- #1 HEXAROMA: Village Builder
97% matchVery Positive82% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: Almost a Game CompanyPub: Rogue Duck Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
HEXAROMA is a charming village builder set on a tiny island village where you start your Hexling colony! Place your buildings, and manage Hexling villagers on a hexagonal island. Plan your placements wisely, grow your settlement, optimize your colony and help your villagers thrive.
Why similar: Wholesome 28.7% ★, City Builder 22.3%, Cozy 11%, Mouse Only 9.2% ★, Building 8.1%
- #2 Minami Lane
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 6,452 reviews2024
Dev: BlibloopPub: Doot Tiny Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Welcome to Minami Lane! Build your own street in this tiny cozy, casual management sim! Unlock and customize buildings, manage your shops, and maximize the happiness of your villagers to complete quests and fill your street with love!
Why similar: City Builder 25.3%, Cozy 19.5%, Management 14.4%, Building 9.4%, Cute 6.9%
- #3 Pocket City 2
96% matchVery Positive94% of 130 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 35.7%, Base Building 17.2%, Economy 14.8%, Strategy 10.5%, Building 7.7%
- #4 Pocket City
94% matchVery Positive93% of 270 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 35.8%, Economy 10%, Building 10%, Strategy 9.8%, Management 7%
- #5 Buildings Have Feelings Too!
95% 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 29.4%, Management 15.7%, Economy 13.9%, Base Building 12.1%, Building 10.7%
- #6 Thriving City: Song
92% matchVery Positive81% of 3,308 reviews2024
Dev: White Star Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
In 960 AD, the new Song Dynasty needs you! As magistrate, build a prosperous city from scratch. Develop bustling streets filled with businesses and entertainment, while navigating hidden crises of political strife and foreign invasions. How will you lead through these challenges?
Why similar: Quick-Time Events 19.4% ★, City Builder 19%, Real Time Tactics 13.7%, Base Building 10%, Management 7.5%
- #7 Power to the People
93% matchVery Positive82% of 547 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 23%, Management 13.8%, Time Management 12.6%, Economy 12.5%, Building 10.7%
- #8 Townopolis
94% matchMixed67% of 140 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 26.2%, Time Management 25.3%, Management 12.5%, Simulation 11%, Building 10.6%
- #9 Tinytopia
91% matchVery Positive84% of 322 reviews2021
Dev: MeNic GamesPub: Mastiff
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Construct charming toy towns and cities atop tiny terrain. Combine building blocks to create new megastructures. Test your skills in the physics-based Challenge stages or simply unwind and obliterate everything with an array of cute catastrophes!
Why similar: City Builder 49.2%, Building 19.6%, Strategy 8%, Simulation 6.7%, Management 6.3%
- #10 Masterplan Tycoon
91% matchMostly Positive74% of 735 reviews2023
Dev: Bureau BravinPub: Ravenage Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%
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: Wholesome 29.1% ★, Management 13%, Mouse Only 11.9% ★, Building 10.9%, Economy 10.4%
- #11 Mini Motorways
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 23,837 reviews2021
Dev: Dinosaur Polo Club
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 16.9 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: Management 22.4%, City Builder 20.1%, Strategy 18.2%, Building 11.5%, Simulation 9.5%
- #12 Teeny Tiny Town
90% matchVery Positive91% of 56 reviews2024
Dev: Short Circuit Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Proving that all good things come in threes! Welcome to Teeny Tiny Town, where you connect three identical tiles to evolve your city, merge by merge. Watch your metropolis grow from scratch, from 'aww' to 'awesome!'
Why similar: City Builder 29.9%, Cozy 25.2%, Building 12.3%, Strategy 9.5%, Minimalist 6.7%
- #13 Outlanders
89% matchVery Positive90% of 491 reviews2023
Dev: Pomelo Games
Windows
Outlanders is a town-building strategy game, populated by hard-working, charming folk in search of a simpler life. Some just want to survive off the land, others want to create amazing things.
Why similar: Wholesome 24.2% ★, City Builder 21.1%, Cozy 14.6%, Management 9.1%, Building 8.9%
- #14 Pile Up!
87% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,054 reviews2025
Dev: RemoobPub: Catoptric Games
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 65%
"Pile Up!" is a strategic building game which you need to build houses, fulfill your people’s requests and manage your risky buildings in different ways on a small land. But don’t let your guard down in this chill environment, we only get you relaxed so you destroy everything you did.
Why similar: City Builder 27.7%, Base Building 20.4%, Management 13.1%, Building 12.2%, Strategy 7%
- #15 Town to City
86% 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 32.1%, Cozy 16.6%, Building 10.3%, Management 10.2%, Economy 9.7%
- #16 URBO
86% matchVery Positive93% of 654 reviews2023
Dev: Door 407
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%
URBO is a relaxing cozy city-building puzzle game where you create beautiful towns on floating islands. Begin with an empty grid of landscape, choose an architectural style and build. Watch the population grow and the city flourish.
Why similar: Wholesome 27.2% ★, City Builder 21.2%, Cozy 15.2%, Building 9%, Economy 8.7%
- #17 Megapolis
88% matchMostly Positive75% of 162 reviews2016
Dev: Lonely Troops
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.5 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 29.6%, Time Management 18.1%, Simulation 14.3%, Building 11.2%, Management 10.2%
- #18 Mini Settlers
83% matchVery Positive84% of 652 reviews2025
Dev: Knight Owl GamesPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Mini Settlers is a minimalistic city builder! Settle islands, construct cities, and design efficient logistic networks to fulfill your buildings' needs and fuel population growth to adventure into new worlds.
Why similar: City Builder 28%, Base Building 20.6%, Management 14.6%, Building 10.8%, Strategy 7.5%
- #19 United Penguin Kingdom
84% matchMostly Positive75% of 439 reviews2024
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
A city-building game where you build a penguin settlement and satisfy the various needs of your penguins while dealing with seals and killer whales. Enjoy the growth of your settlement, become the king, and lead the United Penguin Kingdom.
Why similar: City Builder 31.7%, Management 15.1%, Economy 13.2%, Strategy 9.8%, Building 8.1%
- #20 Civitatem
85% matchMixed63% of 133 reviews2022
Dev: LW Games
Windows
Civitatem is a medieval city builder where you help your villagers raise a new settlement in dangerous lands by making use of their skills and available world resources.
Why similar: City Builder 37.3%, Base Building 14.7%, Strategy 12.5%, Management 8.7%, Building 7.4%
- #21 Festival Tycoon 🎪
84% matchMostly Positive76% of 227 reviews2022
Dev: Johannes GäblerPub: Future Friends Games
Windows
A micro-management sim about music festivals! Design the perfect festival grounds in ‘create’ mode, then manage the event itself in ‘live’ mode! Book bands, sign deals, plant flowers, fix toilets, and grow your show into a global phenomenon.
Why similar: City Builder 22%, Time Management 18.5%, Base Building 13.3%, Management 10.8%, Economy 10.4%
- #22 Go-Go Town!
82% matchVery Positive95% of 2,153 reviews2024
Dev: Prideful Sloth
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Step into the role of a hands-on mayor and build your town from the ground up. Plan neighborhoods, automate logistics, and grow your community—all while juggling workers, infrastructure, and day-to-day chaos to create your dream town. Play solo for total control, or bring friends for co-op mayhem.
Why similar: City Builder 39.5%, Management 18.4%, Building 16%, Strategy 8.7%, Simulation 6.7%
- #23 Cardboard Town
82% matchVery Positive80% of 2,205 reviews2023
Dev: Stratera GamesPub: Rogue Duck Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Cardboard Town is a city-building card game. Manage your resources, obtain upgrades, draw your cards and thrive! Random events, quest cards, and game modes make each run different.
