- #1 Cuisineer
97% matchMostly Positive77% of 2,064 reviews2023
Dev: BattleBrew ProductionsPub: Marvelous Europe
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A super cute and tasty roguelite-flavored dungeon crawler! Explore a lush world and defeat monsters with your trusty spatula and some boba tea, then gather delicious ingredients and bring them home to cook and serve at your restaurant!
Why similar: Cooking 39.7%, Roguelite 17.5%, Simulation 14.1%, Management 14%, Cute 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: An action-roguelite that perfectly blends dungeon exploration with restaurant management and cooking mechanics.
- #2 PlateUp!
96% matchVery Positive95% of 26,639 reviews2022
Dev: It's happeningPub: Yogscast Games
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 22.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Cook and serve your dishes, design and decorate your restaurants, and expand your culinary kingdom with new unlocks, abilities and dishes in procedurally-generated locations. Classic cooking action with permanent roguelite progression. Hire your friends - or do it all yourself!
Why similar: Cooking 32.6%, Roguelite 17.3%, Management 13.6%, Building 12.1%, Base Building 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: Combines intense cooking management with roguelite progression and randomized restaurant layouts.
- #3 Against the Storm
96% matchVery Positive95% of 36,338 reviews2023
Dev: Eremite GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 28.5 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: City Builder 28.2%, Base Building 13%, Roguelite 12.9%, Building 9.4%, Simulation 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: This is the primary inspiration for the roguelite city-building loop, featuring randomized maps and high-stakes resource management.
- #4 dotAGE
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,658 reviews2023
Dev: Michele Pirovano
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 23.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Village elder, help us! The Apocalypse is approaching, and we need your guidance to survive. Assign your workers and build a thriving village against the pending doom. DotAGE is the merciless survival roguelite turn-based city builder. Will you fulfill the Prophecy?
Why similar: City Builder 39.5%, Roguelite 19.5%, Resource Management 14.7%, Building 11.6%, Simulation 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A turn-based, roguelite city-builder that challenges players to manage a village against impending doom with similar strategic depth.
- #5 Chef RPG
94% matchVery Positive88% of 2,659 reviews2024
Dev: World 2 Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Craft your culinary adventure in a beautiful pixel art world. Manage your restaurants, forage and hunt for ingredients, befriend locals, and grow your culinary empire. What kind of chef will you be?
Why similar: Cooking 41.3%, Building 14%, Management 13.5%, Simulation 11.5%, Resource Management 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: Combines deep restaurant management with exploration and RPG elements in a charming, stylized world.
- #6 Kainga: Seeds of Civilization
94% matchMostly Positive77% of 765 reviews2022
Dev: Erik RempenPub: Silk Softworks
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 19.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Welcome to the mystical world of Kainga, an unusual roguelite village-builder! Take control of a Thinker and, with the help of your people, grow a unique town to complete short challenges while discovering the world and adapting to the pressures of the environment, beasts and other tribes.
Why similar: City Builder 43.6%, Roguelite 20.9%, Strategy 11.3%, Resource Management 10.6%, Management 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: A roguelite city-builder that emphasizes adapting to unique environments and evolving your civilization through randomized discoveries.
- #7 Ratopia
93% matchVery Positive88% of 4,734 reviews2025
Dev: Cassel Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 25.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Ratopia is a new game that has combined elements of both strategic survival and city building. With plenty of content available, and more planned, enjoy a vast world to adventure and populate with citizens! Build your own economical system to sustain your ideal city of Ratopia.
Why similar: City Builder 29.5%, Base Building 15.5%, Building 12.7%, Strategy 9.6%, Management 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A colony-sim that balances city-building with economic management and survival in a cute, stylized world.
- #8 Fabledom
92% matchVery Positive85% of 7,654 reviews2024
Dev: Grenaa GamesPub: Dear Villagers
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Set in a wholesome fairytale world, Fabledom is a laid-back City builder. Enjoy the growth of your settlement, interact with your neighbors and defend your kingdom from magical creatures. All to find true love and live happily ever after!
