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Games Like Home Wind

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include City Builder, Relaxing, Singleplayer, Building.

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Home Wind is a minimalist, relaxing and cozy city builder about creating large settlements based on proximity tactics. All for free!

Reviews: Very Positive — 90% — of 834 reviews
Released: 2022-03-10
Developer: Adi Zhavo
Genres: Casual, Free To Play, Simulation, Strategy, Early Access
Platforms: Windows, Mac

Overview

Home Wind is a charming, minimalist city-builder that emphasizes proximity-based strategy and a relaxing, cozy atmosphere. These recommendations focus on titles that share its low-stress gameplay, clean aesthetic, and satisfying building mechanics, perfect for players who enjoy creating orderly, picturesque settlements without the pressure of complex resource management.

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    97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 21,498 reviews2021
    Dev: Oskar StålbergPub: Raw Fury
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 42 minMean: 8.5 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 26.4%, Sandbox 12%, Minimalist 11.1%, Building 10.6%, Procedural Generation 8.9%

    Why You'll Like It: This is the ultimate minimalist building toy, focusing purely on the joy of creation without any management or failure states.

  2. #2 ISLANDERS
    96% matchVery Positive94% of 16,741 reviews2019
    Dev: Coatsink
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 64%

    ISLANDERS is a minimalist strategy game about building cities on colorful islands.

    Why similar: City Builder 42.3%, Relaxing 14.7%, Minimalist 13.3%, Building 12.4%, Strategy 8%

    Why You'll Like It: It shares the exact same minimalist, proximity-based building philosophy and relaxing, puzzle-like progression as Home Wind.

  3. #3 Dorfromantik
    96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 29,212 reviews2022
    Dev: Toukana Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    Dorfromantik is a peaceful building strategy and puzzle game where you create a beautiful and ever-growing village landscape by placing tiles. Explore a variety of colorful biomes, discover and unlock new tiles and complete quests to fill your world with life!

    Why similar: City Builder 26.7%, Minimalist 11.6%, Sandbox 10.5%, Procedural Generation 9.3%, Relaxing 8.3%

    Why You'll Like It: A peaceful, tile-based strategy game that matches the cozy, puzzle-oriented feel of building a growing landscape.

  4. #4 SUMMERHOUSE
    95% matchVery Positive93% of 3,260 reviews2024
    Dev: FriedemannPub: Future Friends Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 30 minMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 33%

    A tiny building game about beautiful lived-in houses. No rules or restrictions, just pure creativity.

    Why similar: City Builder 36.8%, Sandbox 19%, Building 13.5%, Relaxing 13.3%, Atmospheric 4.1%

    Why You'll Like It: A beautiful, stress-free sandbox builder that captures the same cute, aesthetic-focused vibe as Home Wind.

  5. #5 Gourdlets
    94% matchVery Positive93% of 2,127 reviews2024
    Dev: AuntyGamesPub: Future Friends Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 53%

    An easygoing sandbox game about building towns for cute vegetable folks. Create your perfect community then watch as the gourdlets make themselves at home. No objectives, no points, just good vibes. Play in full screen, or let your gourdlets hang out at the bottom of your screen!

    Why similar: City Builder 34.3%, Sandbox 15.6%, Building 11.9%, Relaxing 10%, Procedural Generation 7.6%

    Why You'll Like It: This sandbox city-builder is incredibly cozy and cute, focusing on building a home for little creatures without any combat or stress.

  6. #6 Pan'orama
    94% matchVery Positive89% of 1,335 reviews2023
    Dev: Chicken LauncherPub: Awaken Realms
    Windows
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 72%

    Relax and unleash your creativity in this new city building puzzle game. Create amazing landscapes and discover wide range of structures with special abilities. Enter the world of beauty and tranquility with the panoramas of your own creation and don't forget to pet your new animal friends!

    Why similar: City Builder 30.6%, Minimalist 13.9%, Procedural Generation 11.7%, Building 11.4%, Sandbox 9.8%

    Why You'll Like It: It combines relaxing puzzle mechanics with city-building, allowing you to create beautiful, miniature worlds through tile placement.

  7. #7 Shanshui Haven
    93% matchVery Positive99% of 86 reviews2024
    Dev: LeeT Game
    Windows

    "Shanshui Haven" is a casual city-building game, offering a relaxing and engaging experience with strategic elements.

