Games Like Citadelum

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 23.2%, Rome 16.5% ★, Economy 11.6%, Building 10.5%, Historical 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: An upcoming title that promises a high-fidelity Roman city-building experience with a focus on expansion and management.

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

Why similar: Rome 39% ★, City Builder 33.7%, Historical 13.5%, Strategy 6%, Simulation 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive classic that established the Roman city-builder genre and shares the core management DNA found in Citadelum.

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 24.9%, Historical 12.9%, Level Editor 12.8%, Building 12.1%, Economy 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: A faithful remake of the classic builder that offers a similar focus on historical city development and complex resource chains.

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 23.6%, Historical 17%, Base Building 13.8%, Moddable 11.9% ★, Economy 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: Combines deep, organic city-building with large-scale tactical combat, mirroring the dual focus of Citadelum.

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: Rome 41.7% ★, City Builder 26.6%, Historical 14.2%, Strategy 7%, Simulation 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: Features a strong emphasis on Roman history, city development, and military campaigns that align closely with the seed game.

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 22.5%, Moddable 17.3% ★, Economy 11.9%, Building 10.8%, Sandbox 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: A classic-style city builder that emphasizes grid-based construction and complex production chains in an ancient 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: Moddable 25.7% ★, City Builder 18.8%, Historical 13.3%, Resource Management 8.8%, Economy 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on historical accuracy and survival-based city building, providing a grounded experience similar to the early stages of Citadelum.

Songs of Syx is a fantasy city-builder with vast battles simulating thousands of citizens and soldiers. Start off as a small village and build, scheme, and fight your way towards a mighty empire. The mechanics are deep and true to life, where tiny events can spiral into the collapse of kingdoms.

Why similar: Moddable 26.8% ★, City Builder 21.1%, Economy 11%, Building 10.8%, Base Building 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: Features massive-scale city building combined with complex tactical combat, perfect for players who enjoy the military aspect of Citadelum.

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: Rome 44.6% ★, City Builder 34.6%, Historical 9.7%, Strategy 6.6%, Simulation 4%

Why You'll Like It: A dedicated Roman city builder that allows players to zoom in and observe the daily lives of citizens in a historical setting.

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: Rome 47.2% ★, City Builder 27.3%, Strategy 9.6%, Simulation 8.5%, Historical 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a strategic look at Roman city management with a focus on historical scenarios and building challenges.

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

Why similar: City Builder 63.8%, Historical 12.3%, Strategy 11.8%, Economy 4.5%, Simulation 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: A legendary city builder that incorporates mythological god mechanics, directly paralleling the divine favor system in Citadelum.

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 28.7%, Historical 14.6%, Building 12.8%, Economy 11.8%, Sandbox 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a similar aesthetic and gameplay loop to Citadelum, focusing on the development of ancient Mediterranean settlements.

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: Moddable 25.3% ★, City Builder 18.1%, Resource Management 10.2%, Base Building 10.1%, Building 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: Centers on the god-game aspect, allowing players to influence their settlements through divine intervention and choices.

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 38.3%, Resource Management 10.2%, Economy 10.1%, Building 9.5%, Sandbox 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: An organic, grid-less city builder that allows for creative town planning and medieval-style management.

A brutal godlike village sim that melds the god game, management, and tower defense genres! Fight off hoards of monsters at night, and expand your village in the day time. Inspired by games like Black and White, Rimworld, and Dwarf Fortress but not quite like any of them.

Why similar: City Builder 42.1%, Base Building 17.1%, Sandbox 9.6%, Resource Management 8.7%, Level Editor 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A unique blend of god-game mechanics and village management that captures the feeling of overseeing a civilization's survival.

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: Moddable 25.7% ★, City Builder 16.8%, Historical 11.8%, Economy 10.9%, Base Building 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: A colony-sim that features voxel-based building and tactical combat, sharing the management complexity of Citadelum.

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 24.5%, Moddable 19.5% ★, Economy 9.3%, Resource Management 8.6%, Historical 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A social-focused city builder that incorporates survival elements and complex management systems.

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: Moddable 21.9% ★, City Builder 15.6%, Historical 10.7%, Economy 9.3%, Base Building 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: While fantasy-themed, its roguelite approach to city building provides a high-stakes management experience that rewards strategic planning.

