- #1 ISLANDERS: New Shores
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,247 reviews2025
Dev: The StationPub: Coatsink
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Welcome to ISLANDERS: New Shores. Build your island retreat in a calm, minimalist world with exciting new features that keep the classic charm while inspiring fresh creativity.
Why similar: City Builder 30.3%, Building 15.5%, Procedural Generation 11%, Relaxing 10%, Score Attack 8.4%
- #2 Sky Tale
96% matchPositive96% of 26 reviews2021
Dev: FrostPeek Studio
Windows · Mac
Sky Tale is a cute city building game about creating lovely islands using various tiles and buildings.
Why similar: City Builder 27.6%, Building 13.9%, Relaxing 10.1%, Procedural Generation 9.7%, Score Attack 9.5%
- #3 Town Squared
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: It's Anecdotal
Windows
Town Squared is a peaceful city building and puzzle game. Create cute architecture as you take a tiny voyage, discovering and unlocking new buildings along the way.
Why similar: City Builder 36.8%, Procedural Generation 10.5%, Strategy 10.3%, Relaxing 9.3%, Puzzle 9.3%
- #4 Rescue Team: Mineral of Miracles
95% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2023
Dev: Game MixerPub: Alawar Casual
Windows
The extraordinary discovery of a mineral named "Immortalite" has sent shockwaves across the globe. Now you are tasked with uncovering the secrets of this powerful mineral and ensuring it doesn't fall into the wrong hands.
Why similar: City Builder 23.9%, Building 12%, Logic 11.3%, Base Building 11.2%, Resource Management 7.9%
- #5 Land Above Sea Below
94% matchMostly Positive72% of 148 reviews2023
Dev: Glasscannon StudioPub: Skystone Games
Windows
Land Above Sea Below is an atmospheric building strategy and puzzle game where you have to build your island from tiles in order to raise its height as much as possible, to avoid it getting flooded by the constantly rising sea level.
Why similar: City Builder 27.3%, Logic 14%, Building 13.5%, Relaxing 9.1%, Procedural Generation 9%
- #6 Weeks Till Winter
94% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Subnuminal, LLC
Windows
In a dark study with a Book of Worlds and a handful of wooden buildings, you are cursed to build until you've unlocked the secrets of your mysterious past. This is an enigmatic score-based strategy game blending puzzle and city-builder mechanics.
Why similar: City Builder 23.3%, Score Attack 13.1%, Logic 13%, Building 9.1%, Procedural Generation 7.8%
- #7 Planet Pioneers
93% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Desert Dev
Windows
Planet Pioneers is a relaxing building and puzzle game where you prepare new planets for settlers. Build tiles strategically, fulfill quests for your settlers, keep pollution low and enable new buildings along the way. Shape the planet as you wish until it’s time to move on to your next challenge.
Why similar: City Builder 27.5%, Procedural Generation 14.7%, Relaxing 9.3%, Puzzle 7.3%, Building 7%
- #8 Reefland
92% matchVery Positive93% of 82 reviews2022
Dev: UnSweet
Windows
Reefland - is a colorful city-building simulator with a relaxing atmosphere, where you are up to paint the island by placing buildings.
Why similar: City Builder 27.8%, Procedural Generation 16.6%, Building 10.5%, Relaxing 9.8%, Puzzle 8.3%
- #9 Lands of Koastalia
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pavel Valakh
Windows
Lands of Koastalia is a relaxing city building game with a unique building system. As Mayor, your primary mission is to keep people happy. Craft natural-looking villages, manage resources within and across them, explore an island, and meet the needs of your residents.
Why similar: City Builder 29.6%, Building 14.5%, Base Building 11.8%, Procedural Generation 9.3%, Relaxing 8.7%
- #10 Land of Honey and Wine
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hardworkers
Windows
Land of Honey and Wine is a relaxing city-building and puzzle game where you build beautiful villages and towns by placing tiles. Explore a variety of colorful maps, unlock new buildings and complete quests to fill your world with life!
Why similar: City Builder 27%, Building 15.8%, Logic 10.1%, Relaxing 9.8%, Puzzle 7.6%
- #11 Viking Heroes 4
90% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2023
Dev: Alawar Casual
Windows
Join the Viking heroes in a race against time to save the world from eternal darkness. As the sun and moon falter and Fenrir threatens to consume them, the Vikings must travel across realms to forge a magical chain that can capture him.
