- #1 Pocket City 2
97% matchVery Positive94% of 135 reviews2025
Dev: Codebrew Games Inc.
Windows · Mac
A city-building game with a unique twist—step inside and experience your city firsthand! Plan roads, zones, and infrastructure while growing your economy, managing resources, and unlocking special buildings. Host events, build mega projects, and watch your city thrive in a dynamic world.
Why similar: City Builder 28.9%, Economy 19.1%, Capitalism 14.4%, Relaxing 8.3%, Building 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a highly accessible, polished city-building experience that mirrors the casual progression and intuitive mechanics of Global City.
- #2 Pocket City
96% matchVery Positive92% of 274 reviews2022
Dev: Codebrew Games Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 58%
A casual city building game. Become the mayor and create your own metropolis! Create residential, commercial, and industrial zones. Build parks and recreation spots. Respond to crime and disasters. Watch your city come alive!
Why similar: City Builder 29.6%, Isometric 14.9%, Economy 13.2%, Building 10.8%, Simulation 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: This title provides a streamlined, fun approach to city management that feels very similar to the core loop of Global City.
- #3 Urbek City Builder
95% matchVery Positive90% of 1,880 reviews2022
Dev: FridusPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Urbek is a city building game where you can build your own neighbourhoods: from nightlife district to industrial district. Don't exhaust your natural resources before you have an educated population to build more efficient structures.
Why similar: City Builder 23.6%, Economy 14.9%, Building 12.6%, Resource Management 11.6%, Modern 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on building a city without the need for traditional money, relying instead on resource management and local production chains.
- #4 Megapolis
96% matchMostly Positive75% of 162 reviews2016
Dev: Lonely Troops
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Casual city building. Become an architect. Manage the small polis. Construct beautiful city zones with plenty of modern blocks. Work your way to the top through the campaign mode, or create your own scenarios.
Why similar: City Builder 23.6%, Simulation 16.7%, Time Management 14%, Building 11.7%, Isometric 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: A classic city-builder that emphasizes resource production chains and steady expansion, much like the gameplay found in Global City.
- #5 Cities: Skylines
94% matchVery Positive93% of 290,162 reviews2015
Dev: Colossal OrderPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 65.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Cities: Skylines is a modern take on the classic city simulation. The game introduces new game play elements to realize the thrill and hardships of creating and maintaining a real city whilst expanding on some well-established tropes of the city building experience.
Why similar: City Builder 39.2%, Building 13.7%, Economy 11.3%, Management 9.7%, Resource Management 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for city-building, offering deep economic and infrastructure management for players looking to expand their horizons.
- #6 Anno 1800
94% matchVery Positive81% of 31,755 reviews2019
Dev: Ubisoft MainzPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 40.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Anno 1800™ – Lead the Industrial Revolution! Welcome to the dawn of the Industrial Age. The path you choose will define your world. Are you an innovator or an exploiter? A conqueror or a liberator? How the world remembers your name is up to you.
Why similar: City Builder 40%, Economy 19.3%, Resource Management 9.8%, Strategy 8.2%, Multiplayer 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game excels at complex resource management and trade logistics, perfect for players who enjoy the economic side of Global City.
- #7 Tropico 6
92% matchVery Positive88% of 29,191 reviews2019
Dev: Limbic EntertainmentPub: Kalypso Media
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 27.0 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 37.3%, Economy 20.8%, Management 12.2%, Strategy 8.9%, Building 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: It combines city-building with political and economic management in a lighthearted, engaging way that feels accessible yet deep.
- #8 Townsmen - A Kingdom Rebuilt
93% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,387 reviews2019
Dev: HandyGames
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Townsmen – A Kingdom Rebuilt hands the crown to you: Guide your people from their first steps in a small village to a massive medieval metropolis with thousands of inhabitants.
Why similar: City Builder 31.1%, Strategy 13.2%, Simulation 12.5%, Economy 10.5%, Building 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A charming, casual city-builder that focuses on managing a growing population and their resource needs in a medieval setting.
- #9 Little Big Workshop
91% matchVery Positive84% of 3,380 reviews2019
Dev: Mirage Game StudiosPub: HandyGames
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Manage your workers, stations, machines and create awesome stuff as your little big workshop grows into your dream factory!
