- #1 Village Tale
97% matchVery Positive82% of 325 reviews2025
Dev: Knight Owl Games
Windows
Median: 19.3 hrsMean: 22.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
A relaxing idle village-building simulator nestled in the corner of your screen! Build, Craft, and Trade to guide your village from humble beginnings to a thriving trading hub, it's time to write your own Village Tale!
Why similar: City Builder 33%, Management 13.5%, Simulation 11.8%, Resource Management 11.1%, Idler 10.1%
- #2 Spiritstead
96% matchVery Positive84% of 174 reviews2026
Dev: Turbo Dog Games
Windows
Build a village in a world of magic and care for the people who live there, with the help of hidden spirits you discover along the way. Watch your town grow and flourish as you expand, create, and decorate.
Why similar: City Builder 33.3%, Incremental 18.9%, Management 11.5%, Hand-drawn 10%, Simulation 8.1%
- #3 Incremental Town RPG
96% matchMixed60% of 99 reviews2024
Dev: Overaction Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Incremental Town RPG lets you build and manage a thriving village. Master resource management, develop a robust economy, and enjoy a relaxing experience as you equip your settlement to conquer new lands and challenges!
Why similar: City Builder 21%, Incremental 17.4%, Base Building 12.4%, Simulation 9.4%, Resource Management 8.8%
- #4 Hearth and Hamlet
95% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,235 reviews2026
Dev: Phorust StudiosPub: Runic Forge
Windows · Linux
Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Start with a campfire. Build a kingdom. Hearth and Hamlet is a medieval citybuilder clicker that blends resource management, in-depth upgrade trees and relaxing idle gameplay. Build your empire by researching new technologies, passing new laws, trading with far-off lands, and more.
Why similar: City Builder 28.1%, Incremental 17.6%, Base Building 12.9%, Management 8.9%, Simulation 6.8%
- #5 Thriving City: Song
94% matchVery Positive81% of 3,382 reviews2024
Dev: White Star Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%
In 960 AD, the new Song Dynasty needs you! As magistrate, build a prosperous city from scratch. Develop bustling streets filled with businesses and entertainment, while navigating hidden crises of political strife and foreign invasions. How will you lead through these challenges?
Why similar: City Builder 33%, Base Building 12.7%, Simulation 11.7%, Resource Management 10.6%, Hand-drawn 9.8%
- #6 Tiny Civilization
94% matchVery Positive93% of 2,194 reviews2022
Dev: 喜人一个
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%
This is a historical simulation game that promotes the development of civilization based on the match-3 Game. You'll need to gather resources, use skills, discover new technology, and lead humanbeing through a 10,000-year journey to the cosmos.
Why similar: God Game 41% ★, Match 3 36.6%, Hand-drawn 7.9%, Management 5.9%, Resource Management 5.2%
- #7 Story of Animal Sprite
93% matchVery Positive89% of 158 reviews2023
Dev: Lunaforge Studios
Windows
Story of Animal Sprite is a casual merge game where you will restore the homeland for cute animals by building various fancy structures.
Why similar: Match 3 29.5%, God Game 26.7% ★, City Builder 18.9%, Incremental 7.1%, Base Building 5.7%
- #8 Ballads of Hongye: REBORN
91% matchVery Positive85% of 4,280 reviews2024
Dev: 珠海金山数字网络科技有限公司Pub: 海南西山居互动娱乐科技有限公司
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 47%
《东方:平野孤鸿》是一款休闲、轻度的“国风造景”游戏。游戏中包含大量细节精美的国风建筑,还原了许多祖国的大好河山和人文景观,你将沉浸在古建筑的精致美学和壮阔的东方情怀之中,并由此打造出自己心中独一无二的、充满东方韵味的古代盛世。
Why similar: City Builder 52.5%, Simulation 15.5%, Base Building 14.1%, Casual 9.4%, Top-Down 5.1%
- #9 City idle
92% matchMostly Positive71% of 231 reviews2023
Dev: Grest Games OÜ
Windows
Experience a city-building game, where the citizens are fully simulated and every decision you make impacts their lives. From the Stone Age to the Iron Age and beyond, watch your civilization evolve and progress under your guidance.
