- #1 PlateUp!
97% matchVery Positive95% of 25,910 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 32.2%, Roguelite 17.4%, Management 13.8%, Building 12.1%, Base Building 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: Combines intense cooking management with roguelite progression and randomized restaurant layouts.
- #2 Cuisineer
96% matchMostly Positive77% of 2,040 reviews2023
Dev: BattleBrew ProductionsPub: Marvelous Europe
Windows
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 39.5%, Roguelite 17.6%, Simulation 14.1%, Management 14.1%, Cute 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: An action-roguelite that perfectly blends dungeon exploration with restaurant management and cooking mechanics.
- #3 Against the Storm
96% matchVery Positive95% of 35,504 reviews2023
Dev: Eremite GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 28.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A dark fantasy city builder where you must rebuild civilization in the face of apocalyptic rains. As the Queen’s Viceroy, lead humans, beavers, lizards, foxes, and harpies to reclaim the wilderness and secure a future for civilization's last survivors.
Why similar: City Builder 27.4%, Base Building 13%, Roguelite 12.9%, Building 9.6%, Simulation 9.5%
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 Kainga: Seeds of Civilization
95% matchMostly Positive77% of 763 reviews2022
Dev: Erik RempenPub: Silk Softworks
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 19.6 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 42.8%, Roguelite 21.2%, Strategy 11.4%, Resource Management 11%, Management 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A roguelite city-builder that emphasizes adapting to unique environments and evolving your civilization through randomized discoveries.
- #5 dotAGE
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,581 reviews2023
Dev: Michele Pirovano
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 22.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 38.6%, Roguelite 19.7%, Resource Management 15.2%, Building 11.6%, Simulation 8.2%
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.
- #6 Ratopia
94% matchVery Positive88% of 4,645 reviews2025
Dev: Cassel Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 26.1 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%, Base Building 15.4%, Building 12.6%, Strategy 9.7%, Management 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: A colony-sim that balances city-building with economic management and survival in a cute, stylized world.
- #7 Chef RPG
93% matchVery Positive88% of 2,496 reviews2024
Dev: World 2 Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 11.8 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 41.2%, Building 13.9%, Management 13.7%, Simulation 11.3%, Resource Management 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: Combines deep restaurant management with exploration and RPG elements in a charming, stylized world.
- #8 Fabledom
92% matchVery Positive85% of 7,347 reviews2024
Dev: Grenaa GamesPub: Dear Villagers
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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%, Agriculture 17.3% ★, Base Building 10.2%, Relaxing 8.5%, Simulation 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 283 reviews2024
Dev: Irox GamesPub: Untold Tales
Windows
Median: 1.3 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 35.5%, Roguelite 18.4%, Base Building 14.4%, Building 11.6%, Strategy 11.3%
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 31,273 reviews2021
Dev: 二色幽紫蝶
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 34.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 46.6%, Simulation 25.7%, Cartoon 20.4%, Anime 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A delightful cooking management game that focuses on recipe creation and character interactions in a vibrant setting.
- #11 DAVE THE DIVER
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 147,999 reviews2023
Dev: MINTROCKET
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.4 hrsMean: 26.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 24.7% ★, Management 20%, Roguelite 18.7%, Relaxing 18.3%, Simulation 16.3%
Why You'll Like It: Features a core loop of resource gathering and restaurant management with a charming aesthetic and satisfying progression.
- #12 Travellers Rest
90% matchVery Positive88% of 16,540 reviews2020
Dev: Isolated Games
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 19.4 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 35.4%, Building 25.7%, Resource Management 20%, Simulation 16.5%, Singleplayer 2.4%
Why You'll Like It: A management sim where you build and run a tavern, focusing on crafting, farming, and cooking for patrons.
- #13 Synergy
89% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,011 reviews2025
Dev: Leikir StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 53%
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 31.2%, Base Building 12.7%, Building 10%, Resource Management 9.4%, Strategy 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: A stylized city-builder that emphasizes sustainable growth and ecosystem management in a unique, alien environment.
- #14 The Sushi Spinnery
88% matchVery Positive93% of 406 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Revolutionize the revolving sushi bar in this fresh new sim!
