- #1 Builders of Egypt
97% matchMostly Negative33% of 505 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 19.1%, Historical 9.8%, Building 7.6%, Mythology 7.2%, Economy 7%
Why You'll Like It: Developed by the same team, this game offers an identical gameplay loop and interface focused on ancient Egyptian civilization.
- #2 Nebuchadnezzar
96% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,834 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 30.4%, Economy 11.8%, Building 11.6%, Historical 10.9%, Sandbox 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: It features a similar grid-based city-building system with a strong emphasis on production chains and historical accuracy.
- #3 Citadelum
96% matchVery Positive84% of 1,066 reviews2024
Dev: Abylight BarcelonaPub: Abylight Studios
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Citadelum is a city builder set in legendary Ancient Rome. Build your own settlement, gather resources and evolve it into a magnificent city. Explore the world, trade and lead your mighty legions in epic tactical battles. Earn the favor of the Gods or challenge them, if you dare.
Why similar: City Builder 29%, Historical 14.7%, Building 12.9%, Economy 11.4%, Sandbox 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game combines traditional city-building with Roman mythology and tactical combat, mirroring the thematic elements of the seed game.
- #4 Pharaoh™: A New Era
95% matchMostly Positive75% of 5,357 reviews2023
Dev: Triskell InteractivePub: Dotemu
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 13.3 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 35.5%, Historical 14.7%, Building 13.8%, Economy 12.5%, Management 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: This definitive remake of the classic city-builder is the gold standard for the historical management genre.
- #5 Anno 117: Pax Romana
94% matchMixed70% of 12,661 reviews2025
Dev: Ubisoft MainzPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 14.7 hrsMean: 28.0 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 29.2%, RTS 11.8%, Historical 10.6%, Economy 10.6%, Building 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: A high-production value city-builder that captures the essence of managing a Roman province with modern mechanics.
- #6 Zeus + Poseidon
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,960 reviews2016
Dev: Impressions GamesPub: Activision
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 21.1 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Zeus + Poseidon delivers hundreds of hours of gameplay in one game!
Why similar: City Builder 51.4%, Mythology 22%, Strategy 11.9%, Historical 8.2%, Simulation 2.9%
Why You'll Like It: This classic title is the direct spiritual ancestor to modern Greek-themed city builders, featuring deep mythology and city management.
- #7 Ostriv
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 7,621 reviews2020
Dev: yevhen8
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 36.5 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 29.2%, Historical 13.6%, Building 10.1%, Economy 9%, Base Building 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a highly detailed and realistic approach to historical city-building with a focus on organic growth and economic simulation.
- #8 Manor Lords
92% matchVery Positive84% of 90,512 reviews2024
Dev: Slavic MagicPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 23.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 32.9%, Historical 18.3%, Base Building 12.2%, Strategy 7.8%, Simulation 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: Blends deep historical city-building with tactical combat, appealing to players who enjoy the expansion and defense aspects of the seed game.
- #9 Foundation
91% matchVery Positive87% of 24,128 reviews2025
Dev: Polymorph Games
Windows
Median: 11.1 hrsMean: 27.2 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 44.6%, Building 8.7%, Economy 8.6%, Sandbox 8.2%, Simulation 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: Offers an organic, grid-less approach to city-building that emphasizes economic systems and citizen needs.
- #10 El Dorado: The Golden City Builder
91% 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 20.8%, Mythology 14.2%, Historical 10.1%, RTS 9.9%, Building 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the challenges of managing a historical city with complex resource chains and environmental hazards.
- #11 Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic
88% matchVery Positive91% of 27,069 reviews2024
Dev: 3DivisionPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 71.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 27.5%, Historical 13.9%, Economy 11.5%, Building 11.3%, Base Building 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: Offers the most complex economic and logistics simulation in the city-building genre for players who want deep management.
- #12 Ancient Cities
89% matchMixed63% of 2,160 reviews2023
Dev: Uncasual Games
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 64%
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 27.5%, Historical 15.6%, Economy 9.4%, Immersive Sim 9.3%, Building 7%
Why You'll Like It: A deep survival-focused city-builder that emphasizes the historical evolution of a settlement over time.