Why similar: City Builder 37%, Building 18.4%, Management 14.9%, Strategy 8.6%, Resource Management 8.6%
- #24 Let Them Trade
81% matchVery Positive86% of 1,081 reviews2025
Dev: SpaceflowerPub: ByteRockers' Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 67%
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 27.6%, Base Building 14.2%, Economy 13.2%, Management 12.2%, Building 9.7%
- #25 Ratopia
80% 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: City Builder 24.9%, Base Building 18%, Building 13.1%, Management 12.7%, Strategy 7%
- #26 SteamWorld Build
81% matchVery Positive84% of 2,156 reviews2023
Dev: The StationPub: Thunderful Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 10.5 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%, Economy 12.6%, Base Building 12.2%, Management 11.8%, Building 8.8%
- #27 Heian City Story
79% matchVery Positive89% of 152 reviews2025
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
A city-building sim with a historical twist
Why similar: City Builder 39.9%, Strategy 12.7%, Building 10.6%, Simulation 7.7%, Management 7.5%
- #28 Mad Smartphone Tycoon
79% matchMostly Positive72% of 594 reviews2024
Dev: MiradilPub: Gamersky Games
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Build Your smartphone Empire in Mad Smartphone Tycoon, your main goal in this game is to create the ultimate smartphone that combines both performance and aesthetics. Expand your company, dominate the global market, become a tycoon in the world of mobile phones!
Why similar: Management 22.2%, City Builder 20.4%, Building 13.3%, Base Building 9.7%, Strategy 9.4%
- #29 Virtual City Playground®: Build Your Metropolis
77% matchVery Positive85% of 737 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 45.8%, Building 16%, Time Management 13.6%, Management 7.6%, Casual 6%
- #30 Town Keeper
78% matchVery Positive95% of 55 reviews2024
Dev: Cuddle Code
Windows · Mac
Build a rabbit town while defending it from the fluffy empire's invasions.
Why similar: City Builder 31.1%, Base Building 17.8%, Economy 11.3%, Management 10.2%, Strategy 8.8%
- #31 City idle
78% matchMostly Positive72% of 219 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 17.2%, Building 16.6%, Strategy 16.6%, Management 13.6%, Simulation 10%
- #32 Dungeon Tycoon
75% 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: City Builder 25.8%, Management 16.1%, Economy 14.1%, Base Building 13%, Building 10.5%
- #33 Global City
77% matchMixed70% of 1,392 reviews2021
Dev: Red Brix WallPub: MY.GAMES
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 33.9 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 21.6%, Time Management 17%, Base Building 13.8%, Economy 10.7%, Management 9.5%
- #34 Microlandia
74% matchVery Positive87% of 90 reviews2025
Dev: Information Superhighway Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Brutally honest city builder. Become the mayor of a thriving new town and manage construction, policies, taxes, incident response and more, through an elaborate socioeconomic simulation that draws on real-world data.
Why similar: City Builder 35.4%, Economy 15.9%, Management 15.7%, Cozy 13.6%, Building 9.7%
- #35 Arcade Tycoon ™ : Simulation Game
76% matchVery Positive82% of 540 reviews2021
Dev: Squidpunch StudiosPub: Vincent Ltd
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Build stunning Arcade Centre’s, purchase a range of arcades machines, manage troublesome staff in this colourful and humorous simulation management game. Inspired by Two Point Hospital, Let's Build A Zoo and Megaquarium.
Why similar: City Builder 22.9%, Real Time Tactics 16.8%, Base Building 13.3%, Management 12.5%, Economy 11.5%
- #36 EcoGnomix
74% matchMostly Positive77% of 293 reviews2024
Dev: Irox GamesPub: Untold Tales
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 60%
A quirky mix of roguelite and city builder. Build a lively little city above, by looting mystical caves with a team of gnomes below! Use multiple runs to unlock upgrades and abilities to help your gnomes venture deeper into the dangerous underground.
Why similar: City Builder 35.3%, Base Building 19.5%, Economy 14.7%, Building 14%, Strategy 9.4%
- #37 Kaya's Prophecy
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 231 reviews2025
Dev: Jérémie & ThibautPub: Yogscast Games
Windows
Kaya’s Prophecy is a unique card based village builder! establish your village, gather resources, and craft tools and buildings in a vibrant world. Explore and combat various challenges and other groups in this colourful, deck-builder while appeasing your god to earn his favour.
Why similar: City Builder 40.2%, Management 18.7%, Strategy 11.7%, Building 10.8%, Resource Management 7.2%
- #38 Fantasy Town Regional Manager
76% matchVery Positive80% of 91 reviews2021
Dev: Caps Collective
Windows · Mac · Linux
Run a fantasy town for adventurers. Save it from monsters. Save it from itself. Watch it crumble to dust. Do it all again.
