- #1 ISLANDERS
97% 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 37.7%, Colony Sim 23.4%, Relaxing 15.2%, Minimalist 10.9%, Strategy 7.8%
- #2 Kingdoms and Castles
96% matchVery Positive94% of 31,097 reviews2017
Dev: Lion Shield, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Kingdoms and Castles is a city-building simulation game about growing a kingdom from a tiny hamlet to a sprawling city and imposing castle. Make trade agreements, alliance, and war with neighboring AI controlled kingdoms. Each villager and resource is individually simulated.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29%, City Builder 28.2%, Sandbox 9.3%, Medieval 8.8%, Management 8.1%
- #3 Foundation
95% 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 38.8%, Colony Sim 13.4%, Medieval 10.4%, Sandbox 9.9%, Base Building 7.1%
- #4 Orrstead
96% 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: Colony Sim 24%, City Builder 21.2%, Sandbox 11.4%, Base Building 10.4%, Management 7.5%
- #5 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 23%, Colony Sim 22.4%, Sandbox 9.6%, Minimalist 9.6%, Base Building 9.5%
- #6 MicroTown
94% 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: Colony Sim 25.8%, City Builder 22.2%, Base Building 12.9%, Sandbox 10.4%, Medieval 8.1%
- #7 Fabledom
92% matchVery Positive85% of 7,484 reviews2024
Dev: Grenaa GamesPub: Dear Villagers
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Set in a wholesome fairytale world, Fabledom is a laid-back City builder. Enjoy the growth of your settlement, interact with your neighbors and defend your kingdom from magical creatures. All to find true love and live happily ever after!
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.2%, Diplomacy 19.7% ★, City Builder 18.7%, Sandbox 9.1%, Base Building 8.4%
- #8 Diluvian Winds
93% 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 24%, Colony Sim 22.2%, Base Building 11.6%, Sandbox 10.1%, Management 6.4%
- #9 Dorfromantik
91% 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 40%, Sandbox 20.6%, Minimalist 15.9%, Relaxing 14.4%, Strategy 9%
- #10 Synergy
91% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,039 reviews2025
Dev: Leikir StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 54%
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: Diplomacy 18.7% ★, Colony Sim 18.5%, City Builder 16.9%, Base Building 9.2%, Sandbox 7.6%
- #11 Pile Up!
89% 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 20.7%, Base Building 14.8%, Sandbox 12.6%, Minimalist 9.9%, Relaxing 8.4%
- #12 United Penguin Kingdom
90% matchMostly Positive75% of 439 reviews2024
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
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. Enjoy the growth of your settlement, become the king, and lead the United Penguin Kingdom.
Why similar: City Builder 31.4%, Colony Sim 22.1%, Management 11.6%, Relaxing 8.7%, Strategy 8.4%
- #13 Town Keeper
89% matchVery Positive95% of 55 reviews2024
Dev: Cuddle Code
Windows · Mac
Build a rabbit town while defending it from the fluffy empire's invasions.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.1%, City Builder 22.9%, Base Building 12.7%, Relaxing 6.8%, Cute 6.8%
- #14 Lakeside Bar
87% matchVery Positive87% of 823 reviews2025
Dev: BITCOVER
Windows
Median: 10.8 hrsMean: 19.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A cozy management sim where the jazz is smooth, the cocktails are cooler than the evening breeze, and the lake reflects your perfect escape.
Why similar: Base Building 20.6%, Sandbox 19.4%, Management 16.9%, Cute 13.9%, Pixel Graphics 11.5%
- #15 Desktopia: A Desktop Village Simulator
88% matchMostly Positive70% of 216 reviews2022
Dev: The Evergloom Team
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 65%
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 52.9%, Medieval 9.5%, Strategy 8.5%, Pixel Graphics 8%, Base Building 7.5%
- #16 Heian City Story
86% matchVery Positive89% of 152 reviews2025
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
A city-building sim with a historical twist
Why similar: City Builder 49.7%, Strategy 13.7%, Cute 11.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%, Colorful 7.7%
- #17 Townscaper
85% 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 30.7%, Sandbox 18.3%, Minimalist 11.9%, Relaxing 11.4%, Stylized 9.6%
- #18 The Wandering Village
84% matchVery Positive92% of 8,187 reviews2025
Dev: Stray Fawn StudioPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 10.6 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 26.9%, Base Building 11%, Management 10.7%, Sandbox 10%
- #19 Lords and Villeins
86% matchMostly Positive71% of 966 reviews2022
Dev: Honestly GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Build a prosperous settlement in a unique simulation of a feudal economy - each family runs their shop, owns their goods, and trades with other villagers in a free market. You will manage the land, build houses, organise events, set taxes, and balance supply and demand while engaging in diplomacy!