- #13 Sumerians
89% matchVery Positive88% of 326 reviews2023
Dev: Decumanus Games
Windows
Sumerians is a city building game set in ancient Mesopotamia. Attract new citizens and grow by expanding your irrigation system, building walls, palaces, temples and ziggurats. Research new technologies, manage your production, hire workers, and trade.
Why similar: City Builder 25.4%, Historical 11.7%, Real-Time 9.8% ★, Simulation 8.8%, Strategy 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: Features a strong focus on irrigation and the development of early city-states, similar to the foundational growth in the seed game.
- #14 Land of the Vikings
87% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,258 reviews2023
Dev: Laps GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 9.5 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 25.2%, Mythology 11.8%, Historical 9.6%, Building 8.9%, Economy 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: Combines colony management with historical survival mechanics in a setting that requires careful resource allocation.
- #15 Republic of Pirates
86% matchMostly Positive72% of 536 reviews2024
Dev: Crazy Goat GamesPub: PQube
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Establish and grow a pirate utopia during the Golden Age of Piracy. Create a resource-based economy, engage in real-time naval combat, and conduct diplomacy with rival powers. Explore the far reaches of the Caribbean in search of the ultimate fortune and glory.
Why similar: City Builder 30.8%, RTS 15.6%, Historical 10.2%, Strategy 7.4%, Economy 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on building a trade-based economy and managing an island settlement with a historical flair.
- #16 Pax Augusta
86% matchMixed70% of 652 reviews2025
Dev: Roger GassmannPub: Senatis
Windows
Pax Augusta is probably the most authentic ancient city-building simulation. Build flourishing cities and look after your citizens. Earn gold with production and trade of goods and build impressive monuments. Strengthen your influence and become a Roman emperor!
Why similar: City Builder 39.4%, Historical 21.9%, Simulation 14.2%, Strategy 12.9%, Realistic 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: A modern take on the Roman city-building genre with a focus on management and historical accuracy.
- #17 Marble Age: Remastered
84% matchVery Positive86% of 402 reviews2020
Dev: Clarus Victoria
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 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: City Builder 24.4%, Historical 16.5%, Building 14%, Economy 11.1%, Strategy 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A strategic look at the development of ancient Greek city-states with a focus on survival and growth.
- #18 Banished
84% matchVery Positive90% of 43,296 reviews2014
Dev: Shining Rock Software LLC
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 27.1 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 53.4%, Strategy 9.3%, Sandbox 8.3%, Simulation 8%, Economy 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: The quintessential survival city-builder that challenges players to manage resources and population growth in a harsh environment.
- #19 Of Life and Land
82% matchVery Positive86% of 364 reviews2025
Dev: KerzovenPub: Metaroot
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Of Life and Land is a charming settlement-building strategy game paired with a rich simulation experience. Every animal and plant strives to find its place in nature while you lead your villagers to their future. Expand to different regions and trade with local factions to gain needed resources.
Why similar: City Builder 23.2%, Historical 10.7%, RTS 10.5%, Building 9.5%, Base Building 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the intricate relationship between the environment and city development, requiring careful resource management.
- #20 Grand Ages: Rome
85% matchMostly Positive75% of 814 reviews2009
Dev: Haemimont GamesPub: Kalypso Media Digital
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 53%
As Governor of a Roman Province in the time-honoured Roman Empire, its fortune very much lies in your hands. Choose one of five Roman noble families such as Caesar’s Julii with different abilities to accomplish the comprehensive missions.
Why similar: City Builder 45.1%, Historical 19.2%, Strategy 14.6%, Simulation 9%, Building 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the strategic management of Roman provinces and the economic growth of your cities.
- #21 Aztecs: The Last Sun
81% matchMixed69% of 134 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 22.8%, Historical 11.9%, Economy 10.3%, Building 10%, RTS 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: A historical city-builder that emphasizes resource management and survival in a unique cultural setting.
- #22 Pompeii: The Legacy
81% matchVery Positive82% of 280 reviews2026
Dev: Siscia Games
Windows
Rebuild Pompeii from the ashes and lead it through centuries of politics, intrigue, and survival. Shape laws, expand trade across the Empire, guide your city through disasters, and command legions in optional real-time battles. Your legacy begins now.
