Games Like Citystate II

El Presidente is back! Prove yourself once again as a feared dictator or peace-loving statesman on the island state of Tropico and shape the fate of your very own banana republic through four distinctive eras.

Why similar: City Builder 32.2%, Political Sim 17.9% ★, Economy 15.5%, Management 9.3%, Sandbox 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: Blends city-building with heavy political maneuvering, allowing you to manage elections, decrees, and societal factions.

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 43.5%, Building 13.5%, Economy 10.8%, Management 9.5%, Sandbox 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: Offers deep, expansive modern city-building and infrastructure management similar to the sandbox aspects of the seed game.

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 32.7%, Economy 19.2%, Building 14.3%, Management 12%, Sandbox 9%

Why You'll Like It: Features an intensely detailed realistic economy and centralized planning that mirrors Citystate II's focus on economic simulation.

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: Politics 24.1% ★, City Builder 21.5%, Political Sim 20.3% ★, Economy 11.5%, Management 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: Combines city-building with political simulation, focusing heavily on passing laws and managing city councils over multiple eras.

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 36.1%, Economy 13.6%, Building 13.3%, Management 9.5%, Sandbox 9%

Why You'll Like It: Provides an upgraded scale of urban simulation with advanced economic and citizen behavior models.

Create a 21st century micro-nation and experiment with economic and political ideals. Futuristic skyscrapers or spreading slums, the Nation relies on your economic and city planning skills.

Why similar: City Builder 28.6%, Political Sim 20.6% ★, Economy 12.1%, Building 8.6%, Management 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: The predecessor to the seed game, sharing the exact same unique DNA of mixing city planning with political philosophies.

Democracy 4 lets you take the role of President / Prime minister, govern the country (choosing its policies, laws and other actions), and both transform the country as you see fit, while trying to retain enough popularity to get re-elected...

Why similar: Political Sim 36.6% ★, Economy 21.7%, Management 14%, Modern 7%, Simulation 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: Dives deep into the political and social policy mechanics that influence a nation's populace, matching the ideological focus of the seed.

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 25%, Political Sim 18% ★, Economy 13.6%, Building 11.8%, Management 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A gridless city-builder where the evolution of your neighborhoods depends on the resources and industries you establish nearby.

The classic transport simulation genre has a new gold standard with Transport Fever 2. Discover a whole new world by navigating transport routes through land, water and air. May progress and prosperity find their way!

Why similar: City Builder 26.3%, Economy 15.8%, Management 13.1%, Transportation 11.8% ★, Building 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: Centers heavily on logistics and economic connectivity, which are vital backbones for growing cities.

Sandbox economic simulation game about class struggle. European country is in a deep crisis. You are the mayor of the capital. Social unrest is inevitable. What price will you pay to save your people from anarchy?

Why similar: City Builder 25.5%, Economy 16.3%, Political 13% ★, Politics 12.4% ★, Management 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the friction between social classes, economics, and survival in a politically charged city-building environment.

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 49.7%, Economy 20.6%, Simulation 7%, Strategy 6.3%, Sandbox 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: Delivers a complex supply chain economy and city management experience set during the industrial revolution.

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 55.2%, Building 13.6%, Economy 9.1%, Management 7.7%, Strategy 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: Combines city-building with harsh societal choices and laws that dictate the moral fabric of your surviving population.

Project Highrise is a skyscraper construction and management sim...

Why similar: Management 24.5%, Building 24.4%, Simulation 12%, Economy 11.9%, City Builder 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on vertical urban planning, economic management, and tenant satisfaction within a single skyscraper.

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 34.3%, Economy 14.7%, Building 12.4%, Sandbox 11.6%, Management 8%

Why You'll Like It: Pushes the limits of city-building scale with complex economic simulations and massive populations.

SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition includes the bestselling SimCity 4 and the all-new SimCity 4 Rush Hour Expansion Pack. Create the most massive region of cities ever, with a farming town, bedroom community, high-tech commercial center, and industrial backbone.

