- #1 Urban Empire
97% matchMostly Negative34% of 2,462 reviews2017
Dev: Reborn GamesPub: Kalypso Media Digital
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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: Political Sim 21% ★, City Builder 19.4%, Politics 17.9% ★, Economy 11.3%, Management 9.5%
- #2 HistoriCity: Florence
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stratagem Interactive
Windows · Mac
A mission-based survival citybuilder/colony sim where you rebuild Renaissance Florence in the aftermath of the Black Plague. Overcome recurring droughts, build the Florence Cathedral, hire Michelangelo, and survive the Bonfire of the Vanities with an authentic Renaissance lute soundtrack.
Why similar: City Builder 16.8%, Colony Sim 16.1% ★, Historical 13.1%, Economy 10.2%, Management 8.4%
- #3 Ostriv
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 7,359 reviews2020
Dev: yevhen8
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 36.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 19.6%, Colony Sim 15.2% ★, Historical 12.9%, Economy 9.3%, Building 8.8%
- #4 MEMORIAPOLIS
95% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,686 reviews2025
Dev: 5PM Studio
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
In Memoriapolis, you're not just building a city, you're shaping a living, evolving civilization. Travel through five major eras, from Antiquity to the Industrial Revolution. Leave your mark on history by navigating the power struggles between rival factions.
Why similar: City Builder 20.4%, Political Sim 19.3% ★, Colony Sim 16.5% ★, Historical 11%, Building 9.4%
- #5 County of Fortune
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Nepos Games
Windows
Build villages, expand towns, and guide the growth of a whole region in County of Fortune. Balance logistics, noble houses, and community life as you shape your county’s future. A county-builder.
Why similar: City Builder 20.5%, Politics 15.6% ★, Historical 14.3%, Economy 13.8%, Building 11.4%
- #6 Crowncity
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Haon Games
Windows
Building and managing a late medieval city is a series of challenges. Build wells to provide drinking water, markets to provide bread and food, and theaters to collect performance tax. Stage mode continues an interesting story and journey, random map mode fills each game with a new experience.
Why similar: City Builder 21.6%, Historical 15%, Building 12.6%, Economy 12.4%, Management 9.5%
- #7 Ancient Polis
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PKP Games
Windows
Travel back 2600 years to ancient Greece. Build and manage your city (polis) and experience and shape the life of the ancient Greeks on your own terms.
Why similar: City Builder 20.4%, Colony Sim 17.6% ★, Historical 16.2%, Political Sim 16.1% ★, Building 11.1%
- #8 Deichgraf
92% matchMostly Positive79% of 29 reviews2021
Dev: Acid Mines Software UG
Windows
Deichgraf is a small, calm, but sometimes intense building game. Build your own village and protect it against water caused by floods and heavy rain!
Why similar: City Builder 16.8%, Historical 14.8%, Colony Sim 13.9% ★, Economy 11.3%, Building 10.2%
- #9 Isla Paradiso
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Paradiso Studio
Windows
Build and manage a tropical island economy, optimize production chains, research new technologies, and defend your growing settlement against pirate threats in this relaxing yet strategic city-building game.
Why similar: City Builder 24.4%, Colony Sim 21.4% ★, Economy 14.2%, Building 12.2%, Management 9.5%
- #10 Tutankhamun – Builders of the Eternal
91% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: TreeByte Software
Windows
A 3D city-builder where you farm the Nile, worship powerful gods, train armies, trade with distant regions, and construct monumental works worthy of ancient Egypt.
Why similar: City Builder 22.5%, Colony Sim 20.6% ★, Historical 12%, Simulation 8.5%, Strategy 7.8%
- #11 Colonial Winds
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dark Shift Games
Windows · Mac
Grow your colony from a small outpost into a thriving nation in this city-building game. Step into the shoes of a colonial governor as you build production chains, establish trade, meet the needs of your citizens, and guide your settlement toward self-rule.
