Games Like 1980

Urbek is a city building game where you can build your own neighbourhoods: from nightlife district to industrial district. Don't exhaust your natural resources before you have an educated population to build more efficient structures.

Why similar: City Builder 38.5%, Management 20.8%, Building 14.2%, Strategy 13.9%, Resource Management 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a similar focus on resource management and organic city growth without the need for traditional service networks.

Project Highrise is a skyscraper construction and management sim...

Why similar: Management 38.9%, Strategy 22.2%, Building 21.6%, City Builder 11.5%, 2D 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: A management-heavy simulation that focuses on the intricacies of building and maintaining a vertical urban environment.

1849 is a city management game set during the California Gold Rush. Your task is to build towns, populate them with workers, and make sure that they are housed, fed, and entertained. You’ll have to manage and coordinate extensive production and trade networks to make sure your towns thrive.

Why similar: City Builder 36.2%, Management 18.8%, Strategy 17.3%, Resource Management 8.9%, Building 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: A historical city-builder that emphasizes resource chains and economic management in a specific time period.

Build and maintain a power grid for a constantly growing population, while fighting off all kinds of disasters in this thrilling resource management experience. It's time for you to give "Power to the People"! Do you have what it takes to keep the lights on?

Why similar: City Builder 35%, Management 24.4%, Building 14.8%, Strategy 12.7%, Resource Management 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: Centers on the challenge of managing infrastructure and resources, much like the logistical puzzles in 1980.

An exciting new city-management/puzzle game about buildings and the city they inhabit. You must grow your city to a bustling metropolitan centre with an array of shops, offices, entertainment facilities and amenities, to help your buildings thrive; or risk them being demolished forever.

Why similar: City Builder 38.7%, Management 23.9%, Strategy 17.8%, Building 12.7%, 2D 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a unique, character-driven approach to city management that emphasizes the personality of your urban structures.

Marble Age is a turn-based historical strategy where your task is to turn a small Ancient Greek village into a flourishing Polis, powerful enough to conquer the known world!

Why similar: City Builder 24.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.9%, Strategy 16.5%, Management 16.4%, Building 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: Features turn-based strategy and historical progression that aligns well with the pacing of 1980.

ISLANDERS is a minimalist strategy game about building cities on colorful islands.

Why similar: City Builder 54.6%, Strategy 19.9%, Building 16.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 5.4%, Indie 2.2%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, turn-based city builder that rewards strategic placement and efficient resource usage.

Dorfromantik is a peaceful building strategy and puzzle game where you create a beautiful and ever-growing village landscape by placing tiles. Explore a variety of colorful biomes, discover and unlock new tiles and complete quests to fill your world with life!

Why similar: City Builder 37%, Turn-Based Strategy 22.4%, Strategy 14.8%, Hand-drawn 11.7%, Resource Management 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a relaxing, turn-based tile-placement experience that mirrors the strategic planning found in 1980.

Instant town building toy. Place housing blocks and watch them transform, piece by piece, into idyllic ocean-side towns, pastoral gardens, or sweeping cities on the sea.

Why similar: City Builder 66.4%, Building 27.8%, Indie 3.3%, Singleplayer 2.4%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses purely on the joy of building and aesthetic design, perfect for those who enjoy the creative side of city-builders.

Mini Settlers is a minimalistic city builder! Settle islands, construct cities, and design efficient logistic networks to fulfill your buildings' needs and fuel population growth to adventure into new worlds.

Why similar: City Builder 37.8%, Management 22.8%, Strategy 15.5%, Building 13.2%, Resource Management 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist strategy game that focuses on efficient expansion and resource logistics on a small scale.

Welcome to the resource management game where your creativity and logistics skills are put to the test! In this minimalistic simulation you will build interconnected chains of products and open new missions by completing various tasks to create the biggest system you can.

Why similar: Management 31.3%, Strategy 21.9%, Building 20.6%, Resource Management 18.3%, 2D 6%

Why You'll Like It: A resource management game that strips away the fluff to focus on the pure logic of production chains.