Why similar: Economy 15.9%, Resource Management 14.7%, Management 14.1%, Building 13.9%, Simulation 12.5%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a fun, casual management experience where you oversee a factory floor, focusing on production efficiency and growth.
- #10 Project Highrise
91% matchVery Positive85% of 4,793 reviews2016
Dev: SomaSimPub: Kasedo Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 32.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Project Highrise is a skyscraper construction and management sim...
Why similar: Management 25.9%, Building 25.5%, Economy 12.7%, Simulation 12.6%, Strategy 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the vertical expansion and management of a skyscraper, offering a satisfying puzzle-like approach to building.
- #11 Megaquarium
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,727 reviews2018
Dev: Twice Circled
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 67%
The public aquarium simulator. Design your displays, look after your fish, manage your staff and keep your guests happy! It's all in a day's work as the curator of your very own Megaquarium.
Why similar: Building 17.7%, Management 14.4%, Economy 13%, Resource Management 12.2%, Capitalism 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A management-heavy builder that requires careful resource and space planning to create a successful, thriving business.
- #12 Highrise Mogul
90% matchMixed51% of 53 reviews2021
Dev: Olli Arkko
Windows
Highrise Mogul: design, build and manage your own skyscraper. Make floor plans, place rentable rooms, hire staff, design a beautiful garden, manage your own power grid and much more!
Why similar: City Builder 23.2%, Capitalism 16.9%, Economy 14.3%, Building 12.5%, Management 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the economic and building aspects of urban development, perfect for those who enjoy the capitalism-driven side of Global City.
- #13 Kingdoms and Castles
88% matchVery Positive94% of 31,238 reviews2017
Dev: Lion Shield, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 16.1 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 27.6%, Economy 14.3%, Resource Management 12.5%, Building 10.5%, Management 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: A relaxing, accessible city-builder that emphasizes defense and resource management as you grow your small village into a kingdom.
- #14 Skyline Urban Story
87% matchVery Positive90% of 108 reviews2025
Dev: PandaUpStudio
Windows · Mac
From barren land to towering metropolis, every decision you make shapes the destiny of your city. Industrial flow, global trade, surging land values, and growing wealth, offers deep management gameplay, perfect for players who love strategic city-building and economic simulation.
Why similar: City Builder 25.6%, Economy 18.5%, Modern 13.8%, Building 13.5%, Capitalism 13.2%
Why You'll Like It: A simulation-heavy city builder that emphasizes the day-to-day management of a growing urban environment.
- #15 Smart City Plan
89% matchMixed65% of 121 reviews2020
Dev: Ambiera
Windows
Smart City Plan is a modern old-school style city builder game: Plan zones, roads, public transport like trains, trams, buses, subways and even the hypertube. Set taxes and policies and implement smart city technologies.
Why similar: City Builder 21.1%, Economy 12.5%, Modern 11.3%, Building 11.1%, Resource Management 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: This title offers a modern take on city planning with a focus on infrastructure and management strategy.
- #16 Power to the People
86% matchVery Positive81% of 553 reviews2022
Dev: Rhombico GamesPub: Crytivo
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Build and maintain a power grid for a constantly growing population, while fighting off all kinds of disasters in this thrilling resource management experience. It's time for you to give "Power to the People"! Do you have what it takes to keep the lights on?
Why similar: City Builder 16.4%, Economy 14.3%, Resource Management 10.3%, Isometric 10.3%, Building 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: A management game focused on building and maintaining a power grid, which provides a unique twist on the resource-management genre.
- #17 My Sunny Resort
86% matchMixed55% of 248 reviews2018
Dev: upjers
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Are you ready for a vacation? Then treat yourself to one! Experience My Sunny Resort – a unique simulation with a holiday feel. In this tycoon you open your own resort. Play free now and put your hotel management skills to the test!
Why similar: City Builder 22.6%, Building 12%, Management 10.8%, Isometric 10.6%, Resource Management 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: A casual, free-to-play management game where you build and maintain a vacation resort.
- #18 Banished
84% matchVery Positive90% of 43,196 reviews2014
Dev: Shining Rock Software LLC
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 27.0 hrs≥1hr: 78%
In this city-building strategy game, you control a group of exiled travelers who decide to restart their lives in a new land. They have only the clothes on their backs and a cart filled with supplies from their homeland. The townspeople of Banished are your primary resource.
