- #1 Pocket City 2
97% matchVery Positive94% of 128 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 22.2%, Economy 15.4%, Base Building 12.3%, Sandbox 11.5%, Capitalism 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the accessible, mobile-friendly feel of Global City while providing a robust 3D sandbox experience.
- #2 Cities: Skylines
96% matchVery Positive93% of 286,936 reviews2015
Dev: Colossal OrderPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 65.0 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 36.1%, Building 12.5%, Economy 10.8%, Management 9.2%, Sandbox 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: The quintessential modern city-builder that offers deep infrastructure control and expansive growth potential similar to Global City.
- #3 Urbek City Builder
96% matchVery Positive90% of 1,808 reviews2022
Dev: FridusPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 10.0 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 22%, Economy 14.5%, Building 11.5%, Resource Management 11.3%, Sandbox 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on grid-based resource management where your architectural choices directly impact the growth and efficiency of your districts.
- #4 Tropico 6
95% 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 33.6%, Economy 19.6%, Management 11.4%, Sandbox 8.7%, Strategy 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: Combines city-building with complex economic management and political decision-making in a vibrant, engaging setting.
- #5 TheoTown
94% matchVery Positive94% of 4,350 reviews2019
Dev: Lobby DivinusPub: blueflower
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 19.1 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Build and manage your dream city in this captivating simulation game. Create unique urban landscapes and enjoy compatibility with the mobile versions. Unleash your creativity and shape the metropolis of your dreams.
Why similar: City Builder 26.1%, Isometric 14.3%, Sandbox 13.7%, Building 13%, Management 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: A classic-style city builder that emphasizes pixel-art aesthetics and detailed management of utilities and population needs.
- #6 Foundation
93% 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 32.9%, Economy 11%, Resource Management 9.4%, Sandbox 8.5%, Building 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: Offers an organic, grid-less approach to city-building that emphasizes resource gathering and citizen happiness.
- #7 Silicon City
94% 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 17.7%, Economy 13.9%, Capitalism 13.7%, Modern 13.6%, Building 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: A procedural city-builder that focuses on economic simulation and the challenges of managing a growing urban population.
- #8 Citystate II
92% 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 26.9%, Economy 20.3%, Building 12.4%, Sandbox 10.5%, Management 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a macro-management experience where you handle the economy, taxes, and social policies of your growing metropolis.
- #9 SimAirport
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 4,012 reviews2020
Dev: LVGameDev LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 21.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Build & Manage Your Airport. An International Hub or a Regional Masterpiece -- it's up to you. Buy more land to scale out, or escalators to scale up with MULTIPLE FLOORS. You're in full control in this modern business management tycoon!
Why similar: City Builder 20.2%, Economy 16.2%, Base Building 14.6%, Building 10.7%, Sandbox 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the management and layout of a specific urban hub, requiring careful planning to ensure efficient passenger flow.
- #10 Cliff Empire
90% matchVery Positive87% of 4,340 reviews2019
Dev: Lion's Shade
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
After a nuclear war life on the surface became impossible. A 300m thick radioactive fog covered the Earth. We are looking for bold active people to manage the process of restoring life on Earth. Join!
Why similar: City Builder 20.2%, Economy 14.7%, Resource Management 10.6%, Base Building 9.9%, Time Management 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: Challenges you to manage resources and trade across multiple small platforms, requiring careful time and space management.
- #11 Highrise Mogul
91% 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 21.3%, Capitalism 15.6%, Economy 13.8%, Building 11.3%, Base Building 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the vertical expansion of your city, requiring you to manage construction and tenant satisfaction in a competitive market.
- #12 Power to the People
89% matchVery Positive82% of 543 reviews2022
Dev: Rhombico GamesPub: Crytivo
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.8 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 15%, Economy 13.7%, Resource Management 9.8%, Isometric 9.4%, Building 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A specialized management game where you must design and maintain a power grid to support a growing city's energy needs.
- #13 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 20%, Economy 12.5%, Modern 10.6%, Building 10.3%, Resource Management 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: Emphasizes traffic management and urban planning, allowing you to design the infrastructure of a modern city.
- #14 Anno 1800
87% matchVery Positive81% of 30,897 reviews2019
Dev: Ubisoft MainzPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 9.7 hrsMean: 39.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 37.2%, Economy 18.7%, Resource Management 9.5%, Strategy 7.6%, Multiplayer 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: Features incredibly deep production chains and trade logistics that will appeal to players who enjoy the economic side of Global City.
