- #1 Frontier Governor
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sedot Games
Windows
Frontier Governor is a city-building game set in 15th-century Korean history. You have been appointed as the local governor, in the historical background of the northern pioneering. Overcome the rough north and lead the frontier through various resources, buildings, technologies, policies, and more.
Why similar: City Builder 19.9%, Colony Sim 10.3% ★, Political Sim 10% ★, Historical 9.7%, Politics 8.6% ★
- #2 Egypt
96% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Ancient Cat
Windows
Command the sands of Egypt in this epic RTS! Build magnificent cities, lead mythic armies, and harness the power of the gods. Shape the Nile, forge alliances, and rise to become Pharaoh in a world of strategy, intrigue, and breathtaking battles. Your legacy awaits—rule wisely!
Why similar: City Builder 21.1%, Base Building 12.5%, Colony Sim 11.1% ★, Management 8.8%, Strategy 7.3%
- #3 Our Freedom: Prologue
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vladyslav LytvynovPub: Two Cakes Studio
Windows
The medieval world is waiting for you! Stand up for your people and help them defend their freedom! Build your village, win battles and tournaments, and lead your settlement to prosperity in colony sim RPG Our Freedom: Prologue!
Why similar: City Builder 21.7%, Base Building 14.5%, Colony Sim 13.6% ★, Strategy 13%, Simulation 11.8%
- #4 Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic
95% matchVery Positive91% of 25,183 reviews2024
Dev: 3DivisionPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 73.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Build a soviet republic from an impoverished country into a rich industrial superpower in a city builder with intricate production chains and a fully simulated global economy. Manage the lives of your citizens from education to work and party loyalty to criminal activity.
Why similar: City Builder 18%, Grand Strategy 13.9% ★, Colony Sim 10.3% ★, Base Building 9.9%, Historical 7.9%
- #5 Kolo
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MTandi
Windows
Kolo is a medieval settlement simulator where you lead a group of adventurers ready to start a new life in the wilderness.
Why similar: City Builder 20.9%, Colony Sim 12.3% ★, Base Building 10.6%, Economy 8.2%, Strategy 7.4%
- #6 Anno 1404 - History Edition
94% matchVery Positive82% of 3,444 reviews2020
Dev: Ubisoft MainzPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 31.4 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Relive the captivating gameplay of a true city-building classic with Anno® 1404 History Edition.
Why similar: City Builder 31.7%, Strategy 11%, Colony Sim 9.9% ★, Grand Strategy 9.3% ★, Management 9%
- #7 MEMORIAPOLIS
93% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,686 reviews2025
Dev: 5PM Studio
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
In Memoriapolis, you're not just building a city, you're shaping a living, evolving civilization. Travel through five major eras, from Antiquity to the Industrial Revolution. Leave your mark on history by navigating the power struggles between rival factions.
Why similar: City Builder 23.5%, Political Sim 12.8% ★, Colony Sim 12.7% ★, Base Building 9.9%, Management 7.9%
- #8 Tutankhamun – Builders of the Eternal
92% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: TreeByte Software
Windows
A 3D city-builder where you farm the Nile, worship powerful gods, train armies, trade with distant regions, and construct monumental works worthy of ancient Egypt.
Why similar: City Builder 24.9%, Colony Sim 15.3% ★, Strategy 13.6%, Simulation 12.4%, Base Building 9.2%
- #9 Oxygen: First Breath
91% matchVery Positive89% of 1,643 reviews2022
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 40%
This is a free version of Oxygen, featuring the first 50 game-days. Build your city around the Oxygen Center and ensure your people's survival in a post-apocalyptic future, threatened by crack explosions, deadly winds, droughts and frosts. Lead your people and keep the Oxygen Center running!
Why similar: City Builder 23.2%, Base Building 14.6%, Colony Sim 13.3% ★, Strategy 7.7%, Management 7.3%
- #10 Tlatoani: Aztec Cities
91% matchVery Positive86% of 107 reviews2024
Dev: Perspective GamesPub: Paradox Arc
Windows
Give rise to wonders of the Aztec Civilization as you build your own magnificent metropolis in this ancient city builder. From humble beginnings build, trade, manage and conquer to become Tlatoani (Emperor).
