Games Like Anno 1800

Relive the captivating gameplay of a true city-building classic with Anno® 1404 History Edition.

Why similar: City Builder 51%, Strategy 12.4%, Multiplayer 7.6%, Simulation 7.5%, Building 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: It is the closest older Anno to 1800, with citizen tiers, island expansion, trade routes, and production chains built around a historical setting.

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 51.7%, Strategy 12.3%, Economy 10.3%, Resource Management 5.2%, Simulation 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: This keeps the classic Anno loop of balancing population needs and supply chains, but shifts it into a cleaner futuristic setting with multiple factions and ecological choices.

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 35.2%, Economy 13.2%, Strategy 8.4%, RTS 6.5%, Simulation 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: As the next mainline Anno, it is the most obvious modern alternative if you want another large-scale economy builder centered on settlement growth and trade.

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 50.5%, Economy 13.6%, Strategy 10.9%, Simulation 6%, Resource Management 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: It offers the same polished multi-region city-building and logistics management as Anno 1800, just with a more streamlined sci-fi twist.

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 44.6%, Economy 15.8%, Strategy 9.6%, Simulation 6.2%, Multiplayer 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its island-based city-building, trade-focused economy, and balancing of citizen needs make it a natural fit for players who enjoy Anno’s colonial-management side.

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 39.5%, Economy 17.3%, Strategy 8.9%, Resource Management 6.9%, Simulation 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: If your favorite part of Anno 1800 is optimizing production webs and transport logistics, this is one of the deepest industrial management games on Steam.

Rediscover the classic gameplay of 1701 A.D. and its expansion The Sunken Dragon in Anno® 1701 History Edition.

Why similar: City Builder 42%, Economy 13.1%, Strategy 10.1%, RTS 8.8%, Simulation 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers the familiar Anno rhythm of colonization, resource processing, and resident upgrades that directly paved the way for 1800.

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 54.8%, Economy 11.2%, Strategy 7.5%, Resource Management 6.2%, Simulation 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: Behind its organic medieval look is a strong loop of production planning, resident classes, and carefully scaling a settlement economy.

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 51.9%, Economy 11.8%, Multiplayer 7.2%, Strategy 6.1%, Resource Management 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: It combines town growth, resource chains, exploration, and active trade in a way that feels like a lighter, multiplayer-friendly cousin to Anno.

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 36.7%, Economy 18.1%, Resource Management 9.1%, Strategy 8.3%, Simulation 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: While more grounded and slower-paced than Anno, it scratches the same historical city-builder itch with trade, specialization, and resource-driven growth.

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 37.6%, Economy 21.3%, Strategy 9.6%, Resource Management 8.7%, Simulation 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the industrial-era supply-chain obsession of Anno 1800 by focusing on factories, transport, and profitable market gaps.

Protect and guide your people as you forge a town from untamed wilderness at the edge of the known world. Harvest raw materials, hunt, fish and farm to survive. Produce crafted items to trade, consume, equip and fight with as you battle for your survival against the elements and outside threats.

Why similar: City Builder 41.4%, Economy 17.6%, Resource Management 9.1%, RTS 8.1%, Strategy 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: Its satisfaction comes from building a self-sustaining town through layered production chains, storage planning, and careful expansion.

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: City Builder 28%, Economy 23%, Resource Management 17.7%, Strategy 10.7%, Simulation 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: This is a superb pick if you want even more detailed extraction, manufacturing, and logistics systems than Anno 1800 offers.

Set sail and join the colonial powers of Spain, England, France and the Netherlands in their fight for supremacy of the Caribbean in the 17th century.

Why similar: City Builder 31.7%, Economy 23%, Strategy 14.2%, Simulation 10.1%, Resource Management 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: This leans harder into Caribbean trade and colonial expansion, but its shipping routes, economic planning, and historical flavor align well with Anno 1800.

Build a new home for your team of robots as they begin a new life for themselves on a distant planet where they can fulfil their ultimate dream: to be human.

Why similar: City Builder 41.8%, Economy 19.6%, Strategy 6.5%, Resource Management 5.6%, Sandbox 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its island hopping, road logistics, and production-chain city building feel very Anno-like even though the setting swaps humans for robots.

