- #1 El Dorado: The Golden City Builder
97% matchMixed54% of 110 reviews2024
Dev: Hobo BunchPub: Gameparic
Windows
El Dorado 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. Offer sacrifices to the Gods to earn their favor, but beware and don’t lose yourself in your riches.
Why similar: Colony Sim 14%, City Builder 12.9%, RTS 9%, Mythology 8.6%, Economy 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: This is the full version of the game, offering the complete experience of building and managing your Aztec settlement.
- #2 Tlatoani: Aztec Cities
96% matchVery Positive82% of 192 reviews2026
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: Colony Sim 15.7%, City Builder 14.8%, Diplomacy 11.2% ★, RTS 10.4%, Historical 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the specific historical setting and focus on managing an Aztec civilization through strategic city planning.
- #3 Aztecs: The Last Sun
96% matchMixed70% of 135 reviews2026
Dev: Play2Chill S.A.Pub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Rule Tenochtitlán in this survival city-builder where gods decide your fate. Confront the Moon Goddess and her generals. Delve into the intricate story, survive the nights in the Sandbox mode, or build freely in the Creative mode. The last sun is yours to save, or… lose!
Why similar: Colony Sim 15%, City Builder 14.5%, Economy 9.6%, RTS 8.9%, Historical 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: This title focuses on the survival and development of an Aztec-themed society, mirroring the thematic core of the seed game.
- #4 Builders of Greece
95% matchMixed55% of 604 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 20.9%, Mythology 11.3%, RTS 9.6%, Historical 9.4%, Economy 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides a familiar gameplay loop of resource management and city expansion within a distinct historical setting.
- #5 Settlement Survival
94% matchVery Positive85% of 8,102 reviews2022
Dev: Gleamer StudioPub: Team17
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.6 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 21.1%, Colony Sim 18.9%, Building 9.1%, Management 7.4%, Agriculture 6.8% ★
Why You'll Like It: It offers a very similar gameplay experience, focusing on resource management, trade, and the survival of your colony.
- #6 Builders of Egypt
94% matchMostly Negative33% of 512 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 20.2%, Historical 11.4%, Economy 10.8%, RTS 8.7%, Building 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: Part of the same 'Builders of' series, it offers a similar classic city-building experience with a focus on historical progression.
- #7 Nebuchadnezzar
93% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,840 reviews2021
Dev: Nepos GamesPub: Astra Logical
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 7.6 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 21.3%, Economy 12.2%, Colony Sim 10.8%, RTS 10.1%, Sandbox 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: It features the same isometric, grid-based city-building mechanics and deep economic management found in the seed game.
- #8 Pharaoh™: A New Era
92% matchMostly Positive75% of 5,400 reviews2023
Dev: Triskell InteractivePub: Dotemu
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 13.2 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 19.9%, Colony Sim 16.1%, Diplomacy 10.7% ★, Economy 10.2%, Historical 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A definitive classic in the historical city-builder genre that heavily influenced the mechanics found in modern titles like El Dorado.
- #9 Foundation
90% matchVery Positive87% of 24,287 reviews2025
Dev: Polymorph Games
Windows
Median: 11.1 hrsMean: 27.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Foundation is a grid-less, laidback medieval city-building game with a focus on organic development, monument construction and resource management.
Why similar: City Builder 28.6%, Colony Sim 9.1%, Economy 8.1%, Medieval 7.1%, Resource Management 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a unique, grid-less approach to city-building that emphasizes the organic development of your settlement.
- #10 Patron
91% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,196 reviews2021
Dev: Overseer Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.5 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: Colony Sim 20.7%, City Builder 19.6%, Economy 8%, Survival 7.3%, Resource Management 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: This colony-builder emphasizes social management and resource production, providing a similar feel to El Dorado's management systems.
- #11 Banished
91% matchVery Positive90% of 43,352 reviews2014
Dev: Shining Rock Software LLC
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 27.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
In this city-building strategy game, you control a group of exiled travelers who decide to restart their lives in a new land. They have only the clothes on their backs and a cart filled with supplies from their homeland. The townspeople of Banished are your primary resource.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.8%, City Builder 28.5%, Survival 6.9%, Sandbox 5.4%, Strategy 5.1%
Why You'll Like It: The quintessential survival city-builder that challenges players to manage resources and population growth in a harsh environment.