Why similar: City Builder 19.9%, Colony Sim 10.3% ★, Political Sim 10% ★, Historical 9.7%, Politics 8.6% ★
- #12 The Guild II Renaissance
90% matchVery Positive83% of 3,996 reviews2010
Dev: Runeforge Game StudioPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 18.0 hrs≥1hr: 67%
For centuries Europe has been dominated by the church and nobility. On the shoulders of ordinary people the servants of god and the noble families justified their power and wealth. This was the incontrovertible, divine world order. A truly dark era… In the 14th Century the world order is beginning to transform itself.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.4% ★, Economy 16.6%, City Builder 11.1%, Politics 10.2% ★, Political Sim 8.4% ★
- #13 Settlement Survival
89% 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 23.6%, Colony Sim 19.2% ★, Building 12.1%, Management 9.7%, Economy 8.1%
- #14 Populus
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stalwart Fox Entertainment
Windows · Linux
A low-fantasy colony sim where you never command a single subject. Shape laws, set priorities, and watch an autonomous society build, trade, worship, and fight under your rule.
Why similar: Political Sim 29% ★, City Builder 21.4%, Colony Sim 19.7% ★, Building 11%, Base Building 7.2%
- #15 Kolo
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MTandi
Windows
Kolo is a medieval settlement simulator where you lead a group of adventurers ready to start a new life in the wilderness.
Why similar: City Builder 19.3%, Colony Sim 17% ★, Economy 13.5%, Building 8.6%, Base Building 8.4%
- #16 Tropico 6
86% matchVery Positive88% of 28,783 reviews2019
Dev: Limbic EntertainmentPub: Kalypso Media
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 26.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
El Presidente is back! Prove yourself once again as a feared dictator or peace-loving statesman on the island state of Tropico and shape the fate of your very own banana republic through four distinctive eras.
Why similar: City Builder 28%, Political Sim 17.7% ★, Economy 14.6%, Politics 10.8% ★, Management 10.3%
- #17 Patron
86% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,136 reviews2021
Dev: Overseer Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Patron is a survival city builder with a unique social dynamics system. Gather and produce resources, build your fledgling village into a prosperous city and navigate the intricate social tensions before they reach boiling point.
Why similar: City Builder 23.6%, Colony Sim 22.1% ★, Economy 10%, Historical 9%, Building 7.9%
- #18 Citystate
85% matchMostly Positive75% of 806 reviews2018
Dev: Andy Sztark
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Create a 21st century micro-nation and experiment with economic and political ideals. Futuristic skyscrapers or spreading slums, the Nation relies on your economic and city planning skills.
Why similar: City Builder 24.1%, Political Sim 19.8% ★, Politics 19% ★, Economy 11%, Building 8.5%
- #19 Anno 1404 - History Edition
84% matchVery Positive82% of 3,444 reviews2020
Dev: Ubisoft MainzPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 31.4 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Relive the captivating gameplay of a true city-building classic with Anno® 1404 History Edition.
Why similar: City Builder 29.4%, Building 13.8%, Colony Sim 13.6% ★, Political Sim 10.8% ★, Management 10.1%
- #20 Citystate II
84% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,099 reviews2021
Dev: Andy Sztark
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Create your own Nation, build cities and bring prosperity to your people. Citystate II is a unique city-builder featuring realistic economics and complex political options. Slums or skyscrapers, experiment and bring about your vision of the ideal society.
Why similar: City Builder 23.2%, Political Sim 18.4% ★, Economy 15.6%, Politics 11.5% ★, Building 11.4%
- #21 Skyline Settlers
83% 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 26.9%, Colony Sim 23.1% ★, Economy 14%, Building 9.3%, Medieval 7.4%
- #22 Frontera
82% 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: City Builder 24.1%, Colony Sim 22.3% ★, Economy 14.6%, Building 12.6%, Simulation 9.1%
- #23 Celestial Empire: Prologue
81% matchVery Positive85% of 370 reviews2025
Dev: President Studio
Windows
Embrace your duties as a new provincial governor. Experience the beauty of ancient China, design the city of your dreams, and take care of your people’s needs. Earn the Gods’ favor to maintain the Mandate of Heaven for the ruling dynasty.
Why similar: City Builder 19%, Colony Sim 18.5% ★, Historical 13.4%, Building 10.5%, Economy 10.2%
- #24 Tropico 7
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Gaming Minds StudiosPub: Kalypso Media
Windows
Get rich or die trying! In Tropico 7, you step into El Presidente’s shiny boots again to build your island nation and – literally – move mountains. As glorious leader you guide your loyal citizens (and your Swiss Bank Account) through the ages toward untold prosperity.
Why similar: Political Sim 21.2% ★, City Builder 18.2%, Colony Sim 14.8% ★, Economy 9.4%, Politics 8.8% ★
- #25 Egypt
81% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Ancient Cat
Windows
Command the sands of Egypt in this epic RTS! Build magnificent cities, lead mythic armies, and harness the power of the gods. Shape the Nile, forge alliances, and rise to become Pharaoh in a world of strategy, intrigue, and breathtaking battles. Your legacy awaits—rule wisely!
