- #1 Chinese Empire
97% 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 31.1%, Economy 16.9%, Building 16.1%, Management 12.2%, Strategy 6.2%
- #2 Fantastic Haven
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Piece of Cake FabulousPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Restore the equilibrium of magic by saving endangered fantasy creatures. Build your shelter to welcome and protect them, explore unique regions, rally neighboring populations to your cause and rehabilitate creatures in their natural environment.
Why similar: Real-Time 23.4% ★, City Builder 17.6%, Economy 10.9%, Building 9.8%, Nature 9.6%
- #3 The Archaeologists
96% matchNo user reviews2027
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 31.8%, Economy 16.5%, Management 11.9%, Nature 11.1%, Strategy 7.8%
- #4 Chinese Empire: Prologue
95% 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 31.4%, Economy 16.2%, Building 15.5%, Management 8.5%, Strategy 8.1%
- #5 Sumerians
94% matchVery Positive88% of 326 reviews2023
Dev: Decumanus 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 25.5%, Real-Time 20.3% ★, Economy 11.3%, Building 8.6%, Management 7.5%
- #6 United Penguin Kingdom
93% matchMostly Positive75% of 452 reviews2024
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%
A city-building game where you build a penguin settlement and satisfy the various needs of your penguins while dealing with seals and killer whales. Enjoy the growth of your settlement, become the king, and lead the United Penguin Kingdom.
Why similar: City Builder 28.1%, Economy 17%, Management 12.6%, Building 9.7%, Resource Management 6.6%
- #7 Cities XXL
94% matchMixed41% of 2,364 reviews2015
Dev: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 50.8 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 38.3%, Economy 18.6%, Building 16.5%, Management 11.3%, Simulation 6.1%
- #8 Mall Craze
92% matchMixed54% of 68 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 20.3%, Building 16.4%, Economy 16.3%, Management 12.6%, Real-Time 11.5% ★
- #9 My Tiny Park
91% 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 31%, Building 14.8%, Economy 14%, Management 13%, Simulation 8.8%
- #10 Urbanist
91% 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 32.5%, Building 17.3%, Economy 13.7%, Management 11.5%, Resource Management 6.8%
- #11 Dream Corp 梦想公司
90% match3 user reviews33% of 3 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 21.8%, Economy 16.6%, Building 16.6%, Management 14.8%, Resource Management 6.8%
- #12 Cities: Skylines II
89% matchMixed56% of 91,808 reviews2023
Dev: Iceflake StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 23.6 hrsMean: 76.6 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 37.2%, Building 16.2%, Economy 14.7%, Management 11%, Simulation 6.1%
- #13 Amusement Tycoon
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BronStudio
Windows
Manage your park in Amusement Tycoon! Build thrilling attractions, manage staff, and delight visitors to create the park of your dreams and achieve success!
Why similar: City Builder 28.4%, Economy 16.1%, Building 15.7%, Management 14.8%, Nature 7.4%
- #14 Empire Architect
89% matchMixed65% of 171 reviews2017
Dev: Batholith Entertainment
Windows
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 29.7%, Real-Time 18.1% ★, Economy 13.4%, Building 12.2%, Management 8.3%
- #15 Builders of Egypt
87% matchMostly Negative33% of 505 reviews2025
Dev: Strategy Labs
Windows
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 27.3%, Real-Time 19.5% ★, Economy 14.7%, Building 13.7%, Management 9.6%
- #16 Civilize
86% 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 33.4%, Building 16.6%, Economy 16.1%, Management 9.3%, Resource Management 7.8%
- #17 Corral
86% matchMixed61% of 23 reviews2018
Dev: The Sherrinford
Windows
Welcome to your corral, enter the cutthroat business of raising the perfect brood and a successful ranch. Breed and mix more than 15 chicken breeds to achieve your needs. Club a few predators on the head. Create a Fried Chicken Empire or become the largest wholesale egg vendor on the valley.
Why similar: City Builder 30.8%, Economy 22.3%, Management 13.6%, Simulation 10.6%, Relaxing 9.4%
- #18 Endzone 2
84% matchMixed67% of 1,067 reviews2025
Dev: Gentlymad StudiosPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Endzone 2 is a post-apocalyptic survival colony builder, where you embark to secure humanity's survival after a cataclysmic disaster. Discover and repopulate the last habitable grounds, while the survival of your people hinges on your wits, foresight, and resilience in a harsh and unforgiving world.