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 41%, Economy 18.2%, Strategy 10.9%, Simulation 10.2%, Management 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: This is ideal if the logistics side of Anno 1800 is what hooks you, since the whole game revolves around moving goods and people efficiently.

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 47.3%, Strategy 12%, Economy 10.2%, Simulation 7.4%, Sandbox 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: Like Tropico 6, it mixes island development, trade, and city management in a way that should appeal to Anno players.

Don the coat of a clever entrepreneur, take over a small railway company in the early 1800s and turn your steam engines into the workhorses of the economy. Grow your company into the largest railway company of the continent and outsmart your competitors.

Why similar: City Builder 31.2%, Economy 17.7%, Strategy 9.1%, Resource Management 8.6%, Simulation 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: It targets the industrial-revolution side of Anno 1800 by making transport networks and regional commerce the backbone of your economy.

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 43.3%, Economy 14%, Strategy 9.5%, Resource Management 7.9%, Simulation 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: Its detailed 18th-century town economy, trade systems, and grounded production management make it a great historical management alternative.

Frostpunk is the first society survival game. As the ruler of the last city on Earth, it is your duty to manage both its citizens and infrastructure. What decisions will you make to ensure your society's survival? What will you do when pushed to breaking point? Who will you become in the process?

Why similar: City Builder 57.1%, Resource Management 12.4%, Strategy 10.6%, Economy 7%, Building 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: It is much harsher and more survival-focused, but it delivers the same pressure of balancing scarce resources, infrastructure, and citizen welfare.

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 52.1%, Economy 12.2%, Resource Management 6.5%, Simulation 6%, Strategy 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a Banished-style settlement sim with extensive production chains, trading, and long-term optimization that echo Anno’s resource balancing.

Rebuild hope in a world that was lost in the fog. Lead your Pioneers across the isles of Pagonia, unite scattered tribes, raise thriving communities and discover the history of your people as you reclaim your world in the new story campaign.

Why similar: City Builder 33.7%, Economy 16.8%, Resource Management 8.9%, RTS 7.9%, Strategy 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its focus on interconnected production networks, carriers, and settlement expansion makes it a strong match for the chain-building side of Anno.

A dark fantasy city builder where you must rebuild civilization in the face of apocalyptic rains. As the Queen’s Viceroy, lead humans, beavers, lizards, foxes, and harpies to reclaim the wilderness and secure a future for civilization's last survivors.

Why similar: City Builder 37.2%, Economy 17.3%, Resource Management 9.2%, Strategy 8.4%, Simulation 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: Although roguelite and more survival-driven, it excels at tight resource chains, population needs, and constantly re-optimizing settlement economies.

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 63.1%, Strategy 10.2%, Simulation 7.2%, Economy 5.9%, Sandbox 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: Though smaller in scale and harsher in tone, it remains one of the best pure resource-management town builders for players who love efficient planning.

Develop, expand, and advance your city in a society survival game set 30 years after an apocalyptic blizzard ravaged Earth. In Frostpunk 2, you face not only the perils of never-ending winter, but also the powerful factions that watch your every step inside the Council Hall.

Why similar: City Builder 63.2%, Strategy 13.3%, Resource Management 12.5%, Simulation 4.6%, Politics 2.9% ★

Why You'll Like It: This expands Frostpunk’s economic and political management into a larger-scale city-builder that may appeal to Anno players who like harder tradeoffs.

The legendary city-builder returns! Lead the creation of one of the greatest civilizations the world has ever seen in this HD remake with modernized UI. Build monuments, manage your population and explore 4,000 years of history through over a hundred hours of gameplay.

Why similar: City Builder 47.6%, Economy 17.2%, Resource Management 7.8%, Simulation 6.3%, Strategy 6%

Why You'll Like It: This classic-style historical city-builder emphasizes layered goods production, resident needs, and carefully structured urban growth.

Greetings sire! Your stronghold awaits you. Build a castle economy, besiege unforgettable villains and return to the 'castle sim' that started it all. Experience this classic RTS with upgraded visuals, modernised gameplay, Steam multiplayer and a new campaign.

