- #1 Airborne Kingdom
97% matchVery Positive87% of 2,377 reviews2022
Dev: The Wandering Band LLC
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
The sky city builder awaits. Create your own flying kingdom and lead it on a quest across an expansive world. Explore the varied landscape, build up a floating metropolis, aid struggling people below, uncover lost secrets and, ultimately, bring back the Airborne Kingdom legend.
Why similar: City Builder 23.3%, Real-Time with Pause 20.7% ★, Resource Management 11.1%, Base Building 10.8%, Sandbox 8.9%
- #2 Flotsam
96% matchVery Positive81% of 4,433 reviews2025
Dev: Pajama Llama GamesPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Sail, scavenge, and rescue survivors in a vibrant floating city-builder. Captain your drifters across the endless garbage sea to uncover soaked ruins, rusting factories, and stories from the old world.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 23.1% ★, Colony Sim 17.5%, City Builder 14.8%, Resource Management 9%, Base Building 7.7%
- #3 Foundation
96% matchVery Positive86% of 23,848 reviews2025
Dev: Polymorph Games
Windows
Median: 11.1 hrsMean: 26.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 34.5%, Colony Sim 11.5%, Resource Management 9.2%, Sandbox 7.9%, Management 6%
- #4 Dream Engines: Nomad Cities
95% matchMostly Positive73% of 620 reviews2024
Dev: Suncrash
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A survival city-building game with flying cities. Build, automate, and defend a flying city that travels between procedurally generated maps to survive in a wacky, nightmare-infested, post-apocalyptic world full of strange science and dreams.
Why similar: City Builder 33.2%, Sandbox 14.9%, Base Building 11.7%, Resource Management 10.2%, Management 9.5%
- #5 Ratopia
94% matchVery Positive88% of 4,710 reviews2025
Dev: Cassel Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 25.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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: Colony Sim 23.6%, City Builder 17.5%, Base Building 9.7%, Resource Management 8.9%, Building 8.7%
- #6 The Wandering Village
94% matchVery Positive92% of 8,256 reviews2025
Dev: Stray Fawn StudioPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
The Wandering Village is a city-building simulation game on the back of a giant, wandering creature. Build your settlement and form a symbiotic relationship with the colossus. Will you survive together in this hostile, yet beautiful post-apocalyptic world, contaminated by poisonous plants?
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.3%, City Builder 22%, Resource Management 12%, RTS 9.6%, Management 8.6%
- #7 Kingdoms Reborn
93% matchVery Positive91% of 9,636 reviews2020
Dev: Earthshine
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 24.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 31.1%, Colony Sim 23.1%, Base Building 9.7%, Resource Management 8.3%, Management 7%
- #8 Laysara: Summit Kingdom
92% matchVery Positive82% of 1,427 reviews2026
Dev: Quite OK GamesPub: Future Friends Games
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Build and expand your very own settlements in high mountains! Carefully plan production chains and satisfy various needs of your three-caste society while dealing with mountain hazards such as weather breakdowns and avalanches. Are you skilled enough to make your town thrive?
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 25.6% ★, Colony Sim 18.2%, City Builder 17.4%, Resource Management 9.8%, Base Building 7.3%
- #9 Space Haven
91% matchVery Positive86% of 10,816 reviews2026
Dev: Bugbyte Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 20.9 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Embark on a space voyage with your ragtag crew of civilians in search of a new home. Build spaceships tile by tile, create optimal gas conditions, manage the needs and moods of their crew, encounter other space-faring groups, and explore the universe in this spaceship colony simulation.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.9%, City Builder 16.8%, Resource Management 9.8%, Base Building 9.6%, Sandbox 9%
- #10 Kingdoms and Castles
91% matchVery Positive94% of 31,170 reviews2017
Dev: Lion Shield, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 20.9%, Colony Sim 20.7%, Resource Management 9.3%, RTS 8.8%, Sandbox 7%
- #11 The Universim
90% matchMostly Positive80% of 10,579 reviews2024
Dev: Crytivo
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 34.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Jump straight into managing your own planets as you guide a civilization through the ages. Build the ultimate empire in The Universim, a new breed of God Game in development by Crytivo.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.9%, City Builder 21.5%, Real-Time with Pause 14.3% ★, Sandbox 9.7%, Building 7.7%
- #12 CLOUD DWELLERS
89% matchVery Positive91% of 77 reviews2026
Dev: XinZhiPub: Xinzhi
Windows
CloudDwellers is a 2D simulation and city-building game set in a world of scattered floating islands. Guide your settlers to harness technology, optimize production, and transform fragmented skies into a thriving, beautifully crafted aerial haven.
