- #1 Empolicy
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: StrategyMagic
Windows
Online strategy in a fantasy world with single-player options. Explore the world, expand the borders of your polis, build settlements and produce goods. Immerse yourself in the role of a powerful tycoon of the city-republic, choose your path - magic, diplomacy, espionage or war.
Why similar: 4X 25.9% ★, Diplomacy 22.9% ★, Economy 9.8%, War 9.2%, Management 7.9%
- #2 CivRise
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CivRise Team
Windows · Mac
Forge your civilization in this strategic idle game. Develop knowledge, build wonders, command armies, and recruit historical figures as you evolve from primitive beginnings to a mighty empire. The Heritage system lets your achievements persist, making each new civilization stronger than the last.
Why similar: 4X 21.3% ★, God Game 18% ★, Diplomacy 15.8% ★, City Builder 11.7%, Resource Management 8.1%
- #3 Goblins of Elderstone
96% matchMostly Positive74% of 399 reviews2023
Dev: Outerdawn
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 53%
This Goblin Tribe Simulator brings a challenging blend of chaos and creativity to the city-building genre. Build dwellings, manage your resources, defend your goblins, and grow your tribe, and please the Gods! Do you have what it takes to control the chaos and rule the unruly?
Why similar: 4X 18.9% ★, God Game 17.6% ★, Diplomacy 17.5% ★, City Builder 13.3%, Resource Management 7.8%
- #4 Microcivilization
95% matchVery Positive80% of 1,383 reviews2026
Dev: Ondrej Homola
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Incremental clicker strategy, where you expand, construct, research, fight, collect heroes and make choices between good and evil. Ascend through difficulty tiers by playing through challenge campaign going back and forth through history. Mammoths included.
Why similar: 4X 23.2% ★, God Game 17.5% ★, Diplomacy 14.8% ★, City Builder 12.2%, Resource Management 9%
- #5 Eurekas
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Ubben Ubben Studios
Windows
Eurekas is a real-time strategy colony sim where settlers battle a hostile, mystical island. Build, survive, use magic, and appease your gods—or risk losing everything to the wild forces that resist your claim.
Why similar: 4X 27.9% ★, God Game 22.3% ★, City Builder 16.7%, Economy 7.6%, Building 5.9%
- #6 Empires Edge
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kaser Studio
Windows
Empires Edge is a 4X-lite strategy game about building a civilization on floating islands, inspired by the classic Tyrants: Fight Through Time (Mega Lo Mania). Lead your people, achieve technological breakthroughs, and conquer new territories as you forge an empire at the edge of the Universe.
Why similar: 4X 34.7% ★, City Builder 18.6%, Building 9.6%, Strategy 9.4%, Economy 8.4%
- #7 Agecraft
93% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: SnakyDevelop
Windows · Mac
Agecraft is a historical strategy and city-building sim. Build your settlement, develop the economy, take care of your people, and guide your civilization through the ages, from the Stone Age to the future.
Why similar: 4X 24.4% ★, City Builder 16.4%, Diplomacy 13.4% ★, Economy 9.3%, War 8.3%
- #8 Myths and Legends
92% matchVery Positive92% of 51 reviews2024
Dev: Artificial Worlds
Windows · Linux
"Myths and Legends" is our next-gen semi-idle, trading real time strategy, that takes the player 2500 years back in time, but with a sense of humor. The game combines elements of exploration, combat, trade and diplomacy on procedurally generated islands.
Why similar: 4X 23.5% ★, God Game 18.7% ★, Diplomacy 16.6% ★, City Builder 15.3%, Economy 9.9%
- #9 Power of the Ancients
91% 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: God Game 18.6% ★, City Builder 17.1%, Resource Management 12%, Building 11.9%, Management 10.3%
- #10 Whiskerwood
90% matchVery Positive93% of 3,024 reviews2025
Dev: Minakata DynamicsPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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: 4X 20.2% ★, Diplomacy 18.5% ★, City Builder 14.5%, Economy 10.1%, Resource Management 8.1%
- #11 Anno 2205™
91% matchMostly Positive70% of 6,296 reviews2015
Dev: Blue BytePub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 54.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
In Anno 2205™, you join humankind‘s next step into the future with the promise to build a better tomorrow. You conquer Earth, establishing rich, bustling cities and grand industrial complexes, but to secure the prosperity of your people, you must travel into space.
