Games Like Nebuchadnezzar

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 22.9%, Trading 12.3% ★, Economy 10.9%, Colony Sim 9.7% ★, Building 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive modern update to the classic isometric city-builder formula that inspired Nebuchadnezzar.

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 26.7%, Economy 11%, Historical 10.8%, Trading 10.1% ★, Sandbox 8%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the same Mesopotamian historical setting and focuses heavily on irrigation and complex production chains.

Children of the Nile™ is a unique gem of a city-building game, unparalleled in both grandeur and attention to detail.As Pharaoh you will guide your people through thousands of years of history: from simple hunter-gatherers to the creation of an immortal civilization.

Why similar: City Builder 48.9%, Historical 17.7%, Management 11.6%, Strategy 7%, Simulation 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: A classic isometric builder that emphasizes the daily lives of citizens and monument construction.

Builders of Egypt is a city-building economic strategy taking place in the Nile Valley. Immerse yourself in a world full of pyramids, where you will become a part of the ancient world. Create history, be history!

Why similar: City Builder 27.6%, Economy 13.9%, Historical 12.4%, Building 11.9%, Management 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: This title mirrors the classic gameplay loop of managing resources and building grand monuments in an ancient setting.

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 29.9%, Economy 12.5%, Building 11.4%, Historical 10.7%, Sandbox 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a similar experience to Nebuchadnezzar, focusing on city planning and economic management in an ancient civilization.

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 30.4%, Colony Sim 14.5% ★, Building 13.3%, Management 10.2%, Economy 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a heavy focus on production chains and population management in a challenging environment.

Relive the captivating gameplay of a true city-building classic with Anno® 1404 History Edition.

Why similar: City Builder 39.6%, Building 15.8%, Management 11.2%, Colony Sim 10.8% ★, Strategy 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game is a masterclass in managing complex production chains and trade routes within a historical context.

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 39.1%, Economy 10.5%, Sandbox 8.7%, Building 8.3%, Management 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a more organic approach to city building while maintaining the core management and historical themes.

Lethis - Path of Progress is a city-builder in a victorian steampunk setting.

Why similar: City Builder 42.9%, Building 15.7%, Sandbox 9.8%, Resource Management 8.5%, Isometric 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: It perfectly captures the aesthetic and mechanical feel of classic isometric city-builders in a steampunk setting.

Zeus + Poseidon delivers hundreds of hours of gameplay in one game!

Why similar: City Builder 51.9%, Colony Sim 23.5% ★, Strategy 8.2%, Historical 7.1%, Economy 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: This classic title excels at the same monument-building and production-chain mechanics found in Nebuchadnezzar.

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 25.8%, Colony Sim 11.8% ★, Economy 11.1%, Historical 10.7%, Building 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a deep, realistic historical management experience with a focus on supply chains and village growth.

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 21%, Economy 12.2%, Colony Sim 10.5% ★, Historical 9.5%, Building 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: The ultimate challenge for players who enjoy complex production chains and detailed economic management.

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 41.1%, Colony Sim 22% ★, Sandbox 7.7%, Economy 5.1%, Strategy 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: A foundational survival-based city-builder that emphasizes resource management and population stability.

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 44.3%, Colony Sim 20.5% ★, Historical 7.6%, Sandbox 6.5%, Economy 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the progression of an ancient society through resource management and historical technological advancement.

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: City Builder 17.4%, Trading 11.7% ★, Colony Sim 9.7% ★, Economy 9.5%, RTS 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A historical city-builder that focuses on the unique challenges of managing an ancient civilization.

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 22.4%, Moddable 17.2% ★, Economy 12.1%, Building 10.8%, Sandbox 10%

Why You'll Like It: It blends city-building with Roman-themed resource management and strategic planning.

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 27.7%, Colony Sim 15.2% ★, Economy 10.6%, Moddable 8.9% ★, Building 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on social management and production chains within a medieval setting.

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 18.9%, Economy 11.6%, Moddable 10.7% ★, Colony Sim 10.6% ★, Historical 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: While fantasy-themed, it features some of the most satisfying production chain and resource management mechanics in the genre.

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 23.2%, Building 14.4%, Economy 13%, Colony Sim 11% ★, RTS 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: It combines detailed city-building with complex management systems in a historical-adjacent setting.

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 27.9%, Colony Sim 13.3% ★, RTS 10.3%, Management 8.9%, Economy 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: A classic-style city-builder that prioritizes resource management and trade in a fantasy-medieval world.

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 30.3%, Colony Sim 23% ★, Economy 8.6%, Strategy 8.5%, Building 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: It offers engaging management and building mechanics with a focus on maintaining a thriving town.

