- #1 Marble Age: Remastered
97% matchVery Positive86% of 402 reviews2020
Dev: Clarus Victoria
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Marble Age is a turn-based historical strategy where your task is to turn a small Ancient Greek village into a flourishing Polis, powerful enough to conquer the known world!
Why similar: Turn-Based 10.5%, 4X 8.3% ★, Historical 7.9%, City Builder 7.6%, Difficult 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: Developed by the same team, this game shares the exact turn-based strategy and historical civilization-building mechanics found in the Bronze Age.
- #2 Predynastic Egypt
96% matchVery Positive92% of 1,916 reviews2016
Dev: Clarus Victoria
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Do you know how did Ancient Egypt looked like before the Great Pyramids? Lead the future Egyptian citizens all the way through the historical hardships to the Unification of Lower and Upper Egypt, and you will find out!
Why similar: Turn-Based 12.3%, 4X 10.7% ★, Historical 9.6%, City Builder 8.4%, Survival 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: This title offers a deeply similar turn-based historical simulation experience focused on the development of early Egyptian society.
- #3 Egypt: Old Kingdom
96% matchVery Positive87% of 1,249 reviews2018
Dev: Clarus Victoria
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 23.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Strategy simulator of the Great Pyramids period, where you take your path from the unification of Egyptian tribes to the foundation of The First Empire. Developed with the assistance of Egyptologists.
Why similar: Turn-Based 12%, 4X 10% ★, Historical 9.5%, City Builder 8.1%, Survival 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: A direct spiritual successor to Predynastic Egypt, it maintains the same strategic depth and historical focus on early civilization.
- #4 Dawn of Man
95% matchVery Positive87% of 17,766 reviews2019
Dev: Madruga Works
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 30.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 31.8%, Colony Sim 24.5%, Survival 13.2%, Historical 9.6%, Strategy 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the survival and development of a prehistoric tribe, mirroring the core theme of guiding humanity through early eras.
- #5 Ozymandias: Bronze Age Empire Sim
94% matchVery Positive88% of 1,650 reviews2022
Dev: The Secret Games CompanyPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Build an empire in a single sitting. All the strategy of a classic 4X in a faster format, which also shines in multiplayer.
Why similar: 4X 21.4% ★, City Builder 14.2%, Historical 13.4%, Economy 11.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly captures the Bronze Age setting with a streamlined, turn-based approach to empire management and expansion.
- #6 Ancient Cities
94% matchMixed63% of 2,134 reviews2023
Dev: Uncasual Games
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Ancient Cities is a realistic, survival city builder in an immersive procedural environment. Lead the fate of your tribe through ancient times!
Why similar: City Builder 17.7%, Historical 15.4%, Survival 11.4%, Colony Sim 10.2%, Economy 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A complex city-builder that focuses on historical accuracy and the challenges of managing a settlement in the ancient world.
- #7 Sapiens
93% matchVery Positive83% of 2,139 reviews2022
Dev: Majic Jungle
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 18.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Create your own prehistoric civilization and lead your tribe in a world you shape. Start with nothing, build towns and industry, and advance through thousands of years of technological breakthroughs in this intimate yet expansive colony sim.
Why similar: City Builder 24.1%, Colony Sim 23.7%, Building 14.5%, Survival 13%, Management 11%
Why You'll Like It: A detailed colony simulation that tasks you with managing a prehistoric tribe's survival and technological advancement.
- #8 Banished
92% matchVery Positive90% of 43,196 reviews2014
Dev: Shining Rock Software LLC
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 27.0 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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 28.3%, Colony Sim 25.1%, Survival 11.1%, Strategy 7%, Simulation 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: The quintessential survival city-builder that forces players to manage resources carefully to ensure their population survives the elements.
- #9 Clanfolk
91% matchVery Positive92% of 3,924 reviews2022
Dev: MinMax Games Ltd.Pub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 18.3 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Clanfolk is a colony sim set in the Scottish Highlands. Harness your environment to survive - fish, gather, hunt, and farm as you prepare for the winter. Build an inn, trade with other clans, have children and marry them off - live life and prosper across the generations.
