- #1 Cardboard Town
97% matchVery Positive81% of 2,136 reviews2023
Dev: Stratera GamesPub: Rogue Duck Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.4 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 23.1%, Card Game 16.7%, Building 10.3%, Resource Management 9.8%, Management 9.7%
- #2 Kingdom's Deck
96% matchMostly Positive76% of 453 reviews2025
Dev: Ivan AcoPub: Rogue Duck Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Build by day, defend by night! Kingdom's Deck is a card-based city builder where you build and protect your Kingdom from the enemy siege. Build your deck, deploy your cards wisely, defend your walls, manage your resources, and respond to various events that will shape your Kingdom!
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.2% ★, City Builder 23.2%, Card Game 16.7%, Management 9.1%, Roguelike 7.9%
- #3 Stacklands
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 29,013 reviews2022
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Stacklands is a village builder where you stack cards to collect food, build structures, and fight creatures. 🃏 For example, dragging a Villager card on top of a Berry Bush card will spawn Berry cards which the villagers can eat to survive. 🃏 Play your cards right and expand your village!
Why similar: Card Game 23.7%, City Builder 22.6%, Management 16.6%, Roguelite 11.2%, Building 8%
- #4 These Doomed Isles
95% matchMostly Positive72% of 221 reviews2024
Dev: Triplevision Games LimitedPub: Fireshine Games
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Harvest cards to raise land from the sea, build settlements and rain fire upon invaders in this survival city-builder with roguelike deckbuilding mechanics. Choose from 4 gods with unique cards, playstyles and abilities to lead their civilisations to victory in strategic run-based gameplay!
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.7% ★, City Builder 23.7%, Card Game 14.6%, Resource Management 9.5%, Roguelike 9.4%
- #5 Vertical Kingdom
94% matchMostly Positive79% of 136 reviews2024
Dev: Farlight Games IndustryPub: indie.io
Windows
There's nowhere to go but up! Vertical Kingdom is a card-based city builder roguelite with a twist - you can only build vertically, literally reaching for the sky with each city. Lead expeditions to gather resources, construct metropolises, and build ever upwards!
Why similar: City Builder 23.9%, Card Game 17.5%, Management 10.9%, Roguelite 10.2%, Resource Management 9.6%
- #6 Tiny Kingdom
94% matchMostly Positive78% of 136 reviews2025
Dev: neltile
Windows · Mac · Linux
Tiny Kingdom is a minimalist city-building strategy game where every placement matters. Start with a single hut and grow a thriving kingdom by combining buildings, unlocking synergies, and creating efficient layouts.
Why similar: City Builder 24.4%, Card Game 15.7%, Management 10.8%, Deckbuilding 10.5%, Resource Management 10%
- #7 HEXAROMA: Village Builder
93% 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: Colony Sim 31.1% ★, City Builder 24.7%, Deckbuilding 9.8%, Tactical 9.7%, Building 8.1%
- #8 Factory Planner
91% matchMostly Positive74% of 319 reviews2026
Dev: Lebleby GamesPub: Red Axe Games
Windows
Factory Planner is a card-based simulation/strategy game that lets you build a factory using cards. The main goal of the game is to make combinations with different cards so that each player can build different factories and feel the sandbox experience to the fullest.
Why similar: Card Game 28.5%, Management 20.8%, Crafting 16.9%, Exploration 11%, Strategy 10.7%
- #9 Kainga: Seeds of Civilization
92% matchMostly Positive77% of 763 reviews2022
Dev: Erik RempenPub: Silk Softworks
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 19.6 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: City Builder 36.7%, Roguelite 16.1%, Resource Management 13%, Management 10.3%, Stylized 8.7%
- #10 Border Pioneer
90% matchVery Positive87% of 1,768 reviews2025
Dev: Yahzj GamesPub: Yogscast Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 78%
As the kingdom's most promising pioneer, embark on a legendary journey to tame the frontier! Build thriving towns across various landscapes, fending off waves of diverse enemies until you establish a firm foothold and have explored everything the eye can see!
