- #1 Citystate
97% matchMostly Positive75% of 812 reviews2018
Dev: Andy Sztark
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 60%
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: Politics 28.9% ★, City Builder 28.7%, Economy 12.8%, Management 7.5%, Building 6.7%
- #2 Silicon City
96% 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: City Builder 18.3%, Transportation 17.7% ★, Economy 12.6%, Capitalism 12.1%, Political 9.8% ★
- #3 Urbek City Builder
96% matchVery Positive90% of 1,880 reviews2022
Dev: FridusPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 10.4 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: City Builder 28.1%, Economy 16.2%, Management 12.6%, Agriculture 11.5% ★, Building 10.4%
- #4 Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic
94% matchVery Positive91% of 26,420 reviews2024
Dev: 3DivisionPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 71.8 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 28.9%, Economy 18.1%, Management 12.7%, Diplomacy 11.4% ★, Building 10%
- #5 Citystate II
95% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,124 reviews2021
Dev: Andy Sztark
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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: City Builder 24.2%, Economy 15.9%, Politics 15.5% ★, Management 9.3%, Political 8.1% ★
- #6 Foundation
94% matchVery Positive87% of 23,903 reviews2025
Dev: Polymorph Games
Windows
Median: 11.1 hrsMean: 26.9 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 45.1%, Economy 13%, Management 9.9%, Building 7.4%, Simulation 6.8%
- #7 Town to City
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 6,670 reviews2026
Dev: Galaxy GrovePub: Kwalee
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 33.3%, Economy 14.4%, Cozy 13.5%, Management 10%, Building 9.7%
- #8 NIMBY Rails
91% matchVery Positive90% of 2,255 reviews2021
Dev: Weird and Wry
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 40.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Design and run your own railroads for the real world. Solve global transportation dilemmas. Unleash your inner railway engineer and transit policy manager.
Why similar: Transportation 21.5% ★, Politics 17.8% ★, City Builder 12.7%, Economy 11.9%, Capitalism 9.1%
- #9 Cities: Skylines II
91% matchMixed55% of 90,178 reviews2023
Dev: Iceflake StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 23.6 hrsMean: 73.8 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 33.9%, Economy 13.5%, Transportation 12.4% ★, Management 10.2%, Building 9.9%
- #10 Megacity Builder
92% matchMixed49% of 51 reviews2017
Dev: Andrew Rowe
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 97%
A city builder that has all the bells and whistles you know and love with one twist. In Megacity Builder you build a whole nation not just a city. Pass laws at the national level. Build cities like in classic city builders while producing resources to feed your massive capital.
Why similar: City Builder 17.8%, Politics 16.5% ★, Capitalism 12.3%, Economy 11.5%, Diplomacy 11.3% ★
- #11 Pocket City 2
89% matchVery Positive94% of 135 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 35%, Economy 21.1%, Capitalism 15.1%, Sandbox 10.5%, Building 6.9%
- #12 Smart City Plan
90% 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 31.2%, Economy 16.9%, Management 12.1%, Simulation 11.7%, Building 11.4%
- #13 Synergy
88% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,057 reviews2025
Dev: Leikir StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 54%
An ecosystem City Builder in a unique world. Build your settlement, manage your workers and optimize your resources. Analyzing your environment, spreading new plants, and harvesting them are key to prosperity.
Why similar: City Builder 24.8%, Economy 18.1%, Diplomacy 14.9% ★, Management 10.5%, Building 8.8%
- #14 Kapital: Sparks of Revolution
89% matchMixed61% of 242 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 22.5%, Capitalism 15.6%, Economy 15.2%, Politics 11.6% ★, Management 9%
- #15 MicroTown
87% matchVery Positive95% of 476 reviews2019
Dev: Snowy Ash Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build and manage your own settlement! A relaxing village construction and management simulator.
Why similar: City Builder 36.6%, Economy 21.1%, Management 14.8%, Resource Management 10.2%, Sandbox 10%
- #16 Sweet Transit
86% matchMixed68% of 1,256 reviews2024
Dev: Ernestas NorvaišasPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 11.4 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: Transportation 25.8% ★, City Builder 22.2%, Economy 15.1%, Management 10.6%, Building 8.2%
- #17 SteamWorld Build
86% matchVery Positive84% of 2,197 reviews2023
Dev: The StationPub: Thunderful Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 70%
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 27.4%, Economy 18.6%, Capitalism 14.7%, Management 11.5%, Building 8.2%
- #18 Skyline Urban Story
84% matchVery Positive90% of 108 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 32.6%, Economy 21.6%, Capitalism 14.5%, Building 12%, Sandbox 9.2%
- #19 Kingdoms and Castles
85% matchVery Positive94% of 31,238 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 34.3%, Economy 16.2%, Management 12.4%, Building 9.1%, Resource Management 7.7%
- #20 Democracy 4
84% matchVery Positive82% of 6,345 reviews2022
Dev: Positech Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Democracy 4 lets you take the role of President / Prime minister, govern the country (choosing its policies, laws and other actions), and both transform the country as you see fit, while trying to retain enough popularity to get re-elected...
