- #1 RAT CITY: Ratocracy
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: wootusart Industries
Windows
Build and Manage a Rat City. Run it into the ground. Literally. Keep your Rats happy and productive. Create for them a glorious colony in the dirt! The never ending demand for the production of products to consume is all consuming. Wait, is this real life? No, it's RAT CITY!
Why similar: Colony Sim 20%, City Builder 19%, Farming Sim 14.7%, Management 9.3%, Resource Management 8%
- #2 Global City
96% matchMixed69% of 1,440 reviews2021
Dev: Red Brix WallPub: MY.GAMES
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 32.9 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Become the mayor and build the city of your dreams! In this game, anything is possible. Whatever you can imagine in a city-building and development simulator, you can do. Start from the very beginning and unlock new possibilities for developing your city in Global City!
Why similar: Farming Sim 15.7%, Capitalism 15.6%, City Builder 14.3%, Economy 9.4%, Crafting 8.7%
- #3 Ale Abbey - Monastery Brewery Tycoon
96% matchVery Positive89% of 1,358 reviews2025
Dev: Hammer & RavensPub: Shiro Unlimited
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Build and expand your monastery, craft recipes and brew holy ales in this unique brewery tycoon. No pre-made recipes in Ale Abbey, oh no. It's a canvas for true beer alchemists. It's as simple as: brew, sip, repeat. Welcome to Ale Abbey!
Why similar: Capitalism 19.4%, Colony Sim 16.6%, Crafting 10.2%, Management 9.4%, Medieval 9.1%
- #4 Skyline Settlers
95% 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 22.5%, Colony Sim 22.4%, Medieval 11%, Economy 10.4%, Building 7.5%
- #5 Agromatic
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Gimcraft
Windows
A farming and automation game where your automation is people. Hire workers, pay their salaries, build their houses, and lay out your farms and factories like a town. Produce and sell valuable goods to keep your business profitable. This isn't colony survival, it's running a company.
Why similar: Farming Sim 17.7%, Colony Sim 17.7%, City Builder 14.7%, Capitalism 12.4%, Economy 8.9%
- #6 Kingdom Workshop
94% 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: Colony Sim 15.2%, City Builder 14.9%, Crafting 13.3%, Medieval 11%, Building 10.2%
- #7 Lords and Villeins
93% matchMostly Positive71% of 979 reviews2022
Dev: Honestly GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 53%
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: Colony Sim 21.1%, City Builder 16.8%, Medieval 9.9%, Management 9.6%, Crafting 8.8%
- #8 All Roads Connected
92% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: Dushman Gaming Studio
Windows
Explore an endless world, build countless settlements, discover lost artifacts, and lead your nation into a new dawn of industry.
Why similar: Colony Sim 18%, City Builder 16.6%, Farming Sim 16%, Resource Management 9.3%, Economy 8.4%
- #9 Property Pro
91% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: SimDevs
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your tower is falling apart and your staff came from the classified ads. Build the rooms, take in the guests, then hire the people to keep it standing. Send the plumber to the burst pipe, not the front desk. Put the wrong worker on the wrong job and you'll watch your guests walk out.
Why similar: City Builder 17.1%, Colony Sim 16.1%, Capitalism 15.1%, Economy 11.1%, Management 10.8%
- #10 CENTAVO
90% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Trocado Studio
Windows
A city sim where money never comes from nowhere. You lay the streets and zone the lots; residents build with their own money, open businesses, hire and leave if work or food runs out. Click any payment and see whose pocket it came from. Grow a camp into a metropolis.
Why similar: City Builder 19.8%, Colony Sim 19.6%, Capitalism 19.6%, Economy 11.8%, Management 9.1%
- #11 Capital City
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: tjenstech
Windows
Capital City combines city, resource, and transport management within an infinite steampunk fantasy world. Mine resources, build factories and logistics networks. Transport raw and processed materials and goods to your city to ensure it keeps growing and expanding.
Why similar: City Builder 19.1%, Colony Sim 12.9%, Crafting 11.8%, Economy 11.8%, Capitalism 11.4%
- #12 Infinite Construction
89% matchMixed52% of 21 reviews2022
Dev: BackSnow Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
This is an infinite sandbox construction game with no boundaries. The game is simulating the reconstruction of a post-war town; there are 18 kinds of resources in the game, and the construction strategy is to increase the resources and maintain the dynamic balance of different resources.