Kingdoms and Castles is a city-building simulation game about growing a kingdom from a tiny hamlet to a sprawling city and imposing castle. Make trade agreements, alliance, and war with neighboring AI controlled kingdoms. Each villager and resource is individually simulated.

Why similar: City Builder 44.9%, Management 19.3%, Strategy 13.7%, Resource Management 11.2%, Building 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: Combines charming visuals with accessible city-building mechanics and light survival elements.

Foundation is a grid-less, laidback medieval city-building game with a focus on organic development, monument construction and resource management.

Why similar: City Builder 53.5%, Management 14.2%, Strategy 13.9%, Building 8.8%, Resource Management 8%

Why You'll Like It: A gridless city-builder that allows for more organic and natural urban growth patterns.

Civitatem is a medieval city builder where you help your villagers raise a new settlement in dangerous lands by making use of their skills and available world resources.

Why similar: City Builder 43.2%, Strategy 22.3%, Management 11.8%, Resource Management 8.9%, Building 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A medieval city-builder that focuses on managing a small group of settlers and their survival.

This is a free version of Oxygen, featuring the first 50 game-days. Build your city around the Oxygen Center and ensure your people's survival in a post-apocalyptic future, threatened by crack explosions, deadly winds, droughts and frosts. Lead your people and keep the Oxygen Center running!

Why similar: City Builder 39.4%, Strategy 17.6%, Management 16.6%, Building 12%, Resource Management 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused city-builder that requires careful resource management to keep your population alive.

Build and manage your own settlement! A relaxing village construction and management simulator.

Why similar: City Builder 44.1%, Management 21.5%, Strategy 14.9%, Resource Management 13.6%, 2D 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: A cozy colony-sim that emphasizes building and resource management in a small, manageable village setting.

In this city-building strategy game, you control a group of exiled travelers who decide to restart their lives in a new land. They have only the clothes on their backs and a cart filled with supplies from their homeland. The townspeople of Banished are your primary resource.

Why similar: City Builder 62.2%, Strategy 19.2%, Management 6.3%, Resource Management 5.4%, Building 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: A classic city-builder that emphasizes the harsh realities of resource management and survival in a growing settlement.

Humans are long gone. In a world struck by droughts and toxic waste, will your lumberpunk beavers do any better? A sandbox city-building game featuring ingenious animals, vertical architecture, water physics, and terraforming. Contains high amounts of wood.

Why similar: City Builder 45.8%, Management 19.7%, Building 13%, Strategy 12.6%, Resource Management 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: Features deep resource management and unique building mechanics centered around water and drought survival.

In 960 AD, the new Song Dynasty needs you! As magistrate, build a prosperous city from scratch. Develop bustling streets filled with businesses and entertainment, while navigating hidden crises of political strife and foreign invasions. How will you lead through these challenges?

Why similar: City Builder 35.6%, Management 16.4%, Strategy 14.9%, Building 11.8%, Resource Management 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: A historical city-builder that emphasizes cultural and economic management during the Song Dynasty.

Become a ruler and build the ancient city of your dreams in Empire City! Unlock new opportunities for your city's prosperity, gain the support of the gods, construct grand buildings, and create unique infrastructure. Transform a small settlement into a magnificent center of civilization!

Why similar: City Builder 45.3%, Strategy 20.9%, Management 16.1%, Building 13.6%, Resource Management 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on historical urban growth and strategic management in a 2D isometric perspective.

Townsmen – A Kingdom Rebuilt hands the crown to you: Guide your people from their first steps in a small village to a massive medieval metropolis with thousands of inhabitants.

Why similar: City Builder 47.2%, Strategy 34.4%, Building 9.2%, Resource Management 6.5%, 2D 1.5%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a traditional, management-focused city-building experience with a charming aesthetic.

Anno 1800™ – Lead the Industrial Revolution! Welcome to the dawn of the Industrial Age. The path you choose will define your world. Are you an innovator or an exploiter? A conqueror or a liberator? How the world remembers your name is up to you.