Why similar: City Builder 23.8%, Real-Time 20.8% ★, Economy 13.5%, Building 11.6%, Nature 8.7%
- #19 Dubai Simulator
84% 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 33.1%, Economy 14.2%, Building 12.7%, Simulation 10.4%, Management 7.8%
- #20 Anno 2070™
85% matchMixed60% of 12,702 reviews2011
Dev: Blue BytePub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 10.5 hrsMean: 30.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Build your society of the future, colonize islands, and create sprawling megacities with multitudes of buildings, vehicles, and resources to manage.
Why similar: City Builder 43.6%, Real-Time 13.5% ★, Economy 12.3%, Strategy 9.5%, Building 5.9%
- #21 Trailer Park Life
83% matchNo user reviews2027
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 39%, Building 17.2%, Management 15.2%, Economy 14.1%, Simulation 9.2%
- #22 Green City
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fabiulous Games
Windows · Mac
Green City is a Free-to-Play, Eco-Focused City-Builder. Create your own beautiful sustainable city, manage resources and balance economic growth with environmental impact.
Why similar: City Builder 26.1%, Nature 15.7%, Building 13.9%, Economy 12.7%, Management 10.6%
- #23 Hotel Magnate
82% matchMixed58% of 491 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 23.4%, Economy 16.4%, Building 15.7%, Management 13.4%, Resource Management 6.7%
- #24 County of Fortune
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Nepos GamesPub: Aquila Interactive
Windows · Linux
Build an entire medieval county, not just a city. Found 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 28.5%, Economy 18.9%, Building 15.6%, Management 9.5%, Resource Management 6.4%
- #25 PolyTown
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Threading Squirrel
Windows
PolyTown is a modern, low poly city building game. Zone areas for residents and businesses, connect them and build services and utilities to keep your citizens satisfied. But don’t get too comfy, if you don’t do your job well, people will make you pay the price.
Why similar: City Builder 35.6%, Economy 21.7%, Strategy 8.3%, Simulation 8%, Building 7.2%
- #26 Aquis
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pomo 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 34.6%, Economy 18.9%, Building 16.8%, Management 11.6%, Strategy 6.6%
- #27 Parking World: Build & Manage
79% matchMixed67% of 183 reviews2025
Dev: Binary ImpactPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows
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 23.3%, Economy 19.3%, Building 17.2%, Management 13.6%, Resource Management 6.5%
- #28 Project AURA
79% 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 31%, Economy 14.6%, Management 12.6%, Building 12.3%, Strategy 7.6%
- #29 Shopping Center Tycoon
78% matchPositive80% of 40 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 21.5%, Economy 18.8%, Building 18.6%, Management 18.4%, Strategy 8.8%
- #30 Cities: Skylines
77% matchVery Positive93% of 291,638 reviews2015
Dev: Colossal OrderPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 65.9 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 44.3%, Building 16.1%, Economy 11.5%, Management 10.9%, Simulation 5.8%
- #31 Highrise Mogul
78% matchMixed51% of 53 reviews2021
Dev: Olli Arkko
Windows
Highrise Mogul: design, build and manage your own skyscraper. Make floor plans, place rentable rooms, hire staff, design a beautiful garden, manage your own power grid and much more!
Why similar: City Builder 31.6%, Building 17.8%, Economy 17.6%, Management 11.5%, Strategy 5.9%
- #32 Planet Coaster 2
75% matchMostly Positive74% of 14,453 reviews2024
Dev: Frontier Developments
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 31.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 26.6%, Building 18.5%, Economy 16.4%, Management 8.3%, Simulation 7.5%
- #33 Lord of Kensai
76% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: WRKS Games Singapore
Windows
Command the seasons. Conquer rival factions. Build your legacy in the Katana-Ra universe. Lord of Kensai blends accessible city-building with deep, strategic mastery. Will your metropolis endure the shifting tides, or crumble under the weight of history? Ascend to power—your city awaits.
Why similar: City Builder 29%, Economy 17.4%, Building 16.7%, Management 13.1%, Resource Management 6.9%
- #34 Diluvian Winds
76% matchMostly Positive73% of 390 reviews2024
Dev: Alambik StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Diluvian Winds is a relaxing management game set in a small hamlet at the foot of a lighthouse. Welcome weary travelers and work together to expand your hamlet on land, under the sea, or among the clouds.