Why similar: City Builder 29.5%, Economy 19.3%, Building 14.4%, Management 12%, Sandbox 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: The classic gold standard for regional city-building with intricate economic policies and advisor feedback.

Build and maintain a power grid for a constantly growing population, while fighting off all kinds of disasters in this thrilling resource management experience. It's time for you to give "Power to the People"! Do you have what it takes to keep the lights on?

Why similar: City Builder 28.1%, Economy 21.1%, Building 15.3%, Management 14.1%, Modern 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: A management game focused entirely on maintaining a vital power grid while balancing economic costs and public approval.

Build & Manage Your Airport. An International Hub or a Regional Masterpiece -- it's up to you. Buy more land to scale out, or escalators to scale up with MULTIPLE FLOORS. You're in full control in this modern business management tycoon!

Why similar: City Builder 30.3%, Economy 20%, Building 14.5%, Management 12.8%, Sandbox 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: A niche management game centered around layout design, economic balancing, and passenger satisfaction.

Have you ever wanted to be president? or prime-minister? Convinced you could do a better job of running the country? Let's face it, you could hardly do a worse job than our current political leaders.

Why similar: Political Sim 39.5% ★, Politics 28.2% ★, Political 10.6% ★, Economy 6.1%, Simulation 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: A purely systems-driven political simulator where every voter's opinion and policy choice interconnects.

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 37.2%, Economy 17.3%, Building 13.7%, Management 9.8%, Sandbox 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: Emphasizes large-scale city building and economic management across diverse maps.

Silicon City is a new take on the classic city builder genre, where each citizen voice their opinion. Will you be an urban designer, a rural evangelist or a reckless capitalist? Build your way to the most productive city until elected as the best mayor or plan the city of your dreams in sandbox.

Why similar: City Builder 20.6%, Political Sim 18.9% ★, Economy 13.3%, Building 10.2%, Management 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled city builder focused on urban planning, zoning, and satisfying the economic needs of citizens.

Lead your people to glory and write a new chapter of history in Realpolitiks II, a real-time grand strategy game where you lead any contemporary nation in an attempt to secure world dominance.

Why similar: Political Sim 29.2% ★, Politics 24.6% ★, Political 20.1% ★, Simulation 11%, Strategy 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: A grand strategy game focusing purely on government control, geopolitics, and domestic policy management.

Design and run your own railroads for the real world. Solve global transportation dilemmas. Unleash your inner railway engineer and transit policy manager.

Why similar: City Builder 18.1%, Political Sim 17.6% ★, Economy 16.1%, Building 11%, Transportation 10.4% ★

Why You'll Like It: A management game for building complex transit networks that fuel urban expansion and economic growth.

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 29.7%, Economy 22.8%, Management 16%, Building 8%, Simulation 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: Offers an entrepreneur-focused management experience driven by complex production chains and market economics.

Build and manage an international airport!

Why similar: City Builder 21.9%, Economy 16.4%, Building 13.7%, Management 12.9%, Sandbox 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: Provides deep simulation mechanics regarding operational efficiency, employee management, and financial strategy.

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 54.2%, Simulation 12.8%, Management 9.6%, Sandbox 9%, Economy 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: Features a realistic economic engine and trading system across multiple interconnected cities.

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 47.5%, Building 15%, Economy 14%, Management 6.6%, Strategy 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: Blends city-building and resource management with heavy societal oversight and policy decision-making.

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 27.2%, Economy 13.9%, Building 12.7%, Simulation 9.3%, Management 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: A simulation title focusing on urban planning layouts, traffic management, and civic optimization.

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 47%, Economy 13.9%, Sandbox 10.8%, Simulation 9.1%, Strategy 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: Lets you rule a banana republic through various historical eras, balancing political corruption and economic development.

Create an extrasolar efficiency utopia from scratch! In this sci-fi city builder you need to start mining operations, plan production, and lay down transportation routes to ensure a smooth supply chain.

Why similar: City Builder 28%, Economy 16.3%, Building 12.3%, Transportation 10.5% ★, Sandbox 9.7%

Build a cozy little city on top of a brutally honest economy. Every citizen is simulated, one by one: they work, pay rent, get sick, go broke and turn to crime. Set taxes and policy, win elections, and survive a newspaper that blames you for everything.