Why similar: City Builder 30.6%, Agriculture 17.3% ★, Base Building 10.2%, Simulation 8.4%, Relaxing 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A relaxing city-builder with a fairytale aesthetic that mirrors the cute, whimsical tone of Feastopia.
- #9 EcoGnomix
91% matchMostly Positive77% of 298 reviews2024
Dev: Irox GamesPub: Untold Tales
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 61%
A quirky mix of roguelite and city builder. Build a lively little city above, by looting mystical caves with a team of gnomes below! Use multiple runs to unlock upgrades and abilities to help your gnomes venture deeper into the dangerous underground.
Why similar: City Builder 36%, Roguelite 18.1%, Base Building 14.3%, Building 11.6%, Strategy 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: A roguelite city-builder that blends resource management with strategic planning and exploration.
- #10 Touhou Mystia's Izakaya
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 32,120 reviews2021
Dev: 二色幽紫蝶
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 34.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A brand new pixel art restaurant simulator based on the Touhou Project! Play as Mystia, the owner of a small izakaya. Collect ingredients by day, cater to the customers by night, learn recipes from familiar characters, and become the best izakaya owner in all of Gensokyo!
Why similar: Cooking 47.1%, Simulation 25.6%, Cartoon 20.3%, Anime 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: A delightful cooking management game that focuses on recipe creation and character interactions in a vibrant setting.
- #11 Synergy
90% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,057 reviews2025
Dev: Leikir StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 54%
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 31.8%, Base Building 12.7%, Building 10.1%, Simulation 9.2%, Strategy 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A stylized city-builder that emphasizes sustainable growth and ecosystem management in a unique, alien environment.
- #12 DAVE THE DIVER
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 157,033 reviews2023
Dev: MINTROCKET
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.3 hrsMean: 26.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
DAVE THE DIVER is a casual, singleplayer adventure RPG featuring deep-sea exploration and fishing during the day and sushi restaurant management at night. Join Dave and his quirky friends as they seek to uncover the secrets of the mysterious Blue Hole.
Why similar: Agriculture 24.3% ★, Management 20.2%, Roguelite 18.6%, Relaxing 18.2%, Simulation 16.5%
Why You'll Like It: Features a core loop of resource gathering and restaurant management with a charming aesthetic and satisfying progression.
- #13 Travellers Rest
89% matchVery Positive88% of 17,647 reviews2020
Dev: Isolated Games
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 20.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Craft, farm, build and cook! In Travellers Rest you will have to use all the available tools to become the best tavern keeper in the realm. Create unique dishes and drinks to please your customers as you discover the world and its colorful characters.
Why similar: Management 35.1%, Building 26.4%, Resource Management 19.5%, Simulation 16.5%, Singleplayer 2.5%
Why You'll Like It: A management sim where you build and run a tavern, focusing on crafting, farming, and cooking for patrons.
- #14 The Sushi Spinnery
88% matchVery Positive93% of 427 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Revolutionize the revolving sushi bar in this fresh new sim!
Why similar: Cooking 31.9%, City Builder 21%, Simulation 15.6%, Strategy 11.1%, Building 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: A charming pixel-art management game centered on running a sushi restaurant and optimizing your menu.
- #15 Diluvian Winds
87% matchMostly Positive73% of 388 reviews2024
Dev: Alambik StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Diluvian Winds is a relaxing management game set in a small hamlet at the foot of a lighthouse. Welcome weary travelers and work together to expand your hamlet on land, under the sea, or among the clouds.
Why similar: City Builder 33.8%, Base Building 12%, Strategy 9.1%, Building 9%, Resource Management 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A city-builder that forces players to adapt to harsh weather and randomized events, requiring careful resource allocation.
- #16 Timberborn
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 40,383 reviews2026
Dev: Mechanistry
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.3 hrsMean: 43.1 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 41.7%, Base Building 13.6%, Building 10.6%, Management 9.3%, Simulation 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: A city-builder with complex resource management and environmental challenges that require adaptive planning.