    Why similar: City Builder 33.7%, Procedural Generation 11.7%, Relaxing 10.4%, Strategy 7.8%, Hand-drawn 7.7%

    Why You'll Like It: A peaceful, 2D city-builder with a focus on relaxing aesthetics and simple, strategic placement.

  8. #8 Reefland
    92% matchVery Positive93% of 82 reviews2022
    Dev: UnSweet
    Windows

    Reefland - is a colorful city-building simulator with a relaxing atmosphere, where you are up to paint the island by placing buildings.

    Why similar: City Builder 32.3%, Procedural Generation 13.8%, Relaxing 9.6%, Minimalist 9.1%, Building 8.2%

    Why You'll Like It: A procedural, puzzle-based city-builder that emphasizes relaxing, low-pressure growth on a small, contained map.

  9. #9 Teeny Tiny Town
    91% matchVery Positive91% of 56 reviews2024
    Dev: Short Circuit Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Proving that all good things come in threes! Welcome to Teeny Tiny Town, where you connect three identical tiles to evolve your city, merge by merge. Watch your metropolis grow from scratch, from 'aww' to 'awesome!'

    Why similar: City Builder 31.8%, Minimalist 16.7%, Building 11.5%, Strategy 8.1%, Relaxing 8%

    Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, cozy strategy game where you merge tiles to build a town, mirroring the simple yet satisfying mechanics of the seed game.

  10. #10 Islands & Trains
    90% matchVery Positive91% of 560 reviews2025
    Dev: Akos MakovicsPub: Future Friends Games
    Windows
    Median: 30 minMean: 1.3 hrs≥1hr: 37%

    Craft tiny railway dioramas in a stress-free island sandbox. No rules or timers - just design, build, and enjoy.

    Why similar: City Builder 28.9%, Minimalist 12.8%, Sandbox 12.4%, Building 10.3%, Procedural Generation 9.9%

    Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, sandbox building experience that focuses on creating cozy, scenic dioramas with trains.

  11. #11 Tile Cities
    91% matchVery Positive94% of 572 reviews2022
    Dev: yevhen8
    Windows
    Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 67%

    Tile Cities turns city-building experience into a simple relaxing puzzle game and does so with style

    Why similar: City Builder 44.9%, Strategy 12.1%, Minimalist 10.1%, Procedural Generation 9.6%, Relaxing 8.2%

    Why You'll Like It: A relaxing, turn-based puzzle city-builder that focuses on efficient placement and clean, minimalist visuals.

  12. #12 Foundation
    88% matchVery Positive86% of 23,739 reviews2025
    Dev: Polymorph Games
    Windows
    Median: 11.0 hrsMean: 26.6 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 45.4%, Medieval 12.6%, Sandbox 8.8%, Building 7.2%, Resource Management 6.3%

    Why You'll Like It: A grid-less, organic medieval city-builder that allows for creative, stress-free settlement design.

  13. #13 Diluvian Winds
    89% matchMostly Positive73% of 385 reviews2024
    Dev: Alambik StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 71%

    Diluvian Winds is a relaxing management game set in a small hamlet at the foot of a lighthouse. Welcome weary travelers and work together to expand your hamlet on land, under the sea, or among the clouds.

    Why similar: City Builder 33.8%, Sandbox 10.8%, Building 9.6%, Hand-drawn 8.5%, Resource Management 8.1%

    Why You'll Like It: A cozy, side-scrolling city-builder that emphasizes building a safe haven against the elements in a relaxing, atmospheric setting.

  14. #14 Cloud Gardens
    89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,290 reviews2021
    Dev: Noio
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 48 minMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 45%

    A chill game about using plants to overgrow abandoned wasteland dioramas

    Why similar: Sandbox 21.1%, City Builder 15.2%, Procedural Generation 14.8%, Building 14%, Relaxing 13.8%

    Why You'll Like It: A meditative, aesthetic-focused building game where you grow nature over abandoned urban structures, sharing the relaxing pace of Home Wind.

  15. #15 Orrstead
    86% matchMostly Positive80% of 78 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 32%, Sandbox 13.1%, Medieval 11.5%, Building 11.1%, Minimalist 9.3%

    Why You'll Like It: A cozy, sandbox-style colony sim that balances building and management with a relaxed, low-stakes pace.