Why similar: Farming Sim 29.1%, City Builder 20.3%, Building 11.2%, Hand-drawn 10.6%, Resource Management 7.3%
- #13 Super Company
87% 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: Capitalism 21.4%, City Builder 21%, Economy 13.7%, Resource Management 10.2%, Management 9.7%
- #14 Mad Tower Tycoon
88% matchMostly Positive78% of 445 reviews2020
Dev: Eggcode
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Design your own skyscraper with more than 100 Floors. Rent offices, apartments or shops and build a financially lucrative skyscraper. Build cinemas, bars or a theater to satisfy your visitors and create an effective transport system with elevators and stairs.
Why similar: Colony Sim 15.1%, City Builder 14.7%, Capitalism 12%, Economy 9.5%, Management 9%
- #15 Harvest Village
86% matchPositive82% of 38 reviews2024
Dev: Musa GUNGOR
Windows
Harvest Village is a resource gathering and crafting paradise. It is a mini city building game where we process resources and try to craft the most valuable items and complete various quests. Upgrade your buildings and become the best miner, cook and toolmaker.
Why similar: City Builder 15.9%, Crafting 11.7%, Medieval 10.9%, Building 9.8%, Resource Management 9.5%
- #16 Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator
85% matchVery Positive93% of 44,849 reviews2022
Dev: niceplay gamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Potion Craft is an alchemist simulator where you physically interact with your tools and ingredients to brew potions. You're in full control of the whole shop: invent new recipes, attract customers and experiment to your heart's content. Just remember: the whole town is counting on you.
Why similar: Crafting 18.9%, Farming Sim 15.2%, Capitalism 13.7%, Medieval 11.5%, Management 9.5%
- #17 First Feudal
86% matchMostly Positive76% of 647 reviews2021
Dev: Harpoon Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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: Colony Sim 21.1%, City Builder 14.7%, Crafting 11.7%, Medieval 10.5%, Resource Management 9.7%
- #18 Farmman
84% 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: Colony Sim 22.2%, City Builder 19.5%, Crafting 13.1%, Economy 10.7%, Building 10.2%
- #19 Ostriv
84% 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 19.2%, Colony Sim 17.6%, Farming Sim 12.9%, Management 8.4%, Building 8.1%
- #20 Scaling Up
82% matchPositive86% of 29 reviews2026
Dev: Flannel Bear Games
Windows · Mac
Become the owner of a snake ranch! As a small dragon, raise your ranch from the ground up. Gather and manage resources, build various facilities to house your snakes, make sure they are cared for to keep them happy, and collect their beautiful scales, to forge stronger equipment and scale up!
Why similar: Farming Sim 22.8%, Colony Sim 20.1%, City Builder 17.7%, Building 7.2%, Economy 7.1%
- #21 Civatlas
83% matchMostly Negative27% of 11 reviews2023
Dev: Sharp End Studio
Windows
Civatlas is a historical city-builder game progressing through the Medieval and Renaissance eras. Build a Utopia of thine own creation!
Why similar: Farming Sim 15.4%, Colony Sim 15%, Capitalism 13.7%, City Builder 13.3%, Medieval 8.9%
- #22 Randoville
82% matchMixed65% of 67 reviews2023
Dev: AVE Team
Windows
Randoville is a medieval chill-builder where everything is decided by your luck! Will you get a shabby hut or a gorgeous palace? Throw D20 and find out!
Why similar: City Builder 17.5%, Colony Sim 17.4%, Farming Sim 17.2%, Medieval 10.9%, Economy 10.2%
- #23 My Drug Cartel
81% matchMixed51% of 49 reviews2025
Dev: Gigicom
Windows
A drug plantation management game with basebuilding, strategy and combat elements. Expand your plantation, hire workers, and plan new smuggling routes. But be ready to face a heavy response by law enforcement by hiring guards, buying weapons and building defences.