Why similar: Politics 29.2% ★, Economy 15.7%, Political 12.5% ★, Diplomacy 12.5% ★, Capitalism 11.5%
- #21 Urbek City Builder: Prologue
82% 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: City Builder 25.5%, Economy 16.8%, Agriculture 14.2% ★, Management 12.1%, Building 10%
- #22 City idle
83% matchMostly Positive72% of 225 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 34.3%, Building 20.7%, Simulation 19.4%, Management 17.9%, Resource Management 3.8%
- #23 Scorchlands
81% matchVery Positive90% of 135 reviews2024
Dev: RinglabPub: Star Drifters
Windows · Linux
Build, optimize, and explore at your own pace in Scorchlands, a cozy yet strategic colony builder. Manage resources, shape the environment, and expand your network across a volcanic moon. No rush, no pressure, just satisfying logistics and endless possibilities.
Why similar: City Builder 30%, Economy 21.1%, Management 14.8%, Resource Management 11.6%, Sandbox 9.8%
- #24 Power to the People
81% matchVery Positive81% of 553 reviews2022
Dev: Rhombico GamesPub: Crytivo
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Build and maintain a power grid for a constantly growing population, while fighting off all kinds of disasters in this thrilling resource management experience. It's time for you to give "Power to the People"! Do you have what it takes to keep the lights on?
Why similar: City Builder 29.8%, Economy 23.7%, Management 17.3%, Building 12.7%, Resource Management 9.3%
- #25 Let Them Trade
78% matchVery Positive86% of 1,125 reviews2025
Dev: SpaceflowerPub: ByteRockers' Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Build a network of cities that produce and trade resources, upgrade your castle, and protect the cities from cheeky bandits. Tinker with the economy at your own pace, and watch the charming wooden world grow into a lively and thriving kingdom.
Why similar: City Builder 32.1%, Economy 22.6%, Management 13.7%, Building 10.3%, Resource Management 9.6%
- #26 Food Park Manager
79% matchVery Positive82% of 50 reviews2025
Dev: Drix Dev
Windows
Build and manage your own Food Park! Customize food stalls, hire staff, and cater to hungry customers as you find the perfect recipes. Decorate your park to attract and satisfy more customers.
Why similar: City Builder 27%, Economy 18.5%, Cozy 15%, Management 11.9%, Sandbox 7.6%
- #27 Capital Simulator
82% 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 24%, Transportation 21% ★, Management 14.4%, Economy 13.4%, Capitalism 11.7%
- #28 City Bus Manager
77% matchVery Positive91% of 2,804 reviews2024
Dev: PeDePe GbRPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 38.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Build your own bus depot from scratch and create your personal bus routes in City Bus Manager. Play in your own hometown or any famous city in the world with real map data. Buy buses, maintain them, take care of your staff and lead your bus company to become the #1 in town!
Why similar: Economy 28%, Capitalism 23.2%, Management 20%, Simulation 11.1%, Sandbox 7.9%
- #29 Heian City Story
77% matchVery Positive89% of 191 reviews2025
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
A city-building sim with a historical twist
Why similar: City Builder 46.1%, Tactical 12.7%, Simulation 12.7%, Building 11.2%, Economy 8.7%
- #30 Rise of Industry
79% matchMostly Positive73% of 4,178 reviews2019
Dev: Dapper Penguin StudiosPub: Kasedo Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Put your entrepreneurial skills to the test in the first title in the ROI series as you create & optimise intricate production lines. As an early 20th-Century industrialist, grow your empire & adapt to an ever-changing business landscape with unexpected events that could lead to boom…or bust.
Why similar: City Builder 23.8%, Economy 19.3%, Management 14.8%, Transportation 11.9% ★, Capitalism 8.3%
- #31 Project AURA
80% matchMixed64% of 698 reviews2018
Dev: Nexcentric Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Project Aura is a micro management game where you lead a Colony of Climate Disaster Survivors. You have been assigned the mission to build an habitat capable of survival in this new unknown world.