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.2%, Base Building 11.4%, Resource Management 10.4%, Building 10.2%, Management 9.3%
- #13 Roman Triumph: Survival City Builder
89% matchVery Positive85% of 749 reviews2025
Dev: Coreffect InteractivePub: Forklift Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%
At the farthest reaches of the empire, a new Roman city is born! Manage and grow your city, please the gods, and survive against barbarians and mythological threats to achieve Roman Triumph!
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.7%, City Builder 17.1%, RTS 10%, Open World 8.5%, Sandbox 7.8%
- #14 Noble Fates
88% matchVery Positive83% of 1,472 reviews2021
Dev: Xobermon, LLC
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Harness your Demigod powers to lead a group from rags to riches in this 3D Fantasy Kingdom Management Sim with RPG elements. Command from the sky or take control in 3rd Person to BUILD, BATTLE, and RULE. Navigate a world of interesting Nobles, earn their respect, and decide their Fates.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.4%, City Builder 23.5%, Sandbox 11.8%, Base Building 11.2%, Building 8.1%
- #15 Synergy
86% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,052 reviews2025
Dev: Leikir StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 54%
An ecosystem City Builder in a unique world. Build your settlement, manage your workers and optimize your resources. Analyzing your environment, spreading new plants, and harvesting them are key to prosperity.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.8%, City Builder 20.7%, Resource Management 11.3%, Base Building 8.8%, Sandbox 8.4%
- #16 SteamWorld Build
86% matchVery Positive84% of 2,187 reviews2023
Dev: The StationPub: Thunderful Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 70%
SteamWorld Build is a casual city-building and dungeon-management cross-over set in the SteamWorld Universe, where you build and manage a town on a dying planet. You'll need to balance resources, construction, and exploration to its depths to ensure your town's survival and eventual escape.
Why similar: City Builder 25.5%, Resource Management 14.2%, Sandbox 9.3%, Family Friendly 9.1%, Base Building 8.8%
- #17 Buoyancy
87% matchMixed55% of 827 reviews2019
Dev: Devs on a Boat
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Buoyancy is a city-building strategy game where you build, manage, and move a floating city on an oceanic world. Explore and scavenge resources scattered around the endless waters. Keep your villagers nourished and happy while combating fires, sickness, and pirate attacks.
Why similar: Colony Sim 40.5%, City Builder 24%, Base Building 9.3%, Resource Management 7.3%, Strategy 6.5%
- #18 Aquatico
84% matchMixed67% of 866 reviews2023
Dev: Digital Reef GamesPub: Overseer Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Aquatico is a classic city builder set within the depths of the sea. Strategically build an underwater colony atop the ocean floor and face the challenges that accompany oceanic life.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.1%, City Builder 25.7%, Base Building 8.7%, Building 7.9%, Resource Management 7.8%
- #19 Sphere - Flying Cities
85% matchMixed50% of 242 reviews2022
Dev: mañana studiosPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Sphere – Flying Cities is a sci-fi citybuilder which combines strategy, simulation, and survival elements in an extraordinary and immersive scenario. Rebuild and protect a society in a unique and hostile environment. Pay the price for your decisions and be prepared to lose everything.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.9%, City Builder 26.1%, Resource Management 13.3%, Building 8.8%, Management 8%
- #20 Industries of Titan
84% matchMixed63% of 1,612 reviews2023
Dev: Brace Yourself Games
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Create a sprawling industrial city. Compete with other rival corporations on Titan for resources, territory, and power. Seek victory via technology, influence, warfare, or the wealth extracted from your citizens. Stake your claim to the Industries of Titan in this innovative sim/strategy game!