Why similar: Capitalism 16.8%, Colony Sim 16.4%, Farming Sim 13%, Economy 10.6%, Management 9.6%
- #24 Catizens
81% matchVery Positive81% of 368 reviews2024
Dev: badopticsgamesPub: HeroCraft PC
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Inspired by RimWorld and The Sims, Catizens is a colony management simulation game where you watch over unique cats with quirky personalities, as you help them build and grow their settlement while exploring new lands, facing off against wildlife and overcoming the challenges of each environment.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.2%, Farming Sim 18.4%, City Builder 17.4%, Crafting 10.7%, Building 9.8%
- #25 Dream Town Island
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 549 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 65%
A town sim where you raise generations of residents. Unlock new stores and facilities, help your residents find love, or cash in on the stock market!
Why similar: Farming Sim 22.3%, Colony Sim 21.7%, City Builder 19.1%, Building 8%, Management 5.2%
- #26 Of Life and Land
79% matchVery Positive86% of 368 reviews2025
Dev: KerzovenPub: Metaroot
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 56%
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: Colony Sim 17.4%, Farming Sim 15.9%, City Builder 15.8%, Medieval 8.9%, Management 8.3%
- #27 Farm Day 2023
79% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2023
Dev: indiegames3000
Windows
Looking for a fun and addictive farming simulation game? Look no further than Farm Day 2023! Develop your farming capabilities, grow crops, and build your own town. With beautiful graphics and a relaxed gameplay style, it's perfect for players of all ages. Start your farming adventure today!
Why similar: Farming Sim 27.5%, City Builder 21.4%, Crafting 11.7%, Economy 9.4%, Management 7.2%
- #28 Monastery Builder
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SolidGames
Windows
Become a monk in a medieval European monastery. Be diligent with your duties, and develop and expand your friary. Learn plenty of useful skills and contribute to raising the standard of living for the local community.
Why similar: Farming Sim 17.8%, City Builder 16.9%, Crafting 10.8%, Medieval 10.4%, Economy 10.1%
- #29 Prison Architect
78% matchVery Positive85% of 76,934 reviews2015
Dev: Introversion SoftwarePub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 30.3 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: Colony Sim 20.9%, City Builder 15.9%, Capitalism 14%, Building 11%, Management 10.2%
- #30 Barter & Blades
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DT Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Embark on a medieval odyssey in Barter & Blades! As a budding adventurer, trade goods, shape your reputation, and amass wealth. Engage in dynamic trading, epic quests, and unforeseen events. Are you ready to thrive in the realm?
Why similar: Capitalism 31.3%, Economy 14.5%, Medieval 11.5%, Crafting 10.5%, Building 8.9%
- #31 Hotel Magnate
76% matchMixed58% of 491 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 17.2%, Capitalism 16.5%, Management 11.9%, Economy 11.1%, Building 11.1%
- #32 Routes and Forges
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Bznk Pixel Works
Windows · Linux
A unique blend of RTS, Tycoon, and Tower Defense, where you are the architect, mayor, and commander of a growing village (and conurbation of villages). Your goals are simple: build a prosperous community, optimize production chains, and survive the horrors that emerge from the dark.
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.3%, Farming Sim 18.4%, City Builder 17.6%, Resource Management 10.9%, Medieval 8.1%
- #33 Idle Town Billionaire
75% matchMixed52% of 26 reviews2025
Dev: Urban Isotope
Windows · Mac
Get ready to design, grow, and dominate as the ultimate Town Billionaire!
Why similar: Farming Sim 21.8%, City Builder 17%, Capitalism 15.5%, Crafting 8.7%, Point & Click 8.1%
- #34 SIM Chef: Restaurant management
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Bernardo Nunes PinheiroPub: Becaptain
Windows · Mac
SIM Chef is a restaurant management simulator. Build and decorate, manage employees, create hundreds of classic dishes and drinks, make decisions and become the number one in the world.
Why similar: Capitalism 18.4%, Colony Sim 17.3%, City Builder 15.5%, Crafting 9.8%, Economy 8.8%
- #35 The Hostel Project
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: figmargaux
Windows · Mac · Linux
Run your own backpacker hostel in this cozy management sim. Start from humble beginnings and grow your hostel to be the most legendary, or infamous, spot in town. Host influencers, pub crawls, and complete local-themed sponsorships to build your fame and achieve that prestigious 10/10 rating.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.9%, Capitalism 17.3%, City Builder 13.6%, Management 13.5%, Building 9.7%
- #36 Pixel Shopkeeper
76% matchMostly Positive78% of 160 reviews2017
Dev: Pixel Prototype
Windows · Mac · Linux
Be a Pixel Shopkeeper! Collect items using inventory management puzzle mechanics. Sell your wares, decorate your shop, craft new products, and expand! Train to beat tougher dungeons, unlock new classes and decor, and furnish your shop smartly to maximize profits!
