- #1 Cities: Skylines II
97% 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 34.4%, Building 13.4%, Economy 10.6%, Simulation 9.5%, Transportation 9.1% ★
- #2 Chinese Empire: Prologue
96% 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%, Building 13.8%, Economy 12.5%, Simulation 10.8%, Resource Management 10.5%
- #3 Urbanist
96% 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 30.8%, Building 14.7%, Resource Management 13.6%, Economy 10.1%, Simulation 9.1%
- #4 My Tiny Park
95% 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 29.9%, Simulation 14.3%, Building 12.9%, Resource Management 11.3%, Economy 10.5%
- #5 City Masterplan
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 1:1 Studio
Windows
Break the grid and build a true 1:1 scale metropolis. City Masterplan is a realistic city builder where traffic, citizens, and economy form a fully simulated system. Design complex road networks freely, manage real congestion, and shape a city through the decisions you make.
Why similar: City Builder 29.2%, Simulation 13.8%, Transportation 10.3% ★, Building 8.9%, Strategy 8.4%
- #6 Dubai Simulator
94% 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 31.2%, Simulation 16.4%, Building 10.8%, Economy 10.4%, Resource Management 7.7%
- #7 Chinese Empire
93% matchMostly Negative39% of 36 reviews2024
Dev: Yeyuna
Windows
Chinese Empire is an economic city-building strategy taking place in the picturesque areas of China. Create your own new empire that will go down in history!
Why similar: City Builder 32.3%, Building 15%, Economy 13.7%, Management 8.9%, Simulation 8.1%
- #8 Crowncity
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Haon Games
Windows
Building and managing a late medieval city is a series of challenges. Build wells to provide drinking water, markets to provide bread and food, and theaters to collect performance tax. Stage mode continues an interesting story and journey, random map mode fills each game with a new experience.
Why similar: City Builder 27.1%, Building 14.1%, Economy 11.7%, Resource Management 10.3%, Simulation 8.6%
- #9 Super Company
91% 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 29.1%, Economy 16.1%, Resource Management 13.8%, Building 9.9%, Simulation 9.4%
- #10 Chess Club Manager
91% 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 34.3%, Economy 14.9%, Simulation 12.6%, Building 9.4%, Resource Management 8.4%
- #11 Macropolis
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RiceGames
Windows · Linux
A cozy 2D city-building game where you gather resources, upgrade buildings, and grow a small pixel town brought to life with cars, dynamic weather and beautiful sunsets.
Why similar: City Builder 35.4%, Simulation 17.5%, Building 11.2%, Economy 10.8%, Resource Management 8.8%
- #12 Citystate Metropolis
89% 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 28.4%, Transportation 15% ★, Building 14.3%, Economy 12.9%, Simulation 9%
- #13 Steam & Heather
89% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Flag Hippo Games
Windows
A cosy railway management builder set in 19th-century Scotland. Shape the land, lay track, connect industries, and watch towns grow as steam reshapes the Scottish landscape.
Why similar: City Builder 22.7%, Transportation 17.3% ★, Resource Management 11.1%, Economy 10.7%, Management 8.1%
- #14 A-Train: All Aboard! Tourism
87% 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 24.3%, Transportation 14.5% ★, Building 12.4%, Economy 11.8%, Resource Management 10.8%
- #15 Cities XXL
88% 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 40%, Building 15.6%, Economy 15.2%, Simulation 10.6%, Management 8.4%
- #16 Anno 1800
86% 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 44.6%, Economy 15.2%, Resource Management 10%, Simulation 9%, Strategy 7.2%
- #17 Cities in Motion 2
86% 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: Transportation 26.7% ★, City Builder 23.5%, Simulation 14.9%, Management 10.4%, Economy 7.3%
- #18 Shopping Center Tycoon
85% 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 20.9%, Building 16.3%, Economy 14.3%, Simulation 14.1%, Management 12.6%
- #19 The Archaeologists
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: dogvsbear
Windows · Linux
The Archaeologists is a single-player settlement builder. Establish multiple settlements through manufacturing and trade. Raise great structures across the mountain to link them into one interconnected economy. Dig into the rock to unearth valuable artifacts and uncover a forgotten past.