Why similar: Cooking 32.1%, City Builder 20.6%, Simulation 15.6%, Strategy 11.2%, Building 6.3%
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 380 reviews2024
Dev: Alambik StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 69%
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 33.2%, Base Building 12%, Strategy 9.1%, Building 8.9%, Resource Management 8.4%
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 38,007 reviews2026
Dev: Mechanistry
Windows · Mac
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 40.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 44.2%, Base Building 14.8%, Building 11.7%, Management 10.4%, Strategy 9.5%
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 Positive76% of 427 reviews2024
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 67%
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 34.7%, Strategy 12.7%, Management 10.4%, Resource Management 10.3%, Relaxing 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: A cute, management-heavy city-builder with survival mechanics and resource-gathering loops.
- #18 Burger Bistro Story
86% matchVery Positive83% of 306 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Open your own diner and create custom burgers in this management sim game.
Why similar: Cooking 32.7%, City Builder 25.1%, Simulation 14.6%, Strategy 12.9%, Management 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: A casual management game that focuses on the intricacies of running a burger joint and satisfying customer demands.
- #19 Node Farm
84% matchVery Positive82% of 74 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 20.5%, Cooking 15.2%, Roguelite 12.5%, Base Building 10.3%, Simulation 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A roguelite farming sim that emphasizes automation and strategic layout planning.
- #20 Let Them Trade
82% matchVery Positive85% of 1,033 reviews2025
Dev: SpaceflowerPub: ByteRockers' Games
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 68%
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 30.6%, Base Building 11.5%, Resource Management 10%, Relaxing 9.7%, Building 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: A relaxing city-builder focused on economy, trade routes, and resource management.
- #21 Buildings Have Feelings Too!
85% 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%, Strategy 13.5%, Management 12.7%, Base Building 11.5%, 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.
- #22 Cat Cafe Manager
82% matchVery Positive88% of 3,103 reviews2022
Dev: Roost GamesPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 16.7 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 17.2%, Simulation 16.1%, Management 14.9%, Strategy 14.8%, Building 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 Cafeteria Nipponica
83% matchVery Positive88% of 154 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Find ingredients, make menus, and run your own restaurant in this sizzling sim!
Why similar: City Builder 31.8%, Cooking 30.4%, Simulation 11.7%, Building 10%, Management 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A classic management sim focused on building a successful restaurant chain with deep simulation mechanics.
- #24 Another Farm Roguelike: Rebirth
80% matchMostly Positive74% of 509 reviews2025
Dev: Zabbo GamesPub: Thermite Games
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 71%
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 13.7%, Resource Management 13.6%, Building 13.2%
Why You'll Like It: A roguelite deckbuilder that incorporates farming and management mechanics into a strategic loop.
- #25 Potion Permit
81% matchMostly Positive80% of 5,226 reviews2022
Dev: MassHive MediaPub: PQube
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.5 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 36.6%, Relaxing 34.8%, Cute 22%, Singleplayer 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: Combines gathering and crafting with management elements in a cozy, stylized setting.
- #26 Tinytopia
81% matchVery Positive84% of 319 reviews2021
Dev: MeNic GamesPub: Mastiff
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 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 42.2%, Cartoon 15.4%, Building 13.9%, Simulation 12.1%, Strategy 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A physics-based city-builder that captures the whimsical, miniature feel of building a thriving metropolis.
- #27 The Wandering Village
77% matchVery Positive92% of 8,074 reviews2025
Dev: Stray Fawn StudioPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 10.4 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 37.6%, Simulation 13%, Management 12.1%, Base Building 11.6%, Resource Management 11.3%
- #28 Town to City
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 5,836 reviews2025
Dev: Galaxy GrovePub: Kwalee
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 47.7%, Building 10.7%, Strategy 8.5%, Simulation 8.3%, Management 7.2%
- #29 Hexagod
79% matchVery Positive89% of 80 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 41.8%, Base Building 15.8%, Strategy 11.6%, Building 8%, Management 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A turn-based, roguelite city-builder that uses a hexagonal grid for strategic planning and expansion.
- #30 Town Keeper
78% matchVery Positive96% of 53 reviews2024
Dev: Cuddle Code
Windows · Mac
Build a rabbit town while defending it from the fluffy empire's invasions.
Why similar: City Builder 28.9%, Agriculture 19% ★, Base Building 12.1%, Strategy 9.7%, Relaxing 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: A cute city-builder that incorporates auto-battler elements for defense and resource protection.
- #31 The Ramen Sensei
79% matchMostly Positive76% of 181 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Build the ultimate bowl to leap past your ramen rivals and achieve greatness!