Why similar: City Builder 33.7%, Economy 16%, Management 14%, Simulation 9%, Building 8.9%
- #32 Whiskerwood
74% matchVery Positive93% of 3,148 reviews2025
Dev: Minakata DynamicsPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 9.3 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 25%, Economy 17.2%, Diplomacy 14.8% ★, Management 12%, Building 9.5%
- #33 Mini City: Mayhem
76% matchVery Positive88% of 113 reviews2025
Dev: Rogue Duck Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build, plan, and flourish while the time is running! Mini City: Mayhem is a chaos-filled city-builder where you build against time. Become the mayor of a tiny town, plop down tiny building blocks to build a working city to progress. Become the greatest urban planner of all time!
Why similar: City Builder 35.7%, Economy 15.7%, Management 15.6%, Cozy 13.4%, Building 9.8%
- #34 Tropico 6
75% matchVery Positive88% of 29,191 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 31.4%, Economy 15.9%, Politics 15.5% ★, Management 10.4%, Simulation 5.8%
- #35 Townopolis
78% matchMixed67% of 141 reviews2016
Dev: Lonely Troops
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Casual city building. Become an architect. Manage the small polis. Construct an idyllic neighborhood with plenty of houses. Work your way to the top through the campaign mode, or create your own scenarios.
Why similar: City Builder 40.9%, Simulation 24.2%, Management 18.8%, Building 15.1%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #36 Mini Motorways
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 24,124 reviews2021
Dev: Dinosaur Polo Club
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 16.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Mini Motorways is a strategy simulation game about designing the road map for a growing city. Build a traffic network, one road at a time, to create a bustling metropolis. Redesign your roads and place your motorways to get everyone where they need to go. How long can you keep the city moving?
Why similar: Transportation 33% ★, Management 19%, City Builder 17.3%, Simulation 11.6%, Building 9.1%
- #37 Hearthlands
76% matchVery Positive82% of 414 reviews2017
Dev: Four White Cats
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 58%
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 39.2%, Management 14.1%, Economy 13.6%, Diplomacy 9.5% ★, Simulation 8%
- #38 Overcrowd: A Commute 'Em Up
75% matchVery Positive81% of 1,753 reviews2020
Dev: SquarePlay Games
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Design and build the most efficient metro stations known to man! Excavate. Expand. Set staff priorities. And manage the commuter flow. Overcrowd is a 2.5D management/tycoon/simulator set below the bustling city of Lubdon Town.
Why similar: City Builder 23.7%, Transportation 17.6% ★, Management 13%, Economy 10.1%, Building 9.2%
- #39 Masterplan Tycoon
74% matchMostly Positive74% of 741 reviews2023
Dev: Bureau BravinPub: Ravenage Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Welcome to the resource management game where your creativity and logistics skills are put to the test! In this minimalistic simulation you will build interconnected chains of products and open new missions by completing various tasks to create the biggest system you can.
Why similar: Economy 27.4%, Management 22.6%, Building 18%, Resource Management 14.4%, Simulation 10.1%
- #40 InfraSpace
72% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,928 reviews2023
Dev: Dionic Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 21.4 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Create an extrasolar efficiency utopia from scratch! In this sci-fi city builder you need to start mining operations, plan production, and lay down transportation routes to ensure a smooth supply chain.
Why similar: Transportation 23.8% ★, City Builder 21.3%, Economy 13.1%, Capitalism 9.8%, Management 8.5%
- #41 Nova Roma
69% matchVery Positive94% of 2,044 reviews2026
Dev: Lion ShieldPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 26%, Economy 17.2%, Diplomacy 14% ★, Management 11.9%, Building 9.5%
- #42 Pocket City
72% matchVery Positive92% of 274 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 46.9%, Economy 19.2%, Simulation 12.9%, Building 11.9%, Management 8.8%
- #43 Blueprint Tycoon
73% matchVery Positive82% of 1,097 reviews2016
Dev: Endless Loop Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Build your settlement, gather goods, ensure maximum efficiency and make a profit!
Why similar: City Builder 26.2%, Management 25.3%, Economy 18%, Simulation 11.1%, Resource Management 9.3%
- #44 Dream Town Island
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 510 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 68%
A town sim where you raise generations of residents. Unlock new stores and facilities, help your residents find love, or cash in on the stock market!
