- #1 Fata Deum - The God Sim
97% matchMixed60% of 453 reviews2025
Dev: 42 Bits EntertainmentPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows
Inspired by the god games of old, Fata Deum lets you mold settlements and townsfolk in your image. Will you raise the settlements to splendor, or spur them on to violent debauchery and demons? Watch as a living world grows under your whims.
Why similar: God Game 29.1% ★, City Builder 18%, Base Building 12.2%, Management 9.7%, Resource Management 9.1%
- #2 Goblins of Elderstone
96% matchMostly Positive74% of 399 reviews2023
Dev: Outerdawn
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 53%
This Goblin Tribe Simulator brings a challenging blend of chaos and creativity to the city-building genre. Build dwellings, manage your resources, defend your goblins, and grow your tribe, and please the Gods! Do you have what it takes to control the chaos and rule the unruly?
Why similar: God Game 22.3% ★, City Builder 17.5%, Base Building 12.6%, Management 9.5%, Crafting 9.3%
- #3 The Universim
96% matchMostly Positive80% of 10,560 reviews2024
Dev: Crytivo
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 34.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Jump straight into managing your own planets as you guide a civilization through the ages. Build the ultimate empire in The Universim, a new breed of God Game in development by Crytivo.
Why similar: God Game 37.4% ★, City Builder 25%, Management 10%, Survival 9.6%, Resource Management 6.4%
- #4 Sapiens
95% matchVery Positive83% of 2,122 reviews2022
Dev: Majic Jungle
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 18.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Create your own prehistoric civilization and lead your tribe in a world you shape. Start with nothing, build towns and industry, and advance through thousands of years of technological breakthroughs in this intimate yet expansive colony sim.
Why similar: God Game 30% ★, City Builder 20%, Base Building 13.2%, Crafting 9.2%, Management 8.7%
- #5 Genesis of a Small God
94% matchVery Positive82% of 65 reviews2024
Dev: Pierre Nury
Windows
You have awoken as a small god. As you accumulate the faith and souls of your followers, you will learn incredible new abilities. Protect, guide your people and smite any threats that may arise. The fate of your world is in your hands.
Why similar: God Game 31.1% ★, City Builder 20.1%, Base Building 14.4%, Management 11%, Resource Management 10.3%
- #6 Noble Fates
94% matchVery Positive83% of 1,471 reviews2021
Dev: Xobermon, LLC
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Harness your Demigod powers to lead a group from rags to riches in this 3D Fantasy Kingdom Management Sim with RPG elements. Command from the sky or take control in 3rd Person to BUILD, BATTLE, and RULE. Navigate a world of interesting Nobles, earn their respect, and decide their Fates.
Why similar: City Builder 29.9%, Base Building 20.8%, Management 14.6%, Third Person 10.9%, Survival 9.8%
- #7 Sintopia
93% matchVery Positive82% of 818 reviews2026
Dev: Piraknights GamesPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Manage Hell. Manipulate the Overworld. Build the resurrection business of your dreams! In Sintopia, you’re tasked with managing the bureaucratic administration of Hell: “re-educate” the sinful, generate profit, play god and expand your hellish empire. All part of a day’s work at Hell Incorporated.
Why similar: God Game 28.1% ★, City Builder 16.2%, Base Building 12.5%, Dark Humor 12.4%, Management 10.7%
- #8 Aztecs: The Last Sun
92% matchMostly Positive77% of 112 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: City Builder 23.1%, Historical 15.4%, Base Building 15.2%, Resource Management 12.2%, Management 11.4%
- #9 Manor Lords
91% matchVery Positive84% of 87,232 reviews2024
Dev: Slavic MagicPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 22.1 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 27.1%, Historical 20.2%, Base Building 19.4%, Strategy 8.1%, Simulation 7.3%
- #10 Nova Roma
90% matchVery Positive95% of 1,833 reviews2026
Dev: Lion ShieldPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 22.4%, Historical 16.1%, Base Building 15.7%, Management 11.8%, Resource Management 10.8%
- #11 A Game of Humans
91% matchMixed66% of 73 reviews2020
Dev: Scion Studios
Windows
A sandbox village simulation fundamentally about people, their thoughts and their needs. Luckily they are not alone in their burden, for you possess divine powers. And you would surely never add to the plight of the common man... Right?
