- #1 Dubai Simulator
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mobilway S.A.Pub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
In Dubai Simulator, you'll have the chance to design and build your dream city, complete with towering skyscrapers, bustling streets, luxurious resorts, and awe-inspiring landmarks.
Why similar: City Builder 27.1%, Simulation 18.9%, Sandbox 12.7%, Strategy 11.5%, Economy 6.7%
- #2 Cities: Skylines II
96% matchMixed54% of 88,397 reviews2023
Dev: Iceflake StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 23.6 hrsMean: 73.4 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 33.4%, Simulation 12.2%, Sandbox 10.6%, Building 8.8%, Economy 7.6%
- #3 Civilize
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NCAT
Windows
From the first stone tool to the first starship. One city carries an entire civilization across eight ages. Civilize is the first CivForge: a city-builder where multiple islands and 100+ resources let you forge an arc of human history that is entirely your own.
Why similar: City Builder 29.2%, Simulation 13.8%, Transportation 10.3% ★, Building 8.9%, Strategy 8.4%
- #4 Geopogo Cities: Windsor–Detroit
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Geopogo
Windows
A real-world city-building simulation where you shape the future of downtown Windsor–Detroit. Zone, redevelop, and experiment with growth using real map data in a living urban sandbox.
Why similar: City Builder 27.9%, Simulation 18.1%, Strategy 17%, Sandbox 13.2%, Realistic 5.4%
- #5 National Transit
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NationQ Studio
Windows · Mac
A sandbox strategy game. Build your nation's transport network, grow your economy, and raise your people's prosperity. Every map is procedurally generated and unique.
Why similar: City Builder 26.3%, Simulation 16%, Sandbox 12.6%, Immersive Sim 11.4%, Transportation 10.4% ★
- #6 Cities XXL
94% matchMixed41% of 2,360 reviews2015
Dev: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 51.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 36.4%, Simulation 12.9%, Economy 10.2%, Sandbox 9.8%, Building 9.5%
- #7 Citystate Metropolis
93% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Andy Sztark
Windows
The creative, pragmatic, limitless city builder. Engineer a masterpiece of urban design, a small sustainable town or a futuristic metropolis. With procedurally generated buildings, grid-less zoning and powerful editor tools, everything is customizable: the city is yours.
Why similar: City Builder 26.2%, Sandbox 12.2%, Simulation 11%, Transportation 10.9% ★, Building 8.9%
- #8 Cities XL Platinum
92% matchMixed58% of 1,633 reviews2013
Dev: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 51%
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 47.3%, Simulation 20.9%, Sandbox 10.1%, Strategy 9.8%, Management 6.2%
- #9 Shopping Center Tycoon
91% matchPositive82% of 39 reviews2023
Dev: Musa GUNGOR
Windows
Shopping Center Tycoon Is : Market Simulation & Tycoon and Improve your market. Grow, Design and Manage your Shopping Center with the right Strategy.
Why similar: City Builder 19.2%, Simulation 17.3%, Strategy 15.1%, Management 10.8%, Building 10.1%
- #10 Ethics Empire
91% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Nullgrid Studios
Windows
Become the richest business owner in this strategy-based simulator, choose your playstyle trying to balance ethics and profits in this chaotic low poly world. Will you keep your ethical businesses thriving or will you let it all crumble down for a quick buck?
Why similar: City Builder 25.4%, Strategy 20.3%, Simulation 18%, Sandbox 10.7%, Management 8.9%
- #11 Bonanza Burger
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dawg Patch Games
Windows
Bonanza Burger: Build, manage, and compete! Design your restaurant, hire a top-notch team, and battle rival managers. Conquer challenges, expand, and prove you're the ultimate fast-food mogul!
Why similar: City Builder 27.4%, Simulation 18.9%, Strategy 17%, Sandbox 12.9%, Building 6.9%
- #12 Chinese Empire: Prologue
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: YeyunaPub: G11 S.A.
