Games Like Cities: Skylines

Raise a city from the ground up and transform it into a thriving metropolis with the most realistic city builder ever. Push your creativity and problem-solving to build on a scale you've never experienced. With deep simulation and a living economy, this is world-building without limits.

Why similar: City Builder 41.2%, Building 11.6%, Management 7.5%, Simulation 7%, Economy 6.8%

Build a world for wildlife in Planet Zoo. From the developers of Planet Coaster and Zoo Tycoon comes the ultimate zoo sim. Construct detailed habitats, manage your zoo, and meet authentic living animals who think, feel and explore the world you create around them.

Why similar: City Builder 29.8%, Building 15.6%, Management 14.8%, Sandbox 9.1%, Simulation 8.7%

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 58.8%, Economy 10.7%, Simulation 7.3%, Strategy 6.1%, Sandbox 4.4%

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 54.9%, Building 8.9%, Management 7.4%, Economy 6.7%, Simulation 6.6%

Return to the remote island nation of Tropico and expand your Dynasty’s reign from the early colonial period to beyond the 21st Century, facing new challenges including advanced trading mechanics, technology and scientific research, as well as cooperative and competitive MULTIPLAYER.

Why similar: City Builder 56.5%, Simulation 9.5%, Sandbox 8.3%, Strategy 8.1%, Economy 7.3%

Only the world’s most ruthless Warden can contain the world’s most ruthless inmates. Design and develop your personalized penitentiary in Prison Architect.

Why similar: City Builder 31.7%, Building 14.9%, Management 10.5%, Moddable 9.7% ★, Sandbox 9.3%

The world is changing and Tropico is moving with the times - geographical powers rise and fall and the world market is dominated by new players with new demands and offers - and you, as El Presidente, face a whole new set of challenges.

Why similar: City Builder 55.8%, Management 10.2%, Simulation 8%, Sandbox 5.2%, Strategy 5.2%

Design, build, and manage the world’s largest and most diverse cities in Cities XXL. Bigger and better than ever before with a more powerful game engine and new interface, become the mayor of your very own sprawling metropolis.

Why similar: City Builder 44.2%, Building 12.5%, Economy 9%, Management 8.2%, Simulation 7.3%

Planet Coaster® - the future of coaster park simulation games has arrived! Surprise, delight and thrill incredible crowds as you build your coaster park empire - let your imagination run wild, and share your success with the world.

Why similar: Building 22.3%, City Builder 17.5%, Management 14.5%, Simulation 11.5%, Sandbox 11.4%

Build cities, shape a world.Cities XL Platinum lets you design, build and link up cities of all shapes and sizes around the Cities XL planet!Build more impressive cities than ever before! Cities XL Platinum offers a huge variety of over 1,000 buildings and constructions (including 50 brand new structures), that you can freely place on...

Why similar: City Builder 62.1%, Simulation 12.8%, Management 7.7%, Sandbox 6.5%, Strategy 4.1%

The classic transport simulation genre has a new gold standard with Transport Fever 2. Discover a whole new world by navigating transport routes through land, water and air. May progress and prosperity find their way!

Why similar: City Builder 33%, Management 11.5%, Building 9%, Simulation 8.9%, Economy 8.8%

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 51.2%, Economy 10.8%, Management 10.4%, Simulation 7.6%, Building 7%

Build and customise thrilling roller coasters and incredible water slides, manage the ultimate theme park experience, and share your epic creations. Are you ready to ride the wave?

Why similar: City Builder 36.2%, Building 16.5%, Sandbox 11.2%, Simulation 10.2%, Economy 9.2%

Build the university of your dreams with Two Point Campus, the sim with a twist from the makers of Two Point Hospital. Build, hire staff and run an academic institution packed with wild courses.

Why similar: City Builder 36.4%, Building 16.5%, Management 16.2%, Simulation 8.9%, Sandbox 8.7%

Build your society of the future, colonize islands, and create sprawling megacities with multitudes of buildings, vehicles, and resources to manage.