  16. #16 Mini Settlers
    85% matchVery Positive84% of 652 reviews2025
    Dev: Knight Owl GamesPub: Goblinz Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 73%

    Mini Settlers is a minimalistic city builder! Settle islands, construct cities, and design efficient logistic networks to fulfill your buildings' needs and fuel population growth to adventure into new worlds.

    Why similar: City Builder 28%, Minimalist 15.2%, Sandbox 12.2%, Building 9.4%, Procedural Generation 8.2%

    Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, strategy-focused city builder that simplifies complex management into a clean, accessible experience.

  17. #17 Zen World
    87% matchVery Positive80% of 56 reviews2021
    Dev: Cartboard Games
    Windows

    Zen World is a strategy game that can be as relaxing as you want it to be. Build a calm and colorful landscape with hexagonal tiles, matching their borders to each other, collect valuable boxes, and explore the tech tree.

    Why similar: City Builder 27.6%, Minimalist 12.8%, Medieval 10.4%, Building 9.7%, Relaxing 8.8%

    Why You'll Like It: A strategy-puzzle hybrid that emphasizes a calm, meditative experience while building and expanding your territory.

  18. #18 Pile Up!
    84% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,054 reviews2025
    Dev: RemoobPub: Catoptric Games
    Windows
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 65%

    "Pile Up!" is a strategic building game which you need to build houses, fulfill your people’s requests and manage your risky buildings in different ways on a small land. But don’t let your guard down in this chill environment, we only get you relaxed so you destroy everything you did.

    Why similar: City Builder 28.9%, Minimalist 15%, Sandbox 13.4%, Building 11.1%, Relaxing 10.1%

    Why You'll Like It: A relaxing, indie base-building game that focuses on cozy, atmospheric construction in a charming, stylized world.

  19. #19 MicroTown
    86% matchVery Positive95% of 475 reviews2019
    Dev: Snowy Ash Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Build and manage your own settlement! A relaxing village construction and management simulator.

    Why similar: City Builder 37.1%, Medieval 14.1%, Sandbox 13.3%, Resource Management 10.5%, Procedural Generation 8.2%

    Why You'll Like It: A charming, medieval-themed city-builder that focuses on small-scale settlement growth and simple resource management.

  20. #20 Settlement Survival
    83% matchVery Positive86% of 7,916 reviews2022
    Dev: Gleamer StudioPub: Team17
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 10.5 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 40.2%, Medieval 15.2%, Building 13.1%, Sandbox 10.2%, Resource Management 6.1%

    Why You'll Like It: While slightly more complex, it offers a similar medieval-themed building experience with a focus on managing growth and survival.

  21. #21 Land Above Sea Below
    84% matchMostly Positive73% of 147 reviews2023
    Dev: Glasscannon StudioPub: Skystone Games
    Windows

    Land Above Sea Below is an atmospheric building strategy and puzzle game where you have to build your island from tiles in order to raise its height as much as possible, to avoid it getting flooded by the constantly rising sea level.

    Why similar: City Builder 33.2%, Sandbox 12%, Building 11%, Relaxing 9.4%, Procedural Generation 7.8%

    Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, turn-based puzzle game that challenges you to build a settlement while managing rising water levels.

  22. #22 Havendock
    81% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,898 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 34.3%, Sandbox 14.6%, Building 12.7%, Resource Management 10.2%, Relaxing 9.9%

    Why You'll Like It: A relaxing, sandbox-style colony builder set on the ocean that allows for creative, step-by-step expansion.

  23. #23 Humanica
    81% matchVery Positive94% of 149 reviews2026
    Dev: PanfachDev
    Windows

    Humanica is a city-builder game about an ancient settlement, featuring vast technological development. Experience the journey from sticks and stones to iron tools and windmills!

    Why similar: City Builder 33%, Sandbox 10%, Building 9.2%, Procedural Generation 8.8%, Medieval 8.4%

    Why You'll Like It: A management-focused city-builder that offers a sandbox experience with a focus on survival and building in a medieval setting.

  24. #24 Settlements Rising
    80% matchVery Positive81% of 426 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 35.5%, Medieval 11.5%, Building 9.7%, Resource Management 9%, Sandbox 8.8%

    Why You'll Like It: A colony-sim that provides a relaxing, medieval-themed building experience with a focus on steady, manageable growth.