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 27.1% ★, Colony Sim 19.9%, City Builder 18.9%, Resource Management 11.4%, Base Building 7.8%
- #21 Stonehearth
83% matchMostly Positive75% of 13,032 reviews2018
Dev: Radiant EntertainmentPub: (none)
Windows · Mac
Median: 14.1 hrsMean: 38.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Pioneer a living world full of warmth, heroism, and mystery. Help a small group of settlers build a home for themselves in a forgotten land. Establish a food supply, build shelter, defend your people, monitor their moods, and find a way to grow and expand, facing challenges at every step.
Why similar: Colony Sim 35.2%, City Builder 28.8%, Sandbox 11.1%, Building 9.3%, Open World 4.7%
- #22 Kubifaktorium
82% matchVery Positive81% of 795 reviews2021
Dev: Neomateria Games GmbH
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Build, manage and grow a thriving colony in Kubifaktorium. The game features different biomes to explore, plenty of resources to exploit, complex machinery to build and interesting production chains to master.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.2%, City Builder 22.8%, Base Building 9.1%, Building 8.9%, Management 7.8%
- #23 Oxygen
82% matchMostly Positive72% of 890 reviews2023
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Oxygen is a survival city builder. 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 more importantly keep the Oxygen Center running!
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.9%, City Builder 21.6%, Resource Management 12.1%, Base Building 10.7%, Sandbox 9.7%
- #24 Highrise City
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,292 reviews2023
Dev: Fourexo EntertainmentPub: Deck13
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Highrise City offers a new spin on City Simulations & Tycoon games expanding the economy and resource management aspect. Experience a modern take on the genre enriched with a complex resource based economy system.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.6%, City Builder 25.9%, Sandbox 11.2%, Building 7.6%, Family Friendly 6.4%
- #25 Before We Leave
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,711 reviews2021
Dev: Balancing Monkey GamesPub: Team17
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Before We Leave is a city building game set in a cozy corner of the universe. Nurture your Peeps and their surroundings while rebuilding and rediscovering civilisation. Settle new lands and planets while avoiding hungry Space Whales.
Why similar: City Builder 23.2%, Colony Sim 17.8%, Resource Management 12.6%, Family Friendly 8.8%, Sandbox 8.5%
- #26 Havendock
79% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,915 reviews2025
Dev: YYZ StudioPub: Pretty Soon
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Breathe easy and thrive in this cozy colony sim. Build a haven for castaways, manage resources, live your best life on the ocean. Lead your humble settlement into a high-tech society.
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.4%, City Builder 17.4%, Resource Management 10.1%, Sandbox 8.8%, Open World 8.6%
- #27 Airship: Kingdoms Adrift
79% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,040 reviews2023
Dev: Revolution IndustryPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 21.5 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Welcome to Suthseg! As the newly commissioned airship captain, forge a mercantile empire across the archipelago, until the great powers of Europa turn their attention toward it. Build up a fleet, chart trade routes, establish industries, and explore the frontier at your airship's helm!
Why similar: Sandbox 30.2%, Open World 20.6%, Management 16.5%, RPG 15.9%, Strategy 9.5%
- #28 Patron
80% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,179 reviews2021
Dev: Overseer Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Patron is a survival city builder with a unique social dynamics system. Gather and produce resources, build your fledgling village into a prosperous city and navigate the intricate social tensions before they reach boiling point.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.9%, City Builder 25.7%, Resource Management 9%, Open World 7.1%, Base Building 6.8%
- #29 ALL WILL FALL
77% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,197 reviews2026
Dev: All Parts ConnectedPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Build massive ocean cities and lead your people to prosperity in this post-apocalyptic survival colony sim. Featuring a physics-based 3D construction system, complex resource management, exploration, difficult political decisions, supply chains, and a robust sandbox mode.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.3%, City Builder 21.4%, Base Building 11.8%, Sandbox 10.5%, Resource Management 10.5%
- #30 Exogate Initiative
78% matchMostly Positive75% of 710 reviews2025
Dev: Xeno Bits
Windows
Build and manage mankind’s first mission across the universe! Create a sprawling facility underground, recruit a diverse group of specialists from around the globe and explore mysterious new worlds through the Exogate.