Why similar: City Builder 29.1%, 4X 26.4% ★, Economy 11.4%, Strategy 7.8%, Resource Management 7.4%
- #12 Nova Roma
89% matchVery Positive95% of 1,833 reviews2026
Dev: Lion ShieldPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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: 4X 19.7% ★, Diplomacy 17.7% ★, City Builder 15.2%, Economy 10.3%, Resource Management 8.1%
- #13 Super Company
89% 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 23.6%, Economy 17.1%, God Game 13.4% ★, Resource Management 11.9%, Management 10.5%
- #14 Heart of the Machine
87% matchVery Positive92% of 1,968 reviews2026
Dev: Arcen GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 17.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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: 4X 20.1% ★, Diplomacy 19.6% ★, City Builder 14.1%, Economy 9.9%, Resource Management 8%
- #15 School of Gods
88% matchNo user reviews2023
Dev: Rampere Ltd
Windows
All new gods must be trained and educated before they can be left to guide a new-born civilisation on one of the millions of inhabited planets in the galaxy. Journey to the world that has been developed to train new recruits in the intricacies and mysteries of successful civilisation development.
Why similar: God Game 31.4% ★, Diplomacy 23.1% ★, City Builder 13.6%, Management 8.1%, Choices Matter 6%
- #16 Settler's Domain
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: rick
Windows
Settler's Domain is a strategy game about building a new settlement in unknown lands. Grow your population, explore the map, and contend with other settlements while keeping your settlers alive.
Why similar: Diplomacy 25.3% ★, City Builder 19.8%, Resource Management 11.2%, Economy 8.6%, Management 7.1%
- #17 Empire’s Supreme Command
86% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: iGindisGames
Windows · Mac
Turn-based strategy. Build, trade, fight, and lead your empire to victory.
Why similar: 4X 26.5% ★, Diplomacy 17.3% ★, City Builder 16.1%, Artificial Intelligence 11.1%, Economy 8.4%
- #18 Empires of the Undergrowth
84% matchVery Positive94% of 17,871 reviews2024
Dev: Slug DiscoPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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: 4X 20.3% ★, Diplomacy 17.8% ★, City Builder 14.5%, Economy 10.1%, Resource Management 8.2%
- #19 Pan's Permia
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Byte-Era
Windows
Pan's Permia is a planetary city builder survival game, with intricate building mechanics, villager survival, in depth army combat, and tower defense mechanics!
Why similar: 4X 27.2% ★, City Builder 21.9%, War 15.3%, PvE 7.4%, Management 7.1%
- #20 Against the Storm
84% matchVery Positive95% of 35,994 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: 4X 20.4% ★, Diplomacy 19% ★, City Builder 14.4%, Economy 9.6%, Resource Management 8.2%
- #21 Rise of Hegemony
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lion Loewe
Windows
Take control of a country from its very first beginnings and lead it successfully to become a global hegemon. In a complex simulation of economy, diplomacy and warfare the path you chose to triumph is up to you.
Why similar: 4X 25.8% ★, Diplomacy 21% ★, Economy 12.2%, War 8.2%, Building 8.1%
- #22 Cinema Manager
82% 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: God Game 29.1% ★, City Builder 23.2%, Economy 15.7%, Management 12.3%, Building 11.3%
- #23 RAEV: Kingdom on the Distant Shores
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: RAVINE Games
Windows
From a humble campfire to a multi-city kingdom, lead with grace in RAEV: Kingdom on the Distant Shores: a unique kingdom builder where every decision shapes the fate of your fox citizens and the legacy of your continent-spanning kingdom. With a freeform building system, no grids, no limits.
Why similar: Diplomacy 24.8% ★, City Builder 18.4%, 4X 16.7% ★, Building 9.4%, Resource Management 8.2%
- #24 Apoikia
81% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: Charlie
Windows · Mac
Apoikia is a city-building and economic simulation where you grow a settlement into a thriving hub by mastering supply chains, regional markets, and legal policy, with upcoming combat and free-market investment systems.