Why similar: City Builder 51.2%, Strategy 9.2%, Resource Management 8.2%, Simulation 8.1%, Economy 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game challenges you to manage a small community's resources and survival, offering a more intense take on the city-builder genre.
- #19 My Free Farm 2
85% matchMixed60% of 767 reviews2018
Dev: upjers
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 18.7 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Are you ready for a very special challenge? Then get ready to discover My Free Farm 2! This simulation is a captivating blend of farm and tycoon game. Bring in the harvest, keep animals and expand your property. Download My Free Farm 2 now!
Why similar: City Builder 19.2%, Farming Sim 14.5%, Building 11.9%, Resource Management 10.2%, Crafting 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: A lighthearted, casual farming and building game that shares the free-to-play, progression-based structure of Global City.
- #20 Industry Giant 4.0
83% matchMostly Negative37% of 556 reviews2025
Dev: Don VS DodoPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Build an industrial empire from scratch in Industry Giant 4.0. Produce goods, build up your industries, construct transportation networks, plan production, manage finances, and navigate global events. Become the next business tycoon and write history!
Why similar: City Builder 14.7%, Economy 11.4%, Modern 11.2%, Farming Sim 10.9%, Capitalism 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a deep look at industrial management and production chains, ideal for players who enjoy the economic strategy of Global City.
- #21 Sim Companies
82% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,069 reviews2023
Dev: Sim Companies s.r.o.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 89.4 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Build a business empire in a player-driven online economy. Manage supply chains, trade with thousands of players, dominate markets, research new products, and grow from a small startup into a global corporation.
Why similar: Capitalism 19.8%, Economy 18.9%, Building 10.9%, Isometric 10.2%, Management 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: A purely economic-focused simulation that allows you to manage businesses and trade in a competitive market.
- #22 Big Ambitions
80% matchVery Positive93% of 13,173 reviews2023
Dev: Hovgaard Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 11.0 hrsMean: 25.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Big Ambitions is a revolutionary role-playing business sim. Go from nothing to the biggest entrepreneur in New York by opening small businesses or slowly building huge corporations any way you like.
Why similar: Economy 23.7%, Capitalism 21.4%, Management 18.4%, Time Management 11.1%, Resource Management 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game blends business management with city exploration, allowing you to build an empire from the ground up.
- #23 Uptasia
84% matchMixed58% of 292 reviews2018
Dev: upjers
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Discover Uptasia! Create your own little 19th century town with fantastic production sites and shops. Master a wide variety of hidden object game challenges. Put your reactions and strategic skill to the test. Download Uptasia now!
Why similar: City Builder 28.2%, Building 15.8%, Economy 11.2%, Resource Management 9.6%, Management 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: Combines hidden-object gameplay with city-building elements, offering a relaxing and casual experience.
- #24 Transport Fever 2
81% matchVery Positive90% of 31,979 reviews2019
Dev: Urban GamesPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 15.7 hrsMean: 66.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The classic transport simulation genre has a new gold standard with Transport Fever 2. Discover a whole new world by navigating transport routes through land, water and air. May progress and prosperity find their way!
Why similar: City Builder 27.1%, Economy 19%, Management 15.4%, Building 10.7%, Simulation 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: If you enjoy the logistics and supply chain aspects of Global City, this game offers a deep dive into building transport networks.
- #25 Good Company
81% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,782 reviews2022
Dev: Chasing Carrots
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Good Company is an in-depth management sim about building a trail-blazing tech corporation. Assemble complex production lines, manage employee logistics, and sell high-quality products on the market to become the best company in the whole county!
Why similar: Economy 16.1%, City Builder 13.9%, Resource Management 12.3%, Building 11.4%, Management 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the management and growth of a manufacturing business, emphasizing automation and efficiency.
- #26 Hotel Magnate
79% matchMixed59% of 487 reviews2025
Dev: Arcade Oven
Windows · Mac · Linux
Have you ever wanted to design and manage your own hotel, rundown motel, or elegant resort? With a ridiculous amount of customization tools to wield, a host of facilities to build, and a wide variety of guests to impress, Hotel Magnate has it all. Let your inner hotel manager shine!