Why similar: Colony Sim 18.1%, City Builder 17.1%, Resource Management 10.5%, RTS 9.9%, Base Building 8.9%
- #31 TerraScape
77% matchVery Positive89% of 2,172 reviews2024
Dev: Bitfall StudiosPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Build gorgeous kingdoms on floating islands by strategically placing buildings in this cozy, medieval City-Puzzler. Discover secret combinations, take on weekly challenges and explore randomly generated maps in various single- and multiplayer game modes.
Why similar: City Builder 37.5%, Resource Management 22.6%, Family Friendly 15.1%, Relaxing 11.7%, Strategy 8.6%
- #32 Captain of Industry
76% matchVery Positive90% of 11,061 reviews2022
Dev: MaFi Games
Windows
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 84.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Build an industrial empire on a remote island. Mine resources, reshape terrain with excavators, grow food, construct factories, lay train tracks, and trade with the outside world. Research 100+ technologies to advance from basic metal smelting all the way to nuclear power and space flight.
Why similar: Resource Management 24.4%, Base Building 17.8%, Colony Sim 17%, City Builder 16.9%, Management 9.1%
- #33 Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles
76% matchVery Positive85% of 1,446 reviews2024
Dev: Tomas SalaPub: Wired Productions
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Bulwark blends casual and creative building elements with touches of strategy and exploration. It's an experimental mix of genres that can be enjoyed casually or as an epic conquest featuring naval units, air units, and fortresses.
Why similar: City Builder 25.7%, Open World 13.2%, Sandbox 12.8%, Base Building 12.7%, Building 10.4%
- #34 Aven Colony
78% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,759 reviews2017
Dev: Mothership Entertainment LLCPub: Team17 Digital Ltd
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Build a new home for humanity in Aven Colony. Discover Aven Prime - an alien planet of deserts, tundras, and wetlands light years from earth. Build your colonies into massive, sprawling cities whilst dealing with the challenges faced when settling on a new world.
Why similar: Colony Sim 41.2%, City Builder 33.7%, Base Building 9.2%, Strategy 6.9%, Resource Management 3.9%
- #35 Empires of the Undergrowth
73% matchVery Positive94% of 18,149 reviews2024
Dev: Slug DiscoPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Command swarms of warriors at an unprecedented scale of warfare in this blend of RTS and base-building. Lead ant colonies against the many fearsome threats of the insect world, while building intricate nests, developing pheromone-based tactics, and evolving to meet growing dangers.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.7%, City Builder 19.1%, Resource Management 10.8%, Base Building 9.5%, Sandbox 9.4%
- #36 Edge Islands
75% matchMostly Positive75% of 98 reviews2025
Dev: LS Games
Windows
Discover a unique blend of Colony Sim and Tactical RPG. Recruit and train your heroes, build your outpost, explore dungeons and engage in turn-based strategic battles to protect and expand your domain. Shape your stories by managing moods, relationships, ambitions and more!
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.8%, City Builder 14.3%, Base Building 12.2%, Sandbox 9.8%, Building 9.5%
- #37 Nova Roma
72% matchVery Positive94% of 1,968 reviews2026
Dev: Lion ShieldPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
The glory of Rome is at your fingertips in this city-building game where you must appease the gods, enact laws, and develop complex supply chains to meet the needs of your citizens.
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.9%, City Builder 20%, Resource Management 10.8%, Base Building 9.6%, Sandbox 9.3%
- #38 Oddsparks: An Automation Adventure
73% matchVery Positive84% of 2,238 reviews2025
Dev: Massive MiniteamPub: HandyGames
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 15.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Oddsparks is a blend of automation and real-time strategy for both the die-hard fans of the automation genre and the automation-curious. Explore a strange fantasy world, uncover the mysteries of the past, automate your workshops, and go on adventures with your odd & adorable Sparks!
