Games Like Celestial Empire

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 20.2%, RTS 15.4%, Building 15.2%, Economy 13.8%, Historical 13.7%

Why You'll Like It: It mirrors the harsh survival mechanics and complex production chains found in Celestial Empire perfectly.

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 29.8%, Building 15.7%, Economy 11.2%, Management 11%, Sandbox 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: It shares a very similar focus on managing population needs, disasters, and complex trade networks.

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

Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for production chains and economic management, which is a key pillar of the Celestial Empire experience.

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 18.7%, Economy 14.9%, Historical 14.8%, Building 11.2%, Sandbox 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a similar blend of historical city-building, organic growth, and tactical RTS elements.

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 33.7%, Economy 11.1%, Sandbox 9%, Building 8.7%, Resource Management 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its organic, grid-less building system and medieval management style provide a relaxing yet deep city-building experience.

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 44.5%, Sandbox 9.9%, Strategy 8.8%, Simulation 7.6%, Economy 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: As the definitive survival city-builder, it provides the core inspiration for the resource management and winter survival mechanics seen in the seed game.

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

Why similar: City Builder 19%, Historical 14.8%, Economy 14.2%, Building 11.4%, Sandbox 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: This roguelite city-builder captures the feeling of managing a settlement against constant environmental threats and divine-like pressures.

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 43.9%, Historical 11.9%, Sandbox 7.7%, Economy 7.4%, Strategy 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses heavily on the struggle for survival through different eras, mirroring the historical progression and resource management of the seed game.

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 23.3%, Historical 15%, Economy 12.2%, Building 10.7%, Sandbox 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: This title offers an incredibly deep simulation of village life and economy that will appeal to fans of detailed production chains.

Jump straight into managing your own planets as you guide a civilization through the ages. Build the ultimate empire in The Universim, a new breed of God Game in development by Crytivo.

Why similar: City Builder 32.2%, Building 17.3%, Sandbox 16.9%, Management 11.1%, Resource Management 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: It directly captures the 'god-game' aspect of the seed title, allowing you to influence the development of your civilization from above.

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 20.7%, Historical 14.7%, Economy 14.6%, Building 11.2%, Sandbox 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: For players who love the deep economic simulation and production chains of the seed game, this is the ultimate challenge.

Humans are long gone. In a world struck by droughts and toxic waste, will your lumberpunk beavers do any better? A sandbox city-building game featuring ingenious animals, vertical architecture, water physics, and terraforming. Contains high amounts of wood.

Why similar: City Builder 38.8%, Building 17.5%, Sandbox 16.8%, Management 13.7%, Strategy 7%

Why You'll Like It: It introduces unique survival challenges and engineering mechanics that reward careful planning and resource management.

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 21.7%, Economy 12.3%, Historical 11.3%, Mythology 10.8%, Building 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: It combines colony simulation with survival mechanics, requiring players to manage resources while facing harsh weather events.

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 23.4%, Economy 19%, Historical 18.3%, Sandbox 13.8%, Management 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: This colony sim provides a similar level of building freedom and survival management within a historical setting.

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 28%, Historical 17.6%, Economy 12.4%, Resource Management 8.8%, Management 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: This title emphasizes the historical accuracy and survival aspects of building a settlement in the ancient world.

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 22.3%, Economy 16.5%, Building 13.4%, Sandbox 12.4%, Resource Management 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the production and economic management side of city-building, which is a core component of the seed game.

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 20.2%, Historical 14.2%, Economy 12.4%, Building 10.5%, RTS 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on historical city-building and resource management, sharing the thematic DNA of the seed game.

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 29.4%, Economy 13.8%, Historical 11.1%, Building 10.2%, Resource Management 9%

Why You'll Like It: This city-builder incorporates social management and survival elements that align well with the gameplay loop of Celestial Empire.

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

Why similar: City Builder 28.2%, Historical 14.9%, Building 13.4%, Management 10.2%, Resource Management 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game adds a layer of political and historical simulation to the city-building genre, providing a fresh take on the genre.

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 16.6%, RTS 13.6%, Mythology 12.1%, Economy 11.5%, Historical 11%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a similar historical city-building experience with a focus on managing resources in a challenging environment.

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 25.7%, Economy 14.8%, Building 14.1%, Resource Management 12.6%, Management 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: It introduces unique verticality and resource management challenges that will appeal to fans of complex city-builders.

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 38.4%, Building 13.7%, Sandbox 10%, Resource Management 7.7%, RTS 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game features a blend of building and god-like defense against disasters that feels very similar to the seed game.