Why similar: Simulation 42%, Management 20.1%, Building 16.3%, Base Building 12.1%, Resource Management 6.3%
- #10 Mayor Match: City Builder & Match-3
91% matchVery Positive92% of 90 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: Match 3 34.5%, City Builder 27%, Simulation 13.9%, Casual 9.2%, Management 5.2%
- #11 Iron Village
89% matchVery Positive89% of 76 reviews2025
Dev: Lunar Chippy Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
With the help of your railway, build houses, farms, warehouses, and more to create your village. Trade what your people make for other resources and gold to grow your village into a prospering town, and grow the railway into a powerhouse.
Why similar: City Builder 46.1%, Management 13.9%, Building 9.9%, Top-Down 9.7%, Simulation 8.7%
- #12 Desktopia: A Desktop Village Simulator
90% matchMixed69% of 219 reviews2022
Dev: The Evergloom Team
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Desktopia is a city-builder game which simulates an evolving, medieval-esque village along the bottom of your desktop, allowing you to work, watch, or browse something else while you play.
Why similar: City Builder 37.8%, Simulation 20.8%, Incremental 19.4%, Idler 4.1%, Base Building 4%
- #13 Glimvale : My Mini Overworld
87% matchVery Positive92% of 114 reviews2026
Dev: Milkshake Games
Windows
Glimvale is a solo cosy city-builder with idle mechanics where you manage, decorate, and grow a charming MMO village. Keep adventurers happy and shape the world at your own pace. After all, you’re the game master.
Why similar: City Builder 41.2%, Management 14.8%, Idler 11.6%, Top-Down 10.5%, Casual 8.1%
- #14 Idle Commonwealth
88% matchMixed66% of 140 reviews2025
Dev: Qbusik Games
Windows
Idle Commonwealth is an idle game that pays homage to the best of the idle genre. Start small, grow your commonwealth, maintain morale, establish governance, invent technologies, trade and conquer your neighbors.
Why similar: City Builder 23.5%, God Game 17.5% ★, Incremental 16.5%, Resource Management 9.2%, Idler 8.6%
- #15 Heian City Story
86% matchVery Positive89% of 221 reviews2025
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
A city-building sim with a historical twist
Why similar: City Builder 44%, Simulation 18.1%, Casual 11.3%, Top-Down 8.8%, Management 6.2%
- #16 Crowded Blue Dot
89% matchMixed59% of 53 reviews2020
Dev: cys20 studio
Windows · Linux
Crowded Blue Dot is a game about producing various items to make people happy and growing a city from a small village to a metropolis.
Why similar: City Builder 33.4%, Base Building 13.7%, Management 11%, Simulation 10.9%, Resource Management 10.5%
- #17 CLOUD DWELLERS
86% matchVery Positive86% of 92 reviews2026
Dev: XinZhiPub: Xinzhi
Windows
CloudDwellers is a 2D simulation and city-building game set in a world of scattered floating islands. Guide your settlers to harness technology, optimize production, and transform fragmented skies into a thriving, beautifully crafted aerial haven.
Why similar: Base Building 20.5%, Management 17.4%, City Builder 13.8%, Simulation 12.9%, Resource Management 11.1%
- #18 Qianli: The Vastscape Scroll
84% matchVery Positive91% of 129 reviews2026
Dev: Betobe StudioPub: 2P Games
Windows
Shape the world to your will in lush landscapes inspired by Chinese watercolors in this Zen hex-tile building game that blends puzzle and roguelite elements with beautiful Asian aesthetics. Befriend mystical creatures in your journey while you make the world come alive beneath your fingertips.
Why similar: City Builder 51%, Simulation 15.9%, Management 9.3%, Casual 8.2%, Hand-drawn 7%
- #19 Shanshui Haven
84% 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 43.7%, Hand-drawn 12%, Top-Down 10.9%, Casual 10.4%, Simulation 8%
- #20 Karma Keepers
83% matchMostly Positive74% of 62 reviews2026
Dev: yonazdev
Windows · Mac
A chill incremental strategy game where you restore souls, build a Faith economy, automate your realm, and rebirth for permanent progress before corruption takes over.
Why similar: God Game 36.7% ★, Incremental 18.3%, Management 11%, Resource Management 9.5%, Simulation 8.9%
- #21 Civitatem
85% matchMixed63% of 134 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.
Why similar: City Builder 43.3%, Simulation 16.5%, Base Building 12.4%, Resource Management 9%, Management 7.6%
- #22 Empire City Simulator
82% matchMixed58% of 101 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 50%, Simulation 19.9%, Management 11.4%, Building 8.3%, Casual 5.8%
- #23 Revival and Exploration
81% matchMixed63% of 112 reviews2025
Dev: CMS GearPub: HONGKONG DELAN CO., LIMITED
Windows
Revival and Exploration is an oriental simulation game. Decorate your town with diverse landscapes and buildings, recruit residents to live in, and build a thriving city! You can also lead armed residents on traveling to different landscapes such as grassland, desert, snow, and volcanoes.
