Games Like Empire Architect

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: City Builder 51.6%, Strategy 10.4%, Simulation 9.9%, Resource Management 5.1%, Economy 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive indirect-control city builder that mirrors the survival and resource management challenges found in Empire Architect.

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 33.3%, RTS 9.2%, Strategy 8.6%, Simulation 8.5%, Economy 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: It is a medieval city-builder that shares the same focus on managing a growing population within a procedurally generated world.

Protect and guide your people as you forge a town from untamed wilderness at the edge of the known world. Harvest raw materials, hunt, fish and farm to survive. Produce crafted items to trade, consume, equip and fight with as you battle for your survival against the elements and outside threats.

Why similar: City Builder 25%, Building 13.3%, Economy 10.8%, RTS 8.6%, Resource Management 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a deep, complex simulation of ancient-style survival and resource management with a focus on building a sustainable settlement.

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 33.5%, Strategy 11.3%, Simulation 10.6%, Resource Management 7.8%, Base Building 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on helping a small group of settlers survive and thrive, mirroring the management style and historical setting of the seed game.

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 59.3%, Strategy 10.1%, Simulation 7.5%, Historical 7.5%, Economy 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: Set in the prehistoric era, this game focuses on managing a tribe through resource gathering and survival, much like the ancient themes of the seed game.

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 29.9%, Economy 12.3%, Building 10.5%, Management 7.5%, RTS 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: A classic-style city builder that emphasizes monument building and complex economic chains in an ancient Mesopotamian setting.

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 40.3%, Economy 8.3%, Simulation 7.5%, Building 7.3%, Medieval 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a grid-less building experience with a focus on organic city growth and indirect citizen management.

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 29.1%, Economy 9.6%, Building 9.5%, Historical 8.7%, Base Building 8%

Why You'll Like It: This title provides a highly realistic and complex approach to city building with a strong emphasis on individual citizen needs and logistics.

Shape the Roman Empire in this genre-defining strategic builder game. Build cities while expanding your influence through Roman provinces. Govern using your economic prowess, diplomatic skills, or military might.

Why similar: City Builder 27.9%, Economy 10.9%, Building 9.3%, Rome 9.1% ★, RTS 9%

Why You'll Like It: This high-production title brings the Roman era to life with deep economic systems and strategic city planning.

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 35.1%, Building 13.1%, Management 9%, Economy 8.3%, Medieval 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: Featuring procedural maps and intense resource management, this game captures the indie, systems-heavy feel of Empire Architect.

Ancient Cities is a realistic, survival city builder in an immersive procedural environment. Lead the fate of your tribe through ancient times!

Why similar: City Builder 30%, Historical 11%, Economy 10.9%, Resource Management 8.8%, Strategy 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: This survival-focused city builder emphasizes the historical evolution of a society, requiring careful management of resources and citizen needs.

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 26.5%, Economy 10.2%, Building 9.8%, Real-Time 9.4% ★, Historical 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the historical development of Egyptian cities, requiring careful resource balancing and architectural planning.

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 22.7%, Rome 21.7% ★, Economy 9.4%, Building 9.4%, Resource Management 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: It combines city-building with resource management and tactical combat, providing a well-rounded ancient world experience.

As Governor of a Roman Province in the time-honoured Roman Empire, its fortune very much lies in your hands. Choose one of five Roman noble families such as Caesar’s Julii with different abilities to accomplish the comprehensive missions.

Why similar: City Builder 35%, Rome 25.1% ★, Strategy 13.3%, Historical 9.7%, Simulation 9%

Why You'll Like It: A classic strategy title that balances city-building with military management in a historical Roman context.

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 29.5%, Building 9.7%, Economy 9.5%, Real-Time 8.6% ★, Historical 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game captures the essence of ancient city-building with a focus on trade, construction, and managing the needs of a growing population.

The city builder strategy game Imperium Romanum is set in the time-honoured Roman Empire. As governor of a Roman province, you will devise a strategy to build a well organised, prosperous and commanding settlement. Its fortune very much lies in your own hands.

Why similar: City Builder 35.3%, Rome 28% ★, Strategy 18%, Simulation 14%, Historical 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: This title offers a classic approach to Roman city management with a focus on historical accuracy and economic stability.

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 25.8%, Economy 10.7%, RTS 9.6%, Historical 9.2%, Isometric 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a unique historical perspective on city-building with a focus on Aztec culture and resource management.

Strategy simulator of the Great Pyramids period, where you take your path from the unification of Egyptian tribes to the foundation of The First Empire. Developed with the assistance of Egyptologists.

Why similar: City Builder 21.3%, Building 12%, Economy 10.6%, Historical 10.5%, Base Building 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A strategy-focused city builder that emphasizes survival and the long-term development of an ancient civilization.

