management sim

plural management sims

1. video gamesA simulation game focusing on the management of a business, institution, sports team, etc.

   These touches take WCBM into a different league to your average, run of the mill, ho-hum everyday kind of management sim.

   1990 June, “World Championship Boxing Manager”, in Amstrad Action, page 54

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   Guide your chosen team through not just one season, but a decade of play, making all the selection and transfer decisions in the manner of a simplified management sim.

   1999 January, Chas Davies, “NBA Live 99”, in Arcade, page 122

   Introversion has officially updated Prison Architect to the hallowed version 1.0, and the result is one of the most distinctive and fascinating management sims since Theme Hospital.

   2016 January, Rick Lane, “Prison Architect”, in Custom PC, page 80

   Synonyms: tycoon game