- #1 Foundation
97% matchVery Positive86% of 23,481 reviews2025
Dev: Polymorph Games
Windows
Median: 11.0 hrsMean: 26.3 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 36.1%, Medieval 11%, Colony Sim 10.3% ★, Building 6.8%, Base Building 6.8%
- #2 Kingdoms and Castles
96% matchVery Positive93% of 30,837 reviews2017
Dev: Lion Shield, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 16.0 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: City Builder 31.1%, Colony Sim 26.3% ★, Medieval 9.5%, Building 8.2%, Base Building 7.6%
- #3 ISLANDERS
96% matchVery Positive94% of 16,710 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%, Colony Sim 19.1% ★, Relaxing 14.2%, Building 12.9%, Strategy 8.2%
- #4 MicroTown
95% matchVery Positive95% of 472 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 22.3%, Colony Sim 21.7% ★, Base Building 13.3%, Medieval 9.3%, Resource Management 8%
- #5 Orrstead
94% 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: City Builder 22.4%, Colony Sim 21.2% ★, Base Building 11.4%, Building 9.2%, Medieval 8.8%
- #6 Kingdom: Classic
94% matchVery Positive91% of 22,529 reviews2015
Dev: NoioPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.0 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: City Builder 15.5%, Colony Sim 15.4% ★, Base Building 14.2%, Building 9.3%, Strategy 8.6%
- #7 Dorfromantik
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 29,027 reviews2022
Dev: Toukana Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 12.3 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 46.4%, Resource Management 16.3%, Relaxing 16%, Strategy 11.3%, Minimalist 10%
- #8 The Bonfire 2: Uncharted Shores
93% matchMixed69% of 360 reviews2020
Dev: Xigma Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Build, survive, explore. Design your city, manage resource chains and workers, Send ships on expedition, trade with cities, discover mysterious dungeons and uncover secrets of ancients.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.4% ★, City Builder 19.2%, Base Building 13.8%, Survival 8.2%, Building 8%
- #9 Synergy
91% 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: City Builder 18.6%, Diplomacy 18.1% ★, Colony Sim 17% ★, Base Building 10.4%, Building 7.5%
- #10 Desktopia: A Desktop Village Simulator
91% matchMostly Positive71% of 215 reviews2022
Dev: The Evergloom Team
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 8.8 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 49.3%, Medieval 10.1%, Pixel Graphics 9%, Strategy 8.5%, Management 5.4%
- #11 Diluvian Winds
90% 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 25.2%, Colony Sim 19.4% ★, Base Building 12.5%, Building 8.5%, Resource Management 7.6%
- #12 Urbek City Builder
89% matchVery Positive90% of 1,808 reviews2022
Dev: FridusPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 10.0 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 38.8%, Building 16.4%, Management 14.3%, Resource Management 12.2%, Strategy 8.5%
- #13 Lakeside Bar
87% matchVery Positive86% of 734 reviews2025
Dev: BITCOVER
Windows
Median: 10.7 hrsMean: 19.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 18.7%, Building 17.8%, Resource Management 16%, Management 15.1%, Pixel Graphics 12.4%
- #14 Lords and Villeins
89% matchMostly Positive71% of 951 reviews2022
Dev: Honestly GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 15.5 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 24.8% ★, City Builder 22.8%, Medieval 10%, Management 9.1%, Building 8.8%
- #15 United Penguin Kingdom
88% matchMostly Positive76% of 427 reviews2024
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 67%
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 27.8%, Colony Sim 16.3% ★, Management 10.4%, Resource Management 9.7%, Strategy 8%
- #16 Settlement Survival
86% matchVery Positive86% of 7,842 reviews2022
Dev: Gleamer StudioPub: Team17
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 10.8 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 26.2%, Colony Sim 21.9% ★, Medieval 10.9%, Building 10.2%, Base Building 8.1%
- #17 Town Keeper
86% 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: City Builder 22.4%, Colony Sim 20.5% ★, Base Building 12.8%, Relaxing 6.4%, Medieval 6.4%
- #18 Settlements Rising
84% matchVery Positive82% of 412 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 23.9%, Colony Sim 22.7% ★, Base Building 9.9%, Medieval 8.5%, Building 7.8%
- #19 Patron
85% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,136 reviews2021
Dev: Overseer Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Patron is a survival city builder with a unique social dynamics system. Gather and produce resources, build your fledgling village into a prosperous city and navigate the intricate social tensions before they reach boiling point.
Why similar: City Builder 26.1%, Colony Sim 25.2% ★, Base Building 9%, Medieval 7.7%, Survival 7.3%
- #20 The Wandering Village
81% 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: City Builder 28.5%, Colony Sim 26.2% ★, Base Building 12%, Management 11.5%, Resource Management 10.1%
- #21 City idle
83% matchMostly Positive72% of 214 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 40.2% ★, Building 12.8%, Strategy 11.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%, Management 8%
- #22 Town to City
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 5,836 reviews2025
Dev: Galaxy GrovePub: Kwalee
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 7.0 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 38.4%, Cozy 24.1%, Building 10.9%, Management 7.3%, Relaxing 6%
- #23 Civitatem
84% matchMixed63% of 133 reviews2022
Dev: LW Games
Windows
Civitatem is a medieval city builder where you help your villagers raise a new settlement in dangerous lands by making use of their skills and available world resources.