- #15 Kingdoms and Castles
86% 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 36.5%, Building 11.9%, Base Building 10.3%, Sandbox 9.1%, Resource Management 9%
Why You'll Like It: A casual, charming city-builder that blends base-building with light defense mechanics and resource management.
- #16 Banished
86% matchVery Positive90% of 42,988 reviews2014
Dev: Shining Rock Software LLC
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 26.9 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 45.7%, Sandbox 9.8%, Strategy 8.2%, Resource Management 7.6%, Simulation 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A pure resource-management city-builder where survival depends on balancing food production and population growth.
- #17 Good Company
85% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,764 reviews2022
Dev: Chasing Carrots
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 14.1%, Base Building 12.1%, City Builder 11.6%, Resource Management 10.7%, Building 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: A management game that focuses on the production chain of high-tech goods, emphasizing layout and automation.
- #18 Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic
82% matchVery Positive91% of 25,183 reviews2024
Dev: 3DivisionPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 73.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Build a soviet republic from an impoverished country into a rich industrial superpower in a city builder with intricate production chains and a fully simulated global economy. Manage the lives of your citizens from education to work and party loyalty to criminal activity.
Why similar: City Builder 20.8%, Economy 15%, Base Building 14%, Building 10.3%, Sandbox 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a highly detailed economic simulation where you must manage every aspect of the supply chain and urban logistics.
- #19 Hotel Magnate
83% matchMixed60% of 481 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 14.1%, Economy 11.5%, Resource Management 9.9%, Building 9%, Capitalism 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: Allows you to build and manage a large-scale hotel, focusing on guest satisfaction and facility management.
- #20 Industry Giant 4.0
84% matchMostly Negative37% of 545 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 13.7%, Economy 11.2%, Modern 10.3%, Farming Sim 9.7%, Capitalism 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the production and logistics side of city development, perfect for those who enjoy the resource-management aspect of Global City.
- #21 Sim Companies
82% matchMostly Positive80% of 998 reviews2023
Dev: Sim Companies s.r.o.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 95.2 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Become a Business Tycoon. Build your own company from the ground up. Do business in a virtual economy with players all around the world! Gain valuable business skills for free. An advanced, proprietary, Economy simulation model is used to deliver the best gaming experience.
Why similar: Capitalism 19.2%, Economy 19%, Sandbox 10.7%, Building 10.5%, Management 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: A browser-style economic simulation that focuses entirely on market dynamics, production, and trade.
- #22 My Little Farmies
84% matchMixed55% of 629 reviews2018
Dev: upjers
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 72.2 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 22.3%, Farming Sim 15.8%, Economy 11.8%, Resource Management 11.5%, Building 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: A casual, free-to-play simulation that focuses on agricultural production and village expansion.
- #23 Frostpunk
80% matchVery Positive93% of 132,545 reviews2018
Dev: 11 bit studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 22.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Frostpunk is the first society survival game. As the ruler of the last city on Earth, it is your duty to manage both its citizens and infrastructure. What decisions will you make to ensure your society's survival? What will you do when pushed to breaking point? Who will you become in the process?
Why similar: City Builder 35.9%, Resource Management 19.8%, Base Building 10.1%, Building 9.9%, Strategy 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused city-builder that forces you to make difficult moral and economic choices to keep your citizens alive.
- #24 Townscaper
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 21,438 reviews2021
Dev: Oskar StålbergPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 42 minMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Instant town building toy. Place housing blocks and watch them transform, piece by piece, into idyllic ocean-side towns, pastoral gardens, or sweeping cities on the sea.
Why similar: City Builder 31.1%, Building 18.6%, Sandbox 18.5%, Relaxing 12.3%, Simulation 7%
Why You'll Like It: A purely relaxing, sandbox-focused building game that removes the stress of management to focus on aesthetic city creation.
- #25 Dungeon Overseer
81% matchMixed54% of 50 reviews2021
Dev: Ripknot
Windows
Dungeon Overseer is a colony simulator with a focus on base building and resource management. Become the Overseer by building a unique dungeon layout, constructing your lair, upgrading and expanding, questing, crafting, researching, recruiting, defending your base, and raiding.
Why similar: City Builder 18.6%, Economy 15.3%, Base Building 14.6%, Resource Management 10.6%, Building 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A colony-sim that incorporates city-building and economy management in a fantasy setting.
