- #1 ISLANDERS
97% matchVery Positive94% of 16,781 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 38%, Colony Sim 23%, Relaxing 15.1%, Minimalist 11.1%, Strategy 7.7%
- #2 Orrstead
96% matchVery Positive80% of 80 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 23.9%, City Builder 21.4%, Sandbox 11.4%, Base Building 10.5%, Medieval 7.4%
- #3 Kingdoms and Castles
96% matchVery Positive94% of 31,383 reviews2017
Dev: Lion Shield, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 16.2 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 26.3%, City Builder 25.9%, Base Building 10.7%, Sandbox 9.6%, Management 7.3%
- #4 Pan'orama
95% matchVery Positive89% of 1,373 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 23.2%, Colony Sim 22.2%, Sandbox 9.6%, Minimalist 9.6%, Base Building 9.6%
- #5 Fabledom
94% matchVery Positive85% of 7,762 reviews2024
Dev: Grenaa GamesPub: Dear Villagers
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 19.5% ★, City Builder 18.9%, Sandbox 9.1%, Base Building 8.4%
- #6 Diluvian Winds
94% matchMostly Positive73% of 390 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 24.3%, Colony Sim 22.1%, Base Building 11.6%, Sandbox 10.1%, Management 6.3%
- #7 Dorfromantik
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 29,559 reviews2022
Dev: Toukana Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 12.8 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 40.3%, Sandbox 20.5%, Minimalist 15.9%, Relaxing 14.4%, Strategy 8.9%
- #8 Foundation
91% matchVery Positive87% of 24,128 reviews2025
Dev: Polymorph Games
Windows
Median: 11.1 hrsMean: 27.2 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 39.2%, Colony Sim 13.4%, Medieval 10.4%, Sandbox 9.9%, Base Building 7.1%
- #9 MicroTown
93% matchVery Positive95% of 477 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 25.7%, City Builder 22.4%, Base Building 12.9%, Sandbox 10.4%, Medieval 8.2%
- #10 Synergy
91% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,087 reviews2025
Dev: Leikir StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 9.9 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 18.6% ★, Colony Sim 18.5%, City Builder 17.1%, Base Building 9.2%, Sandbox 7.6%
- #11 Spiritstead
89% matchVery Positive84% of 152 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 29.4%, Colony Sim 24.2%, Management 10.2%, Relaxing 8.8%, Cute 8.6%
- #12 Town Keeper
89% matchVery Positive93% of 56 reviews2024
Dev: Cuddle Code
Windows · Mac
Build a rabbit town while defending it from the fluffy empire's invasions.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.9%, City Builder 23.1%, Base Building 12.7%, Cute 6.8%, Relaxing 6.8%
- #13 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 53.2%, Medieval 9.5%, Strategy 8.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%, Base Building 7.4%
- #14 Lakeside Bar
88% matchVery Positive87% of 908 reviews2025
Dev: BITCOVER
Windows · Mac
Median: 14.0 hrsMean: 20.6 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 20.7%, Sandbox 19.5%, Management 16.6%, Cute 14%, Pixel Graphics 11.5%
- #15 Townscaper
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 21,604 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 31%, Sandbox 18.3%, Minimalist 12%, Relaxing 11.3%, Stylized 9.4%
- #16 Minami Lane
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 6,680 reviews2024
Dev: BlibloopPub: Doot Tiny Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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 34.2%, Management 14.6%, Relaxing 13.3%, Cute 12.5%, Stylized 10.1%
- #17 ISLANDERS: New Shores
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,280 reviews2025
Dev: The StationPub: Coatsink
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 61%
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 35.7%, Colony Sim 26%, Relaxing 11.3%, Strategy 8.7%, Minimalist 8.5%
- #18 Settler's Domain
86% matchMixed63% of 68 reviews2026
Dev: rick
Windows
Settler's Domain is a strategy game about building a new settlement in unknown lands. Grow your population, explore the map, and contend with other settlements while keeping your settlers alive.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.3%, City Builder 22.7%, Diplomacy 22.6% ★, Base Building 8.7%, Medieval 5.9%
- #19 Pile Up!
84% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,120 reviews2025
Dev: RemoobPub: Catoptric Games
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 67%
"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 20.9%, Base Building 14.9%, Sandbox 12.6%, Minimalist 9.9%, Relaxing 8.4%
- #20 Glimvale : My Mini Overworld
83% matchVery Positive93% of 109 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 39.7%, Sandbox 22.4%, Management 14.4%, Medieval 10.7%, Fantasy 7.3%
- #21 Heian City Story
84% matchVery Positive89% of 214 reviews2025
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
A city-building sim with a historical twist
Why similar: City Builder 50%, Strategy 13.6%, Cute 12%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%, Colorful 7.7%
- #22 The Wandering Village
81% matchVery Positive92% of 8,415 reviews2025
Dev: Stray Fawn StudioPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 11.0 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 29.6%, City Builder 27.2%, Base Building 11%, Management 10.5%, Sandbox 10%
- #23 Mistward
82% matchMixed62% of 91 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 27.1%, City Builder 23%, Sandbox 12.4%, Base Building 7.9%, Strategy 6.1%
- #24 Town to City
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 7,015 reviews2026
Dev: Galaxy GrovePub: Kwalee
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 42.6%, Sandbox 13.6%, Relaxing 10%, Management 9.8%, Cute 7.9%
- #25 City idle
82% matchMostly Positive71% of 229 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 46.8%, Strategy 10.3%, Cute 9.2%, Management 7.5%, Pixel Graphics 7%
- #26 Paragon Pioneers
81% 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 30.2%, City Builder 24.8%, Base Building 12.3%, Medieval 9.2%, Management 8.7%
- #27 Lords and Villeins
80% matchMostly Positive71% of 977 reviews2022
Dev: Honestly GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 53%
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 31.6%, City Builder 24.6%, Sandbox 10.8%, Medieval 9.4%, Management 9.3%
- #28 Kingdom: Classic
79% matchVery Positive91% of 22,696 reviews2015
Dev: NoioPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.3 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 24.5%, City Builder 21%, Base Building 18.4%, Strategy 10.4%, Management 10.4%
- #29 URBO
77% matchVery Positive92% of 668 reviews2023
Dev: Door 407
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.8 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 34.3%, Minimalist 14.8%, Relaxing 11.7%, Stylized 11%, Cute 9.8%
- #30 Fantasy Town Regional Manager
79% 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 40.6%, Medieval 10.3%, Management 10%, Cute 8%, Stylized 7.9%
- #31 Scorchlands
76% matchVery Positive89% of 140 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 25.5%, City Builder 21.3%, Base Building 13.2%, Sandbox 11.8%, Management 8.2%
- #32 United Penguin Kingdom
77% matchMostly Positive75% of 452 reviews2024
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%
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 31.7%, Colony Sim 22%, Management 11.3%, Relaxing 8.7%, Strategy 8.3%
- #33 SUMMERHOUSE
74% matchVery Positive93% of 3,362 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 35.1%, Sandbox 23.7%, Relaxing 14.5%, Pixel Graphics 7.6%, Stylized 5.9%
- #34 Settlement Survival
75% matchVery Positive85% of 8,054 reviews2022
Dev: Gleamer StudioPub: Team17
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.2 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 31.1%, Colony Sim 30.5%, Sandbox 9.9%, Management 9.2%, Base Building 8.3%
- #35 Folklands
76% matchMostly Positive76% of 59 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 31.3%, City Builder 26.5%, Base Building 14.3%, Management 8.9%, Medieval 7.1%
- #36 Hearthlands
78% matchVery Positive82% of 414 reviews2017
Dev: Four White Cats
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 7.2 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: City Builder 25.9%, Colony Sim 25.7%, Diplomacy 11.3% ★, Sandbox 8.3%, Medieval 7.7%
- #37 TerraScape
74% matchVery Positive89% of 2,226 reviews2024
Dev: Bitfall StudiosPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 68%
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 49.8%, Medieval 21.7%, Relaxing 17%, Strategy 11.5%
- #38 Tropical Resort Story
75% matchVery Positive90% of 208 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 13.1 hrs≥1hr: 57%
It's vacation time! Try your hand at managing a lush tropical resort!
Why similar: Colony Sim 38.4%, City Builder 30.4%, Cute 7.4%, Relaxing 6.9%, Pixel Graphics 5.7%
- #39 Littlewood
73% matchVery Positive93% of 6,824 reviews2020
Dev: Sean YoungPub: SmashGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 17.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The world has already been saved. Now it's time to rebuild your town, learn new hobbies, and forge lifelong friendships in this peaceful and relaxing RPG.
Why similar: City Builder 46.3%, Sandbox 20%, Relaxing 14.5%, Pixel Graphics 12.1%, Cute 7.1%
- #40 Hearth and Hamlet
71% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,503 reviews2026
Dev: Phorust StudiosPub: Runic Forge
Windows · Linux
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 38.6%, Base Building 24%, Management 12.9%, Relaxing 11.2%, Strategy 5.4%
- #41 HEXAROMA: Village Builder
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 65 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 31.7%, City Builder 25.5%, Minimalist 10.9%, Medieval 8.2%, Relaxing 7%
- #42 Pool Slide Story
73% matchVery Positive91% of 218 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Make a fantastic, dazzling water park!
