- #1 Foundation
97% 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 32.9%, Medieval 12%, Economy 8.5%, Building 8.4%, Management 7%
- #2 Ostriv
96% 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 20.9%, Historical 11.9%, Building 9.6%, Economy 8.6%, Colony Sim 8% ★
- #3 County of Fortune
96% 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 21.3%, Historical 13%, Economy 12.4%, Building 12.2%, Medieval 10%
- #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 25.8%, Building 12.8%, Simulation 11%, Management 10.7%, Economy 10.5%
- #5 Paris in 2000 Years
94% match6 user reviews67% of 6 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 24.7%, Economy 13.9%, Building 13.7%, Historical 12.6%, Medieval 11.9%
- #6 VIKING - Sagas of the Norse Lands
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Keliosis Studio
Windows
VIKING - Sagas of the Norse Lands is a city-builder where you forge your legend. Become a Jarl, transform a camp into a thriving city, manage your people's expansion, and build your legacy. Explore, fight, and erect monuments to etch your saga in history!
Why similar: City Builder 18.8%, Historical 11.7%, Economy 10.9%, Building 10.5%, Medieval 7.8%
- #7 Deichgraf
93% matchMostly Positive79% of 29 reviews2021
Dev: Acid Mines Software UG
Windows
Deichgraf is a small, calm, but sometimes intense building game. Build your own village and protect it against water caused by floods and heavy rain!
Why similar: City Builder 17.8%, Historical 13.6%, Medieval 11.2%, Building 11.1%, Economy 10.4%
- #8 Lords and Villeins
92% matchMostly Positive71% of 951 reviews2022
Dev: Honestly GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 54%
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 20.1%, Colony Sim 10.6% ★, Medieval 10.6%, Building 10.5%, Management 9.4%
- #9 Egypt
91% 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 20.5%, Building 11.3%, Historical 9.8%, Economy 9.5%, Management 9.1%
- #10 Tutankhamun – Builders of the Eternal
91% 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 23.9%, Strategy 11.3%, Historical 11.1%, Colony Sim 10.8% ★, Simulation 10.2%
- #11 Lords of Solgrund
90% matchMostly Positive79% of 68 reviews2024
Dev: Sillylas
Windows
Lords of Solgrund combines elements of real time strategy, city building and other unique additions. The game features detailed animations, complex gameplay systems inspired by the early middle ages and elements of fantasy.
Why similar: City Builder 19.4%, Economy 11.9%, Building 11.6%, Medieval 10.1%, Historical 9.6%
- #12 Orrstead
89% matchVery Positive81% of 77 reviews2024
Dev: IndividualKex
Windows
Orrstead is a relaxing city builder that combines resource management and incremental game mechanics. Unlock technologies, complete quests, and adapt to the changing seasons.
Why similar: City Builder 21.9%, Building 12.3%, Medieval 10.3%, Colony Sim 10% ★, Management 9.3%
- #13 Shopping Center Tycoon
89% 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 17.4%, Building 15.6%, Management 14.7%, Economy 13.7%, Simulation 10.6%
- #14 Settlement Survival
88% matchVery Positive86% of 7,842 reviews2022
Dev: Gleamer StudioPub: Team17
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
In this city-building game, you will lead a group of survivors in their search for a new home. Manipulate the landscape, manage limited supplies, plant crops, hunt wildlife, gather resources, and develop trade routes to build a bustling and unique town.
Why similar: City Builder 25%, Building 13.2%, Medieval 12.4%, Colony Sim 10.1% ★, Management 9%
- #15 Kolo
87% 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 20.4%, Economy 12.4%, Medieval 11.3%, Building 9.4%, Colony Sim 8.9% ★
- #16 First Feudal
86% matchMostly Positive76% of 627 reviews2021
Dev: Harpoon Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Become a real medieval feudal lord: start with a small village and build it up into an enormous impenetrable castle. You will have to repel enemy raids: hide behind thick walls, lure your enemies into strategically placed traps, and even lead your loyal peasants into battle.