Why similar: City Builder 20.4%, Colony Sim 16% ★, Historical 11.3%, Building 10.9%, Economy 10.9%
- #26 El Dorado: The Golden City Builder - Prologue
80% matchMostly Positive72% of 236 reviews2024
Dev: Hobo BunchPub: Gameparic
Windows
The Prologue is just part of the gameplay that awaits you in the full version of the game. El Dorado - Prologue is a strategy city-building game in which you plan, build and develop your settlement to conquer Jukatan and earn the title of The Golden City. Become a leader, whom even Gods will bow to.
Why similar: City Builder 17.8%, Colony Sim 15.7% ★, Economy 12.6%, Historical 11.3%, Building 8.6%
- #27 Clan & Flood
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: XF STUDIO
Windows · Mac
Flood. Famine. Betrayal. In ancient times, you lead a small clan to survive in the mud. Build shelters, cultivate fields, construct dams — but the real challenge isn't just nature: your followers have their own ambitions, and your heir may not be who you hoped. The next flood is coming.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.3% ★, Political Sim 19.5% ★, Building 14.9%, City Builder 14.2%, Historical 10.2%
- #28 Exile
78% matchMixed64% of 14 reviews2025
Dev: JD7 Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A survival city-builder unlike any other—shaped by rolling hills, guide generations, and grow without limits. No cap on scale, no slowdown, just strategy and survival at your pace.
Why similar: City Builder 22.1%, Colony Sim 20.5% ★, Economy 12.7%, Building 10.9%, Management 10.1%
- #29 Kingdom Workshop
78% 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: City Builder 18%, Colony Sim 15.4% ★, Economy 13.4%, Building 12.9%, Base Building 9.2%
- #30 What's Left Behind
79% match7 user reviews43% of 7 reviews2021
Dev: Hoovler Industries, Inc.
Windows
A tile-based city re-builder set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland.
Why similar: City Builder 27.5%, Colony Sim 23.5% ★, Economy 14.2%, Building 13.3%, Management 11.2%
- #31 Arcane Shores
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Absent Slumber
Windows
Arcane Shores is a city-building strategy game infused with magic. Build, defend, and expand your settlement while casting powerful spells that bend nature, restore what’s broken, and turn the tide against your enemies.
Why similar: City Builder 26.6%, Colony Sim 24.5% ★, Economy 14.3%, Building 11.8%, Management 6.4%
- #32 Paris in 2000 Years
77% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: Windforce
Windows
'Paris in 2000 Years' is a city-builder game focused on the history of Paris. From the Gallo-Roman era to the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, you can construct, upgrade, and beautify various buildings. Completing historical quests will also reward you with iconic landmark architectures.
Why similar: City Builder 25.4%, Economy 16.5%, Historical 14.9%, Building 13.7%, Base Building 10.4%
- #33 Farmman
76% 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: City Builder 22.7%, Colony Sim 21.7% ★, Economy 14%, Building 12.5%, Management 9.7%
- #34 LowPolis
76% 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 29.3%, Colony Sim 21.4% ★, Building 14.4%, Economy 8.4%, Strategy 7.6%
- #35 Mistlands: Wheats & Demons
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Silence Studios
Windows
Become a mayor of a small town in a medieval city builder with advanced villager management. Develop a settlement in lands teeming with demons and other evil spirits. Consider the traits, desires and abilities of residents to survive and prosper.
Why similar: City Builder 22.7%, Colony Sim 20.6% ★, Building 11.3%, Base Building 10.6%, Economy 9.7%
- #36 Founders' Fortune
75% matchVery Positive80% of 2,168 reviews2020
Dev: Dionic Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 57%
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 31% ★, City Builder 20.9%, Base Building 11.7%, Building 10.7%, Management 6.7%
- #37 The First Settlement VR
73% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Christian Wendt
Windows
Build and manage a growing medieval town in The First Settlement VR. Place over 50 buildings, manage citizens and merchants, run production chains and trade with neighbouring towns – all in an evolving sandbox city builder experienced entirely in VR.