Why similar: City Builder 60.1%, Strategy 8%, Economy 7.1%, Simulation 6.4%, Building 5.3%

Build the park of a lifetime and rediscover the critically acclaimed rollercoaster simulation bestseller. Feel the thrill of a genre-defining classic, complete with two huge expansion packs.

Why similar: City Builder 37.8%, Building 17.2%, Management 15.2%, Sandbox 8.9%, Simulation 7.6%

Curate and manage incredible museums! Explore to discover amazing artifacts. Design and refine the layout, keep staff happy, guests entertained, donations plentiful… and children off the exhibits

Why similar: City Builder 39.4%, Building 16.5%, Simulation 9.3%, Sandbox 9.2%, Management 9.2%

It's time to Build a Zoo! Construct and decorate enclosures, buy and breed animals, hire zookeepers and vets... then try your hand at DNA splicing, and stitch together over 300,000 different types of animal. This can only go smoothly...

Why similar: City Builder 40.4%, Building 13.3%, Management 11.9%, Sandbox 9.7%, Simulation 9.5%

Shape the Roman Empire in this genre-defining strategic builder game. Build cities while expanding your influence through Roman provinces. Govern using your economic prowess, diplomatic skills, or military might.

Why similar: City Builder 43%, Building 12.7%, Economy 9.7%, Sandbox 8.9%, Simulation 8%

Build & Manage Your Airport. An International Hub or a Regional Masterpiece -- it's up to you. Buy more land to scale out, or escalators to scale up with MULTIPLE FLOORS. You're in full control in this modern business management tycoon!

Why similar: City Builder 38.8%, Building 14.2%, Management 11.5%, Economy 11.3%, Sandbox 8.8%

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 56.6%, Building 14.1%, Economy 8.5%, Management 8.1%, Simulation 5.4%

Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 Platinum combines the excitement of rollercoasters with the fun of a great strategy simulation. RCT3 Platinum combines the roller coaster theme park fun of the Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 with included expansion packs Soaked! and Wild! Now enjoy more options than ever.

Why similar: Management 20.7%, Building 19.5%, Simulation 14.3%, Sandbox 13.5%, City Builder 8.2%

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 57.9%, Building 13%, Sandbox 6.5%, Strategy 5.2%, Simulation 5.1%

SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition includes the bestselling SimCity 4 and the all-new SimCity 4 Rush Hour Expansion Pack. Create the most massive region of cities ever, with a farming town, bedroom community, high-tech commercial center, and industrial backbone.

Why similar: City Builder 36.4%, Building 13.6%, Economy 10.5%, Management 10.4%, Sandbox 8.8%

Become the dictator of a remote island during the Cold War. Charm, persuade, intimidate, oppress, or cheat your people to stay in power! Are you a kind and generous leader? A corrupt and ruthless tyrant ruling with an iron fist?

Why similar: City Builder 54.8%, Simulation 12.2%, Management 11.2%, Strategy 7.2%, Sandbox 6.5%

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

Why similar: Building 25.3%, Management 23.3%, Simulation 14.3%, City Builder 13.7%, Strategy 7.7%

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 64.5%, Simulation 7.9%, Sandbox 6.2%, Strategy 5.8%, Building 4.6%

Parkasaurus is a dinosaur tycoon management simulation where you take care of your dinosaurs by constructing well-designed exhibits, researching specialized technologies, and maximizing profits to expand into the ultimate dinosaur theme park. Do you favor development for guests or your dinosaurs?

Why similar: City Builder 39.3%, Building 14.6%, Management 12.7%, Economy 8.3%, Sandbox 8.1%

In Anno 2205™, you join humankind‘s next step into the future with the promise to build a better tomorrow. You conquer Earth, establishing rich, bustling cities and grand industrial complexes, but to secure the prosperity of your people, you must travel into space.

Why similar: City Builder 56.2%, Economy 9%, Simulation 7.2%, Management 7%, Strategy 6.8%

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 37.9%, Building 13.7%, Management 10.3%, Economy 9.1%, Sandbox 8.1%

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 46.7%, Building 15.5%, Management 10.6%, Sandbox 7.1%, Economy 6.5%

Production line is the new car factory management/simulation/tycoon game that pushes your organisational and entrepreneurship skills to the limit. Can you build the ultimate optimised, free-flowing car production line whilst beating the competition and still turn a profit?