Why similar: City Builder 16.6%, Economy 12.9%, Resource Management 11.1%, Building 10.7%, Capitalism 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides a detailed management experience where you build and run a hotel, focusing on customer satisfaction and growth.
- #27 Virtual City Playground®: Build Your Metropolis
77% matchVery Positive86% of 844 reviews2026
Dev: G5 Entertainment AB
Windows
Relaxing city builder where you grow a vibrant metropolis, produce goods, manage transit and build iconic landmarks at your own pace.
Why similar: City Builder 26.5%, Building 12.1%, Isometric 10.9%, Farming Sim 10.4%, Time Management 7.6%
- #28 Mayor Match: City Builder & Match-3
76% matchVery Positive92% of 61 reviews2026
Dev: G5 Entertainment AB
Windows
Become the Mayor in a unique game that blends thrilling match-3 puzzles with strategic city building!
Why similar: City Builder 28.5%, Isometric 13.2%, Simulation 10.1%, Building 9.5%, Resource Management 7.4%
- #29 Rise of Industry
78% matchMostly Positive73% of 4,178 reviews2019
Dev: Dapper Penguin StudiosPub: Kasedo Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Put your entrepreneurial skills to the test in the first title in the ROI series as you create & optimise intricate production lines. As an early 20th-Century industrialist, grow your empire & adapt to an ever-changing business landscape with unexpected events that could lead to boom…or bust.
Why similar: City Builder 21.4%, Economy 19%, Management 13.1%, Resource Management 12%, Capitalism 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: A strategic game focused on building complex production lines and managing a growing economic empire.
- #30 Empire City Simulator
77% matchMixed59% of 88 reviews2024
Dev: Red Brix Wall
Windows
Become a ruler and build the ancient city of your dreams in Empire City! Unlock new opportunities for your city's prosperity, gain the support of the gods, construct grand buildings, and create unique infrastructure. Transform a small settlement into a magnificent center of civilization!
Why similar: City Builder 21.8%, Isometric 14.2%, Economy 11.4%, Time Management 10.2%, Building 9.4%
- #31 Urbek City Builder: Prologue
76% matchVery Positive94% of 1,703 reviews2022
Dev: Estudios KremlinoisPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Urbek City Builder: Prologue is a free city building game where you can build your own neighbourhoods: from nightlife district to industrial district. Don't exhaust your natural resources before you have an educated population to build more efficient structures. Try it yourself for free!
Why similar: City Builder 20.9%, Economy 15.2%, Modern 13.4%, Resource Management 12.2%, Building 11.8%
- #32 Townopolis
79% matchMixed67% of 141 reviews2016
Dev: Lonely Troops
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Casual city building. Become an architect. Manage the small polis. Construct an idyllic neighborhood with plenty of houses. Work your way to the top through the campaign mode, or create your own scenarios.
Why similar: City Builder 21%, Time Management 19.5%, Simulation 12.8%, Isometric 12.3%, Building 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: A casual, time-management-focused city builder that is easy to pick up and play for short sessions.
- #33 Farm Manager World
75% matchMostly Positive70% of 630 reviews2025
Dev: Cleversan GamesPub: Sim Farm S.A.
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Dive into the agricultural life with Farm Manager World! Manage your own farm across vibrant global locations, cultivate exotic crops, and build your agribusiness empire. Welcome to sustainable farming at its finest.
Why similar: City Builder 13.9%, Farming Sim 13.1%, Time Management 11.8%, Economy 10%, Capitalism 9.9%
- #34 Hotel Architect
70% matchVery Positive94% of 1,986 reviews2026
Dev: Pathos InteractivePub: Wired Productions
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Step into the shoes of a hotel owner as you design, build, and manage grand hotels around the world. Juggle demanding guests, frantic logistics, and plenty of unexpected surprises in Hotel Architect; the ultimate hotel construction and tycoon management game!
Why similar: City Builder 19%, Capitalism 14.3%, Economy 14.2%, Building 10.6%, Management 9.3%
- #35 Polity - Online Role Playing
74% matchMostly Positive72% of 109 reviews2024
Dev: JIB Games
Windows · Mac
A social cross-platform MMORPG. Enjoy mastering skills, quests, achievements, puzzles, mini-games, crafting, and extensive customization. Take the first step to join this unique journey!