  25. #25 Town to City
    76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 6,166 reviews2025
    Dev: Galaxy GrovePub: Kwalee
    Windows
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    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 39.8%, Building 11.2%, Sandbox 9.7%, Relaxing 8.1%, Cute 5.9%

  26. #26 Virtual City Playground®: Build Your Metropolis
    77% matchVery Positive85% of 737 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 51.2%, Building 15.6%, Relaxing 7.6%, Family Friendly 6.6%, Casual 6.2%

  27. #27 Urbek City Builder
    79% matchVery Positive90% of 1,843 reviews2022
    Dev: FridusPub: RockGame S.A.
    Windows
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    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 32.4%, Sandbox 11.7%, Building 11.5%, Minimalist 9.3%, Resource Management 8.1%

    Why You'll Like It: A sandbox city-builder that allows for creative, free-form construction without the typical constraints of traditional management games.

  28. #28 Masterplan Tycoon
    79% matchMostly Positive74% of 735 reviews2023
    Dev: Bureau BravinPub: Ravenage Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%

    Welcome to the resource management game where your creativity and logistics skills are put to the test! In this minimalistic simulation you will build interconnected chains of products and open new missions by completing various tasks to create the biggest system you can.

    Why similar: Minimalist 22.1%, Building 18%, Resource Management 15.3%, Relaxing 11.3%, Strategy 10.3%

    Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, resource-management strategy game that uses a clean, node-based visual style to keep the focus on efficient planning.

  29. #29 ISLANDERS: New Shores
    76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,216 reviews2025
    Dev: The StationPub: Coatsink
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 62%

    Welcome to ISLANDERS: New Shores. Build your island retreat in a calm, minimalist world with exciting new features that keep the classic charm while inspiring fresh creativity.

    Why similar: City Builder 37.9%, Building 13%, Relaxing 10.6%, Minimalist 9.9%, Procedural Generation 9.9%

  30. #30 Urbek City Builder: Prologue
    78% 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 28.3%, Sandbox 11.7%, Minimalist 11.5%, Building 10.6%, Procedural Generation 9.5%

  31. #31 Mini Settlers: Prologue
    77% matchVery Positive89% of 803 reviews2024
    Dev: Knight Owl GamesPub: Goblinz Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 48 minMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 40%

    Mini Settlers: Prologue is a free version of Mini Settlers. In this minimalist city builder, settle islands, construct cities, and design efficient logistic networks to fulfill your buildings' needs and fuel population growth to adventure into new worlds.

    Why similar: City Builder 28.7%, Minimalist 16.8%, Resource Management 10.9%, Strategy 9.5%, Relaxing 8.7%

  32. #32 EVERDAWN
    75% matchVery Positive98% of 59 reviews2026
    Dev: SOLIDS Studio
    Windows

    EVERDAWN is a relaxing tile-based puzzle game where every placement shapes a living, evolving world. Stack scoring systems, combine biomes, unlock new and powerful Wonder tiles, and collect adorable Michis, little creatures that provide extra tiles.

    Why similar: City Builder 35.7%, Relaxing 11.5%, Sandbox 10%, Minimalist 9.1%, Strategy 8.9%

  33. #33 Fantastic Haven
    78% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Piece of Cake FabulousPub: Goblinz Publishing
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Restore the equilibrium of magic by saving endangered fantasy creatures. Build your shelter to welcome and protect them, explore unique regions, rally neighboring populations to your cause and rehabilitate creatures in their natural environment.

    Why similar: City Builder 34.5%, Sandbox 14.8%, Building 12.3%, Resource Management 10.1%, Relaxing 8.8%

    Why You'll Like It: A simulation-focused city-builder that offers a sandbox experience with a focus on exploration and building in a fantasy setting.

  34. #34 Fantastic Haven: Prologue
    75% matchMostly Positive76% of 283 reviews2024
    Dev: Piece of Cake FabulousPub: Gamera Games
    Windows

    Save fantasy creatures and protect them until releasing them into their natural habitat. Build your shelter, explore the neighboring region, and encounter a series of events.

