- #1 Builders of Greece: Prologue
97% matchMostly Positive76% of 615 reviews2023
Dev: BLUM EntertainmentPub: CreativeForge Games
Windows
Immerse yourself in the beautifully recreated golden age of Hellenic city-states. Builders of Greece: Prologue, being a shortened version of the full game, is a great way to try your hand as a ruler of an ancient Greek city-state, practice your management skills, and learn basic game mechanics.
Why similar: City Builder 15.5%, RTS 13.4%, Mythology 11.2%, Sandbox 8.6%, Economy 8.1%
- #2 Builders of Greece
96% matchMixed56% of 562 reviews2025
Dev: BLUM EntertainmentPub: CreativeForge Games
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Immerse yourself in the beautifully recreated golden age of Hellenic city-states. Builders of Greece is a city management game that lets you display your strategic and economic mastery. Build your Polis from scratch, make meaningful decisions, trade, fight and expand to become the ultimate ruler.
Why similar: City Builder 19.5%, Mythology 13%, RTS 10.3%, Economy 9%, Building 8.6%
- #3 CyberTown
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cyber GamesPub: GamePlanet
Windows
CyberTown - Is a game about interplanetary colonization where you create new cybernetic cities. Build, develop and strengthen your cities. Natural disasters, diseases, the needs of the population and much more will not let you get bored in this new cybernetic world.
Why similar: City Builder 17.5%, RTS 14.7%, Sandbox 9.7%, Economy 9.7%, Building 8.5%
- #4 Orc Warchief: Strategy Story
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: G-DEVS.com
Windows
Become an Orc warchief and fight for survival of your race. Rebuild your village and train your warriors. Gather resources and craft your weapons. Raise your warbanner and gather The Horde.
Why similar: City Builder 12.4%, RTS 12.3%, Mythology 11.3%, Economy 9.1%, War 9.1%
- #5 Builders of Egypt
94% matchMostly Negative36% of 461 reviews2025
Dev: Strategy Labs
Windows
Builders of Egypt is a city-building economic strategy taking place in the Nile Valley. Immerse yourself in a world full of pyramids, where you will become a part of the ancient world. Create history, be history!
Why similar: City Builder 19.5%, Economy 10.7%, RTS 9.8%, Building 9.6%, Mythology 8.8%
- #6 Dynasty of the Sands
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rocket Flair Studios
Windows
Be the architect of your own Egyptian empire in this meditative survival city builder, where every decision, no matter how small, has lasting consequences. Survive alongside your people, expand your influence across the Nile and create a grand Dynasty to rival the gods themselves. Paradise awaits.
Why similar: City Builder 14.9%, RTS 13.1%, Mythology 11.2%, Economy 10.6%, Base Building 8.9%
- #7 Egypt
93% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Ancient Cat
Windows
Command the sands of Egypt in this epic RTS! Build magnificent cities, lead mythic armies, and harness the power of the gods. Shape the Nile, forge alliances, and rise to become Pharaoh in a world of strategy, intrigue, and breathtaking battles. Your legacy awaits—rule wisely!
Why similar: City Builder 17.5%, Base Building 10.1%, RTS 10.1%, Economy 9.2%, Building 9.2%
- #8 Aquis
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Oromith Games
Windows · Mac
Aquis: A strategic elemental adventure where a human mage, stranded in a mystical world, must collaborate with elemental beings to mend a portal breach. Battle shadow creatures, restore harmony, and seek a path back to Earth.
Why similar: City Builder 25.4%, Economy 14.2%, RTS 13.5%, Base Building 13.3%, Building 12.2%
- #9 El Dorado: The Golden City Builder - Prologue
91% matchMostly Positive72% of 236 reviews2024
Dev: Hobo BunchPub: Gameparic
Windows
The Prologue is just part of the gameplay that awaits you in the full version of the game. El Dorado - Prologue is a strategy city-building game in which you plan, build and develop your settlement to conquer Jukatan and earn the title of The Golden City. Become a leader, whom even Gods will bow to.
Why similar: City Builder 17.1%, RTS 13.4%, Economy 11.9%, Mythology 11.1%, Sandbox 8.6%
- #10 VIKING - Sagas of the Norse Lands
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Keliosis Studio
Windows
VIKING - Sagas of the Norse Lands is a city-builder where you forge your legend. Become a Jarl, transform a camp into a thriving city, manage your people's expansion, and build your legacy. Explore, fight, and erect monuments to etch your saga in history!
