- #1 Timberborn
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 41,163 reviews2026
Dev: Mechanistry
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.3 hrsMean: 44.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Humans are long gone. In a world struck by droughts and toxic waste, will your lumberpunk beavers do any better? A sandbox city-building game featuring ingenious animals, vertical architecture, water physics, and terraforming. Contains high amounts of wood.
Why similar: City Builder 20.5%, Colony Sim 18.1%, Automation 11.4%, Base Building 9.1%, Building 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: Features advanced vertical building mechanics and water management that mirror the terrain-focused challenges of Laysara.
- #2 Against the Storm
96% matchVery Positive94% of 37,259 reviews2023
Dev: Eremite GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 28.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A dark fantasy city builder where you must rebuild civilization in the face of apocalyptic rains. As the Queen’s Viceroy, lead humans, beavers, lizards, foxes, and harpies to reclaim the wilderness and secure a future for civilization's last survivors.
Why similar: Colony Sim 18.1%, City Builder 17.5%, Base Building 10.8%, Resource Management 9.2%, Building 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: Combines complex production chains with high-stakes environmental hazards that force you to adapt your city layout constantly.
- #3 Frostpunk
96% matchVery Positive93% of 137,048 reviews2018
Dev: 11 bit studios
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 22.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Frostpunk is the first society survival game. As the ruler of the last city on Earth, it is your duty to manage both its citizens and infrastructure. What decisions will you make to ensure your society's survival? What will you do when pushed to breaking point? Who will you become in the process?
Why similar: City Builder 24.8%, Colony Sim 18.9%, Resource Management 11.8%, Real-Time with Pause 7.6% ★, Survival 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: Masterfully integrates survival mechanics and environmental threats into a city-building experience where every decision impacts your society's survival.
- #4 Farthest Frontier
94% matchVery Positive86% of 25,375 reviews2025
Dev: Crate Entertainment
Windows
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 27.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Protect and guide your people as you forge a town from untamed wilderness at the edge of the known world. Harvest raw materials, hunt, fish and farm to survive. Produce crafted items to trade, consume, equip and fight with as you battle for your survival against the elements and outside threats.
Why similar: City Builder 19.2%, Colony Sim 17.1%, Building 12.9%, Base Building 9.8%, Resource Management 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: Offers deep production chains and survival elements that require careful planning to keep your citizens alive through difficult winters.
- #5 Cliff Empire
95% matchVery Positive87% of 4,371 reviews2019
Dev: Lion's Shade
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
After a nuclear war life on the surface became impossible. A 300m thick radioactive fog covered the Earth. We are looking for bold active people to manage the process of restoring life on Earth. Join!
Why similar: City Builder 20.5%, Colony Sim 18.3%, Economy 9.7%, Resource Management 9.2%, Building 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on vertical city building on narrow cliff tops, providing a very similar spatial challenge to mountain settlements.
- #6 Foundation
93% 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 33.2%, Colony Sim 10.4%, Resource Management 8.1%, Building 7.7%, Economy 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on organic city growth and complex social needs without the rigid grid-based limitations of other builders.
- #7 Anno 1800
94% matchVery Positive81% of 32,192 reviews2019
Dev: Ubisoft MainzPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 40.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Anno 1800™ – Lead the Industrial Revolution! Welcome to the dawn of the Industrial Age. The path you choose will define your world. Are you an innovator or an exploiter? A conqueror or a liberator? How the world remembers your name is up to you.
Why similar: City Builder 44.9%, Economy 14.9%, Strategy 10%, Resource Management 10%, Simulation 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for complex, multi-tiered production chains and managing the needs of a sophisticated society.
- #8 Airborne Kingdom
92% matchVery Positive87% of 2,399 reviews2022
Dev: The Wandering Band LLC
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
The sky city builder awaits. Create your own flying kingdom and lead it on a quest across an expansive world. Explore the varied landscape, build up a floating metropolis, aid struggling people below, uncover lost secrets and, ultimately, bring back the Airborne Kingdom legend.
Why similar: City Builder 22.6%, Real-Time with Pause 20.7% ★, Base Building 13.4%, Building 10.9%, Resource Management 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: Features unique verticality and mobile city management that requires careful balance and resource planning.