Why similar: City Builder 19.9%, Management 16.1%, Building 13.7%, Economy 11.2%, Simulation 8%

Build a soviet republic from an impoverished country into a rich industrial superpower in a city builder with intricate production chains and a fully simulated global economy. Manage the lives of your citizens from education to work and party loyalty to criminal activity.

Why similar: City Builder 35%, Building 12%, Moddable 10.6% ★, Management 9.3%, Economy 9.2%

Expand your empire, advance your culture and go head-to-head against history’s greatest leaders. Will your civilization stand the test of time?

Why similar: City Builder 44.5%, Strategy 17.4%, Building 9.8%, Moddable 8.9% ★, Simulation 7.9%

In Kerbal Space Program, take charge of the space program for the alien race known as the Kerbals. You have access to an array of parts to assemble fully-functional spacecraft that flies (or doesn’t) based on realistic aerodynamic and orbital physics.

Why similar: Moddable 25.6% ★, Building 24.9%, Sandbox 24.6%, Simulation 19.9%, Strategy 2.8%

Endzone is a post-apocalyptic survival city builder, where you start a new civilization with a group of people after an ecological disaster. Build them a new home and ensure their survival in a shattered world, threatened by constant radiation, toxic rain, sandstorms and droughts.

Why similar: City Builder 60.7%, Building 8.7%, Simulation 6.7%, Strategy 6.2%, Management 5.1%

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!

Why similar: City Builder 34.5%, Building 12.4%, Management 11.3%, Moddable 10.8% ★, Economy 9.5%

Put your entrepreneurial skills to the test in the first title in the ROI series as you create & optimise intricate production lines. As an early 20th-Century industrialist, grow your empire & adapt to an ever-changing business landscape with unexpected events that could lead to boom…or bust.

Why similar: City Builder 38.8%, Management 14.6%, Economy 13.1%, Building 8%, Simulation 7.9%

Ostriv is a city-building game that puts you in a role of a governor of an 18th century Ukrainian town to challenge your creative skills and management abilities.

Why similar: City Builder 42.1%, Building 12.3%, Management 9.7%, Economy 8.2%, Sandbox 7.3%

A city builder with simulated citizens, set in a procedurally-generated world map. Grow your kingdom through the eras from a tiny medieval hamlet into a prosperous global empire! Cooperate or compete in real-time with your friends in multiplayer mode.

Why similar: City Builder 59.5%, Management 10.3%, Building 8.2%, Economy 8.1%, Resource Management 4.8%

Jurassic World Evolution 2 is the much-anticipated sequel to Frontier’s highly successful Jurassic World Evolution. This bold new era in the Jurassic World Evolution game franchise builds upon the ground-breaking and immersive 2018 management simulation.

Why similar: City Builder 29%, Building 19.9%, Management 13.8%, Sandbox 11.1%, Simulation 8.5%

Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!

Why similar: Strategy 42.5%, Moddable 23.2% ★, Economy 17.6%, Simulation 8.9%, Singleplayer 4.5%

Manor Lords is a medieval strategy game featuring in-depth city building, large-scale tactical battles, and complex economic and social simulations. Rule your lands as a medieval lord – the seasons pass, the weather changes, and cities rise and fall.

Why similar: City Builder 31.4%, Moddable 13.9% ★, Building 11.9%, Economy 9.2%, Management 9.2%

Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!

Why similar: Building 40.8%, Sandbox 23.9%, Resource Management 19.1%, Simulation 9.2%, Strategy 5.6%

My Tiny Park is a management sim where you design and manage parks of all kinds - from schoolyard playgrounds to sprawling nature reserves. Balance budgets, attract visitors, and craft the perfect outdoor space in this relaxing yet strategic game!

Why similar: City Builder 39.8%, Building 12.4%, Simulation 11.7%, Management 10.4%, Sandbox 9.5%

Thousands of citizens, each with a life of their own. Urbanist is a strategy and simulation game about transforming small settlements into thriving cities and vibrant neighborhoods. Build up your island, manage resources and production chains, and earn your reputation as the next great Urbanist.