Why similar: City Builder 18.3%, RTS 16.1%, Economy 12.1%, Mythology 10.4%, Sandbox 10.3%
- #11 Chinese Empire: Prologue
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: YeyunaPub: G11 S.A.
Windows
Chinese Empire is an economic city-building strategy taking place in the picturesque areas of China. The prologue will introduce you to the world of Chinese Empire!
Why similar: City Builder 27.1%, Economy 14.3%, Building 13.1%, RTS 13.1%, Simulation 9%
- #12 Roadworks 2
89% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2021
Dev: Taxsoft
Windows
City building real time strategy economy simulation game. Manage the resources on the map and build a city connected through road networks of different types of road so that you can meet production targets.
Why similar: City Builder 25.8%, Economy 18.2%, RTS 17.5%, Building 17.3%, Simulation 8.2%
- #13 Chinese Empire
89% matchMostly Negative39% of 36 reviews2024
Dev: Yeyuna
Windows
Chinese Empire is an economic city-building strategy taking place in the picturesque areas of China. Create your own new empire that will go down in history!
Why similar: City Builder 28%, RTS 18.5%, Economy 15.6%, Building 14.2%, Simulation 6.7%
- #14 Dubai Simulator
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Creativity ARPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
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 27.5%, Sandbox 14.7%, Simulation 13.8%, Economy 12.1%, Building 10.3%
- #15 Pirate Plight
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cutlass Studios
Windows
It's pirates against British sailors (or each other) in this real-time strategy city-building game. Gather resources, build cities, drink rum, fight enemies, explore the sea, and discover new islands.
Why similar: City Builder 19.1%, RTS 17.2%, Economy 11.6%, Base Building 10.9%, Building 9.9%
- #16 Celestial Empire
86% matchVery Positive89% of 615 reviews2025
Dev: President StudioPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 65%
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 18%, RTS 16.4%, Economy 12.9%, Mythology 12.7%, Sandbox 10.4%
- #17 Tokeis
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Toe Key
Windows
Tokeis is a board-like real-time city builder about growing your town from a tiny tile to a hexagonal empire. Collect tokens, manage resources, reorganize inefficiencies, and fortify your economy. Handle the harsh weather and defend against raiders trying to steal your riches!
Why similar: City Builder 21.4%, Economy 15.4%, RTS 13.8%, Sandbox 11.2%, Building 10.3%
- #18 Bread & Bravery
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ennoble Studios
Windows
Return to the era of knights and castles in a uniquely satisfying mix of Settlement Building, RTS and Castle Simulation genres. Manage complex and realistic medieval production chains, build your army and defences, satisfy the King and lead your people to prosperity. Will you succeed as a new lord?
Why similar: City Builder 18.4%, RTS 16.8%, War 11%, Base Building 10.5%, Building 9.4%
- #19 Oxygen
84% matchMostly Positive73% of 865 reviews2023
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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: City Builder 21%, Base Building 12.5%, Sandbox 10.7%, Economy 10.7%, Building 9.9%
- #20 Mercantile Might
82% match9 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: SibeRaysGames
Windows
Immerse yourself in the atmosphere of the Middle Ages and take on the role of a ruler who must transform a small town into a prosperous settlement.
Why similar: City Builder 26.7%, RTS 21.6%, Sandbox 14.5%, Economy 9.1%, Building 7.8%
- #21 Angkor: The Holy City
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: William Parsons
Windows
Angkor: The Holy City is a unique village-builder game about growing a thriving town under the all-seeing eyes of the Gods. Construct intricate temples to honor them and research technologies to counter their wrath, all while expanding your village and contending with an ever-growing population.
Why similar: City Builder 22.1%, RTS 11.7%, Economy 11.4%, Building 11%, Sandbox 9.6%
- #22 Lords of Solgrund
82% matchMostly Positive79% of 68 reviews2024
Dev: Sillylas
Windows
Lords of Solgrund combines elements of real time strategy, city building and other unique additions. The game features detailed animations, complex gameplay systems inspired by the early middle ages and elements of fantasy.
Why similar: City Builder 20.2%, RTS 16.1%, Economy 14.1%, Sandbox 11.4%, Building 11.4%
- #23 Northgard: Definitive Edition
81% matchVery Positive85% of 68,002 reviews2018
Dev: Shiro Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 28.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 23.5%, RTS 20.8%, Economy 8.9%, War 8.3%, Base Building 7.9%
- #24 Celestial Empire: Prologue
79% matchVery Positive85% of 370 reviews2025
Dev: President Studio
Windows
Embrace your duties as a new provincial governor. Experience the beauty of ancient China, design the city of your dreams, and take care of your people’s needs. Earn the Gods’ favor to maintain the Mandate of Heaven for the ruling dynasty.