- #9 Captain of Industry
91% matchVery Positive90% of 11,469 reviews2022
Dev: MaFi Games
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 84.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Build an industrial empire on a remote island. Mine resources, reshape terrain with excavators, grow food, construct factories, lay train tracks, and trade with the outside world. Research 100+ technologies to advance from basic metal smelting all the way to nuclear power and space flight.
Why similar: Automation 19.3%, Base Building 14.2%, Resource Management 13.5%, City Builder 11.1%, Colony Sim 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: Provides an incredibly deep logistics and production chain system for players who enjoy optimizing complex supply lines.
- #10 Settlement Survival
91% 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 24.1%, Colony Sim 21.7%, Building 11.5%, Management 8.7%, Base Building 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused city builder that emphasizes resource management and adapting to unpredictable environmental events.
- #11 New Cycle
90% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,860 reviews2024
Dev: Core EngagePub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
New Cycle is a city building game with focus on survival. After an apocalyptic series of solar flares, human society has been thrown into disarray. Establish a settlement and develop it all the way from humble beginnings to industrial metropolis.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 21.5% ★, City Builder 16.3%, Colony Sim 16.1%, Base Building 8.8%, Building 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic city builder that forces players to manage limited resources and societal needs under constant pressure.
- #12 Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic
89% matchVery Positive91% of 27,069 reviews2024
Dev: 3DivisionPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 71.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Build a soviet republic from an impoverished country into a rich industrial superpower in a city builder with intricate production chains and a fully simulated global economy. Manage the lives of your citizens from education to work and party loyalty to criminal activity.
Why similar: City Builder 19.5%, Colony Sim 18.2%, Base Building 11.1%, Building 9.5%, Economy 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: Features the most complex production and logistics simulation in the genre, perfect for players who love intricate management.
- #13 Banished
89% matchVery Positive90% of 43,296 reviews2014
Dev: Shining Rock Software LLC
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 27.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
In this city-building strategy game, you control a group of exiled travelers who decide to restart their lives in a new land. They have only the clothes on their backs and a cart filled with supplies from their homeland. The townspeople of Banished are your primary resource.
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.2%, City Builder 31.7%, Strategy 6.2%, Survival 5.8%, Resource Management 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: The foundational survival city-builder that emphasizes resource management and preparing for harsh seasonal changes.
- #14 The Wandering Village
87% 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: City Builder 21.2%, Colony Sim 21.1%, Resource Management 10.6%, Automation 10.2%, Management 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: Challenges players to build on the back of a giant creature, introducing unique space constraints and environmental hazards.
- #15 Endzone 2
88% matchMixed67% of 1,067 reviews2025
Dev: Gentlymad StudiosPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Endzone 2 is a post-apocalyptic survival colony builder, where you embark to secure humanity's survival after a cataclysmic disaster. Discover and repopulate the last habitable grounds, while the survival of your people hinges on your wits, foresight, and resilience in a harsh and unforgiving world.
Why similar: Colony Sim 20%, City Builder 17.7%, Base Building 8.8%, Building 8.1%, Economy 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on survival and expansion in a harsh world, requiring careful management of resources and infrastructure.
- #16 Manor Lords
86% matchVery Positive84% of 90,512 reviews2024
Dev: Slavic MagicPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 23.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Manor Lords is a medieval strategy game featuring in-depth city building, large-scale tactical battles, and complex economic and social simulations. Rule your lands as a medieval lord – the seasons pass, the weather changes, and cities rise and fall.
Why similar: City Builder 27.9%, Base Building 17.1%, Colony Sim 10.8%, Strategy 7.4%, Building 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: Blends organic medieval city-building with deep production chains and tactical management.
- #17 Synergy
86% 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: City Builder 17.8%, Colony Sim 17.7%, Economy 9.8%, Base Building 9.7%, Resource Management 9%
Why You'll Like It: A stylized survival city-builder that emphasizes ecosystem management and resource efficiency.
- #18 Kingdoms and Castles
85% 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: City Builder 21.8%, Colony Sim 20.4%, Base Building 9.1%, Resource Management 8.9%, Building 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: Combines accessible city building with defensive management and resource logistics.
- #19 Ostriv
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 7,621 reviews2020
Dev: yevhen8
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 36.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 21.2%, Colony Sim 18.2%, Base Building 9.8%, Building 8.7%, Resource Management 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a high degree of historical realism and complex production chains that reward careful planning.
