Games Like Children of the Nile: Enhanced Edition

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 47.6%, Historical 20%, Management 12.1%, Simulation 9.1%, Strategy 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: This modern remake captures the essence of the classic Egyptian city-building experience with updated mechanics and visuals.

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 65.7%, Strategy 11%, Simulation 10.7%, Historical 3.5%, Management 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: It is the gold standard for agent-based city builders where every individual citizen's survival and needs must be managed.

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 64.2%, Simulation 10.2%, Strategy 9%, Management 8.9%, Resource Management 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: It features a unique, gridless building system where citizens move and interact organically within your city.

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 49.1%, Historical 17.7%, Management 11.4%, Strategy 7%, Simulation 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: A classic-style city builder that emphasizes complex resource management and historical accuracy in a Mesopotamian setting.

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 43.6%, Historical 25.4%, Simulation 10.7%, Strategy 10%, Management 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a deep, agent-based historical management experience with a focus on organic growth and complex production chains.

Zeus + Poseidon delivers hundreds of hours of gameplay in one game!

Why similar: City Builder 69.3%, Strategy 15.3%, Historical 10.9%, Simulation 4.1%, Singleplayer 0.3%

Why You'll Like It: A legendary city builder that blends historical management with mythological elements, much like the seed game.

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 65.7%, Historical 13.1%, Strategy 9.3%, Simulation 7.1%, Sandbox 2.1%

Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused city builder that tracks the evolution of a prehistoric tribe through individual agent actions.

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 43%, Historical 20.4%, Management 10.2%, Strategy 9.8%, Simulation 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: This title provides a highly detailed, realistic simulation of village life where every citizen's daily tasks are simulated.

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 44%, Historical 22.8%, Strategy 10.8%, Management 10%, Simulation 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A dedicated historical builder that mirrors the thematic setting and management style of the seed game.

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 41.5%, Historical 23.9%, Management 10.3%, Strategy 9.9%, Simulation 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the historical progression of a settlement with a strong emphasis on survival and individual citizen needs.

Prove your strength of mind and spirit and you just may be crowned Caesar!

Why similar: City Builder 55.8%, Historical 18.2%, Strategy 11.8%, Simulation 9.7%, Management 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: The foundational classic that established the mechanics of citizen-based city management and resource distribution.

Relive the captivating gameplay of a true city-building classic with Anno® 1404 History Edition.

Why similar: City Builder 56.3%, Strategy 14.3%, Simulation 11.8%, Management 11.2%, Historical 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: Renowned for its deep economic management and satisfying production chains in a historical setting.

Immerse yourself in Ancient Egypt from the age of the great pyramids to the final years of the New Kingdom.

Why similar: City Builder 56.5%, Historical 22%, Strategy 11.7%, Simulation 9.6%, Singleplayer 0.3%

Why You'll Like It: The original classic that remains a cornerstone of the Egyptian city-building genre.

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 39.6%, Historical 18.5%, Simulation 14.9%, Strategy 13.1%, Management 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: This city builder focuses on the challenges of early civilization development with complex resource and labor management.

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 50.7%, Historical 22.1%, Strategy 16%, Simulation 11.1%, Singleplayer 0.2%

Why You'll Like It: Combines city building with historical strategy, focusing on the expansion and management of a Roman settlement.

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 59.2%, Management 13.3%, Simulation 9%, Strategy 8.8%, Resource Management 5%

Why You'll Like It: While featuring beavers, its core gameplay relies on sophisticated agent-based resource management and vertical city expansion.

The city builder strategy game Imperium Romanum is set in the time-honoured Roman Empire. As governor of a Roman province, you will devise a strategy to build a well organised, prosperous and commanding settlement. Its fortune very much lies in your own hands.

Why similar: City Builder 51.3%, Strategy 21.6%, Simulation 17.3%, Historical 9.3%, Singleplayer 0.4%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the strategic management of Roman cities with a strong emphasis on historical infrastructure.

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 48.6%, Historical 20.1%, Simulation 10.9%, Strategy 10.3%, Management 6%

Why You'll Like It: A thematic cousin to the Egyptian builders, focusing on the management and growth of an ancient Greek city-state.