Why similar: City Builder 41.5%, Building 14.4%, Management 9.1%, Sandbox 8.8%, Simulation 7.6%

Travel across Europe as king of the road, a trucker who delivers important cargo across impressive distances! With dozens of cities to explore, your endurance, skill and speed will all be pushed to their limits.

Why similar: Moddable 34% ★, Economy 21.6%, Management 21.3%, Simulation 14%, Realistic 7.4%

In Dubai Simulator, you'll have the chance to design and build your dream city, complete with towering skyscrapers, bustling streets, luxurious resorts, and awe-inspiring landmarks.

Why similar: City Builder 41.1%, Simulation 13.3%, Building 10.3%, Sandbox 9.7%, Economy 7.4%

Build and manage an international airport!

Why similar: City Builder 25.2%, Moddable 16.4% ★, Building 12%, Management 10.2%, Economy 8.3%

Transport Fever is a railroad-focused tycoon game. Players start in 1850 and build up a thriving transport company. As an emerging transport tycoon, the player constructs stations, airports, harbors and makes money by connecting areas requiring transport services. Build up your own Empire!

Why similar: City Builder 35.2%, Building 13.5%, Economy 10.3%, Management 10.2%, Sandbox 8.9%

Manage transportation for commuters in four of the world's greatest cities - Vienna, Helsinki, Berlin, and Amsterdam

Why similar: City Builder 36.4%, Simulation 19.5%, Management 18.3%, Economy 9%, Sandbox 5.8%

Experience legendary American trucks and deliver various cargoes across sunny California, sandy Nevada, and the Grand Canyon State of Arizona. American Truck Simulator takes you on a journey through the breathtaking landscapes and widely recognized landmarks around the States.

Why similar: Moddable 33.4% ★, Economy 21%, Management 20.7%, Simulation 13.9%, Realistic 7.2%

The deepest city-building simulation experience ever. Build, grow, and manage a bustling metropolis. Take on the administrative tasks necessary to keep a modern-day city functioning. Construction, zoning, transportation, budgets, city services, and more. You're in control of it all. Are you up to the challenge?

Why similar: City Builder 29.8%, Simulation 14.1%, Mod 9.3% ★, Strategy 9.2%, Management 7.1%

Become an ace doctor, an aspiring architect and a successful manager at the same time. Design your very own hospital, tweak every detail or choose one of the prebuilt scenarios and just jump to the doctor’s duty.

Why similar: City Builder 38.7%, Management 12%, Building 11.2%, Moddable 8.7% ★, Sandbox 7.5%

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 41%, Building 11.7%, Economy 10.8%, Management 9.7%, Sandbox 7.4%

Build and manage your own chess club from the ground up. Recruit amateurs, train them into champions, expand your facility, and rise to global fame.

Why similar: City Builder 44.5%, Economy 10.4%, Simulation 10.1%, Management 9.5%, Building 8.8%

Design stunning hospitals, cure peculiar illnesses and manage troublesome staff as you spread your budding healthcare organisation across Two Point County.

Why similar: Building 25.1%, Management 24.5%, Simulation 17.8%, City Builder 17.2%, Sandbox 8.1%

Smart City Plan is a modern old-school style city builder game: Plan zones, roads, public transport like trains, trams, buses, subways and even the hypertube. Set taxes and policies and implement smart city technologies.

Why similar: City Builder 32.2%, Building 11.5%, Simulation 9.6%, Management 7.6%, Economy 7.3%

In Game Dev Tycoon you replay the history of the gaming industry by starting your own video game development company in the 80s. Create best selling games. Research new technologies and invent new game types. Become the leader of the market and gain worldwide fans.

Why similar: Management 39%, Simulation 22.6%, Economy 12.6%, Moddable 10.3% ★, Strategy 7.4%

Factorio is a game about building and creating automated factories to produce items of increasing complexity, within an infinite 2D world. Use your imagination to design your factory, combine simple elements into ingenious structures, and finally protect it from the creatures who don't really like you.

Why similar: City Builder 23.9%, Sandbox 15.3%, Resource Management 13.8%, Building 12.6%, Moddable 12.2% ★