- #20 Surviving the Aftermath
84% matchMostly Positive71% of 4,570 reviews2021
Dev: Iceflake StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 18.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Survive and thrive in a post-apocalyptic future — resources are scarce, but opportunity calls! Build the ultimate disaster proof colony, protect your colonists, and restore civilization to a devastated world.
Why similar: City Builder 28.7%, Colony Sim 23.1%, Base Building 11%, Strategy 8.7%, Survival 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: Requires players to manage a colony in a hostile environment, balancing resource production with survival needs.
- #21 Oxygen
83% matchMostly Positive72% of 902 reviews2023
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Oxygen is a survival city builder. Build your city around the Oxygen Center and ensure your people's survival in a post-apocalyptic future, threatened by crack explosions, deadly winds, droughts and frosts. Lead your people and more importantly keep the Oxygen Center running!
Why similar: City Builder 18.5%, Colony Sim 18.5%, Base Building 11.7%, Resource Management 9.5%, Building 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on survival-oriented city building in a harsh, post-apocalyptic environment with limited resources.
- #22 Kingdoms Reborn
82% matchVery Positive90% of 9,712 reviews2020
Dev: Earthshine
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 24.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A city builder with simulated citizens, set in a procedurally-generated world map. Grow your kingdom through the eras from a tiny medieval hamlet into a prosperous global empire! Cooperate or compete in real-time with your friends in multiplayer mode.
Why similar: City Builder 29.5%, Colony Sim 20.7%, Base Building 11.6%, Management 7.9%, Resource Management 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: Features multiplayer city-building with complex resource chains and a focus on expansion.
- #23 Patron
82% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,194 reviews2021
Dev: Overseer Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.5 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: Colony Sim 24.3%, City Builder 23%, Base Building 7.8%, Resource Management 7.4%, Building 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A social-focused city builder that requires balancing the needs of different social classes with resource production.
- #24 IXION
81% matchMostly Positive79% of 17,592 reviews2022
Dev: Bulwark StudiosPub: Kasedo Games
Windows
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 30.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
IXION is an unrelenting, city-building odyssey across the stars. As Administrator of the Tiqqun, DOLOS’ prototype space station, you are tasked with balancing preservation and exploration as you manage infrastructure, resources and crew. Can you keep the flame of humanity alight in the cold dark?
Why similar: City Builder 23.8%, Colony Sim 19.3%, Resource Management 10.8%, Base Building 9.9%, Building 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A space-based survival city builder that demands strict resource management and careful infrastructure planning.
- #25 Blacksmith Master
80% matchVery Positive83% of 2,724 reviews2025
Dev: Untitled StudioPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Manage your own medieval smithy in Blacksmith Master and supervise the entire process from mining ores and gems to designing and selling finished products. Forge everything from weapons and armor to tools and cooking utensils to fund your craft and become the Blacksmith Master.
Why similar: Colony Sim 18.2%, City Builder 16.9%, Base Building 10.7%, Building 9.3%, Resource Management 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: Centers on the production chain aspect of management, allowing for deep control over crafting and resource flow.
- #26 Nova Roma
79% matchVery Positive94% of 2,244 reviews2026
Dev: Lion ShieldPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
The glory of Rome is at your fingertips in this city-building game where you must appease the gods, enact laws, and develop complex supply chains to meet the needs of your citizens.
Why similar: City Builder 18%, Colony Sim 17.4%, Base Building 11%, Building 9.2%, Economy 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: A Roman-themed builder that emphasizes complex logistics and city planning to satisfy a growing population.
- #27 Lords and Villeins
81% 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 24.6%, City Builder 20.8%, Building 9.9%, Management 9.6%, Economy 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on family-based management and production chains within a medieval setting.
- #28 Land of the Vikings
79% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,258 reviews2023
Dev: Laps GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Land of the Vikings is a survival colony sim game. Build and lead your village, and expand it into a thriving city. A wise Jarl must manage resources, survive harsh conditions, and guide their fellow Vikings to work together through social conflict. Skál!
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.7%, City Builder 20.3%, Base Building 8.7%, Building 8.6%, Economy 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-based city builder that requires managing resources and defending your settlement in a harsh Norse environment.
- #29 Whiskerwood
77% matchVery Positive92% of 3,269 reviews2025
Dev: Minakata DynamicsPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Establish a home for your industrious mice under the oppressive paw of your cat overlords in this city builder featuring complex simulations, intricate production chains, and the age-old rivalry between cat and mouse.