- #12 Manor Lords
89% matchVery Positive84% of 92,096 reviews2024
Dev: Slavic MagicPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 23.7 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: Colony Sim 12.4%, City Builder 11.7%, Diplomacy 10.9% ★, RTS 8.8%, Economy 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: Combines deep city-building with tactical combat, appealing to players who enjoy the strategic aspects of El Dorado.
- #13 Ostriv
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 7,692 reviews2020
Dev: yevhen8
Windows
Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 36.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 16%, Colony Sim 13.7%, Historical 8.2%, Agriculture 7.3% ★, Economy 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A highly detailed historical city-builder that focuses on organic growth and complex economic chains.
- #14 Going Medieval
85% matchVery Positive89% of 21,464 reviews2026
Dev: Foxy VoxelPub: Mythwright
Windows
Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 32.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Build and manage your own castle settlement in a land reclaimed by wilderness. With detailed management, survival strategy, and a moddable sandbox world, Going Medieval challenges you to build the mightiest colony this side of the apocalypse.
Why similar: Colony Sim 17%, City Builder 14.8%, RTS 11.5%, Economy 10.3%, Historical 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A colony-sim that allows for detailed vertical building and complex management of your settlers' needs.
- #15 Dawn of Man
87% matchVery Positive87% of 17,862 reviews2019
Dev: Madruga Works
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 30.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Command a settlement of ancient humans, guide them through the ages in their struggle for survival. Hunt, gather, craft tools, fight, research new techs and face the challenges the environment will throw at you.
Why similar: City Builder 31.7%, Colony Sim 28%, Survival 8.2%, Historical 7%, Sandbox 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the survival and technological advancement of a prehistoric settlement, sharing the core colony-sim mechanics.
- #16 Colonize Prologue
88% matchMixed64% of 514 reviews2022
Dev: RembrosoftPub: CreativeForge Games
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Colonize Prologue is a combination of survival game and building strategy that takes place during the colonization period - the 17th century. It tells the story of a settlement in the new world and all the difficulties encountered by the early settlers.
Why similar: Colony Sim 19%, City Builder 17.9%, RTS 10.2%, Economy 9.8%, Sandbox 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: Features exploration and colony management mechanics that align well with the expansionist goals of El Dorado.
- #17 Timberborn
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 41,938 reviews2026
Dev: Mechanistry
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.1 hrsMean: 44.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Humans are long gone. In a world struck by droughts and toxic waste, will your lumberpunk beavers do any better? A sandbox city-building game featuring ingenious animals, vertical architecture, water physics, and terraforming. Contains high amounts of wood.
Why similar: City Builder 23.8%, Colony Sim 21.1%, Base Building 9.3%, Sandbox 8.7%, Building 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: Introduces unique water-management and vertical building mechanics that add a fresh layer to the standard city-builder formula.
- #18 Against the Storm
84% matchVery Positive94% of 37,624 reviews2023
Dev: Eremite GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 28.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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: Colony Sim 12.6%, City Builder 11.9%, Diplomacy 10.7% ★, RTS 8.4%, Economy 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: A rogue-lite city-builder that forces players to adapt to constantly changing conditions and resource scarcity.
- #19 Oxygen: First Breath
86% matchVery Positive89% of 1,666 reviews2022
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 8.0 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 18.1%, Colony Sim 17.2%, Base Building 10.3%, Economy 9.4%, Resource Management 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused city-builder where managing limited resources is the key to keeping your population alive.
- #20 Empire City Simulator
86% matchMixed58% of 101 reviews2024
Dev: Red Brix Wall
Windows
Become a ruler and build the ancient city of your dreams in Empire City! Unlock new opportunities for your city's prosperity, gain the support of the gods, construct grand buildings, and create unique infrastructure. Transform a small settlement into a magnificent center of civilization!