Why similar: God Game 31.1% ★, City Builder 26%, Base Building 16.2%, Management 13.2%, Strategy 7.3%
- #12 Roman Triumph: Survival City Builder
89% matchVery Positive85% of 739 reviews2025
Dev: Coreffect InteractivePub: Forklift Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%
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: City Builder 18.5%, God Game 17.3% ★, Base Building 12.2%, Crafting 10.3%, Management 9.6%
- #13 Foundation
89% matchVery Positive86% of 23,739 reviews2025
Dev: Polymorph Games
Windows
Median: 11.0 hrsMean: 26.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Foundation is a grid-less, laidback medieval city-building game with a focus on organic development, monument construction and resource management.
Why similar: City Builder 45.5%, Management 11.4%, Resource Management 10.9%, Base Building 9.5%, Strategy 8.3%
- #14 Creo God Simulator
88% matchMostly Positive79% of 239 reviews2025
Dev: MKSM Design LLC
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Creo God Simulator is a game of city building, resource management, survival, and a ton of villager smiting. As the divinely chosen Creostrider, it's your job to build a society bit by bit, while convincing your new population to believe in you as their one true god.
Why similar: God Game 44.2% ★, City Builder 27.3%, Management 14.2%, Strategy 7.2%, Simulation 7.1%
- #15 Worshippers of Cthulhu
87% matchVery Positive81% of 1,507 reviews2025
Dev: Crazy Goat GamesPub: Crytivo
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
LEAD the CULT OF CTHULHU. Decide the fate of your followers, perform eldritch rituals, and master the art of city-building in a world where the line between sanity and madness blurs. Can you endure the horrors you unleash?
Why similar: City Builder 34.3%, Base Building 23.9%, Management 20.7%, Strategy 10.2%, Simulation 8.7%
- #16 Going Medieval
85% matchVery Positive89% of 20,881 reviews2026
Dev: Foxy VoxelPub: Mythwright
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 31.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Build and manage your own castle settlement in a land reclaimed by wilderness. With detailed management, survival strategy, and a moddable sandbox world, Going Medieval challenges you to build the mightiest colony this side of the apocalypse.
Why similar: City Builder 19.7%, Base Building 14.6%, Historical 14.3%, Management 11.2%, Crafting 10.2%
- #17 Dawn of Man
86% matchVery Positive87% of 17,712 reviews2019
Dev: Madruga Works
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 30.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Command a settlement of ancient humans, guide them through the ages in their struggle for survival. Hunt, gather, craft tools, fight, research new techs and face the challenges the environment will throw at you.
Why similar: City Builder 50.7%, Survival 15.4%, Historical 12.9%, Strategy 9.3%, Simulation 6%
- #18 Ascent of Ashes
86% matchMostly Positive70% of 298 reviews2025
Dev: Vivid Storm Interactive
Windows
A colony sim set in a post-apocalyptic dystopia. Build and defend your base. Manage your survivors. Engage raiders, aliens, Remnant soldiers and other factions in real-time-with-pause combat. Or use stealth to outwit them. Explore the massive world. Survive at all costs
Why similar: City Builder 18.8%, Base Building 14.8%, Dark Humor 11.7%, Management 10.9%, Crafting 10.7%
- #19 Infection Free Zone
84% matchVery Positive81% of 17,669 reviews2024
Dev: Jutsu GamesPub: Games Operators
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 17.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Choose any real region from the world. Choose your base of operations, then rebuild and readapt the buildings around you to create a self-sustaining settlement. Take charge of a group of survivors from your city. And when the night falls - Defend the zone from the infected!