Why similar: City Builder 20.1%, Mythology 13%, RTS 11.3%, Building 10.8%, Economy 10.7%
- #25 Plebs
81% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: PixelWhipped
Windows
Plebs is a casual real time strategy game about controlling ancient Nations to victory through strategic town building, creating mighty and diverse armies, and intelligent resource management. Battle through the Campaign, Survive endless waves of enemies, or Skirmish on a variety of levels.
Why similar: RTS 22.8%, City Builder 20.8%, Base Building 12.9%, Resource Management 9.6%, War 9.5%
- #26 Foundation
78% matchVery Positive86% of 23,481 reviews2025
Dev: Polymorph Games
Windows
Median: 11.0 hrsMean: 26.3 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 36.3%, Economy 10.7%, Sandbox 9.5%, Building 8.8%, RTS 8.1%
- #27 Anno 117: Pax Romana
77% matchMostly Positive70% of 11,270 reviews2025
Dev: Ubisoft MainzPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 13.4 hrsMean: 23.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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 25.1%, RTS 18%, Economy 13.7%, Sandbox 11.8%, Building 11.1%
- #28 Cities XXL
80% matchMixed40% of 2,356 reviews2015
Dev: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 51.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 34.9%, Economy 17.4%, Building 14.8%, Sandbox 10.7%, Simulation 8.9%
- #29 20 Minute Metropolis - The Action City Builder
79% matchMostly Positive68% of 47 reviews2020
Dev: Dejobaan Games, LLC
Windows
Construct the infrastructure to rebuild civilization. Set up supply lines, mine skyscrapers for plastics, and find a place to process all the poop your people will generate. You have twenty minutes.
Why similar: City Builder 29%, Building 15.7%, Base Building 14.6%, Economy 11.4%, RTS 9%
- #30 Becastled
75% matchVery Positive82% of 5,494 reviews2025
Dev: Mana Potion Studios
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Build a castle by day and defend it by night. Becastled blends cozy city-building with challenging tower defense strategy. Lead the Sun Kingdom’s last stand against the Moon Beasts and end the ancient conflict between light and darkness!
Why similar: City Builder 23.6%, Base Building 18.9%, RTS 17.5%, War 11.4%, Building 11.3%
- #31 Oxygen: First Breath
77% matchVery Positive89% of 1,643 reviews2022
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 40%
This is a free version of Oxygen, featuring the first 50 game-days. Build your city around the Oxygen Center and ensure your people's survival in a post-apocalyptic future, threatened by crack explosions, deadly winds, droughts and frosts. Lead your people and keep the Oxygen Center running!
Why similar: City Builder 23.5%, Base Building 14.3%, Economy 12.6%, Building 10.6%, Resource Management 8.9%
- #32 Make Your Kingdom
78% matchMixed58% of 195 reviews2022
Dev: yo_serjioPub: BigGame Publishing
Windows
Make Your Kingdom is a city-building game unique to its genre. Play as a founder of the settlement — help build your kingdom, carry the resources, talk to other settlers, motivate them and fight off hordes of orcs with your own sword!
Why similar: City Builder 23.1%, Building 12.9%, Economy 12.8%, RTS 12.2%, Base Building 10.8%
- #33 Cities: Skylines II
76% matchMixed54% of 86,513 reviews2023
Dev: Iceflake StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 23.8 hrsMean: 72.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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 33.7%, Building 14.3%, Economy 13.5%, Sandbox 12.2%, Simulation 8.9%
- #34 Epic Palace : Knossos
76% matchPositive92% of 24 reviews2021
Dev: Milkroom Studios GmbH
Windows
Immerse yourself in the epic world of the Bronze Age! Rule over the first European civilization and build the famous Palace of Knossos. Be smart in diplomacy and trade, use your gained reputation and equip your throne room with unique frescoes from all over the world.
Why similar: RTS 22.1%, City Builder 21.8%, Building 15%, Economy 9.9%, Simulation 8.5%
- #35 SOUL PARK
73% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2025
Dev: CLEDU
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build an infernal park, judge your customers' sins and give them what they deserve: a HELL of an entertainment!