Why similar: City Builder 22.5%, Politics 19.9% ★, Economy 13.9%, Political 10.7% ★, Management 8.3%

A sandbox strategy game. Build your nation's transport network, grow your economy, develop your cities, and raise your people's prosperity. Every map is procedurally generated and unique.

Why similar: City Builder 31.9%, Economy 14.6%, Sandbox 11.9%, Simulation 10.3%, Management 8.5%

Economic booms, stock market crashes, oil crises, upswings, triumphs... Now you can become the greatest power in industry!

Why similar: Economy 38.8%, Simulation 22.4%, Management 21.2%, Strategy 17.6%

Why You'll Like It: A classic economic tycoon game focusing entirely on supply chains, production, and marketplace dominance.

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 34.3%, Political Sim 28.4% ★, Building 13.5%, Management 11%, Simulation 4.4%

Transport Fever is a railroad-focused tycoon game. Players start in 1850 and build up a thriving transport company. As an emerging transport tycoon, the player constructs stations, airports, harbors and makes money by connecting areas requiring transport services. Build up your own Empire!

Why similar: City Builder 26.4%, Economy 17.6%, Building 13.2%, Management 10.9%, Sandbox 10.4%

Government Simulator is a is a simple economic and political simulation game based on real-world data. Take control of a whole country, like the USA, Germany, France, Russia, or Austria. Change laws, taxes and budgets based on real world statistics and data, and see what happens.

Why similar: Political Sim 43.1% ★, Politics 22.9% ★, Economy 12.2%, Simulation 7%, Management 6.6%

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: City Builder 26.3%, Economy 16.8%, Building 12.4%, Management 10.9%, Transportation 10.2% ★

Design your own skyscraper with more than 100 Floors. Rent offices, apartments or shops and build a financially lucrative skyscraper. Build cinemas, bars or a theater to satisfy your visitors and create an effective transport system with elevators and stairs.

Why similar: City Builder 26.4%, Economy 17.6%, Building 13.9%, Management 12%, Sandbox 10.2%

Urbek City Builder: Prologue is a free 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. Try it yourself for free!

Why similar: City Builder 22.2%, Political Sim 20.8% ★, Economy 13.9%, Building 11.1%, Management 9.1%

A city builder that has all the bells and whistles you know and love with one twist. In Megacity Builder you build a whole nation not just a city. Pass laws at the national level. Build cities like in classic city builders while producing resources to feed your massive capital.

Why similar: Political Sim 26.3% ★, City Builder 24.1%, Economy 14.7%, Building 11.7%, Sandbox 9.4%

Build your own bus depot from scratch and create your personal bus routes in City Bus Manager. Play in your own hometown or any famous city in the world with real map data. Buy buses, maintain them, take care of your staff and lead your bus company to become the #1 in town!

Why similar: Economy 36.5%, Management 23.9%, Simulation 14%, Sandbox 13.1%, Strategy 6.1%

Subway Builder is a hyperrealistic transit simulation game. Build a new subway system from the ground up while dealing with real-world constraints and costs. Craft the subway system your city deserves.

Why similar: City Builder 35.1%, Building 15%, Management 12.5%, Simulation 9.7%, Economy 8.6%

Lawgivers is a turn-based political simulation game. Run for elections with your own party and enter parliament to approve or abolish laws. Appoint the president and decide whether you want a democracy or just a fake one instead.

Why similar: Politics 25.5% ★, Political Sim 24.4% ★, Political 22.5% ★, Sandbox 8.2%, Management 7.4%

Modern Casino Tycoon Simulation in full 3D glory. Build the casino. Set the odds. Expand into a luxury hotel/casino or go cheap & extract max profits. Keep the vault secure at all times, and beware of criminals & cheaters!!

Why similar: City Builder 29.6%, Economy 17.4%, Building 14.3%, Management 11.4%, Sandbox 11.4%

In Power & Revolution, become a Head of State of one or several countries of your choice and extend your influence on the world, or play as a legal or illegal opposition leader and get ready for the conquest to power!

