Games Like Let Them Trade

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 34.1%, Medieval 11.8%, Economy 10.5%, Resource Management 9.1%, Management 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: This title features organic city growth and a charming, gridless building system that perfectly matches the cozy vibe of the seed game.

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 45.6%, Economy 21.6%, Resource Management 11.1%, Strategy 6.4%, Simulation 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: It is the gold standard for complex trade networks and production chain management within a beautiful historical setting.

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 28.9%, Base Building 17%, Medieval 15.6%, Economy 9%, Resource Management 7%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a highly detailed medieval city-building experience with a strong emphasis on logistics and regional trade.

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 26.4%, Economy 17.3%, Resource Management 11.9%, Base Building 11.3%, Management 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: A delightful, fairytale-inspired city builder that focuses on relaxing management and charming interactions.

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: City Builder 24.6%, Economy 13.9%, Medieval 12.3%, Management 11.9%, Building 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on family-based management and social dynamics within a cute, pixel-art medieval world.

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 25.2%, Economy 12.8%, Resource Management 11.3%, Base Building 9.9%, Management 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A charming and accessible city builder that balances resource management with simple, satisfying castle defense.

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 24.7%, Economy 12.2%, Base Building 10.9%, Resource Management 10.7%, Building 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a deeply realistic and immersive medieval village-building experience that focuses on organic growth and local economy.

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 27.4%, Medieval 13.1%, Building 12%, Management 10.3%, Economy 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a deep resource management experience with a strong focus on trade and expansion in a medieval setting.

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 17.7%, Trading 14.8%, Economy 13.8%, Resource Management 9.7%, Base Building 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A stylized city builder that emphasizes economic balance and strategic resource management in a unique environment.

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: City Builder 48.5%, Medieval 9.3%, Resource Management 7.6%, Economy 7%, Strategy 6%

Why You'll Like It: The quintessential medieval survival city builder that challenges players to manage resources and trade to keep their population alive.

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: Real-Time with Pause 29.7% ★, City Builder 18.1%, Resource Management 10.3%, Economy 9.9%, Base Building 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: It introduces unique vertical logistics and resource management challenges that require careful planning and trade.

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 34.8%, Base Building 13%, Economy 12.1%, Management 9.9%, Resource Management 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: This title allows for multiplayer exploration and trade, making it a great choice for those who enjoy growing a kingdom alongside others.

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: City Builder 22.6%, Base Building 13.2%, Resource Management 12.4%, Economy 12%, Medieval 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: A charming colony sim that focuses on the delicate balance between nature and the growth of your medieval settlement.

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: City Builder 20.6%, Economy 15.1%, Base Building 12.3%, Resource Management 12.2%, Medieval 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game centers on the production chain and economic management of a medieval workshop, mirroring the trade focus of the seed.

The classic transport simulation genre has a new gold standard with Transport Fever 2. Discover a whole new world by navigating transport routes through land, water and air. May progress and prosperity find their way!

Why similar: City Builder 29.2%, Economy 20%, Management 16.7%, Building 10.2%, Resource Management 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: While more focused on logistics, it is the best game for building complex trade routes and connecting various production centers.

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 22.4%, Economy 16.4%, Resource Management 12.5%, Management 9.4%, Base Building 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A relaxing, economy-driven city builder that offers a unique aesthetic and satisfying production loops.

Tavern Master is all about managing your medieval tavern. You start with a very small room, couple of benches and tables and build your way up to a huge successful tavern with a kitchen, rooms for guests, group of loyal staff and much more!

Why similar: Management 19.7%, Building 16.1%, Resource Management 14%, City Builder 13.6%, Medieval 13.5%

Why You'll Like It: A cozy management game that lets you build and run a medieval tavern, focusing on service and resource flow.

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 25.8%, Resource Management 12.7%, Medieval 10.4%, Base Building 9.8%, Building 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: This colony sim combines management and resource focus with a charming medieval aesthetic.

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 24.6%, Real-Time with Pause 14.2% ★, Resource Management 9.1%, Base Building 9%, Medieval 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: A simple and relaxing medieval city builder that focuses on survival and steady growth.

Build and manage your own settlement! A relaxing village construction and management simulator.