- #17 United Penguin Kingdom
86% matchMostly Positive75% of 444 reviews2024
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
A city-building game where you build a penguin settlement and satisfy the various needs of your penguins while dealing with seals and killer whales. Enjoy the growth of your settlement, become the king, and lead the United Penguin Kingdom.
Why similar: City Builder 35.4%, Strategy 12.6%, Management 10.2%, Resource Management 10%, Relaxing 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A cute, management-heavy city-builder with survival mechanics and resource-gathering loops.
- #18 Burger Bistro Story
85% matchVery Positive83% of 326 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Open your own diner and create custom burgers in this management sim game.
Why similar: Cooking 32.5%, City Builder 25.5%, Simulation 14.6%, Strategy 12.8%, Management 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: A casual management game that focuses on the intricacies of running a burger joint and satisfying customer demands.
- #19 Cafeteria Nipponica
84% matchVery Positive87% of 175 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Find ingredients, make menus, and run your own restaurant in this sizzling sim!
Why similar: City Builder 32.3%, Cooking 30.1%, Simulation 11.7%, Building 10%, Management 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: A classic management sim focused on building a successful restaurant chain with deep simulation mechanics.
- #20 Buildings Have Feelings Too!
86% matchMixed45% of 80 reviews2021
Dev: Blackstaff GamesPub: Silver Lining Interactive
Windows
An exciting new city-management/puzzle game about buildings and the city they inhabit. You must grow your city to a bustling metropolitan centre with an array of shops, offices, entertainment facilities and amenities, to help your buildings thrive; or risk them being demolished forever.
Why similar: City Builder 38.6%, Strategy 13.4%, Management 12.4%, Base Building 11.4%, Building 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: A unique city-builder where buildings have personalities and specific needs, adding a layer of character to the management.
- #21 Node Farm
83% matchVery Positive82% of 76 reviews2024
Dev: ByerN
Windows
Node Farm is a game about building a fully automated farm using nodes. Connect nodes, harvest and sell veggies, buy new islands, discover new nodes, and automate the process - all in a cozy farm simulation formula!
Why similar: City Builder 20.9%, Cooking 15.2%, Roguelite 12.4%, Base Building 10.3%, Simulation 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: A roguelite farming sim that emphasizes automation and strategic layout planning.
- #22 Cat Cafe Manager
82% matchVery Positive88% of 3,165 reviews2022
Dev: Roost GamesPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Travel to the sleepy village of Caterwaul Way and rebuild your grandmother's cat cafe. Renovate your restaurant, befriend the local cats and townsfolk, forge lasting friendships, unravel catty mysteries, and build a home for dozens of unique felines!
Why similar: Cartoon 17.4%, Simulation 16.1%, Strategy 14.7%, Building 14.7%, Management 14.6%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on building and managing a cute establishment with a strong emphasis on customer satisfaction and staff management.
- #23 Let Them Trade
81% matchVery Positive86% of 1,125 reviews2025
Dev: SpaceflowerPub: ByteRockers' Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Build a network of cities that produce and trade resources, upgrade your castle, and protect the cities from cheeky bandits. Tinker with the economy at your own pace, and watch the charming wooden world grow into a lively and thriving kingdom.
Why similar: City Builder 31.2%, Base Building 11.5%, Resource Management 9.7%, Relaxing 9.6%, Building 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: A relaxing city-builder focused on economy, trade routes, and resource management.
- #24 Potion Permit
81% matchMostly Positive79% of 5,343 reviews2022
Dev: MassHive MediaPub: PQube
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Moonbury's residents need healing, and you're the best chemist around! With your trusty tools, a brewing cauldron, and a canine companion at your side, you'll need to diagnose symptoms, gather ingredients, brew potions, and cure ailments in this open-ended sim RPG.