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 39.3%, Historical 22%, Simulation 15.3%, Strategy 12.3%, Management 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: A historical city builder that emphasizes the administrative and social challenges of managing a Roman city.

CivCity: Rome, an innovative city builder inspired by the world of Sid Meiers Civilization, and created by a collaboration between Firefly Studios and Firaxis Games, invites players to shift focus from building a multi-city empire and zoom-in on the great cities of the Roman Empire, culminating in Rome itself!

Why similar: City Builder 63.2%, Historical 14.4%, Strategy 14.3%, Simulation 7.9%, Singleplayer 0.2%

Why You'll Like It: Allows players to zoom in and observe the daily lives of citizens, mirroring the focus on individual detail found in the seed game.

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 71.4%, Strategy 10.3%, Simulation 8.5%, Resource Management 6.3%, Management 1.9%

Why You'll Like It: A historical survival city builder that requires careful management of individual villagers to ensure the settlement thrives.

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: City Builder 33.9%, Historical 26.3%, Management 11.6%, Simulation 11.4%, Strategy 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: A deep simulation game that challenges players to manage the growth and stability of ancient Egypt.

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: City Builder 33.6%, Historical 25.3%, Simulation 12.5%, Strategy 12.5%, Management 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: A historical strategy game that focuses on the development of Egyptian society through management and survival.

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 39.3%, Historical 22.2%, Management 10.1%, Simulation 9.8%, Strategy 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: A city builder set in ancient China that focuses on the management of resources and citizen happiness.

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 65.1%, Simulation 17.9%, Strategy 17%

Why You'll Like It: A charming, agent-based builder where you must manage the specialized roles of your citizens to grow a medieval town.

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 43.7%, Historical 23.3%, Simulation 12.3%, Strategy 10.9%, Management 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a sandbox experience for historical city management with an isometric perspective.

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 40.8%, Historical 21.2%, Management 11.3%, Simulation 10.2%, Strategy 9.6%

Build cities, shape a world.Cities XL Platinum lets you design, build and link up cities of all shapes and sizes around the Cities XL planet!Build more impressive cities than ever before! Cities XL Platinum offers a huge variety of over 1,000 buildings and constructions (including 50 brand new structures), that you can freely place on...

Why similar: City Builder 63.6%, Simulation 17.4%, Management 8.1%, Strategy 7.7%, Sandbox 2.9%

Why You'll Like It: A large-scale city builder that offers extensive sandbox management tools for those who enjoy complex urban planning.

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 34.4%, Historical 23.6%, Simulation 12.6%, Strategy 12.5%, Management 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: A strategy simulation that tasks you with guiding an ancient civilization through historical challenges and development.

​Immerse yourself in ancient Egypt with PyramidValley, a management game where you develop your pharaonic city by constructing iconic monuments and gathering various resources to ensure prosperity.

Why similar: City Builder 58.8%, Simulation 26.5%, Strategy 8.1%, Sandbox 6.5%

Urban Empire is a ‘City Ruler’, pioneering a new breed of strategy game that combines city builder features with political scheming and adds profound social and historical events into the mix, creating a whole new gameplay experience.

Why similar: City Builder 44.5%, Historical 14.8%, Strategy 14.5%, Simulation 13.7%, Management 12.5%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the political and social management of a city, offering a different but complementary layer of simulation.

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 41.2%, Historical 21.1%, Management 12%, Strategy 11.6%, Simulation 9.8%

Children of the Nile: Alexandria is an addition to the base Children of the Nile game, adding a new mini-campaign focused on the rise of the city of Alexandria. Using the unique city-building dynamics of Children of the Nile, you will carve out a new dynasty to rule all of Egypt, and build the greatest city of the ancient world!

Why similar: City Builder 49.2%, Simulation 16.6%, Historical 12.7%, Strategy 11.7%, Management 7.7%

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 51%, Historical 16.5%, Strategy 15.2%, Simulation 10.2%, Sandbox 3.7%

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 49%, Historical 18.9%, Management 11.4%, Strategy 8.7%, Simulation 7.3%

Build your society of the future, colonize islands, and create sprawling megacities with multitudes of buildings, vehicles, and resources to manage.