Why similar: Colony Sim 18.6%, City Builder 17.1%, Base Building 10.7%, Building 9.1%, Resource Management 8.9%
- #30 Settlements Rising
77% 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 22.1%, City Builder 21.7%, Resource Management 9.7%, Base Building 8.7%, Building 8.6%
- #31 ALL WILL FALL
76% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,385 reviews2026
Dev: All Parts ConnectedPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Build massive ocean cities and lead your people to prosperity in this post-apocalyptic survival colony sim. Featuring a physics-based 3D construction system, complex resource management, exploration, difficult political decisions, supply chains, and a robust sandbox mode.
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.4%, City Builder 16.5%, Base Building 11.7%, Automation 10.3%, Resource Management 7.4%
- #32 Planetbase
78% matchMostly Positive80% of 10,422 reviews2015
Dev: Madruga Works
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 26.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Guide a group of space settlers trying to establish a base on a remote planet. Grow food, collect energy, mine resources, survive disasters and build a self-sufficient colony in a harsh and unforgiving environment.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28%, City Builder 24.6%, Base Building 14.4%, Resource Management 6.2%, Survival 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: A classic survival-focused base builder where managing resources and environmental hazards is key to success.
- #33 Let Them Trade
74% 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: Real-Time with Pause 30% ★, City Builder 18.4%, Resource Management 10%, Economy 9.7%, Base Building 9.2%
- #34 Aven Colony
78% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,779 reviews2017
Dev: Mothership Entertainment LLCPub: Team17 Digital Ltd
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Build a new home for humanity in Aven Colony. Discover Aven Prime - an alien planet of deserts, tundras, and wetlands light years from earth. Build your colonies into massive, sprawling cities whilst dealing with the challenges faced when settling on a new world.
Why similar: Colony Sim 35.5%, City Builder 30.8%, Base Building 10.8%, Strategy 7.3%, Simulation 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi colony builder that forces players to manage resources and environmental threats on an alien planet.
- #35 STARIO: Haven Tower
73% matchVery Positive95% of 356 reviews2025
Dev: Stargate Games
Windows
A vertical kingdom in the sky! Plan your ascent from the harsh Sand Zone, rising layer by layer as you and your Towertizens stand together against looming disasters. Build trade ports and vertical supply networks. Perform Rituals to shape miracles, and witness the prosperity of this rising nation.
Why similar: City Builder 19.1%, Colony Sim 18.4%, Automation 12.7%, Resource Management 10.5%, Building 9.6%
- #36 United Penguin Kingdom
75% 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 23.3%, Colony Sim 14.8%, Resource Management 11.5%, Economy 10.7%, Management 10.1%
- #37 Airborne Empire
73% matchVery Positive87% of 924 reviews2026
Dev: The Wandering Band LLCPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Build your sky city while exploring a vast landscape in this Open World RPG City Builder. Combining the methodical construction and management of a city builder; the unique lift, balance, and propulsion needed for a flying city; and the compelling characters, dangers, and adventures of an RPG!
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 25.8% ★, Colony Sim 18.2%, City Builder 17.6%, Resource Management 9.5%, Base Building 7.3%
- #38 Endzone - A World Apart
75% matchMostly Positive77% of 9,980 reviews2021
Dev: Gentlymad StudiosPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Endzone is a post-apocalyptic survival city builder, where you start a new civilization with a group of people after an ecological disaster. Build them a new home and ensure their survival in a shattered world, threatened by constant radiation, toxic rain, sandstorms and droughts.
Why similar: City Builder 31.8%, Colony Sim 12.9%, Base Building 11.6%, Survival 8.1%, Strategy 7%
- #39 Of Life and Land
73% matchVery Positive86% of 364 reviews2025
Dev: KerzovenPub: Metaroot
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Of Life and Land is a charming settlement-building strategy game paired with a rich simulation experience. Every animal and plant strives to find its place in nature while you lead your villagers to their future. Expand to different regions and trade with local factions to gain needed resources.
Why similar: Colony Sim 17.9%, City Builder 17.3%, Base Building 10.7%, Resource Management 8.7%, Building 8.4%
- #40 Project AURA
76% matchMixed64% of 698 reviews2018
Dev: Nexcentric Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Project Aura is a micro management game where you lead a Colony of Climate Disaster Survivors. You have been assigned the mission to build an habitat capable of survival in this new unknown world.
