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Academia : School Simulator

PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac • 2021

Should you play it?

Design, build, and manage a high school with terrific teachers and fantastic facilities or simply let your students poop in the bushes? Academia : School Simulator is a management/tycoon game where you get to decide!

What works

  • Creative school building and customization
  • Intuitive management gameplay
  • Active developer support and updates
  • Relaxing and enjoyable simulation
  • Potential for future content expansion

Things to keep in mind

  • Limited current content and replayability
  • Lack of multiplayer or social features
  • Some bugs and technical issues
  • Short gameplay before completion
  • Price considered high for early access

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Mad Smartphone Tycoon

  • Game Corp DX

  • Production Line : Car factory simulation

  • TasteMaker

  • Rec Center Tycoon - Management Simulator

  • Startup Company

Less leadership-focused

Games that feels like Academia : School Simulator but with less leadership over others

  • Widget Inc.

  • Ship, Inc.

  • Another Farm Roguelike: Rebirth

  • Project Highrise

  • Terracards

  • Legend of Homebody

More idle-friendly

Games that feels like Academia : School Simulator but with a stronger idle, pick-up-and-play feel

  • Dragon Cliff

  • Crypto Miner Tycoon Simulator

  • Smooth Operators

  • Mini Settlers

  • Another Brick in The Mall

  • Crypto Miner Tycoon Simulator Starter Edition

More value-seeking

Games that feels like Academia : School Simulator but with a stronger sense of value for your time

  • Blueprint Tycoon

  • NGU INDUSTRIES

  • Let's School

  • Airport CEO

  • Super Movie Tycoon

  • Galaxy Pass Station

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Academia : School Simulator: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Fantasy, Thrill, Story. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Leadership, Status. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Value.

Last update: 21/08/2026