- #1 Urban Empire
97% matchMostly Negative34% of 2,463 reviews2017
Dev: Reborn GamesPub: Kalypso Media Digital
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 7.9 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: Politics 23.8% ★, Political Sim 19.2% ★, City Builder 18.7%, Economy 9.8%, Management 8.6%
- #2 HistoriCity: Florence
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stratagem Interactive
Windows · Mac
Rebuild a shattered settlement from the devastation of the Black Plague into a flourishing Renaissance metropolis. Manage production, construct iconic landmarks, and recruit powerful masters as you play through historically inspired narrative missions.
Why similar: City Builder 17.1%, Colony Sim 16%, Economy 10.7%, Historical 10.5%, Building 9.5%
- #3 Ostriv
96% 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 20.3%, Colony Sim 15.2%, Historical 13.1%, Building 8.8%, Economy 8.6%
- #4 MEMORIAPOLIS
95% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,806 reviews2025
Dev: 5PM Studio
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Memoriapolis is a historical city builder where your city grows organically across 5 ages, from Antiquity to the Industrial Revolution. Manage resources, interact with factions, and shape your dynasty toward building a final Wonder with easy, normal, or hard difficulty levels.
Why similar: City Builder 20.9%, Political Sim 18.9% ★, Colony Sim 16.3%, Historical 11.1%, Building 9.6%
- #5 Salt of the Earth
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Cattrall Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
An isometric medieval city builder. You hold one manor by charter: lay the roads, work the fields, and raise hovels into town houses by meeting what each household needs. Winters take stores, the Crown takes dues, and raiders take whatever will burn.
Why similar: City Builder 21.1%, Colony Sim 18.2%, Economy 10.6%, Agriculture 10.1% ★, Building 9.9%
- #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 22.2%, Historical 15.3%, Building 12.8%, Economy 11.5%, Management 9.1%
- #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 20.9%, Colony Sim 17.5%, Historical 16.5%, Political Sim 15.7% ★, Building 11.3%
- #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 17.2%, Historical 15.1%, Colony Sim 14%, Economy 10.5%, Building 10.4%
- #9 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 23%, Colony Sim 20.6%, Historical 12.3%, Simulation 8.4%, Strategy 7.8%
- #10 Isla Paradiso
90% 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 25.2%, Colony Sim 21.6%, Economy 13.3%, Building 12.5%, Management 9.2%
- #11 Valdrin
89% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Stalwart Fox
Windows · Linux
A low-fantasy kingdom 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 28.4% ★, City Builder 21.9%, Colony Sim 19.6%, Building 11.2%, Base Building 7.2%
- #12 Citystate II
89% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,141 reviews2021
Dev: Andy Sztark
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 10.3 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 22.7%, Political Sim 17.3% ★, Politics 15.6% ★, Economy 13.8%, Building 10.9%
- #13 Age After Age
87% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Farom Studio Ltd
Windows
Age After Age. Build a thriving settlement, shape society across multiple eras, and dominate a living world economy. Choose your path - classic history, Steampunk, Gothic, and more in a deep city-building strategy with evolving logistics, citizen classes, diplomacy, and research.
Why similar: City Builder 18.4%, Colony Sim 16.7%, Political Sim 15% ★, Economy 11.1%, Building 8.8%
- #14 Anno 1404 - History Edition
86% matchVery Positive82% of 3,619 reviews2020
Dev: Ubisoft MainzPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 31.7 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Relive the captivating gameplay of a true city-building classic with Anno® 1404 History Edition.
Why similar: City Builder 29.8%, Building 14.1%, Colony Sim 13.6%, Political Sim 10.6% ★, Management 9.7%
- #15 Patron
86% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,196 reviews2021
Dev: Overseer Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.5 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 24.1%, Colony Sim 22.3%, Economy 9.3%, Historical 9.2%, Building 8%
- #16 Fjordal
85% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Andreasintech
Windows
Establish a Norse village and refine the land's resources. Pay tribute to the King, or grow strong enough to fight back. A Viking colony sim with production chains and resource management.
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.4%, City Builder 18%, Historical 10.7%, Economy 10.4%, Base Building 9.7%
- #17 Settlement Survival
84% 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 26.9%, Colony Sim 21.1%, Building 13.6%, Management 10.5%, Base Building 5.9%
- #18 Stone to Stars
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: OnlyLogic
Windows · Mac
Stone to Stars is a colony sim and ruler simulator set at the dawn of civilization. Settle an uncharted continent, build a thriving settlement, discover new technologies, trade or wage war with your neighbors—and hold on to power as you guide your dynasty through the ages.
