- #1 Silicon City
97% matchMixed68% of 56 reviews2023
Dev: Polycorne
Windows · Mac · Linux
Silicon City is a new take on the classic city builder genre, where each citizen voice their opinion. Will you be an urban designer, a rural evangelist or a reckless capitalist? Build your way to the most productive city until elected as the best mayor or plan the city of your dreams in sandbox.
Why similar: Political Sim 22.7% ★, City Builder 15.7%, Capitalism 13.3%, Economy 10.3%, Building 9.2%
- #2 Citystate II
96% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,139 reviews2021
Dev: Andy Sztark
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Create your own Nation, build cities and bring prosperity to your people. Citystate II is a unique city-builder featuring realistic economics and complex political options. Slums or skyscrapers, experiment and bring about your vision of the ideal society.
Why similar: Political Sim 26.2% ★, City Builder 23.9%, Economy 15%, Building 11.6%, Sandbox 9.4%
- #3 Microlandia
95% matchVery Positive89% of 147 reviews2025
Dev: Information Superhighway Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build a cozy little city on top of a brutally honest economy. Every citizen is simulated, one by one: they work, pay rent, get sick, go broke and turn to crime. Set taxes and policy, win elections, and survive a newspaper that blames you for everything.
Why similar: City Builder 24.1%, Capitalism 16.3%, Economy 15.1%, Diplomacy 15.1% ★, Management 9.7%
- #4 Citystate
96% matchMostly Positive75% of 813 reviews2018
Dev: Andy Sztark
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Create a 21st century micro-nation and experiment with economic and political ideals. Futuristic skyscrapers or spreading slums, the Nation relies on your economic and city planning skills.
Why similar: Political Sim 30.5% ★, City Builder 27%, Economy 11.5%, Building 9.6%, Sandbox 7.1%
- #5 Nebuchadnezzar
94% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,834 reviews2021
Dev: Nepos GamesPub: Astra Logical
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 25.5%, Trading 15.3%, Economy 14.2%, Building 12.3%, Sandbox 12.1%
- #6 Urbek City Builder
94% matchVery Positive89% of 1,977 reviews2022
Dev: FridusPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Urbek is a city building game where you can build your own neighbourhoods: from nightlife district to industrial district. Don't exhaust your natural resources before you have an educated population to build more efficient structures.
Why similar: Political Sim 25.4% ★, City Builder 22.5%, Building 12.6%, Economy 12.3%, Sandbox 10.8%
- #7 Skyline Urban Story
93% matchVery Positive90% of 109 reviews2025
Dev: PandaUpStudio
Windows · Mac
From barren land to towering metropolis, every decision you make shapes the destiny of your city. Industrial flow, global trade, surging land values, and growing wealth, offers deep management gameplay, perfect for players who love strategic city-building and economic simulation.
Why similar: City Builder 28.2%, Economy 17.8%, Capitalism 16.1%, Building 15.7%, Sandbox 13.9%
- #8 Tlatoani: Aztec Cities
92% matchVery Positive83% of 185 reviews2026
Dev: Perspective GamesPub: Paradox Arc
Windows
Give rise to wonders of the Aztec Civilization as you build your own magnificent metropolis in this ancient city builder. From humble beginnings build, trade, manage and conquer to become Tlatoani (Emperor).
Why similar: Diplomacy 22.2% ★, City Builder 18.5%, Trading 12.8%, Economy 10.4%, Sandbox 9.8%
- #9 MEMORIAPOLIS
91% 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: Political Sim 38.5% ★, City Builder 29.6%, Building 13.7%, Management 10.4%, Procedural Generation 5.7%
- #10 Highrise City
90% 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: Diplomacy 26.4% ★, City Builder 26.3%, Sandbox 12.8%, Economy 11.3%, Building 11.2%
- #11 Pocket City 2
89% matchVery Positive94% of 144 reviews2025
Dev: Codebrew Games Inc.
Windows · Mac
A city-building game with a unique twist—step inside and experience your city firsthand! Plan roads, zones, and infrastructure while growing your economy, managing resources, and unlocking special buildings. Host events, build mega projects, and watch your city thrive in a dynamic world.
Why similar: City Builder 29.4%, Economy 16.9%, Capitalism 16.1%, Sandbox 15.4%, Building 8.7%
- #12 Cities: Skylines II
89% matchMixed56% of 91,808 reviews2023
Dev: Iceflake StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 23.6 hrsMean: 76.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Raise a city from the ground up and transform it into a thriving metropolis with the most realistic city builder ever. Push your creativity and problem-solving to build on a scale you've never experienced. With deep simulation and a living economy, this is world-building without limits.