Why similar: City Builder 34.5%, Economy 14%, Simulation 13.2%, Resource Management 10.3%, Management 9.2%
- #20 Dream Corp 梦想公司
84% 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 20.2%, Building 18.2%, Resource Management 15.1%, Simulation 14.4%, Management 13.3%
- #21 Metroland
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Anglia Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Become a transport tycoon in 1900s London. Expand transport lines, housing, and businesses to fund your transport empire. Make use of urban planning to create communities that will use your services.
Why similar: City Builder 24.7%, Transportation 20.8% ★, Economy 12.1%, Building 10.7%, Management 8%
- #22 County of Fortune
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Nepos GamesPub: Aquila Interactive
Windows · Linux
Build an entire medieval county, not just a city. Find villages across a wide, varied landscape, weave trade along rivers and roads, and guide mayors, noble houses, and cultures as your region comes to life. A city-builder on a much bigger scale, no two counties are alike.
Why similar: City Builder 25.9%, Economy 13.7%, Building 12.9%, Resource Management 12.4%, Simulation 8.1%
- #23 Roadworks 2
82% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2021
Dev: Taxsoft
Windows
City building real time strategy economy simulation game. Manage the resources on the map and build a city connected through road networks of different types of road so that you can meet production targets.
Why similar: City Builder 32.4%, Building 20%, Economy 17.4%, Resource Management 10.8%, Simulation 10.7%
- #24 Nightlife Tycoon
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Koala Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Nightlife Tycoon is a bar management game, where you have to build your dream bar and make it thrive. Hire staff, take care of customers, organize incredible events and become the king of nightlife!
Why similar: Building 17.9%, Resource Management 17.3%, Economy 16.2%, City Builder 14.6%, Management 12.3%
- #25 Project AURA
81% 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 30.6%, Resource Management 14.1%, Economy 11.3%, Building 10.9%, Simulation 10.6%
- #26 Cities: Skylines
80% 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 43.9%, Building 14.4%, Simulation 9.6%, Economy 8.9%, Management 7.6%
- #27 National Transit
79% 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 30.1%, Transportation 15% ★, Simulation 13.8%, Economy 11.2%, Resource Management 7.8%
- #28 Terminal One
78% 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 25.1%, Building 14.3%, Transportation 13.3% ★, Economy 11.5%, Simulation 8.9%
- #29 A-Train PC Classic
79% matchVery Positive81% of 147 reviews2016
Dev: ARTDINKPub: STUDIOARTDINK
Windows
As president of a train company, lead city growth to make your transport business prosper. The retro style, square grid map, and complete tutorials are easy on the newcomer, but veterans will find a challenge with advanced resource management, research, and the passage of time.
Why similar: City Builder 24.8%, Transportation 15.6% ★, Building 12.6%, Economy 11.5%, Resource Management 10.6%
- #30 Foundation
76% matchVery Positive86% of 23,714 reviews2025
Dev: Polymorph Games
Windows
Median: 11.0 hrsMean: 26.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 43.3%, Resource Management 10.8%, Economy 9.7%, Building 9.6%, Simulation 8.4%
- #31 Bonanza Burger
77% 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 30.6%, Simulation 15.9%, Building 11.5%, Economy 9.5%, Strategy 9.3%
- #32 Seasteader
78% 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 28.4%, Simulation 19.6%, Economy 16.1%, Resource Management 13.8%, Strategy 12.6%
- #33 NationForge
76% 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 31.1%, Transportation 22.2% ★, Simulation 10.8%, Resource Management 9.8%, Strategy 6.6%
- #34 StarScraper
77% matchMixed65% of 23 reviews2021
Dev: Mitchell GarrettPub: Rosae Ex Ludis
Windows
So, you’re the new Boss? Seems like every year I get a new entrepreneur to babysit. It takes more than dreams to build a skyscraper! You need to track stocks, utilities, prestige—ah who am I kidding? You're rich, you can do whatever you want. Go on, build rockets into it like the last clown did.
Why similar: City Builder 25.3%, Transportation 17.4% ★, Economy 12.5%, Building 12.3%, Resource Management 8.1%
- #35 OpenTTD
75% matchVery Positive95% of 16,601 reviews2021
Dev: OpenTTD
Windows · Mac · Linux
OpenTTD is a business simulation game in which players earn money by transporting passengers and cargo via road, rail, water, and air. It is an open-source remake and expansion of the 1995 Chris Sawyer video game Transport Tycoon Deluxe.