Why similar: City Builder 43.4%, Card Game 18.7%, Roguelite 14.3%, Strategy 12.4%, Resource Management 6.5%
- #11 Paper Kingdom
91% matchMixed62% of 60 reviews2025
Dev: obece
Windows
Paper Kingdom is a colony management game. Stack cards to gather resources, build structures, explore and fight invaders. Turn a nomadic tribe into an empire.
Why similar: City Builder 25.9%, Card Game 22%, Management 15%, Building 9.6%, Deckbuilding 9.4%
- #12 Founders' Fortune
89% matchVery Positive80% of 2,168 reviews2020
Dev: Dionic Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 57%
A fantasy village builder focusing on creative building, colonist psychology and base defense. Handle resources, farming, production, tools, diplomacy, families, trading, defense, and research, as well as the wishes, expectations, thoughts, and equipment of every villager.
Why similar: Colony Sim 44% ★, City Builder 24.2%, Building 8.1%, Management 7.6%, Strategy 5.7%
- #13 Fantasy Village Simulator
88% matchMixed65% of 54 reviews2024
Dev: CYCLOPS
Windows · Mac
Experience building your own village with different races in a fantasy world! Produce more villagers for various production tasks and train more guards to resist waves of demonic attacks. Plan the production of supplies to create more powerful equipment for the guards to wear.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.7% ★, Deckbuilding 15.2%, Roguelite 15.1%, Roguelike 13.8%, Card Game 13%
- #14 Lucky Mayor
87% matchMostly Positive78% of 102 reviews2023
Dev: MadGoat Game Studio
Windows · Mac
This is a Rogue Deck-building game where you play as a mayor, recruit various citizens to earn coins, meet their needs, and submit enough coins by the deadline to complete challenges.
Why similar: Card Game 26.4%, Roguelite 17.3%, Roguelike 14.6%, Turn-Based Combat 13.2%, Strategy 12.9%
- #15 Seeds of Resilience
89% matchMixed70% of 367 reviews2019
Dev: Subtle GamesPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Ready to start anew? Build a village from scratch in Seeds of Resilience. Learn to choose the right items, understand nature's patterns, use real life-based constructions and craft techniques in this turn-based tycoon game.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.9% ★, City Builder 25.3%, Management 11.7%, Building 9.4%, Roguelite 8.1%
- #16 Everdell
86% matchVery Positive89% of 675 reviews2022
Dev: Dire Wolf
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Harvest resources to build a village of woodland critters in this adaptation of the award-winning tabletop board game!
Why similar: Card Game 34.7%, Management 14.6%, Strategy 14.1%, Building 13.2%, Crafting 12.1%
- #17 Islets Defense
84% matchVery Positive95% of 167 reviews2025
Dev: MiniGoofPub: Nuntius Games
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Islets Defense is a turn-based tower defense game in which you build a small village to gather resources and defend your castle. Carefully plan your actions, as each move brings the enemy waves closer! Strategize building placements and play your cards wisely, as timing and order are key.
Why similar: City Builder 39.3%, Resource Management 17.6%, Building 13.5%, Strategy 11.7%, Tactical 9.6%
- #18 EcoGnomix
85% matchMostly Positive77% of 283 reviews2024
Dev: Irox GamesPub: Untold Tales
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 61%
A quirky mix of roguelite and city builder. Build a lively little city above, by looting mystical caves with a team of gnomes below! Use multiple runs to unlock upgrades and abilities to help your gnomes venture deeper into the dangerous underground.
Why similar: City Builder 32.3%, Turn-Based Combat 21%, Roguelite 14.9%, Building 11.5%, Roguelike 11.5%
- #19 WitchHand
84% matchVery Positive91% of 609 reviews2024
Dev: Jon NielsenPub: HopFrog
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
You're a witch, leading your coven into new, unfriendly lands. Use the cards you find to build and expand your civilization. Befriend the local covens or use their bones to fuel your spells. Gather your familiars, the witching hour is nigh.