Why similar: City Builder 28.9%, Economy 13.7%, Building 12.8%, Nature 11.9%, Management 9.3%
- #35 Roadworks 2
77% 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 33.2%, Economy 22.9%, Building 22.7%, Strategy 8.9%, Simulation 6.6%
- #36 United Penguin Kingdom: Huddle up
74% matchVery Positive89% of 636 reviews2023
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 45%
This free version of the United Penguin Kingdom covers the content from one year of in-game time. A city-building game where you build a penguin settlement and satisfy the various needs of your penguins while dealing with seals and killer whales.
Why similar: City Builder 31.3%, Economy 15%, Management 12.7%, Nature 10%, Resource Management 7.5%
- #37 Metropixia
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CasualPixel
Windows · Mac
Build and manage your city in this strategic city builder. Optimize resources, place buildings efficiently, and recruit architects to maximize your city's growth.
Why similar: City Builder 35.6%, Economy 15.6%, Management 11%, Building 7.7%, Nature 7.2%
- #38 Pixel Airport Tycoon 3D
73% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2026
Dev: hans-jürgen müller
Windows
Build and manage your own airport – in classic 2D or full 3D. From your first runway to an international hub: terminals, cargo, customs, weather & de-icing, airline contracts, staff and research. Plan smart and become the world's best airport tycoon!
Why similar: Economy 23.9%, City Builder 20.3%, Building 18%, Management 13.6%, Strategy 7.3%
- #39 City Tales - Medieval Era
72% matchVery Positive90% of 607 reviews2026
Dev: Irregular ShapesPub: Firesquid
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 30.5%, Economy 18.9%, Building 17.5%, Management 11.7%, Relaxing 7.5%
- #40 RollerCoaster Tycoon® 3: Complete Edition
73% matchVery Positive87% of 2,983 reviews2020
Dev: Frontier DevelopmentsPub: Atari
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 44%
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 30.5%, Building 21.1%, Management 20%, Strategy 7.2%, Simulation 5.9%
- #41 Buildings Have Feelings Too!
74% matchMixed45% of 80 reviews2021
Dev: Blackstaff GamesPub: Silver Lining Interactive
Windows
An exciting new city-management/puzzle game about buildings and the city they inhabit. You must grow your city to a bustling metropolitan centre with an array of shops, offices, entertainment facilities and amenities, to help your buildings thrive; or risk them being demolished forever.
Why similar: City Builder 32.9%, Economy 22.5%, Management 16.5%, Building 16.3%, Strategy 7.2%
- #42 Model Railway Millionaire
73% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: Redbrick Studios Ltd
Windows
Model railway builder with economy simulation. Edit the terrain, build the track, and place all the highly detailed objects to create exciting model railway layouts! Deliver food and row materials to the cities to earn money and expand your world! Be a model railway millionaire!
Why similar: City Builder 31.6%, Economy 12.5%, Building 11.2%, Strategy 9.8%, Simulation 9.5%
- #43 Snow Resort Simulator
70% matchVery Positive96% of 112 reviews2026
Dev: Vovel Games
Windows · Mac
Start with nothing but a ticket booth in the mountains. Clear snow, chop wood, crack ice off rooftops, all by hand, all in first person. Serve drinks, cook meals, repair ski gear, and turn a rundown mountain stop into a full-blown resort with a hotel, restaurant, bar, and shop.
Why similar: Economy 24.4%, Building 19.6%, Management 14.4%, Nature 10.4%, Simulation 9.7%
- #44 Camping Resort Simulator
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cottondream Studios
Windows
A cozy management sim about transforming a place. Turn an empty stretch of coast into a resort with a character all its own: lay out paths, raise bungalows, shape the landscape, and welcome guests who each live their own little holiday.
Why similar: City Builder 32.1%, Economy 18.2%, Building 11.9%, Management 11.3%, Nature 9.4%
- #45 Super Company
71% 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 31.8%, Economy 22.4%, Management 12.2%, Building 12%, Strategy 7.6%
- #46 Airport Manager
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: R.M Pixel Studios
Windows
In Airport Manager, you’re in charge of turning a small airstrip into a thriving airport! Manage landing requests, refuel planes, handle baggage, and upgrade your facilities to attract bigger aircraft and more passengers. Earn money, and grow your airport into a world-class hub.