Why similar: City Builder 23.4%, Economy 14.5%, Resource Management 12.9%, Base Building 12.8%, Medieval 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: A cute, small-scale city builder that emphasizes resource management and the daily lives of your villagers.

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 21.2%, Resource Management 12.6%, Medieval 10.4%, Base Building 10.2%, Trading 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: A management-heavy medieval game that focuses on building and maintaining a prosperous domain.

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 20.7%, Real-Time with Pause 20.4% ★, Base Building 11.6%, Resource Management 9.9%, Economy 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a unique take on city building by requiring players to manage logistics and resources for a flying city.

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 29.8%, Economy 13.3%, Resource Management 10.5%, Medieval 10%, Base Building 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: This medieval city builder adds a layer of social management and complex decision-making to the standard building formula.

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 25%, Economy 16.4%, Resource Management 13.5%, Management 11.4%, Relaxing 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: A cute and management-heavy survival game that focuses on building a thriving society in a harsh environment.

Create and customize cities in Nebuchadnezzar, a classic isometric city-builder where careful planning and define your rise as a ruler in ancient Mesopotamia.

Why similar: City Builder 27.3%, Trading 19.1%, Economy 17%, Building 11.2%, Management 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: A classic-style city builder that focuses heavily on production chains and economic efficiency in a historical setting.

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 31.4%, Economy 14.6%, Building 11.7%, Management 9.4%, Resource Management 8.1%

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 24.3%, Economy 16.4%, Building 11.9%, Resource Management 11.4%, Management 9.5%

Manage your workers, stations, machines and create awesome stuff as your little big workshop grows into your dream factory!

Why similar: Economy 17.2%, Resource Management 16.1%, Management 15.8%, Building 13.7%, Simulation 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: A management game that focuses on the intricate production and economic flow of a busy workshop.

As the Queen's latest governor, build a colonial empire in Her name. Claim islands, collect their natural resources, build production chains, and turn a derelict outpost into a rebellious, bustling metropolis at the heart of a New World commercial empire!

Why similar: City Builder 21.5%, Trading 18.4%, Economy 14.4%, Base Building 10.3%, Building 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game emphasizes exploration and trade-based expansion across multiple islands, perfect for logistics fans.

Sumerians is a city building game set in ancient Mesopotamia. Attract new citizens and grow by expanding your irrigation system, building walls, palaces, temples and ziggurats. Research new technologies, manage your production, hire workers, and trade.

Why similar: City Builder 20.3%, Real-Time with Pause 16.8% ★, Economy 9.7%, Trading 9.3%, Base Building 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: A historical city builder that emphasizes production chains and the careful management of limited resources.

Sail, scavenge, and rescue survivors in a vibrant floating city-builder. Captain your drifters across the endless garbage sea to uncover soaked ruins, rusting factories, and stories from the old world.

Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 31.2% ★, City Builder 18%, Economy 11.3%, Base Building 11.3%, Resource Management 11%

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 26.1% ★, City Builder 16%, Economy 13.6%, Resource Management 9.9%, Management 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: While modern-themed, it is an excellent game for those who love managing complex grids and economic resources.

With the help of your railway, build houses, farms, warehouses, and more to create your village. Trade what your people make for other resources and gold to grow your village into a prospering town, and grow the railway into a powerhouse.

Why similar: City Builder 24.7%, Trading 19.2%, Economy 15.9%, Building 12.3%, Management 9.6%

Build shops, craft items with hundreds of customization options, and manage your resources wisely to lead your Heroes to success. Immerse yourself as proprietor of a medieval fantasy town in a world abounding with Heroes and Monsters.

Why similar: City Builder 21.6%, Economy 12.5%, Resource Management 12.5%, Medieval 11.7%, Base Building 11.2%

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: City Builder 22.8%, Base Building 15.3%, Building 14%, Resource Management 11.6%, Management 11.2%

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 24.7%, Economy 12.7%, Resource Management 11.5%, Base Building 11.3%, Building 9.4%

Show your artistic side! Create your own medieval settlement in the My Little Farmies tycoon. Build artisan workshops and production sites. Trade with fruit, vegetables and cereals. Download My Little Farmies now!

Why similar: City Builder 18.5%, Trading 16.7%, Economy 13.2%, Medieval 9.4%, Building 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: A casual, agriculture-focused management game that captures the cozy, building-centric feel of the seed game.