Why similar: Card Game 30.8%, Management 22.5%, Deckbuilding 15.5%, Strategy 12.5%, Crafting 10.3%
- #20 Village Tale
83% matchVery Positive85% of 299 reviews2025
Dev: Knight Owl Games
Windows
Median: 18.1 hrsMean: 22.3 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 30.5%, Management 17%, Resource Management 14.2%, Building 11.6%, Crafting 9.5%
- #21 Automatic Kingdom
82% matchVery Positive88% of 52 reviews2026
Dev: Matthew Pontarolo
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build the perfect kingdom in this turn-based strategy game that combines elements of automation, board games, and city builders. Keep your kingdom happy, endure hostile Challenges, and unlock new cards as your kingdom becomes more prosperous.
Why similar: City Builder 28.5%, Card Game 27.2%, Resource Management 17.2%, Turn-Based Combat 13.4%, Strategy 10.8%
- #22 DICEOMANCER
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,441 reviews2024
Dev: 超厚皮猪猪 Ultra Piggy StudioPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
DICEOMANCER is a roguelike deck-building game. Though you long for a peaceful life, you're forced to embark on an adventure. In this world of swords, magic, and guns, make good use of your dice and deck to find a way back to tranquility! What can the dice be used for? To change... anything.
Why similar: Card Game 40.7%, Strategy 21.8%, Roguelike 18.6%, Deckbuilding 17.3%, Casual 1.7%
- #23 Dawnfolk
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 668 reviews2025
Dev: Darenn KellerPub: Astra Logical
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Dawnfolk is a charmingly dark, casual and puzzly survival building game. Gather resources, rebuild your realm, and protect your people from oppressive shadows. Can you unveil the secrets of the monoliths and bring light back to the world?
Why similar: City Builder 41.7%, Resource Management 19.2%, Strategy 11.9%, Exploration 9%, Family Friendly 8.3%
- #24 Ratopia
79% matchVery Positive88% of 4,645 reviews2025
Dev: Cassel Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 26.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Ratopia is a new game that has combined elements of both strategic survival and city building. With plenty of content available, and more planned, enjoy a vast world to adventure and populate with citizens! Build your own economical system to sustain your ideal city of Ratopia.
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.1% ★, City Builder 22.4%, Management 12%, Building 10.6%, Resource Management 8.7%
- #25 Diluvian Winds
82% matchMostly Positive73% of 380 reviews2024
Dev: Alambik StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 69%
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 30.1%, Colony Sim 27.7% ★, Management 10.8%, Resource Management 10.7%, Building 8.8%
- #26 Mini City: Mayhem
81% matchVery Positive88% of 111 reviews2025
Dev: Rogue Duck Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build, plan, and flourish while the time is running! Mini City: Mayhem is a chaos-filled city-builder where you build against time. Become the mayor of a tiny town, plop down tiny building blocks to build a working city to progress. Become the greatest urban planner of all time!
Why similar: City Builder 40%, Management 18.9%, Strategy 11.8%, Building 10.8%, Resource Management 7.3%
- #27 Rana Card
79% matchVery Positive90% of 1,332 reviews2025
Dev: VisionRanaPub: IndieArk
Windows
Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Rana Card is a roguelike deck-builder where you play as a farm manager chasing TimeTech's KPI targets. Draw cards in high-stakes moments, survive Time Explosions, and unlock powerful cards. Build your deck, chart your own path, and face branching events and cataclysmic years on the road to success.
Why similar: Card Game 38.6%, Deckbuilding 20.8%, Roguelite 20.2%, Strategy 12%, Cute 4.4%
- #28 My Card Is Better Than Your Card!
77% matchVery Positive94% of 1,057 reviews2025
Dev: Utu Studios
Windows
Become the coolest kid of the playground in this playful roguelike deckbuilder. Craft every card yourself with adorable stickers and wow your rivals in tug-of-war card battles full of wonder!
Why similar: Card Game 26.1%, Deckbuilding 14.5%, Roguelike 14.3%, Crafting 12.3%, Roguelite 11.8%
- #29 Synergy
78% 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: Colony Sim 28.1% ★, City Builder 25.7%, Management 11.8%, Resource Management 10.8%, Building 9%
- #30 Hexagod
78% matchVery Positive89% of 80 reviews2025
Dev: Aarimous
Windows · Mac · Linux
A satisfying roguelike village builder set in the eye of an apocalyptic storm. Place hexagon tiles, unlock adjacency bonuses, and find powerful relics to create game breaking synergies. Prove you are worthy of becoming the next Hexagod… before the storm destroys it all.