Why similar: City Builder 21.3%, Economy 14.4%, Sandbox 12.2%, Building 12.1%, Base Building 10.1%
- #36 Anno 1800
74% matchVery Positive81% of 30,897 reviews2019
Dev: Ubisoft MainzPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 9.7 hrsMean: 39.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 39.7%, Economy 17.6%, RTS 9.3%, Simulation 7.7%, Sandbox 6.8%
- #37 Shopping Center Tycoon
74% matchPositive82% of 39 reviews2023
Dev: Musa GUNGOR
Windows
Shopping Center Tycoon Is : Market Simulation & Tycoon and Improve your market. Grow, Design and Manage your Shopping Center with the right Strategy.
Why similar: City Builder 18.5%, Economy 16.6%, Building 15.7%, Simulation 11.9%, Base Building 10.3%
- #38 Project AURA
75% matchMixed64% of 698 reviews2018
Dev: Nexcentric Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Project Aura is a micro management game where you lead a Colony of Climate Disaster Survivors. You have been assigned the mission to build an habitat capable of survival in this new unknown world.
Why similar: City Builder 26.7%, Economy 12.9%, Building 10.4%, Resource Management 9.4%, Sandbox 9.1%
- #39 Warwolf Project
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Silas Santos
Windows
A medieval real-time strategy game focused on castle building, medieval warfare, and economy.
Why similar: City Builder 24.5%, RTS 21.6%, Building 12.4%, Sandbox 9%, Economy 8.3%
- #40 Cavemen: The Rise of Tribe
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lukáš Anděl
Windows · Mac
Experience the challenges and triumphs of leading a tribe in Cavemen: The Rise of Tribe. Explore, mine, hunt, and build your way to success. Customizable buildings, resource management, and population growth make every playthrough unique.
Why similar: RTS 25.6%, City Builder 18.6%, Building 17.3%, Base Building 10.4%, Strategy 7.8%
- #41 Country Architect
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: purple_mimosaPub: Tribesylvania Studios
Windows · Linux
Can you build an entire country? An infrastructure and economy management sim. Lead a nation to prosperity by strategically placing towns and factories. Choose between bidding teams to build connections, while paying attention to citizen feedback on Social Bird to avoid civil unrest.
Why similar: City Builder 23%, Sandbox 12.4%, War 11.4%, Building 11.1%, Economy 10.4%
- #42 Ulia Chronicles
72% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: NioStudio
Windows
Ulia Chronicles is a city-building game set in a fantasy universe. Build your city, gather resources, and make your citizens thrive. Play alone or with your friends in this game inspired by the classics of the genre.
Why similar: City Builder 20.2%, Economy 14.5%, Mythology 11.7%, Building 11.7%, Base Building 11.4%
- #43 Mandate Order
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Digital Sky
Windows
Mandate Order is a strategy game set in the Warring States period. Starting from barren lands, build strongholds integrating production, defense and military functions. Manage resources and the people's will, expand your territory, counter threats, and ultimately rise to prominence amidst the chaos.
Why similar: City Builder 27.5%, RTS 13.2%, Base Building 12.4%, Building 10.5%, Simulation 7.7%
- #44 Festival Fever
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Grave Mistake Games
Windows
Festival Fever is a music festival management sim which sees the player take control and tasks them to build and manage the best festival in the world!
Why similar: Economy 17.7%, Base Building 16.6%, Building 15.1%, Sandbox 11.6%, Character Customization 7.8%
- #45 Urbanist
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Halfcooked Games
Windows
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 29.9%, Building 15.6%, Sandbox 14.5%, Economy 12.9%, Resource Management 10.1%
- #46 Ground of Aces
69% matchVery Positive85% of 1,315 reviews2025
Dev: Blindflug Studios AG
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Take command of a remote military air base during World War II. Build your own airfield, manage iconic aircraft and oversee your crew’s well-being. Prepare them against air raids and send your pilots on dangerous missions. Survive and help your nation win the war!
Why similar: City Builder 17.1%, RTS 14.2%, Base Building 11.6%, Economy 9.9%, War 9.8%
- #47 The First Explorers®
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Buchwald Interactive
Windows
The First Explorers® is a settlers-like game, that offers the perfect mix of organic city-building and RTS in a bustling world. Set in the time of antiquity in Europe, you will play as the Romans, Carthaginians or Gauls. Are you ready to raise an army backed by a thriving economy?
Why similar: City Builder 22.4%, RTS 20%, Economy 16.4%, Building 11.6%, Sandbox 8%
- #48 City Country
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Velikov Brothers
Windows
City Country is a city-building game where you manage resources, population, knowledge. You control various sectors of the city like education, medicine, culture, tourism, trading.