Why similar: City Builder 37.5%, Simulation 13.5%, Base Building 11.8%, Resource Management 9.1%, Casual 8.8%
- #24 Kai Yuan
82% matchMostly Positive72% of 64 reviews2023
Dev: Crown Game
Windows
This is a city building game with the historical background of the Tang Dynasty of China in the 7-8th century. In the game, you will build a prosperous city in the Tang Dynasty of China.
Why similar: City Builder 40.6%, Base Building 16.9%, Simulation 15.6%, Management 12.8%, Casual 6.8%
- #25 Orrstead
80% matchMostly Positive79% of 82 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 36.9%, Base Building 13.6%, Management 12.6%, Simulation 8.3%, Top-Down 8.1%
- #26 Factory Town Idle
78% matchVery Positive91% of 1,262 reviews2024
Dev: Erik Asmussen
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.3 hrsMean: 72.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
An entire town builder experience packed into a living spreadsheet. Build housing, assign workers, then craft and sell a huge variety of items to level up your town and expand your civilization across the world!
Why similar: City Builder 30%, Incremental 19.7%, Resource Management 11%, Management 10.2%, Idler 9.5%
- #27 Creo God Simulator
79% matchMostly Positive79% of 243 reviews2025
Dev: MKSM Design LLC
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 15.7 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Creo God Simulator is a game of city building, resource management, survival, and a ton of villager smiting. As the divinely chosen Creostrider, it's your job to build a society bit by bit, while convincing your new population to believe in you as their one true god.
Why similar: God Game 48.1% ★, City Builder 29.5%, Management 10.5%, Simulation 9.9%, Indie 2.1%
- #28 A Game of Humans
81% matchMixed66% of 73 reviews2020
Dev: Scion Studios
Windows
A sandbox village simulation fundamentally about people, their thoughts and their needs. Luckily they are not alone in their burden, for you possess divine powers. And you would surely never add to the plight of the common man... Right?
Why similar: God Game 33.6% ★, City Builder 27.9%, Base Building 11.4%, Management 9.6%, Simulation 7.1%
- #29 Farewells clicker
77% matchMixed63% of 67 reviews2026
Dev: Team Square
Windows · Mac
Farewells Clicker is an addictive blend of clicker and city builder! Expand your island, develop your city, and produce resources endlessly. Upgrade your buildings and skills through a vast skill tree to progress further and further!
Why similar: City Builder 34.9%, Incremental 21.8%, Idler 10.7%, Simulation 9.4%, Casual 7%
- #30 Goblin Camp
76% matchMostly Positive77% of 123 reviews2026
Dev: Korppi Games Ltd
Windows · Linux
Build a new home for your goblins! Grow your settlement from a little encampment to a bustling city in a beautiful procedurally generated northern forest. Fish, farm, explore the forest and harness the spirits in a unique fantasy citybuilder inspired by Finnish mythology.
Why similar: God Game 36.8% ★, City Builder 24.7%, Base Building 9.7%, Resource Management 9.6%, Simulation 7.5%
- #31 Chinese Frontiers
77% matchMostly Positive74% of 544 reviews2025
Dev: SolidGamesPub: Big Cheese Studio
Windows
Become a master builder in medieval China. Construct iconic landmarks brick by brick in first person, while managing villagers, production chains, and a growing settlement at your own pace.
Why similar: City Builder 39%, Base Building 18.6%, Simulation 12.8%, Resource Management 12.3%, Building 8.9%
- #32 Townsmen - A Kingdom Rebuilt
79% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,415 reviews2019
Dev: HandyGamesPub: THQ Nordic Mobile
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 14.6 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 45.4%, Simulation 26.1%, Casual 14.4%, Resource Management 6.4%, Building 5%
- #33 Celestial Empire: Prologue
76% matchVery Positive86% of 426 reviews2025
Dev: President Studio
Windows
Embrace your duties as a new provincial governor. Experience the beauty of ancient China, design the city of your dreams, and take care of your people’s needs. Earn the Gods’ favor to maintain the Mandate of Heaven for the ruling dynasty.