Why similar: City Builder 22%, Building 16.5%, Base Building 16.3%, Strategy 8.5%, Logic 8%
- #12 Hexarium
89% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Myuxen
Windows
A minimalistic traffic management game where you build and maintain a bustling road network as demand constantly grows. With an ever-expanding environment and endless challenges, how long can YOU keep the traffic flowing?
Why similar: City Builder 26.9%, Building 18.4%, Relaxing 12.1%, Strategy 11%, Puzzle 10.1%
- #13 Shanshui Haven
89% matchVery Positive99% of 86 reviews2024
Dev: LeeT Game
Windows
"Shanshui Haven" is a casual city-building game, offering a relaxing and engaging experience with strategic elements.
Why similar: City Builder 30.6%, Procedural Generation 14.8%, Relaxing 11.2%, Building 10.2%, Score Attack 10.2%
- #14 My Little World
88% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2024
Dev: Tiny Studios
Windows · Linux
My Little World is a relaxing puzzle game where you strategically place hexagonal tiles to gather points, expand and build your own world.
Why similar: City Builder 24.7%, Procedural Generation 14.1%, Building 11.7%, Relaxing 9.9%, Puzzle 8.1%
- #15 QuadUrbs
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HidingDev Games
Windows
QuadUrbs is a relaxing minimalistic city builder game where you can place various tiles next to each other to build detailed city quickly without worrying about resource management. You can either place tiles perfectly to get maximum score or place them as you want to create city of your dreams.
Why similar: City Builder 42.3%, Building 21.5%, Puzzle 11.3%, Relaxing 10.8%, Strategy 8.8%
- #16 Block By Block Tycoon
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Evion Studios
Windows
Build a cozy city block by block in a spatial puzzle city-builder where smart placement earns points. Create powerful synergies, unlock new tools, expand, and grow a living city.
Why similar: City Builder 30.1%, Logic 13.7%, Building 12.9%, Relaxing 8.5%, Puzzle 8.2%
- #17 ViSP - Virtual Space Port
86% matchPositive90% of 31 reviews2019
Dev: Visper Games
Windows
ViSP – Virtual Space Port is a creative building game for VR. Construct your own space port out of blocks and defend it against relentless enemies to fortify your space colony!
Why similar: City Builder 23.6%, Base Building 13.6%, Building 12.8%, Strategy 7.6%, Space 7.3%
- #18 Hexscapes
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 2LA
Windows
A relaxing puzzle game where you build landscapes and cities by placing hex tiles. Inspired by Dorfromantik, with two separate tile decks, mountain terrain, and procedurally generated worlds
Why similar: City Builder 24.4%, Logic 15.9%, Procedural Generation 12.7%, Strategy 11.7%, Puzzle 11.1%
- #19 Fortifend
82% matchPositive90% of 39 reviews2026
Dev: Side Crumb
Windows
Fortifend is a fantasy city builder with a mix of resource management and strategic tower defense. As Lord Mayor, build your settlement into a fortified city capable of fending off waves of demonic invaders. Guard the gates!
Why similar: City Builder 30.1%, Base Building 19.2%, Procedural Generation 14%, Strategy 9.9%, Building 9.9%
- #20 ISLANDERS
84% matchVery Positive94% of 16,772 reviews2019
Dev: Coatsink
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 64%
ISLANDERS is a minimalist strategy game about building cities on colorful islands.
Why similar: City Builder 35.3%, Building 15.4%, Relaxing 14.5%, Puzzle 7.6%, Strategy 7.4%
- #21 Merging City
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Havoc Minds
Windows
In this chill strategic puzzle city building game, you get to choose when to place land and buildings such as houses, shops and factories, with no RNG. Expand your city by getting points through placing buildings to their desired location or merge the same buildings to upgrade to bigger buildings
Why similar: City Builder 29.7%, Building 15.2%, Base Building 13.4%, Relaxing 10.4%, Logic 9.8%
- #22 Skykipelago
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: RadPepperHat
Windows
Skykipelago is a chill strategy game where you build happy little cities in the sky. Explore a variety of colorful islands, care for your buildings' happiness, evolve your buildings to help you grow, and when solid ground is no longer cool enough for you - expand onto the cliff sides.
Why similar: City Builder 25.7%, Building 13.8%, Procedural Generation 13%, Relaxing 9.5%, Resource Management 7.2%
- #23 Islecraft: Island Architect
81% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: HOG
Windows
Sail to uncharted isles and build settlements as an island architect in this minimalist city builder. Inspired by ISLANDERS.