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 22.9%, Historical 13.3%, Building 10.1%, Base Building 10%, Resource Management 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: A deep, historical city builder that prioritizes realistic production chains and organic town growth.

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 28.5%, Level Editor 16.3%, Building 12.2%, Base Building 11.8%, Sandbox 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: Features unique resource management mechanics and vertical building that challenge players to adapt to their environment.

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 23.3%, Historical 13.4%, Economy 9.5%, Base Building 9%, Resource Management 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A historical city builder that emphasizes irrigation and resource management in an ancient Mesopotamian setting.

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: Moddable 24.4% ★, City Builder 17.2%, Economy 10.6%, Base Building 10.1%, Resource Management 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the production and management side of a medieval settlement, perfect for those who enjoy the economy of Citadelum.

Develop, expand, and advance your city in a society survival game set 30 years after an apocalyptic blizzard ravaged Earth. In Frostpunk 2, you face not only the perils of never-ending winter, but also the powerful factions that watch your every step inside the Council Hall.

Why similar: City Builder 51.5%, Resource Management 23.9%, Strategy 9.4%, Base Building 8.1%, Simulation 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: A high-stakes survival city builder that emphasizes difficult management decisions and the growth of a society under pressure.

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 30.3%, Building 17.5%, Economy 17.3%, Resource Management 14.1%, Relaxing 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a relaxing city-building experience with a focus on economy and building aesthetics.

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 20.2%, Military 12.5%, Historical 12.2%, Building 11.5%, Resource Management 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on building and managing a settlement in a historical context with a strong emphasis on resource logistics.

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: Moddable 20.8% ★, City Builder 16%, Historical 11.1%, Economy 9.6%, Base Building 9.2%

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: Moddable 20% ★, City Builder 17.4%, Base Building 10%, Historical 10%, Resource Management 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: A simulation-heavy city builder that focuses on the interconnectedness of nature and the growth of a settlement.

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 48.5%, Sandbox 9.9%, Resource Management 7.6%, Simulation 7.3%, Strategy 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: The quintessential survival city builder that focuses on resource management and population sustainability in a harsh environment.

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: Rome 36.5% ★, City Builder 17.8%, Building 9.8%, Base Building 9.6%, Sandbox 8.6%

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: Rome 34.6% ★, City Builder 16.8%, Historical 10.2%, Economy 9.5%, Base Building 6.3%

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 34.6%, Resource Management 12.8%, Base Building 12.4%, Building 9.4%, Simulation 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: A medieval city builder that emphasizes survival and the development of a small village into a thriving town.

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: Moddable 21.4% ★, City Builder 15.5%, Historical 10.8%, Economy 9.7%, Base Building 9.1%

Summa Expeditionis is a colony sim and base building game set in ancient Roman Empire. Follow the career of a Roman soldier from Legionnaire to Centurion. Build and manage your camp, recruit more soldiers and face the barbarians for the glory of Rome.

Why similar: Rome 34.3% ★, City Builder 14.9%, Base Building 11.3%, Building 10.9%, Historical 10.5%

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: Rome 44.1% ★, City Builder 19.7%, Historical 13.6%, Resource Management 7.2%, Simulation 7.1%

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 18.5%, Moddable 17.3% ★, Historical 11.8%, Economy 10.6%, Base Building 9.9%

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 22.7%, Rome 21.7% ★, Economy 9.4%, Building 9.4%, Resource Management 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A casual approach to historical city building that allows players to focus on the layout and expansion of their empire.

Sweet Transit is a unique city builder where the railway is king. Build and automate the dream supply chain for your citizens, giving them all they need to expand quaint villages into bustling cities. Progress from steam power to diesel and beyond in this advanced train-driven experience.

Why similar: Moddable 21% ★, City Builder 15.1%, Level Editor 12.9%, Economy 9.3%, Resource Management 8.4%

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: Rome 34.4% ★, City Builder 19%, Historical 12.5%, Building 8.6%, Economy 8.2%

Build a network of cities that produce and trade resources, upgrade your castle, and protect the cities from cheeky bandits. Tinker with the economy at your own pace, and watch the charming wooden world grow into a lively and thriving kingdom.