Why similar: City Builder 26.1%, Historical 15.2%, Economy 12.3%, Building 10%, Realistic 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A historical city-builder that focuses on expansion and management within an isometric perspective.
- #21 Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic
81% matchVery Positive91% of 27,451 reviews2024
Dev: 3DivisionPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 71.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 15.6%, Colony Sim 11.9%, Diplomacy 10% ★, Economy 9.5%, Historical 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: Offers an incredibly deep and complex economic simulation for players who want to master every aspect of city production.
- #22 Anno 1800
82% matchVery Positive81% of 32,498 reviews2019
Dev: Ubisoft MainzPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 40.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Anno 1800™ – Lead the Industrial Revolution! Welcome to the dawn of the Industrial Age. The path you choose will define your world. Are you an innovator or an exploiter? A conqueror or a liberator? How the world remembers your name is up to you.
Why similar: City Builder 37.2%, Economy 16%, Resource Management 7.7%, RTS 7.5%, Strategy 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a deep, complex economic simulation that is perfect for players who enjoy the resource management aspects of El Dorado.
- #23 Frostpunk
81% matchVery Positive93% of 137,667 reviews2018
Dev: 11 bit studios
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 22.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Frostpunk is the first society survival game. As the ruler of the last city on Earth, it is your duty to manage both its citizens and infrastructure. What decisions will you make to ensure your society's survival? What will you do when pushed to breaking point? Who will you become in the process?
Why similar: City Builder 26.1%, Colony Sim 19.8%, Resource Management 11.7%, Survival 9.8%, Building 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: A high-stakes survival city-builder that tests your ability to make difficult moral and strategic decisions under pressure.
- #24 Age of Pyramids
83% matchMostly Negative35% of 88 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 27.1%, Colony Sim 21.1%, Historical 9.6%, Sandbox 9.1%, Strategy 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: A strategy-focused city-builder that centers on the construction of massive historical monuments.
- #25 Fata Deum - The God Sim
80% matchMixed60% of 463 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: Colony Sim 16.3%, City Builder 15.4%, RTS 10.3%, Base Building 7.9%, Economy 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: Features god-game mechanics that allow you to influence your civilization, matching the 'Gods will bow to you' theme.
- #26 Settlements Rising
79% matchVery Positive81% of 436 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: Colony Sim 20.4%, City Builder 20.1%, Resource Management 8.4%, Building 7.2%, Base Building 7%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a balanced mix of colony management, resource gathering, and strategic development.
- #27 Lethis - Path of Progress
82% matchMixed68% of 1,216 reviews2015
Dev: Triskell Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Lethis - Path of Progress is a city-builder in a victorian steampunk setting.
Why similar: City Builder 41%, Building 14.8%, Resource Management 13.6%, Sandbox 9.6%, Strategy 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: A charming city-builder that follows the classic formula of managing supply chains and population happiness.
- #28 Nova Roma
77% matchVery Positive93% of 2,363 reviews2026
Dev: Lion ShieldPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 14%, Colony Sim 13.4%, Diplomacy 10% ★, Economy 8.9%, Historical 8.5%
- #29 Clanfolk
78% matchVery Positive92% of 4,069 reviews2022
Dev: MinMax Games Ltd.Pub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Clanfolk is a colony sim set in the Scottish Highlands. Harness your environment to survive - fish, gather, hunt, and farm as you prepare for the winter. Build an inn, trade with other clans, have children and marry them off - live life and prosper across the generations.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.1%, Agriculture 24.9% ★, Sandbox 13.2%, Building 13%, Medieval 11%
Why You'll Like It: A colony-sim that emphasizes family management and survival in a harsh, historical-inspired landscape.
- #30 Celestial Empire: Prologue
77% matchVery Positive86% of 426 reviews2025
Dev: President Studio
Windows
Embrace your duties as a new provincial governor. Experience the beauty of ancient China, design the city of your dreams, and take care of your people’s needs. Earn the Gods’ favor to maintain the Mandate of Heaven for the ruling dynasty.