Why similar: City Builder 36.4%, Building 16%, Economy 13.9%, Sandbox 13%, Management 10.4%
- #13 Cities XXL
91% matchMixed41% of 2,364 reviews2015
Dev: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 50.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Design, build, and manage the world’s largest and most diverse cities in Cities XXL. Bigger and better than ever before with a more powerful game engine and new interface, become the mayor of your very own sprawling metropolis.
Why similar: City Builder 37.4%, Economy 17.6%, Building 16.3%, Sandbox 11.3%, Management 10.7%
- #14 Highrise Mogul
88% matchMixed51% of 53 reviews2021
Dev: Olli Arkko
Windows
Highrise Mogul: design, build and manage your own skyscraper. Make floor plans, place rentable rooms, hire staff, design a beautiful garden, manage your own power grid and much more!
Why similar: City Builder 25.8%, Capitalism 20.7%, Building 14.6%, Economy 13.9%, God Game 13.4% ★
- #15 Creo God Simulator
86% matchMostly Positive79% of 241 reviews2025
Dev: MKSM Design LLC
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 15.0 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 23.8% ★, City Builder 23.2%, Capitalism 10.4%, Management 10%, Economy 9.3%
- #16 Megapolis
87% matchMostly Positive74% of 164 reviews2016
Dev: Lonely Troops
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Casual city building. Become an architect. Manage the small polis. Construct beautiful city zones with plenty of modern blocks. Work your way to the top through the campaign mode, or create your own scenarios.
Why similar: City Builder 34.9%, Building 18.3%, Simulation 12.4%, Isometric 12%, Casual 11.5%
- #17 Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic
82% 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 24.6%, Diplomacy 21.7% ★, Economy 14.7%, Building 12.8%, Management 10.2%
- #18 Sweet Transit
84% matchMixed68% of 1,268 reviews2024
Dev: Ernestas NorvaišasPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 67%
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 23.9%, Economy 15.5%, Building 13.3%, Sandbox 11.5%, Management 10.8%
- #19 Urban Empire
86% matchMostly Negative34% of 2,463 reviews2017
Dev: Reborn GamesPub: Kalypso Media Digital
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Urban Empire is a ‘City Ruler’, pioneering a new breed of strategy game that combines city builder features with political scheming and adds profound social and historical events into the mix, creating a whole new gameplay experience.
Why similar: Political Sim 41.3% ★, City Builder 27.8%, Economy 15%, Management 11.7%, Simulation 4.2%
- #20 SimCity™ 4 Deluxe Edition
84% matchVery Positive82% of 9,827 reviews2010
Dev: EA - MaxisPub: Electronic Arts
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 54%
SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition includes the bestselling SimCity 4 and the all-new SimCity 4 Rush Hour Expansion Pack. Create the most massive region of cities ever, with a farming town, bedroom community, high-tech commercial center, and industrial backbone.
Why similar: City Builder 20.1%, God Game 17.8% ★, Economy 13.3%, Building 11.6%, Sandbox 11%
- #21 Nova Roma
81% 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: Diplomacy 25.7% ★, City Builder 21.4%, Economy 13.4%, Building 11.7%, Sandbox 11%
- #22 Subway Builder
83% matchMixed57% of 360 reviews2026
Dev: Colin MillerPub: Borough Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Subway Builder is a hyperrealistic transit simulation game. Build a new subway system from the ground up while dealing with real-world constraints and costs. Craft the subway system your city deserves.
Why similar: City Builder 38.6%, Building 19.3%, Management 14.8%, Sandbox 10.4%, Economy 9.1%
- #23 NewCity
85% matchMixed58% of 477 reviews2020
Dev: Lone Pine Games, LLC
Windows · Linux
The Regional City Builder: Let's Build Something New.
Why similar: City Builder 39.1%, Building 16.3%, Management 15.2%, Economy 12.5%, Isometric 11.7%
- #24 Technotopia
82% matchVery Positive85% of 693 reviews2024
Dev: YustasPub: Alawar
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Welcome to Technotopia, a city-builder card game. Take on the role of an AI designed to build a perfect city. Build districts, meet the needs of diverse communities and maintain the delicate balance between factions vying for control over you!
Why similar: Political Sim 24.3% ★, Diplomacy 23.7% ★, City Builder 16.4%, God Game 14.6% ★, Building 9.5%
- #25 Urbek City Builder: Prologue
81% matchVery Positive94% of 1,703 reviews2022
Dev: Estudios KremlinoisPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Urbek City Builder: Prologue is a free 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. Try it yourself for free!