Why similar: Capitalism 23.8%, Management 14.8%, Crafting 12.8%, Resource Management 12.7%, Economy 10.5%
- #37 Academia : School Simulator
74% matchVery Positive81% of 3,240 reviews2021
Dev: Squeaky Wheel Studio IncPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Design, build, and manage a high school with terrific teachers and fantastic facilities or simply let your students poop in the bushes? Academia : School Simulator is a management/tycoon game where you get to decide!
Why similar: Capitalism 20%, Colony Sim 19%, City Builder 16.3%, Management 10.4%, Economy 9.8%
- #38 Campsite Architect
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AdamasWare
Windows · Linux
Build and manage a seaside holiday park. From a simple campground with a bar to luxurious bungalows with a restaurant: you decide what your park looks like. You play as the owner and walk around the park yourself. Every guest and staff member has their own personality, needs and preferences.
Why similar: Capitalism 23.4%, Colony Sim 22.3%, Crafting 12.5%, Building 10.4%, Management 9.3%
- #39 Mall Craze
73% matchMixed54% of 68 reviews2023
Dev: Milan Timčenko
Windows
Build, Customize & Manage your own shopping center! Choose from modern gaming hardware store to cozy flower shop. Hire skilled cashiers, secure financing through bank loans, and launch strategic advertising campaigns to make your mall thrive!
Why similar: Capitalism 26%, City Builder 15.8%, Building 12.2%, Management 11.8%, Economy 11.7%
- #40 LowPolis
73% 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 26.2%, Colony Sim 22.8%, Building 12.3%, Medieval 12%, Strategy 7.1%
- #41 Justice Project
72% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Hopeful Pixels
Windows · Mac
A management and tycoon game where you build and manage a courthouse. From small-town traffic courts to high-profile criminal cases you are the one in control. Build your courthouse, hire and manage staff, schedule cases and balance the pressures of efficiency and reputation.
Why similar: Capitalism 24.8%, Management 13.1%, Economy 12.8%, City Builder 12.8%, Building 12%
- #42 Dubai Builder
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Games Incubator
Windows
Dubai Builder is a strategy game in which you build, develop and manage a city in the desert and are responsible for all aspects related to it and struggle with difficult climatic conditions.
Why similar: City Builder 23.3%, Colony Sim 15.2%, Building 12.2%, Management 11.6%, Capitalism 11.4%
- #43 Tokeis
71% 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 19.2%, Colony Sim 16.7%, Economy 12.5%, Management 10.7%, Resource Management 9.4%
- #44 Numbers & Nodes
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LPT Games
Windows
In this management game you’ll control the simulation on multiple levels. Build, connect, create a sustainable industry, with the help of Andy everything is possible. In the end, everything is just Numbers and Nodes
Why similar: City Builder 24.4%, Crafting 17.3%, Colony Sim 16.5%, Resource Management 16.2%, Management 8.9%
- #45 Keepshore
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: fp32.ai LLC
Windows
A calm 3D island town-builder spanning nine ages, from stone huts to electric streets. Raise workshops, wire production chains, work a living market, and grow a town that keeps producing while you're away. Settle a new island to advance the age — every shore you leave sends tribute home forever.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.2%, City Builder 20.1%, Capitalism 13%, Crafting 6.7%, Strategy 6.3%
- #46 Paragon Pioneers
71% matchVery Positive89% of 56 reviews2022
Dev: Tobias Arlt
Windows · Mac · Linux
Paragon Pioneers is a city-building idle game in which you discover, conquer and then build on islands to fulfill the needs of your inhabitants. Even with limited time to play you can enjoy this deep simulation game and follow one of the countless ways to optimize your empire.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.1%, City Builder 18.5%, Crafting 13.4%, Medieval 10.5%, Building 10.4%
- #47 Pico Islands
70% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: BitSpree GmbH
Windows · Mac
Lead your settlers to build cities in a medieval island world.