Why similar: City Builder 17.5%, Building 12.1%, Medieval 11%, Colony Sim 10.5% ★, Resource Management 8.9%
- #17 Nebuchadnezzar
86% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,793 reviews2021
Dev: Nepos GamesPub: Astra Logical
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 23.6%, Economy 12.2%, Building 11.7%, Historical 10.2%, Management 8.4%
- #18 Patron
85% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,136 reviews2021
Dev: Overseer Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Patron is a survival city builder with a unique social dynamics system. Gather and produce resources, build your fledgling village into a prosperous city and navigate the intricate social tensions before they reach boiling point.
Why similar: City Builder 25%, Colony Sim 11.6% ★, Economy 9.2%, Medieval 8.8%, Building 8.6%
- #19 Kingdoms and Castles
84% 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 32.1%, Colony Sim 13.1% ★, Medieval 11.7%, Building 11.5%, Strategy 6.4%
- #20 Skyline Settlers
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Riza Ozhan
Windows
Build your colony on a floating island, keep your settlers happy and manage your resources wisely. Turn limited space into an advantage, create a peaceful town and enjoy a strategic life in the sky.
Why similar: City Builder 28.3%, Economy 12.8%, Medieval 12.2%, Colony Sim 12% ★, Building 10.1%
- #21 Stronghold: Definitive Edition
82% matchVery Positive86% of 9,888 reviews2023
Dev: Firefly Studios
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Greetings sire! Your stronghold awaits you. Build a castle economy, besiege unforgettable villains and return to the 'castle sim' that started it all. Experience this classic RTS with upgraded visuals, modernised gameplay, Steam multiplayer and a new campaign.
Why similar: City Builder 20.9%, Medieval 10.2%, Economy 10%, Building 9.8%, Historical 9.7%
- #22 Empire Architect
84% 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 25.7%, Building 10.9%, Economy 10.4%, Historical 8.2%, Simulation 7.9%
- #23 Chinese Empire: Prologue
82% 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 28.7%, Building 14.7%, Economy 13.3%, Strategy 10%, Historical 9.1%
- #24 Kingdom Workshop
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dmitry Medvedev
Windows
Become a workshop owner! Build base, plan manufacture, hire workers, trade and finally decide the outcome of the war between the kingdoms.
Why similar: City Builder 18.5%, Building 13.6%, Medieval 12.1%, Economy 11.9%, Management 7.9%
- #25 HistoriCity: Florence
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stratagem Interactive
Windows · Mac
A mission-based survival citybuilder/colony sim where you rebuild Renaissance Florence in the aftermath of the Black Plague. Overcome recurring droughts, build the Florence Cathedral, hire Michelangelo, and survive the Bonfire of the Vanities with an authentic Renaissance lute soundtrack.
Why similar: City Builder 19.7%, Historical 13.4%, Economy 10.4%, Building 10%, Colony Sim 9.4% ★
- #26 Settlements Rising
79% 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 24.1%, Colony Sim 11% ★, Building 10.6%, Medieval 10.2%, Resource Management 8.6%
- #27 Urbanist
80% 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 28.4%, Building 15.7%, Economy 10.8%, Sandbox 10.1%, Management 9.9%
- #28 Resort Galactica
79% 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 18.2%, Building 13.7%, Colony Sim 10.1% ★, Economy 9.3%, Sandbox 9.3%
- #29 Terra-7
78% 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: City Builder 12.2%, Strategy 12%, Management 11.4%, Sandbox 11%, Colony Sim 10.8% ★
- #30 Of Life and Land
77% matchVery Positive86% of 351 reviews2025
Dev: KerzovenPub: Metaroot
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Of Life and Land is a charming settlement-building strategy game paired with a rich simulation experience. Every animal and plant strives to find its place in nature while you lead your villagers to their future. Expand to different regions and trade with local factions to gain needed resources.
Why similar: City Builder 18.3%, Historical 10.3%, Building 9.8%, Medieval 9.2%, Colony Sim 8.4% ★
- #31 Tokeis
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Toe Key
Windows
Tokeis is a board-like real-time city builder about growing your town from a tiny tile to a hexagonal empire. Collect tokens, manage resources, reorganize inefficiencies, and fortify your economy. Handle the harsh weather and defend against raiders trying to steal your riches!