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.6% ★, City Builder 19.2%, Economy 12.4%, Building 11.2%, Historical 9.8%
- #38 Make Your Kingdom
74% matchMixed58% of 195 reviews2022
Dev: yo_serjioPub: BigGame Publishing
Windows
Make Your Kingdom is a city-building game unique to its genre. Play as a founder of the settlement — help build your kingdom, carry the resources, talk to other settlers, motivate them and fight off hordes of orcs with your own sword!
Why similar: City Builder 22.2%, Colony Sim 19.9% ★, Building 12.7%, Economy 12.5%, Management 11.2%
- #39 Oxygen: First Breath
73% matchVery Positive89% of 1,643 reviews2022
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 40%
This is a free version of Oxygen, featuring the first 50 game-days. Build your city around the Oxygen Center and ensure your people's survival in a post-apocalyptic future, threatened by crack explosions, deadly winds, droughts and frosts. Lead your people and keep the Oxygen Center running!
Why similar: City Builder 22.8%, Colony Sim 19.4% ★, Economy 12.4%, Base Building 12.3%, Building 10.5%
- #40 Kingdoms and Castles
74% matchVery Positive93% of 30,837 reviews2017
Dev: Lion Shield, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Kingdoms and Castles is a city-building simulation game about growing a kingdom from a tiny hamlet to a sprawling city and imposing castle. Make trade agreements, alliance, and war with neighboring AI controlled kingdoms. Each villager and resource is individually simulated.
Why similar: City Builder 32%, Colony Sim 26.3% ★, Building 11.1%, Medieval 7.4%, Base Building 6.4%
- #41 Hexagge
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Technical Khaos
Windows
A group of travelers has left their home and is trying to restart their lives in a new land. They don't have much but they are determined to thrive. However, an invisible force seems to be guiding them. Will this force help guide them to success or doom them?
Why similar: City Builder 26.9%, Colony Sim 24.9% ★, Economy 10.8%, Simulation 10.2%, Building 9.3%
- #42 Paragon Pioneers
73% 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 20.8% ★, City Builder 20.7%, Economy 13.1%, Building 12.2%, Management 10.2%
- #43 Pharaoh™: A New Era
72% matchMostly Positive75% of 5,128 reviews2023
Dev: Triskell InteractivePub: Dotemu
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The legendary city-builder returns! Lead the creation of one of the greatest civilizations the world has ever seen in this HD remake with modernized UI. Build monuments, manage your population and explore 4,000 years of history through over a hundred hours of gameplay.
Why similar: City Builder 23.5%, Colony Sim 17% ★, Historical 13.4%, Economy 12.5%, Building 11.4%
- #44 Age of Respair
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Respair Games
Windows
Age of Respair is a medieval strategy castle-builder. Build massive castles with fortifications while managing resources and production chains. Assemble a large army and lay siege to enemy castles. Lead your people and bring respair to your kingdom🏰⚔️
Why similar: City Builder 20.6%, Colony Sim 17.9% ★, Historical 11.3%, Base Building 10.8%, Building 10.4%
- #45 Anno 1701 History Edition
70% matchVery Positive86% of 194 reviews2024
Dev: Ubisoft MainzPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Rediscover the classic gameplay of 1701 A.D. and its expansion The Sunken Dragon in Anno® 1701 History Edition.
Why similar: City Builder 19.7%, Colony Sim 18.6% ★, Political Sim 16.5% ★, Historical 9.6%, Economy 9.1%
- #46 OEDO DEVELOPER
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 株式会社ドリームスレッド
Windows
“Oedo Developer” is a city builder featuring Ieyasu Tokugawa's Edo. Story and free play modes are available, the first offering a history based city building experience, and the second allowing you to freely develop the lands. Plan, build, distribute, and learn as you make the Edo of your dreams!
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.8% ★, Historical 17.6%, Political Sim 15.1% ★, Economy 12.4%, Building 10.6%
- #47 Dissent on Mars
70% matchMixed50% of 18 reviews2025
Dev: Michael HicksPub: MichaelArts
Windows
A sci-fi life sim where you create new societies unlike anything on Earth. Design your economy and government, build your colony, and experience your choices firsthand by living as a colonist. Will your society become a living utopia, or another dystopia?
Why similar: Political Sim 20% ★, Politics 15.8% ★, Colony Sim 14% ★, City Builder 13.9%, Economy 12.5%
- #48 Depraved
71% matchMixed61% of 1,237 reviews2019
Dev: Evil Bite
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Depraved is a city builder game with survival aspects, settled in the Wild West. Build towns and establish important outposts to supply your residents with food and other raw materials. Resist the seasons, dangerous animals, and bandits and conquer the Wild West.