- #26 Virtual City Playground®: Build Your Metropolis
77% matchVery Positive85% of 536 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 27.9%, Building 12.5%, Isometric 11.7%, Farming Sim 10.2%, Time Management 8.2%
- #27 Megapolis
81% matchMostly Positive75% of 162 reviews2016
Dev: Lonely Troops
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.5 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 14.1%, Building 11.6%, Isometric 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: A casual city-builder that mirrors the progression and aesthetic style of mobile-first urban development games.
- #28 Megaquarium
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,644 reviews2018
Dev: Twice Circled
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 14.8 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 15.5%, Sandbox 15%, Management 13.1%, Economy 12%, Resource Management 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: A management-heavy building game where you design and run an aquarium, focusing on layout and resource efficiency.
- #29 Project Highrise
78% matchVery Positive85% of 4,730 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 23.5%, Building 22.1%, Economy 11.4%, Simulation 11.2%, Sandbox 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: A vertical city-builder that tasks you with managing the economy and infrastructure of a massive skyscraper.
- #30 Uptasia
79% matchMixed58% of 286 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 27.9%, Building 15.4%, Economy 11.6%, Resource Management 9.9%, Management 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: Combines hidden-object gameplay with city-building elements for a casual and relaxing experience.
- #31 Urbek City Builder: Prologue
76% matchVery Positive94% of 1,703 reviews2022
Dev: Estudios KremlinoisPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 3.9 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 19.7%, Economy 14.9%, Modern 12.5%, Resource Management 12%, Building 10.9%
- #32 Empire City Simulator
76% matchMixed61% of 75 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 23.5%, Isometric 15.3%, Economy 12.9%, Time Management 11.1%, Building 10%
- #33 Farm Manager World
75% matchMostly Positive71% of 607 reviews2025
Dev: Cleversan GamesPub: Sim Farm S.A.
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 9.0 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 12.7%, Farming Sim 11.4%, Time Management 10.8%, Economy 9.6%, Capitalism 9.1%
- #34 Skyline Urban Story
74% matchVery Positive89% of 101 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 22.6%, Economy 17.1%, Modern 12.1%, Capitalism 11.8%, Building 11.8%
- #35 Oxygen: First Breath
74% 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 21.6%, Base Building 16.6%, Economy 13.1%, Resource Management 12.4%, Building 9.4%
- #36 Holyday City: Reloaded
75% matchVery Positive81% of 1,613 reviews2018
Dev: Holyday Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 113.1 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 33.9%, Time Management 17.7%, Resource Management 13.4%, Management 12.3%, Building 5.2%
- #37 My Sunny Resort
77% matchMixed55% of 246 reviews2018
Dev: upjers
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 9.5 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 22.4%, Building 11.7%, Management 11%, Resource Management 10.8%, Isometric 10.5%
- #38 Super Movie Tycoon
72% matchMostly Positive78% of 317 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 13.8%, Economy 12.3%, Capitalism 11.8%, Time Management 10.5%, Base Building 9.1%
- #39 Mad Smartphone Tycoon
73% matchMostly Positive73% of 580 reviews2024
Dev: Miradil
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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%, City Builder 12.2%, Building 10.1%, Sandbox 9.5%, Capitalism 8.9%
- #40 Game Builder Tycoon - Prologue
73% matchMixed61% of 66 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 16.6%, Capitalism 13.6%, Management 10.7%, Building 10.1%, Sandbox 9.1%
- #41 Smart Factory Tycoon: Beginnings
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 500 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 17%, City Builder 14.3%, Management 13%, Time Management 9.3%, Sandbox 8.7%
- #42 Festival Tycoon 🎪
72% matchMostly Positive77% of 226 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 12.6%, Capitalism 10.7%, Time Management 10.3%, Economy 10%, Base Building 8.8%
- #43 Synergy
70% 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 16.4%, Economy 13.7%, Base Building 10.6%, Isometric 10.2%, Resource Management 9.6%
- #44 Hotel Architect
68% matchVery Positive94% of 1,342 reviews2025
Dev: Pathos InteractivePub: Wired Productions
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 18%, Economy 14.2%, Capitalism 13.4%, Building 9.9%, Sandbox 9.8%
- #45 SimCasino
71% matchMostly Positive74% of 751 reviews2021
Dev: LVGameDev LLC
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Modern Casino Tycoon Simulation in full 3D glory. Build the casino. Set the odds. Expand into a luxury hotel/casino or go cheap & extract max profits. Keep the vault secure at all times, and beware of criminals & cheaters!!