Why similar: City Builder 33.1%, Base Building 13.1%, Strategy 10.4%, Medieval 10.2%, Resource Management 8%
- #24 Mistward
82% 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: City Builder 27.1%, Colony Sim 27.1% ★, Base Building 9.6%, Strategy 7.9%, Pixel Graphics 6.4%
- #25 Laysara: Summit Kingdom
80% matchVery Positive83% of 1,314 reviews2026
Dev: Quite OK GamesPub: Future Friends Games
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
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: City Builder 24.2%, Colony Sim 21.9% ★, Base Building 13.3%, Building 9.8%, Resource Management 8.8%
- #26 Paragon Pioneers
82% 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 24.3% ★, City Builder 23.5%, Base Building 12.1%, Building 10.5%, Medieval 9.9%
- #27 Folklands
81% matchMostly Positive75% of 52 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: City Builder 26.2%, Colony Sim 25.5% ★, Base Building 13.6%, Building 11%, Management 8.7%
- #28 ISLANDERS: New Shores
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,154 reviews2025
Dev: The StationPub: Coatsink
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 9.2 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 34.8%, Colony Sim 21.6% ★, Building 14.2%, Relaxing 10.8%, Strategy 9.4%
- #29 HEXAROMA: Village Builder
79% 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 24.3% ★, City Builder 23%, Cozy 15.7%, Building 8.7%, Medieval 8.5%
- #30 Going Medieval
75% matchVery Positive89% of 20,287 reviews2026
Dev: Foxy VoxelPub: Mythwright
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 30.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 26.3% ★, City Builder 25%, Base Building 16.7%, Management 10.3%, Survival 7.6%
- #31 TerraScape
77% matchVery Positive89% of 2,107 reviews2024
Dev: Bitfall StudiosPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Build gorgeous kingdoms on floating islands by strategically placing buildings in this cozy 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 40.4%, Medieval 20.1%, Resource Management 15.8%, Relaxing 13.4%, Strategy 10.3%
- #32 Mini Settlers
76% matchVery Positive86% of 607 reviews2025
Dev: Knight Owl GamesPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%
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 23.2% ★, City Builder 21.1%, Base Building 15.7%, Management 8.7%, Building 8.5%
- #33 Farlanders
77% matchVery Positive92% of 569 reviews2023
Dev: Andriy BychkovskyiPub: Crytivo
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Terraform, strategize, and construct a Martian colony in this retro-inspired turn-based city builder. Create a comfortable living for your citizens, research alien artifacts, and uncover the secrets of the Red Planet.
Why similar: City Builder 21.9%, Colony Sim 21.6% ★, Base Building 13.7%, Building 9%, Resource Management 8.2%
- #34 Dawnfolk
74% 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 24.4%, Base Building 15.1%, Medieval 10.8%, Resource Management 9.6%, Relaxing 7.3%
- #35 The Unexpected Quest
78% matchVery Positive80% of 201 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 27.5%, Base Building 18.8%, Medieval 12.8%, Building 12%, Management 10.9%
- #36 Heian City Story
75% matchVery Positive89% of 148 reviews2025
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
A city-building sim with a historical twist
Why similar: City Builder 48%, Strategy 14.3%, Building 13.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%, Management 7.1%
- #37 Ancient Cities
76% matchMixed63% of 2,108 reviews2023
Dev: Uncasual Games
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Ancient Cities is a realistic, survival city builder in an immersive procedural environment. Lead the fate of your tribe through ancient times!
Why similar: City Builder 25.7%, Cozy 15.7%, Colony Sim 13.3% ★, Base Building 7.8%, Survival 7.1%
- #38 Ratopia
71% 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 23.7% ★, City Builder 20.4%, Base Building 14.8%, Building 11.1%, Management 8.3%
- #39 Scorchlands
73% matchVery Positive91% of 129 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 24.5% ★, City Builder 24.2%, Base Building 15.5%, Resource Management 12%, Management 9.7%
- #40 URBO
73% matchVery Positive92% of 648 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 29.5%, Cozy 29.1%, Building 13%, Relaxing 9.8%, Minimalist 6.9%
- #41 Fabledom
71% matchVery Positive85% of 7,347 reviews2024
Dev: Grenaa GamesPub: Dear Villagers
Windows
Median: 4.4 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: City Builder 22.2%, Diplomacy 20.7% ★, Colony Sim 20.1% ★, Base Building 10.4%, Relaxing 6.6%
- #42 Pan'orama
72% matchVery Positive89% of 1,317 reviews2023
Dev: Chicken LauncherPub: Awaken Realms
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 71%
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 29.5%, Colony Sim 23.9% ★, Building 13%, Base Building 12.6%, Relaxing 9.6%
- #43 Incremental Town RPG
73% matchMixed60% of 96 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: Colony Sim 24.2% ★, City Builder 20.8%, Base Building 16.3%, Resource Management 9.7%, Management 8.7%
- #44 Feudal Baron: King's Land
74% matchMixed43% of 82 reviews2024
Dev: Sim Farm S.A.