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.7%, City Builder 24.3%, Sandbox 10.8%, Management 9.5%, Medieval 9.4%
- #20 Mistward
84% matchMixed63% of 89 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 27.3%, City Builder 22.8%, Sandbox 12.4%, Base Building 7.9%, Strategy 6.1%
- #21 ISLANDERS: New Shores
82% 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 35.4%, Colony Sim 26.2%, Relaxing 11.4%, Strategy 8.8%, Minimalist 8.5%
- #22 Minami Lane
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 6,452 reviews2024
Dev: BlibloopPub: Doot Tiny Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Welcome to Minami Lane! Build your own street in this tiny cozy, casual management sim! Unlock and customize buildings, manage your shops, and maximize the happiness of your villagers to complete quests and fill your street with love!
Why similar: City Builder 33.7%, Management 14.9%, Relaxing 13.3%, Cute 12.4%, Stylized 10.3%
- #23 Paragon Pioneers
83% 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 30.3%, City Builder 24.5%, Base Building 12.3%, Medieval 9.1%, Management 8.9%
- #24 URBO
81% matchVery Positive93% of 654 reviews2023
Dev: Door 407
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%
URBO is a relaxing cozy city-building puzzle game where you create beautiful towns on floating islands. Begin with an empty grid of landscape, choose an architectural style and build. Watch the population grow and the city flourish.
Why similar: City Builder 34%, Minimalist 14.7%, Relaxing 11.8%, Stylized 11.2%, Cute 9.8%
- #25 City idle
82% matchMostly Positive72% of 219 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: Colony Sim 46.9%, Strategy 10.4%, Cute 9.1%, Management 7.7%, Pixel Graphics 7%
- #26 TerraScape
78% matchVery Positive89% of 2,155 reviews2024
Dev: Bitfall StudiosPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Build gorgeous kingdoms on floating islands by strategically placing buildings in this cozy, medieval City-Puzzler. Discover secret combinations, take on weekly challenges and explore randomly generated maps in various single- and multiplayer game modes.
Why similar: City Builder 49.4%, Medieval 21.7%, Relaxing 17.2%, Strategy 11.6%
- #27 Scorchlands
79% matchVery Positive91% of 131 reviews2024
Dev: RinglabPub: Star Drifters
Windows · Linux
Build, optimize, and explore at your own pace in Scorchlands, a cozy yet strategic colony builder. Manage resources, shape the environment, and expand your network across a volcanic moon. No rush, no pressure, just satisfying logistics and endless possibilities.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.6%, City Builder 21%, Base Building 13.1%, Sandbox 11.8%, Management 8.3%
- #28 Fantasy Town Regional Manager
80% matchVery Positive80% of 91 reviews2021
Dev: Caps Collective
Windows · Mac · Linux
Run a fantasy town for adventurers. Save it from monsters. Save it from itself. Watch it crumble to dust. Do it all again.
Why similar: City Builder 40.3%, Management 10.3%, Medieval 10.3%, Stylized 8%, Cute 7.9%
- #29 SUMMERHOUSE
76% 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 34.9%, Sandbox 23.6%, Relaxing 14.6%, Pixel Graphics 7.6%, Stylized 6.1%
- #30 Folklands
78% 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.