Why similar: Colony Sim 37.3%, Building 27.9%, Simulation 12.4%, 2D 6.6%, Casual 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: This survival colony sim emphasizes the daily struggles and long-term growth of a family clan in a harsh historical environment.
- #10 Stone Age: Digital Edition
91% matchVery Positive83% of 88 reviews2023
Dev: Acram Digital
Windows · Mac
Discover Stone Age, the digital adaptation of the classic worker-placement board game. Roll dice, place Meeples wisely, and use tools to influence your luck. Compete for resources and outsmart your opponents in a race to become the most prosperous leader of the age!
Why similar: Historical 24.6%, Management 18.8%, Building 17%, Resource Management 14.5%, Strategy 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: A faithful digital adaptation of the board game that shares the same prehistoric theme and resource-gathering mechanics.
- #11 Settlement Survival
90% matchVery Positive85% of 7,980 reviews2022
Dev: Gleamer StudioPub: Team17
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 22.2%, Colony Sim 17.6%, Building 13.7%, Survival 11.6%, Management 10%
Why You'll Like It: This game blends city-building with survival mechanics, requiring careful management of resources and population needs.
- #12 Nebuchadnezzar
89% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,817 reviews2021
Dev: Nepos GamesPub: Astra Logical
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 20.6%, Economy 12.8%, Building 12%, Historical 11.3%, Colony Sim 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: A classic-style city builder set in ancient Mesopotamia, focusing on the construction and management of historical monuments.
- #13 First Feudal
89% matchMostly Positive76% of 635 reviews2021
Dev: Harpoon Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Become a real medieval feudal lord: start with a small village and build it up into an enormous impenetrable castle. You will have to repel enemy raids: hide behind thick walls, lure your enemies into strategically placed traps, and even lead your loyal peasants into battle.
Why similar: Colony Sim 18.4%, City Builder 15.6%, Building 12.6%, Resource Management 10.3%, Management 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A colony simulation that starts from the very basics, requiring you to build up your settlement from a single peasant to a thriving village.
- #14 Patron
88% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,181 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: City Builder 20.1%, Colony Sim 18.6%, Survival 12.2%, Economy 8.9%, Historical 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: This colony builder features a strong emphasis on social management and survival, fitting well with the tribal management feel.
- #15 Going Medieval
85% matchVery Positive89% of 21,102 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: City Builder 17.8%, Colony Sim 17.7%, Historical 15.4%, Economy 13.6%, Survival 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: While set in a later period, it offers a deep survival and base-building experience that feels very similar to managing a small, vulnerable tribe.
- #16 Ostriv
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 7,538 reviews2020
Dev: yevhen8
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 36.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 18.3%, Colony Sim 13.8%, Historical 13.1%, Building 9.8%, Economy 9%
Why You'll Like It: A historical city-builder that prioritizes realistic resource management and the organic growth of a settlement.
- #17 Primitive Society Simulator
86% matchVery Positive83% of 747 reviews2024
Dev: YSH BigDovePub: YSH Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 72%
A colony-building game combined with grand strategy elements. Play as a tribal leader, guiding your people from the Stone Age to the Bronze Age. Survive, multiply, and compete for territory among ancient nations.
Why similar: City Builder 20.6%, Colony Sim 19.8%, Historical 16.6%, Building 13.9%, Management 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on the early stages of human development, mirroring the tribal management aspects of the seed game.
- #18 Life is Feudal: Forest Village
87% matchMixed66% of 6,003 reviews2017
Dev: MindillusionPub: Bitbox Ltd.
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 30.9 hrs≥1hr: 63%
LiF:Forest Village is a city builder with survival aspects in a realistic harsh medieval world. Shape, build and expand your settlement, grow various food to prevent your villagers from avitaminosis and starvation. Possess them for additional micromanagement or simply to wander around.
