, Evil Genius, Station to Station, SimCity 4 Deluxe, 911 Operator, Snowtopia, SteamWorld Build.

D21 games
  1. #101Tropico9% of 34
  2. #102Calico12% of 41
  3. #103Railroad Tycoon 36% of 33
  4. #104The Pale Beyond8% of 37
  5. #105Tropico 2: Pirate Cove6% of 34
  6. #106Graveyard Keeper26% of 262
  7. #107Space Trader: Merchant Marine3% of 31
  8. #108Lords and Villeins6% of 36
  9. #109Through The Darkest of Times3% of 33
  10. #110Legend of Keepers21% of 121
  11. #111Internet Cafe Simulator5% of 37
  12. #112Tropico 3 - Steam Special Edition14% of 77

And 9 more: RollerCoaster Tycoon 2: Triple Thrill Pack, Sid Meier's Railroads!, This Means Warp, Commander: Conquest of the Americas Gold, Space Crew: Legendary Edition, Despotism 3k, X-COM: Terror from the Deep, Smart Factory Tycoon, Kitchen Wars.

Counted from the Steam libraries read here, by the hours Steam has on each game; free games are left out, since Steam lists one as owned only once it has been played. A game owned in only a few libraries is pulled toward the kind’s 43% as if 60 more owners had played it like the typical one, so a lucky handful can’t top the list. S is the top 8%, A the next 20%, B the next 30%, C the next 25%, D the rest.