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.2%, City Builder 18.8%, Political Sim 14.4% ★, Historical 9.9%, Economy 9.7%
- #19 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 28%, Colony Sim 22.9%, Economy 13.2%, Building 9.6%, Medieval 7.6%
- #20 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 24.9%, Colony Sim 22.5%, Economy 13.6%, Building 12.9%, Simulation 9.1%
- #21 Celestial Empire: Prologue
82% matchVery Positive86% of 426 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 19.6%, Colony Sim 18.5%, Historical 13.8%, Building 10.6%, Economy 9.5%
- #22 Clan & Flood
81% 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% ★, Building 15.1%, City Builder 14.5%, Historical 10.4%
- #23 Terra-7
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gamyeon
Windows · Mac
A Business Colony Sim where you build your company on a hostile alien world. Keep your employees happy. Bring results—and profits—to investors. All at the same time!
Why similar: City Builder 24.6%, Colony Sim 22.2%, Economy 13.9%, Building 12.6%, Management 9.2%
- #24 Manus Domini
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gik Studios
Windows
Control multiple nations on their paths through history. While balancing relations with outer powers. Whether your strategy is trade, war or technological superiority you will always need to be one step ahead of your enemies.
Why similar: City Builder 24.9%, Political Sim 24.7% ★, Colony Sim 19.7%, Building 11.3%, Management 8.9%
- #25 Egypt
79% 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 21%, Colony Sim 16%, Historical 11.5%, Building 11.1%, Base Building 10.4%
- #26 El Dorado: The Golden City Builder - Prologue
79% 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 18.4%, Colony Sim 15.8%, Economy 11.7%, Historical 11.6%, Building 8.8%
- #27 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 18.5%, Colony Sim 15.5%, Building 13.1%, Economy 12.5%, Base Building 9.3%
- #28 Socialiskigrad
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SgriusoftPub: Sgriusoft
Windows · Mac · Linux
Welcome to the Republic of Socialiskigrad, a budding nation to shape with bags of cement! Build working-class districts, develop national industry, and govern the metropolises of each region. Only you can become the shining President the country deserves!
Why similar: City Builder 19.9%, Colony Sim 18.4%, Political Sim 14.2% ★, Economy 12.3%, Historical 9.5%
- #29 Exile
77% matchMixed60% 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 22.7%, Colony Sim 20.6%, Economy 11.9%, Building 11.1%, Management 9.8%
- #30 What's Left Behind
78% 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 28.4%, Colony Sim 23.7%, Building 13.6%, Economy 13.3%, Management 10.8%
- #31 Paris in 2000 Years
76% match7 user reviews71% of 7 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 26%, Economy 15.4%, Historical 15.2%, Building 13.9%, Base Building 10.5%
- #32 Mistlands: Wheats & Demons
76% 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 23.4%, Colony Sim 20.7%, Building 11.5%, Base Building 10.7%, Economy 9%
- #33 LowPolis
75% 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 30%, Colony Sim 21.4%, Building 14.6%, Economy 7.8%, Medieval 7.6%
- #34 Arcane Shores
75% matchNo user reviews2027
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 27.4%, Colony Sim 24.6%, Economy 13.4%, Building 12.1%, Management 6.2%
- #35 1200 BC
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Xno Games Studio
Windows
A slow paced survival colony sim with aspects of survival RPG with you as a Mycenaean King during the Late Bronze Age. Lead your colony, trade items, import raw materials and export crafted goods. Defend your colony against enemies.
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.9%, City Builder 19.1%, Political Sim 13.2% ★, Building 10.6%, Economy 9.2%
- #36 Farmman
74% 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 23.4%, Colony Sim 21.8%, Economy 13.1%, Building 12.7%, Management 9.3%
- #37 Shanhe Builders
72% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Luyu Games
Windows
Lead one to five companions in a Chinese-inspired 3D home-building survival sim. Gather and haul supplies, build timber, stone and adobe homes, and manage farming, cooking and rest. Command your group from above or take direct control as your camp grows into a home.