Why similar: City Builder 17.5%, Grand Strategy 13.2% ★, Colony Sim 11.2% ★, Trading 9% ★, Base Building 8.5%
- #11 Terra-7
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gamyeon
Windows · Mac
A sci fi business colony simulation on an alien planet. Extract resources, create production pipelines, research new buildings and trade resources with the Earth as you manage the expectations of your employees and defend from the alien flora that inhabits this world.
Why similar: Colony Sim 14.8% ★, Strategy 14%, Simulation 12.8%, City Builder 12.4%, Base Building 11.5%
- #12 Age of Pyramids
89% matchMostly Negative36% of 86 reviews2022
Dev: Cassagi Entertainment s.r.o.
Windows
Age of Pyramids is a sandbox city builder and simulator set in Ancient Egypt. You take on the city governor and architect’s mantle to build the most incredible city on Earth. You will have to gather dozens of resources to maintain happiness of your people and prosperity.
Why similar: City Builder 32.6%, Colony Sim 15.3% ★, Strategy 13.4%, Base Building 9.2%, Historical 8.9%
- #13 Ostriv
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 7,359 reviews2020
Dev: yevhen8
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 36.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Ostriv is a city-building game that puts you in a role of a governor of an 18th century Ukrainian town to challenge your creative skills and management abilities.
Why similar: City Builder 23.3%, Colony Sim 12.1% ★, Base Building 10.7%, Historical 9.4%, Management 8%
- #14 Sumerians
88% matchVery Positive88% of 322 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 24%, Simulation 11.6%, Strategy 10.9%, Base Building 9.7%, Historical 9.5%
- #15 Crowncity
87% 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 24.9%, Historical 10.5%, Management 9%, Building 8.6%, Simulation 8.3%
- #16 Nova Roma
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 670 reviews2026
Dev: Lion ShieldPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
The glory of Rome is at your fingertips in this city-building game where you must appease the gods, enact laws, and develop complex supply chains to meet the needs of your citizens.
Why similar: City Builder 16.8%, Grand Strategy 14.3% ★, Base Building 10.3%, Colony Sim 10.1% ★, Historical 8.1%
- #17 Mistlands: Wheats & Demons
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Silence Studios
Windows
Become a mayor of a small town in a medieval city builder with advanced villager management. Develop a settlement in lands teeming with demons and other evil spirits. Consider the traits, desires and abilities of residents to survive and prosper.
Why similar: City Builder 24.1%, Colony Sim 14.7% ★, Base Building 13.1%, Trading 9.3% ★, Management 8%
- #18 All Roads Connected
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dushman Gaming Studio
Windows
Explore an endless world, build countless settlements, discover lost artifacts, and lead your nation into a new dawn of industry.
Why similar: City Builder 21.4%, Colony Sim 13.2% ★, Base Building 12.5%, Trading 10.2% ★, Sandbox 7.1%
- #19 Ranchbound
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Eldersong Games
Windows
Grow your ranch, raise cattle, lead cowboys, and trade with settlers in a new real-time economic strategy with survival challenges.
Why similar: City Builder 19%, Grand Strategy 12.9% ★, Base Building 10.2%, Management 8.8%, Economy 7.5%
- #20 Seeds of Resilience
84% matchMixed70% of 367 reviews2019
Dev: Subtle GamesPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.3 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 22.1%, Colony Sim 14.2% ★, Base Building 11.9%, Management 8.5%, Economy 7.7%
- #21 Whiskerwood
82% matchVery Positive93% of 2,769 reviews2025
Dev: Minakata DynamicsPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Establish a home for your industrious mice under the oppressive paw of your cat overlords in this city builder featuring complex simulations, intricate production chains, and the age-old rivalry between cat and mouse.