Why similar: 4X 22.4% ★, City Builder 19.5%, Building 12.2%, Resource Management 10.5%, Economy 9.5%
- #25 Xon
81% matchPositive100% of 16 reviews2023
Dev: Antonio Teyken
Windows
Create and control your own world in Xon, a real-time god game. Use powerful miracles to shape the land, guide your people, and build structures. Play with or against other players to compete for victory and gain points for your accomplishments. Will you be the one to lead your people to glory?
Why similar: God Game 31.4% ★, City Builder 20.5%, Economy 10.9%, Building 8.8%, Strategy 6.3%
- #26 Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic
79% matchVery Positive91% of 25,891 reviews2024
Dev: 3DivisionPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 73.1 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%, 4X 16.2% ★, Diplomacy 15.5% ★, Economy 11.6%, Management 8.9%
- #27 Corsair Cove
80% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Limbic EntertainmentPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Build a sprawling pirate haven, raise a fleet to explore the high seas, and take on the Crown to keep the Age of Piracy alive! From ale to flintlock pistols, and from scallywags to swashbucklers, you’ll need to manage complex production chains and govern a rowdy crew to reign supreme over the seas!
Why similar: 4X 17.7% ★, Diplomacy 17.2% ★, City Builder 16.2%, Economy 10.6%, Building 8.4%
- #28 Planet Coaster 2
77% matchMostly Positive73% of 13,296 reviews2024
Dev: Frontier Developments
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 32.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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: God Game 28.6% ★, City Builder 21.3%, Building 14.1%, Economy 13.2%, Simulation 8.5%
- #29 Hearthlands
79% 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 24%, God Game 15.3% ★, Diplomacy 12.4% ★, Management 9.7%, Resource Management 8.9%
- #30 10ⁿ - Ten Power N
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Raphael LepuschitzPub: RoboLabs
Windows · Mac
10ⁿ - TEN POWER N is a science & fiction strategy-simulation where you create, explore and conquer the universe from quantum foam to the cosmic expanse. Traverse 19 levels, manage more than 600 resources, defend your simulation. The universe isn’t just yours to explore – it’s yours to command!
Why similar: 4X 34.1% ★, God Game 20.6% ★, Management 10.7%, Artificial Intelligence 9.2%, Building 7.8%
- #31 Fata Deum - The God Sim
76% matchMixed60% of 453 reviews2025
Dev: 42 Bits EntertainmentPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows
Inspired by the god games of old, Fata Deum lets you mold settlements and townsfolk in your image. Will you raise the settlements to splendor, or spur them on to violent debauchery and demons? Watch as a living world grows under your whims.
Why similar: God Game 27.5% ★, City Builder 16.5%, Resource Management 9.2%, Management 8.8%, Building 8.4%
- #32 Halloween Store Simulator
77% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: Rogue Muse Games
Windows
🎃 Begin your Halloween empire building and managing your first Halloween Store! Manage your staff and products to attract new customers! Grow your Halloween empire by building Halloween restaurants, cafes, and entertainment! Expand and make every day and everything Halloween! 🎃
Why similar: God Game 28.3% ★, City Builder 20.2%, Economy 11.5%, Building 9.1%, Management 8.2%
- #33 Wildlife Park 3
78% matchMixed59% of 522 reviews2014
Dev: b-alive gmbh
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Do you have what it takes to be a zoo tycoon? You are responsible for your very own and unique zoo. Choose from numerous types of enclosures, park buildings and plants to design an environment appropriate to each species. Take home a part of wilderness with Wildlife Park 3!
Why similar: God Game 16.8% ★, Management 15%, City Builder 14.6%, Economy 12.7%, Building 10.8%
- #34 Macropolis
76% 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 30.5%, Simulation 13%, Economy 12.2%, Building 10%, Management 8.3%
- #35 Dune: Spice Wars
75% matchMostly Positive79% of 13,346 reviews2023
Dev: Shiro GamesPub: Funcom
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 16.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A 4X real-time strategy game from the developers of the critically acclaimed Northgard. Set in Frank Herbert’s groundbreaking Dune universe, you must lead your faction and battle for control and dominance over the harsh desert planet of Arrakis.
Why similar: 4X 24.3% ★, Diplomacy 21.1% ★, Management 12.2%, Economy 10.6%, War 10.3%
- #36 Build It Up! - The Holy Roman Empire
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tec Enterprise
Windows
Build thriving cities in the Holy Roman Empire! Manage resources, production, and trade in a complex economy. Plan defense and siege. Expand your empire through military might or diplomacy and claim the imperial crown!