Why similar: City Builder 40.7%, Economy 15.4%, Strategy 8.7%, RTS 7.3%, Resource Management 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: It mixes castle-town construction with economy management and supply logistics, making it a decent fit if you enjoy city-building with some conflict.

Create and customize cities in Nebuchadnezzar, a classic isometric city-builder where careful planning and define your rise as a ruler in ancient Mesopotamia.

Why similar: City Builder 42.7%, Economy 17.3%, Sandbox 6.2%, RTS 6.1%, Strategy 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the old-school city-builder formula of making goods, serving class-based housing, and expanding a carefully tuned economy.

Paradox Development Studio invites you to build your ideal society in the tumult of the exciting and transformative 19th century. Balance the competing interests in your society and earn your place in the sun in Victoria 3, one of the most anticipated games in Paradox’s history.

Why similar: Economy 27.1%, Strategy 10.9%, Politics 10.2% ★, Political 8.8% ★, Resource Management 8.7%

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: City Builder 49.8%, Economy 14.4%, Strategy 10.4%, Resource Management 7.4%, Simulation 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its emphasis on population happiness, trade, and layered production chains makes it a solid adjacent recommendation for fans of classic settlement management.

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 50.7%, Economy 14%, Simulation 8%, Strategy 5.6%, Sandbox 5.5%

Starting as governor of a newly formed province in the Roman Empire your goal is simple: advance up the empire's political ladder to become the next Caesar.

Why similar: City Builder 68.4%, Strategy 17%, Simulation 9.3%, Historical 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its Roman-era settlement building revolves around supply chains, housing upgrades, and service coverage in a way Anno fans can easily appreciate.

The award-winning strategy game franchise returns with a revolutionary new chapter. Sid Meier's Civilization® VII empowers you to build the greatest empire the world has ever known!

Why similar: City Builder 43.3%, Economy 21.2%, Strategy 9.9%, Multiplayer 9.8%, Simulation 7.7%

Rewrite history by shaping a civilization as unique as you are. Combine 60 cultures from the Ancient Era to the Modern Age to lead your empire to victory. Build thriving cities, outsmart rivals in epic battles, spread your influence and leave your mark on HUMANKIND™.

Why similar: City Builder 50.2%, Strategy 21.4%, Multiplayer 11.6%, Historical 7.8%, Management 3.9%

Use war, trade or diplomacy to satisfy your grandest ambitions and dominate five centuries of history in the newest version of Europa Universalis, Paradox Interactive's flagship historical grand strategy game.

Why similar: Economy 24%, Resource Management 20.3%, Strategy 15.2%, Multiplayer 12.9%, Historical 10.6%

Command a settlement of ancient humans, guide them through the ages in their struggle for survival. Hunt, gather, craft tools, fight, research new techs and face the challenges the environment will throw at you.

Why similar: City Builder 64.9%, Strategy 8.8%, Economy 6.8%, Simulation 4.9%, Historical 3.6%

Celebrating its first year of delighting millions of global players, the award-winning and best-selling strategy franchise continues with Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition, putting you at the center of even more epic historical battles that shaped the world.

Why similar: City Builder 36.6%, Strategy 18.5%, RTS 15.4%, Multiplayer 10.1%, Resource Management 10%

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 37.4%, Strategy 26%, Multiplayer 12.9%, Historical 9.3%, Simulation 6.2%

In Memoriapolis, you're not just building a city, you're shaping a living, evolving civilization. Travel through five major eras, from Antiquity to the Industrial Revolution. Leave your mark on history by navigating the power struggles between rival factions.

Why similar: City Builder 55.2%, Strategy 9.4%, Resource Management 8.6%, Historical 5.9%, Simulation 5.8%

Cities: Skylines is a modern take on the classic city simulation. The game introduces new game play elements to realize the thrill and hardships of creating and maintaining a real city whilst expanding on some well-established tropes of the city building experience.