Why similar: City Builder 17.9%, Farming Sim 17.5%, Resource Management 10.7%, Management 8.5%, Isometric 7.4%
- #36 Mad Smartphone Tycoon
73% matchMostly Positive72% of 613 reviews2024
Dev: MiradilPub: Gamersky Games
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Build Your smartphone Empire in Mad Smartphone Tycoon, your main goal in this game is to create the ultimate smartphone that combines both performance and aesthetics. Expand your company, dominate the global market, become a tycoon in the world of mobile phones!
Why similar: Management 13.9%, City Builder 13.5%, Building 11.5%, Capitalism 9.7%, Modern 9.6%
- #37 Food Park Manager
73% 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 20.7%, Economy 15.6%, Time Management 13.6%, Resource Management 10.8%, Isometric 9.3%
- #38 Holyday City: Reloaded
74% matchVery Positive81% of 1,632 reviews2018
Dev: Holyday Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 114.3 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Build, manage & grow your city in Holyday City: Reloaded! An idle clicker game where you're the business tycoon, expanding your metropolis. Master resource & time management to upgrade businesses and thrive. Experience the ultimate town builder adventure with Holyday City.
Why similar: Capitalism 34%, Time Management 17.8%, Resource Management 12.9%, Management 12%, Building 5.3%
- #39 Smart Factory Tycoon: Beginnings
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 504 reviews2022
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 20%
This is a free version of Smart Factory Tycoon, a game inspired by Little Big Workshop introducing the first productions. Smart Factory Tycoon is a tycoon management game where you design your dream factory with robots, plan all steps of production, research new technologies and become a tycoon!
Why similar: Resource Management 18.1%, City Builder 15.9%, Management 14%, Time Management 10.2%, Building 8.4%
- #40 My Little Farmies
75% matchMixed55% of 663 reviews2018
Dev: upjers
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 71.5 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Show your artistic side! Create your own medieval settlement in the My Little Farmies tycoon. Build artisan workshops and production sites. Trade with fruit, vegetables and cereals. Download My Little Farmies now!
Why similar: City Builder 18.7%, Farming Sim 15%, Economy 13.6%, Building 10.6%, Crafting 9.5%
- #41 Game Builder Tycoon - Prologue
72% matchMixed61% of 67 reviews2024
Dev: AM PlayhousePub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Game Builder Tycoon - Prologue is a free simulation game in which you begin your journey as an indie game developer. Personalize your character, craft hit games, manage marketing and research stuff. Create best game on the planet!
Why similar: Economy 18.5%, Capitalism 15.7%, Management 12.1%, Building 11.9%, Isometric 10.4%
- #42 Town to City
67% 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 29.2%, Economy 13.9%, Building 12.3%, Management 8.6%, Resource Management 7.6%
- #43 Super Movie Tycoon
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 330 reviews2025
Dev: Yuedong Game
Windows · Mac
Become a movie mogul in Super Movie Tycoon! From script to screen, build your dream team and create blockbusters to conquer Hollywood!
Why similar: City Builder 16.7%, Economy 14.3%, Capitalism 14.2%, Time Management 12.6%, Resource Management 9.6%
- #44 Coin Factory
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 215 reviews2024
Dev: Lino Rabolini
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Welcome to Coin Factory. Build your first coin maker factory and explore the different synergies and combinations. Level up your buildings and become the ultimate money maker. Strategize and plan ahead. Unlock new buildings and compete in the global leaderboard!
Why similar: Capitalism 28.5%, Resource Management 12.5%, Isometric 12.1%, Relaxing 11.3%, City Builder 11%
- #45 Crafting Idle Clicker
72% matchMixed49% of 919 reviews2020
Dev: Bling Bling Games GmbH
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 42.9 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Craft a complex production line, earn idle cash and become an industrial tycoon!
Why similar: Capitalism 22.1%, Economy 19.6%, Management 18.1%, Building 15.2%, Strategy 10.5%
- #46 My Free Farm
71% matchMixed69% of 91 reviews2019
Dev: upjers
Windows
You’ve never seen a farm like this! You can breed massive monster fruits, raise super animals, and organize cow races. Tend to your fields and sell your farm-fresh product. Experience the most expansive farm game of all time – play now!