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.4%, City Builder 26.2%, Base Building 14.3%, Management 9.1%, Medieval 7%
- #31 Urbek City Builder
77% 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 41.8%, Sandbox 19.8%, Management 15.2%, Minimalist 11%, Strategy 8.5%
- #32 Hearthlands
79% matchVery Positive82% of 414 reviews2017
Dev: Four White Cats
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Hearthlands is a medieval/fantasy city-building real time strategy game in which you take a role of a king in a procedurally generated world. You can not control your subjects directly; instead you focus on city-building, resource management, diplomacy, magic, etc.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.8%, City Builder 25.6%, Diplomacy 11.4% ★, Sandbox 8.3%, Medieval 7.7%
- #33 Tropical Resort Story
77% matchVery Positive92% of 180 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 57%
It's vacation time! Try your hand at managing a lush tropical resort!
Why similar: Colony Sim 38.6%, City Builder 30.2%, Cute 7.3%, Relaxing 7%, Pixel Graphics 5.7%
- #34 HEXAROMA: Village Builder
75% 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 31.9%, City Builder 25.2%, Minimalist 10.9%, Medieval 8.2%, Relaxing 7.1%
- #35 Pool Slide Story
75% matchVery Positive90% of 193 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Make a fantastic, dazzling water park!
Why similar: City Builder 42.7%, Colony Sim 14.7%, Management 10.3%, Strategy 9.8%, Cute 9.6%
- #36 Settlement Survival
73% 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 28.4%, Colony Sim 28.4%, Medieval 10.4%, Sandbox 9.5%, Management 8.6%
- #37 Ratopia
71% matchVery Positive88% of 4,696 reviews2025
Dev: Cassel Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 26.0 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 30.9%, City Builder 22.2%, Base Building 15.6%, Sandbox 10.3%, Management 8.8%
- #38 The Unexpected Quest
76% matchVery Positive80% of 202 reviews2020
Dev: Rionix
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.2 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 29.5%, Base Building 19.6%, Medieval 12.1%, Management 11.6%, Fantasy 8.2%
- #39 Lessaria: Fantasy Kingdom Sim
72% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,861 reviews2025
Dev: Rockbee TeamPub: Polden Publishing
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Lessaria is an RTS inspired by Majesty 👑 where you guide heroes with indirect control. Play through the campaign or relax in sandbox mode as you build your magical kingdom.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.9%, City Builder 23.2%, Sandbox 10.8%, Management 9.1%, Medieval 8%
- #40 Paragon Pioneers 2
74% matchVery Positive93% of 57 reviews2024
Dev: Tobias Arlt
Windows · Mac · Linux
Dive into the captivating world of Paragon Pioneers 2, an engaging city-building idle game filled with extensive content promising months of immersive gameplay. Even with limited playtime, you can delve deep into this simulation, experimenting with various strategies to enhance your realm.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.7%, City Builder 23.1%, Stylized 6.5%, Strategy 6.3%, Cute 6%
- #41 Kingdom: Classic
74% matchVery Positive91% of 22,597 reviews2015
Dev: NoioPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Kingdom is a 2D sidescrolling strategy/resource management hybrid with a minimalist feel wrapped in a beautiful, modern pixel art aesthetic.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.6%, City Builder 20.7%, Base Building 18.4%, Management 10.6%, Strategy 10.5%
- #42 Town to City
70% 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 42.9%, Sandbox 13.8%, Management 10.6%, Relaxing 10.1%, Cute 8.3%
- #43 Dream Town Island
72% matchVery Positive96% of 460 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
A town sim where you raise generations of residents. Unlock new stores and facilities, help your residents find love, or cash in on the stock market!
Why similar: Colony Sim 34.1%, City Builder 29%, Sandbox 10.7%, Strategy 7.8%, Cute 6.7%
- #44 Home Wind
73% matchVery Positive90% of 834 reviews2022
Dev: Adi Zhavo
Windows · Mac
Home Wind is a minimalist, relaxing and cozy city builder about creating large settlements based on proximity tactics. All for free!