Why similar: City Builder 58.9%, Strategy 20.8%, Resource Management 8%, Management 7.4%, Building 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a deep, historical economic simulation that is perfect for players who enjoy complex production chains.

Cardboard Town is a city-building card game. Manage your resources, obtain upgrades, draw your cards and thrive! Random events, quest cards, and game modes make each run different.

Why similar: City Builder 29.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 16%, Management 13.8%, Building 13.3%, Strategy 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: A stylized, card-based city-builder that introduces a unique strategic layer to traditional building mechanics.

After a nuclear war life on the surface became impossible. A 300m thick radioactive fog covered the Earth. We are looking for bold active people to manage the process of restoring life on Earth. Join!

Why similar: City Builder 40.4%, Management 19%, Strategy 16.4%, Building 11.8%, Resource Management 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging city-builder that requires strict resource management to survive on isolated platforms.

Big Ambitions is a revolutionary role-playing business sim. Go from nothing to the biggest entrepreneur in New York by opening small businesses or slowly building huge corporations any way you like.

Why similar: Management 80.7%, Resource Management 17.3%, Singleplayer 2.1%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the business management side of urban development, allowing you to build an empire from the ground up.

A casual city building game. Become the mayor and create your own metropolis! Create residential, commercial, and industrial zones. Build parks and recreation spots. Respond to crime and disasters. Watch your city come alive!

Why similar: City Builder 49.3%, Strategy 20.9%, Building 12.4%, Management 11.1%, 2D 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: A streamlined, casual city-builder that captures the essence of classic urban planning games.

El Presidente is back! Prove yourself once again as a feared dictator or peace-loving statesman on the island state of Tropico and shape the fate of your very own banana republic through four distinctive eras.

Why similar: City Builder 50.9%, Strategy 21%, Management 20.5%, Building 7.1%, Singleplayer 0.5%

Why You'll Like It: Adds a layer of political and economic management to the city-building formula for a more complex experience.

Mittelborg: City of Mages is a strategic adventure with elements of rogue-like and resource management. You are crowned to be Chancellor of the city, but this power is a heavy burden. Face tough decisions, fight mystical tempests, look for the cause of upcoming chaos. Will Mittelborg have a future?

Why similar: City Builder 25.2%, Strategy 23%, Management 14%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.4%, Hand-drawn 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A strategy-management hybrid that focuses on resource allocation and decision-making in a fantasy city.

Construct and design buildings for optimal working conditions. Hire people to design and release software, so you can defeat the simulated competition and take over their businesses. Manage and educate your employees to make sure they are skilled and satisfied with their job.

Why similar: Management 46.6%, Building 27.9%, Strategy 22.1%, Indie 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: A deep management simulation that focuses on building and running a successful company within a city environment.

Urbek City Builder: Prologue is a free city building game where you can build your own neighbourhoods: from nightlife district to industrial district. Don't exhaust your natural resources before you have an educated population to build more efficient structures. Try it yourself for free!

Why similar: City Builder 37.1%, Management 21.2%, Building 14.4%, Strategy 14.3%, Resource Management 11.9%

Diluvian Winds is a relaxing management game set in a small hamlet at the foot of a lighthouse. Welcome weary travelers and work together to expand your hamlet on land, under the sea, or among the clouds.

Why similar: City Builder 36.8%, Management 14.7%, Strategy 13.1%, Building 10.9%, Hand-drawn 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: A management game that blends city-building with survival elements in a unique, atmospheric setting.

Build, plan, and flourish while the time is running! Mini City: Mayhem is a chaos-filled city-builder where you build against time. Become the mayor of a tiny town, plop down tiny building blocks to build a working city to progress. Become the greatest urban planner of all time!

