- #1 Manor Lords
97% 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 30.2%, Historical 16.3%, Base Building 15.6%, Colony Sim 10.7%, Strategy 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: Combines organic city-building with historical accuracy and complex societal management.
- #2 Foundation
96% 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 43.2%, Colony Sim 12.4%, Building 8.8%, Management 8.4%, Resource Management 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: Offers an organic approach to city-building with a strong focus on social and political structures.
- #3 Anno 1404 - History Edition
96% matchVery Positive82% of 3,505 reviews2020
Dev: Ubisoft MainzPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 31.2 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Relive the captivating gameplay of a true city-building classic with Anno® 1404 History Edition.
Why similar: City Builder 31.8%, Colony Sim 15.2%, Political Sim 12.5% ★, Building 12.1%, Management 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for historical city-building, featuring deep trade networks and era-appropriate progression.
- #4 Norland
95% matchVery Positive82% of 9,913 reviews2024
Dev: Long JauntPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 18.0 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 21.5%, City Builder 21.3%, Base Building 11.1%, Historical 11.1%, Building 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: A deep simulation of noble families and political maneuvering within a medieval society.
- #5 Old World
94% matchVery Positive82% of 6,533 reviews2022
Dev: Mohawk GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Old World is a revolutionary new historical strategy game where you lead your dynasty over generations of rule against rival kings and queens. Wage massive wars, manage your court, and build a dynasty — or watch your empire crumble to dust. What legacy will you leave behind?
Why similar: Historical 40%, Management 29.9%, Strategy 15.7%, Simulation 11.4%, Singleplayer 3%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on political intrigue and dynastic management within a historical setting.
- #6 Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic
92% matchVery Positive91% of 25,891 reviews2024
Dev: 3DivisionPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 73.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 23.4%, Colony Sim 20.6%, Historical 11.2%, Base Building 11%, Building 10%
Why You'll Like It: Provides an incredibly deep management simulation that requires careful planning and political oversight.
- #7 Pharaoh™: A New Era
93% matchMostly Positive75% of 5,206 reviews2023
Dev: Triskell InteractivePub: Dotemu
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 12.6 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 27.8%, Colony Sim 20.9%, Building 11.1%, Historical 10.8%, Management 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A classic historical city-builder that emphasizes resource management and societal development.
- #8 Urban Empire
94% matchMostly Negative34% of 2,462 reviews2017
Dev: Reborn GamesPub: Kalypso Media Digital
Windows
Median: 5.3 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 34.7% ★, City Builder 29.9%, Management 11.8%, Historical 9.2%, Strategy 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: Directly addresses the political simulation aspect of city management by tasking you with governing a city through changing eras.
- #9 Kingdoms Reborn
91% 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 34.9%, Colony Sim 22.4%, Base Building 11.4%, Management 8.7%, Building 6%
Why You'll Like It: Features multiplayer city-building with a focus on progression and resource management.
- #10 Ancient Cities
91% matchMixed63% of 2,122 reviews2023
Dev: Uncasual Games
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 63%
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 21.8%, Colony Sim 13.2%, Historical 11.5%, Immersive Sim 9.2%, Procedural Generation 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the historical development of early civilizations with a strong emphasis on survival and planning.
- #11 Ostriv
90% 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 24.9%, Colony Sim 19.9%, Historical 10.9%, Base Building 9.6%, Building 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a highly detailed and historically grounded approach to building and managing a settlement.
- #12 Frostpunk 2
89% matchMostly Positive75% of 25,920 reviews2024
Dev: 11 bit studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 19.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Develop, expand, and advance your city in a society survival game set 30 years after an apocalyptic blizzard ravaged Earth. In Frostpunk 2, you face not only the perils of never-ending winter, but also the powerful factions that watch your every step inside the Council Hall.
Why similar: City Builder 42%, Resource Management 12.3%, Political Sim 12.1% ★, Strategy 8.1%, Colony Sim 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: Centers on the intense political and societal decisions required to keep a civilization alive.
- #13 Dawn of Man
89% 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 43.1%, Colony Sim 34.9%, Historical 7.9%, Strategy 5.4%, Simulation 2.9%
Why You'll Like It: Tracks the evolution of humanity from the Stone Age to the Iron Age, mirroring the progression found in Memoriapolis.
- #14 Settlement Survival
88% 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 29.1%, Colony Sim 24.2%, Building 12.2%, Management 9.6%, Base Building 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A classic colony-sim that focuses on managing population needs and expanding your influence.