Why similar: City Builder 58.8%, Economy 10.7%, Simulation 7.3%, Strategy 6.1%, Sandbox 4.4%

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 30.2%, Economy 14.9%, RTS 7.1%, Strategy 6.9%, Political 6.3% ★

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 64.2%, Strategy 9.4%, Sandbox 8.2%, Simulation 6.9%, Management 5.8%

Old World is a revolutionary new historical strategy game where you lead your dynasty over generations of rule against rival kings and queens. Wage massive wars, manage your court, and build a dynasty — or watch your empire crumble to dust. What legacy will you leave behind?

Why similar: Economy 27.6%, Strategy 14.1%, Multiplayer 13.4%, Simulation 10.8%, Historical 10%

Relive the beginnings of the Anno® series with Anno® 1602 History Edition, updated and optimized for current computers.

Why similar: City Builder 41.9%, Economy 13.3%, Strategy 10.6%, RTS 8.9%, Simulation 7.3%

Experience the classic gameplay of 1503 A.D.: The New World, optimized for current computers with resolutions up to 4K.

Why similar: City Builder 41.9%, Economy 13.3%, Strategy 9.4%, RTS 8.9%, Simulation 8.3%

IXION is an unrelenting, city-building odyssey across the stars. As Administrator of the Tiqqun, DOLOS’ prototype space station, you are tasked with balancing preservation and exploration as you manage infrastructure, resources and crew. Can you keep the flame of humanity alight in the cold dark?

Why similar: City Builder 51%, Economy 11.3%, Resource Management 10.7%, Strategy 10.1%, Simulation 5.2%

Rule your land and dominate the world with unparalleled freedom, depth and historical accuracy. Write a new history of the world and build an empire for the ages.

Why similar: Economy 27%, Strategy 14.5%, Political 13.1% ★, Simulation 10.7%, Historical 10.7%

Northgard: Definitive Edition is a critically acclaimed real-time strategy game based on Norse mythology. Lead your clan, uncover the secrets of a mysterious newfound continent and defeat your enemies to conquer the Throne!

Why similar: City Builder 43.1%, Economy 11.2%, Strategy 9.9%, RTS 9.8%, Simulation 7.1%

In Railway Empire, you will create an elaborate and wide-ranging rail network, purchase over 40 different trains modelled in extraordinary detail, and buy or build railway stations, maintenance buildings, factories and tourist attractions to keep your travel network ahead of the competition.

Why similar: City Builder 23.5%, Economy 22.4%, Strategy 16.1%, Simulation 10.9%, Management 6.6%

Establish a home for your industrious mice under the oppressive paw of your cat overlords in this city builder featuring complex simulations, intricate production chains, and the age-old rivalry between cat and mouse.

Why similar: City Builder 37.6%, Economy 17.6%, Resource Management 8.7%, Strategy 8.5%, Simulation 6.5%

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 41.1%, Economy 17.4%, Strategy 10.9%, Simulation 10.7%, Sandbox 8.7%

Love, fight, scheme, and claim greatness. Determine your noble house’s legacy in the sprawling grand strategy of Crusader Kings III. Death is only the beginning as you guide your dynasty’s bloodline in the rich and larger-than-life simulation of the Middle Ages.

Why similar: Strategy 19.2%, Economy 18.2%, Simulation 10.7%, Historical 9.5%, RTS 9.3%

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 43%, Economy 17.3%, Resource Management 8.7%, Strategy 8.1%, Simulation 6.6%

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 35.3%, Economy 16.6%, Simulation 9.6%, Sandbox 7.4%, Management 7.2%

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 40.5%, Economy 19.9%, Strategy 8.3%, Sandbox 7%, Simulation 6.2%

Dominate the classical Mediterranean in Imperator: Rome, a grand strategy game from Paradox Interactive. Navigate the dangerous waters of politics and diplomacy as you build up your provinces and conquer foreign lands. Now available with special content and the digital artbook.

Why similar: Strategy 29%, Economy 16%, Simulation 14.3%, Historical 11.9%, Political 10% ★

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: City Builder 37.3%, Economy 17.8%, Resource Management 8.9%, Strategy 8.4%, Simulation 6.4%

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 57.1%, Strategy 9.4%, Economy 7.9%, Simulation 7.6%, Management 4.3%

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 60.2%, Economy 15%, Strategy 7.2%, Simulation 5.2%, Building 4.4%