Why similar: City Builder 32.1%, Historical 15.6%, Economy 13.4%, Immersive Sim 9.6%, Base Building 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A Roman-themed city-builder that challenges players to manage a city while dealing with environmental threats.
- #23 Hegemony Gold: Wars of Ancient Greece
83% matchVery Positive95% of 225 reviews2012
Dev: Longbow Games
Windows
Conquer the ancient Greek world in Hegemony Gold: Wars of Ancient Greece, an epic strategy wargame that expands and refines the award-winning Hegemony: Philip of Macedon with brand new content and features.
Why similar: Historical 38.6%, Strategy 27.6%, RTS 25.1%, Indie 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a deep strategic look at the military and logistical side of ancient Greece for those who enjoy the expansion aspect.
- #24 Tlatoani: Aztec Cities
80% matchVery Positive83% of 185 reviews2026
Dev: Perspective GamesPub: Paradox Arc
Windows
Give rise to wonders of the Aztec Civilization as you build your own magnificent metropolis in this ancient city builder. From humble beginnings build, trade, manage and conquer to become Tlatoani (Emperor).
Why similar: City Builder 24.9%, Historical 13.8%, RTS 11.8%, Economy 9.8%, Sandbox 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the historical development and management of Aztec cities with a focus on colony-sim mechanics.
- #25 Children of the Nile: Enhanced Edition
82% matchVery Positive85% of 471 reviews2008
Dev: Tilted Mill Entertainment, Inc.
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Children of the Nile™ is a unique gem of a city-building game, unparalleled in both grandeur and attention to detail.As Pharaoh you will guide your people through thousands of years of history: from simple hunter-gatherers to the creation of an immortal civilization.
Why similar: City Builder 48.9%, Historical 20.2%, Simulation 10.8%, Strategy 10.2%, Management 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the daily lives of citizens and the socio-economic structure of an ancient civilization.
- #26 Nova Roma
77% matchVery Positive94% of 2,244 reviews2026
Dev: Lion ShieldPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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: City Builder 25.9%, Historical 14.2%, Economy 11.4%, Building 11.1%, Base Building 9.5%
- #27 Tropico 6
79% matchVery Positive88% of 29,404 reviews2019
Dev: Limbic EntertainmentPub: Kalypso Media
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 27.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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%, Economy 15%, Strategy 10.2%, Sandbox 8.3%, Simulation 8%
Why You'll Like It: While set in a different era, it offers excellent economic management and political simulation in a sandbox environment.
- #28 Builders of Greece: Prologue
78% matchMostly Positive75% of 622 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 17.5%, Mythology 10.5%, RTS 8.7%, Historical 7.7%, Building 6.9%
- #29 Polismos
78% matchMostly Positive75% of 61 reviews2024
Dev: Composition GS
Windows
Polismos is a city builder set in ancient Greece. To ensure your city's prosperity you will need to care for your people, trade valuable resources, enact wise policies, and maybe even dominate other cities.
Why similar: Historical 26.2%, City Builder 20.5%, Base Building 14.9%, Strategy 8.8%, Simulation 8.5%
- #30 Laysara: Summit Kingdom
75% matchVery Positive82% of 1,472 reviews2026
Dev: Quite OK GamesPub: Future Friends Games
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.7 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 29.5%, Building 12.4%, Economy 10.1%, Base Building 9.5%, Immersive Sim 9.2%
- #31 Empire Architect
79% 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 29.8%, Building 9.7%, Economy 9.1%, Real-Time 8.8% ★, Historical 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A straightforward historical city-builder that focuses on the core mechanics of building and managing a growing population.
- #32 Patron
77% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,194 reviews2021
Dev: Overseer Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.5 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 37.8%, Economy 10.5%, Historical 10.3%, Building 10%, Strategy 8.5%
- #33 Dawn of Man
76% matchVery Positive87% of 17,826 reviews2019
Dev: Madruga Works
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 30.1 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 55.5%, Historical 11%, Strategy 8.2%, Sandbox 6.8%, Economy 5.6%
- #34 Roman Triumph: Survival City Builder
74% matchVery Positive84% of 764 reviews2025
Dev: Coreffect InteractivePub: Forklift Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%
At the farthest reaches of the empire, a new Roman city is born! Manage and grow your city, please the gods, and survive against barbarians and mythological threats to achieve Roman Triumph!