Why similar: City Builder 30.2%, Colony Sim 27.1%, Resource Management 10.2%, Survival 9.4%, Building 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused city builder that emphasizes the harsh realities of managing a small community in a primitive setting.
- #19 Land of the Vikings
83% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,240 reviews2023
Dev: Laps GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Land of the Vikings is a survival colony sim game. Build and lead your village, and expand it into a thriving city. A wise Jarl must manage resources, survive harsh conditions, and guide their fellow Vikings to work together through social conflict. Skál!
Why similar: City Builder 18.2%, Colony Sim 17.8%, Historical 10.6%, Survival 9.9%, Building 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: A survival colony sim that challenges you to manage a Viking settlement against harsh weather and external threats.
- #20 Builders of Egypt
84% matchMostly Negative34% of 484 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 22.2%, Historical 17.4%, Building 13.5%, Economy 12.9%, Management 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: This title offers a deep dive into the logistics and city-building aspects of ancient Egyptian civilization.
- #21 Farlanders
82% matchVery Positive91% of 583 reviews2023
Dev: Andrii BychkovskyiPub: Crytivo
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Terraform, strategize, and construct a Martian colony in this retro-inspired turn-based city builder. Create a comfortable living for your citizens, research alien artifacts, and uncover the secrets of the Red Planet.
Why similar: Turn-Based 15.1%, City Builder 13.9%, Colony Sim 13%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.4%, Building 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A turn-based city builder that requires careful planning and resource management, similar to the strategic pacing of the Bronze Age.
- #22 Townsmen - A Kingdom Rebuilt
84% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,387 reviews2019
Dev: HandyGames
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Townsmen – A Kingdom Rebuilt hands the crown to you: Guide your people from their first steps in a small village to a massive medieval metropolis with thousands of inhabitants.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.5%, City Builder 21.5%, Strategy 12.6%, Simulation 11%, Building 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: A more casual take on the city-building genre that still requires careful management of your population's needs.
- #23 Kingdoms and Castles
82% matchVery Positive94% of 31,238 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 17.3%, 4X 16% ★, Colony Sim 14.1%, Economy 8.7%, Building 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A accessible city-builder that includes defensive elements against raids, similar to the defensive gameplay in Bronze Age.
- #24 Foundation
78% matchVery Positive87% of 23,903 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 32.9%, Economy 10.1%, Building 9.8%, Colony Sim 9.1%, Management 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: A grid-less city builder that focuses on organic growth and the management of a medieval community.
- #25 El Dorado: The Golden City Builder
81% matchMixed54% of 110 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 14%, Colony Sim 13.3%, Historical 10.4%, Building 9.7%, Education 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: Combines city-building with resource management in a historical setting, focusing on the growth of a civilization.
- #26 Builders of Greece
80% matchMixed56% of 585 reviews2025
Dev: BLUM EntertainmentPub: CreativeForge Games
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 5.7 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 25.7%, Historical 16.1%, Building 13.8%, Economy 12.5%, Strategy 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a detailed look at managing an ancient Greek city-state with a focus on economy and expansion.
- #27 Medieval Dynasty
78% matchVery Positive90% of 51,427 reviews2021
Dev: Render CubePub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 11.7 hrsMean: 36.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Hunt, survive, build and lead in the harsh Middle Ages: Create your own Medieval Dynasty and ensure its long-lasting prosperity or die trying! Play alone or team up with friends to enjoy the ultimate medieval experience.
Why similar: Building 32.9%, Survival 21.7%, Historical 20.9%, Management 14.2%, Simulation 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a more personal, first-person perspective on the survival and tribal management themes found in the seed game.
- #28 Ragnorium
81% matchMixed59% of 624 reviews2022
Dev: Vitali KirpuPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Lead a team of cloned settlers and build a home on a new planet. Start from the Stone Age, construct sturdy shelters, hunt for food, and fight off dangers. Make your team stronger and better equipped to survive.