Why similar: City Builder 25.8%, Resource Management 11.8%, Management 10.2%, Building 9.6%, Economy 9.3%
- #41 Ratopia
71% matchVery Positive88% of 4,853 reviews2025
Dev: Cassel Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 25.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 20.4%, City Builder 16%, Base Building 11.4%, Building 10.8%, Management 7.5%
- #42 Power to the People
74% matchVery Positive81% of 557 reviews2022
Dev: Rhombico GamesPub: Crytivo
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Build and maintain a power grid for a constantly growing population, while fighting off all kinds of disasters in this thrilling resource management experience. It's time for you to give "Power to the People"! Do you have what it takes to keep the lights on?
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 26.4% ★, City Builder 17.5%, Building 10.5%, Economy 10.5%, Resource Management 9.9%
- #43 Factory Town
72% matchVery Positive91% of 4,475 reviews2021
Dev: Erik Asmussen
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Build, automate, and optimize a giant factory on 3D terrain using conveyor belts, trains, chutes, pipes, and airships. Sell your goods to nearby villages to expand their borders, increase happiness, and unlock even better technology!
Why similar: Colony Sim 16.1%, City Builder 15.5%, Automation 14.6%, Base Building 11.6%, Resource Management 9.8%
- #44 MEMORIAPOLIS
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,785 reviews2025
Dev: 5PM Studio
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Memoriapolis is a historical city builder where your city grows organically across 5 ages, from Antiquity to the Industrial Revolution. Manage resources, interact with factions, and shape your dynasty toward building a final Wonder with easy, normal, or hard difficulty levels.
Why similar: City Builder 23.7%, Colony Sim 21.2%, Base Building 10.3%, Building 10.3%, Immersive Sim 9%
- #45 Ancient Cities
71% matchMixed63% of 2,160 reviews2023
Dev: Uncasual Games
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 11.1 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 21.1%, Colony Sim 14%, Immersive Sim 9.6%, Resource Management 9.1%, Economy 8.2%
- #46 Norland
68% matchVery Positive82% of 10,349 reviews2024
Dev: Long JauntPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Lead your noble family in this medieval colony sim, facing off against class conflict, religious struggle, and political treachery. Tend to your people’s needs, uncover the lost knowledge of a fallen empire, and engage in nefarious plots against your enemies.
Why similar: Colony Sim 18.8%, City Builder 17.1%, Base Building 10.8%, Building 9%, Resource Management 8.8%
- #47 Life is Feudal: Forest Village
72% matchMixed66% of 6,015 reviews2017
Dev: MindillusionPub: Bitbox Ltd.
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 30.9 hrs≥1hr: 63%
LiF:Forest Village is a city builder with survival aspects in a realistic harsh medieval world. Shape, build and expand your settlement, grow various food to prevent your villagers from avitaminosis and starvation. Possess them for additional micromanagement or simply to wander around.
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.6%, City Builder 31.8%, Resource Management 10.5%, Building 7.5%, Strategy 5.4%
- #48 Humanica
67% matchVery Positive93% of 175 reviews2026
Dev: PanfachDev
Windows
Humanica is a city-builder game about an ancient settlement, featuring vast technological development. Experience the journey from sticks and stones to iron tools and windmills!
Why similar: City Builder 20.2%, Colony Sim 17.6%, Base Building 10.4%, Resource Management 8.9%, Management 8.8%
- #49 Highrise City
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,300 reviews2023
Dev: Fourexo EntertainmentPub: Deck13
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Highrise City offers a new spin on City Simulations & Tycoon games expanding the economy and resource management aspect. Experience a modern take on the genre enriched with a complex resource based economy system.
Why similar: City Builder 23.5%, Colony Sim 22.7%, Immersive Sim 9.4%, Building 9.4%, Economy 8%
- #50 Odd Realm
68% matchVery Positive84% of 1,017 reviews2024
Dev: Unknown Origin Games Inc
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Build a settlement in a realm recovering from the Fracture, a calamity that nearly destroyed the realm. Choose from several unique races, establish a new kingdom, and survive in a land filled with magic and strange creatures. Farm the land, fish the seas, or raid rival kingdoms for their treasures.