Why similar: City Builder 20.6%, Farming Sim 16.2%, Economy 14.4%, Building 12.1%, Resource Management 10.8%
- #47 Festival Tycoon 🎪
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 228 reviews2022
Dev: Johannes GäblerPub: Future Friends Games
Windows
A micro-management sim about music festivals! Design the perfect festival grounds in ‘create’ mode, then manage the event itself in ‘live’ mode! Book bands, sign deals, plant flowers, fix toilets, and grow your show into a global phenomenon.
Why similar: City Builder 15.2%, Capitalism 12.8%, Time Management 12.3%, Economy 11.5%, Resource Management 9.9%
- #48 Highrise City
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,294 reviews2023
Dev: Fourexo EntertainmentPub: Deck13
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Highrise City offers a new spin on City Simulations & Tycoon games expanding the economy and resource management aspect. Experience a modern take on the genre enriched with a complex resource based economy system.
Why similar: City Builder 26.9%, Economy 13.3%, Building 10.9%, Modern 10.4%, Management 7.1%
- #49 Go-Go Town!
66% matchVery Positive95% of 2,180 reviews2024
Dev: Prideful Sloth
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Step into the role of a hands-on mayor and build your town from the ground up. Plan neighborhoods, automate logistics, and grow your community—all while juggling workers, infrastructure, and day-to-day chaos to create your dream town. Play solo for total control, or bring friends for co-op mayhem.
Why similar: City Builder 31.7%, Building 17.7%, Management 14.8%, Economy 14.6%, Simulation 7.8%
- #50 Horse Farm
71% matchMixed54% of 333 reviews2018
Dev: Independent Arts SoftwarePub: upjers
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 18.0 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Create the ranch of your dreams, with cute horses, diverse buildings, amazing features and captivating quests. Download Horse Farm now and take care of your horses!
Why similar: City Builder 19.2%, Farming Sim 14.7%, Economy 11.5%, Building 11.5%, Resource Management 11%
- #51 Silicon City
69% matchMixed68% of 56 reviews2023
Dev: Polycorne
Windows · Mac · Linux
Silicon City is a new take on the classic city builder genre, where each citizen voice their opinion. Will you be an urban designer, a rural evangelist or a reckless capitalist? Build your way to the most productive city until elected as the best mayor or plan the city of your dreams in sandbox.
Why similar: City Builder 19.8%, Modern 15.3%, Capitalism 15.1%, Economy 14.8%, Building 11%
- #52 Transit King Tycoon
67% matchMixed64% of 126 reviews2025
Dev: Trophy Games
Windows
Build a thriving trucking empire as the manager of a growing logistics company in this exciting tycoon game. Manage a diverse fleet of trucks, semi-trucks, buses, and even ships as you transport goods and expand your empire!
Why similar: City Builder 26.1%, Isometric 14.4%, Capitalism 13.5%, Economy 11%, Building 9.7%
- #53 Havendock
65% 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 16.3%, Farming Sim 15.1%, Time Management 12.3%, Resource Management 9.6%, Building 9%
- #54 Mall Craze
68% matchMixed54% of 68 reviews2023
Dev: Milan Timčenko
Windows
Build, Customize & Manage your own shopping center! Choose from modern gaming hardware store to cozy flower shop. Hire skilled cashiers, secure financing through bank loans, and launch strategic advertising campaigns to make your mall thrive!
Why similar: Capitalism 18.1%, City Builder 16.8%, Economy 14.9%, Building 13%, Management 10.6%
- #55 SteamWorld Build
65% 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 19.9%, Economy 14.8%, Capitalism 12.4%, Resource Management 11.2%, Building 8.5%
- #56 Oxygen: First Breath
66% matchVery Positive89% of 1,658 reviews2022
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 8.1 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 26.9%, Economy 15.6%, Resource Management 14.8%, Building 11.9%, Management 9.2%
- #57 Global Farmer
66% matchMixed49% of 141 reviews2025
Dev: Thera Bytes GmbHPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows
Farm the world in an immersive top-down management game that lets you choose your farm's location anywhere on the real-world map! Want to experience a rich strawberry harvest in the French countryside? Or challenge the hot sun in South America? The choice is yours!
Why similar: Farming Sim 26.5%, Resource Management 17.6%, Building 15.3%, Management 14.4%, Simulation 8.5%