Windows
Chinese Empire is an economic city-building strategy taking place in the picturesque areas of China. The prologue will introduce you to the world of Chinese Empire!
Why similar: City Builder 31.3%, Strategy 15.6%, Simulation 14.5%, Building 9.4%, Economy 9.3%
- #13 Cities in Motion 2
89% matchMixed58% of 2,499 reviews2013
Dev: Colossal OrderPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Cities in Motion 2 is the sequel to the popular mass transit simulation game Cities in Motion. Build, manage and lead your transportation network to provide cities with their ever changing needs. CIM2 introduces new features including multiplayer game modes, day and night cycles, timetables and dynamic cities.
Why similar: City Builder 21.9%, Transportation 19.6% ★, Simulation 18.4%, Strategy 12.8%, Sandbox 9.3%
- #14 Resort Manager
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nesalis GamesPub: FreeMind S.A.
Windows
Resort Manager – become the owner of a holiday resort and build the tourist empire of your dreams! Manage, invest, and grow your summer haven to attract more and more guests and transform a small getaway into a vibrant hotspot full of attractions.
Why similar: Simulation 18%, Immersive Sim 14.5%, Sandbox 14.4%, Strategy 14.3%, City Builder 13.2%
- #15 My Tiny Park
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cold Cabin
Windows
My Tiny Park is a management sim where you design and manage parks of all kinds - from schoolyard playgrounds to sprawling nature reserves. Balance budgets, attract visitors, and craft the perfect outdoor space in this relaxing yet strategic game!
Why similar: City Builder 29.8%, Simulation 18.8%, Sandbox 14.2%, Building 8.6%, Management 8.3%
- #16 Urbanist
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Halfcooked Games
Windows
Thousands of citizens, each with a life of their own. Urbanist is a strategy and simulation game about transforming small settlements into thriving cities and vibrant neighborhoods. Build up your island, manage resources and production chains, and earn your reputation as the next great Urbanist.
Why similar: City Builder 31%, Sandbox 13.2%, Simulation 12.2%, Strategy 11.1%, Building 10%
- #17 Construction Simulator 4 - Pocket Edition
86% matchMostly Negative20% of 30 reviews2025
Dev: astragon DevelopmentPub: astragon Entertainment
Windows
Experience Construction Simulator 4 across three beautiful regions with unique campaigns and challenges. Over 100 missions and 80 detailed vehicles and machinery deliver a varied gameplay experience for your growing construction company.
Why similar: City Builder 30.3%, Simulation 18.6%, Sandbox 14.5%, Immersive Sim 12.2%, Economy 6.2%
- #18 Little Big Workshop
85% matchVery Positive84% of 3,368 reviews2019
Dev: Mirage Game StudiosPub: HandyGames
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Manage your workers, stations, machines and create awesome stuff as your little big workshop grows into your dream factory!
Why similar: Simulation 21.5%, Strategy 18.2%, Management 9.5%, Automation 9.3%, Sandbox 9.2%
- #19 BlockUrbs
84% matchPositive84% of 25 reviews2024
Dev: HidingDev Games
Windows
BlockUrbs is a small city builder game where you can place a variety of structures and roads on tiles to create tiny, detailed and beautiful city sections without worrying about any goals or scores.
Why similar: City Builder 40.8%, Simulation 19.2%, Strategy 15.7%, Sandbox 10.4%, Building 9.9%
- #20 Country Architect
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: purple_mimosaPub: Tribesylvania Studios
Windows · Linux
Can you build an entire country? An infrastructure and economy management sim. Lead a nation to prosperity by strategically placing towns and factories. Choose between bidding teams to build connections, while paying attention to citizen feedback on Social Bird to avoid civil unrest.
Why similar: City Builder 24.4%, Simulation 12.3%, Sandbox 11.6%, Strategy 11.2%, Immersive Sim 9.3%
- #21 NationForge
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sakanu Games
Windows
A nation-scale city builder focused on city planning and production chains. Strategically place and develop multiple cities, shape them with synergistic policies, and use transportation and trade as supporting systems for a growing planned economy.