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 24.3%, Base Building 11.4%, Building 11.2%, Medieval 10.9%, Management 10.7%

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 24.2%, Resource Management 12.2%, Building 11.8%, Management 10%, Relaxing 8%

Build a rabbit town while defending it from the fluffy empire's invasions.

Why similar: City Builder 23.8%, Economy 13.6%, Base Building 12.5%, Medieval 7.7%, Relaxing 7.6%

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 24.5%, Economy 18%, Base Building 12.6%, Building 11.9%, Management 10.6%

Citadelum is a city builder set in legendary Ancient Rome. Build your own settlement, gather resources and evolve it into a magnificent city. Explore the world, trade and lead your mighty legions in epic tactical battles. Earn the favor of the Gods or challenge them, if you dare.

Why similar: City Builder 25.6%, Economy 16%, Resource Management 15%, Building 12.2%, Base Building 11.9%

Become the captain of a flying ship! Sell items, gather resources and build your own trade company in the clouds!

Why similar: Trading 25.7%, Economy 16.5%, Base Building 13.5%, Management 11%, Building 9.2%

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 33.6% ★, City Builder 21.1%, Resource Management 12.5%, Base Building 8.3%, Management 7.1%

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 20.4%, Economy 17.8%, Trading 14%, Management 12.7%, Resource Management 11.3%

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: City Builder 23.4%, Economy 17.3%, Base Building 13.9%, Resource Management 13.3%, Building 11.3%

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 30.7%, Resource Management 18.5%, Medieval 17.4%, Board Game 16.8%, Relaxing 11.4%

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: City Builder 26.8%, Economy 20.5%, Base Building 16.5%, Management 13.3%, Relaxing 8.9%

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: City Builder 25%, Economy 17.2%, Base Building 12.1%, Building 12%, Management 10.9%

Sweet Transit is a unique city builder where the railway is king. Build and automate the dream supply chain for your citizens, giving them all they need to expand quaint villages into bustling cities. Progress from steam power to diesel and beyond in this advanced train-driven experience.

Why similar: City Builder 22.9%, Economy 16.7%, Resource Management 12.8%, Base Building 11.2%, Management 10.9%

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: City Builder 25.6%, Resource Management 14.8%, Base Building 14.8%, Building 12.6%, Management 12.2%

Relaxing city builder where you grow a vibrant metropolis, produce goods, manage transit and build iconic landmarks at your own pace.

Why similar: City Builder 38.7%, Building 15.7%, Trading 11%, Resource Management 7.2%, Relaxing 7.1%

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: City Builder 28.1%, Base Building 17.8%, Building 12.1%, Economy 9%, Resource Management 8.9%

Design your own skyscraper with more than 100 Floors. Rent offices, apartments or shops and build a financially lucrative skyscraper. Build cinemas, bars or a theater to satisfy your visitors and create an effective transport system with elevators and stairs.

Why similar: City Builder 20%, Economy 15.2%, Trading 13.6%, Building 10.5%, Management 10.5%

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 31.5%, Medieval 12.2%, Resource Management 11.8%, Economy 11.7%, Management 11.2%

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 22.2%, Trading 21.2%, Resource Management 13.4%, Management 11.7%, Building 10.7%

Voxel Tycoon is a management sim set in an infinite voxel world. Mine resources and process them into goods in your custom factories. Set up supply chains and passenger routes with a huge fleet of trains, trucks, and buses, and turn small towns into prosperous megacities with a thriving economy!

Why similar: Economy 22.9%, Management 16.4%, Resource Management 16%, City Builder 15.7%, Building 11.8%

Rebuild hope in a world that was lost in the fog. Lead your Pioneers across the isles of Pagonia, unite scattered tribes, raise thriving communities and discover the history of your people as you reclaim your world in the new story campaign.

Why similar: City Builder 18.9%, Economy 14.5%, Resource Management 11.8%, Base Building 11.4%, Medieval 10.2%

Before We Leave is a city building game set in a cozy corner of the universe. Nurture your Peeps and their surroundings while rebuilding and rediscovering civilisation. Settle new lands and planets while avoiding hungry Space Whales.

Why similar: City Builder 24.6%, Economy 18.1%, Resource Management 13.4%, Building 10.6%, Relaxing 8.6%