Why similar: City Builder 17.1%, Capitalism 13.7%, Economy 12.2%, Base Building 10.4%, Sandbox 9.4%
- #46 Orrstead
69% 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 21.1%, Base Building 12.3%, Sandbox 11.4%, Building 10.8%, Isometric 10.2%
- #47 SUPER BUILD
71% matchVery Positive82% of 241 reviews2019
Dev: MOONBEAR
Windows · Mac
Build, design, and explore your own fantasy world using over 1000+ items, in this relaxing sandbox game. No missions, no objectives, no timers. Just stress-free building, exploration, and good vibes.
Why similar: Farming Sim 23.4%, Sandbox 17.7%, City Builder 14.9%, Building 12.5%, Base Building 7.3%
- #48 Smart Factory Tycoon
70% matchMixed61% of 822 reviews2022
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Smart Factory Tycoon inspired by Little Big Workshop is a tycoon management game about running your dream factory with robots. Design your dream factory, plan all steps of production, research new technologies and become a tycoon!
Why similar: City Builder 15%, Base Building 12.7%, Resource Management 11.9%, Management 9.1%, Sandbox 9%
- #49 Polity - Online Role Playing
68% 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 22.8%, Farming Sim 17.8%, Resource Management 14.3%, Isometric 9.3%, Management 9%
- #50 Mall Simulator: Prologue
66% matchVery Positive89% of 567 reviews2025
Dev: F13 Games
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Turn your building from a small shopping center into a huge city mall! Start working with Prologue now. To avoid going bankrupt, you'll need to build new stores, set good prices and keep up with trends. A limited number of stores & services for Prologue are waiting for you.
Why similar: Capitalism 18.5%, Economy 18.2%, Resource Management 12%, Management 11.4%, Building 9.3%
- #51 Townopolis
71% matchMixed67% of 139 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 20.9%, Time Management 19.6%, Simulation 12.8%, Isometric 12.3%, Building 10.9%
- #52 Mall Simulator
64% matchVery Positive91% of 2,672 reviews2025
Dev: F13 Games
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 16.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Turn your building from a small shopping center into a huge city mall! To avoid going bankrupt, you’ll need to build new stores and restaurants, set smart prices, and keep up with trends. 15+ stores, dozens of machines & services, and hundreds of brands waiting for you!
Why similar: Economy 17.1%, Capitalism 17%, City Builder 12.2%, Resource Management 10.9%, Management 10.9%
- #53 Mad Games Tycoon 2
65% matchVery Positive94% of 7,570 reviews2023
Dev: Eggcode
Windows · Mac
Median: 14.7 hrsMean: 36.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Start your own game development studio in 1976. Build your own offices, production facilities and server rooms. Develop the games of your dreams and produce the next next-gen console. Rise from a small garage company to a huge corporation.
Why similar: Economy 18%, City Builder 15.6%, Capitalism 12.6%, Management 12.6%, Base Building 10.3%
- #54 Havendock
65% 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 14.4%, Farming Sim 12.7%, Time Management 11%, Base Building 10.4%, Resource Management 8.9%
- #55 Pocket City
67% matchVery Positive93% of 268 reviews2022
Dev: Codebrew Games Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 59%
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 29.2%, Isometric 14.6%, Economy 13.6%, Building 10.5%, Simulation 8.3%
- #56 Transit King Tycoon
66% matchMixed63% of 94 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 24.5%, Isometric 13.6%, Capitalism 12.7%, Economy 10.8%, Building 9%
- #57 My Free Farm 2
69% matchMixed60% of 751 reviews2018
Dev: upjers
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 17.8 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 21.3%, Farming Sim 15.3%, Building 13%, Resource Management 11.9%, Economy 10.2%
- #58 InfraSpace
65% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,870 reviews2023
Dev: Dionic Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 21.6 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Create an extrasolar efficiency utopia from scratch! In this sci-fi city builder you need to start mining operations, plan production, and lay down transportation routes to ensure a smooth supply chain.
Why similar: City Builder 17.9%, Economy 12.6%, Resource Management 10.5%, Capitalism 9.7%, Base Building 9.6%
- #59 CivIdle
63% matchMostly Positive75% of 974 reviews2025
Dev: FishPondPub: Fish Pond Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 79.6 hrs≥1hr: 71%
CivIdle is an idle/incremental game that allows you to lead your own civilization through thousands of years from ancient times to the modern era. Expand your territory, explore a vast tech tree, build various wonders, and trade with global players: empire must grow and numbers must go up!
Why similar: Base Building 21.6%, City Builder 20.2%, Resource Management 14.8%, Management 12.1%, Capitalism 11.9%