Why similar: City Builder 64.4%, Strategy 15.9%, Simulation 9.1%, Management 5.4%, Resource Management 3.8%

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 45.4%, Historical 16.5%, Strategy 11.3%, Simulation 11.2%, Management 8.2%

Starting as governor of a newly formed province in the Roman Empire your goal is simple: advance up the empire's political ladder to become the next Caesar.

Why similar: City Builder 57.6%, Historical 16.1%, Strategy 14.9%, Simulation 11.2%, Singleplayer 0.1%

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 38.8%, Historical 21.9%, Management 11.3%, Simulation 9.5%, Strategy 9.1%

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: City Builder 24.5%, Historical 18.1%, Management 17.4%, Strategy 17.4%, Simulation 16.2%

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 34.3%, Historical 24.9%, Simulation 11.9%, Strategy 11.8%, Management 11.6%

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 61.2%, Strategy 11.7%, Simulation 10.1%, Historical 7.2%, Management 4%

Construct the city of the 21st Century with City Life! City Life 2008 Edition is a next-generation City Builder. Its 3D game engine provides a level of detail and animation unprecedented in the City Builder genre, with total freedom of construction.

Why similar: City Builder 60.2%, Simulation 20.9%, Strategy 18.9%

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 52.7%, Historical 14.6%, Strategy 11.4%, Management 9%, Simulation 5.9%

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 42.9%, Historical 19.2%, Simulation 11.8%, Strategy 10.9%, Management 7.7%

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 46.3%, Historical 23.8%, Simulation 10.2%, Strategy 7.8%, Resource Management 6.6%

TROPICO RELOADED is the ultimate game compilation for hobby-dictators and those dreaming of their own Caribbean island. Tropico combines real-time strategy and simulation elements with a healthy dose of political intrigue and Caribbean flair to create a unique and critically acclaimed game experience.

Why similar: City Builder 59.9%, Simulation 14.8%, Strategy 12.2%, Management 10.6%, Sandbox 2.3%

Dive into the sands of ancient Egypt in 'Egypt Frontiers.' As a master builder, construct majestic monuments, manage resources, and shape history in this captivating simulation game. Are you ready to leave your mark on the Frontiers of Egypt?

Why similar: Historical 39.1%, Management 20.7%, Simulation 17.7%, Strategy 14.3%, Sandbox 7.3%

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: Simulation 39%, Strategy 35.8%, Management 21.4%, Resource Management 3.5%, Singleplayer 0.3%

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 61.8%, Simulation 13.4%, Management 11.8%, Strategy 9.1%, Sandbox 3.5%

Old World is a revolutionary new historical strategy game where you lead your dynasty over generations of rule against rival kings and queens. Wage massive wars, manage your court, and build a dynasty — or watch your empire crumble to dust. What legacy will you leave behind?

Why similar: Historical 40.1%, Management 19.8%, Simulation 17.1%, Strategy 16.4%, Sandbox 5.8%

A pyramid-building adventure of historic proportions!

Why similar: City Builder 43.1%, Historical 26.3%, Simulation 12.8%, Strategy 11.6%, Resource Management 5.7%

Manage transportation for commuters in four of the world's greatest cities - Vienna, Helsinki, Berlin, and Amsterdam

Why similar: City Builder 38.8%, Simulation 27.6%, Management 20.2%, Strategy 10.3%, Sandbox 2.6%

Rise from the humble role of a simple mayor governing a small settlement and rule over all of Europe.

Why similar: City Builder 34.5%, Strategy 19.5%, Simulation 14.9%, Historical 14.4%, Management 11.1%

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 41%, Historical 21.6%, Management 11.2%, Simulation 9%, Strategy 8.7%

Lethis - Path of Progress is a city-builder in a victorian steampunk setting.

Why similar: City Builder 62.5%, Simulation 12.2%, Strategy 11.7%, Resource Management 5.9%, Management 4.4%

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 41.7%, Historical 20.5%, Management 12.3%, Simulation 9.9%, Strategy 9.3%

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 43.3%, Historical 24.3%, Management 10.7%, Strategy 9.7%, Simulation 7.6%

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 39.9%, City Builder 28.2%, Simulation 13.9%, Strategy 12.2%, Resource Management 3.2%