Why similar: Colony Sim 15.5%, City Builder 14.5%, Historical 8.1%, Mythology 7.5%, Economy 7.4%
- #31 Zeus + Poseidon
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,973 reviews2016
Dev: Impressions GamesPub: Activision
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 21.2 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Zeus + Poseidon delivers hundreds of hours of gameplay in one game!
Why similar: City Builder 34.9%, Colony Sim 30.1%, Mythology 14.5%, Strategy 8.3%, Historical 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: A classic historical city-builder that features mythological elements and robust economic management.
- #32 Builders of Greece: Prologue
78% matchMostly Positive75% of 622 reviews2023
Dev: BLUM EntertainmentPub: CreativeForge Games
Windows
Immerse yourself in the beautifully recreated golden age of Hellenic city-states. Builders of Greece: Prologue, being a shortened version of the full game, is a great way to try your hand as a ruler of an ancient Greek city-state, practice your management skills, and learn basic game mechanics.
Why similar: City Builder 17%, RTS 12.6%, Mythology 10%, Economy 8.6%, Historical 8.3%
- #33 Diplomacy is Not an Option: Shareware
75% matchVery Positive92% of 828 reviews2025
Dev: Door 407
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Diplomacy is Not an Option: Shareware is a free prequel to the original game. In a medieval fantasy world, you are to build settlements, raise huge armies, and defend against massive hordes of enemies. Learn how Ironbrow clan shaped the world's map the first time - if you survive, that is.
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.9%, City Builder 18.6%, RTS 13%, Base Building 8.7%, Economy 7.4%
- #34 Urbek City Builder: Prologue
76% matchVery Positive94% of 1,703 reviews2022
Dev: Estudios KremlinoisPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Urbek City Builder: Prologue is a free city building game where you can build your own neighbourhoods: from nightlife district to industrial district. Don't exhaust your natural resources before you have an educated population to build more efficient structures. Try it yourself for free!
Why similar: City Builder 20.3%, Agriculture 17.3% ★, Economy 13.2%, Building 10.1%, Resource Management 10%
- #35 Settler's Domain
76% matchMixed66% of 87 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: Colony Sim 20.7%, City Builder 19.6%, Diplomacy 15.1% ★, Economy 10.6%, Resource Management 9.7%
- #36 Roman Triumph: Survival City Builder
75% matchVery Positive84% of 774 reviews2025
Dev: Coreffect InteractivePub: Forklift Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
At the farthest reaches of the empire, a new Roman city is born! Manage and grow your city, please the gods, and survive against barbarians and mythological threats to achieve Roman Triumph!
Why similar: Colony Sim 17.5%, City Builder 16.2%, RTS 11.5%, Base Building 8.2%, Building 7.6%
- #37 Celestial Empire
73% matchVery Positive89% of 732 reviews2025
Dev: President StudioPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Forge an empire under the watchful eyes of the gods! Take care of your people, develop efficient production chains and trade with other landlords. Ensure their survival through harsh winters and disasters.
Why similar: City Builder 14.6%, Colony Sim 11.5%, RTS 11.5%, Economy 10.2%, Historical 9.1%
- #38 Mini Settlers: Prologue
74% matchVery Positive89% of 803 reviews2024
Dev: Knight Owl GamesPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Mini Settlers: Prologue is a free version of Mini Settlers. In this minimalist city builder, settle islands, construct cities, and design efficient logistic networks to fulfill your buildings' needs and fuel population growth to adventure into new worlds.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.7%, City Builder 18.3%, Base Building 12%, Resource Management 11.7%, Management 7.1%
- #39 Citizens: Far Lands - Prologue
74% matchVery Positive88% of 121 reviews2023
Dev: Redkar LimitedPub: CreativeForge Games
Windows
Build, strategize, and conquer with Citizens: Prologue - the free city-building and puzzler game for strategy masterminds! Extract resources, manage your population, and build the ultimate settlement. Ready to take on the challenge? Download now and discover the magic of Citizens: Prologue!