Why similar: City Builder 25.4%, Economy 16.2%, Resource Management 15.1%, Building 12.2%, Base Building 11.9%

The sky city builder awaits. Create your own flying kingdom and lead it on a quest across an expansive world. Explore the varied landscape, build up a floating metropolis, aid struggling people below, uncover lost secrets and, ultimately, bring back the Airborne Kingdom legend.

Why similar: City Builder 25.1%, Base Building 13.9%, Building 12.9%, Resource Management 12%, Sandbox 10.2%

Highrise City offers a new spin on City Simulations & Tycoon games expanding the economy and resource management aspect. Experience a modern take on the genre enriched with a complex resource based economy system.

Why similar: City Builder 27.4%, Moddable 14.7% ★, Sandbox 12.6%, Building 11.6%, Economy 11.3%

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 22.5%, Historical 15.7%, Economy 14.5%, Building 13%, Sandbox 12%

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 32.6%, Building 16.6%, Sandbox 10.4%, Economy 9.9%, Resource Management 9.6%

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 31.8%, Historical 15.1%, Building 14.6%, Base Building 12.9%, Resource Management 11.7%

Settlements Rising is a medieval city building and colony management game. It offers a lively colony experience with simulated villagers, dozens of professions and resources, natural disasters, and raids, while providing full control over the colony through trade, production chains and datas.

Why similar: City Builder 29.8%, Resource Management 14.6%, Building 12.7%, Base Building 11.2%, Sandbox 9.2%

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: Moddable 21.9% ★, City Builder 15.5%, Historical 10.7%, Economy 9.3%, Base Building 9.2%

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: Rome 38% ★, City Builder 35.3%, Historical 12.2%, Strategy 7.7%, Simulation 6.3%

An ecosystem City Builder in a unique world. Build your settlement, manage your workers and optimize your resources. Analyzing your environment, spreading new plants, and harvesting them are key to prosperity.

Why similar: City Builder 21.5%, Economy 14.2%, Resource Management 11.8%, Building 11.4%, Base Building 10.9%

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 27%, Historical 17.2%, Building 13.6%, Economy 13.4%, Base Building 8.9%

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 20.1%, Historical 13%, Economy 12.3%, Resource Management 11.9%, Building 11.2%

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: Moddable 21.3% ★, City Builder 15.4%, Historical 10.7%, Economy 9.6%, Base Building 9.1%

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 28%, Base Building 19.6%, City Builder 16.1%, Economy 8%, Resource Management 7.4%

Lead a Roman expeditionary force into the heart of Ancient Britain! Recruit, promote, and upgrade your legionaries while constructing a series of fortified marching camps. Use Roman tactics and strategies to conquer the entire island and become Warlord!

Why similar: Rome 49% ★, Historical 16%, Base Building 13.9%, Sandbox 7.3%, Resource Management 5.9%

Humanica is a city-builder game about an ancient settlement, featuring vast technological development. Experience the journey from sticks and stones to iron tools and windmills!

Why similar: City Builder 25.4%, Historical 14.2%, Base Building 12.2%, Resource Management 12.2%, Building 11.1%

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 32.8%, Resource Management 14.6%, Building 11.4%, Sandbox 10.3%, Economy 8.4%

Build, manage and grow a thriving colony in Kubifaktorium. The game features different biomes to explore, plenty of resources to exploit, complex machinery to build and interesting production chains to master.

Why similar: City Builder 22.7%, Moddable 19.2% ★, Economy 13.2%, Building 12.8%, Base Building 10.9%

A mix of deep gameplay and rich historical flavor, Aggressors: Ancient Rome lets you relive history as the ruler of one of the mighty civilizations of the ancient Mediterranean. Choose one of twenty available factions and conquer the world.

Why similar: Rome 42.9% ★, Historical 16.1%, Military 14.5%, Moddable 14.3% ★, Strategy 6.5%

Build, automate, and optimize a giant factory on 3D terrain using conveyor belts, trains, chutes, pipes, and airships. Sell your goods to nearby villages to expand their borders, increase happiness, and unlock even better technology!

Why similar: City Builder 17.6%, Moddable 15% ★, Base Building 12.2%, Resource Management 12.1%, Sandbox 10.4%

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 20.8%, Historical 14.4%, Military 12%, Economy 11.1%, Sandbox 10.3%

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 23.1%, Historical 14.5%, Building 12.5%, Economy 10.9%, Base Building 10.6%