Why similar: City Builder 34.7%, Sandbox 14.3%, Minimalist 13.4%, Medieval 10.1%, Relaxing 9.7%
- #45 Going Medieval
68% matchVery Positive89% of 20,881 reviews2026
Dev: Foxy VoxelPub: Mythwright
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 31.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Build and manage your own castle settlement in a land reclaimed by wilderness. With detailed management, survival strategy, and a moddable sandbox world, Going Medieval challenges you to build the mightiest colony this side of the apocalypse.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.4%, City Builder 22.5%, Base Building 14.7%, Sandbox 12.7%, Management 9.1%
- #46 Settlements Rising
71% 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: Colony Sim 29%, City Builder 25.5%, Base Building 10.2%, Sandbox 8.3%, Medieval 8%
- #47 Mini Settlers
70% 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: Colony Sim 26.2%, City Builder 20%, Base Building 14.3%, Sandbox 11.4%, Minimalist 10%
- #48 URBO: Dream One
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,335 reviews2023
Dev: Door 407
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 48%
URBO: Dream One is a meditative puzzle game where you build houses around the mysterious Tower. Let your mind wander through visions of an enchanted city on an island in the middle of the crystal clear waters of a vibrant lake.
Why similar: City Builder 29.9%, Base Building 21.6%, Stylized 10.6%, Strategy 9.8%, Relaxing 9.2%
- #49 Let Them Trade
69% matchVery Positive86% of 1,081 reviews2025
Dev: SpaceflowerPub: ByteRockers' Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.2 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 30.1%, Base Building 15%, Medieval 11%, Relaxing 10.4%, Management 10.3%
- #50 Townsmen - A Kingdom Rebuilt
73% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,364 reviews2019
Dev: HandyGames
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Townsmen – A Kingdom Rebuilt hands the crown to you: Guide your people from their first steps in a small village to a massive medieval metropolis with thousands of inhabitants.
Why similar: Colony Sim 44%, City Builder 27.3%, Strategy 11.2%, Medieval 7.9%, Sandbox 5.8%
- #51 Founders' Fortune
71% matchVery Positive80% of 2,181 reviews2020
Dev: Dionic Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 10.1 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: Colony Sim 40.5%, City Builder 22.3%, Base Building 14.9%, Sandbox 8.9%, Management 5.2%
- #52 Outlanders
69% 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.
Why similar: City Builder 36.1%, Management 12.1%, Relaxing 11.1%, Cute 11%, Stylized 10.3%
- #53 Village Tale
67% matchVery Positive84% of 306 reviews2025
Dev: Knight Owl Games
Windows
Median: 20.7 hrsMean: 23.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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 31.8%, Sandbox 16.4%, Management 13.5%, Relaxing 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.2%
- #54 ShantyTown
66% 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.
Why similar: City Builder 35.4%, Sandbox 17.9%, Minimalist 13%, Relaxing 12.8%, Stylized 10.2%
- #55 SteamWorld Build
68% 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.
Why similar: City Builder 30.5%, Base Building 13.4%, Sandbox 12.3%, Management 10.3%, Relaxing 10.2%
- #56 Mini Settlers: Prologue
67% 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: Colony Sim 26%, City Builder 18%, Base Building 13.5%, Minimalist 9.7%, Sandbox 6.6%
- #57 Havendock
66% 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: Colony Sim 28%, City Builder 23%, Base Building 14%, Sandbox 12.8%, Management 8.9%
- #58 Crafting Town
69% 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: Medieval 24.6%, Base Building 24.3%, Colony Sim 16.3%, Pixel Graphics 12.9%, Strategy 7.4%
- #59 Laysara: Summit Kingdom
64% matchVery Positive83% of 1,397 reviews2026
Dev: Quite OK GamesPub: Future Friends Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Build and expand your very own settlements in high mountains! Carefully plan production chains and satisfy various needs of your three-caste society while dealing with mountain hazards such as weather breakdowns and avalanches. Are you skilled enough to make your town thrive?
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.1%, City Builder 27.8%, Base Building 14.7%, Management 9.2%, Sandbox 8.5%
- #60 The Hundred Year Kingdom
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 81 reviews2022
Dev: kaeru-san gamesPub: Waku Waku Games
Windows
Create a world free of conflict in this innovative turn-based simulation. Work together with a mythical young goddess to develop a peaceful civilization over the course of a century.
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.4%, City Builder 28%, Alternate History 15.2%, Management 10.6%, Multiple Endings 8.3%