- #15 New Cycle
87% 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 24.4%, Colony Sim 22.3%, Building 11%, Base Building 10.9%, Management 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic city-builder that emphasizes societal management and long-term survival.
- #16 Tropico 6
86% matchVery Positive88% of 29,005 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 39.3%, Political Sim 26.6% ★, Management 11.5%, Strategy 7.8%, Building 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: A political city-builder that forces you to balance faction demands and long-term governance.
- #17 IXION
86% matchMostly Positive79% of 17,230 reviews2022
Dev: Bulwark StudiosPub: Kasedo Games
Windows
Median: 10.1 hrsMean: 30.9 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 29.6%, Colony Sim 22%, Base Building 10.1%, Resource Management 9.2%, Building 9%
Why You'll Like It: Combines city-building with intense resource management and a narrative-driven progression.
- #18 The Universim
84% 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: Colony Sim 29%, City Builder 28.8%, Building 12.2%, Management 8.9%, Procedural Generation 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: A god-game that allows you to guide a civilization through various technological eras.
- #19 Patron
85% 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 27.9%, Colony Sim 26.9%, Base Building 7.7%, Building 7.6%, Historical 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on social management and the complex needs of a growing population.
- #20 Anno 117: Pax Romana
83% matchMixed70% of 11,936 reviews2025
Dev: Ubisoft MainzPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 13.8 hrsMean: 25.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Shape the Roman Empire in this genre-defining strategic builder game. Build cities while expanding your influence through Roman provinces. Govern using your economic prowess, diplomatic skills, or military might.
Why similar: City Builder 35.7%, Building 13.2%, Historical 12%, Management 9.1%, Strategy 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: An upcoming historical city-builder that focuses on the expansion and management of the Roman Empire.
- #21 Sapiens
84% 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: Colony Sim 27.6%, City Builder 26.7%, Base Building 12.7%, Building 10.9%, Management 9%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a unique look at early civilization building with a focus on individual and group management.
- #22 Urbek City Builder
82% matchVery Positive90% of 1,843 reviews2022
Dev: FridusPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Urbek is a city building game where you can build your own neighbourhoods: from nightlife district to industrial district. Don't exhaust your natural resources before you have an educated population to build more efficient structures.
Why similar: City Builder 27.3%, Political Sim 24.3% ★, Building 12.5%, Management 10.8%, Resource Management 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on resource efficiency and the logical development of a city over time.
- #23 Against the Storm
79% matchVery Positive95% of 35,994 reviews2023
Dev: Eremite GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 28.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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: City Builder 21.5%, Colony Sim 20.7%, Base Building 11.1%, Historical 11.1%, Building 10%
Why You'll Like It: A unique roguelite city-builder that forces players to adapt to changing conditions and political mandates.
- #24 Life is Feudal: Forest Village
82% 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 37.8%, Colony Sim 35.6%, Resource Management 8.5%, Building 7.8%, Strategy 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: A medieval colony-sim that requires careful management of resources and seasonal survival.
- #25 Surviving the Aftermath
81% 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 34.1%, Colony Sim 25.5%, Base Building 11%, Strategy 8%, Building 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: Combines management and survival in a changing world, requiring players to adapt to new challenges.
- #26 Land of the Vikings
79% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,222 reviews2023
Dev: Laps GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.5 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 25.5%, City Builder 24.8%, Building 9.1%, Historical 8.8%, Base Building 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A historical colony-sim that emphasizes management and survival in a harsh environment.
- #27 Nova Roma
77% 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 22.1%, Colony Sim 20%, Historical 11.5%, Base Building 11.2%, Building 10%
- #28 Victoria 3
78% matchMostly Positive70% of 59,549 reviews2022
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 14.7 hrsMean: 116.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Paradox Development Studio invites you to build your ideal society in the tumult of the exciting and transformative 19th century. Balance the competing interests in your society and earn your place in the sun in Victoria 3, one of the most anticipated games in Paradox’s history.
Why similar: Political Sim 45.8% ★, Historical 20.2%, Management 12.5%, Resource Management 9%, Strategy 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a deep simulation of the political and economic forces that shape a civilization over time.
- #29 Grand Ages: Rome
81% matchMostly Positive75% of 809 reviews2009
Dev: Haemimont GamesPub: Kalypso Media Digital
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 53%
As Governor of a Roman Province in the time-honoured Roman Empire, its fortune very much lies in your hands. Choose one of five Roman noble families such as Caesar’s Julii with different abilities to accomplish the comprehensive missions.