Why similar: City Builder 28.5%, Transportation 16% ★, Simulation 13.2%, Strategy 12.3%, Automation 11.7%
- #22 Chess Club Manager
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pouet
Windows · Linux
Build and manage your own chess club from the ground up. Recruit amateurs, train them into champions, expand your facility, and rise to global fame.
Why similar: City Builder 33.6%, Simulation 16.4%, Strategy 11.7%, Economy 10.8%, Sandbox 10.1%
- #23 Mountain Resort Manager
81% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: collisdecus
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build a cozy alpine resort where gondolas glide, guests explore, and your mountain evolves through seasons. Place trails and buildings, manage staff and finances, and watch the resort come alive at your pace.
Why similar: City Builder 30.8%, Simulation 19.4%, Sandbox 14.6%, Immersive Sim 13.2%, Economy 6.3%
- #24 Metropolisim
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Roy H
Windows · Mac · Linux
The deepest city-building simulation experience ever. Build, grow, and manage a bustling metropolis. Take on the administrative tasks necessary to keep a modern-day city functioning. Construction, zoning, transportation, budgets, city services, and more. You're in control of it all. Are you up to the challenge?
Why similar: Simulation 23%, City Builder 22.6%, Strategy 21.9%, Sandbox 7%, Economy 6.8%
- #25 Seasteader
82% matchMixed48% of 33 reviews2017
Dev: Cosy Goat
Windows
Seasteader is a city building and management strategy game that allows you to develop and rule over your own seastead, a floating community.
Why similar: City Builder 26.4%, Simulation 24.2%, Strategy 23.8%, Economy 11.1%, Management 7.3%
- #26 Metro Architect
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Marque Foundry
Windows · Mac
In Metro Architect, you will design, expand, and optimize realistic metro networks inspired by real-world transit systems. Build stations, manage trains, reduce congestion, and keep your city moving.
Why similar: City Builder 26.8%, Simulation 17.1%, Sandbox 12.8%, Strategy 11.2%, Transportation 7% ★
- #27 Tropico 5
80% matchMostly Positive79% of 14,348 reviews2014
Dev: Haemimont GamesPub: Kalypso Media Digital
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 22.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Return to the remote island nation of Tropico and expand your Dynasty’s reign from the early colonial period to beyond the 21st Century, facing new challenges including advanced trading mechanics, technology and scientific research, as well as cooperative and competitive MULTIPLAYER.
Why similar: City Builder 40.5%, Strategy 18.2%, Simulation 14.7%, Sandbox 11.9%, Economy 7.2%
- #28 SKY
79% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2023
Dev: DIRECTOR'S CUT
Windows
SKY is a new way of looking at urban planning strategies. Change voxel landscapes at your discretion, develop technologies, build environmentally friendly cities of the future, and withstand any blows from the elements.
Why similar: City Builder 40.5%, Strategy 14.6%, Sandbox 12.6%, Immersive Sim 11.4%, Economy 5.2%
- #29 Super Company
77% matchMostly Positive75% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: Dawn Studio
Windows
You will act as an entrepreneur in the 1990s, producing all kinds of goods that citizens need; Providing residential and educational services for citizens; Carry out international trade and upgrade industries. You should choose the right development strategy to grow the company.
Why similar: City Builder 28.9%, Sandbox 13.3%, Strategy 13.3%, Simulation 12.4%, Economy 11.8%
- #30 新城镇
78% matchMostly Positive71% of 14 reviews2022
Dev: 初稿
Windows
这是一个休闲放置类的城市模拟游戏,玩家可以通过人口增长和发展经济来建造更多的建筑,在游戏中体验从小乡镇发展成为大城市的过程。
Why similar: City Builder 40.9%, Strategy 20.2%, Simulation 19.4%, Sandbox 17.9%, Indie 1%
- #31 Children of the Nile: Alexandria
78% matchVery Positive84% of 163 reviews2008
Dev: Tilted Mill Entertainment, Inc.