Why similar: Cooking 33.8%, Simulation 19.4%, Strategy 16.1%, Building 11.5%, Cute 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A specialized management sim that focuses on the culinary art of ramen and restaurant expansion.
- #32 Havendock
76% matchVery Positive80% of 1,861 reviews2025
Dev: YYZ StudioPub: Pretty Soon
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 10.5 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 23.4%, Agriculture 19.1% ★, Base Building 10.7%, Building 8.2%, Strategy 7.8%
- #33 Flotsam
75% matchVery Positive80% of 4,240 reviews2025
Dev: Pajama Llama GamesPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 10.9 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 38.3%, Base Building 19.2%, Resource Management 12.8%, Building 11.5%, Strategy 10.7%
- #34 The Road To Harvest: Food From Across The Ocean
76% matchVery Positive82% of 114 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 28.4%, Cooking 21.8%, Simulation 12.9%, Management 11%, Cartoon 10.6%
- #35 Desktopia: A Desktop Village Simulator
78% matchMostly Positive71% of 215 reviews2022
Dev: The Evergloom Team
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 8.8 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 27%, Strategy 10.8%, Management 4.3%, Resource Management 4.1%
Why You'll Like It: A relaxing, idle-style city-builder that fits the casual, low-stress vibe of Feastopia.
- #36 Cardboard Town
74% matchVery Positive81% of 2,136 reviews2023
Dev: Stratera GamesPub: Rogue Duck Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 33.3%, Roguelite 14.6%, Building 13.7%, Simulation 10.6%, Resource Management 10.2%
- #37 Thriving City: Song
73% matchVery Positive81% of 3,278 reviews2024
Dev: White Star StudioPub: IndieArk
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 12.7 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 27.6%, Agriculture 19% ★, Base Building 10.7%, Simulation 9.7%, Strategy 8.9%
- #38 Orrstead
74% matchVery Positive81% of 77 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 34.9%, Base Building 13%, Building 11.5%, Management 10%, Strategy 8.5%
- #39 Settlement Survival
73% matchVery Positive86% of 7,842 reviews2022
Dev: Gleamer StudioPub: Team17
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 10.8 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 36.5%, Agriculture 14% ★, Building 11.3%, Management 8.9%, Simulation 8.4%
- #40 SkyBrew: Entropic Strategist
72% matchMostly Positive77% of 556 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 27.2%, Base Building 16%, Simulation 12.9%, Building 12.4%, Strategy 11.6%
- #41 I Am Future: Cozy Apocalypse Survival
72% matchVery Positive85% of 4,518 reviews2024
Dev: MandragoraPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 37.1% ★, Base Building 16.3%, Simulation 15.5%, Building 15.4%, Relaxing 13.7%
- #42 Randoville
75% matchMixed66% of 65 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 31.9%, Roguelite 14.9%, Base Building 12%, Simulation 11.4%, Strategy 11%
- #43 Land Of Idyllic Beauty
71% matchVery Positive90% of 218 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 26.7%, Cooking 16.5%, Agriculture 15.6% ★, Base Building 11.3%, Strategy 7.5%
- #44 Inn Tycoon
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 779 reviews2025
Dev: Evil Goose GamesPub: GameDev.ist
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 27.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 14.3%, Building 14.2%, Management 14.2%, Resource Management 12%
- #45 Goblins of Elderstone
73% matchMostly Positive74% of 394 reviews2023
Dev: Outerdawn
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 53%
This Goblin Tribe Simulator brings a challenging blend of chaos and creativity to the city-building genre. Build dwellings, manage your resources, defend your goblins, and grow your tribe, and please the Gods! Do you have what it takes to control the chaos and rule the unruly?
Why similar: City Builder 29.8%, Base Building 14.2%, Building 10.9%, Simulation 10.2%, Strategy 10.2%
- #46 Pan'orama
71% matchVery Positive89% of 1,317 reviews2023
Dev: Chicken LauncherPub: Awaken Realms
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 71%
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 40.1%, Building 14.1%, Relaxing 12.6%, Base Building 12.5%, Strategy 8.2%
- #47 Heian City Story
69% matchVery Positive89% of 148 reviews2025
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
A city-building sim with a historical twist
Why similar: City Builder 43.4%, Simulation 17.7%, Strategy 16.4%, Building 9.6%, Cute 7.5%
- #48 These Doomed Isles
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 221 reviews2024
Dev: Triplevision Games LimitedPub: Fireshine Games
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Harvest cards to raise land from the sea, build settlements and rain fire upon invaders in this survival city-builder with roguelike deckbuilding mechanics. Choose from 4 gods with unique cards, playstyles and abilities to lead their civilisations to victory in strategic run-based gameplay!