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.9%, City Builder 18.8%, Economy 12.2%, Management 9.8%, Resource Management 8.7%
- #48 Clicker Kingdom
69% matchMostly Negative37% of 19 reviews2025
Dev: NecoPlanet
Windows
Click gold. Build a kingdom. Become disgustingly rich. A cozy medieval idle clicker across 8 guilds, 20 buildings, and 315 upgrades. Ascend. Prestige. Repeat. Even your Twitch chat can join the realm. 50 achievements await, Your Majesty.
Why similar: Farming Sim 20.9%, City Builder 16.2%, Colony Sim 14.1%, Medieval 11.8%, Economy 8.5%
- #49 Amusement Tycoon
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BronStudio
Windows
Manage your park in Amusement Tycoon! Build thrilling attractions, manage staff, and delight visitors to create the park of your dreams and achieve success!
Why similar: Capitalism 23.7%, City Builder 21.7%, Management 13.7%, Building 11.5%, Economy 11.4%
- #50 Foundation
67% 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 31.6%, Medieval 13.1%, Colony Sim 10.8%, Economy 8.3%, Management 8.2%
- #51 Frontera
68% match5 user reviews20% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Duality LLC
Windows
Frontera is primarily a fantasy city builder with emphasis on producing items for unit wants and combat. Units have four stats trainable at buildings that will also sell technology. Available items and production will grow strong enough to challenge the monsters that infest the rest of the island.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.7%, City Builder 22.5%, Economy 12.1%, Crafting 11.6%, Building 11.2%
- #52 Tap Craft
69% matchMixed58% of 19 reviews2023
Dev: PixelKeep
Windows · Mac · Linux
Gather resources, craft new tools and build your idle empire on randomly generated islands. This is an idle crafting game like you've never seen. Mine up rare metals, grow food to feed your thriving idle settlement, unlock new buildings, craft new items, and expand to new islands in Tap Craft.
Why similar: Farming Sim 22.4%, Colony Sim 20.7%, City Builder 17.9%, Crafting 9.2%, Building 7.4%
- #53 Townsmen - A Kingdom Rebuilt
70% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,415 reviews2019
Dev: HandyGamesPub: THQ Nordic Mobile
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Townsmen – A Kingdom Rebuilt hands the crown to you: Guide your people from their first steps in a small village to a massive medieval metropolis with thousands of inhabitants.
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.3%, City Builder 20.4%, Medieval 9.1%, Strategy 7.4%, Building 5.9%
- #54 Settlement Survival
67% 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 24.8%, Colony Sim 23.7%, Building 12.1%, Management 11%, Resource Management 6.4%
- #55 Ranchbound
66% matchMixed49% of 45 reviews2026
Dev: Eldersong Games
Windows
Raise cattle, develop your ranch, hire cowboys, buy land, and invest in local businesses in a real-time economic strategy with survival challenges.
Why similar: City Builder 16.2%, Capitalism 14.3%, Farming Sim 13.2%, Colony Sim 11.1%, Economy 10.3%
- #56 Settlements Rising
67% 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 23.5%, City Builder 21.7%, Medieval 10.4%, Resource Management 10%, Building 8.8%
- #57 Founders' Fortune
68% matchVery Positive80% of 2,189 reviews2020
Dev: Dionic Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 56%
A fantasy village builder focusing on creative building, colonist psychology and base defense. Handle resources, farming, production, tools, diplomacy, families, trading, defense, and research, as well as the wishes, expectations, thoughts, and equipment of every villager.
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.9%, City Builder 18.9%, Building 9.2%, Management 6.4%, Resource Management 5.7%
- #58 Mad Smartphone Tycoon
66% matchMostly Positive71% of 662 reviews2024
Dev: MiradilPub: Gamersky Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Build Your smartphone Empire in Mad Smartphone Tycoon, your main goal in this game is to create the ultimate smartphone that combines both performance and aesthetics. Expand your company, dominate the global market, become a tycoon in the world of mobile phones!
Why similar: Management 16.2%, Capitalism 14.6%, City Builder 13.2%, Crafting 11.5%, Building 11.3%