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 43%
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 43.6%, Simulation 23.9%, Strategy 17.7%, Sandbox 7.4%, Management 7%
- #32 Isoforge
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MaixenStudiosPub: Endothermic Entertainment
Windows
Build your dream city on a vast island in Isoforge! Unlock new buildings every in-game day, each influencing others in unique ways. Recruit soldiers to defend against invasions, manage upgrades, and tackle dynamic events like unlocks and challenges. Can you create the ultimate city?
Why similar: City Builder 23.9%, Immersive Sim 12.4%, Sandbox 11.8%, Automation 10.4%, Economy 8.5%
- #33 Planet Coaster 2
75% matchMostly Positive73% of 13,218 reviews2024
Dev: Frontier Developments
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 32.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Build and customise thrilling roller coasters and incredible water slides, manage the ultimate theme park experience, and share your epic creations. Are you ready to ride the wave?
Why similar: City Builder 24.8%, Sandbox 15.5%, Simulation 15.2%, Strategy 11.7%, Building 10.6%
- #34 Hotel Builder
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Live Motion Games
Windows
Vacations mean various things to people all over the world, but they always have one thing in common: the HOTEL. It’s time to take matters into your own hands and build that dream hotel just the way you always wanted!
Why similar: City Builder 27.7%, Sandbox 13.4%, Strategy 12.7%, Simulation 12.6%, Immersive Sim 11.9%
- #35 Project AURA
77% matchMixed64% of 698 reviews2018
Dev: Nexcentric Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Project Aura is a micro management game where you lead a Colony of Climate Disaster Survivors. You have been assigned the mission to build an habitat capable of survival in this new unknown world.
Why similar: City Builder 29.3%, Strategy 13.8%, Simulation 13.5%, Sandbox 8.8%, Economy 8%
- #36 Trailer Park Life
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Northern Dev Studio
Windows
Build and manage your own trailer park to either become a peaceful haven or a pit of unruly partiers. Expand on services and amenities to keep tenants happy. Manage staff to keep your park safe and clean or let chaos run amuck and risk it all for higher gains.
Why similar: City Builder 37.6%, Simulation 19.7%, Immersive Sim 12.5%, Building 10.1%, Management 9.7%
- #37 Smart City Plan
74% matchMixed65% of 121 reviews2020
Dev: Ambiera
Windows
Smart City Plan is a modern old-school style city builder game: Plan zones, roads, public transport like trains, trams, buses, subways and even the hypertube. Set taxes and policies and implement smart city technologies.
Why similar: City Builder 25%, Simulation 16.1%, Strategy 15.8%, Sandbox 10.5%, Building 8.3%
- #38 Cities: Skylines
73% matchVery Positive93% of 288,571 reviews2015
Dev: Colossal OrderPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 65.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Cities: Skylines is a modern take on the classic city simulation. The game introduces new game play elements to realize the thrill and hardships of creating and maintaining a real city whilst expanding on some well-established tropes of the city building experience.
Why similar: City Builder 42.4%, Simulation 12.2%, Building 9.4%, Sandbox 9.3%, Strategy 7.7%
- #39 Wildlife Park 3
74% matchMixed59% of 522 reviews2014
Dev: b-alive gmbh
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Do you have what it takes to be a zoo tycoon? You are responsible for your very own and unique zoo. Choose from numerous types of enclosures, park buildings and plants to design an environment appropriate to each species. Take home a part of wilderness with Wildlife Park 3!
Why similar: City Builder 17.9%, Simulation 17.5%, Strategy 14.5%, Sandbox 11.6%, Management 10.5%
- #40 Parkdens
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: HidingDev Games
Windows
Parkdens is a minimalistic and relaxing nature park building game where you can place tiles and choose variety of objects ranging from statues, sitting areas, shelters to bushes, playgrounds, trees etc. to populate the placed tiles.