Why similar: City Builder 30.1%, RTS 14.5%, Building 13.1%, Sandbox 11.1%, Base Building 10.5%
- #35 Celestial Empire
74% matchVery Positive90% of 718 reviews2025
Dev: President StudioPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Forge an empire under the watchful eyes of the gods! Take care of your people, develop efficient production chains and trade with other landlords. Ensure their survival through harsh winters and disasters.
Why similar: City Builder 21.2%, Mythology 12.5%, Historical 11.9%, RTS 11.3%, Economy 10.1%
- #36 Kingdoms and Castles
75% matchVery Positive94% of 31,383 reviews2017
Dev: Lion Shield, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 16.2 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 31.1%, RTS 10.8%, Economy 9.9%, Building 9.7%, Sandbox 8.4%
- #37 MEMORIAPOLIS
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,785 reviews2025
Dev: 5PM Studio
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 35.1%, Historical 13.4%, Building 12.8%, Immersive Sim 10%, Base Building 9.2%
- #38 Mandate Order
72% matchMostly Positive77% of 897 reviews2026
Dev: Digital Sky
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Mandate Order is a Warring States war city-builder set in ancient China. Build a stronghold, manage industries and logistics, recruit scholars from the Hundred Schools of Thought, raise armies, and command real-time tactical battles with thousands of soldiers.
Why similar: City Builder 26.2%, Historical 12.6%, RTS 10.9%, Building 10.8%, Base Building 8.1%
- #39 Marble Age
76% matchVery Positive83% of 747 reviews2015
Dev: Clarus Victoria
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 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: City Builder 21.5%, Historical 15.5%, Building 13.2%, Economy 10.2%, Base Building 9.5%
- #40 Corsair Cove
71% matchVery Positive86% of 3,074 reviews2026
Dev: Limbic EntertainmentPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Build a sprawling pirate haven, raise a fleet to explore the high seas, and take on the Crown to keep the Age of Piracy alive! From ale to flintlock pistols, and from scallywags to swashbucklers, you’ll need to manage complex production chains and govern a rowdy crew to reign supreme over the seas!
Why similar: City Builder 26.1%, Historical 14.2%, Economy 11.3%, Building 11.2%, Base Building 9.8%
- #41 Settlement Survival
73% matchVery Positive85% of 8,054 reviews2022
Dev: Gleamer StudioPub: Team17
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.2 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 41.1%, Building 16.5%, Sandbox 9.6%, Management 7%, Base Building 6.7%
- #42 Going Medieval
69% matchVery Positive89% of 21,328 reviews2026
Dev: Foxy VoxelPub: Mythwright
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 32.3 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 24.4%, Historical 13.9%, RTS 12.8%, Economy 11.6%, Sandbox 9.8%
- #43 Oxygen
73% matchMostly Positive72% of 902 reviews2023
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 29.8%, Base Building 11.4%, Building 11.4%, Sandbox 10.7%, Economy 10.1%
- #44 Celestial Empire: Prologue
70% matchVery Positive86% of 416 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 22.3%, Mythology 11.9%, Historical 11.3%, Building 9.6%, Economy 7.8%
- #45 El Dorado: The Golden City Builder - Prologue
71% 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 20.8%, Mythology 11.3%, Economy 9.6%, RTS 9.4%, Historical 9.4%
- #46 Empire City Simulator
72% matchMixed58% of 96 reviews2024
Dev: Red Brix Wall
Windows
Become a ruler and build the ancient city of your dreams in Empire City! Unlock new opportunities for your city's prosperity, gain the support of the gods, construct grand buildings, and create unique infrastructure. Transform a small settlement into a magnificent center of civilization!
Why similar: City Builder 32.4%, Historical 17.1%, Building 11.6%, Economy 10.4%, Strategy 8.5%
- #47 Urbek City Builder
70% matchVery Positive89% of 1,977 reviews2022
Dev: FridusPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Urbek is a city building game where you can build your own neighbourhoods: from nightlife district to industrial district. Don't exhaust your natural resources before you have an educated population to build more efficient structures.