Why similar: Simulation 36.7%, Relaxing 34.5%, Cute 22.1%, Singleplayer 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: Combines gathering and crafting with management elements in a cozy, stylized setting.
- #25 Tinytopia
82% matchVery Positive83% of 326 reviews2021
Dev: MeNic GamesPub: Mastiff
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Construct charming toy towns and cities atop tiny terrain. Combine building blocks to create new megastructures. Test your skills in the physics-based Challenge stages or simply unwind and obliterate everything with an array of cute catastrophes!
Why similar: City Builder 42.6%, Cartoon 15.4%, Building 13.9%, Simulation 12%, Strategy 8%
Why You'll Like It: A physics-based city-builder that captures the whimsical, miniature feel of building a thriving metropolis.
- #26 Another Farm Roguelike: Rebirth
79% matchMostly Positive73% of 532 reviews2025
Dev: Zabbo GamesPub: Thermite Games
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Discover the ultimate farming roguelike experience! Build, craft, and grow your farm to pay off the increasing rent. No slow-paced walking or social distractions—just click! Reclaim the joy of strategic farming in diverse maps and let your cursor guide you to success. Play your way, rent won’t wait!
Why similar: Roguelite 20.6%, Strategy 14.1%, Simulation 13.8%, Building 13.4%, Resource Management 13.2%
Why You'll Like It: A roguelite deckbuilder that incorporates farming and management mechanics into a strategic loop.
- #27 Hexagod
79% matchVery Positive89% of 82 reviews2025
Dev: Aarimous
Windows · Mac · Linux
A satisfying roguelike village builder set in the eye of an apocalyptic storm. Place hexagon tiles, unlock adjacency bonuses, and find powerful relics to create game breaking synergies. Prove you are worthy of becoming the next Hexagod… before the storm destroys it all.
Why similar: City Builder 42.4%, Base Building 15.8%, Strategy 11.5%, Building 8%, Management 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: A turn-based, roguelite city-builder that uses a hexagonal grid for strategic planning and expansion.
- #28 Town to City
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 6,670 reviews2026
Dev: Galaxy GrovePub: Kwalee
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Build an idyllic 19th century Mediterranean town and help it flourish into a prosperous city. Freely place and customise each element to create the perfect home for your growing population in this cozy city builder from the creators of Station to Station.
Why similar: City Builder 43%, Building 11.2%, Relaxing 9.2%, Strategy 8.5%, Management 8.1%
- #29 The Wandering Village
77% matchVery Positive92% of 8,303 reviews2025
Dev: Stray Fawn StudioPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
The Wandering Village is a city-building simulation game on the back of a giant, wandering creature. Build your settlement and form a symbiotic relationship with the colossus. Will you survive together in this hostile, yet beautiful post-apocalyptic world, contaminated by poisonous plants?
Why similar: City Builder 38.3%, Simulation 13%, Management 11.9%, Base Building 11.6%, Resource Management 10.9%
- #30 Beastro
76% matchVery Positive92% of 479 reviews2026
Dev: Timberline Studio
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Beastro is a cozy culinary adventure where the fate of the world rests on what's for dinner! Farm and gather fresh ingredients, tackle cooking minigames, and create tasty recipes to fuel the Caretakers for deckbuilding battles as they seek to save the world.
Why similar: Cooking 59.6%, Roguelite 30.3%, Cute 9.2%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #31 The Ramen Sensei
80% matchMostly Positive76% of 196 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Build the ultimate bowl to leap past your ramen rivals and achieve greatness!
Why similar: Cooking 33.8%, Simulation 19.5%, Strategy 16.1%, Building 11.6%, Cute 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: A specialized management sim that focuses on the culinary art of ramen and restaurant expansion.
- #32 Town Keeper
78% matchVery Positive93% of 56 reviews2024
Dev: Cuddle Code
Windows · Mac
Build a rabbit town while defending it from the fluffy empire's invasions.
Why similar: City Builder 29.3%, Agriculture 19.1% ★, Base Building 12.1%, Strategy 9.6%, Relaxing 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A cute city-builder that incorporates auto-battler elements for defense and resource protection.