Why similar: City Builder 35%, Roguelike 17.2%, Management 10.8%, Strategy 8.4%, Resource Management 8.1%
- #31 Pile Up!
76% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,047 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 29.2%, Management 14.3%, Roguelite 13.3%, Building 11.5%, Stylized 9.1%
- #32 Transport Legion
75% matchVery Positive88% of 89 reviews2025
Dev: 喜人一个
Windows · Linux
A unique roguelike card-based tower defense game. Strategically place cards, manage resource transport, balance production with combat, and craft distinctive decks to claim victory.
Why similar: Card Game 34.7%, Strategy 20.6%, Roguelite 16.3%, Management 11.7%, Building 9.4%
- #33 Cat God Ranch
73% matchVery Positive94% of 2,138 reviews2024
Dev: CrazyPotato Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Lead hundreds of "wise" little animals to pay tribute to the Cat God!! 7 animal families, 100+ animals, 10+ Cat Gods, 100+ items, and various animal combinations waiting for you to explore!
Why similar: Management 20.6%, Card Game 17.8%, Resource Management 15.3%, Deckbuilding 13.1%, Roguelike 12.7%
- #34 Chosen Garden
72% matchVery Positive96% of 82 reviews2026
Dev: Winter CabinPub: Craftmos Games
Windows
In this unique roguelike deck-builder, tend your garden and harvest plants for high scores! 100+ plants, 5 gardens, and a wealth of unique weather, animals, and tools — countless builds await!
Why similar: Card Game 31.1%, Roguelike 18.4%, Deckbuilding 17.7%, Roguelite 14.2%, Strategy 11.1%
- #35 Castle Cardians
77% matchMostly Positive75% of 133 reviews2021
Dev: 风宇冲
Windows
Castle Cardians fused card games,roguelike and real time colony defense together. Build your powerful deck, defend the castle and beat invaders.
Why similar: Card Game 29.2%, Deckbuilding 18.3%, Roguelike 15.6%, Strategy 11.8%, Tactical 11.7%
- #36 Cross Blitz
72% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,591 reviews2025
Dev: Tako Boy Studios LLCPub: The Arcade Crew
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Cross Blitz is a unique RPG deckbuilder featuring fast-paced tactical combat with loads of cards to collect and synergies to wield. Explore, level up, craft new cards and build the perfect decks as you carve your own path to victory!
Why similar: Card Game 23.9%, Deckbuilding 15.3%, Roguelite 14.9%, Turn-Based Combat 13%, Tactical 12.3%
- #37 Gods vs Horrors
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 272 reviews2025
Dev: Oriol Cosp Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A drafting roguelike focused on synergies and scaling, with short enjoyable runs. Recruit Gods from different mythologies, buff and upgrade them, arrange them in perfect formation, and fight cosmic Horrors in no-RNG autobattler combat to defend the Earth!
Why similar: Card Game 28.3%, Roguelite 17.8%, Roguelike 15.6%, Turn-Based Combat 15.2%, Deckbuilding 12.3%
- #38 Venture Valley
76% matchMixed56% of 54 reviews2023
Dev: The Singleton FoundationPub: Singleton Foundation for Financial Literacy and Entrepreneurship
Windows · Mac
Be Your Own Boss!
Why similar: City Builder 31.8%, Card Game 17.9%, Building 11.5%, Resource Management 11.5%, Strategy 7.5%
- #39 Goblins of Elderstone
74% matchMostly Positive74% of 394 reviews2023
Dev: Outerdawn
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 53%
This Goblin Tribe Simulator brings a challenging blend of chaos and creativity to the city-building genre. Build dwellings, manage your resources, defend your goblins, and grow your tribe, and please the Gods! Do you have what it takes to control the chaos and rule the unruly?
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.4% ★, City Builder 23.2%, Management 11.9%, Resource Management 10.5%, Building 9.2%
- #40 Neon Village
71% matchVery Positive88% of 125 reviews2025
Dev: Encraft
Windows
This game is a fusion of a "roguelike deck-builder" and "match-3 puzzle". Collect unique residents to create explosive synergies and develop a village glittering with neon!