Why similar: City Builder 18.9%, Building 14.5%, RTS 12.7%, Resource Management 12.5%, Open World 10.7%
- #39 Settlements Rising
74% matchVery Positive81% of 428 reviews2025
Dev: The Catalyst Crew
Windows
Settlements Rising is a medieval city building and colony management game. It offers a lively colony experience with simulated villagers, dozens of professions and resources, natural disasters, and raids, while providing full control over the colony through trade, production chains and datas.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.5%, City Builder 22.4%, Resource Management 11%, Base Building 7.1%, Building 6.6%
- #40 Going Medieval
71% matchVery Positive89% of 21,027 reviews2026
Dev: Foxy VoxelPub: Mythwright
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 32.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Build and manage your own castle settlement in a land reclaimed by wilderness. With detailed management, survival strategy, and a moddable sandbox world, Going Medieval challenges you to build the mightiest colony this side of the apocalypse.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.2%, City Builder 22.5%, Base Building 11.5%, Sandbox 11.4%, Management 8.9%
- #41 Skyship Quest Story
74% matchMixed63% of 56 reviews2026
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Customize your airship and explore the world above the clouds in this sim RPG
Why similar: Colony Sim 37.8%, City Builder 29.7%, RPG 15.8%, Casual 7%, Exploration 6.3%
- #42 STARIO: Haven Tower
72% matchVery Positive95% of 348 reviews2025
Dev: Stargate Games
Windows
A vertical kingdom in the sky! Plan your ascent from the harsh Sand Zone, rising layer by layer as you and your Towertizens stand together against looming disasters. Build trade ports and vertical supply networks. Perform Rituals to shape miracles, and witness the prosperity of this rising nation.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.9%, City Builder 22.4%, Resource Management 13.4%, Sandbox 9.5%, Building 8.3%
- #43 Astro Colony
71% matchVery Positive81% of 2,634 reviews2026
Dev: Terad Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Explore endless Universe and create the most efficient constellation of colonies. Build conveyor systems to automate production. Take care of Astronauts and their needs! Establish new colonies as part of intergalactic simulation.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.6%, Base Building 15.7%, Resource Management 15.3%, Sandbox 9.1%, Open World 9%
- #44 Scorchlands
73% matchVery Positive90% of 133 reviews2024
Dev: RinglabPub: Star Drifters
Windows · Linux
Build, optimize, and explore at your own pace in Scorchlands, a cozy yet strategic colony builder. Manage resources, shape the environment, and expand your network across a volcanic moon. No rush, no pressure, just satisfying logistics and endless possibilities.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.1%, City Builder 18.1%, Resource Management 13.8%, Open World 9.1%, Sandbox 9.1%
- #45 Legends of Ellaria
75% matchMixed57% of 827 reviews2021
Dev: Larkon Studio
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Legends of Ellaria is a unique blend of sandbox action-RPG and real-time strategy. Build a new kingdom for your people, construct and manage its cities, command your troops in epic battles and join them fighting in third-person action, and live adventures in an immersive high fantasy world.
Why similar: RPG 16.3%, City Builder 14%, Strategy 13.7%, RTS 9.2%, Open World 8.3%
- #46 Modulus: Factory Automation
70% matchVery Positive92% of 770 reviews2026
Dev: Happy VolcanoPub: Kwalee
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Build, automate, & optimize production lines across sky islands with real spatial constraints. Every production line is an open-ended puzzle: which operators to use, how to route your belts and how to fit your factory into the landscape. Your solutions, like your factories, are uniquely your own.
Why similar: City Builder 20.1%, Resource Management 12.4%, Sandbox 11.8%, Base Building 11.6%, Building 10.5%
- #47 Urbek City Builder
71% matchVery Positive90% of 1,866 reviews2022
Dev: FridusPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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 32%, Resource Management 15.5%, Sandbox 13.6%, Building 12.3%, Management 11.3%
- #48 Norland
68% matchVery Positive82% of 10,043 reviews2024
Dev: Long JauntPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Lead your noble family in this medieval colony sim, facing off against class conflict, religious struggle, and political treachery. Tend to your people’s needs, uncover the lost knowledge of a fallen empire, and engage in nefarious plots against your enemies.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.3%, City Builder 19.1%, Resource Management 10.8%, Base Building 9.5%, Sandbox 9.2%
- #49 Founders' Fortune
70% matchVery Positive80% of 2,183 reviews2020
Dev: Dionic Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 56%
A fantasy village builder focusing on creative building, colonist psychology and base defense. Handle resources, farming, production, tools, diplomacy, families, trading, defense, and research, as well as the wishes, expectations, thoughts, and equipment of every villager.
Why similar: Colony Sim 36.5%, City Builder 20.9%, Base Building 11%, Sandbox 7.5%, Building 7.3%
- #50 Merchant of the Skies
70% matchVery Positive86% of 2,269 reviews2020
Dev: Coldwild Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Become the captain of a flying ship! Sell items, gather resources and build your own trade company in the clouds!