Why similar: City Builder 37.6%, Base Building 12.7%, Procedural Generation 12.2%, Strategy 11.2%, Relaxing 8.8%
- #24 Orbiteers
79% matchPositive100% of 18 reviews2026
Dev: Northborne Studios
Windows
Design efficient space stations across the solar system in this minimalist puzzle-builder. Solve unique challenges with help from your assistant L.U.N.A., optimize your builds, maximize your score, and lead humanity’s journey beyond Earth!
Why similar: City Builder 26%, Base Building 14.4%, Relaxing 8.3%, Logic 8%, Puzzle 7.9%
- #25 Sudocity
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mandinga
Windows
Sudocity - Build your city, solve puzzles, and rule the urban jungle in this minimalist masterpiece of city-building and sudoku. New citizens arrive on each season, will you be ready to welcome them?
Why similar: City Builder 29.9%, Procedural Generation 15.2%, Building 13.5%, Puzzle 8.1%, Logic 7.7%
- #26 Hexagourds
80% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2022
Dev: Urodela Games
Windows
Hexagourds is a casual, relaxing builder and puzzle game where you place tiles on a grid to make your own pumpkin patch! Grow pumpkins, feed animals, and pick apples as you gain points for rotating, placing and connecting different tiles.
Why similar: City Builder 29.2%, Building 15.3%, Relaxing 10.9%, Puzzle 8.6%, Strategy 6.6%
- #27 Poly Towns
81% matchMixed43% of 47 reviews2016
Dev: Red Phoenix Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Casual town builder that takes place on floating islands in a fantasy world. Grow your town and manage your resources in this challenging builder.
Why similar: City Builder 25%, Building 14.4%, Base Building 13%, Relaxing 9.1%, Resource Management 8.8%
- #28 Floating Frontiers
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Crabeater Games
Windows · Mac
A minimalist city builder about growing your infinite floating town. Combine 3D blocks to optimize synergies, build idyllic scenery, and chase your high score.
Why similar: City Builder 43.8%, Strategy 13.1%, Puzzle 11%, Building 9.9%, Cute 5.4%
- #29 Fishermen's Haven
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sim Farm S.A.
Windows
Fishermen's Haven is a tranquil manager game in which you take control of a small coastal settlement located on a remote island. Guide your people through the hardships of life on a tropical isle, manage resources, and find the means to expand the village.
Why similar: City Builder 37.4%, Base Building 12.1%, Strategy 11.3%, Building 9.4%, Relaxing 9.2%
- #30 Satama Puzzle
78% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2022
Dev: mc2_games
Windows
Satama Puzzle is a relaxing building and puzzle game where you will optimize the layout of a Port of Unloading. Each level will have three random variable scoring conditions, so it will be a new experience each time. Try to beat your score!
Why similar: City Builder 26.9%, Score Attack 15%, Building 13.6%, Relaxing 10.1%, Base Building 9.5%
- #31 ArchOlden
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Golden Possum
Windows
ArchOlden is a meditative puzzle-city-builder.
Why similar: City Builder 41.4%, Building 18.8%, Base Building 15%, Procedural Generation 12.2%, Strategy 11.8%
- #32 Bubblegum Galaxy
75% matchVery Positive100% of 119 reviews2026
Dev: Smarto ClubPub: Astrolabe Games
Windows
Bubblegum Galaxy is a cozy narrative building game about rebuilding the galaxy tile by tile. Discover and design new planets, complete missions, explore your office and befriend your co-workers... all while trying to find out who deleted the galaxy!
Why similar: City Builder 36.6%, Building 16.9%, Puzzle 9.7%, Relaxing 8.4%, Strategy 7.6%
- #33 Duckland
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hubble Games
Windows
Duckland is a cozy city-building and simulation game. Procedurally generated islands creativity to transform the island into a perfect living space for ducklings.
Why similar: City Builder 30.7%, Procedural Generation 13.1%, Score Attack 10.8%, Building 9.6%, Puzzle 9.1%
- #34 Hexplorando
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Francesco Cavallari
Windows
Rebuild the world! Travel to the world's most iconic locations, rebuild them tile by tile while solving relaxing puzzles. Unlock and collect international landmarks and then use them in your own creations. 🗽🗿⛩️🕌
Why similar: City Builder 25.5%, Building 16.1%, Logic 11.6%, Procedural Generation 11.6%, Relaxing 9.5%
- #35 HexaUrbs
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HidingDev Games
Windows
HexaUrbs is a relaxing minimalistic city builder game about placing variety of hexagonal tiles strategically next to each other to create a beautiful and thriving city.