Why similar: City Builder 39.8%, Base Building 14.6%, Management 14.5%, Simulation 13.4%, Resource Management 8.7%
- #34 Kainga: Seeds of Civilization
78% matchMostly Positive76% of 767 reviews2022
Dev: Erik RempenPub: Silk Softworks
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 20.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Welcome to the mystical world of Kainga, an unusual roguelite village-builder! Take control of a Thinker and, with the help of your people, grow a unique town to complete short challenges while discovering the world and adapting to the pressures of the environment, beasts and other tribes.
Why similar: God Game 38.2% ★, City Builder 31.2%, Hand-drawn 9.4%, Resource Management 8.1%, Management 6.3%
- #35 Let Them Trade
73% matchVery Positive86% of 1,191 reviews2025
Dev: SpaceflowerPub: ByteRockers' Games
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Build a network of cities that produce and trade resources, upgrade your castle, and protect the cities from cheeky bandits. Tinker with the economy at your own pace, and watch the charming wooden world grow into a lively and thriving kingdom.
Why similar: City Builder 36.1%, Base Building 13.4%, Resource Management 12%, Management 11.8%, Simulation 9.1%
- #36 Diluvian Winds
75% matchMostly Positive73% of 391 reviews2024
Dev: Alambik StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 72%
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 37%, Base Building 13.3%, Hand-drawn 11.2%, Resource Management 9.6%, Management 9.5%
- #37 Settlemoon
74% matchVery Positive86% of 288 reviews2023
Dev: Lepioid LLC
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 31.8 hrs≥1hr: 69%
After the moon vanished, the fantasy world of Settlemoon lays abandoned in darkness. Re-light the skies, and provide a rest stop for adventurers in a town that updates in real time. Grow your town to attract strange visitors, and discover happened to this world.
Why similar: City Builder 37.7%, Simulation 14.7%, Idler 10.4%, Casual 9.2%, Management 8.5%
- #38 Island Idle RPG
75% matchMixed65% of 99 reviews2022
Dev: Overaction Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Lead the Balgairs - mercenaries creatures and experts in the art of hard working - manage the workforce, inputs, capital, other resources and help provide all the equipment and weaponry needed to defeat bosses in distant Dungeons
Why similar: City Builder 23.7%, Incremental 16.5%, Base Building 12.7%, Simulation 9.8%, Resource Management 9%
- #39 Settlements Rising
72% matchVery Positive81% of 436 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 43.3%, Base Building 12.8%, Simulation 12.5%, Resource Management 11.8%, Management 11.2%
- #40 Blueprint Tycoon
74% matchVery Positive82% of 1,097 reviews2016
Dev: Endless Loop Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Build your settlement, gather goods, ensure maximum efficiency and make a profit!
Why similar: City Builder 30.5%, Management 22.8%, Simulation 19.4%, Resource Management 12.1%, Casual 8.5%
- #41 SteamWorld Build
71% matchVery Positive85% of 2,285 reviews2023
Dev: The StationPub: Thunderful Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 69%
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 42.2%, Base Building 13.9%, Management 13.6%, Resource Management 13.1%, Casual 8.5%
- #42 The Unexpected Quest
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 205 reviews2020
Dev: Rionix
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Adventure game with strategy and management elements in a medieval fantasy setting - drawing inspiration from classics such as Warcraft 3 and The Settlers. Embark on quests, hunt down treasures and manage your resources as you build, battle, cast magic and brew potions to bring order to the world.
Why similar: City Builder 32.4%, Incremental 18.9%, Base Building 16%, Management 12.2%, Top-Down 7.6%
- #43 Match Village
72% matchVery Positive84% of 73 reviews2022
Dev: Rising Moon Games
Windows
Match Village is a minimalist puzzle and strategy game about merge buildings to create villages on colorful islands.
Why similar: Match 3 53.4%, City Builder 34%, Casual 6.3%, Building 4.5%, Indie 1.1%
- #44 Skyline Urban Story
70% matchVery Positive89% of 111 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 53%, Simulation 20%, Building 10.6%, Casual 9.4%, Resource Management 3%
- #45 PC Building Empire
69% matchVery Positive85% of 193 reviews2025
Dev: Moose Games
Windows
Build PCs of different rarities, hire workers with buffs and debuffs, and expand your shop. Train stats in special rooms, customize floors and colors, and relax in a cozy idle indie game in Early Access that grows with feedback from the community.
Why similar: Management 27.1%, Idler 24.7%, Casual 18%, Simulation 13.3%, Resource Management 12.4%
- #46 City Tales - Medieval Era
68% matchVery Positive89% of 627 reviews2026
Dev: Irregular ShapesPub: Firesquid
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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!