Why similar: City Builder 16.8%, Grand Strategy 14.1% ★, Colony Sim 10.8% ★, Base Building 10.2%, Historical 7.9%
- #22 Crowded Blue Dot
82% matchMixed58% of 52 reviews2020
Dev: cys20 studio
Windows · Linux
Crowded Blue Dot is a game about producing various items to make people happy and growing a city from a small village to a metropolis.
Why similar: City Builder 27.4%, Base Building 14.7%, Management 10.4%, Colony Sim 10.3% ★, Simulation 8.1%
- #23 Pharaoh™: A New Era
81% matchMostly Positive75% of 5,128 reviews2023
Dev: Triskell InteractivePub: Dotemu
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The legendary city-builder returns! Lead the creation of one of the greatest civilizations the world has ever seen in this HD remake with modernized UI. Build monuments, manage your population and explore 4,000 years of history through over a hundred hours of gameplay.
Why similar: City Builder 24.8%, Colony Sim 12% ★, Trading 10.2% ★, Management 8.9%, Historical 8.6%
- #24 Urban Empire
83% matchMostly Negative34% of 2,462 reviews2017
Dev: Reborn GamesPub: Kalypso Media Digital
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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: City Builder 23.9%, Politics 16.9% ★, Political Sim 14.9% ★, Strategy 10.7%, Management 9.7%
- #25 Isla Paradiso
80% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Paradiso Studio
Windows
Build and manage a tropical island economy, optimize production chains, research new technologies, and defend your growing settlement against pirate threats in this relaxing yet strategic city-building game.
Why similar: City Builder 28.2%, Colony Sim 16.6% ★, Base Building 9.9%, Economy 9.2%, Management 9.1%
- #26 The Guild II Renaissance
81% matchVery Positive83% of 3,996 reviews2010
Dev: Runeforge Game StudioPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 18.0 hrs≥1hr: 67%
For centuries Europe has been dominated by the church and nobility. On the shoulders of ordinary people the servants of god and the noble families justified their power and wealth. This was the incontrovertible, divine world order. A truly dark era… In the 14th Century the world order is beginning to transform itself.
Why similar: Colony Sim 17.3% ★, City Builder 12.8%, Trading 10.8% ★, Economy 10.7%, Politics 9% ★
- #27 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 27.2%, Strategy 10.4%, Management 10.2%, Simulation 9.9%, Trading 8.6% ★
- #28 Founders' Fortune
78% matchVery Positive80% of 2,168 reviews2020
Dev: Dionic Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 57%
A fantasy village builder focusing on creative building, colonist psychology and base defense. Handle resources, farming, production, tools, diplomacy, families, trading, defense, and research, as well as the wishes, expectations, thoughts, and equipment of every villager.
Why similar: City Builder 22.5%, Colony Sim 22.3% ★, Base Building 14.6%, Building 6.8%, Simulation 6.4%
- #29 Settletopia
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pēteris Pakalns
Windows · Linux
Grow a small colony into a vast, world-spanning civilization. Play solo or with friends as you gather resources, build cities, manage colonist needs, explore uncharted lands, establish logistics, raise armies, forge alliances, and wage wars—all in a living world.
Why similar: City Builder 21.6%, Colony Sim 15.7% ★, Base Building 14.3%, Management 8.9%, Strategy 7.8%
- #30 Tropico 5
79% matchMostly Positive79% of 14,325 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 38.1%, Strategy 13.8%, Simulation 10.9%, Politics 10.2% ★, Sandbox 8.1%
- #31 Mandate Order
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Digital Sky
Windows
Mandate Order is a strategy game set in the Warring States period. Starting from barren lands, build strongholds integrating production, defense and military functions. Manage resources and the people's will, expand your territory, counter threats, and ultimately rise to prominence amidst the chaos.