Why similar: Political Sim 29% ★, City Builder 19.7%, Economy 12.5%, Building 11.6%, Sandbox 10.8%
- #26 Cities: Skylines
80% matchVery Positive93% of 291,638 reviews2015
Dev: Colossal OrderPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 65.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Cities: Skylines is a modern take on the classic city simulation. The game introduces new game play elements to realize the thrill and hardships of creating and maintaining a real city whilst expanding on some well-established tropes of the city building experience.
Why similar: City Builder 44.5%, Building 16.4%, Economy 11.2%, Sandbox 11%, Management 10.6%
- #27 Heian City Story
79% matchVery Positive89% of 214 reviews2025
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
A city-building sim with a historical twist
Why similar: City Builder 47.1%, Building 17.3%, Economy 8.5%, Management 8.1%, Casual 8%
- #28 Synergy
78% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,087 reviews2025
Dev: Leikir StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 54%
An ecosystem City Builder in a unique world. Build your settlement, manage your workers and optimize your resources. Analyzing your environment, spreading new plants, and harvesting them are key to prosperity.
Why similar: Diplomacy 23.7% ★, City Builder 17.5%, Trading 12.5%, Economy 12.2%, Building 9.4%
- #29 Smart City Plan
79% matchMixed65% of 121 reviews2020
Dev: Ambiera
Windows
Smart City Plan is a modern old-school style city builder game: Plan zones, roads, public transport like trains, trams, buses, subways and even the hypertube. Set taxes and policies and implement smart city technologies.
Why similar: City Builder 29.9%, Building 16.5%, Economy 15.5%, Sandbox 14.2%, Management 11%
- #30 Industry Giant 4.0
78% matchMostly Negative37% of 560 reviews2025
Dev: Don VS DodoPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Build an industrial empire from scratch in Industry Giant 4.0. Produce goods, build up your industries, construct transportation networks, plan production, manage finances, and navigate global events. Become the next business tycoon and write history!
Why similar: City Builder 18.5%, Trading 13.7%, Capitalism 13.5%, Economy 12.5%, Management 10.3%
- #31 Super Movie Tycoon
75% matchMostly Positive75% of 338 reviews2025
Dev: Yuedong Game
Windows · Mac
Become a movie mogul in Super Movie Tycoon! From script to screen, build your dream team and create blockbusters to conquer Hollywood!
Why similar: City Builder 19%, Capitalism 17.8%, Trading 16.2%, Economy 14.2%, Building 10.9%
- #32 Empire City Simulator
77% matchMixed58% of 96 reviews2024
Dev: Red Brix Wall
Windows
Become a ruler and build the ancient city of your dreams in Empire City! Unlock new opportunities for your city's prosperity, gain the support of the gods, construct grand buildings, and create unique infrastructure. Transform a small settlement into a magnificent center of civilization!
Why similar: City Builder 33.1%, Isometric 15.9%, Economy 15.1%, Building 15.1%, Management 9.2%
- #33 Ratopia
73% 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: City Builder 29%, Building 21%, Sandbox 13.5%, Management 13.4%, Economy 10.6%
- #34 Capital Simulator
77% matchMixed62% of 52 reviews2020
Dev: chenjd
Windows · Mac
A game that simulates the use of capital to build a complex industrial chain, stock investment and business challenges
Why similar: City Builder 32.5%, Capitalism 20.4%, Management 18.4%, Economy 17.4%, Simulation 8.2%
- #35 SimCasino
76% matchMostly Positive74% of 757 reviews2021
Dev: LVGameDev LLC
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Modern Casino Tycoon Simulation in full 3D glory. Build the casino. Set the odds. Expand into a luxury hotel/casino or go cheap & extract max profits. Keep the vault secure at all times, and beware of criminals & cheaters!!
Why similar: City Builder 23.7%, Capitalism 20.7%, Economy 14%, Building 13.5%, Sandbox 13.1%
- #36 Pharaoh™: A New Era
74% matchMostly Positive75% of 5,357 reviews2023
Dev: Triskell InteractivePub: Dotemu
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The legendary city-builder returns! Lead the creation of one of the greatest civilizations the world has ever seen in this HD remake with modernized UI. Build monuments, manage your population and explore 4,000 years of history through over a hundred hours of gameplay.