    Why similar: City Builder 39.1%, Sandbox 16.6%, Building 10.3%, Simulation 7.5%, Cute 7.2%

  35. #35 Masterplan Tycoon: Foundations
    74% matchMostly Positive77% of 247 reviews2024
    Dev: Bureau BravinPub: Ravenage Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 30 minMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 19%

    Foundations is a free version of Masterplan Tycoon, a minimalist resource management sim. The world is your playground: start with simple production lines for basic needs and evolve into a production powerhouse in an elegant and stress-free setting

    Why similar: Minimalist 22.6%, Building 20.4%, Resource Management 17.7%, Strategy 12.8%, Simulation 8.9%

  36. #36 Can't Live Without Electricity
    74% matchVery Positive94% of 242 reviews2023
    Dev: MELOVITY
    Windows · Mac

    Can't Live Without Electricity is a 3D relaxing puzzle game in which you supply electricity by connecting houses to power plants.

    Why similar: City Builder 25.4%, Minimalist 17.2%, Building 12.5%, Relaxing 10.3%, Strategy 10%

  37. #37 Lonely House
    73% matchVery Positive84% of 50 reviews2025
    Dev: BAROV INTERACTIVE
    Windows

    Lonely House is a cozy little game about home decorating. It's just you, pleasant music, and a solitary building at a crossroads. Decorate it to your liking and forget about your troubles.

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  38. #38 Land Above Sea Below Prologue
    73% matchVery Positive82% of 145 reviews2023
    Dev: Glasscannon StudioPub: Skystone Games
    Windows
    Median: 36 minMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 30%

    Land Above Sea Below Prologue is an atmospheric first chapter of the building strategy and puzzle game where you have to build your island from tiles in order to raise its height as much as possible, to avoid it getting flooded by the constantly rising sea level.

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  39. #39 City Tales - Medieval Era
    70% matchVery Positive90% of 571 reviews2026
    Dev: Irregular ShapesPub: Firesquid
    Windows
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    City Tales is a medieval city builder, allowing you to unleash your creativity and shape vast cities that break outside a traditional grid. Plan each district for your citizens needs and aid your companions in their tales, creating a city to be proud of!

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  40. #40 ShantyTown
    70% matchVery Positive98% of 322 reviews2026
    Dev: Erik RempenPub: Kinephantom Games
    Windows · Mac

    ShantyTown is a relaxing diorama-building game about finding beauty in everyday chaos. Bring new locations to life, stack your urban buildings high, and fill each little nook and cranny with your own touch. Try your hand at shaping a cozy little town that is unique to you.

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  41. #41 Outlanders
    72% matchVery Positive90% of 491 reviews2023
    Dev: Pomelo Games
    Windows

    Outlanders is a town-building strategy game, populated by hard-working, charming folk in search of a simpler life. Some just want to survive off the land, others want to create amazing things.

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  42. #42 Before We Leave
    72% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,706 reviews2021
    Dev: Balancing Monkey GamesPub: Team17
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Before We Leave is a city building game set in a cozy corner of the universe. Nurture your Peeps and their surroundings while rebuilding and rediscovering civilisation. Settle new lands and planets while avoiding hungry Space Whales.

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  43. #43 SteamWorld Build
    70% matchVery Positive84% of 2,156 reviews2023
    Dev: The StationPub: Thunderful Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 10.5 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.

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  44. #44 Folklands
    71% matchMostly Positive75% of 53 reviews2025
    Dev: Bromantic GamesPub: Light Up Games
    Windows · Linux

    Folklands is a relaxing settlement builder with a retro look and feel set in a fantasy Nordic-inspired world. Harvest, produce and trade resources from multiple production chains as you grow your settlement. Keep your folks happy and safe and tend to their needs in a living and changing world.

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  45. #45 SUPER BUILD
    73% 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: City Builder 27.9%, Sandbox 25.1%, Building 16.2%, Relaxing 10.3%, Simulation 8.2%

  46. #46 HEXAROMA: Village Builder
    69% matchVery Positive82% of 64 reviews2025
    Dev: Almost a Game CompanyPub: Rogue Duck Interactive
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    HEXAROMA is a charming village builder set on a tiny island village where you start your Hexling colony! Place your buildings, and manage Hexling villagers on a hexagonal island. Plan your placements wisely, grow your settlement, optimize your colony and help your villagers thrive.

    Why similar: City Builder 32.5%, Minimalist 15.3%, Medieval 10.9%, Building 10.3%, Relaxing 7.9%

  47. #47 United Penguin Kingdom: Huddle up
    69% matchVery Positive89% of 631 reviews2023
    Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
    Windows
    Median: 54 minMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 45%

    This free version of the United Penguin Kingdom covers the content from one year of in-game time. A city-building game where you build a penguin settlement and satisfy the various needs of your penguins while dealing with seals and killer whales.