Why similar: Historical 17%, City Builder 16.7%, Colony Sim 15.9%, Survival 15.5%, 4X 14.3% ★
Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused management game that tasks you with guiding a small group of colonists in a hostile environment.
- #29 Paleon
77% matchVery Positive81% of 420 reviews2023
Dev: Paleodev
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Your time machine is broken. And it looks like you are stuck in the past. Try to create your own civilization and return home!
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.7%, City Builder 16.7%, Survival 14.8%, Building 11.1%, Historical 8.9%
- #30 From Village to Empire
79% matchMixed70% of 56 reviews2018
Dev: Witch Laboratory
Windows · Linux
From Village to Empire is an indie turn based strategy game with a historical setting. Build cities, research technologies, and train units to discover new lands and conquer the world!
Why similar: 4X 22.4% ★, Turn-Based 16.1%, Historical 12.3%, Strategy 11.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: A 4X strategy game that emphasizes the growth of a small settlement into a large-scale empire.
- #31 Marble Age
77% matchVery Positive83% of 745 reviews2015
Dev: Clarus Victoria
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Turn-based historical simulation strategy. Develop the Greek civilization from the small village to the great city-state when it will dominate the world!
Why similar: Turn-Based 11.7%, 4X 9.6% ★, Historical 8.6%, City Builder 7.8%, Difficult 7.5%
- #32 Cliff Empire
75% matchVery Positive87% of 4,363 reviews2019
Dev: Lion's Shade
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
After a nuclear war life on the surface became impossible. A 300m thick radioactive fog covered the Earth. We are looking for bold active people to manage the process of restoring life on Earth. Join!
Why similar: City Builder 18.4%, Colony Sim 14.3%, Economy 12.4%, Building 9.7%, Management 8.6%
- #33 Blueprint Tycoon
76% matchVery Positive82% of 1,097 reviews2016
Dev: Endless Loop Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Build your settlement, gather goods, ensure maximum efficiency and make a profit!
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.1%, Management 16.9%, City Builder 14.7%, Economy 10.9%, Resource Management 9.8%
- #34 Project AURA
76% 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 23.2%, Economy 11.8%, Management 11.5%, Building 11.1%, Resource Management 10.9%
- #35 Blacksmith Master
71% matchVery Positive83% of 2,646 reviews2025
Dev: Untitled StudioPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Manage your own medieval smithy in Blacksmith Master and supervise the entire process from mining ores and gems to designing and selling finished products. Forge everything from weapons and armor to tools and cooking utensils to fund your craft and become the Blacksmith Master.
Why similar: City Builder 16.2%, Colony Sim 15.2%, Economy 11.8%, Building 11.4%, Survival 9.9%
- #36 Feudal Baron: King's Land
73% matchMixed42% of 86 reviews2024
Dev: Sim Farm S.A.
Windows
Feudal Baron: King’s Land is classic-style city-builder. Turn a humble settlement into a medieval town, build workshops and churches, repel raids, and manage your subjects. Ensure steady supplies – or squeeze every last penny from the people.
Why similar: City Builder 25.6%, Resource Management 14.3%, Management 12.6%, Time Management 11.8%, Economy 8.3%
- #37 Farthest Frontier
69% matchVery Positive86% of 24,898 reviews2025
Dev: Crate Entertainment
Windows
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 26.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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: 4X 16% ★, City Builder 13.6%, Building 11.8%, Colony Sim 10.7%, Historical 10.1%
- #38 City idle
73% matchMostly Positive72% of 225 reviews2023
Dev: Grest Games OÜ
Windows
Experience a city-building game, where the citizens are fully simulated and every decision you make impacts their lives. From the Stone Age to the Iron Age and beyond, watch your civilization evolve and progress under your guidance.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.9%, Building 16.5%, Economy 16.1%, Strategy 12.3%, Simulation 11.2%
- #39 Villagers
75% matchMixed53% of 384 reviews2016
Dev: bumblebee.Pub: Avanquest Software Publishing Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Villagers is a beautifully illustrated and richly detailed town-building game where you build a thriving community using the people and resources around you. Success or failure depends on your ability to create a town that can grow and prosper, and overcome the harsh realities of medieval life!