Why similar: Transportation 18.4% ★, City Builder 16.3%, Building 15.7%, Economy 14.6%, Resource Management 9.4%
- #36 RollerCoaster Tycoon® 3: Complete Edition
75% 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 29.9%, Building 18.8%, Management 13.9%, Resource Management 11.4%, Simulation 9.8%
- #37 Kıraathane Tycoon
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cemil Bora Miskioğlu
Windows
Build and manage your own neighborhood coffeehouse. Serve tea, keep your customers happy, and turn a small kıraathane into a legendary chain!
Why similar: City Builder 31.2%, Simulation 15.7%, Economy 10.9%, Strategy 9.6%, Building 9.5%
- #38 乡间
74% matchMostly Positive76% of 93 reviews2021
Dev: 飞麦菌
Windows
这是一款以农村为背景的模拟经营游戏。建造农田、伐木场、采石场等建筑来生产基础资源,建造加工厂来生产利润更高的产品,在市场售卖产品获得利润,为村民升级房屋和工作场所增加幸福度,在乡政府解锁政策调控生产。最终目标是建立美丽新农村。
Why similar: City Builder 31.2%, Economy 14.4%, Building 13.1%, Transportation 13% ★, Resource Management 12.5%
- #39 Aquis
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Oromith Games
Windows · Mac
Aquis: A strategic elemental adventure where a human mage, stranded in a mystical world, must collaborate with elemental beings to mend a portal breach. Battle shadow creatures, restore harmony, and seek a path back to Earth.
Why similar: City Builder 35.5%, Building 15.6%, Economy 15.2%, Simulation 8.7%, Management 8.4%
- #40 Transport Fever 2
72% matchVery Positive90% of 31,637 reviews2019
Dev: Urban GamesPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 15.8 hrsMean: 65.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 23%, Transportation 22.1% ★, Economy 11.4%, Simulation 10%, Management 9.1%
- #41 Rise of Industry
73% matchMostly Positive73% of 4,168 reviews2019
Dev: Dapper Penguin StudiosPub: Kasedo Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 25.6%, Economy 16%, Resource Management 13.1%, Management 10.9%, Transportation 9.3% ★
- #42 Country Architect
72% 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 27.1%, Transportation 12.9% ★, Building 12%, Simulation 10.2%, Economy 9.4%
- #43 Sumerians
70% matchVery Positive88% of 323 reviews2023
Dev: Decumanus GamesPub: Melqart Games
Windows
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 28.8%, Simulation 13.2%, Resource Management 10%, Economy 9.9%, Building 8.8%
- #44 Saimai Rd
71% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2022
Dev: MakhamDev
Windows
Grow a city with your transport system in this minimal logistic management game!
Why similar: City Builder 30.5%, Simulation 15.2%, Transportation 15.1% ★, Building 11.1%, Strategy 9.3%
- #45 Children of the Nile: Enhanced Edition
73% matchVery Positive85% of 465 reviews2008
Dev: Tilted Mill Entertainment, Inc.
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 45%
Children of the Nile™ is a unique gem of a city-building game, unparalleled in both grandeur and attention to detail.As Pharaoh you will guide your people through thousands of years of history: from simple hunter-gatherers to the creation of an immortal civilization.
Why similar: City Builder 48%, Simulation 14%, Historical 12.6%, Management 8.8%, Strategy 8.1%
- #46 Epic Palace : Knossos
71% matchPositive92% of 24 reviews2021
Dev: Milkroom Studios GmbH
Windows
Immerse yourself in the epic world of the Bronze Age! Rule over the first European civilization and build the famous Palace of Knossos. Be smart in diplomacy and trade, use your gained reputation and equip your throne room with unique frescoes from all over the world.
Why similar: City Builder 26.4%, Building 16.6%, Simulation 10.7%, Economy 9.1%, Strategy 8.4%
- #47 Hotel Magnate
69% matchMixed59% of 484 reviews2025
Dev: Arcade Oven
Windows · Mac · Linux
Have you ever wanted to design and manage your own hotel, rundown motel, or elegant resort? With a ridiculous amount of customization tools to wield, a host of facilities to build, and a wide variety of guests to impress, Hotel Magnate has it all. Let your inner hotel manager shine!