Why similar: City Builder 25.7%, Base Building 21.9%, Zombies 19%, Management 11.2%, Survival 8.9%
- #20 Patron
82% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,163 reviews2021
Dev: Overseer Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.6 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 30.8%, Survival 13.6%, Base Building 11.8%, Historical 10.8%, Resource Management 9.7%
- #21 Rise to Ruins
82% matchVery Positive88% of 7,745 reviews2019
Dev: Raymond DoerrPub: SixtyGig Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A brutal godlike village sim that melds the god game, management, and tower defense genres! Fight off hoards of monsters at night, and expand your village in the day time. Inspired by games like Black and White, Rimworld, and Dwarf Fortress but not quite like any of them.
Why similar: City Builder 28.8%, God Game 27.9% ★, Base Building 14.2%, Survival 10.7%, Strategy 7.3%
- #22 Celestial Empire
79% matchVery Positive90% of 668 reviews2025
Dev: President StudioPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 3.0 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 28.6%, Historical 20.6%, Management 13.2%, Resource Management 12.6%, Strategy 8.8%
- #23 Whiskerwood
78% matchVery Positive93% of 3,024 reviews2025
Dev: Minakata DynamicsPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 16.3 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: City Builder 22%, Historical 15.8%, Base Building 15.7%, Management 11.9%, Resource Management 11.1%
- #24 El Dorado: The Golden City Builder
81% matchMixed55% of 109 reviews2024
Dev: Hobo BunchPub: Gameparic
Windows
El Dorado is a strategy city-building game in which you plan, build and develop your settlement to conquer Jukatan and earn the title of The Golden City. Become a leader, whom even Gods will bow to. Offer sacrifices to the Gods to earn their favor, but beware and don’t lose yourself in your riches.
Why similar: God Game 23.1% ★, City Builder 17.5%, Base Building 11.5%, Historical 10.9%, Management 9.4%
- #25 Mind the Vikings
83% matchMixed43% of 83 reviews2018
Dev: Miso Games
Windows
Start with nothing and build up your viking settlement in harsh Nordic climate in this survival strategy town building game. Start with nothing and prepare for winter. Set forth on raids on other viking settlements and defend yourself from them.
Why similar: God Game 23.8% ★, City Builder 19.7%, Base Building 10.4%, Management 10%, Historical 9.8%
- #26 Ostriv
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 7,467 reviews2020
Dev: yevhen8
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 36.6 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 26%, Historical 15.7%, Base Building 13.8%, Management 11.1%, Resource Management 10%
- #27 Towns
84% matchMostly Negative27% of 2,832 reviews2012
Dev: Xavi Canal, Ben PalgiPub: SMP
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 17.6 hrs≥1hr: 53%
The game brings a fresh new take on the city building/management genre by introducing many RPG features. In Towns you manage a settlement on top of an active dungeon. Instead of playing the hero who delves deep into the dungeon, how about playing the town that houses and caters to the hero's needs?
Why similar: City Builder 47.2%, Crafting 13.1%, Strategy 10.3%, Simulation 9.4%, Survival 7.2%
- #28 Surviving the Aftermath
79% matchMostly Positive71% of 4,528 reviews2021
Dev: Iceflake StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 18.1 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 35.5%, Base Building 15.8%, Survival 14.7%, Strategy 12.1%, Simulation 9.9%
- #29 Kainga: Seeds of Civilization
78% matchMostly Positive77% of 764 reviews2022
Dev: Erik RempenPub: Silk Softworks
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 19.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Welcome to the mystical world of Kainga, an unusual roguelite village-builder! Take control of a Thinker and, with the help of your people, grow a unique town to complete short challenges while discovering the world and adapting to the pressures of the environment, beasts and other tribes.