Why similar: City Builder 54.2%, Strategy 20.9%, Simulation 18.1%, Indie 6.8%
- #40 Laysara: Summit Kingdom
69% matchVery Positive82% of 1,442 reviews2026
Dev: Quite OK GamesPub: Future Friends Games
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 68%
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: City Builder 18.3%, Colony Sim 15.8%, Building 11.7%, Economy 10%, Resource Management 9.7%
- #41 1849
74% matchMostly Positive73% of 383 reviews2014
Dev: SomaSim
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
1849 is a city management game set during the California Gold Rush. Your task is to build towns, populate them with workers, and make sure that they are housed, fed, and entertained. You’ll have to manage and coordinate extensive production and trade networks to make sure your towns thrive.
Why similar: City Builder 21.8%, Economy 12.7%, Historical 12.3%, Management 11.2%, Resource Management 9%
- #42 Forebearers
74% matchMixed48% of 109 reviews2019
Dev: Sandspire Interactive
Windows
This city-building strategy game puts you as the chieftain of a tribe driven away from their homeland. Now you must rebuild and defend your tribe from both the elements and your old enemies.
Why similar: City Builder 56.4%, Strategy 19.3%, Simulation 16.4%, Indie 7.9%
- #43 1980
71% matchVery Positive89% of 681 reviews2020
Dev: Merxon22
Windows · Mac
Welcome to the 1980s! This is a city which just started to develop, and you're in charge of this small urban village. How will the city's future be tied to this place? Manage your land, construct new buildings, explore the stories, and find out the ultimate fate of this urban village!
Why similar: City Builder 26.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 17%, Management 15.8%, Strategy 14.3%, Building 11.7%
- #44 Celestial Empire: Prologue
69% matchVery Positive85% of 405 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 16.5%, Colony Sim 15.6%, Historical 12.8%, Building 10.8%, Economy 9.2%
- #45 Against the Storm
67% matchVery Positive95% of 36,338 reviews2023
Dev: Eremite GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 28.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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: 4X 15.8% ★, City Builder 12.8%, Colony Sim 11.7%, Historical 10.7%, Economy 8.9%
- #46 A Game of Humans
72% matchMixed66% of 73 reviews2020
Dev: Scion Studios
Windows
A sandbox village simulation fundamentally about people, their thoughts and their needs. Luckily they are not alone in their burden, for you possess divine powers. And you would surely never add to the plight of the common man... Right?
Why similar: City Builder 24.8%, Colony Sim 22.3%, Management 13.2%, Building 11.2%, Economy 11%
- #47 Aztecs: The Last Sun
68% matchMostly Positive76% of 123 reviews2026
Dev: Play2Chill S.A.Pub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Rule Tenochtitlán in this survival city-builder where gods decide your fate. Confront the Moon Goddess and her generals. Delve into the intricate story, survive the nights in the Sandbox mode, or build freely in the Creative mode. The last sun is yours to save, or… lose!
Why similar: City Builder 15.6%, Colony Sim 14.2%, Historical 12.4%, Economy 11.2%, Building 10.5%
- #48 Age of Pyramids
72% matchMostly Negative35% of 87 reviews2022
Dev: Cassagi Entertainment s.r.o.
Windows
Age of Pyramids is a sandbox city builder and simulator set in Ancient Egypt. You take on the city governor and architect’s mantle to build the most incredible city on Earth. You will have to gather dozens of resources to maintain happiness of your people and prosperity.
Why similar: City Builder 31.8%, Colony Sim 21.8%, Historical 15.6%, Strategy 14%, Simulation 7.9%
- #49 Civitatem
71% matchMixed63% of 134 reviews2022
Dev: LW Games
Windows
Civitatem is a medieval city builder where you help your villagers raise a new settlement in dangerous lands by making use of their skills and available world resources.