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.9%, City Builder 14.2%, Base Building 11%, Automation 10.5%, Resource Management 9.3%
- #51 DarkSwitch
67% matchMostly Positive77% of 739 reviews2026
Dev: Cyber TemplePub: Cyber Temple Games LLC
Windows
DarkSwitch is a vertical survival city builder. Build a city on a great tree and defend it against the Fog. Face the challenges of limited real estate, scarce resources, and tough moral choices as you seek to uncover the mystery of the Shroud. The Tree Provides! The Tree Protects! The Tree Prevails!
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.7%, City Builder 18.8%, Resource Management 10.2%, Base Building 10.2%, Building 8.6%
- #52 Rise of Industry
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 4,193 reviews2019
Dev: Dapper Penguin StudiosPub: Kasedo Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Put your entrepreneurial skills to the test in the first title in the ROI series as you create & optimise intricate production lines. As an early 20th-Century industrialist, grow your empire & adapt to an ever-changing business landscape with unexpected events that could lead to boom…or bust.
Why similar: City Builder 21.8%, Economy 13.4%, Management 12.9%, Resource Management 11.1%, Base Building 9.6%
- #53 Celestial Empire
66% matchVery Positive90% of 718 reviews2025
Dev: President StudioPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Forge an empire under the watchful eyes of the gods! Take care of your people, develop efficient production chains and trade with other landlords. Ensure their survival through harsh winters and disasters.
Why similar: City Builder 21.9%, Colony Sim 17.3%, Building 12%, Economy 11.7%, Resource Management 9.9%
- #54 Snowtopia: Ski Resort Builder
70% matchMixed62% of 1,272 reviews2022
Dev: TeaForTwoPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Build your ideal ski resort. Keep skiers smiling with fresh pistes and fine facilities. Ski, build and chill in the wintry world of Snowtopia where everyone is welcome!
Why similar: City Builder 16.7%, Colony Sim 16.6%, Base Building 10.9%, Building 9.9%, Resource Management 8.8%
- #55 Kubifaktorium
69% matchVery Positive81% of 800 reviews2021
Dev: Neomateria Games GmbH
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Build, manage and grow a thriving colony in Kubifaktorium. The game features different biomes to explore, plenty of resources to exploit, complex machinery to build and interesting production chains to master.
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.2%, City Builder 17.7%, Automation 14.2%, Building 9.4%, Base Building 9.1%
- #56 Aztecs: The Last Sun
67% matchMixed69% of 134 reviews2026
Dev: Play2Chill S.A.Pub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Rule Tenochtitlán in this survival city-builder where gods decide your fate. Confront the Moon Goddess and her generals. Delve into the intricate story, survive the nights in the Sandbox mode, or build freely in the Creative mode. The last sun is yours to save, or… lose!
Why similar: Colony Sim 17.3%, City Builder 16.6%, Base Building 9.7%, Resource Management 9.1%, Building 8.7%
- #57 City Tales - Medieval Era
65% matchVery Positive90% of 607 reviews2026
Dev: Irregular ShapesPub: Firesquid
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
City Tales is a medieval city builder, allowing you to unleash your creativity and shape vast cities that break outside a traditional grid. Plan each district for your citizens needs and aid your companions in their tales, creating a city to be proud of!
Why similar: City Builder 31.5%, Building 17.1%, Economy 15%, Resource Management 13.5%, Management 11.8%
- #58 Seeds of Resilience
70% matchMixed70% of 367 reviews2019
Dev: Subtle GamesPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.2 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 19.4%, City Builder 18.1%, Base Building 10%, Building 9.6%, Economy 8.3%
- #59 Roman Triumph: Survival City Builder
66% matchVery Positive84% of 764 reviews2025
Dev: Coreffect InteractivePub: Forklift Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%
At the farthest reaches of the empire, a new Roman city is born! Manage and grow your city, please the gods, and survive against barbarians and mythological threats to achieve Roman Triumph!
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.5%, City Builder 19.8%, Base Building 11.5%, Building 10.3%, Management 8.6%
- #60 The Crust
66% matchMostly Positive77% of 3,724 reviews2024
Dev: VEOM StudioPub: Crytivo
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 24.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Automate a lunar base as you become the savior of humanity exploring the future on the moon. Mine, craft, research, and trade resources with Earth in this gripping narrative basebuilder.
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.4%, City Builder 14.4%, Automation 13.9%, Base Building 12.2%, Resource Management 9.7%