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

Why similar: City Builder 36.5%, Resource Management 16.4%, Building 11%, Strategy 8.3%, Economy 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: It is the pinnacle of survival city-builders, focusing on the extreme management of resources during catastrophic events.

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 49.2%, Resource Management 15.3%, Building 12.8%, Strategy 8.4%, Simulation 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a realistic approach to survival and building that mirrors the management requirements of the seed game.

Inspired by the god games of old, Fata Deum lets you mold settlements and townsfolk in your image. Will you raise the settlements to splendor, or spur them on to violent debauchery and demons? Watch as a living world grows under your whims.

Why similar: City Builder 17.8%, RTS 14.2%, Sandbox 10.1%, Economy 10%, Building 10%

Why You'll Like It: It leans heavily into the divine oversight aspect, allowing you to influence your people's lives in a sandbox environment.

Rule Tenochtitlan in this survival city-builder where gods decide your fate. Expand the capital, perform sacred rituals, and withstand the coming darkness. Build, grow, sacrifice, survive - or watch the last sun set forever.

Why similar: City Builder 18.1%, Economy 13.7%, RTS 12.9%, Historical 12.9%, Building 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: This title shares the historical setting and survival-focused city-building mechanics found in the seed game.

Build a fortress and try to help your dwarves survive against a deeply generated world. Keep your dwarves happy, grow their community and beware of digging too deeply. The deepest, most intricate simulation of a world that's ever been created.

Why similar: City Builder 28.7%, Building 17.6%, Sandbox 16.9%, Management 14%, Strategy 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: While more complex, it is the ultimate simulation game for those who enjoy deep, emergent storytelling and intricate management.

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 15.3%, RTS 11%, Political 9.7% ★, Economy 9.2%, Historical 7.6%

Endzone is a post-apocalyptic survival city builder, where you start a new civilization with a group of people after an ecological disaster. Build them a new home and ensure their survival in a shattered world, threatened by constant radiation, toxic rain, sandstorms and droughts.

Why similar: City Builder 44.9%, Building 10.2%, Strategy 10%, Sandbox 8%, Economy 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused city-builder that forces players to manage resources and population health in a hostile environment.

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 19.6%, RTS 16.2%, Historical 15%, Economy 13%, Sandbox 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a dedicated historical city-building experience that focuses on the specific challenges of the Aztec civilization.

Create your own Nation, build cities and bring prosperity to your people. Citystate II is a unique city-builder featuring realistic economics and complex political options. Slums or skyscrapers, experiment and bring about your vision of the ideal society.

Why similar: City Builder 23.6%, Economy 17.4%, Political 15.4% ★, Building 11.9%, Sandbox 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a deep dive into the economic and political management of a city, perfect for those who enjoy the simulation aspect.

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 18.5%, Historical 12.8%, Economy 10.9%, Mythology 10.6%, Building 10.5%

Lead your noble family in this medieval colony sim, facing off against class conflict, religious struggle, and political treachery. Tend to your people’s needs, uncover the lost knowledge of a fallen empire, and engage in nefarious plots against your enemies.

Why similar: City Builder 19.1%, Economy 14.7%, Historical 14.6%, Building 11.1%, Sandbox 10.7%

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 19.2%, Historical 14.9%, Economy 14.7%, Building 11.2%, Sandbox 10.5%

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

Why similar: City Builder 19.3%, Historical 14.6%, Economy 14.6%, Building 11.2%, Sandbox 10.7%

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 23.5%, RTS 19.5%, Building 13.4%, Sandbox 12.4%, Management 10.5%

Build an industrial empire on a remote island. Mine resources, reshape terrain with excavators, grow food, construct factories, lay train tracks, and trade with the outside world. Research 100+ technologies to advance from basic metal smelting all the way to nuclear power and space flight.

Why similar: Economy 21.8%, Resource Management 21.5%, City Builder 16.4%, Building 12.5%, Management 11.9%

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

Why similar: Economy 18%, Management 13%, Historical 11.7%, City Builder 11.7%, Building 11.7%

A city builder with simulated citizens, set in a procedurally-generated world map. Grow your kingdom through the eras from a tiny medieval hamlet into a prosperous global empire! Cooperate or compete in real-time with your friends in multiplayer mode.