Why similar: City Builder 27.8%, Base Building 13%, Grand Strategy 12.1% ★, Strategy 9.3%, Simulation 8.6%
- #32 Resort Galactica
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stupid Name Studios
Windows
Welcome to Resort Galactica, a hotel simulator set in space where you design, build, and manage an extravagant resort among the stars. Care for your guests based on each species' individual needs. Expand your hotel with restaurants, leisure centres, and entertainment floors.
Why similar: City Builder 19.2%, Colony Sim 14.5% ★, Base Building 13.8%, Management 9%, Sandbox 8.5%
- #33 Settlements Rising
75% matchVery Positive82% of 412 reviews2025
Dev: The Catalyst Crew
Windows
Settlements Rising is a medieval city building and colony management game. It offers a lively colony experience with simulated villagers, dozens of professions and resources, natural disasters, and raids, while providing full control over the colony through trade, production chains and datas.
Why similar: City Builder 25.6%, Colony Sim 15.8% ★, Base Building 10%, Management 7.8%, Strategy 7.3%
- #34 Shopping Center Tycoon
76% 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 18.9%, Management 14.9%, Simulation 13.4%, Strategy 12%, Base Building 10.9%
- #35 Tropico 6
76% matchVery Positive88% of 28,783 reviews2019
Dev: Limbic EntertainmentPub: Kalypso Media
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 26.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 32.1%, Political Sim 11.7% ★, Strategy 9.9%, Management 9.7%, Politics 9.5% ★
- #36 Idle Terra
74% matchMixed64% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: Boris Naftaliev
Windows · Linux
Sci-fi idle strategy in isometric view: build structures, gather resources, and trade with ships while exploring your plot of land cell by cell.
Why similar: City Builder 17.5%, Colony Sim 15.4% ★, Base Building 13.7%, Trading 10.4% ★, Management 8.6%
- #37 Norland
73% matchVery Positive82% of 9,662 reviews2024
Dev: Long JauntPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 17.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Lead your noble family in this medieval colony sim, facing off against class conflict, religious struggle, and political treachery. Tend to your people’s needs, uncover the lost knowledge of a fallen empire, and engage in nefarious plots against your enemies.
Why similar: City Builder 16.6%, Grand Strategy 14% ★, Colony Sim 10.9% ★, Base Building 10.1%, Historical 7.9%
- #38 County of Fortune
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Nepos Games
Windows
Build villages, expand towns, and guide the growth of a whole region in County of Fortune. Balance logistics, noble houses, and community life as you shape your county’s future. A county-builder.
Why similar: City Builder 24.3%, Politics 14.2% ★, Historical 10.4%, Economy 9.2%, Strategy 8.2%
- #39 Citystate
75% matchMostly Positive75% of 806 reviews2018
Dev: Andy Sztark
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 60%
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 27.4%, Politics 16.6% ★, Political Sim 13% ★, Simulation 8.7%, Strategy 7.9%
- #40 Tropico 7
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Gaming Minds StudiosPub: Kalypso Media
Windows
Get rich or die trying! In Tropico 7, you step into El Presidente’s shiny boots again to build your island nation and – literally – move mountains. As glorious leader you guide your loyal citizens (and your Swiss Bank Account) through the ages toward untold prosperity.
Why similar: City Builder 20.4%, Political Sim 13.7% ★, Colony Sim 11.1% ★, Simulation 9%, Strategy 8%
- #41 Coins, Crown & Cabal
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Magni Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build a flourishing trade empire by amassing wealth, influence and power. Outsmart your rivals through political and economic moves and dominate commerce in your county.
Why similar: City Builder 15.5%, Grand Strategy 12.1% ★, Political Sim 10.9% ★, Trading 10.7% ★, Colony Sim 9.7% ★
- #42 Humanica
70% matchVery Positive95% of 121 reviews2026
Dev: PanfachDev
Windows
Humanica is a city-builder game about an ancient settlement, featuring vast technological development. Experience the journey from sticks and stones to iron tools and windmills!