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.4%, City Builder 20%, Agriculture 16.3% ★, Economy 11.8%, Sandbox 9.1%
- #40 Humanica
71% matchVery Positive94% of 215 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 18.5%, Colony Sim 16.1%, Historical 9.1%, Base Building 8.3%, Management 7.8%
- #41 Primitive Society Simulator
72% matchVery Positive84% of 760 reviews2024
Dev: YSH BigDovePub: YSH Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 70%
A colony-building game combined with grand strategy elements. Play as a tribal leader, guiding your people from the Stone Age to the Bronze Age. Survive, multiply, and compete for territory among ancient nations.
Why similar: Colony Sim 15.4%, City Builder 14.1%, Diplomacy 12.8% ★, Agriculture 12.5% ★, Historical 8.2%
- #42 Wild West Pioneers
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 326 reviews2026
Dev: EmpireCraft StudiosPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Wild West Pioneers is a city-builder adventure about leading settlers into the untamed frontier. Build and manage growing settlements, establish production chains, and explore the world. Follow a story of gold rush dreams, dangerous encounters, and the search for your family.
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.3%, City Builder 18.7%, Economy 10.2%, Sandbox 8.6%, Historical 8.2%
- #43 The Unexpected Quest Prologue
73% matchVery Positive86% of 133 reviews2020
Dev: RionixPub: PQube
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 24%
Adventure game with strategy and management elements in a medieval fantasy setting - drawing inspiration from classics such as Warcraft 3 and The Settlers. In this prologue, play through chapters 1, 2, and 3, where you learn to manage your resources as you build and battle to bring order to the world.
Why similar: City Builder 56.9%, Base Building 14.2%, Simulation 13.9%, Strategy 13%, Singleplayer 2%
- #44 Viking Frontiers: Prologue
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 499 reviews2025
Dev: BLUM EntertainmentPub: GameHunters
Windows
Survival of your people - that's the only thing that matters. Become the leader of a newly founded Viking settlement and lead it to safety and glory. Gather, build, craft, hunt, raid and follow your Gods to endure hardships of nature and save your clan from violent destruction.
Why similar: City Builder 30.1%, Historical 14.4%, Sandbox 13.6%, Strategy 9.3%, Simulation 8.5%
- #45 Citizens: On Mars - Prologue
73% matchMostly Positive73% of 74 reviews2023
Dev: Redkar LimitedPub: CreativeForge Games
Windows
Experience the ultimate turn-based colony building game in Citizens: On Mars - Prologue! As the leader of a fledgling Martian settlement, your mission is to develop a thriving colony amidst the harsh and unforgiving environment of the Red Planet.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.7%, City Builder 27.7%, Simulation 12.4%, Strategy 11.4%, Sandbox 10.7%
- #46 Post-Apo Builder: Prologue
72% matchMixed68% of 439 reviews2023
Dev: Septarian Games
Windows
Discover a post-apocalyptic world Collect resources and manage people Build your colony on the remains of an oil tanker Prepare supplies and vehicles for a dangerous expedition. Complete challenging tasks from the council of elders
Why similar: Colony Sim 39.1%, Strategy 12.2%, Base Building 12.1%, Economy 11.1%, Resource Management 7.2%
- #47 Norland
69% matchVery Positive82% of 10,516 reviews2024
Dev: Long JauntPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 18.6 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: Colony Sim 13.1%, City Builder 12.1%, Diplomacy 10.2% ★, RTS 8.1%, Economy 8.1%
- #48 Kingdoms and Castles
70% matchVery Positive94% of 31,455 reviews2017
Dev: Lion Shield, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 16.2 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 17.4%, Colony Sim 16.2%, RTS 8.9%, Economy 8.1%, Resource Management 6.7%
- #49 Republic of Pirates
69% matchMostly Positive71% of 545 reviews2024
Dev: Crazy Goat GamesPub: PQube
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 71%
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 17.5%, Colony Sim 15.5%, RTS 13.1%, Diplomacy 9% ★, Resource Management 8.4%
- #50 MEMORIAPOLIS
67% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,806 reviews2025
Dev: 5PM Studio
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Memoriapolis is a historical city builder where your city grows organically across 5 ages, from Antiquity to the Industrial Revolution. Manage resources, interact with factions, and shape your dynasty toward building a final Wonder with easy, normal, or hard difficulty levels.