Why similar: God Game 35.7% ★, City Builder 29.3%, Resource Management 12.2%, Management 8.6%, Strategy 7.1%
- #30 Blacksmith Master
76% matchVery Positive84% of 2,580 reviews2025
Dev: Untitled StudioPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 12.5 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: City Builder 25.8%, Base Building 18.5%, Management 14.1%, Resource Management 13.4%, Survival 11.6%
- #31 Kingdoms Reborn
77% matchVery Positive91% of 9,605 reviews2020
Dev: Earthshine
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 24.2 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 40.9%, Base Building 18.4%, Management 13.2%, Resource Management 9.7%, Strategy 6.5%
- #32 Ruinarch
77% matchMixed63% of 1,397 reviews2023
Dev: Maccima Games LLCPub: Squeaky Wheel Studio Inc
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Ruinarch is an evil god simulator and sandbox game where you mess with people’s lives for hilarious results! Make them vampires, werewolves or bard haters and cackle as the drama unfolds. Once you’re done, unleash a malicious buffet of spells and custom plagues to wipe them out and start anew!
Why similar: God Game 30% ★, City Builder 17.6%, Base Building 13.9%, Dark Humor 11.6%, Management 9.5%
- #33 These Doomed Isles
76% matchMostly Positive72% of 223 reviews2024
Dev: Triplevision Games LimitedPub: Fireshine Games
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Harvest cards to raise land from the sea, build settlements and rain fire upon invaders in this survival city-builder with roguelike deckbuilding mechanics. Choose from 4 gods with unique cards, playstyles and abilities to lead their civilisations to victory in strategic run-based gameplay!
Why similar: God Game 31.1% ★, City Builder 22.5%, Base Building 13.4%, Resource Management 10.5%, Survival 8.3%
- #34 After Inc: Revival
74% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,271 reviews2025
Dev: Ndemic Creations
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Can you rebuild civilisation after a zombie apocalypse? From the creator of Plague Inc. comes a unique blend of strategic simulation, survival city builder and ‘mini 4X’. Build settlements, harvest resources and shape society as you lead Humanity out of the darkness.
Why similar: City Builder 27.8%, Zombies 18.9%, Base Building 15.7%, Resource Management 11.6%, Management 11%
- #35 Make Your Kingdom
75% matchMixed58% of 195 reviews2022
Dev: yo_serjioPub: BigGame Publishing
Windows
Make Your Kingdom is a city-building game unique to its genre. Play as a founder of the settlement — help build your kingdom, carry the resources, talk to other settlers, motivate them and fight off hordes of orcs with your own sword!
Why similar: City Builder 28.7%, Base Building 16.2%, Management 15%, Survival 12.5%, Crafting 9%
- #36 Odd Realm
71% matchVery Positive85% of 996 reviews2024
Dev: Unknown Origin Games Inc
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Forge a new kingdom in a land recovering from the Fracture. Which of the surviving races will you lead to rebuild, explore, and conquer the unknown? The dwindling yet immortal Ancients? The bold and resourceful Humans? The life stealing Ardyn? Or the secretive Gwdir who shape living groves?
Why similar: City Builder 19.9%, Base Building 17.6%, Management 13.4%, Resource Management 12.7%, Crafting 11.3%
- #37 Dungeons & Kingdoms
73% matchMixed43% of 80 reviews2025
Dev: Uncle Grouch GamingPub: Camlann Games
Windows
A medieval fantasy kingdom builder, management sim and dungeon delver RPG hybrid. Gather resources, manage villagers and build infrastructure. Then dive into the dungeons to face the monsters within. Or just unlock everything in a Creative "God Mode" and build the fantasy kingdom of your dreams.
Why similar: Base Building 31.2%, Management 23.9%, Third Person 16.7%, Exploration 9.2%, Strategy 9%
- #38 Townsmen VR
72% matchVery Positive84% of 567 reviews2022
Dev: HandyGames
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Townsmen VR uses the exciting possibilities of virtual reality to further enhance the classic city building game with entirely new gameplay experiences and interactive mechanics. It combines elements of a God-game simulation and a classic building game with the interactive possibilities of VR.