Why similar: City Builder 36.2%, Simulation 24.3%, Sandbox 16.8%, Building 8.5%, Strategy 8.4%
- #41 Train World
71% matchMostly Positive74% of 96 reviews2023
Dev: Turn Point Games
Windows
Become a railroad pioneer in Train World - a railway simulator that spans centuries as you design, manage, and operate your own train network. Start at the dawn of railroad technology and evolve into a complex, modern railway company.
Why similar: Transportation 13.6% ★, Sandbox 12.2%, Simulation 10.4%, City Builder 10.3%, Strategy 9.7%
- #42 Block'hood
73% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,256 reviews2017
Dev: Plethora ProjectPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 18.9 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Block’hood is a neighborhood-building simulator that celebrates the diversity and experimentation of cities and the unique ecosystems within them. Budding city planners will have access to 200+ building blocks to combine and to create unique neighborhoods and discover the implications of their designs.
Why similar: City Builder 43.8%, Simulation 17%, Sandbox 16.3%, Strategy 11.8%, Building 7.7%
- #43 CloudCity VR
73% matchNegative8% of 13 reviews2017
Dev: Floating Point Interactive
Windows
Build your magnificent metropolis from scratch in VR. Keep your citizens happy and grow your economy to watch your city prosper around you. Experience your city in a full day/night cycle in rain or shine from both giant and first-person perspectives.
Why similar: Strategy 24.4%, City Builder 22%, Simulation 16.8%, Sandbox 11.2%, Economy 9.2%
- #44 DigScape
70% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Pixellow Official
Windows
Build, mine, and manage your own industrial zone in this relaxing 3D simulation game. Plan production, automate systems, and expand your operations step by step as you create a thriving environment.
Why similar: City Builder 24.6%, Simulation 17.9%, Strategy 15.4%, Sandbox 14.8%, Automation 8.5%
- #45 Dream Corp 梦想公司
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: zhangkun
Windows
This is an integrated company simulation game combining construction, management, and life elements. As the boss, precisely control each character without cumbersome page operations. Encounter random events, explore employees' hobbies, quirks, and build a dream company together.
Why similar: City Builder 20%, Simulation 18.9%, Strategy 17.6%, Management 12.3%, Building 12.2%
- #46 Cities in Motion
72% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,082 reviews2011
Dev: Colossal OrderPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Manage transportation for commuters in four of the world's greatest cities - Vienna, Helsinki, Berlin, and Amsterdam
Why similar: Simulation 25.3%, City Builder 21.9%, Transportation 13.7% ★, Management 11.7%, Strategy 9.9%
- #47 A-Train: All Aboard! Tourism
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 203 reviews2021
Dev: ARTDINKPub: KOMODO
Windows
In the world of A-Train, people gather around stations, gradually developing the surrounding town. What kind of railroad will you create? How will you develop the town? All these choices and more are yours to make.
Why similar: City Builder 24.4%, Sandbox 11.6%, Transportation 11.4% ★, Simulation 9.4%, Economy 8.8%
- #48 RollerCoaster Tycoon® 3: Complete Edition
69% matchVery Positive87% of 2,854 reviews2020
Dev: Frontier DevelopmentsPub: Atari
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 45%
Build the park of a lifetime and rediscover the critically acclaimed rollercoaster simulation bestseller. Feel the thrill of a genre-defining classic, complete with two huge expansion packs.
Why similar: City Builder 28.8%, Sandbox 13.6%, Strategy 13.3%, Simulation 12.5%, Management 12.5%
- #49 Festivals - Headliners
69% match8 user reviews25% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: Stud I/O
Windows
Design your Event Sites, Book Artists, Build your Career as a Promotor and Produce your own Festivals!
Why similar: City Builder 27.5%, Simulation 18.9%, Strategy 17%, Sandbox 13.3%, Economy 6.3%
- #50 Intergalactic Transfer Station
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: OverPowered TeamPub: Games Operators
Windows
Build & manage your Intergalactic Transfer Hub. Receive travellers and dock ships. Help passengers transfer, but also control them. Expand hub, build shops, take care of everyone's needs. Increase profits, change taxes. But beware: dangerous diseases and asteroids may alter your plans!