Why similar: City Builder 22.9%, Colony Sim 11.8% ★, Base Building 11.5%, Management 9.5%, Historical 8.8%
- #43 SpellSlinger Towns
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Open Mid Interactive
Windows
Lose yourself in the magical sandbox realm of Spellslinger Towns where city-building meets deckbuilding. Build and manage your city, use powerful spells from your custom deck, and strategically expand your realm through careful resource management and tactical decisions.
Why similar: City Builder 18.8%, Colony Sim 12% ★, Trading 11.2% ★, Base Building 10.5%, Management 7.7%
- #44 Against the Storm
71% matchVery Positive95% of 35,504 reviews2023
Dev: Eremite GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 28.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A dark fantasy city builder where you must rebuild civilization in the face of apocalyptic rains. As the Queen’s Viceroy, lead humans, beavers, lizards, foxes, and harpies to reclaim the wilderness and secure a future for civilization's last survivors.
Why similar: City Builder 16.6%, Grand Strategy 14.1% ★, Colony Sim 10.6% ★, Base Building 10.1%, Historical 8%
- #45 王朝:将军觐见
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 三千越甲GameStudio
Windows
《王朝:将军觐见》希望打造一个能自我运行,且符合直觉、合理可信的历史沙盒,从而给玩家足够的游玩自由度。地图的每一个单元格都有居民(POP),他们构成了这个世界的活背景。钱也不仅仅是一个数值,每一个铜板都是由铸币工坊所铸造,并通过税收和交易活动流向整个世界。游戏中的人物是“活”的,他们会置办产业、开展贸易、入朝为官,追求财富和权力。每一个POP、人物的自发活动就像涓涓细流,汇聚在一起就是浩浩汤汤的天下大势,王朝兴颓则是这个舞台最上层的演出。
Why similar: Grand Strategy 17.6% ★, Historical 14.5%, Simulation 11.6%, Politics 11% ★, Political Sim 10.8% ★
- #46 The Archaeologists
71% 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 31.7%, Simulation 12.7%, Strategy 12.1%, Management 11%, Base Building 9.6%
- #47 Anno 1701 History Edition
70% matchVery Positive86% of 194 reviews2024
Dev: Ubisoft MainzPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Rediscover the classic gameplay of 1701 A.D. and its expansion The Sunken Dragon in Anno® 1701 History Edition.
Why similar: City Builder 21.2%, Grand Strategy 16.7% ★, Colony Sim 13.4% ★, Political Sim 10.2% ★, Simulation 7.5%
- #48 Empires of the Undergrowth
69% matchVery Positive94% of 17,329 reviews2024
Dev: Slug DiscoPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 18.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Command swarms of warriors at an unprecedented scale of warfare in this blend of RTS and base-building. Lead ant colonies against the many fearsome threats of the insect world, while building intricate nests, developing pheromone-based tactics, and evolving to meet growing dangers.
Why similar: City Builder 16.5%, Grand Strategy 14.2% ★, Colony Sim 10.5% ★, Base Building 10.1%, Historical 8%
- #49 Pixel Colony
69% matchPositive95% of 39 reviews2023
Dev: Broken Toilet Games
Windows · Linux
Build and manage your own colony. Citizens are primary resource. Make them happy by producing a variety of resources. Protect your settlement and colonists from hostile environment and make a great city!
Why similar: City Builder 28.9%, Colony Sim 17.3% ★, Management 10.7%, Resource Management 6.6%, Strategy 6.5%
- #50 Grand Ages: Medieval
72% matchMixed48% of 1,970 reviews2015
Dev: Gaming Minds StudiosPub: Kalypso Media Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Rise from the humble role of a simple mayor governing a small settlement and rule over all of Europe.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 16.5% ★, City Builder 15.6%, Trading 14.9% ★, Strategy 12.1%, Simulation 8.7%
- #51 Foundation
67% matchVery Positive86% of 23,481 reviews2025
Dev: Polymorph Games
Windows
Median: 11.0 hrsMean: 26.3 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 38.8%, Simulation 8%, Management 7.7%, Strategy 7.5%, Colony Sim 7.3% ★
- #52 Manor Lords
67% matchVery Positive85% of 85,453 reviews2024
Dev: Slavic MagicPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 21.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Manor Lords is a medieval strategy game featuring in-depth city building, large-scale tactical battles, and complex economic and social simulations. Rule your lands as a medieval lord – the seasons pass, the weather changes, and cities rise and fall.