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 29.5%, Economy 15.7%, Building 14.1%, Sandbox 12.2%, Management 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a unique grid-based building experience that emphasizes resource efficiency and city growth.

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 37.8%, Colony Sim 18.3% ★, Building 11.2%, Sandbox 8.2%, Resource Management 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: An accessible city-builder that balances building, management, and defensive strategy.

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 49.8%, Historical 18.8%, Strategy 11.2%, Building 7.3%, RTS 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: A historical city-builder that emphasizes infrastructure, trade, and economic stability.

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 40.7%, Economy 19.1%, Management 12.1%, Sandbox 9.2%, Building 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a strong focus on economy, trade, and political management within a city-building framework.

Marble Age is a turn-based historical strategy where your task is to turn a small Ancient Greek village into a flourishing Polis, powerful enough to conquer the known world!

Why similar: City Builder 20.1%, Economy 12.6%, Building 12.5%, Historical 11.9%, Management 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: A historical strategy game that focuses on the long-term development and management of an ancient city-state.

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 26.5%, Economy 13.2%, RTS 11.6%, Sandbox 10.6%, Building 10.2%

El Dorado is a strategy city-building game in which you plan, build and develop your settlement to conquer Jukatan and earn the title of The Golden City. Become a leader, whom even Gods will bow to. Offer sacrifices to the Gods to earn their favor, but beware and don’t lose yourself in your riches.

Why similar: City Builder 20.2%, Colony Sim 11.5% ★, Economy 11.5%, RTS 10%, Building 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: A historical city-builder that focuses on expansion, resource management, and civilization building.

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 19.3%, Trading 13.3% ★, Economy 13%, Colony Sim 10.1% ★, Isometric 9.3%

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 21.9%, Economy 16.4%, Trading 12.4% ★, Management 12.1%, Resource Management 6.2%

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 19.3%, Economy 12.1%, Moddable 10.4% ★, Colony Sim 10.2% ★, Historical 9.6%

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 21.5%, Economy 14.1%, RTS 12%, Building 10.7%, Historical 10.6%

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 24.9%, Colony Sim 15.4% ★, Economy 12.1%, Management 10.8%, Building 10.8%

1849 is a city management game set during the California Gold Rush. Your task is to build towns, populate them with workers, and make sure that they are housed, fed, and entertained. You’ll have to manage and coordinate extensive production and trade networks to make sure your towns thrive.

Why similar: City Builder 24%, Economy 12.1%, Management 9.2%, Historical 7.7%, Sandbox 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A historical management game that focuses on economic development and resource chains in the American West.

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 28.9%, Moddable 11.7% ★, Historical 11.6%, Economy 10.5%, Colony Sim 8.5% ★

Immerse yourself in Ancient Egypt from the age of the great pyramids to the final years of the New Kingdom.

Why similar: City Builder 55.5%, Historical 18.8%, Colony Sim 11.5% ★, Strategy 8.2%, Simulation 5.3%

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 28.1%, Isometric 14.2%, Historical 13%, Economy 12.4%, Building 10.9%

Build and manage your own castle settlement in a land reclaimed by wilderness. With detailed management, survival strategy, and a moddable sandbox world, Going Medieval challenges you to build the mightiest colony this side of the apocalypse.

Why similar: City Builder 21.4%, Economy 14.2%, Moddable 13.3% ★, Colony Sim 12.9% ★, Historical 10.7%

Build an empire in a single sitting. All the strategy of a classic 4X in a faster format, which also shines in multiplayer.

Why similar: City Builder 29.4%, Economy 20.2%, Historical 15.9%, Management 13.4%, Resource Management 8.9%

Embrace your duties as a new provincial governor. Experience the beauty of ancient China, design the city of your dreams, and take care of your people’s needs. Earn the Gods’ favor to maintain the Mandate of Heaven for the ruling dynasty.

Why similar: City Builder 23.3%, Colony Sim 13.3% ★, Economy 11.3%, Building 10.9%, Historical 10.3%

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 19.2%, Economy 11.9%, Colony Sim 10.8% ★, Moddable 10.5% ★, Historical 9.3%

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 26.9%, Trading 19% ★, Economy 17.3%, Building 11%, Management 10.2%

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 29.7%, Economy 12.5%, Building 10.5%, Management 7.6%, RTS 7.4%

Colonize Prologue is a combination of survival game and building strategy that takes place during the colonization period - the 17th century. It tells the story of a settlement in the new world and all the difficulties encountered by the early settlers.