Why similar: City Builder 39%, Building 11.3%, Economy 10.7%, Simulation 10.7%, Management 9%
- #45 City Tales - Medieval Era
68% matchVery Positive89% of 589 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 32.8%, Economy 20.6%, Management 12.9%, Building 12.6%, Simulation 8.1%
- #46 Mad Tower Tycoon
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 441 reviews2020
Dev: Eggcode
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.3 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 20.3%, Transportation 17.6% ★, Economy 14.4%, Management 10.7%, Capitalism 9.3%
- #47 Fabledom
68% matchVery Positive85% of 7,654 reviews2024
Dev: Grenaa GamesPub: Dear Villagers
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 26.3%, Economy 16.1%, Diplomacy 15.1% ★, Agriculture 11.1% ★, Management 9%
- #48 Lords and Villeins
70% matchMostly Positive71% of 974 reviews2022
Dev: Honestly GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 54%
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 32.7%, Economy 17.2%, Management 15.9%, Building 11%, Sandbox 8.5%
- #49 Highrise City
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,294 reviews2023
Dev: Fourexo EntertainmentPub: Deck13
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Highrise City offers a new spin on City Simulations & Tycoon games expanding the economy and resource management aspect. Experience a modern take on the genre enriched with a complex resource based economy system.
Why similar: City Builder 32.1%, Economy 14.5%, Diplomacy 14.3% ★, Building 9.1%, Sandbox 9%
- #50 SimCasino
71% matchMostly Positive74% of 755 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 24.5%, Capitalism 16.7%, Economy 15.2%, Management 10.9%, Building 9.2%
- #51 Highrise Mogul
71% 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 31%, Capitalism 19.4%, Economy 17.5%, Building 11.7%, Management 11.6%
- #52 A-Train PC Classic
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 151 reviews2016
Dev: ARTDINKPub: STUDIOARTDINK
Windows
As president of a train company, lead city growth to make your transport business prosper. The retro style, square grid map, and complete tutorials are easy on the newcomer, but veterans will find a challenge with advanced resource management, research, and the passage of time.
Why similar: City Builder 24.6%, Transportation 21.3% ★, Economy 14.9%, Management 10.8%, Building 9.3%
- #53 Before We Leave
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,716 reviews2021
Dev: Balancing Monkey GamesPub: Team17
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 34.4%, Economy 23.6%, Building 11.7%, Resource Management 9.4%, Sandbox 8.1%
- #54 Iron Village
67% matchVery Positive89% of 65 reviews2025
Dev: Lunar Chippy Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Transportation 27% ★, City Builder 26.6%, Economy 16%, Building 10.4%, Management 10.4%
- #55 Settlement Survival
66% matchVery Positive85% of 7,980 reviews2022
Dev: Gleamer StudioPub: Team17
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.1 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 35.1%, Management 13.3%, Building 12%, Economy 11.8%, Agriculture 9.9% ★
- #56 Rise of Industry 2
67% matchMixed64% of 214 reviews2025
Dev: SomaSimPub: Kasedo Games
Windows
Navigate the competitive industrial landscape of vibrant 1980's USA! Make strategic manufacturing decisions, optimize production chains, acquire technologies, and expand your global business network with key contacts. Opportunities await those savvy enough to capitalize on them!
Why similar: City Builder 16.7%, Economy 13.2%, Capitalism 12.8%, Tactical 11.1%, Management 10%
- #57 Buildings Have Feelings Too!
70% matchMixed45% of 80 reviews2021
Dev: Blackstaff GamesPub: Silver Lining Interactive
Windows
An exciting new city-management/puzzle game about buildings and the city they inhabit. You must grow your city to a bustling metropolitan centre with an array of shops, offices, entertainment facilities and amenities, to help your buildings thrive; or risk them being demolished forever.
Why similar: City Builder 37.4%, Economy 25.9%, Management 19.2%, Building 12.4%, Simulation 4.4%
- #58 Ostriv
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 7,538 reviews2020
Dev: yevhen8
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 36.8 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 31.5%, Economy 14.5%, Management 11.8%, Agriculture 9.5% ★, Building 9.3%
- #59 ShantyTown
63% matchVery Positive98% of 398 reviews2026
Dev: Erik RempenPub: Kinephantom Games
Windows · Mac
ShantyTown is a relaxing diorama-building game about finding beauty in everyday chaos. Bring new locations to life, stack your urban buildings high, and fill each little nook and cranny with your own touch. Try your hand at shaping a cozy little town that is unique to you.
Why similar: City Builder 40.2%, Cozy 21.9%, Sandbox 12.1%, Building 10.2%, Relaxing 7.3%
- #60 MEMORIAPOLIS
65% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,767 reviews2025
Dev: 5PM Studio
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Memoriapolis is a historical city builder where your city grows organically across 5 ages, from Antiquity to the Industrial Revolution. Manage resources, interact with factions, and shape your dynasty toward building a final Wonder with easy, normal, or hard difficulty levels.
Why similar: City Builder 47.4%, Management 17.6%, Building 14.6%, Resource Management 8.8%, Simulation 6.6%