Why similar: City Builder 43.1%, Colony Sim 14.6%, Management 10.1%, Strategy 9.7%, Cute 9.6%
- #43 Cat Isle
69% matchNo user reviews99% of 168 reviews2026
Dev: domkegames
Windows · Mac
Catch a train to Cat Isle! In this cozy pixel art management game, build restaurants, expand and decorate the town. Figure out your cats needs as they dine, shop, explore and turn the island into their purfect home.
Why similar: Management 26.2%, Cute 23.6%, Relaxing 20.1%, Pixel Graphics 13.6%, Colorful 10.2%
- #44 Urbek City Builder
72% matchVery Positive89% of 1,977 reviews2022
Dev: FridusPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Urbek is a city building game where you can build your own neighbourhoods: from nightlife district to industrial district. Don't exhaust your natural resources before you have an educated population to build more efficient structures.
Why similar: City Builder 42.3%, Sandbox 19.8%, Management 14.8%, Minimalist 11%, Strategy 8.4%
- #45 Paragon Pioneers 2
72% matchVery Positive93% of 59 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 28.6%, City Builder 23.4%, Stylized 6.4%, Strategy 6.2%, Cute 6%
- #46 Factory Town Idle
70% matchVery Positive91% of 1,257 reviews2024
Dev: Erik Asmussen
Windows · Mac
Median: 14.0 hrsMean: 72.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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: Colony Sim 33.9%, City Builder 30.2%, Minimalist 15%, Management 10.3%, Fantasy 7%
- #47 Lessaria: Fantasy Kingdom Sim
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 3,052 reviews2025
Dev: Rockbee TeamPub: Polden Publishing
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 27.8%, City Builder 23.5%, Sandbox 10.8%, Management 8.9%, Medieval 8.1%
- #48 Dream Town Island
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 544 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 67%
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%, City Builder 29.3%, Sandbox 10.7%, Strategy 7.8%, Cute 6.8%
- #49 Qianli: The Vastscape Scroll
68% matchVery Positive92% of 122 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 43.9%, Sandbox 22.4%, Relaxing 14.2%, Management 8%, Strategy 6.6%
- #50 Goblin Camp
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 120 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: Colony Sim 24.7%, City Builder 21.2%, Sandbox 11.3%, Base Building 11.1%, Mythology 9.8%
- #51 Home Wind
70% matchVery Positive90% of 842 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 35%, Sandbox 14.2%, Minimalist 13.4%, Medieval 10.2%, Relaxing 9.6%
- #52 URBO: Dream One
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,360 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 30.2%, Base Building 21.6%, Stylized 10.5%, Strategy 9.8%, Relaxing 9.2%
- #53 Settlements Rising
68% matchVery Positive81% of 435 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 28.7%, City Builder 25.9%, Base Building 10.2%, Sandbox 8.2%, Medieval 8.1%
- #54 Townsmen - A Kingdom Rebuilt
71% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,400 reviews2019
Dev: HandyGames
Windows
Median: 6.4 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 43.5%, City Builder 27.8%, Strategy 11.1%, Medieval 8.1%, Sandbox 5.8%
- #55 The Unexpected Quest
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 204 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 29.8%, Base Building 19.6%, Medieval 12.2%, Management 11.3%, Fantasy 8.3%
- #56 Mini Settlers
67% matchVery Positive81% of 742 reviews2025
Dev: Knight Owl GamesPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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 26.1%, City Builder 20.2%, Base Building 14.4%, Sandbox 11.4%, Minimalist 10%
- #57 ShantyTown
64% matchVery Positive98% of 445 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 35.6%, Sandbox 18.2%, Minimalist 13%, Relaxing 12.7%, Stylized 10%
- #58 Outlanders
67% matchVery Positive90% of 510 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 36.5%, Management 11.8%, Cute 11.1%, Relaxing 11.1%, Stylized 10.1%
- #59 Let Them Trade
65% matchVery Positive86% of 1,176 reviews2025
Dev: SpaceflowerPub: ByteRockers' Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 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 30.5%, Base Building 15%, Medieval 11%, Relaxing 10.3%, Management 10.1%
- #60 Village Tale
66% matchVery Positive83% of 321 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 32.2%, Sandbox 16.4%, Management 13.3%, Relaxing 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.2%