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 26%, Simulation 11.4%, Strategy 10.4%, Real-Time 10.3% ★, Economy 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the early development of cities in Mesopotamia, emphasizing irrigation and resource management.

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 41.8%, Building 13.2%, Base Building 10.9%, Management 10.1%, Resource Management 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: While featuring beavers, the core mechanics of water management and complex resource chains are highly relevant to fans of Empire Architect.

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: City Builder 29.4%, Economy 15%, Base Building 11.3%, Historical 10.7%, Management 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a deep building and survival experience that allows for complex architectural designs and population management.

City Tales is a medieval city builder, allowing you to unleash your creativity and shape vast cities that break outside a traditional grid. Plan each district for your citizens needs and aid your companions in their tales, creating a city to be proud of!

Why similar: City Builder 33.7%, Economy 15%, Building 14.2%, Simulation 10.3%, Resource Management 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: A relaxing city builder that focuses on the aesthetic and economic development of a medieval town.

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 34.1%, Economy 10.1%, Strategy 8.9%, Building 8.4%, Resource Management 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: A survival city builder that focuses on social dynamics and resource management, providing a challenging experience for fans of the genre.

Casual city building. Become an architect. Manage the small polis. Construct an idyllic ancient Roman city with plenty of houses. Work your way to the top through the campaign mode, or create your own scenarios.

Why similar: Rome 31.7% ★, City Builder 18.2%, Simulation 15.4%, Strategy 6.6%, Casual 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: A casual city builder that captures the charm of building a Roman city with simple, satisfying mechanics.

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: City Builder 20.1%, Building 11.4%, Economy 10.1%, Historical 9.3%, Base Building 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: This indie strategy game focuses on the growth of a Greek city-state through survival and resource management.

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 27.5%, Economy 12.3%, Building 10.5%, Base Building 9.3%, Historical 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: For those who enjoy the deep economic and resource management aspects of Empire Architect, this game offers an unparalleled level of complexity.

LiF:Forest Village is a city builder with survival aspects in a realistic harsh medieval world. Shape, build and expand your settlement, grow various food to prevent your villagers from avitaminosis and starvation. Possess them for additional micromanagement or simply to wander around.

Why similar: City Builder 52.1%, Resource Management 11.7%, Building 9.6%, Strategy 9.1%, Simulation 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: It features a realistic survival-based city-building mechanic where you must manage the harsh realities of life in a medieval setting.

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: Building 27.6%, Simulation 19.1%, Medieval 18.6%, RPG 15%, Casual 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: This colony simulator focuses on the survival of a family unit, emphasizing the same indirect management and resource gathering found in the seed game.

Hunt, survive, build and lead in the harsh Middle Ages: Create your own Medieval Dynasty and ensure its long-lasting prosperity or die trying! Play alone or team up with friends to enjoy the ultimate medieval experience.

Why similar: Building 28.3%, Base Building 15.2%, Medieval 12.9%, Historical 12.5%, Management 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game blends survival, RPG elements, and city-building, allowing you to manage a settlement from the ground up.

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 34.4%, Resource Management 9.6%, Building 8.8%, Management 8.4%, Simulation 7.2%

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: City Builder 22.9%, Rome 21.5% ★, Building 9.3%, RTS 8.6%, Base Building 7.8%

A creative game where your imagination is your limit.

Why similar: City Builder 41.5%, Building 28.6%, Simulation 16.5%, Casual 8.2%, Medieval 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes the creative and procedural aspects of building, allowing for unique city designs in a sandbox environment.

Pax Augusta is probably the most authentic ancient city-building simulation. Build flourishing cities and look after your citizens. Earn gold with production and trade of goods and build impressive monuments. Strengthen your influence and become a Roman emperor!

Why similar: Rome 26.3% ★, City Builder 25.7%, Simulation 11.7%, Strategy 9.7%, Historical 9.1%

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 23.9%, Rome 19.8% ★, Isometric 8.3%, Historical 8.1%, Economy 8.1%

Rebuild Pompeii from the ashes and lead it through centuries of politics, intrigue, and survival. Shape laws, expand trade across the Empire, guide your city through disasters, and command legions in optional real-time battles. Your legacy begins now.

Why similar: City Builder 24%, Rome 22.7% ★, Economy 10.6%, Historical 7.5%, Simulation 6.4%

A city-building sim with a historical twist

Why similar: City Builder 38.7%, Simulation 13.2%, Strategy 12.4%, Building 10.4%, Historical 6.6%

Step into the shoes of a hotel owner as you design, build, and manage grand hotels around the world. Juggle demanding guests, frantic logistics, and plenty of unexpected surprises in Hotel Architect; the ultimate hotel construction and tycoon management game!