Why similar: City Builder 21.8%, Economy 13.8%, Building 11%, Management 9.9%, Sandbox 8.4%
- #32 Age of Respair
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Respair Games
Windows
Age of Respair is a medieval strategy castle-builder. Build massive castles with fortifications while managing resources and production chains. Assemble a large army and lay siege to enemy castles. Lead your people and bring respair to your kingdom🏰⚔️
Why similar: City Builder 20.7%, Building 10.8%, Historical 9.9%, Medieval 9.1%, Colony Sim 9% ★
- #33 Chinese Empire
76% 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 29.2%, Building 15.6%, Economy 14.2%, Management 11.3%, Historical 10.4%
- #34 Mistlands: Wheats & Demons
75% 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 23.4%, Building 11.9%, Medieval 10.6%, Colony Sim 10.5% ★, Economy 8.6%
- #35 Power of the Ancients
76% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2021
Dev: Cortex Code
Windows · Linux
A mostly peaceful pixely isometric city builder with a bit of magic. Four different people live in the four quadrants of the pyramid. Fishermen, farmers, fire people, magicians. Gather resources, build homes, challenge demons and create a thriving city while preparing for winter.
Why similar: City Builder 19%, Building 14.6%, Sandbox 9.9%, Resource Management 9.8%, Management 9.8%
- #36 El Dorado: The Golden City Builder - Prologue
75% matchMostly Positive72% of 236 reviews2024
Dev: Hobo BunchPub: Gameparic
Windows
The Prologue is just part of the gameplay that awaits you in the full version of the game. El Dorado - Prologue is a strategy city-building game in which you plan, build and develop your settlement to conquer Jukatan and earn the title of The Golden City. Become a leader, whom even Gods will bow to.
Why similar: City Builder 18.8%, Economy 11.4%, Historical 10.3%, Building 9.3%, Colony Sim 8.2% ★
- #37 LowPolis
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BroWar Collective
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build, advance, reshape! For all those who have missed relaxing strategy classics. LowPolis is a friendly-paced city builder game where you become the ruler of a rising community. Begin with a handful of resources and pave your way to a truly majestic kingdom!
Why similar: City Builder 30.3%, Building 15.3%, Medieval 12.2%, Colony Sim 11% ★, Strategy 10.7%
- #38 Farmman
73% 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 23.6%, Building 13.4%, Economy 12.7%, Colony Sim 11.2% ★, Sandbox 9.5%
- #39 Frontier Governor
73% 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 21.6%, Historical 15%, Building 12.6%, Economy 12.4%, Management 9.5%
- #40 TM - Prologue
73% matchVery Positive93% of 1,207 reviews2021
Dev: UntitledStudio
Windows · Mac
Median: 54 minMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Tavern Master is all about managing your medieval tavern. You start with a very small room, couple of benches and tables and build your way up to a huge successful tavern with a kitchen, rooms for guests, group of loyal staff and much more!
Why similar: City Builder 19.1%, Building 16.5%, Medieval 15.3%, Management 10.3%, Resource Management 10.2%
- #41 Prison Architect
72% 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 18.8%, Building 13.9%, Colony Sim 10.2% ★, Management 9.8%, Sandbox 9.2%
- #42 Bread & Bravery
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ennoble Studios
Windows
Return to the era of knights and castles in a uniquely satisfying mix of Settlement Building, RTS and Castle Simulation genres. Manage complex and realistic medieval production chains, build your army and defences, satisfy the King and lead your people to prosperity. Will you succeed as a new lord?
Why similar: City Builder 19.2%, Building 10.3%, Medieval 10%, Historical 9.3%, Management 8.2%
- #43 Stronghold: Warlords
71% matchMixed65% of 5,227 reviews2021
Dev: Firefly Studios
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Besiege Great Khans, Imperial warlords and Shōgun commanders in Stronghold: Warlords, the latest 'castle sim' from Firefly Studios. Command AI warlords across the battlefield as you build a castle economy and new gunpowder-fuelled siege engines!