Why similar: City Builder 24.6%, Diplomacy 21% ★, Trading 13.8%, Economy 12.3%, Building 12.2%
- #37 Global City
75% matchMixed69% of 1,423 reviews2021
Dev: Red Brix WallPub: MY.GAMES
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 33.1 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Become the mayor and build the city of your dreams! In this game, anything is possible. Whatever you can imagine in a city-building and development simulator, you can do. Start from the very beginning and unlock new possibilities for developing your city in Global City!
Why similar: City Builder 24.4%, Capitalism 19.2%, Economy 16.8%, Building 13.3%, Isometric 10.4%
- #38 Mad Tower Tycoon
74% matchMostly Positive78% of 444 reviews2020
Dev: Eggcode
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 56%
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 20.9%, Economy 14.1%, Building 13%, Capitalism 12.3%, Trading 12.2%
- #39 Soviet City
76% matchMixed59% of 111 reviews2016
Dev: chickeninthecornstudio
Windows
Soviet City is a game made up of quick game plays, where building and control is essential. We take a lot from classic city builders. The player takes the role of mayor of the city. Soviet law and economy have their own laws. Every building influences a terror bar. Be careful, because excessive terror level leads to a rebellion.
Why similar: City Builder 82.8%, Simulation 17.2%
- #40 Pompeii: The Legacy
71% matchVery Positive82% of 280 reviews2026
Dev: Siscia Games
Windows
Rebuild Pompeii from the ashes and lead it through centuries of politics, intrigue, and survival. Shape laws, expand trade across the Empire, guide your city through disasters, and command legions in optional real-time battles. Your legacy begins now.
Why similar: Political Sim 35.6% ★, City Builder 27.6%, Economy 16.4%, Isometric 9.4%, Sandbox 7.9%
- #41 Pocket City
72% matchVery Positive92% of 275 reviews2022
Dev: Codebrew Games Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 58%
A casual city building game. Become the mayor and create your own metropolis! Create residential, commercial, and industrial zones. Build parks and recreation spots. Respond to crime and disasters. Watch your city come alive!
Why similar: City Builder 36.7%, Economy 14.3%, Building 14.1%, Isometric 13.6%, Management 6.5%
- #42 Builders of Greece
73% matchMixed56% of 592 reviews2025
Dev: BLUM EntertainmentPub: Games Operators
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Immerse yourself in the beautifully recreated golden age of Hellenic city-states. Builders of Greece is a city management game that lets you display your strategic and economic mastery. Build your Polis from scratch, make meaningful decisions, trade, fight and expand to become the ultimate ruler.
Why similar: City Builder 37.4%, Building 16.8%, Economy 16.2%, Sandbox 15%, Management 6.9%
- #43 Imagine Earth
72% matchVery Positive82% of 967 reviews2021
Dev: Serious Bros.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Build your own global colonies on distant worlds. Manage energy and resource supplies and produce goods for space trade. Form economic and diplomatic alliances or take over competing corporations. Conduct research to protect your colonists from disasters and avoid a climate crisis.
Why similar: Political Sim 24.4% ★, Diplomacy 22% ★, City Builder 15.2%, Capitalism 13.7%, Economy 9.7%
- #44 Steel Artery: Train City Builder
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 317 reviews2026
Dev: SoulAge23Pub: Crytivo
Windows
Hardcore city-building sim in a fantasy steampunk world. Manage multi-racial colonies with hundreds of autonomous citizens, balance their needs, grow the economy, build logistics, and travel a vast world carrying out the Emperor’s orders.
Why similar: City Builder 30%, Economy 19.2%, Building 16.8%, Sandbox 16.3%, Management 12.4%
- #45 Roman Triumph: Survival City Builder
69% 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: City Builder 28.8%, God Game 17% ★, Building 16%, Sandbox 14.9%, Management 12.4%
- #46 SuperTaxCity
70% matchVery Positive88% of 216 reviews2025
Dev: soramame-koubouPub: KIC Games
Windows
A new sensation!? City-building × Roguelike game *Super Tax City*. Choose and place your favorite facilities from randomly drawn options! The combinations are endless! Create a profitable city that's uniquely yours!
Why similar: City Builder 53.9%, Capitalism 15.5%, Economy 12.1%, Casual 6.4%, Simulation 5.5%
- #47 Empire Architect
73% matchMixed65% of 171 reviews2017
Dev: Batholith Entertainment
Windows
Empire Architect is an ancient city-building real time strategy game, with elements from grand strategies sprinkled in for good measure. The levels are procedurally generated, and you have limited control over your subjects
Why similar: City Builder 37.6%, Economy 16.4%, Building 15.6%, Management 10.2%, Isometric 8.6%
- #48 Venture Towns
71% matchVery Positive80% of 141 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Make your own metropolitan utopia! Stores, mansions, towers--anything goes!