Why similar: Card Game 18.9%, Deckbuilding 16.5%, Roguelike 16.1%, Management 13%, Resource Management 12.7%
- #41 Dice Legacy
75% matchMixed68% of 1,050 reviews2021
Dev: DESTINYbit
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Dice Legacy is a dice-based survival city builder set on a mysterious ringworld. Your ship has reached the shore of an uncharted continent. Roll and use your dice to gather resources, expand and defend your settlement, survive the winter and interact with the strange inhabitants of this eerie world.
Why similar: City Builder 23.8%, Colony Sim 22.5% ★, Roguelike 9.8%, Management 9.6%, Roguelite 8.2%
- #42 Paragon Pioneers
74% matchVery Positive89% of 56 reviews2022
Dev: Tobias Arlt
Windows · Mac · Linux
Paragon Pioneers is a city-building idle game in which you discover, conquer and then build on islands to fulfill the needs of your inhabitants. Even with limited time to play you can enjoy this deep simulation game and follow one of the countless ways to optimize your empire.
Why similar: Colony Sim 33% ★, City Builder 26.7%, Management 12.9%, Crafting 10.3%, Building 10.3%
- #43 Town Keeper
71% matchVery Positive96% of 53 reviews2024
Dev: Cuddle Code
Windows · Mac
Build a rabbit town while defending it from the fluffy empire's invasions.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.4% ★, City Builder 27.8%, Management 9.5%, Strategy 8.1%, Resource Management 6.2%
- #44 Villages & Dungeons
69% matchVery Positive92% of 1,073 reviews2025
Dev: CaCaFrog StudioPub: Morax Games
Windows · Mac
A hardcore roguelite card game where deck-building strategies are at the core of everything! With a vast array of cards, random dungeons, a wealth of encounter events, and diverse enemies, it awaits your exploration and challenge.
Why similar: Card Game 32.2%, Deckbuilding 24.5%, Roguelike 23.8%, Strategy 12.4%, Exploration 7%
- #45 The Wandering Village
68% matchVery Positive92% of 8,074 reviews2025
Dev: Stray Fawn StudioPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
The Wandering Village is a city-building simulation game on the back of a giant, wandering creature. Build your settlement and form a symbiotic relationship with the colossus. Will you survive together in this hostile, yet beautiful post-apocalyptic world, contaminated by poisonous plants?
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.7% ★, City Builder 27%, Management 14.4%, Resource Management 11.3%, Roguelike 8.3%
- #46 Catizens
70% matchVery Positive82% of 366 reviews2024
Dev: badopticsgamesPub: HeroCraft PC
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Inspired by RimWorld and The Sims, Catizens is a colony management simulation game where you watch over unique cats with quirky personalities, as you help them build and grow their settlement while exploring new lands, facing off against wildlife and overcoming the challenges of each environment.
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.7% ★, City Builder 25.2%, Management 10.6%, Building 9.7%, Crafting 8.2%
- #47 Kingdom of Cards
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 100 reviews2025
Dev: Rubber Duck GamesPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
From cropland to forest, from academy to conqueror's guild, expand territory of your kingdom. As the kingdom grows, crises will quietly arise. No worries: prepare to use the resource cards to train a group of powerful guardians to eliminate enemies and protect your kingdom.
Why similar: Card Game 34.1%, Strategy 20.2%, Roguelike 13.8%, Roguelite 12.7%, Management 10.5%
- #48 Dicefolk
69% matchVery Positive90% of 990 reviews2024
Dev: LEAP Game StudiosPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Wield magical dice and build a team of powerful Chimeras to stop a mysterious evil in this tactical roguelite adventure. As a Chimera Summoner, recruit and create your perfect team of mythical beasts and command them to victory using unique dice mechanics.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 21.9%, Roguelike 15.8%, Roguelite 14.9%, Tactical 14.2%, Deckbuilding 11.4%
- #49 Orrstead
71% 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: Colony Sim 31.6% ★, City Builder 27.8%, Management 13.2%, Building 9.9%, Resource Management 6.8%
- #50 Concrete Jungle
73% matchVery Positive87% of 658 reviews2015
Dev: ColePowered Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Concrete Jungle is a city planning deck-building game. Place buildings using cards in your deck and earn new ones as you progress! A genre-blending game packed with cool ideas that swaps micro-management for a more puzzle-like approach to city planning.