Why similar: City Builder 18.7%, Building 10.2%, Economy 9.8%, Medieval 9%, Historical 8.5%
- #44 Super Company
70% 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 26.2%, Economy 16.6%, Building 10.2%, Sandbox 10.1%, Management 9.9%
- #45 Aztecs: The Last Sun
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 98 reviews2025
Dev: Play2Chill S.A.Pub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Rule Tenochtitlan in this survival city-builder where gods decide your fate. Expand the capital, perform sacred rituals, and withstand the coming darkness. Build, grow, sacrifice, survive - or watch the last sun set forever.
Why similar: City Builder 18.8%, Historical 11.9%, Economy 11.2%, Building 10.8%, Colony Sim 8.7% ★
- #46 Tavern Master
70% matchVery Positive92% of 12,821 reviews2021
Dev: Untitled Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Tavern Master is all about managing your medieval tavern. You start with a very small room, couple of benches and tables and build your way up to a huge successful tavern with a kitchen, rooms for guests, group of loyal staff and much more!
Why similar: Building 19.6%, Management 18.9%, Medieval 14.2%, City Builder 13.6%, Resource Management 10.1%
- #47 RPG Tycoon
72% matchMixed51% of 487 reviews2016
Dev: Skatanic StudiosPub: Macrocosmic Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Hire heroes, send them on quests, get loot and make a profit as you expand from nothing into a bustling fantasy kingdom and attempt to win the coveted title of the greatest kingdom in all of the land!
Why similar: City Builder 21%, Management 14.8%, Building 12.2%, Isometric 7.9%, Simulation 7.8%
- #48 Chess Club Manager
69% 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 30.9%, Economy 15.4%, Management 10.4%, Simulation 10.2%, Building 9.7%
- #49 Crowded Blue Dot
70% 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 26.9%, Management 10.9%, Resource Management 10.9%, Building 10.7%, Colony Sim 7.5% ★
- #50 Hotel Magnate
67% matchMixed60% of 481 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 20.5%, Building 14.2%, Economy 12.9%, Management 11.6%, Resource Management 9.7%
- #51 Pharaoh™: A New Era
68% 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 24.5%, Building 12.2%, Historical 12.1%, Economy 11.3%, Management 9.4%
- #52 Cities XXL
71% matchMixed40% of 2,356 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 35.5%, Building 15.9%, Economy 15.5%, Management 10.4%, Simulation 8.5%
- #53 Civitatem
68% matchMixed63% of 133 reviews2022
Dev: LW Games
Windows
Civitatem is a medieval city builder where you help your villagers raise a new settlement in dangerous lands by making use of their skills and available world resources.
Why similar: City Builder 31%, Medieval 11.4%, Strategy 10.4%, Simulation 9.2%, Building 8.7%
- #54 Diluvian Winds
67% matchMostly Positive73% of 380 reviews2024
Dev: Alambik StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 69%
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 24.7%, Building 11.4%, Economy 10.5%, Colony Sim 9.2% ★, Resource Management 8.3%
- #55 Isla Paradiso
68% 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 27.9%, Building 14.3%, Economy 14%, Colony Sim 12.1% ★, Management 9.6%
- #56 Humanica
66% 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 22.3%, Historical 12.1%, Building 10%, Management 9.9%, Colony Sim 8.5% ★
- #57 Hearthlands
69% matchVery Positive82% of 414 reviews2017
Dev: Four White Cats
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Hearthlands is a medieval/fantasy city-building real time strategy game in which you take a role of a king in a procedurally generated world. You can not control your subjects directly; instead you focus on city-building, resource management, diplomacy, magic, etc.
Why similar: City Builder 25.7%, Medieval 10.4%, Colony Sim 10.4% ★, Management 8.9%, Economy 7.9%
- #58 Oxygen: First Breath
67% 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 23.9%, Building 11.4%, Economy 11.2%, Colony Sim 10.1% ★, Resource Management 9.4%
- #59 Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition
65% matchVery Positive92% of 10,053 reviews2025
Dev: Firefly Studios
Windows
Median: 12.6 hrsMean: 30.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Gird your loins and sharpen your steel! Besiege 20 unique enemy lords and battle friends online, in this expanded remaster of the classic 'castle sim'. Relive history with new units, opponents, visuals, audio, campaigns, skirmish trails, co-op and larger maps.
Why similar: City Builder 20.3%, Medieval 10.6%, Building 10.6%, Economy 10.2%, Historical 8.9%