Why similar: God Game 38.5% ★, City Builder 27.6%, Resource Management 10.2%, Strategy 9.5%, Simulation 9.3%
- #39 Gold Gold Adventure Gold
70% matchMostly Positive71% of 624 reviews2026
Dev: Can Can Can a Man
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
In this world, it’s all about the gold! Use it to build up a fantasy town, recruit heroes, give quests, raise a Godbeast, cast powerful spells, and expand your influence—all one gold coin at a time.
Why similar: God Game 28.6% ★, City Builder 18.9%, Base Building 13.5%, Management 10.3%, Dark Humor 9.1%
- #40 Endzone - A World Apart
72% matchMostly Positive77% of 9,875 reviews2021
Dev: Gentlymad StudiosPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 9.1 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 39.5%, Base Building 16.4%, Survival 15.8%, Strategy 9.6%, Simulation 6.3%
- #41 Settlement Survival
71% matchVery Positive86% of 7,916 reviews2022
Dev: Gleamer StudioPub: Team17
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%
In this city-building game, you will lead a group of survivors in their search for a new home. Manipulate the landscape, manage limited supplies, plant crops, hunt wildlife, gather resources, and develop trade routes to build a bustling and unique town.
Why similar: City Builder 34.4%, Management 14.8%, Survival 13.1%, Base Building 11.9%, Resource Management 9.1%
- #42 Stonehearth
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 13,005 reviews2018
Dev: Radiant EntertainmentPub: (none)
Windows · Mac
Median: 14.1 hrsMean: 38.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Pioneer a living world full of warmth, heroism, and mystery. Help a small group of settlers build a home for themselves in a forgotten land. Establish a food supply, build shelter, defend your people, monitor their moods, and find a way to grow and expand, facing challenges at every step.
Why similar: City Builder 44.4%, Survival 14.6%, Crafting 10.2%, God Game 10% ★, Strategy 9.1%
- #43 Soulmask
67% matchMostly Positive77% of 21,464 reviews2026
Dev: CampFire StudioPub: Qooland Games
Windows
Median: 13.8 hrsMean: 68.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Don the Ancient Mask. Wield the power of gods. Possess any of your tribespeople, recruit followers, and build a thriving automated civilization. Survive, expand, and forge your own legacy across a vast ancient open world — together with friends.
Why similar: Base Building 24.1%, Resource Management 16.9%, Survival 16.3%, Crafting 16.2%, Third Person 10.8%
- #44 God Vs Zombies
74% matchMostly Negative30% of 67 reviews2018
Pub: Displacement Studios
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 33%
Survive like a God in this inspiring survival simulation game.
Why similar: Zombies 30.8%, Strategy 25.6%, Simulation 23.1%, Survival 20.5%
- #45 Microcivilization
68% matchVery Positive80% of 1,383 reviews2026
Dev: Ondrej Homola
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Incremental clicker strategy, where you expand, construct, research, fight, collect heroes and make choices between good and evil. Ascend through difficulty tiers by playing through challenge campaign going back and forth through history. Mammoths included.
Why similar: God Game 24.7% ★, City Builder 17.7%, Base Building 15.9%, Historical 14.9%, Resource Management 11.8%
- #46 Night is Coming
70% matchMixed65% of 447 reviews2025
Dev: Wild Forest StudioPub: 101XP
Windows
Survival strategy game set in a world inspired by Slavic mythology and the nature of Eastern Europe. Build your settlement, protect its dwellers, and help them prepare for the coming Darkness.
Why similar: City Builder 29.3%, Base Building 24.1%, Survival 17%, Strategy 11.2%, Simulation 10.3%
- #47 Darfall
68% matchMostly Positive74% of 481 reviews2025
Dev: SquareNitePub: Paradox Arc
Windows
Darfall is a hero-based RPG city-building game that puts you in the role of a hero who must protect their home and help it grow! During the day, grow your hero’s might, find epic loot, master new abilities, and fortify your settlement. At night, survive the hordes of undead, until you triumph.