- #33 Food Park Manager
77% matchVery Positive82% of 50 reviews2025
Dev: Drix Dev
Windows
Build and manage your own Food Park! Customize food stalls, hire staff, and cater to hungry customers as you find the perfect recipes. Decorate your park to attract and satisfy more customers.
Why similar: City Builder 34.9%, Simulation 12.5%, Base Building 11.8%, Management 9.6%, Relaxing 9.6%
- #34 Flotsam
74% matchVery Positive81% of 4,469 reviews2025
Dev: Pajama Llama GamesPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Sail, scavenge, and rescue survivors in a vibrant floating city-builder. Captain your drifters across the endless garbage sea to uncover soaked ruins, rusting factories, and stories from the old world.
Why similar: City Builder 39%, Base Building 19.1%, Resource Management 12.4%, Building 11.5%, Strategy 10.6%
- #35 Thriving City: Song
75% matchVery Positive81% of 3,336 reviews2024
Dev: White Star Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
In 960 AD, the new Song Dynasty needs you! As magistrate, build a prosperous city from scratch. Develop bustling streets filled with businesses and entertainment, while navigating hidden crises of political strife and foreign invasions. How will you lead through these challenges?
Why similar: City Builder 28.1%, Agriculture 19.1% ★, Base Building 10.7%, Simulation 9.7%, Strategy 8.8%
- #36 Desktopia: A Desktop Village Simulator
78% matchMixed70% of 218 reviews2022
Dev: The Evergloom Team
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 65%
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 49.3%, Simulation 26.5%, Strategy 10.5%, Base Building 5.1%, Management 4.1%
Why You'll Like It: A relaxing, idle-style city-builder that fits the casual, low-stress vibe of Feastopia.
- #37 Havendock
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,924 reviews2025
Dev: YYZ StudioPub: Pretty Soon
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Breathe easy and thrive in this cozy colony sim. Build a haven for castaways, manage resources, live your best life on the ocean. Lead your humble settlement into a high-tech society.
Why similar: City Builder 23.8%, Agriculture 19.2% ★, Base Building 10.7%, Building 8.2%, Strategy 7.7%
- #38 The Road To Harvest: Food From Across The Ocean
75% matchVery Positive82% of 115 reviews2025
Dev: MuccyGames
Windows · Mac
Become the God of Harvest, explore the world of food and adventure, plant, trade, and spread deliciousness to create your own path to prosperity!
Why similar: City Builder 28.9%, Cooking 21.7%, Simulation 12.9%, Management 10.8%, Cartoon 10.7%
- #39 Cardboard Town
73% matchVery Positive80% of 2,270 reviews2023
Dev: Stratera GamesPub: Rogue Duck Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Cardboard Town is a city-building card game. Manage your resources, obtain upgrades, draw your cards and thrive! Random events, quest cards, and game modes make each run different.
Why similar: City Builder 33.9%, Roguelite 14.5%, Building 13.7%, Simulation 10.5%, Resource Management 9.9%
- #40 Settlement Survival
72% matchVery Positive85% of 7,980 reviews2022
Dev: Gleamer StudioPub: Team17
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.1 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 37%, Agriculture 14% ★, Building 11.3%, Management 8.7%, Simulation 8.4%
- #41 Orrstead
73% matchVery Positive80% of 80 reviews2024
Dev: IndividualKex
Windows
Orrstead is a relaxing city builder that combines resource management and incremental game mechanics. Unlock technologies, complete quests, and adapt to the changing seasons.
Why similar: City Builder 35.5%, Base Building 12.9%, Building 11.5%, Management 9.8%, Strategy 8.4%
- #42 Randoville
73% matchMixed66% 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 32.4%, Roguelite 14.7%, Base Building 11.9%, Simulation 11.4%, Strategy 10.9%
- #43 Super Fantasy Kingdom
69% matchVery Positive87% of 5,800 reviews2025
Dev: Super Fantasy GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Rebuild your kingdom and explore a vibrant fantasy world in this roguelite city builder. Defeat hordes of monsters with a unique team of defenders as you harvest, build, mine, cook, brew, and grow. But if your defenses should fail, be prepared to watch it all burn!