Why similar: City Builder 42.1%, Management 22.2%, Strategy 18.6%, Building 11.5%, Resource Management 5.7%

Mini Settlers: Prologue is a free version of Mini Settlers. In this minimalist city builder, settle islands, construct cities, and design efficient logistic networks to fulfill your buildings' needs and fuel population growth to adventure into new worlds.

Why similar: City Builder 33.9%, Strategy 21.7%, Management 17.2%, Resource Management 14%, Building 10%

Experience a city-building game, where the citizens are fully simulated and every decision you make impacts their lives. From the Stone Age to the Iron Age and beyond, watch your civilization evolve and progress under your guidance.

Why similar: Strategy 42.7%, Management 26.5%, Building 25.2%, Resource Management 5.1%, Singleplayer 0.5%

A new city will be established on a flat plain and its administration has been given to you. In order to keep the administration in your hands, the city needs to develop continuously.

Why similar: City Builder 45.9%, Strategy 11.6%, Building 11.4%, Resource Management 10.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.1%

Turn-based historical simulation strategy. Develop the Greek civilization from the small village to the great city-state when it will dominate the world!

Why similar: City Builder 23.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.5%, Management 15.4%, Strategy 15.1%, Building 12.2%

A city-building sim with a historical twist

Why similar: City Builder 48.1%, Strategy 23.6%, Building 11.6%, Management 10.5%, 2D 5.5%

What was it like to be a chief of a tribe in 6000 year B.C.? Oh, you know, the usual - feed your people, build them shelters, defend them from raids of neighbors. And if you are lucky, sooner or later you will build a kingdom and become their king!

Why similar: City Builder 26%, Turn-Based Strategy 17%, Management 15.9%, Strategy 14.3%, Building 11.7%

The Prologue is just part of the gameplay that awaits you in the full version of the game. El Dorado - Prologue is a strategy city-building game in which you plan, build and develop your settlement to conquer Jukatan and earn the title of The Golden City. Become a leader, whom even Gods will bow to.

Why similar: City Builder 38.9%, Management 19.2%, Strategy 15.8%, Building 12.4%, Resource Management 11.9%

Navigate the competitive industrial landscape of vibrant 1980's USA! Make strategic manufacturing decisions, optimize production chains, acquire technologies, and expand your global business network with key contacts. Opportunities await those savvy enough to capitalize on them!

Why similar: City Builder 28.4%, Management 20.4%, 1980s 13.8%, Strategy 12.8%, Building 12%

Welcome to the Empty Patch of Land. Can you create your own beautiful kingdom here? In this strategy in real time you can build farms, taverns, barracks, and more.

Why similar: City Builder 69.7%, Strategy 25.1%, Indie 3.7%, Singleplayer 1.4%

In this city-building game, you will lead a group of survivors in their search for a new home. Manipulate the landscape, manage limited supplies, plant crops, hunt wildlife, gather resources, and develop trade routes to build a bustling and unique town.

Why similar: City Builder 43.5%, Management 19.7%, Building 14.7%, Strategy 9.2%, Resource Management 7.2%

Welcome to Minami Lane! Build your own street in this tiny cozy, casual management sim! Unlock and customize buildings, manage your shops, and maximize the happiness of your villagers to complete quests and fill your street with love!

Why similar: City Builder 30.6%, Management 20.2%, Strategy 12.7%, Building 10.3%, Hand-drawn 10.2%

Become the mayor and build the city of your dreams! In this game, anything is possible. Whatever you can imagine in a city-building and development simulator, you can do. Start from the very beginning and unlock new possibilities for developing your city in Global City!

Why similar: City Builder 38.1%, Management 19.4%, Strategy 14.9%, Building 13.4%, Resource Management 12.9%

Build. Survive. Thrive. Bastide is a 13th-century city-building strategy game where you transform a vulnerable peasant village into a fortified town. Manage your workforce and protect your people from the constant threats of starvation, disease, winter, and bandits.

Why similar: City Builder 56.1%, Strategy 39.6%, Indie 4.3%

From barren land to towering metropolis, every decision you make shapes the destiny of your city. Industrial flow, global trade, surging land values, and growing wealth, offers deep management gameplay, perfect for players who love strategic city-building and economic simulation.