Why similar: City Builder 26.4%, Colony Sim 22.7%, Building 12.2%, Historical 8.2%, Management 8.1%
- #38 Founders' Fortune
73% 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 30.9%, City Builder 21.6%, Base Building 11.8%, Building 10.9%, Management 6.4%
- #39 The First Settlement VR
72% 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: City Builder 19.7%, Colony Sim 19.7%, Economy 11.6%, Building 11.4%, Historical 10.1%
- #40 Depraved
73% matchMixed61% of 1,255 reviews2019
Dev: Evil Bite
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 9.2 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 19.4%, Colony Sim 17.7%, Economy 11.4%, Historical 11%, Building 10.5%
- #41 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 21.1%, Colony Sim 17.9%, Historical 11.5%, Base Building 10.8%, Building 10.5%
- #42 The Guild II Renaissance
73% matchVery Positive84% of 4,239 reviews2010
Dev: Runeforge Game StudioPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 18.2 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 25.1%, Economy 17.3%, City Builder 12.8%, Political Sim 9.6% ★, Medieval 9%
- #43 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: City Builder 21.4%, Colony Sim 20.9%, Building 12.5%, Economy 12.2%, Management 9.8%
- #44 Pharaoh™: A New Era
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 5,400 reviews2023
Dev: Triskell InteractivePub: Dotemu
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 13.2 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 24%, Colony Sim 17.1%, Historical 13.9%, Building 11.8%, Economy 11.7%
- #45 Make Your Kingdom
71% matchMixed58% of 197 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 22.9%, Colony Sim 20%, Building 13%, Economy 11.7%, Management 10.8%
- #46 Hexagge
70% 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 27.6%, Colony Sim 24.9%, Simulation 10.2%, Economy 10.1%, Building 9.5%
- #47 Oxygen: First Breath
70% matchVery Positive89% of 1,666 reviews2022
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 8.0 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 23.5%, Colony Sim 19.6%, Base Building 12.5%, Economy 11.5%, Building 10.8%
- #48 Colonial Winds
69% 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 22.4%, Colony Sim 11.4%, Historical 10.9%, Political Sim 10.8% ★, Base Building 9.4%
- #49 Tropico 7
69% matchNo user reviews2027
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 22.5% ★, City Builder 21.3%, Colony Sim 17.7%, Economy 9.6%, Management 9%
- #50 CENTAVO
69% 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 25.4%, Colony Sim 20.6%, Economy 15.5%, Management 10.2%, Building 7.8%
- #51 Anno 1701 History Edition
68% matchVery Positive85% of 235 reviews2024
Dev: Ubisoft MainzPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 14.7 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Rediscover the classic gameplay of 1701 A.D. and its expansion The Sunken Dragon in Anno® 1701 History Edition.
Why similar: City Builder 20.4%, Colony Sim 18.6%, Political Sim 16.1% ★, Historical 9.9%, Economy 8.4%
- #52 Aztecs: The Last Sun
66% matchMixed70% of 135 reviews2026
Dev: Play2Chill S.A.Pub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Rule Tenochtitlán in this survival city-builder where gods decide your fate. Confront the Moon Goddess and her generals. Delve into the intricate story, survive the nights in the Sandbox mode, or build freely in the Creative mode. The last sun is yours to save, or… lose!
Why similar: City Builder 19.2%, Colony Sim 17.5%, Historical 13.9%, Economy 12%, Building 10.6%
- #53 Kingdoms Reborn
68% matchVery Positive90% of 9,742 reviews2020
Dev: Earthshine
Windows
Median: 10.1 hrsMean: 24.4 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 32.4%, Colony Sim 19.8%, Base Building 10.4%, Economy 9.8%, Management 9.4%
- #54 Anno 1503 History Edition
67% matchMostly Positive71% of 136 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 20%, Colony Sim 18.7%, Political Sim 16.5% ★, Historical 10%, Economy 8.5%
- #55 Randoville
68% 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 21.6%, Colony Sim 17.6%, Economy 12.8%, Building 11.6%, Management 9%
- #56 Anno 1602 History Edition
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 289 reviews2024
Dev: Ubisoft MainzPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Relive the beginnings of the Anno® series with Anno® 1602 History Edition, updated and optimized for current computers.
Why similar: City Builder 20.1%, Colony Sim 18.8%, Political Sim 16.5% ★, Historical 10%, Economy 8.5%
- #57 Foundation
65% 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 37.4%, Colony Sim 10.5%, Economy 10%, Building 9.2%, Medieval 8.5%
- #58 Of Life and Land
66% 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: City Builder 19.2%, Colony Sim 17.3%, Historical 12.3%, Building 9.8%, Base Building 9.7%