Why similar: City Builder 34.9%, Building 15.4%, Economy 13.5%, Sandbox 12%, Strategy 7.1%
- #48 Town to City
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 7,015 reviews2026
Dev: Galaxy GrovePub: Kwalee
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 43.2%, Building 14.9%, Economy 12.3%, Sandbox 10.1%, Strategy 6.2%
- #49 WW2 Rebuilder
69% matchVery Positive85% of 1,577 reviews2023
Dev: Madnetic Games
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Build the new future of Europe! Flip, renovate, repair and rebuild places destroyed during World War 2. Get to know the history and stories of civilians. Play an immersive building simulator with grappling storytelling.
Why similar: City Builder 31.4%, Building 13.1%, Base Building 11.2%, Immersive Sim 10.9%, Sandbox 9.2%
- #50 Power to the People
70% matchVery Positive81% of 557 reviews2022
Dev: Rhombico GamesPub: Crytivo
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Build and maintain a power grid for a constantly growing population, while fighting off all kinds of disasters in this thrilling resource management experience. It's time for you to give "Power to the People"! Do you have what it takes to keep the lights on?
Why similar: City Builder 31.2%, Economy 16.6%, Building 15.8%, Management 8.1%, Base Building 8%
- #51 IXION
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 17,592 reviews2022
Dev: Bulwark StudiosPub: Kasedo Games
Windows
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 30.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 42.4%, Building 12.4%, Base Building 10.7%, Strategy 9%, Economy 8.9%
- #52 Cities: Skylines II
69% matchMixed56% of 91,808 reviews2023
Dev: Iceflake StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 23.6 hrsMean: 76.6 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 40.4%, Building 13.9%, Economy 10.8%, Sandbox 10.3%, Simulation 8.4%
- #53 City States: Medieval
68% matchMixed64% of 53 reviews2026
Dev: Reverie World StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
You are the leader of a city-state in high medieval Europe. Expand your city through deep city-building systems, build a trade empire across the known world, and lead men to war to defend trade routes in a high-stakes struggle of global strategy and brutal warfare.
Why similar: City Builder 26.8%, RTS 15.5%, Historical 12.6%, Building 11.3%, Economy 10.8%
- #54 Age of Pyramids
71% 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 41.1%, Historical 13.1%, Strategy 12.8%, Sandbox 11.2%, Simulation 7.6%
- #55 New Cycle
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,860 reviews2024
Dev: Core EngagePub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
New Cycle is a city building game with focus on survival. After an apocalyptic series of solar flares, human society has been thrown into disarray. Establish a settlement and develop it all the way from humble beginnings to industrial metropolis.
Why similar: City Builder 36%, Building 15.6%, Base Building 11.8%, Strategy 8.5%, Realistic 8.5%
- #56 One Military Camp
67% matchMostly Positive76% of 739 reviews2023
Dev: Abylight BarcelonaPub: Abylight Studios
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Build your own military camp, manage the economy, recruit the best candidates and train them to become elite specialists. Send them on missions across the land to end the war once and for all!
Why similar: City Builder 29.1%, Economy 13.6%, Building 13%, Sandbox 11.4%, Base Building 11.3%
- #57 Farthest Frontier
63% matchVery Positive86% of 25,375 reviews2025
Dev: Crate Entertainment
Windows
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 27.1 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: City Builder 24.8%, Building 14%, Historical 11.9%, RTS 10.7%, Economy 9.9%
- #58 Blacksmith Master
64% matchVery Positive83% of 2,724 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 27.4%, Building 12.6%, Economy 12.5%, Sandbox 10.6%, Base Building 10.5%
- #59 Cataclismo
64% matchVery Positive89% of 4,300 reviews2025
Dev: Digital SunPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Design and build fortresses brick by brick to stand against endless hordes of Horrors in this real-time strategy game with resource management, siege defense, and exploration. Lead from the ramparts, push back the darkness, and hold fast against the creatures of the Mist.
Why similar: City Builder 22.3%, Historical 12.8%, Economy 10.6%, RTS 10.4%, Building 10.3%