Why similar: Roguelite 57.2%, Strategy 38.6%, Singleplayer 4.2%
- #44 Land Of Idyllic Beauty
71% matchVery Positive85% of 245 reviews2024
Dev: Neo
Windows
Welcome to "Land Of Idyllic Beauty" a simulation management game that combines farming, store management, supply chain management, and romance elements. Experience the beauty of the idyllic life, starting from a small plot of farmland, gradually building your agricultural and commercial empire!
Why similar: City Builder 27.1%, Cooking 16.4%, Agriculture 15.6% ★, Base Building 11.3%, Strategy 7.4%
- #45 I Am Future: Cozy Apocalypse Survival
69% matchVery Positive85% of 4,592 reviews2024
Dev: MandragoraPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
I Am Future is a relaxing single-player survival game about building a cozy rooftop camp amid a flooded post-apocalyptic city. Set up a farm, go fishing, tinker with gadgets, craft new tools, manage a team of cute robots to automate and expand your base, explore the mysterious world, and chill out!
Why similar: Agriculture 37.2% ★, Base Building 16.2%, Simulation 15.4%, Building 15.4%, Relaxing 13.5%
- #46 Whimsy Bake&Craft
70% matchMixed65% of 401 reviews2026
Dev: MOON SCAPEPub: Gamersky Games
Windows
Take over a bakery! Establish production lines for farming, fishing, and baking to create delicious treats! Fulfill missions to earn rewards. Recruit helpers, expand production, and decorate the bakery and homes. Restore Starlight Island to its former glory—one delicious dessert at a time!
Why similar: Cartoon 27.3%, Simulation 22.1%, Building 17.8%, Relaxing 14.4%, Cute 11.1%
- #47 Goblins of Elderstone
72% matchMostly Positive73% of 402 reviews2023
Dev: Outerdawn
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 52%
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: City Builder 30.4%, Base Building 14.2%, Building 10.9%, Simulation 10.2%, Strategy 10.1%
- #48 Pan'orama
70% matchVery Positive89% of 1,351 reviews2023
Dev: Chicken LauncherPub: Awaken Realms
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Relax and unleash your creativity in this new city building puzzle game. Create amazing landscapes and discover wide range of structures with special abilities. Enter the world of beauty and tranquility with the panoramas of your own creation and don't forget to pet your new animal friends!
Why similar: City Builder 40.5%, Building 14.1%, Relaxing 12.4%, Base Building 12.4%, Strategy 8.1%
- #49 Inn Tycoon
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 815 reviews2025
Dev: Evil Goose GamesPub: GameDev.ist
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 25.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Welcome to Inn Tycoon! Build, design, and manage your dream inn. Serve delightful meals, offer various services, and hire a stellar staff. Create a top-notch hospitality empire and become the ultimate Inn Tycoon!
Why similar: Cooking 22.4%, Simulation 14.5%, Building 14.4%, Management 14%, Resource Management 11.7%
- #50 Snacktorio
67% matchVery Positive92% of 197 reviews2026
Dev: ellraiserPub: TNgineers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Snacktorio is a level-based cooking automation game where you build & scale food production lines to feed the beasts threatening to consume your world. Manage strange ingredients across sprawling cooking factories to keep the monsters fed while you uncover what's stirring their growing appetites...
Why similar: Cooking 31%, Simulation 15.2%, Building 14.1%, Management 12.7%, Strategy 11.7%
- #51 Heian City Story
68% matchVery Positive89% of 191 reviews2025
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
A city-building sim with a historical twist
Why similar: City Builder 43.9%, Simulation 17.6%, Strategy 16.2%, Building 9.5%, Cute 7.4%
- #52 SkyBrew: Entropic Strategist
68% matchMostly Positive76% of 565 reviews2025
Dev: ATRIC Games
Windows
Experience entrepreneurship in a floating cloud cafe. Manage your flying cafe, customize construction, train staff, handle random events, and uncover the secrets of the commercial empire, growing from a small shop to the sky's brightest star.