Windows
Feudal Baron: King’s Land is classic-style city-builder. Turn a humble settlement into a medieval town, build workshops and churches, repel raids, and manage your subjects. Ensure steady supplies – or squeeze every last penny from the people.
Why similar: City Builder 29%, Base Building 15.2%, Medieval 12.6%, Resource Management 11.2%, Management 9.8%
- #45 Village Tale
70% 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 28.8%, Building 12.6%, Management 12.2%, Resource Management 11.4%, Relaxing 9.8%
- #46 Minami Lane
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 6,345 reviews2024
Dev: DootPub: Doot Tiny Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.3 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: Cozy 26.4%, City Builder 24.9%, Management 11.2%, Building 9.7%, Relaxing 9.4%
- #47 First Feudal
72% matchMostly Positive76% of 627 reviews2021
Dev: Harpoon Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Become a real medieval feudal lord: start with a small village and build it up into an enormous impenetrable castle. You will have to repel enemy raids: hide behind thick walls, lure your enemies into strategically placed traps, and even lead your loyal peasants into battle.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.5% ★, City Builder 18.2%, Base Building 14%, Medieval 9.6%, Building 9.3%
- #48 Aquatico
71% matchMixed67% of 858 reviews2023
Dev: Digital Reef GamesPub: Overseer Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Aquatico is a classic city builder set within the depths of the sea. Strategically build an underwater colony atop the ocean floor and face the challenges that accompany oceanic life.
Why similar: City Builder 28.2%, Colony Sim 25.8% ★, Base Building 12.6%, Building 9.5%, Management 7.9%
- #49 Havendock
67% matchVery Positive80% of 1,861 reviews2025
Dev: YYZ StudioPub: Pretty Soon
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 10.5 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 22.9% ★, City Builder 22.6%, Base Building 14.2%, Building 9.9%, Management 8.8%
- #50 Colonize
69% matchMostly Negative38% of 168 reviews2026
Dev: RembrosoftPub: CreativeForge Games
Windows
Colonize is a relaxing 17th-century city-builder. Establish a settlement in the New World, manage resources, and ensure your people thrive across three unique levels. No combat, just pure strategy and management in a peaceful isometric world. Build your legacy at your own pace!
Why similar: City Builder 36%, Colony Sim 35.2% ★, Strategy 9.7%, Medieval 9.2%, Base Building 7.6%
- #51 Kingdom Two Crowns
68% matchVery Positive90% of 37,612 reviews2018
Dev: Stumpy🐙SquidPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Gather coins, build defenses and reclaim your fallen Kingdom. Explore and uncover secrets, unlock new technologies and protect your crown versus waves of Greed monsters that come at night. Kingdom is a solo or co-op micro-strategy and tower defense game set in an atmospheric pixel world.
Why similar: City Builder 22.3%, Colony Sim 18.6% ★, Base Building 12.5%, Building 9.4%, Medieval 9.3%
- #52 Phoenix Hope
70% matchMixed61% of 170 reviews2021
Dev: Honorable Pixel
Windows
Phoenix Hope is a pixel art 2D real-time, side-view strategy game in which you must develop your colony during the day and repel waves of monsters at night.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.7% ★, Base Building 15.2%, Side Scroller 10.6%, Medieval 8.4%, Building 8.3%
- #53 Hearthlands
70% 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: City Builder 28.9%, Colony Sim 24.2% ★, Diplomacy 11.3% ★, Medieval 9.8%, Management 8.5%
- #54 Pile Up!
66% 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 27.3%, Base Building 20.2%, Building 12.5%, Relaxing 10.6%, Management 10.2%
- #55 Outlanders
67% matchVery Positive89% of 484 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 26.6%, Cozy 25.4%, Building 11.6%, Management 9%, Resource Management 8.6%
- #56 Tropical Resort Story
67% matchVery Positive92% of 175 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 13.1 hrs≥1hr: 57%
It's vacation time! Try your hand at managing a lush tropical resort!
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.6% ★, City Builder 31.5%, Building 9.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%, Relaxing 7%
- #57 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 20.2%, Base Building 18.1%, Resource Management 14.6%, Pixel Graphics 11.4%, Building 11.1%
- #58 Ostriv
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 7,359 reviews2020
Dev: yevhen8
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 36.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Ostriv is a city-building game that puts you in a role of a governor of an 18th century Ukrainian town to challenge your creative skills and management abilities.
Why similar: City Builder 24.2%, Colony Sim 19.3% ★, Base Building 11.8%, Building 8.2%, Management 7.5%
- #59 Mini Settlers: Prologue
65% matchVery Positive89% of 801 reviews2024
Dev: Knight Owl GamesPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 42 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 23% ★, City Builder 19.2%, Base Building 14.7%, Resource Management 9.2%, Strategy 7.4%
- #60 Feudal Fantasy Incremental
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 101 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: Resource Management 15.1%, Management 11.6%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%, City Builder 10.3%, Medieval 10.2%