Why similar: 4X 23.2% ★, City Builder 21.3%, Economy 14.6%, War 11.4%, Resource Management 10.4%
- #37 Pirate Plight
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cutlass Studios
Windows
It's pirates against British sailors (or each other) in this real-time strategy city-building game. Gather resources, build cities, drink rum, fight enemies, explore the sea, and discover new islands.
Why similar: 4X 24.2% ★, City Builder 19.5%, Economy 11.9%, Building 9.6%, Resource Management 8.5%
- #38 Highrise Mogul
74% 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 26.1%, God Game 22% ★, Economy 15%, Building 13.8%, Management 11%
- #39 My Tiny Park
73% 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 27.5%, Management 13.4%, Economy 12.7%, Building 12.4%, Simulation 11.3%
- #40 Chang'an: The capital of Tang Dynasty
74% matchMostly Positive70% of 60 reviews2021
Dev: Romulus
Windows
It is a city building game of Chang'an, the capital city of Tang dynasty in 8th century AD. Players will build the ancient city in an 1:1 proportion sandbox. Based on researches of history and ancient architecture, you will see a Chang'an city reconstructed in reality.
Why similar: 4X 24.5% ★, City Builder 23.6%, Building 12.6%, Management 9.7%, Resource Management 8.6%
- #41 Crow's Foot
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Thelix
Windows · Mac · Linux
A turn-based hex strategy you can finish over lunch. Outsmart AI rivals, each with their own grudges, ambitions, and breaking points. Conquer provinces, command knights, scouts, assassins, and more. Unlock rule-bending scrolls. Go bankrupt and your own army defects.
Why similar: 4X 39% ★, Diplomacy 22.3% ★, Economy 10.3%, Strategy 9.9%, War 6.2%
- #42 Norland
71% matchVery Positive82% of 9,913 reviews2024
Dev: Long JauntPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 18.0 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: 4X 22.9% ★, City Builder 16.1%, Economy 10.8%, Diplomacy 9.6% ★, Resource Management 9%
- #43 Landslide
71% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: 灵风工作室
Windows
Watching people run and build their towns in the mountains and resist the threat of local indigenous tribes! Here, you can destroy their town, open up the massacre mode, attach someone to their town, and experience new technologies, weapons, characters and stories.
Why similar: God Game 35.9% ★, City Builder 21.1%, Simulation 10.4%, Strategy 10.1%, Building 8.2%
- #44 How to God
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Thoughtfish GmbH
Windows
How to God is an immersive VR god simulation game allowing you to step into the divine sandals of a new god, growing in power as you progress. Build villages, raise a unique creature, follow branching quests, battle rival deities, and command the elements to unlock new powers.
Why similar: God Game 32.3% ★, City Builder 17.3%, Resource Management 12.2%, Building 11.1%, Management 7.4%
- #45 Marble Age
73% matchVery Positive83% of 744 reviews2015
Dev: Clarus Victoria
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Turn-based historical simulation strategy. Develop the Greek civilization from the small village to the great city-state when it will dominate the world!
Why similar: 4X 19.5% ★, Diplomacy 17% ★, City Builder 14%, Building 10.2%, Economy 10.1%
- #46 Dungeon Overseer
72% matchMixed54% of 50 reviews2021
Dev: Ripknot
Windows
Dungeon Overseer is a colony simulator with a focus on base building and resource management. Become the Overseer by building a unique dungeon layout, constructing your lair, upgrading and expanding, questing, crafting, researching, recruiting, defending your base, and raiding.
Why similar: City Builder 20.8%, God Game 20.5% ★, Economy 15.2%, Resource Management 11%, Building 10.5%
- #47 Ecoplanet
70% matchNo user reviews
Windows · Mac
Ecoplanet is a Tycoon Eco-Sim that lets you research, breed and build ecosystems whilst creating an island tour business to become the richest island owner around! Unlock new animals, plants and scenic props to create exciting islands and bring more customers!
Why similar: God Game 26.3% ★, City Builder 23.2%, Economy 14.2%, Management 12.7%, Building 12.3%
- #48 Omicrocity 2
69% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Omwekiatl
Windows
A relaxing, cartoonish city builder where success is not just a gray, industrial megalopolis. Create your own hippie, robotic, supernatural, warlike, or artistic city, and discover the chaotic events that will put your city to the test.