Why similar: City Builder 43.5%, Building 18.8%, Strategy 11.5%, Relaxing 10.9%, Puzzle 10.5%
- #36 Home Wind
74% matchVery Positive90% of 837 reviews2022
Dev: Adi Zhavo
Windows · Mac
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 36.6%, Building 12.5%, Procedural Generation 11.9%, Relaxing 10.4%, Strategy 7.4%
- #37 CITRES
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Egor MagurinPub: Indovers Studio
Windows
Explore Citres, a unique blend of city-building & puzzle gameplay! Place Tetris-shaped buildings, merge them into advanced structures, and grow your population. Embrace strategy in a vibrant, low-poly world.
Why similar: City Builder 37.5%, Strategy 15.5%, Puzzle 11.5%, Building 8.8%, Relaxing 6.8%
- #38 Pioneers
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Andy Cadman
Windows
Pioneers is a peaceful building strategy and puzzle game where you transform barren planets into beautiful habitable ecosystems by terraforming the landscape and building a new home for humankind. Explore a variety of inhospitable planets that you turn into a colourful thriving world.
Why similar: City Builder 23.4%, Procedural Generation 12.1%, Score Attack 11.9%, Base Building 10.2%, Relaxing 9%
- #39 Treetopians
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Aparato Games
Windows
Treetopians is a cozy colony simulator where players build vertical villages in the treetops and care for a growing community of villagers with unique needs and personalities.
Why similar: City Builder 33.9%, Base Building 10.6%, Relaxing 9.6%, Procedural Generation 9.5%, Strategy 8.9%
- #40 Orbital Nexus
72% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: ZxStudio
Windows
Start on a barren planet, expand your empire through resource management, fleet building, and planetary conquest. Discover cosmic relics, trade or fight with neutral factions, and build galactic wonders like particle colliders. Balance strategy, exploration, and combat to dominate the galaxy!
Why similar: City Builder 36.7%, Building 16.4%, Strategy 11.9%, Sci-fi 9.4%, Futuristic 8.8%
- #41 Patchland
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: AcbStudio
Windows
Patchland is a relaxing strategy game where you create your own world by building it from scratch using tiles. Connect various biomes, earn points, complete quests, and add animals to the map to create increasingly larger and more beautiful landscapes.
Why similar: City Builder 30.6%, Building 12.6%, Base Building 8.5%, Score Attack 8.5%, Procedural Generation 8.2%
- #42 Planet S
71% matchVery Positive92% of 2,874 reviews2023
Dev: Glimmerlight Games
Windows · Linux
Planet S is a real-time strategy game where your goal is to colonize multiple planets in a solar system to advance your civilization, build a city and supply it to grow your faction.
Why similar: City Builder 31.2%, Building 14.9%, Procedural Generation 10.8%, Space 8.3%, Strategy 7.7%
- #43 Airborne Kingdom
71% matchVery Positive87% of 2,385 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 31.3%, Base Building 15.9%, Building 15.3%, Resource Management 9.4%, Relaxing 8.3%
- #44 Cloudscrapers
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Nementic GamesPub: Curve Games
Windows
Cloudscrapers is a minimalist strategy game with a relaxing atmosphere. Build your tower, manage resources, unlock new tools and uncover the secrets hidden in the sky.
Why similar: City Builder 37.5%, Relaxing 13.3%, Puzzle 10.5%, Resource Management 9.1%, Strategy 8.5%
- #45 hexurb
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 76 reviews2021
Dev: byMixNez
Windows
hexurb is a calm, peaceful city builder where you can relax after a hard day and just have a good time!
Why similar: City Builder 31.3%, Base Building 15%, Score Attack 13.1%, Relaxing 10.1%, Logic 9.4%
- #46 OBRII
69% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Exponenta Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A turn-based strategy game focused on building and managing a Mars colony, featuring meticulously handcrafted missions and a procedurally generated sandbox mode.
Why similar: City Builder 35.3%, Building 14.2%, Strategy 12.9%, Base Building 12%, Procedural Generation 11.4%
- #47 Arcane Realms
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Moon Mantis Games
Windows
Build magical villages across serene, ever-changing realms. Create thriving settlements, gather arcane energy, then teleport to new lands and start anew. Discover endless possibilities as you construct settlements across the Arcane Realms.
Why similar: City Builder 35.4%, Building 13.7%, Puzzle 9.9%, Strategy 9.6%, Base Building 7.4%
- #48 Green With Energy
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 42 reviews2023
Dev: OrbifoldPub: Gameparic
Windows · Mac · Linux
A relaxing game where you become a power engineer and iteratively design, test and build power grid designs. Balance budget and efficiency across a variety of biomes. Will you build resilient systems, or cobble something together with duct tape? It's your choice.