Why similar: City Builder 39.5%, Political Sim 18.1% ★, Building 14%, God Game 12.8% ★, Simulation 6.6%
- #49 Hotel Magnate
70% matchMixed58% of 491 reviews2025
Dev: Arcade Oven
Windows · Mac · Linux
Have you ever wanted to design and manage your own hotel, rundown motel, or elegant resort? With a ridiculous amount of customization tools to wield, a host of facilities to build, and a wide variety of guests to impress, Hotel Magnate has it all. Let your inner hotel manager shine!
Why similar: City Builder 21.3%, Capitalism 14.7%, Economy 14.4%, Building 14.4%, Sandbox 13.4%
- #50 Whiskerwood
67% 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: Diplomacy 26.9% ★, City Builder 20.4%, Economy 13.3%, Building 11.6%, Sandbox 10.9%
- #51 TheoTown
69% matchVery Positive95% of 4,772 reviews2019
Dev: Lobby DivinusPub: blueflower
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 20.0 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Build and manage your dream city in this captivating simulation game. Create unique urban landscapes and enjoy compatibility with the mobile versions. Unleash your creativity and shape the metropolis of your dreams.
Why similar: Political Sim 27.2% ★, City Builder 23%, Sandbox 12.1%, Building 12%, Isometric 9.2%
- #52 BalanCity
71% matchVery Positive81% of 909 reviews2016
Dev: MeNic Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
BalanCity is a city building / balance physics game. It's a mixture between old school SimCity and Jenga. You must build the tallest towering city over a balancing platform while keeping your citizens happy.
Why similar: City Builder 84.5%, Casual 7.9%, Simulation 6.2%, 2D 1.4%
- #53 Citadelum
67% matchVery Positive84% of 1,066 reviews2024
Dev: Abylight BarcelonaPub: Abylight Studios
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 62%
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 34%, Building 19.3%, Economy 19%, Sandbox 17.8%, Isometric 6.2%
- #54 Ancient Cities
68% 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 36.3%, Economy 17.7%, Management 13.5%, Building 11.8%, Procedural Generation 10.7%
- #55 Virtual City Playground®: Build Your Metropolis
65% matchVery Positive86% of 1,001 reviews2026
Dev: G5 Entertainment AB
Windows
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 40.2%, Building 19%, Isometric 12.1%, Trading 10.3%, Casual 6.9%
- #56 Kapital: Sparks of Revolution
69% matchMixed60% of 244 reviews2022
Dev: Lapovich TeamPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Sandbox economic simulation game about class struggle. European country is in a deep crisis. You are the mayor of the capital. Social unrest is inevitable. What price will you pay to save your people from anarchy?
Why similar: City Builder 25.2%, Capitalism 22%, Economy 16.3%, Management 9.4%, Sandbox 9.4%
- #57 City idle
67% matchMostly Positive71% of 229 reviews2023
Dev: Grest Games OÜ
Windows
Experience a city-building game, where the citizens are fully simulated and every decision you make impacts their lives. From the Stone Age to the Iron Age and beyond, watch your civilization evolve and progress under your guidance.
Why similar: Economy 36.1%, Building 34.3%, Management 18.6%, Simulation 11%
- #58 Parking World: Build & Manage
66% matchMixed67% of 183 reviews2025
Dev: Binary ImpactPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows
Build, manage, and expand your own lucrative parking enterprise in this management sim. Parking World puts the power to build your perfect parking garage at your fingertips while solving everybody else's parking problems in unique narrative scenarios or without any objectives in freeplay mode.
Why similar: City Builder 23.7%, Economy 19%, Building 17.6%, Sandbox 14.5%, Management 13.4%
- #59 Mega Mall Story
66% matchVery Positive94% of 325 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Design a towering mega mall in this mall management simulation game.
Why similar: City Builder 28.3%, Economy 18.5%, Sandbox 16.7%, Building 16.5%, Management 12.8%
- #60 Tropico 6
65% matchVery Positive88% of 29,404 reviews2019
Dev: Limbic EntertainmentPub: Kalypso Media
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 27.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
El Presidente is back! Prove yourself once again as a feared dictator or peace-loving statesman on the island state of Tropico and shape the fate of your very own banana republic through four distinctive eras.
Why similar: City Builder 26.7%, Political Sim 23.3% ★, Economy 12.9%, Diplomacy 9.8% ★, Management 8.3%