Why similar: City Builder 53.5%, Card Game 19.1%, Deckbuilding 17.7%, Strategy 9.7%
- #51 Replicat
66% matchVery Positive99% of 297 reviews2025
Dev: Brainoid Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A roguelike memory deckbuilder where you bend the rules of card matching with wild combos, strategy-defining items and cards featuring some personality-packed cats.
Why similar: Card Game 25.6%, Roguelike 15.5%, Deckbuilding 15.1%, Roguelite 12.1%, Strategy 9.1%
- #52 Super Fantasy Kingdom
65% matchVery Positive88% of 5,123 reviews2025
Dev: Super Fantasy GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Rebuild your kingdom and explore a vibrant fantasy world in this roguelite city builder. Defeat hordes of monsters with a unique team of defenders as you harvest, build, mine, cook, brew, and grow. But if your defenses should fail, be prepared to watch it all burn!
Why similar: Card Game 24.7%, Turn-Based Combat 20.3%, Roguelike 15.7%, Roguelite 14.9%, Deckbuilding 14.8%
- #53 Technotopia
66% matchVery Positive85% of 628 reviews2024
Dev: YustasPub: Alawar
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Welcome to Technotopia, a city-builder card game. Take on the role of an AI designed to build a perfect city. Build districts, meet the needs of diverse communities and maintain the delicate balance between factions vying for control over you!
Why similar: City Builder 28.6%, Card Game 21.4%, Management 14.7%, Deckbuilding 14.4%, Building 10.8%
- #54 AColony
68% matchVery Positive89% of 134 reviews2023
Dev: ZeroTris
Windows
A colony building game with an emphasis on unexpected events, online co-op, and managing a unique community. Build your colony, feed your colonists, research technologies, craft advanced weapons, explore the world, fight enemies and defend your property.
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.5% ★, City Builder 23.9%, Management 11%, Building 9%, Crafting 8.9%
- #55 Edge Islands
67% matchMostly Positive76% of 94 reviews2025
Dev: LS Games
Windows
Discover a unique blend of Colony Sim and Tactical RPG. Recruit and train your heroes, build your outpost, explore dungeons and engage in turn-based strategic battles to protect and expand your domain. Shape your stories by managing moods, relationships, ambitions and more!
Why similar: Colony Sim 36.2% ★, City Builder 18%, Management 12.6%, Building 11.3%, Strategy 9.3%
- #56 Crafting Town
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 55 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: Crafting 26.6%, Resource Management 25.4%, Colony Sim 17.4% ★, Building 14.2%, Strategy 9.3%
- #57 Terracards
67% matchVery Positive85% of 744 reviews2023
Dev: Pixel Purrfect
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Farm, sell, learn, repeat. Terracards is a tactical roguelike-deckbuilder where you manage your own farm, You'll utilize animals, crops, and structures through cards, transforming them into valuable resources and wealth with each turn. But beware - deplete your funds, and it's game over.
Why similar: Management 14.3%, Deckbuilding 13.5%, Roguelite 13.1%, Card Game 13%, Roguelike 10.3%
- #58 Ratropolis
67% matchVery Positive88% of 5,484 reviews2020
Dev: Cassel Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A fusion of roguelite, tower defense, city-building, and deck-building! We created a new kind of real time strategy game filled with addictive and fast-paced gameplay. Create your deck, defend your city, and build the largest Ratropolis in history!
Why similar: Card Game 25.6%, Deckbuilding 17.1%, Roguelite 16.1%, City Builder 15.8%, Roguelike 13.6%
- #59 Mistward
65% matchMixed61% of 85 reviews2026
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
Mistward is a survival city-builder set on a mysterious island enshrouded in a poisonous mist! Create light sources to keep the mist at bay, build houses and command humans to gather resources. Explore the island and find a way out!
Why similar: Colony Sim 39.1% ★, City Builder 32.7%, Strategy 10.3%, Exploration 7%, Cute 5.7%