Why similar: Base Building 17.6%, Sandbox 15.6%, Management 13.7%, Resource Management 12.2%, Building 11.7%
- #51 Factory Town
69% matchVery Positive91% of 4,445 reviews2021
Dev: Erik Asmussen
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Build, automate, and optimize a giant factory on 3D terrain using conveyor belts, trains, chutes, pipes, and airships. Sell your goods to nearby villages to expand their borders, increase happiness, and unlock even better technology!
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.9%, City Builder 20.8%, Resource Management 14.3%, Base Building 12.1%, Sandbox 11.6%
- #52 Celestial Empire
66% matchVery Positive90% of 683 reviews2025
Dev: President StudioPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Forge an empire under the watchful eyes of the gods! Take care of your people, develop efficient production chains and trade with other landlords. Ensure their survival through harsh winters and disasters.
Why similar: City Builder 25.6%, RTS 16.5%, Sandbox 12.9%, Resource Management 12.6%, Building 10.3%
- #53 United Penguin Kingdom
68% matchMostly Positive75% of 442 reviews2024
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
A city-building game where you build a penguin settlement and satisfy the various needs of your penguins while dealing with seals and killer whales. Enjoy the growth of your settlement, become the king, and lead the United Penguin Kingdom.
Why similar: City Builder 27.7%, Colony Sim 18.7%, Resource Management 15%, Management 10%, Strategy 7.2%
- #54 Planetbase
69% matchMostly Positive80% of 10,351 reviews2015
Dev: Madruga Works
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 26.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Guide a group of space settlers trying to establish a base on a remote planet. Grow food, collect energy, mine resources, survive disasters and build a self-sufficient colony in a harsh and unforgiving environment.
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.7%, City Builder 26.2%, Base Building 12.1%, Resource Management 7.1%, Strategy 4.9%
- #55 Automation Empire
69% matchMixed66% of 2,638 reviews2019
Dev: DOG HOGGLER
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 19.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Build and manage a massive industrial network of factories, mines, and farms. Employ a fleet of trains, trucks, and robotic drones. In the age of automation, efficiency is survival!
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 18.2% ★, Base Building 14.8%, City Builder 14.3%, Resource Management 14%, Sandbox 12.7%
- #56 Everwind
64% matchVery Positive82% of 3,471 reviews2026
Dev: Enjoy Studio S.A.Pub: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Everwind is a novel take on RPG and Sandbox Survival genre in First-Person-Perspective. Embark on the adventure with your friends - Build a base on a flying island-ship, gather resources, craft, loot, and fight while you rise above the clouds to uncover the mysteries of this world!
Why similar: Open World 21.4%, Sandbox 19.5%, Building 16.3%, Combat 12.9%, RPG 10.5%
- #57 Black Skylands
66% matchVery Positive84% of 4,423 reviews2023
Dev: Hungry Couch GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Become the captain of an airship and explore the world of the skies, gather resources and build powerful weapons, uncover ancient secrets and fight beneath your ship's sails.
Why similar: Open World 30.2%, Sandbox 25.7%, Base Building 24.8%, RPG 12.8%, Adventure 4.1%
- #58 Diluvian Winds
67% matchMostly Positive73% of 386 reviews2024
Dev: Alambik StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 72%
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 23.5%, Colony Sim 20.9%, Resource Management 10.9%, Sandbox 8.9%, Base Building 8.9%
- #59 Airport CEO
67% matchVery Positive83% of 8,240 reviews2021
Dev: Apog Labs
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 26.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Build and manage an international airport!
Why similar: City Builder 23%, Resource Management 20.6%, Sandbox 13.5%, Management 12.1%, Building 11.6%
- #60 Of Life and Land
65% matchVery Positive86% of 360 reviews2025
Dev: KerzovenPub: Metaroot
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Of Life and Land is a charming settlement-building strategy game paired with a rich simulation experience. Every animal and plant strives to find its place in nature while you lead your villagers to their future. Expand to different regions and trade with local factions to gain needed resources.
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.1%, City Builder 18.3%, RTS 10.1%, Resource Management 10%, Base Building 8.9%