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  48. #48 Civitatem
    71% matchMixed63% of 133 reviews2022
    Dev: LW Games
    Windows

    Civitatem is a medieval city builder where you help your villagers raise a new settlement in dangerous lands by making use of their skills and available world resources.

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  49. #49 hexurb
    71% matchMostly Positive78% of 76 reviews2021
    Dev: byMixNez
    Windows

    hexurb is a calm, peaceful city builder where you can relax after a hard day and just have a good time!

    Why similar: City Builder 54.2%, Relaxing 14.9%, Strategy 10%, Simulation 5.4%, Casual 5%

  50. #50 Pocket City 2
    67% matchVery Positive94% of 130 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 43.7%, Sandbox 17.2%, Relaxing 10.4%, Strategy 10.2%, Building 8.3%

  51. #51 Tile Cities 2
    68% matchVery Positive94% of 66 reviews2024
    Dev: yevhen8
    Windows

    City-building experience reimagined as a simple relaxing puzzle game bringing the original Tile Cities to a new level

    Why similar: City Builder 38.9%, Strategy 16.1%, Minimalist 15.1%, Simulation 11.2%, Building 9.9%

  52. #52 Tile Town
    68% matchVery Positive98% of 62 reviews2023
    Dev: One Goose Army
    Windows
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 96%

    Tile Town is a chill strategy game set on a hexagonal grid. Plop down various building tiles to get the highest score possible, all while creating a colorful medieval town in the process. Unlock new levels or go for a stroll in the first person mode.

    Why similar: City Builder 35.9%, Medieval 14.8%, Minimalist 13.7%, Relaxing 11.4%, Strategy 9.6%

  53. #53 Islantiles
    66% matchVery Positive90% of 58 reviews2026
    Dev: Thunderrock Innovations
    Windows

    Islantiles is a cozy but compulsive roguelike deckbuilder. Unlock powerful technology cards, shape your deck to craft game-breaking combos, and grow your settlements to glory in this ultra-satisfying roguelike!

    Why similar: City Builder 26.9%, Minimalist 12%, Relaxing 9.1%, Sandbox 9%, Procedural Generation 8.8%

  54. #54 Pan'orama: Prologue
    69% matchVery Positive84% of 80 reviews2023
    Dev: Chicken LauncherPub: Awaken Realms
    Windows

    Pan'orama is a relaxing and soothing puzzle simulation game in which you create amazing landscapes using different types of tiles, but most of all by discovering the connections between them and finding unique combinations.

    Why similar: City Builder 31.8%, Building 13.1%, Minimalist 11.8%, Procedural Generation 11.7%, Sandbox 9.4%

  55. #55 Biomisland
    67% matchVery Positive90% of 111 reviews2022
    Dev: Remi Song
    Windows

    BIOmISLAND is a relaxing minimalist nature builder game. Visit randomly generated islands and restore nature at your own pace using diverse plants at your disposal.

    Why similar: City Builder 48%, Strategy 17%, Minimalist 16.7%, Relaxing 8.8%, Casual 8.5%

  56. #56 Pocket City
    66% matchVery Positive93% of 270 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 43.8%, Minimalist 14%, Building 10.6%, Strategy 9.6%, Simulation 8.5%

  57. #57 Townframe
    65% matchVery Positive95% of 103 reviews2024
    Dev: norrimo
    Windows

    A relaxing puzzle game where you recreate towns from people's memories. These people will give you written puzzles and to solve them you'll be able to either modify the buildings or use different tools, such as one that makes wind, and many others. Each puzzle will surprise you in a different way.

    Why similar: City Builder 28.8%, Relaxing 17.1%, Cute 12.8%, Hand-drawn 11.6%, Family Friendly 7.5%

  58. #58 Tiny Glade
    62% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 23,744 reviews2024
    Dev: Pounce Light
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 50%

    Tiny Glade is a small diorama builder where you doodle whimsical castles, cozy cottages & romantic ruins. Explore gridless building chemistry as the game adorns your glades with procedural detail. No management, combat or goals: just kick back and turn forgotten meadows into lovable dioramas.

    Why similar: Building 19.9%, Sandbox 19.8%, Relaxing 14.6%, Medieval 12.5%, Procedural Generation 10.3%

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