Why similar: Political Sim 34.7% ★, Politics 29.9% ★, Political 12.9% ★, Economy 11.8%, Simulation 6.2%

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 31.7%, Economy 15.7%, Building 13.6%, Management 13.3%, Sandbox 9.9%

Build an idyllic 19th century Mediterranean town and help it flourish into a prosperous city. Freely place and customise each element to create the perfect home for your growing population in this cozy city builder from the creators of Station to Station.

Why similar: City Builder 40.2%, Economy 16%, Building 14.9%, Management 10.2%, Sandbox 9.1%

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

Why similar: City Builder 25.7%, Management 18.3%, Simulation 15.7%, Economy 14.6%, Transportation 9.7% ★

The world is changing and Tropico is moving with the times - geographical powers rise and fall and the world market is dominated by new players with new demands and offers - and you, as El Presidente, face a whole new set of challenges.

Why similar: City Builder 49%, Management 12.9%, Economy 9.2%, Simulation 8.1%, Sandbox 7.2%

From barren land to towering metropolis, every decision you make shapes the destiny of your city. Industrial flow, global trade, surging land values, and growing wealth, offers deep management gameplay, perfect for players who love strategic city-building and economic simulation.

Why similar: City Builder 33.7%, Economy 21.1%, Building 15.8%, Sandbox 11.5%, Modern 8.2%

Build and manage your dream city in this captivating simulation game. Create unique urban landscapes and enjoy compatibility with the mobile versions. Unleash your creativity and shape the metropolis of your dreams.

Why similar: City Builder 30.3%, Political Sim 22.6% ★, Building 13.4%, Management 11.1%, Sandbox 11.1%

Build, manage, and expand your own lucrative parking enterprise in this management sim. Parking World puts the power to build your perfect parking garage at your fingertips while solving everybody else's parking problems in unique narrative scenarios or without any objectives in freeplay mode.

Why similar: City Builder 23.7%, Economy 18.8%, Building 14.9%, Management 12.3%, Sandbox 10%

A city-building game with a unique twist—step inside and experience your city firsthand! Plan roads, zones, and infrastructure while growing your economy, managing resources, and unlocking special buildings. Host events, build mega projects, and watch your city thrive in a dynamic world.

Why similar: City Builder 37.3%, Economy 21.2%, Sandbox 13.6%, Building 9.4%, Strategy 6.1%

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 35.3%, Economy 19.4%, Building 14.5%, Sandbox 11.7%, Management 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 28.9%, Economy 19.4%, Building 14.4%, Sandbox 11.4%, Management 10.2%

Step into the shoes of a hotel owner as you design, build, and manage grand hotels around the world. Juggle demanding guests, frantic logistics, and plenty of unexpected surprises in Hotel Architect; the ultimate hotel construction and tycoon management game!

Why similar: City Builder 28.2%, Economy 18.1%, Building 14.5%, Management 12.5%, Sandbox 10.9%

Design and build the most efficient metro stations known to man! Excavate. Expand. Set staff priorities. And manage the commuter flow. Overcrowd is a 2.5D management/tycoon/simulator set below the bustling city of Lubdon Town.

Why similar: City Builder 30%, Building 14.8%, Management 14.2%, Economy 12%, Sandbox 10.4%

Build an industrial empire from scratch in Industry Giant 4.0. Produce goods, build up your industries, construct transportation networks, plan production, manage finances, and navigate global events. Become the next business tycoon and write history!

Why similar: City Builder 25.8%, Economy 17.3%, Management 13.2%, Building 11.8%, Modern 8.8%

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 26.9%, Management 14.9%, Transportation 14.2% ★, Simulation 12.1%, Economy 10.3%

Become the dictator of a remote island during the Cold War. Charm, persuade, intimidate, oppress, or cheat your people to stay in power! Are you a kind and generous leader? A corrupt and ruthless tyrant ruling with an iron fist?

Why similar: City Builder 33.3%, Politics 19.8% ★, Management 9.7%, Simulation 8.5%, Economy 7.9%