Why similar: City Builder 42%, Base Building 16.6%, Strategy 13.8%, Simulation 13.5%, Resource Management 12.2%
- #49 FISHTOPIA
68% matchVery Positive90% of 83 reviews2025
Dev: BountyGames
Windows
FISHTOPIA is a pixel art style casual game blending idle gameplay with card collection. Discover 12 card types with special effects, featuring 300+ unique creatures and 100+ decorative items. Mix and match vibrant themes to craft your cyberpunk aquatic world.
Why similar: Relaxing 37.8%, Simulation 27.3%, Cute 21.6%, Anime 13.2%
- #50 Super Fantasy Kingdom
66% matchVery Positive88% of 5,123 reviews2025
Dev: Super Fantasy GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 57.5%, Strategy 38.2%, Singleplayer 4.3%
- #51 Foundation
66% matchVery Positive86% of 23,481 reviews2025
Dev: Polymorph Games
Windows
Median: 11.0 hrsMean: 26.3 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 46.5%, Simulation 10.4%, Strategy 9.4%, Building 7%, Resource Management 6.9%
- #52 Outlanders
69% matchVery Positive89% of 484 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 32.8%, Building 11.3%, Simulation 10.2%, Strategy 10.2%, Relaxing 9.3%
- #53 Cooking Festival
71% matchMixed64% of 59 reviews2022
Dev: BoomBit
Windows · Mac
Cooking Festival takes you to the tasty world of fantastic cuisine - let's cook!
Why similar: Cooking 38.9%, Base Building 18%, Building 14.6%, Simulation 14.4%, Cartoon 8.3%
- #54 Whimsy Bake&Craft
67% matchMixed65% of 363 reviews2026
Dev: MOON SCAPEPub: HAMUXING Network Technology
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 27.1%, Simulation 22.1%, Building 17.7%, Relaxing 14.5%, Cute 11.1%
- #55 Civitatem
70% matchMixed63% of 133 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 36.7%, Strategy 14.6%, Simulation 13.9%, Base Building 10.6%, Resource Management 7.5%
- #56 Pool Slide Story
68% matchVery Positive90% of 189 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Make a fantastic, dazzling water park!
Why similar: City Builder 38.6%, Simulation 16.6%, Strategy 12.2%, Building 9.2%, Cooking 8.8%
- #57 Coffee Caravan
66% matchVery Positive93% of 1,400 reviews2024
Dev: Broccoli Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Fuel your coffee passion in Coffee Caravan! As a cafe manager, brew, experiment with delicious recipes, and build your dream coffee business on wheels. Serve customers, unlock new flavors, purchase appliances, and enjoy your procedurally generated road trip in this roguelite experience.
Why similar: Cooking 25.8%, Roguelite 13.5%, Management 10.3%, Simulation 10%, Building 9.5%
- #58 Pile Up!
65% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,047 reviews2025
Dev: RemoobPub: Catoptric Games
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 65%
"Pile Up!" is a strategic building game which you need to build houses, fulfill your people’s requests and manage your risky buildings in different ways on a small land. But don’t let your guard down in this chill environment, we only get you relaxed so you destroy everything you did.
Why similar: City Builder 27.5%, Base Building 14.9%, Roguelite 14%, Relaxing 10.3%, Building 10%
- #59 Dice Legacy
69% matchMixed68% of 1,050 reviews2021
Dev: DESTINYbit
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Dice Legacy is a dice-based survival city builder set on a mysterious ringworld. Your ship has reached the shore of an uncharted continent. Roll and use your dice to gather resources, expand and defend your settlement, survive the winter and interact with the strange inhabitants of this eerie world.
Why similar: City Builder 38%, Roguelite 14.7%, Strategy 11.5%, Base Building 10.7%, Management 9.2%
- #60 Lessaria: Fantasy Kingdom Sim
64% matchMostly Positive78% of 2,633 reviews2025
Dev: Rockbee TeamPub: Polden Publishing
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Lessaria is an RTS inspired by Majesty 👑 where you guide heroes with indirect control. Play through the campaign or relax in sandbox mode as you build your magical kingdom.
Why similar: City Builder 49%, Strategy 17%, Simulation 16.8%, Management 15.5%, Singleplayer 1.6%