Games like Turmoil

The Squirrel's verdictLike Turmoil, Schedule I runs a build-and-sell loop: produce, manage logistics, sell for profit, reinvest. Schedule I adds co-op play and a longer median session (35 hours), trading oil rigs for drug manufacturing and dealing. It suits players wanting the same production-sales skeleton scaled up, played with others, over a longer haul.

Not for you if you want Turmoil's compact, low-meta pacing — reviews describe Schedule I's loop turning repetitive with little left to work toward at endgame.

The Squirrel's verdictStacklands builds its resource loop around stacking and chaining cards — crafting, feeding villagers, surviving waves — rather than pipeline management or market bidding. It opens calm and becomes increasingly micromanagement-heavy as the card count grows. At $3.99 with a 12.5-hour median runtime, it suits players who want a compact, discovery-driven resource game with an escalating challenge curve.

Not for you if you want a relaxed session throughout — late-game card juggling becomes relentless and reviewers flag it as exhausting.

The Squirrel's verdictKingdom Two Crowns adds co-op and a defense layer to the resource-management formula, but removes the placement freedom Turmoil gives you — building spots are pre-defined and repeat across every island. Reviewed as Good on gameplay and audio, it suits players who want a shared session with a partner over a solo optimization challenge. Median playtime is 34.4 hours at $3.99.

Not for you if you want to choose where structures go rather than working around fixed, repeating island layouts.

The Squirrel's verdictSame drilling-and-upgrading core as Turmoil, but Coal LLC resets you to zero every map instead of letting you build lasting progress, and stacks an escalating coal quota that forces urgency Turmoil never had. Good for players who liked the digging-and-selling loop but want pressure and runs instead of Turmoil's easier, cumulative pace.

Not for you if you want persistent upgrades across attempts rather than starting from scratch each map under a rising quota.

The Squirrel's verdictTurmoil's resource-management loop shows up here in simpler form: build up a studio, manage staff and output, watch numbers climb. Graphics and audio are rougher, and there's no oil-rig sabotage or auction tension. At $2.99 with a 6.5-hour median playtime, this suits players who want Turmoil's build-and-optimize hook without the depth commitment.

Not for you if you want Turmoil's presentation quality and Very Good gameplay rating rather than a bare-bones management loop that reviewers say gets repetitive fast.

The Squirrel's verdictTurmoil's drilling loop and Super Life share an easy-to-learn, grind-friendly structure that rewards repeat sessions over deep systems mastery. Super Life swaps rigs for a stick-figure RPG of jobs, quests, and leveling, but gates story progress behind arcade-style mini-games and a sparse map. Median playtime sits at 37.5 hours.

Not for you if you're bad at arcade-style mini-games required to finish quests, or grinding jobs and energy systems bores you after a few days.

The Squirrel's verdictTurmoil has you managing resource flow and workers under light pressure; The Promised Land shares that resource-and-worker management but drops the oil-drilling theme for settlement-building, with no combat pressure or losing state. Reviews describe it as low-challenge, no-achievements, stand-by gameplay for low-stakes sessions rather than active problem-solving.

Not for you if you want Turmoil's competitive market pressure or the possibility of actually failing at the game.

The Squirrel's verdictTurmoil is solo resource management under market pressure. Dice Kingdoms keeps the resource-gathering and building loop but shifts to turn-based dice rolls across four simultaneous phases, adding direct conflict between players in co-op. Median playtime sits at 9.8 hours. Suits players who want Turmoil's economic core turned into a competitive board game played with friends.

Not for you if you prefer Turmoil's solo real-time pacing over turn-based dice rolls and direct conflict against other players.