Why similar: City Builder 24.7%, Resource Management 15%, Building 14.9%, Economy 13.5%, Management 10%
- #48 Trailer Park Life
69% 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 41.2%, Building 16.4%, Simulation 16.2%, Economy 11.7%, Management 11.4%
- #49 Coffee Noir - Business Detective Game
70% matchMostly Positive70% of 87 reviews2021
Dev: DOJI
Windows · Mac · Linux
A unique combination of a business management game and detective novel with elegant graphics in a noir comic-book art style. Experience an advanced business management simulation along with intriguing story set in alternative future of Neo-London.
Why similar: City Builder 18.8%, Economy 15.5%, Resource Management 13.8%, Simulation 12.3%, Management 12.1%
- #50 MiniTrans
69% matchMixed53% of 19 reviews2024
Dev: DD Metaverse
Windows
MiniTrans is a city building and traffic simulation game. Players independently build main cities and satellite cities, develop metropolitan areas and city clusters, and build various transportation facilities between urban areas to transport commuters to earn taxes.
Why similar: City Builder 26.4%, Transportation 22.3% ★, Building 13.6%, Economy 12.6%, Simulation 8.2%
- #51 Cities XL Platinum
71% 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 54.4%, Simulation 18.2%, Management 7.7%, Strategy 5.5%, Sandbox 5.1%
- #52 Cities in Motion
70% 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: City Builder 23.5%, Simulation 20.5%, Transportation 18.7% ★, Management 13.4%, Economy 10.8%
- #53 Oriontis
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Beacon 55
Windows
A large-scale narrative city-builder set across floating lands. Build 100+ structures, master production and sky trade, and transform a fragile colony into a thriving civilization.
Why similar: City Builder 31.2%, Economy 16.6%, Resource Management 15.9%, Building 12.1%, Simulation 8.1%
- #54 Tropico 5
68% 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 45.2%, Simulation 12.3%, Economy 10.8%, Strategy 10%, Resource Management 7.2%
- #55 Wild West Pioneers
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: EmpireCraft StudiosPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Forge your destiny on the untamed frontier in the city-builder Wild West Pioneers. Build and manage a growing town, establish production chains, scout for new outposts and build trade routes to support your settlements. Build, survive, and thrive in the land of opportunity!
Why similar: City Builder 24.7%, Transportation 12.4% ★, Building 10.8%, Economy 10.7%, Resource Management 7.3%
- #56 20 Minute Metropolis - The Action City Builder
68% matchMostly Positive68% of 47 reviews2020
Dev: Dejobaan Games, LLC
Windows
Construct the infrastructure to rebuild civilization. Set up supply lines, mine skyscrapers for plastics, and find a place to process all the poop your people will generate. You have twenty minutes.
Why similar: City Builder 35.7%, Building 17.8%, Resource Management 11.8%, Management 10.9%, Economy 10.7%
- #57 Railroad Engineer
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 36 reviews2023
Dev: SP Digital Arts Inc.
Windows
Build railroads, drive trains, collect resources, deliver goods, and grow cities.
Why similar: City Builder 21.1%, Transportation 20.7% ★, Building 12.6%, Economy 11.5%, Resource Management 11.2%
- #58 Paris in 2000 Years
66% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Windforce
Windows
'Paris in 2000 Years' is a city-builder game focused on the history of Paris. From the Gallo-Roman era to the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, you can construct, upgrade, and beautify various buildings. Completing historical quests will also reward you with iconic landmark architectures.
Why similar: City Builder 32.7%, Economy 16%, Building 15.8%, Historical 8.7%, Simulation 6.8%
- #59 Dubai Builder
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Games Incubator
Windows
Dubai Builder is a strategy game in which you build, develop and manage a city in the desert and are responsible for all aspects related to it and struggle with difficult climatic conditions.
Why similar: City Builder 33.3%, Building 16.4%, Resource Management 14.9%, Simulation 10.5%, Strategy 9.7%
- #60 Ethics Empire
65% 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 29.8%, Simulation 15.9%, Strategy 11.7%, Building 11.3%, Management 11.1%