Why similar: City Builder 21.5%, Building 15.9%, Logic 14.3%, Base Building 11.9%, Strategy 9.5%
- #49 Island Architect
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Björn Ottosson
Windows
Sculpt seaside towns nestled between cliffs in Island Architect, a relaxing free-form builder. Shape winding streets, carve tunnels, and craft cozy harbors inspired by coastal Europe. Build with flowing, organic forms—no stress, just create.
Why similar: City Builder 32.2%, Building 23%, Procedural Generation 15.8%, Relaxing 13.3%, Stylized 7.3%
- #50 Pan'orama
69% matchVery Positive89% of 1,351 reviews2023
Dev: Chicken LauncherPub: Awaken Realms
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Relax and unleash your creativity in this new city building puzzle game. Create amazing landscapes and discover wide range of structures with special abilities. Enter the world of beauty and tranquility with the panoramas of your own creation and don't forget to pet your new animal friends!
Why similar: City Builder 29.5%, Building 16.3%, Procedural Generation 15.8%, Base Building 10.4%, Relaxing 10.3%
- #51 Sky Settlers
68% matchPositive89% of 19 reviews2024
Dev: Lifty
Windows
Sky Settlers is a minimalistic city building card game in which you build on islands in the sky and encounter different events, disasters and much more. Use different cards, complete quests and unlock new tiles as you progress.
Why similar: City Builder 30.2%, Building 14.7%, Procedural Generation 11.4%, Score Attack 10.5%, Relaxing 9.4%
- #52 Solaria
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TeaHands
Windows
Guide your city from fledgling solarpunk community to futuristic metropolis, one tile at a time. Watch your citizens survive and thrive. Solaria is a minimalist, solarpunk city builder where the city builds itself!
Why similar: City Builder 44.8%, Building 17.8%, Relaxing 13.9%, Cute 6%, Family Friendly 5.6%
- #53 New Yankee: Through the History Mirror
67% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: Alawar Casual
Windows
Guide John and Mary and their friends on two thrilling parallel escapades filled with excitement, perils, and regular errands! Explore mysterious lands and times, navigate mystical phenomena as you join them in traversing space and time.
Why similar: City Builder 33.9%, Logic 12.3%, Puzzle 10%, Strategy 9.4%, Relaxing 6.6%
- #54 New Yankee: Mary's Dark Side
68% matchPositive80% of 10 reviews2023
Dev: Alawar Casual
Windows
The bond between John and Mary is unbreakable. They embark on adventures together, and always support each other. But their lives take an unexpected turn when Mary's memory is lost. Join John in an epic quest to restore Mary's memories now!
Why similar: City Builder 33.1%, Logic 12.4%, Puzzle 9.8%, Strategy 9.1%, Relaxing 7%
- #55 Triple Realms
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wolele
Windows
A small relaxing roguelike puzzle city builder where you place tiles to grow small towns, gather resources, and expand your capital. Discover new buildings, unlock powerful upgrades, and shape your own evolving landscape.
Why similar: City Builder 40.2%, Relaxing 10.8%, Puzzle 10.6%, Strategy 10.5%, Building 7.1%
- #56 Glorgorian Weather Initiative
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: momentum Divergence
Windows
Guide the Glorgorians in terraforming an alien world by influencing weather systems and building megastructures. Physics-based planetary weather simulations drive climate shifts as you develop resources and expand your colony towards interstellar travel.
Why similar: City Builder 30.4%, Procedural Generation 13.5%, Building 11.4%, Space 8.9%, Base Building 8.7%
- #57 Humanica
64% matchVery Positive94% of 164 reviews2026
Dev: PanfachDev
Windows
Humanica is a city-builder game about an ancient settlement, featuring vast technological development. Experience the journey from sticks and stones to iron tools and windmills!
Why similar: City Builder 28.7%, Base Building 12.6%, Building 11.9%, Procedural Generation 10.7%, Resource Management 8.7%
- #58 URBO: Dream One
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,346 reviews2023
Dev: Door 407
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 48%
URBO: Dream One is a meditative puzzle game where you build houses around the mysterious Tower. Let your mind wander through visions of an enchanted city on an island in the middle of the crystal clear waters of a vibrant lake.
Why similar: City Builder 27.1%, Base Building 16.7%, Strategy 9%, Relaxing 8.5%, Logic 6.7%