Why similar: City Builder 30.8%, Economy 15%, Building 13.2%, Management 10.4%, Simulation 9.2%

Empires and Tribes is a unique hybrid of a medieval city builder and a role-playing game. You will undertake the duties of a mayor in the 13th century and manage the expansion of your city, ensure the production of resources and raise a powerful army to protect yourself from rival principalities.

Why similar: City Builder 28%, Real-Time 16.6% ★, Building 12%, Base Building 9%, RTS 8.8%

Lethis - Path of Progress is a city-builder in a victorian steampunk setting.

Why similar: City Builder 44.2%, Building 13.8%, Resource Management 10.7%, Simulation 10.1%, Strategy 10%

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 26%, Economy 12.2%, Building 10.5%, Base Building 9.4%, Historical 9.3%

Put your entrepreneurial skills to the test in the first title in the ROI series as you create & optimise intricate production lines. As an early 20th-Century industrialist, grow your empire & adapt to an ever-changing business landscape with unexpected events that could lead to boom…or bust.

Why similar: City Builder 25.5%, Economy 14.7%, Management 10.8%, Resource Management 8.9%, Strategy 8.2%

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 23.7%, Economy 11.7%, Building 10%, RTS 8.6%, Base Building 7.9%

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 36.1%, Building 12.2%, Base Building 9.2%, Management 9.1%, Historical 8.8%

Marble Age is a turn-based historical strategy where your task is to turn a small Ancient Greek village into a flourishing Polis, powerful enough to conquer the known world!

Why similar: City Builder 22.6%, Building 12.1%, Economy 10.9%, Strategy 9.9%, Historical 9.8%

Desktopia is a city-builder game which simulates an evolving, medieval-esque village along the bottom of your desktop, allowing you to work, watch, or browse something else while you play.

Why similar: City Builder 41.7%, Simulation 19%, RPG 10.3%, Strategy 7.7%, Medieval 4.8%

Project Highrise is a skyscraper construction and management sim...

Why similar: Building 22.1%, Management 20.3%, Simulation 17.3%, Strategy 13.4%, City Builder 10.6%

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 39.9%, Base Building 9.3%, Economy 9.2%, Management 7.7%, Resource Management 6.7%

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: City Builder 26.1%, Building 10.4%, Economy 9.6%, Strategy 8.8%, Historical 8.5%

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 31.4%, Building 12.5%, Management 9.4%, Base Building 9.1%, Isometric 8.1%

Urbek is a 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.

Why similar: City Builder 33.4%, Economy 13.6%, Building 13.6%, Management 10.2%, Resource Management 10.1%

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 26.4%, RTS 10.4%, Building 9.7%, Economy 9.7%, Simulation 8.5%

Command armies, manage resources, and build an empire in this real-time strategy wargame from Longbow Games. Will Rome fulfil its destiny to rule the ancient world or will history be rewritten to forge a new Etruscan, Gallic, or Greek hegemony!

Why similar: Rome 29.9% ★, Strategy 19.1%, Historical 16.3%, Simulation 14.7%, RTS 14.5%

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 36.5%, Economy 14.6%, Strategy 14.3%, Simulation 13.1%, Management 11.1%

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 25.7%, Economy 12.9%, Building 10.9%, RTS 10.7%, Historical 9.2%

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 32.8%, Building 10.3%, Resource Management 10.2%, Strategy 8.2%, Simulation 8%

Experience a city-building game, where the citizens are fully simulated and every decision you make impacts their lives. From the Stone Age to the Iron Age and beyond, watch your civilization evolve and progress under your guidance.

Why similar: Economy 18.8%, Simulation 18.6%, Building 17.6%, Strategy 17.6%, Management 9.4%

Build and maintain a power grid for a constantly growing population, while fighting off all kinds of disasters in this thrilling resource management experience. It's time for you to give "Power to the People"! Do you have what it takes to keep the lights on?

Why similar: City Builder 25.4%, Economy 14.3%, Building 11.9%, Management 10%, Resource Management 9.9%

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 30.7%, Historical 11.4%, Base Building 11.3%, Simulation 8.8%, Strategy 8.5%

Build your sky city while exploring a vast landscape in this Open World RPG City Builder. Combining the methodical construction and management of a city builder; the unique lift, balance, and propulsion needed for a flying city; and the compelling characters, dangers, and adventures of an RPG!

Why similar: City Builder 33.2%, Resource Management 12.3%, RTS 9.7%, Building 9.4%, Strategy 8.1%

Summa Expeditionis is a colony sim and base building game set in ancient Roman Empire. Follow the career of a Roman soldier from Legionnaire to Centurion. Build and manage your camp, recruit more soldiers and face the barbarians for the glory of Rome.

Why similar: Rome 22.2% ★, City Builder 21.1%, Building 11.3%, Base Building 10.1%, Management 9%