Why similar: City Builder 37.3%, Economy 13.7%, RTS 11.6%, Management 10.5%, Resource Management 8.6%

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 20.9%, Mythology 12.4%, Historical 11.7%, RTS 11%, Economy 10.7%

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 18.2%, RTS 14.3%, Historical 11.6%, Economy 10.1%, Building 9.7%

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

Why similar: City Builder 16%, Economy 14.7%, Historical 12.7%, Sandbox 10.7%, Building 10.3%

Build the most efficient intergalactic factory in space simulation strategy game Dyson Sphere Program! Harness the power of stars, collect resources, plan and design production lines and develop your interstellar factory from a small space workshop to a galaxy-wide industrial empire.

Why similar: Building 19.5%, City Builder 19.2%, Resource Management 16.2%, Sandbox 14.9%, Management 12.4%

Step into the shoes of a fallen clan leader, starting with nothing but a crumbling estate and a handful of hopes, rising through careful planning, trade, and diplomacy to become one of the most powerful families in the land. Now it’s time to forge a legendary dynasty that leaves its mark on history.

Why similar: Political 23.2% ★, City Builder 17.1%, Economy 12%, Sandbox 11.1%, Historical 9.5%

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 21.5%, Economy 14.1%, RTS 12%, Building 10.7%, Historical 10.6%

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 31.8%, Building 14.3%, Economy 14.2%, Sandbox 11.6%, Management 9.4%

Put your entrepreneurial skills to the test in the first title in the ROI series as you create & optimise intricate production lines. As an early 20th-Century industrialist, grow your empire & adapt to an ever-changing business landscape with unexpected events that could lead to boom…or bust.

Why similar: City Builder 21.5%, Economy 19.6%, Management 13%, Resource Management 10.3%, RTS 8.9%

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 24.7%, Historical 17.8%, Building 14.2%, Sandbox 14%, Management 10.9%

Harness your Demigod powers to lead a group from rags to riches in this 3D Fantasy Kingdom Management Sim with RPG elements. Command from the sky or take control in 3rd Person to BUILD, BATTLE, and RULE. Navigate a world of interesting Nobles, earn their respect, and decide their Fates.

Why similar: City Builder 33.7%, Sandbox 19.6%, Building 17.5%, Management 14.3%, Strategy 8.6%

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 24.5%, Economy 15.9%, Building 14.1%, Sandbox 12.1%, Management 10.8%

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 22.3%, Historical 15.6%, Economy 14.7%, Building 12.9%, Sandbox 12%

Build a prosperous settlement in a unique simulation of a feudal economy - each family runs their shop, owns their goods, and trades with other villagers in a free market. You will manage the land, build houses, organise events, set taxes, and balance supply and demand while engaging in diplomacy!

Why similar: City Builder 25.1%, Economy 14.9%, Building 13.2%, Management 12%, Sandbox 11.7%

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 32.1%, City Builder 16.7%, RTS 9.7%, Economy 9.5%, Simulation 8.7%

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 28%, Economy 19.6%, Historical 18.7%, Resource Management 7.7%, Strategy 6.9%

Command swarms of warriors at an unprecedented scale of warfare in this blend of RTS and base-building. Lead ant colonies against the many fearsome threats of the insect world, while building intricate nests, developing pheromone-based tactics, and evolving to meet growing dangers.

Why similar: City Builder 18.9%, Historical 14.6%, Economy 14.6%, Building 11.3%, Sandbox 10.8%

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 30.6%, Resource Management 13.2%, Building 11.8%, Economy 10.9%, Strategy 7.5%

Build your sky city while exploring a vast landscape in this Open World RPG City Builder. Combining the methodical construction and management of a city builder; the unique lift, balance, and propulsion needed for a flying city; and the compelling characters, dangers, and adventures of an RPG!

Why similar: City Builder 24.9%, RTS 16.8%, Building 15.7%, Sandbox 14.5%, Resource Management 11.5%

The Guild 3 is a fascinating trade and life simulation that takes place during the late Middle Ages. Step into the shoes of a citizen, acquire businesses and mansions, produce goods and trade them, start intrigues in politics and society, love, hate, bribe, fight and live through good and bad times!

Why similar: Economy 35.7%, Building 11.1%, Sandbox 10.7%, Simulation 10.1%, Strategy 9.6%

City Tales is a medieval city builder, allowing you to unleash your creativity and shape vast cities that break outside a traditional grid. Plan each district for your citizens needs and aid your companions in their tales, creating a city to be proud of!

Why similar: City Builder 28.5%, Economy 20.1%, Building 17%, Resource Management 11.5%, Management 11%

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 26.7%, Historical 19.3%, Economy 14.3%, Building 12.5%, Strategy 7.9%