Why similar: Cooking 27.3%, Base Building 16.1%, Simulation 13%, Building 12.5%, Strategy 11.7%
- #53 Wild City
67% matchVery Positive89% of 62 reviews2026
Dev: Monka StudiosPub: Catoptric Games
Windows · Mac
The deckbuilder where cards are plants, animals, and insects that can synergize and prey on each other. Place your cards on an expanding board to trigger satisfying chain reactions and shape an interconnected ecosystem.
Why similar: City Builder 30.8%, Roguelite 20%, Cartoon 16.9%, Strategy 13.6%, Resource Management 10%
- #54 Cooking Festival
71% matchMixed65% of 60 reviews2022
Dev: BoomBit
Windows · Mac
Cooking Festival takes you to the tasty world of fantastic cuisine - let's cook!
Why similar: Cooking 38.7%, Base Building 18%, Building 14.7%, Simulation 14.4%, Cartoon 8.4%
- #55 Civitatem
71% matchMixed63% of 134 reviews2022
Dev: LW Games
Windows
Civitatem is a medieval city builder where you help your villagers raise a new settlement in dangerous lands by making use of their skills and available world resources.
Why similar: City Builder 37.3%, Strategy 14.5%, Simulation 13.8%, Base Building 10.6%, Resource Management 7.2%
- #56 SteamWorld Build
67% matchVery Positive84% of 2,197 reviews2023
Dev: The StationPub: Thunderful Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 70%
SteamWorld Build is a casual city-building and dungeon-management cross-over set in the SteamWorld Universe, where you build and manage a town on a dying planet. You'll need to balance resources, construction, and exploration to its depths to ensure your town's survival and eventual escape.
Why similar: City Builder 34.2%, Base Building 11.2%, Relaxing 10.3%, Resource Management 9.9%, Building 9.2%
- #57 Outlanders
68% matchVery Positive90% of 500 reviews2023
Dev: Pomelo Games
Windows
Outlanders is a town-building strategy game, populated by hard-working, charming folk in search of a simpler life. Some just want to survive off the land, others want to create amazing things.
Why similar: City Builder 33.3%, Building 11.4%, Simulation 10.2%, Strategy 10.1%, Relaxing 9.2%
- #58 Omelet You Cook
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,536 reviews2026
Dev: Dan SchumacherPub: SchuBox Games
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 65%
The cozy chaotic cooking roguelike. Assemble omelets for quirky students using ingredients from a conveyor belt. Discover wacky combinations to satisfy the ever-demanding Principal Clucker.
Why similar: Cooking 45.1%, Roguelite 25.7%, Relaxing 15.6%, Strategy 13.5%
- #59 Cat God Ranch
65% matchVery Positive93% of 2,188 reviews2024
Dev: CrazyPotato Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Lead hundreds of "wise" little animals to pay tribute to the Cat God!! 7 animal families, 100+ animals, 10+ Cat Gods, 100+ items, and various animal combinations waiting for you to explore!
Why similar: Roguelite 22.7%, Simulation 22.2%, Management 21.6%, Resource Management 19%, Strategy 14.5%
- #60 Skewer Squad
64% matchVery Positive91% of 478 reviews2026
Dev: Fake OwlsPub: HARRISONWORLD CO.,LTD
Windows
Skewer Squad is a cute yet chaotic tower defense roguelite. Step into the apron of a Grillmaster, draft random ingredients, mix wild seasonings, and build a squad of skewers that are both delicious and powerful to defend your grill.
Why similar: Cooking 40.1%, Roguelite 30.1%, Strategy 17.3%, Cute 11%, Singleplayer 1.5%