Why similar: God Game 30.1% ★, City Builder 24%, Building 10.1%, Economy 8.7%, Resource Management 7.8%
- #49 WorldShaper Idle
69% matchPositive100% of 14 reviews2026
Dev: Florian van Strien
Windows
Relax and build your own world! Discover new tiles by experimenting with tile placement. Use their bonuses to optimize your production, or just sit back and become ever more powerful! What will your worlds look like?
Why similar: God Game 35% ★, City Builder 23.2%, Resource Management 9.1%, Management 9.1%, Building 8.6%
- #50 The Settlers: New Allies
70% matchMixed49% of 1,156 reviews2024
Dev: Ubisoft DüsseldorfPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 17.2 hrs≥1hr: 75%
The Settlers®: New Allies is a strategy game with an in-depth build-up experience and real-time strategic battles.
Why similar: God Game 31.5% ★, City Builder 24.3%, Economy 11.7%, Building 9.6%, Management 8.7%
- #51 Driftland: The Magic Revival
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,995 reviews2019
Dev: Star Drifters
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
After a devastating war between ancient mages, a powerful spell is all that holds together the shattered planet of Driftland. Take on the role of a powerful mage capable of moving and connecting floating lands, develop a mighty empire, and restore Driftland to its former glory!
Why similar: 4X 23.1% ★, God Game 22.1% ★, City Builder 14%, Economy 10.4%, War 8.3%
- #52 GARDEN OF EDEN
69% match6 user reviews17% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: 凯撒工作室
Windows
Commander, lead your army, build the strongest weapons, conquer the harsh weather and enemies, and build a new Eden on the sea!!!!
Why similar: God Game 31.1% ★, City Builder 21.2%, Management 11.4%, War 10.7%, Building 8.8%
- #53 Civilize
68% 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 29.3%, Resource Management 15.5%, Economy 14.6%, Building 13.7%, Management 9.5%
- #54 Beyond Astra
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Nebule Games
Windows
Lead your civilization in a galaxy brimming with life and intrigue. Seamlessly explore and expand across uncharted worlds, from their surfaces to the stars. Forge your destiny in this sci-fi 4X offering a unique blend of grand strategy, planetary city-building, and RTS combat.
Why similar: 4X 27.9% ★, Diplomacy 18.8% ★, City Builder 16.2%, War 9.8%, Management 9.1%
- #55 Chess Club Manager
68% 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 31.1%, Economy 17.7%, Management 12.3%, Simulation 9.8%, Building 8.9%
- #56 Eastern Era
66% matchMixed65% of 2,670 reviews2026
Dev: FunYoo Games
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
To escape from pursuit, as the leader of your sect, guide your disciples to rise again! Engage in farming and hunting, train in martial arts, and forge weapons and armor. Build your sect's base and fortifications from the ground up to survive in this perilous, ambition-filled martial world!
Why similar: 4X 24.8% ★, Diplomacy 21.8% ★, City Builder 15%, Economy 9.2%, Management 7.6%
- #57 Angkor: The Holy City
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: William Parsons
Windows
Angkor: The Holy City is a unique village-builder game about growing a thriving town under the all-seeing eyes of the Gods. Construct intricate temples to honor them and research technologies to counter their wrath, all while expanding your village and contending with an ever-growing population.
Why similar: City Builder 23.1%, God Game 19.4% ★, Economy 12%, Resource Management 11.4%, Building 11%
- #58 Northgard: Definitive Edition
67% matchVery Positive85% of 68,241 reviews2018
Dev: Shiro Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 28.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Northgard: Definitive Edition is a critically acclaimed real-time strategy game based on Norse mythology. Lead your clan, uncover the secrets of a mysterious newfound continent and defeat your enemies to conquer the Throne!
Why similar: City Builder 24.3%, 4X 19.4% ★, Economy 9.2%, War 8.9%, Building 7%
- #59 Chinese Empire: Prologue
67% 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 30.1%, Economy 16%, Building 14%, Resource Management 10.9%, Strategy 10.6%
- #60 Shopping Center Tycoon
67% 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 18.6%, Management 18.4%, Economy 16.8%, Building 15.2%, Simulation 10.9%