Why similar: City Builder 24.2%, Colony Sim 21.5%, Historical 10.2%, Building 9.4%, Base Building 9.2%
- #51 Noble's Life: Kingdom Reborn - Prologue
68% matchMostly Positive71% of 86 reviews2024
Dev: Gentle GriffonsPub: Concept Lab Sp. z o.o.
Windows
Experience the first months after a brutal assault on your own estate in the free prologue of a realistic simulator of a medieval noble combined with a strategy game of historical depth. Manage your town and villages and make decisions in non-linear events.
Why similar: Diplomacy 16.1% ★, Economy 11.4%, Base Building 11.1%, Historical 10.1%, Building 9.7%
- #52 Hearthlands
70% 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 20.7%, Colony Sim 18.8%, RTS 10.9%, Diplomacy 7.1% ★, Economy 7.1%
- #53 Polismos
67% matchMostly Positive74% of 62 reviews2024
Dev: Composition GS
Windows
Polismos is a city builder set in ancient Greece. To ensure your city's prosperity you will need to care for your people, trade valuable resources, enact wise policies, and maybe even dominate other cities.
Why similar: Historical 22.8%, Base Building 16.9%, City Builder 16.1%, Economy 8.4%, RTS 7.9%
- #54 Dungeon Overseer
70% matchMixed55% of 51 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: Colony Sim 21.5%, City Builder 18.4%, Economy 13%, Base Building 10.7%, Resource Management 8.5%
- #55 House of Legacy
65% matchVery Positive83% of 3,987 reviews2025
Dev: S3 StudioPub: Thermite Games
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 19.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Step into the shoes of a fallen clan leader, starting with nothing but a crumbling estate and a handful of hopes, rising through careful planning, trade, and diplomacy to become one of the most powerful families in the land. Now it’s time to forge a legendary dynasty that leaves its mark on history.
Why similar: Diplomacy 19.9% ★, City Builder 18%, Economy 10.9%, Sandbox 9.6%, Management 9.3%
- #56 Synergy
66% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,098 reviews2025
Dev: Leikir StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 55%
An ecosystem City Builder in a unique world. Build your settlement, manage your workers and optimize your resources. Analyzing your environment, spreading new plants, and harvesting them are key to prosperity.
Why similar: City Builder 16%, Colony Sim 15.8%, Diplomacy 13.6% ★, Economy 11.5%, Base Building 7.6%
- #57 Microtopia: Prologue
66% matchVery Positive95% of 132 reviews2024
Dev: Cordyceps CollectivePub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Become the hive mind of a robot ant colony in this free version of Microtopia! Use pheromone trails to create, automate and optimize supply chains for your ants to follow. Collect resources, produce goods, feed your queen, grow your colony and fly out to expand the species!
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.1%, City Builder 17.6%, Base Building 11.5%, Resource Management 10.8%, Sandbox 10%
- #58 Kingdoms Reborn
66% matchVery Positive90% of 9,742 reviews2020
Dev: Earthshine
Windows
Median: 10.1 hrsMean: 24.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A city builder with simulated citizens, set in a procedurally-generated world map. Grow your kingdom through the eras from a tiny medieval hamlet into a prosperous global empire! Cooperate or compete in real-time with your friends in multiplayer mode.
Why similar: City Builder 26.1%, Colony Sim 18.2%, Base Building 9%, Economy 8.4%, RTS 6.8%
- #59 Citadelum
65% matchVery Positive84% of 1,089 reviews2024
Dev: Abylight BarcelonaPub: Abylight Studios
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Citadelum is a city builder set in legendary Ancient Rome. Build your own settlement, gather resources and evolve it into a magnificent city. Explore the world, trade and lead your mighty legions in epic tactical battles. Earn the favor of the Gods or challenge them, if you dare.
Why similar: City Builder 22.2%, Economy 12.8%, Historical 12.5%, Resource Management 11.2%, Building 10.6%