Why similar: City Builder 27.4%, Strategy 11.3%, Survival 10.3%, Resource Management 9.6%, Simulation 9.2%
- #50 The Promised Land
70% matchVery Positive87% of 776 reviews2014
Dev: Boolat GamesPub: ESDigital Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The Promised Land, a brave new world , the hole nation – all this lies in your hands! Become a true leader, a chosen one, a father of nation! Guide your colony to the victory of the modern superpower! We collected all the best that is in games of this genre, arched by exciting mini-games and carefully turned it into the deep and...
Why similar: Colony Sim 40%, City Builder 16.2%, Strategy 11.9%, Casual 7.7%, Resource Management 5.5%
- #51 Pharaoh™: A New Era
68% matchMostly Positive75% of 5,272 reviews2023
Dev: Triskell InteractivePub: Dotemu
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 13.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 18.9%, Colony Sim 13.5%, Historical 12.1%, Building 11.2%, Economy 10.5%
- #52 Colonize Prologue
70% matchMixed64% of 513 reviews2022
Dev: RembrosoftPub: CreativeForge Games
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Colonize Prologue is a combination of survival game and building strategy that takes place during the colonization period - the 17th century. It tells the story of a settlement in the new world and all the difficulties encountered by the early settlers.
Why similar: City Builder 19.4%, Colony Sim 18.1%, Building 12.4%, Economy 11.5%, Survival 10.7%
- #53 Rise of Man
73% matchVery Negative18% of 147 reviews2017
Dev: Darkcross Games
Windows · Mac
Rise of Man is a pre historic strategy game with city building and survival elements. Can you guide your people through the ages and conquer all the challenges ahead of them.
Why similar: Strategy 43.1%, Simulation 38.7%, Indie 18.2%
- #54 MEMORIAPOLIS
66% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,767 reviews2025
Dev: 5PM Studio
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Memoriapolis is a historical city builder where your city grows organically across 5 ages, from Antiquity to the Industrial Revolution. Manage resources, interact with factions, and shape your dynasty toward building a final Wonder with easy, normal, or hard difficulty levels.
Why similar: City Builder 23.4%, Colony Sim 18.3%, Historical 13.7%, Building 13%, Management 10.3%
- #55 Nova Roma
64% matchVery Positive94% of 2,044 reviews2026
Dev: Lion ShieldPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 9.5 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: 4X 15.1% ★, City Builder 13.3%, Colony Sim 11.3%, Historical 11.2%, Economy 9.3%
- #56 Norland
65% matchVery Positive82% of 10,106 reviews2024
Dev: Long JauntPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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: 4X 15.9% ★, City Builder 12.7%, Colony Sim 12.2%, Historical 10.7%, Economy 8.9%
- #57 Empire Architect
70% matchMixed65% of 171 reviews2017
Dev: Batholith Entertainment
Windows
Empire Architect is an ancient city-building real time strategy game, with elements from grand strategies sprinkled in for good measure. The levels are procedurally generated, and you have limited control over your subjects
Why similar: City Builder 24%, Building 11.9%, Economy 11.7%, Historical 9.6%, Strategy 8.6%
- #58 Citizens: Far Lands
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 136 reviews2022
Dev: RedKar DevsPub: CreativeForge Games
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Citizens is a blend between turn based city builder and a puzzler for strategy masterminds. Build a thriving settlement, extract and process resources and manage your population by catering to their needs, thus allowing you to build bigger and better!
Why similar: City Builder 16.9%, Colony Sim 15.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.9%, Building 10.4%, Resource Management 10.2%
- #59 Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic
63% matchVery Positive91% of 26,420 reviews2024
Dev: 3DivisionPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 71.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 15%, Colony Sim 12.3%, 4X 11.7% ★, Historical 11.7%, Economy 10%