Why similar: City Builder 23.8%, Economy 15.9%, Sandbox 10.9%, Building 10.1%, RTS 9%
- #49 El Dorado: The Golden City Builder
69% matchMixed56% of 106 reviews2024
Dev: Hobo BunchPub: Gameparic
Windows
El Dorado is a strategy city-building game in which you plan, build and develop your settlement to conquer Jukatan and earn the title of The Golden City. Become a leader, whom even Gods will bow to. Offer sacrifices to the Gods to earn their favor, but beware and don’t lose yourself in your riches.
Why similar: City Builder 17.4%, RTS 14.2%, Mythology 14.1%, Economy 10.9%, Building 9.7%
- #50 Metropolisim
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Roy H
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 21.2%, Simulation 15.5%, Economy 11.3%, Strategy 8.9%, RTS 8.5%
- #51 Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition
67% matchVery Positive92% of 10,053 reviews2025
Dev: Firefly Studios
Windows
Median: 12.6 hrsMean: 30.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Gird your loins and sharpen your steel! Besiege 20 unique enemy lords and battle friends online, in this expanded remaster of the classic 'castle sim'. Relive history with new units, opponents, visuals, audio, campaigns, skirmish trails, co-op and larger maps.
Why similar: City Builder 20.7%, RTS 14.6%, War 11.8%, Economy 11.8%, Building 10.2%
- #52 Uncrewed
70% matchMixed69% of 149 reviews2020
Dev: Quite Different Mechanics
Windows
Uncrewed is a real-time strategy game with the ability to design units from scratch. Unlike in more traditional RTS, units obey the laws of physics, making design choices especially important.
Why similar: RTS 24.3%, Sandbox 13.9%, Building 13.3%, Base Building 11.6%, Simulation 10.8%
- #53 Farmman
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rossoft Interactive
Windows · Mac
Embark on a journey to build a prosperous settlement in this colony sim with a richly simulated economy. Manage the land, citizens’ salaries, taxes, and laws. Experience a detailed world where every action has a reaction, and even the smallest events can shatter the kingdom’s fate.
Why similar: City Builder 24.6%, Economy 15%, Sandbox 13.5%, Building 13.2%, Base Building 10.2%
- #54 My Tiny Park
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cold Cabin
Windows
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 29.1%, Sandbox 15.7%, Building 13.6%, Economy 13.4%, Simulation 13.2%
- #55 Civica: Italian Renaissance
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: White Vertex Studios
Windows
Build your Italian empire in this realistic medieval RTS that combines truly organic city building and immersive roleplaying. City-states compete for influence, families such as the Medici try to divide power among themselves and artists create masterpieces that define an entire era.
Why similar: City Builder 29.1%, RTS 21.2%, Simulation 10.5%, Building 7.4%, Economy 7.1%
- #56 Geopogo Cities: Windsor–Detroit
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Geopogo
Windows
A real-world city-building simulation where you shape the future of downtown Windsor–Detroit. Zone, redevelop, and experiment with growth using real map data in a living urban sandbox.
Why similar: City Builder 28.3%, Sandbox 15.3%, Simulation 13.2%, Economy 9.5%, Building 8.3%
- #57 Islandustry
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Proper Puppy
Windows
Find the best island, outbid your rivals and start exploiting it. Automate your production and watch the market to sell your goods at the right price. Use your profits to buy upgrades and make your production chain even faster.
Why similar: City Builder 18.3%, Base Building 14.6%, Sandbox 13.6%, Building 12.6%, Economy 7.4%
- #58 Viking City Builder
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Set a new village on the ashes of Europeans! Build and defend a Viking settlement in hostile land. Manage your people, survive harsh winters and send your fierce warriors to pillage the neighboring villages. Choose your own strategy to succeed in the Viking Age!
Why similar: City Builder 22.1%, RTS 15.6%, War 13.6%, Sandbox 10.8%, Tactical 8.9%
- #59 Territory: Farming and Warfare
64% matchVery Positive86% of 690 reviews2026
Dev: Wit Studio
Windows
From a small village of a dozen people to a small kingdom of thousands of people. Arrange for residents to work, gathering, fishing and hunting, farming and mining, processing and manufacturing. Trade, accumulate supplies, increase your strength, and fight evil forces and monsters.
Why similar: City Builder 20.4%, RTS 14.6%, Base Building 12.5%, Sandbox 11%, War 10.8%