Why similar: Economy 22.8%, Building 22.2%, City Builder 15.7%, Management 11.6%, Simulation 9.1%
- #47 Subway Builder
69% matchMixed57% of 360 reviews2026
Dev: Colin MillerPub: Borough Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 34%, Building 16.9%, Management 13.5%, Strategy 10.2%, Economy 8.3%
- #48 Foundation
68% matchVery Positive87% of 24,128 reviews2025
Dev: Polymorph Games
Windows
Median: 11.1 hrsMean: 27.2 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 44.9%, Economy 12.7%, Building 11%, Management 9.6%, Strategy 5.5%
- #49 Campground Owner
71% matchMixed68% of 19 reviews2021
Dev: Mikołaj Spychał
Windows
Simple tycoon-like game. Choose where to place your guests, increase your reputation, and count money.
Why similar: City Builder 31.2%, Nature 19.9%, Management 11.7%, Relaxing 9.2%, Building 6.2%
- #50 Anno 1800
70% matchVery Positive81% of 32,192 reviews2019
Dev: Ubisoft MainzPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 40.6 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 48.9%, Economy 21.2%, Strategy 8.2%, Simulation 5.9%, Building 5.5%
- #51 Isoforge
69% 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 26.4%, Economy 16.2%, Building 14.3%, Nature 11.9%, Management 10.6%
- #52 20 Minute Metropolis - The Action City Builder
70% 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 35.4%, Building 19.6%, Management 15.3%, Economy 13.6%, Strategy 5.8%
- #53 RAILGRADE
67% matchVery Positive85% of 1,255 reviews2023
Dev: Minakata Dynamics
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
RAILGRADE is the train RTS game! Construct dense vertical railroads, build cities, construct vast factory chains with train automation! Restore an off world colony's economy all in the intense story driven campaign or relaxing sandbox mode!
Why similar: Real-Time 32.2% ★, City Builder 19.6%, Economy 12.5%, Building 10.7%, Management 8.6%
- #54 Cinema Manager
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cinema Manager Team
Windows
Cinema manager will get you into a tycoon imperium of movie theatres! Remember, Rome wasn't built in a day! Transform your business from a single screening room into a chain of exclusive cinemas! Design your movie theatre, choose the repertoire, and attract customers! It's time for a grand premiere!
Why similar: City Builder 30.5%, Economy 20%, Building 15.8%, Management 14%, Relaxing 6.1%
- #55 Builders of Greece
67% matchMixed56% of 592 reviews2025
Dev: BLUM EntertainmentPub: Games Operators
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 63%
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 31.3%, Real-Time 18.4% ★, Economy 14.1%, Building 13.9%, Management 6%
- #56 Town to City
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 7,015 reviews2026
Dev: Galaxy GrovePub: Kwalee
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 34.8%, Building 15.2%, Economy 14.5%, Management 10%, Relaxing 6.5%
- #57 What's Left Behind
69% match7 user reviews43% of 7 reviews2021
Dev: Hoovler Industries, Inc.
Windows
A tile-based city re-builder set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland.
Why similar: City Builder 35.9%, Economy 17.9%, Building 17.2%, Management 13%, Simulation 5.3%
- #58 Exile
66% matchMixed60% of 14 reviews2025
Dev: JD7 Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A survival city-builder unlike any other—shaped by rolling hills, guide generations, and grow without limits. No cap on scale, no slowdown, just strategy and survival at your pace.
Why similar: City Builder 28.8%, Economy 16%, Building 14.1%, Nature 12.6%, Management 11.8%
- #59 Hotel Management Simulator
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ice Drop Coding
Windows
Build, renovate and manage your hotel to keep your guests happy. Increase your star rating, but be careful - unhappy guests leave bad reviews and you don't want to lose your hotel!
Why similar: City Builder 19.2%, Building 18.8%, Economy 18.4%, Management 14.7%, Resource Management 7.4%
- #60 Seeds of Resilience
67% matchMixed70% of 367 reviews2019
Dev: Subtle GamesPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Ready to start anew? Build a village from scratch in Seeds of Resilience. Learn to choose the right items, understand nature's patterns, use real life-based constructions and craft techniques in this turn-based tycoon game.
Why similar: City Builder 26.7%, Economy 16.1%, Building 15.1%, Nature 13.2%, Management 11.1%