Why similar: City Builder 21.3%, Base Building 16.3%, Zombies 13.3%, Crafting 10.5%, Survival 10.1%
- #48 Bellwright
67% matchVery Positive81% of 19,796 reviews2024
Dev: Donkey Crew
Windows
Median: 12.7 hrsMean: 41.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Establish and expand your own settlements, liberate the land and assist its villagers, and recruit others to your cause while learning more about a life you had to leave behind. Command your forces, prove your valor through combat, and cement yourself as the hero of your people.
Why similar: City Builder 35.2%, Survival 21.3%, Crafting 19.5%, Simulation 6.5%, Strategy 6.3%
- #49 Hell Architect
70% matchMixed69% of 446 reviews2021
Dev: Woodland GamesPub: Leonardo Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Hell Architect is a game about building and managing your own hell. You take on a role of a hell manager and are tasked with developing the underworld in a way that would make Lucifer himself fall off his chair.
Why similar: God Game 25.3% ★, City Builder 18.7%, Base Building 12.9%, Dark Humor 11.9%, Management 9.7%
- #50 Empires and Tribes
69% matchMixed66% of 419 reviews2023
Dev: White Vertex Studios
Windows · Mac
Empires and Tribes is a unique hybrid of a medieval city builder and a role-playing game. You will undertake the duties of a mayor in the 13th century and manage the expansion of your city, ensure the production of resources and raise a powerful army to protect yourself from rival principalities.
Why similar: City Builder 36.4%, Base Building 22.6%, Crafting 19.5%, Strategy 7.8%, Combat 7%
- #51 Noble Legacy
67% matchMostly Positive71% of 682 reviews2025
Dev: Studio 369Pub: Ultimus Rex LLC
Windows
Noble Legacy is a medieval city-builder in which you rule the lands as a Noble. Build your kingdom, manage your people, defend your realm, and master a deep economy, alone or with friends in co-op, every decision is yours. What kind of ruler will you be?
Why similar: City Builder 36.3%, Base Building 20.9%, Management 19.6%, Third Person 13.2%, Simulation 10%
- #52 Empires of the Undergrowth
65% matchVery Positive94% of 17,871 reviews2024
Dev: Slug DiscoPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Command swarms of warriors at an unprecedented scale of warfare in this blend of RTS and base-building. Lead ant colonies against the many fearsome threats of the insect world, while building intricate nests, developing pheromone-based tactics, and evolving to meet growing dangers.
Why similar: City Builder 21.8%, Base Building 15.7%, Historical 15.7%, Management 12.2%, Resource Management 11%
- #53 Dungeon Tycoon
67% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,830 reviews2024
Dev: Lunheim StudiosPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Build your own dungeon and attract heroes from all over the realm! Grow your business by exploiting every facet of your visitors' dungeon exploration experience. Will you be able to keep your evil dungeon business going?
Why similar: God Game 27.2% ★, City Builder 19.9%, Dark Humor 14.4%, Management 13.6%, Base Building 11.1%
- #54 New Cycle
66% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,809 reviews2024
Dev: Core EngagePub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 7.9 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: City Builder 26.9%, Base Building 16.6%, Survival 12.5%, Resource Management 11.8%, Management 11.3%
- #55 Life is Feudal: Forest Village
69% matchMixed66% of 5,998 reviews2017
Dev: MindillusionPub: Bitbox Ltd.
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 30.7 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: City Builder 48.8%, Resource Management 15.6%, Survival 11.1%, Strategy 9.1%, Simulation 6.4%
- #56 Crest - an indirect god sim
69% matchMixed65% of 373 reviews2018
Dev: Eat Create Sleep
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Your word is gospel in this god sim set in Sub-Saharan Africa. Influence and try to control your followers using commandments but beware, free will leaves these open to interpretation. Will you create a flourishing civilization or lead them to death and destruction?
Why similar: God Game 44.8% ★, Base Building 14.6%, Resource Management 11.4%, Survival 11.3%, Strategy 8.3%