Why similar: Simulation 23%, City Builder 19.7%, Transportation 10.2% ★, Automation 9%, Sandbox 7.7%
- #51 Super Citycon
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Ben WillesPub: Ben Willes Games SL
Windows · Mac
A retro city-building game with huge maps, a sandbox mode, a map creator, and strategic tycoon puzzles. Build, create, and solve as you craft the city of your dreams!
Why similar: City Builder 36.6%, Simulation 19%, Strategy 15.6%, Sandbox 14%, Building 10.8%
- #52 Smart Factory Tycoon: Beginnings
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 501 reviews2022
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 20%
This is a free version of Smart Factory Tycoon, a game inspired by Little Big Workshop introducing the first productions. Smart Factory Tycoon is a tycoon management game where you design your dream factory with robots, plan all steps of production, research new technologies and become a tycoon!
Why similar: City Builder 18.7%, Simulation 14.1%, Strategy 13.5%, Management 10.8%, Sandbox 10.2%
- #53 Metropolis
70% match9 user reviews11% of 9 reviews2018
Dev: Studio by the Bay
Windows
Metropolis - The Ultimate City Simulator. In a game of construction, politics and real estate, build and manage your city to become the most liveable city in the world.
Why similar: City Builder 35.3%, Simulation 27%, Strategy 26.5%, Management 11.3%
- #54 Anno 1800
68% matchVery Positive81% of 31,336 reviews2019
Dev: Ubisoft MainzPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 9.7 hrsMean: 39.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 44.8%, Strategy 14.6%, Simulation 12%, Economy 11.3%, Sandbox 6.7%
- #55 Terminal One
66% matchMixed66% of 92 reviews2025
Dev: Terminal Reality
Windows
Airport building and light business tycoon game. Build up an airport providing cargo, maintenance, and passenger service. Choose which upgrades to invest in, manage policies, organize finances, optimize layouts, and balance carbon emissions.
Why similar: City Builder 24.7%, Strategy 14%, Simulation 11.6%, Sandbox 11.1%, Transportation 10.3% ★
- #56 Mall Craze
67% matchMixed54% of 67 reviews2023
Dev: Milan Timčenko
Windows
Build, Customize & Manage your own shopping center! Choose from modern gaming hardware store to cozy flower shop. Hire skilled cashiers, secure financing through bank loans, and launch strategic advertising campaigns to make your mall thrive!
Why similar: City Builder 21%, Sandbox 12.7%, Immersive Sim 10.9%, Simulation 10.5%, Building 10.3%
- #57 City Painter
65% matchPositive96% of 48 reviews2026
Dev: Blunix Games
Windows
Advanced city simulator with minimalist "Paint" graphics. Build complex intersections, edit traffic rules, and solve traffic jams without melting your PC.
Why similar: City Builder 32.2%, Simulation 19.4%, Sandbox 15.1%, Transportation 14.3% ★, Building 7.4%
- #58 Towns
70% matchMostly Negative27% of 2,831 reviews2012
Dev: Xavi Canal, Ben PalgiPub: SMP
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 17.6 hrs≥1hr: 53%
The game brings a fresh new take on the city building/management genre by introducing many RPG features. In Towns you manage a settlement on top of an active dungeon. Instead of playing the hero who delves deep into the dungeon, how about playing the town that houses and caters to the hero's needs?
Why similar: City Builder 44.2%, Sandbox 19%, Simulation 13.2%, Strategy 12.7%, Building 4.8%
- #59 Technicity: Prologue
67% matchVery Positive83% of 169 reviews2022
Dev: Osaris GamesPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Free Prologue to Technicity, a first-person city-building game with powerful tools that allow you to build faster and bigger. Design your own construction blocks and furniture in factories, terraform the open world, use vehicles to travel in cities that you or your friends create in solo or co-op.
Why similar: City Builder 25.9%, Sandbox 13.5%, Automation 10.2%, Building 8.8%, Simulation 8.8%