Why similar: City Builder 44.2%, Management 14.5%, Building 12.9%, Strategy 9.7%, Cute 6.4%
- #39 Blooming Business: Casino
75% matchMixed70% of 231 reviews2023
Dev: Homo Ludens
Windows
Build your casino empire in Las Venas alongside cute animals! Blooming Business: Casino is a cosy management game. Build and run your casino in a bustling world full of drama. Complete quests and manage your clientele. Keep everyone happy, from the clients, to the employees (and beware of the bear).
Why similar: City Builder 23.3%, Cozy 13.3%, Management 13.2%, Building 10.4%, Economy 9.3%
- #40 Tiny Kingdom
72% matchMostly Positive78% of 143 reviews2025
Dev: neltile
Windows · Mac · Linux
Tiny Kingdom is a minimalist city-building strategy game where every placement matters. Start with a single hut and grow a thriving kingdom by combining buildings, unlocking synergies, and creating efficient layouts.
Why similar: City Builder 35.8%, Management 15.2%, Building 14.2%, Cozy 11.2%, Resource Management 7.9%
- #41 Goblins of Elderstone
73% 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: City Builder 29.1%, Base Building 18.9%, Management 14.4%, Building 12.8%, Strategy 8.4%
- #42 Overthrown
71% matchMixed60% of 286 reviews2026
Dev: BrimstonePub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows
Lift and throw anything as you build and manage your kingdom in this chaotic city builder for 1-6 players. Harness the power of your soul-stealing crown to defend your citizens from bandits and mutants, farm the land, and gather resources. Keep citizens happy or see them desert you!
Why similar: City Builder 42.6%, Management 20.1%, Building 18.1%, Simulation 6.4%, Resource Management 6.2%
- #43 Little Big Workshop
73% matchVery Positive84% of 3,371 reviews2019
Dev: Mirage Game StudiosPub: HandyGames
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Manage your workers, stations, machines and create awesome stuff as your little big workshop grows into your dream factory!
Why similar: Management 19.3%, Strategy 16.2%, Building 13.9%, Economy 12.8%, Simulation 11.2%
- #44 Two Point Museum
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 11,825 reviews2025
Dev: Two Point StudiosPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 25.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Curate and manage incredible museums! Explore to discover amazing artifacts. Design and refine the layout, keep staff happy, guests entertained, donations plentiful… and children off the exhibits
Why similar: City Builder 32%, Building 15.1%, Management 12.9%, Economy 10.8%, Strategy 9.5%
- #45 1980
71% matchVery Positive89% of 681 reviews2020
Dev: Merxon22
Windows · Mac
Welcome to the 1980s! This is a city which just started to develop, and you're in charge of this small urban village. How will the city's future be tied to this place? Manage your land, construct new buildings, explore the stories, and find out the ultimate fate of this urban village!
Why similar: City Builder 42.1%, Management 22.2%, Strategy 18.6%, Building 11.5%, Resource Management 5.7%
- #46 Pan'orama
70% matchVery Positive89% of 1,335 reviews2023
Dev: Chicken LauncherPub: Awaken Realms
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Relax and unleash your creativity in this new city building puzzle game. Create amazing landscapes and discover wide range of structures with special abilities. Enter the world of beauty and tranquility with the panoramas of your own creation and don't forget to pet your new animal friends!
Why similar: City Builder 36.9%, Building 15.6%, Base Building 15.6%, Minimalist 7.1%, Strategy 6.3%
- #47 Empire City Simulator
70% matchMixed61% of 85 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 32.2%, Time Management 15.7%, Building 10.7%, Economy 10.5%, Management 9.9%
- #48 SUMMERHOUSE
67% matchVery Positive93% of 3,260 reviews2024
Dev: FriedemannPub: Future Friends Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 33%
A tiny building game about beautiful lived-in houses. No rules or restrictions, just pure creativity.
Why similar: City Builder 49.3%, Building 20.7%, Cozy 7.8%, Strategy 6.4%, Casual 5.7%
- #49 Holyday City: Reloaded
70% matchVery Positive81% of 1,626 reviews2018
Dev: Holyday Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 113.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Build, manage & grow your city in Holyday City: Reloaded! An idle clicker game where you're the business tycoon, expanding your metropolis. Master resource & time management to upgrade businesses and thrive. Experience the ultimate town builder adventure with Holyday City.