Why similar: City Builder 50.8%, Historical 20.4%, Strategy 14.2%, Building 7.1%, Simulation 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: Combines historical city-building with political missions and military management.
- #30 Floodland
80% matchMixed56% of 1,068 reviews2022
Dev: Vile MonarchPub: Ravenscourt
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 21.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
A society survival game set in a world destroyed by climate change. Explore, scavenge and build a city to unite the clans. Conflicting cultures and limited resources mean you need to make tough choices; have you got what it takes to lead your people into a new era of humanity?
Why similar: Political Sim 23.8% ★, Colony Sim 23.6%, City Builder 21.2%, Resource Management 8%, Strategy 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on societal management and the difficult choices required to rebuild a civilization after a disaster.
- #31 Pompeii: The Legacy
77% matchVery Positive84% of 237 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 20.3% ★, City Builder 20.2%, Colony Sim 19.8%, Historical 9.2%, Immersive Sim 7.6%
- #32 Whiskerwood
76% 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: Colony Sim 21.4%, City Builder 21.3%, Historical 11.1%, Base Building 11%, Building 10%
- #33 Humanica
76% matchVery Positive94% of 149 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 23.3%, Colony Sim 18.6%, Base Building 9.9%, Historical 9.7%, Management 9.4%
- #34 Laysara: Summit Kingdom
74% matchVery Positive83% of 1,397 reviews2026
Dev: Quite OK GamesPub: Future Friends Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Build and expand your very own settlements in high mountains! Carefully plan production chains and satisfy various needs of your three-caste society while dealing with mountain hazards such as weather breakdowns and avalanches. Are you skilled enough to make your town thrive?
Why similar: City Builder 23.5%, Colony Sim 21.1%, Base Building 10.2%, Building 10.1%, Immersive Sim 9.1%
- #35 Settlements Rising
75% matchVery Positive81% of 426 reviews2025
Dev: The Catalyst Crew
Windows
Settlements Rising is a medieval city building and colony management game. It offers a lively colony experience with simulated villagers, dozens of professions and resources, natural disasters, and raids, while providing full control over the colony through trade, production chains and datas.
Why similar: City Builder 25.6%, Colony Sim 24.3%, Building 8.9%, Base Building 8.5%, Resource Management 7.9%
- #36 Caesar™ IV
78% matchMostly Positive71% of 853 reviews2016
Dev: Tilted Mill Entertainment, Inc.Pub: Activision
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Starting as governor of a newly formed province in the Roman Empire your goal is simple: advance up the empire's political ladder to become the next Caesar.
Why similar: City Builder 61.9%, Historical 16%, Strategy 14.2%, Simulation 7.5%, Singleplayer 0.5%
Why You'll Like It: A classic historical city-builder that incorporates political and economic management elements.
- #37 Primitive Society Simulator
75% matchVery Positive83% of 731 reviews2024
Dev: YSH BigDovePub: YSH Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%
A colony-building game combined with grand strategy elements. Play as a tribal leader, guiding your people from the Stone Age to the Bronze Age. Survive, multiply, and compete for territory among ancient nations.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.6%, City Builder 22.4%, Base Building 11.4%, Historical 11%, Building 10.2%
- #38 Ratopia
73% matchVery Positive88% of 4,696 reviews2025
Dev: Cassel Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 26.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Ratopia is a new game that has combined elements of both strategic survival and city building. With plenty of content available, and more planned, enjoy a vast world to adventure and populate with citizens! Build your own economical system to sustain your ideal city of Ratopia.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.8%, City Builder 21.4%, Building 12.6%, Base Building 12.4%, Management 9.3%
- #39 Farthest Frontier
71% matchVery Positive86% of 24,477 reviews2025
Dev: Crate Entertainment
Windows
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 26.9 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 22.1%, Colony Sim 18.3%, Building 13.1%, Historical 10.1%, Base Building 9.4%
- #40 Highrise City
74% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,288 reviews2023
Dev: Fourexo EntertainmentPub: Deck13
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 12.9 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 29.4%, Colony Sim 26.1%, Immersive Sim 11%, Building 10.2%, Management 7%
- #41 Roman Triumph: Survival City Builder
72% 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 24.7%, Colony Sim 24.6%, Base Building 11.7%, Building 11.2%, Management 9.9%
- #42 Kingdoms and Castles
73% matchVery Positive94% of 31,097 reviews2017
Dev: Lion Shield, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 16.1 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 30.7%, Colony Sim 26.3%, Management 9.6%, Building 8.7%, Resource Management 8.6%
- #43 Sumerians
72% matchVery Positive88% of 323 reviews2023
Dev: Decumanus GamesPub: Melqart Games
Windows
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 31.4%, Historical 13.5%, Base Building 10.7%, Strategy 9.2%, Building 8.7%
- #44 Epoch Cycle
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 67 reviews2026
Dev: GeometricUniverse
Windows
Apocalypse is Not the End, It's Your Beginning. Become the supreme leader of a civilization in an apocalyptic world. Every collapse fuels the rise of a new era—your choices will forge a legacy across four monumental epochs.