Why similar: City Builder 18.8%, Colony Sim 17.7% ★, Economy 12.3%, Historical 10.8%, Building 10.3%
- #49 Foundation
68% 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 36.5%, Economy 10.9%, Colony Sim 10.2% ★, Building 9.1%, Management 8.8%
- #50 Anno 1503 History Edition
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 109 reviews2024
Dev: Ubisoft MainzPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Experience the classic gameplay of 1503 A.D.: The New World, optimized for current computers with resolutions up to 4K.
Why similar: City Builder 19.5%, Colony Sim 18.6% ★, Political Sim 16.7% ★, Historical 9.7%, Economy 9.1%
- #51 Of Life and Land
68% matchVery Positive86% of 351 reviews2025
Dev: KerzovenPub: Metaroot
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 60%
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: City Builder 18.6%, Colony Sim 17.2% ★, Historical 12%, Building 9.7%, Base Building 9.6%
- #52 Randoville
70% 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 20.9%, Colony Sim 17.5% ★, Economy 13.7%, Building 11.3%, Management 9.3%
- #53 Anno 1602 History Edition
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 244 reviews2024
Dev: Ubisoft MainzPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Relive the beginnings of the Anno® series with Anno® 1602 History Edition, updated and optimized for current computers.
Why similar: City Builder 19.5%, Colony Sim 18.8% ★, Political Sim 16.7% ★, Historical 9.7%, Economy 9.1%
- #54 Aztecs: The Last Sun
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 98 reviews2025
Dev: Play2Chill S.A.Pub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Rule Tenochtitlan in this survival city-builder where gods decide your fate. Expand the capital, perform sacred rituals, and withstand the coming darkness. Build, grow, sacrifice, survive - or watch the last sun set forever.
Why similar: City Builder 18.7%, Colony Sim 17.4% ★, Historical 13.5%, Economy 12.9%, Building 10.4%
- #55 Kingdoms Reborn
69% matchVery Positive91% of 9,531 reviews2020
Dev: Earthshine
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 24.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A city builder with simulated citizens, set in a procedurally-generated world map. Grow your kingdom through the eras from a tiny medieval hamlet into a prosperous global empire! Cooperate or compete in real-time with your friends in multiplayer mode.
Why similar: City Builder 31.4%, Colony Sim 19.7% ★, Economy 10.5%, Base Building 10.4%, Management 9.8%
- #56 Chinese Empire
68% matchMostly Negative39% of 36 reviews2024
Dev: Yeyuna
Windows
Chinese Empire is an economic city-building strategy taking place in the picturesque areas of China. Create your own new empire that will go down in history!
Why similar: City Builder 29.5%, Economy 16.6%, Building 15.3%, Management 13%, Historical 12.1%
- #57 Architects of Shangri-La
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SlavGames
Windows
Visit the mythical land of Shangri-La! Govern the legendary state, build cities, take care of its citizens, protect them, provide with spiritual and political guidance. Let yourself be amazed by its mountain beauty. Help Shangri-La defend against enemies who do not share its peaceful vision.
Why similar: City Builder 22.3%, Colony Sim 21.7% ★, Building 11.9%, Economy 10.7%, Historical 10.5%
- #58 Settlements Rising
66% matchVery Positive82% of 412 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: City Builder 24.8%, Colony Sim 22.9% ★, Building 10.6%, Management 9.2%, Base Building 8.3%
- #59 Our Freedom: Prologue
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vladyslav LytvynovPub: Two Cakes Studio
Windows
The medieval world is waiting for you! Stand up for your people and help them defend their freedom! Build your village, win battles and tournaments, and lead your settlement to prosperity in colony sim RPG Our Freedom: Prologue!
Why similar: City Builder 22.4%, Colony Sim 21% ★, Base Building 12.9%, Building 9.4%, Simulation 9.3%
- #60 Noble Legacy
65% matchMostly Positive72% of 640 reviews2025
Dev: Studio 369Pub: Ultimus Rex LLC
Windows
Noble Legacy is a medieval city-builder in which you rule the lands as a Noble. Build your kingdom, manage your people, defend your realm, and master a deep economy, alone or with friends in co-op, every decision is yours. What kind of ruler will you be?
Why similar: Political Sim 17.3% ★, City Builder 16.7%, Colony Sim 15.8% ★, Economy 12.1%, Building 9.9%