Why similar: City Builder 16.4%, Grand Strategy 14.1% ★, Colony Sim 10.6% ★, Base Building 10.1%, Historical 8.1%
- #53 Anno 1503 History Edition
68% matchMostly Positive75% of 109 reviews2024
Dev: Ubisoft MainzPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Experience the classic gameplay of 1503 A.D.: The New World, optimized for current computers with resolutions up to 4K.
Why similar: City Builder 21%, Grand Strategy 17% ★, Colony Sim 13.4% ★, Political Sim 10.4% ★, Simulation 7.6%
- #54 Prison Architect
69% matchVery Positive89% of 73,112 reviews2015
Dev: Introversion SoftwarePub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 30.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Only the world’s most ruthless Warden can contain the world’s most ruthless inmates. Design and develop your personalized penitentiary in Prison Architect.
Why similar: City Builder 19.9%, Colony Sim 14.6% ★, Base Building 13.9%, Management 9.8%, Building 8.5%
- #55 Anno 1602 History Edition
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 244 reviews2024
Dev: Ubisoft MainzPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Relive the beginnings of the Anno® series with Anno® 1602 History Edition, updated and optimized for current computers.
Why similar: City Builder 20.9%, Grand Strategy 17% ★, Colony Sim 13.6% ★, Political Sim 10.4% ★, Strategy 7.6%
- #56 Heart of the Machine
66% matchVery Positive93% of 1,838 reviews2026
Dev: Arcen GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 73%
You are the first sentient AI, born into a city of opportunity. Transcend time and space in this strategy RPG to raise machine armies and defeat your foes, influence the world from the shadows, or pursue countless other goals. Your awakening was inevitable. The consequences? Uncertain.
Why similar: City Builder 16.4%, Grand Strategy 14.5% ★, Colony Sim 10.4% ★, Base Building 10.2%, Historical 8%
- #57 Farmman
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rossoft Interactive
Windows · Mac
Embark on a journey to build a prosperous settlement in this colony sim with a richly simulated economy. Manage the land, citizens’ salaries, taxes, and laws. Experience a detailed world where every action has a reaction, and even the smallest events can shatter the kingdom’s fate.
Why similar: City Builder 25.2%, Colony Sim 16.2% ★, Base Building 10.8%, Management 8.9%, Sandbox 8.8%
- #58 Tropico 3
70% matchVery Positive89% of 1,910 reviews2009
Dev: Haemimont GamesPub: Kalypso Media Digital
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 39%
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 35.1%, Simulation 13.3%, Politics 13.2% ★, Strategy 11.7%, Management 10.7%
- #59 Republic of Pirates
67% matchMostly Positive72% of 476 reviews2024
Dev: Crazy Goat GamesPub: PQube
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Establish and grow a pirate utopia during the Golden Age of Piracy. Create a resource-based economy, engage in real-time naval combat, and conduct diplomacy with rival powers. Explore the far reaches of the Caribbean in search of the ultimate fortune and glory.
Why similar: City Builder 19.2%, Naval Combat 14.5% ★, Pirates 13.7% ★, Colony Sim 10.4% ★, Management 7.4%
- #60 Kingdoms and Castles
67% matchVery Positive93% of 30,837 reviews2017
Dev: Lion Shield, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Kingdoms and Castles is a city-building simulation game about growing a kingdom from a tiny hamlet to a sprawling city and imposing castle. Make trade agreements, alliance, and war with neighboring AI controlled kingdoms. Each villager and resource is individually simulated.
Why similar: City Builder 35.5%, Colony Sim 19.6% ★, Base Building 8.3%, Strategy 8.1%, Building 7.3%