Why similar: City Builder 19%, Trading 13% ★, Colony Sim 10.6% ★, Economy 9.8%, Sandbox 8.8%

Rule Tenochtitlan in this survival city-builder where gods decide your fate. Expand the capital, perform sacred rituals, and withstand the coming darkness. Build, grow, sacrifice, survive - or watch the last sun set forever.

Why similar: City Builder 19.5%, Economy 12.1%, Colony Sim 10.7% ★, Building 9.3%, Historical 8.9%

Project Highrise is a skyscraper construction and management sim...

Why similar: Management 25%, Building 24.2%, Economy 11.1%, Sandbox 10.2%, City Builder 10%

Immerse yourself in the beautifully recreated golden age of Hellenic city-states. Builders of Greece: Prologue, being a shortened version of the full game, is a great way to try your hand as a ruler of an ancient Greek city-state, practice your management skills, and learn basic game mechanics.

Why similar: City Builder 24.7%, RTS 12.9%, Economy 11.8%, Sandbox 11.6%, Building 10.6%

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 40.1%, Colony Sim 16.5% ★, Sandbox 13.2%, Historical 11.2%, Strategy 8.5%

What was it like to be a chief of a tribe in 6000 year B.C.? Oh, you know, the usual - feed your people, build them shelters, defend them from raids of neighbors. And if you are lucky, sooner or later you will build a kingdom and become their king!

Why similar: City Builder 20.4%, Economy 13.2%, Building 11.9%, Historical 11.2%, Management 9.3%

Greetings sire! Your stronghold awaits you. Build a castle economy, besiege unforgettable villains and return to the 'castle sim' that started it all. Experience this classic RTS with upgraded visuals, modernised gameplay, Steam multiplayer and a new campaign.

Why similar: City Builder 23.2%, Economy 11.6%, Colony Sim 10% ★, RTS 9.8%, Building 9%

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 18.7%, Trading 13.3% ★, Economy 12.3%, Management 9.9%, RTS 9.2%

The original castle sim, Stronghold HD allows you to design, build and destroy historical castles. Engage in medieval warfare against the AI in one of two single player campaigns or online with up to 8 players.

Why similar: City Builder 21.7%, Economy 13.7%, Colony Sim 12.2% ★, RTS 11.1%, Building 10.6%

Feudal Baron: King’s Land is classic-style city-builder. Turn a humble settlement into a medieval town, build workshops and churches, repel raids, and manage your subjects. Ensure steady supplies – or squeeze every last penny from the people.

Why similar: City Builder 29.2%, RTS 14.8%, Trading 11.5% ★, Management 10.8%, Resource Management 8.9%

In Railway Empire, you will create an elaborate and wide-ranging rail network, purchase over 40 different trains modelled in extraordinary detail, and buy or build railway stations, maintenance buildings, factories and tourist attractions to keep your travel network ahead of the competition.

Why similar: Economy 16.7%, Trading 14.2% ★, Management 13.4%, City Builder 13.3%, Building 11%

Of Life and Land is a charming settlement-building strategy game paired with a rich simulation experience. Every animal and plant strives to find its place in nature while you lead your villagers to their future. Expand to different regions and trade with local factions to gain needed resources.

Why similar: City Builder 19.2%, Colony Sim 10.4% ★, RTS 9.1%, Moddable 8.9% ★, Economy 8.8%

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: City Builder 22.5%, Trading 14.1% ★, Colony Sim 12.9% ★, Building 10.7%, Sandbox 10.7%

A fantasy village builder focusing on creative building, colonist psychology and base defense. Handle resources, farming, production, tools, diplomacy, families, trading, defense, and research, as well as the wishes, expectations, thoughts, and equipment of every villager.

Why similar: City Builder 27.3%, Colony Sim 23.7% ★, Building 11.9%, Sandbox 9.7%, Economy 7.6%

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 27.3%, Colony Sim 14.8% ★, Sandbox 12.8%, Building 12.7%, Management 10.7%

In Memoriapolis, you're not just building a city, you're shaping a living, evolving civilization. Travel through five major eras, from Antiquity to the Industrial Revolution. Leave your mark on history by navigating the power struggles between rival factions.

Why similar: City Builder 33.6%, Colony Sim 15.9% ★, Building 13.2%, Historical 11.3%, Management 11.1%

Become an ace doctor, an aspiring architect and a successful manager at the same time. Design your very own hospital, tweak every detail or choose one of the prebuilt scenarios and just jump to the doctor’s duty.

Why similar: City Builder 25.5%, Management 11.6%, Economy 10.1%, Building 9.7%, Sandbox 9.5%