Why similar: City Builder 42.9%, Simulation 15.8%, Management 13.1%, Resource Management 11.2%, Building 9%
- #47 Feudal Fantasy Incremental
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 106 reviews2023
Dev: Luminosity Interactive
Windows
Feudal Fantasy is a short active incremental game in which you rebuild a town once lost to tragedy as its lord, by managing upgrades, new buildings and recruiting the wisdom of fantasy races.
Why similar: Incremental 26.8%, Resource Management 13.9%, Idler 11.9%, Management 11.7%, City Builder 11%
- #48 Synergy
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,098 reviews2025
Dev: Leikir StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 55%
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 38.9%, Base Building 15.7%, Management 12.8%, Resource Management 12%, Simulation 11.6%
- #49 Folklands
68% matchMostly Positive75% of 74 reviews2026
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.
Why similar: City Builder 42%, Base Building 16.7%, Management 14.1%, Simulation 11.2%, Building 8.8%
- #50 Suncraft
66% matchVery Positive93% of 585 reviews2026
Dev: Spicy Tuna Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Another sun-filled day begins in this cozy pixel-art adventure. Gather, craft, upgrade, and help the villagers revive the land. Can you rebuild the grand Sunspire and bring the village back to its golden days?
Why similar: Incremental 30.1%, Simulation 19.3%, Resource Management 15.8%, Casual 10.7%, Building 9.7%
- #51 MicroTown
70% matchVery Positive95% of 478 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 41.6%, Base Building 18%, Management 13%, Resource Management 12.8%, Top-Down 8.5%
- #52 Inn Tycoon
67% matchMostly Positive77% of 849 reviews2025
Dev: Evil Goose GamesPub: GameDev.ist
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 24.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Welcome to Inn Tycoon! Build, design, and manage your dream inn. Serve delightful meals, offer various services, and hire a stellar staff. Create a top-notch hospitality empire and become the ultimate Inn Tycoon!
Why similar: Management 25.3%, Simulation 21.8%, Resource Management 18.2%, Building 12.9%, Idler 10.4%
- #53 Crafting Town
71% matchMostly Positive71% of 56 reviews2022
Dev: Musa GUNGOR
Windows
Crafting Town Is : A Crafting game with Simulation&Building where you can Craft and Develop your Village, Source Management and Quests.
Why similar: Incremental 23.4%, Simulation 19%, Base Building 17.4%, Resource Management 16.7%, Casual 10%
- #54 HEXAROMA: Village Builder
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 67 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 59%, Simulation 16.9%, Casual 11.8%, Building 10.7%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #55 Cardboard Town
67% matchMostly Positive80% of 2,329 reviews2023
Dev: Stratera GamesPub: Rogue Duck Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Cardboard Town is a city-building card game. Manage your resources, obtain upgrades, draw your cards and thrive! Random events, quest cards, and game modes make each run different.
Why similar: City Builder 38.7%, Simulation 12.3%, Resource Management 12.1%, Management 11.6%, Hand-drawn 10.2%
- #56 Founders' Fortune
69% matchVery Positive80% of 2,189 reviews2020
Dev: Dionic Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 56%
A fantasy village builder focusing on creative building, colonist psychology and base defense. Handle resources, farming, production, tools, diplomacy, families, trading, defense, and research, as well as the wishes, expectations, thoughts, and equipment of every villager.
Why similar: City Builder 40.7%, Base Building 20.3%, Simulation 12.8%, Management 9.2%, Building 7.5%
- #57 A Little Age
66% matchMixed63% of 63 reviews2026
Dev: Benerot
Windows
A cozy minimalist settlement builder about growing a network of settlements, each with its own little economy. Manage the flow of resources between them at your own pace, pause at any time, and watch a civilization emerge as your settlements work together to raise a great temple and claim the land.
Why similar: City Builder 41.3%, Simulation 14.1%, Management 11.7%, Top-Down 11.2%, Casual 10.9%
- #58 Dungeon Village
67% matchVery Positive89% of 888 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Build a heroic hamlet that warriors and merchants can call home!
Why similar: City Builder 51.2%, Management 15.9%, Simulation 10.8%, Building 10%, Casual 7.2%
- #59 Town to City
62% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 7,135 reviews2026
Dev: Galaxy GrovePub: Kwalee
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 53.3%, Management 12.1%, Simulation 9.9%, Building 8.5%, Resource Management 7.6%