Why similar: City Builder 64.7%, Building 23.6%, 2D 3.7%, Resource Management 3.7%, Strategy 3.4%

Tavern Master is all about managing your medieval tavern. You start with a very small room, couple of benches and tables and build your way up to a huge successful tavern with a kitchen, rooms for guests, group of loyal staff and much more!

Why similar: City Builder 29.4%, Strategy 20%, Management 19.8%, Building 16.2%, Resource Management 12.1%

Empire Architect is an ancient city-building real time strategy game, with elements from grand strategies sprinkled in for good measure. The levels are procedurally generated, and you have limited control over your subjects

Why similar: City Builder 41.8%, Strategy 18.6%, Management 14.5%, Building 11.4%, Resource Management 8.6%

Home Wind is a minimalist, relaxing and cozy city builder about creating large settlements based on proximity tactics. All for free!

Why similar: City Builder 48.3%, Strategy 17%, Building 11.5%, Hand-drawn 10.9%, Resource Management 8.1%

​Immerse yourself in ancient Egypt with PyramidValley, a management game where you develop your pharaonic city by constructing iconic monuments and gathering various resources to ensure prosperity.

Why similar: City Builder 73%, Strategy 18.7%, 2D 8.3%

A city-building game with a unique twist—step inside and experience your city firsthand! Plan roads, zones, and infrastructure while growing your economy, managing resources, and unlocking special buildings. Host events, build mega projects, and watch your city thrive in a dynamic world.

Why similar: City Builder 57%, Strategy 25.7%, Building 11.2%, Management 4.9%, Singleplayer 0.9%

Incremental Town RPG lets you build and manage a thriving village. Master resource management, develop a robust economy, and enjoy a relaxing experience as you equip your settlement to conquer new lands and challenges!

Why similar: City Builder 40.9%, Management 25.2%, Resource Management 16.3%, Building 13.1%, Indie 3.4%

Build an idyllic 19th century Mediterranean town and help it flourish into a prosperous city. Freely place and customise each element to create the perfect home for your growing population in this cozy city builder from the creators of Station to Station.

Why similar: City Builder 47.4%, Management 17.5%, Building 13.8%, Strategy 12.6%, Resource Management 7%

Crowded Blue Dot is a game about producing various items to make people happy and growing a city from a small village to a metropolis.

Why similar: City Builder 39.7%, Management 20.2%, Resource Management 12.4%, Strategy 12.1%, Building 10.1%

Game Builder Tycoon - Prologue is a free simulation game in which you begin your journey as an indie game developer. Personalize your character, craft hit games, manage marketing and research stuff. Create best game on the planet!

Why similar: Management 44.1%, Strategy 26.4%, Building 24.5%, Singleplayer 2.8%, Indie 2.3%

The Regional City Builder: Let's Build Something New.

Why similar: City Builder 44.9%, Management 22.4%, Strategy 16.7%, Building 12.3%, Indie 2.4%

Brutally honest city builder. Become the mayor of a thriving new town and manage construction, policies, taxes, incident response and more, through an elaborate socioeconomic simulation that draws on real-world data.

Why similar: City Builder 51.4%, Management 26.5%, Building 12.8%, Resource Management 8.6%, Singleplayer 0.8%

Ratopia is a new game that has combined elements of both strategic survival and city building. With plenty of content available, and more planned, enjoy a vast world to adventure and populate with citizens! Build your own economical system to sustain your ideal city of Ratopia.

Why similar: City Builder 33.5%, Management 19.9%, Building 15.9%, Strategy 14.6%, Resource Management 9.5%

Terraform, strategize, and construct a Martian colony in this retro-inspired turn-based city builder. Create a comfortable living for your citizens, research alien artifacts, and uncover the secrets of the Red Planet.

Why similar: City Builder 30%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.5%, Management 15.5%, Strategy 11.2%, Building 10.8%