Why similar: Time Management 32.7%, Management 22.5%, Resource Management 9.3%, Casual 7.2%, Building 7.2%
- #50 Orrstead
69% matchMostly Positive80% of 78 reviews2024
Dev: IndividualKex
Windows
Orrstead is a relaxing city builder that combines resource management and incremental game mechanics. Unlock technologies, complete quests, and adapt to the changing seasons.
Why similar: City Builder 32.6%, Base Building 16.5%, Management 14.9%, Building 12.9%, Strategy 6.7%
- #51 MicroTown
69% matchVery Positive95% of 475 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 35%, Base Building 20.8%, Management 14.7%, Economy 13.8%, Resource Management 8%
- #52 BoomTown! Deluxe
71% matchVery Positive82% of 354 reviews2016
Dev: Ish GamesPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 26.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
An explosive combination of mining sim and city builder. Your dream of building your own thriving town starts with few explosive charges and a yellow truck. As you mine the landscape and the money starts to roll in you'll be able to expand your empire, buying buildings, shops and facilities.
Why similar: City Builder 24.4%, Time Management 16.7%, Real Time Tactics 16.1%, Management 14.9%, Strategy 11%
- #53 Citizens: Far Lands
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 136 reviews2022
Dev: RedKar DevsPub: CreativeForge Games
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Citizens is a blend between turn based city builder and a puzzler for strategy masterminds. Build a thriving settlement, extract and process resources and manage your population by catering to their needs, thus allowing you to build bigger and better!
Why similar: City Builder 26.8%, Time Management 17.3%, Management 10.3%, Building 10%, Economy 9.2%
- #54 Soviet City
72% 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 55.3%, Strategy 28.9%, Simulation 15.7%
- #55 Mini Settlers: Prologue
66% matchVery Positive89% of 803 reviews2024
Dev: Knight Owl GamesPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Mini Settlers: Prologue is a free version of Mini Settlers. In this minimalist city builder, settle islands, construct cities, and design efficient logistic networks to fulfill your buildings' needs and fuel population growth to adventure into new worlds.
Why similar: City Builder 26%, Base Building 20%, Management 11.4%, Strategy 10.8%, Building 8.4%
- #56 United Penguin Kingdom: Huddle up
66% matchVery Positive89% of 631 reviews2023
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 45%
This free version of the United Penguin Kingdom covers the content from one year of in-game time. A city-building game where you build a penguin settlement and satisfy the various needs of your penguins while dealing with seals and killer whales.
Why similar: City Builder 32%, Management 13.8%, Economy 10.6%, Strategy 10.1%, Base Building 7.5%
- #57 T-Minus 30
67% matchVery Positive93% of 189 reviews2021
Dev: Dejobaan GamesPub: SUPERHOT PRESENTS
Windows
Plan a city and build a space fleet to escape a dying Earth before time runs out. You have 30 minutes to scavenge a post-apocalyptic environment to build infrastructure, grow crops, generate power, and assemble rockets to save as many people as you can.
Why similar: City Builder 31.5%, Time Management 18.4%, Base Building 17.2%, Management 11.9%, Strategy 8.1%
- #58 Townscaper
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 21,498 reviews2021
Dev: Oskar StålbergPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 42 minMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Instant town building toy. Place housing blocks and watch them transform, piece by piece, into idyllic ocean-side towns, pastoral gardens, or sweeping cities on the sea.
Why similar: City Builder 44.9%, Building 20.8%, Cute 8.9%, Minimalist 8.1%, Simulation 6.9%
- #59 ShantyTown
62% matchVery Positive98% of 322 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 40.7%, Cozy 28%, Building 11.3%, Minimalist 7%, Colorful 5%
- #60 Townsmen - A Kingdom Rebuilt
68% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,364 reviews2019
Dev: HandyGames
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Townsmen – A Kingdom Rebuilt hands the crown to you: Guide your people from their first steps in a small village to a massive medieval metropolis with thousands of inhabitants.
Why similar: City Builder 39.8%, Strategy 18.8%, Simulation 10.9%, Building 8.6%, Economy 8.4%