Why similar: Political Sim 30% ★, City Builder 25%, Building 10.1%, Base Building 9.9%, Management 9.5%
- #45 City Tales - Medieval Era
69% matchVery Positive90% of 571 reviews2026
Dev: Irregular ShapesPub: Firesquid
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 38.5%, Building 18.2%, Management 13.3%, Resource Management 11.3%, Procedural Generation 6.5%
- #46 Noble Legacy
70% 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: Political Sim 22% ★, City Builder 19.5%, Colony Sim 18.6%, Building 9.5%, Immersive Sim 9.2%
- #47 Citadelum
70% matchVery Positive84% of 1,016 reviews2024
Dev: Abylight BarcelonaPub: Abylight Studios
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 61%
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 31.8%, Historical 15.1%, Building 14.6%, Base Building 12.9%, Resource Management 11.7%
- #48 Age of Pyramids
73% matchMostly Negative35% of 87 reviews2022
Dev: Cassagi Entertainment s.r.o.
Windows
Age of Pyramids is a sandbox city builder and simulator set in Ancient Egypt. You take on the city governor and architect’s mantle to build the most incredible city on Earth. You will have to gather dozens of resources to maintain happiness of your people and prosperity.
Why similar: City Builder 35.4%, Colony Sim 25.5%, Historical 10.5%, Strategy 9.4%, Base Building 8.5%
- #49 Noble Fates
71% 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: Colony Sim 25.8%, City Builder 24.7%, Base Building 12.4%, Building 10.1%, Management 9.3%
- #50 Celestial Empire
67% 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 28.5%, Historical 14.9%, Building 13.5%, Management 10.2%, Resource Management 8.8%
- #51 Banished
70% matchVery Positive90% of 43,119 reviews2014
Dev: Shining Rock Software LLC
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 27.0 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: City Builder 38.8%, Colony Sim 36.3%, Strategy 5.8%, Simulation 3.9%, Resource Management 3.8%
- #52 Anno 1800
69% matchVery Positive81% of 31,402 reviews2019
Dev: Ubisoft MainzPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 39.9 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 55.4%, Strategy 9.4%, Resource Management 8.4%, Historical 6%, Simulation 5.7%
- #53 Endzone 2
68% matchMixed69% of 1,027 reviews2025
Dev: Gentlymad StudiosPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 8.5 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 27.1%, City Builder 26%, Base Building 10.7%, Building 10.5%, Management 7.6%
- #54 Going Medieval
65% 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: Colony Sim 23.7%, City Builder 22.5%, Base Building 12.1%, Historical 11.9%, Management 10%
- #55 Blacksmith Master
66% 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 23.9%, Colony Sim 23.7%, Base Building 12.4%, Building 11.4%, Management 10.1%
- #56 Fata Deum - The God Sim
68% 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: City Builder 22%, Colony Sim 21.6%, Base Building 10.8%, Building 9.8%, Management 9.1%
- #57 Microcivilization
66% 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: City Builder 26.3%, Base Building 17%, Historical 16%, Resource Management 12.3%, Building 11.5%
- #58 Aquatico
69% matchMixed67% of 863 reviews2023
Dev: Digital Reef GamesPub: Overseer Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Aquatico is a classic city builder set within the depths of the sea. Strategically build an underwater colony atop the ocean floor and face the challenges that accompany oceanic life.
Why similar: City Builder 29.5%, Colony Sim 26.9%, Building 10.7%, Base Building 10.5%, Management 8.9%
- #59 Town to City
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 6,166 reviews2025
Dev: Galaxy GrovePub: Kwalee
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 49%, Building 17.7%, Management 13.2%, Resource Management 8.1%, Strategy 6.3%
- #60 Builders of Greece
67% matchMixed56% of 582 reviews2025
Dev: BLUM EntertainmentPub: CreativeForge Games
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 61%
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 34.9%, Historical 13.3%, Building 12.8%, Immersive Sim 10.1%, Base Building 9.2%