Games Like Nova Roma

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 24.4%, Economy 13.8%, Historical 12%, Building 10.8%, Sandbox 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: This is the most direct thematic successor to Nova Roma, offering a high-fidelity Roman city-building experience with deep economic systems.

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: Grand Strategy 16.6% ★, City Builder 13.4%, Historical 10.6%, Base Building 9.8%, Diplomacy 5.8% ★

Why You'll Like It: Combines high-fidelity medieval city building with realistic logistics and supply chain management that mirrors the depth of Nova Roma.

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 17.8%, Colony Sim 14.7%, Diplomacy 13.3% ★, Historical 10.1%, Economy 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: A faithful remake of the classic ancient city-builder that shares the same fundamental mechanics of supply chains and divine favor.

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: Grand Strategy 11.2% ★, City Builder 9.9%, Colony Sim 9.6%, Diplomacy 7.8% ★, 4X 7.2% ★

Why You'll Like It: The ultimate test of logistics and economic management, perfect for players who enjoy the complex supply chain aspects of Nova Roma.

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 29.6%, Colony Sim 9.4%, Economy 8.9%, Resource Management 7.3%, Sandbox 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: Offers an organic, gridless approach to city building with deep management systems that prioritize citizen needs and resource flow.

Create and customize cities in Nebuchadnezzar, a classic isometric city-builder where careful planning and define your rise as a ruler in ancient Mesopotamia.

Why similar: City Builder 19.8%, Economy 11.8%, Moddable 10.4% ★, Colony Sim 10.2%, Historical 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A focused ancient city-builder that emphasizes complex production chains and monument construction in a historical setting.

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

Why similar: City Builder 39.9%, Colony Sim 34.8%, Strategy 10.3%, Historical 8.5%, Economy 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: This definitive ancient Greek city-builder features the same grid-based management and mythological integration found in Nova Roma.

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: Moddable 20.8% ★, City Builder 16%, Historical 11.1%, Economy 9.6%, Base Building 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: A Roman-themed city builder that balances urban development with tactical military management and divine interaction.

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 15.6%, Moddable 14.6% ★, Historical 12.1%, Colony Sim 10.4%, Economy 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the historical evolution of a settlement with a heavy emphasis on survival and realistic resource management.

Songs of Syx is a fantasy city-builder with vast battles simulating thousands of citizens and soldiers. Start off as a small village and build, scheme, and fight your way towards a mighty empire. The mechanics are deep and true to life, where tiny events can spiral into the collapse of kingdoms.

Why similar: 4X 13.1% ★, Grand Strategy 12.9% ★, Colony Sim 12.5%, City Builder 11.6%, Moddable 10.1% ★

Why You'll Like It: Allows for massive scale city management with complex logistics and social systems that appeal to fans of deep simulation.

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: Grand Strategy 10.5% ★, 4X 9.9% ★, Colony Sim 9.5%, City Builder 8.6%, Moddable 8.3% ★

Why You'll Like It: Deeply focuses on the political and social simulation of a ruling family, adding a layer of management depth beyond simple construction.

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 16.7%, Colony Sim 14.7%, Historical 10.7%, Base Building 9.1%, Economy 8%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a highly realistic and detailed historical city-building experience with a focus on local economy and trade.

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 22.1%, Colony Sim 20%, Historical 11.5%, Base Building 11.2%, Building 10%

Why You'll Like It: Centers on the evolution of a city through historical eras, emphasizing political strategy and long-term urban planning.

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: Grand Strategy 10.1% ★, Diplomacy 9.8% ★, 4X 9.3% ★, Colony Sim 8.6%, City Builder 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A roguelite city-builder that demands constant optimization of supply chains and adaptation to changing environmental conditions.

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 20.8%, Colony Sim 19.1%, Building 10.4%, Management 8.6%, Base Building 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a robust survival-focused city-building experience with deep resource management and trade systems.

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 42.3%, Historical 24.8%, Strategy 15.6%, Simulation 9.5%, Building 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: A classic strategy title that captures the political and architectural ambition of the Roman Empire.

Humans are long gone. In a world struck by droughts and toxic waste, will your lumberpunk beavers do any better? A sandbox city-building game featuring ingenious animals, vertical architecture, water physics, and terraforming. Contains high amounts of wood.

Why similar: City Builder 21.9%, Colony Sim 19.7%, Base Building 11.3%, Building 9.2%, Sandbox 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: Features unique water and resource management mechanics that require the same level of strategic planning as Nova Roma.

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: Colony Sim 29.4%, City Builder 28.5%, Survival 7.4%, Sandbox 5.8%, Strategy 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: The essential survival city-builder that established the modern standard for resource management and population growth.

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 15.2%, Moddable 13.8% ★, City Builder 13.2%, Historical 10.2%, Base Building 10%

Why You'll Like It: A voxel-based historical city builder that emphasizes base-building and survival against environmental and external threats.

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 21.2%, Colony Sim 20%, Resource Management 8.7%, Management 8.3%, Building 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: An accessible yet challenging city builder that incorporates defensive elements and resource management in a historical fantasy setting.

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: Colony Sim 17.9%, City Builder 16.8%, Moddable 9.2% ★, Economy 7.2%, Survival 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: Features a social and economic management system that forces players to balance the needs of their citizens with the demands of the state.

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 17.5%, Colony Sim 17.4%, Base Building 10.8%, Economy 9.2%, Building 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: Introduces complex vertical logistics and resource transportation that will appeal to fans of Nova Roma's supply chain focus.

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 30.8%, Colony Sim 27.6%, Survival 8.5%, Historical 8.3%, Strategy 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on historical progression and the management of a growing population through the challenges of the ancient world.

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 26.3%, Colony Sim 18.6%, Base Building 12.1%, Economy 8.8%, Management 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer-capable city builder that emphasizes historical development and resource management across various biomes.

Frostpunk is the first society survival game. As the ruler of the last city on Earth, it is your duty to manage both its citizens and infrastructure. What decisions will you make to ensure your society's survival? What will you do when pushed to breaking point? Who will you become in the process?

Why similar: City Builder 25.5%, Colony Sim 19.8%, Resource Management 12.2%, Survival 10.4%, Building 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: A high-stakes management game where enacting laws and balancing resources is critical to the survival of your society.

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: Grand Strategy 10% ★, Diplomacy 9.4% ★, 4X 9.2% ★, Colony Sim 9%, City Builder 8.1%

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 17.7%, Colony Sim 17.3%, Diplomacy 15.5% ★, Economy 8.2%, Sandbox 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: Combines traditional city building with a complex economic simulation that rewards players for optimizing production lines.

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 31.8%, Economy 16.7%, Management 11.6%, Diplomacy 10.1% ★, Strategy 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a blend of political simulation and economic management that mirrors the law-enactment and citizen-appeasement systems of Nova Roma.

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: Colony Sim 18.1%, City Builder 16.5%, Base Building 11.1%, Building 8.9%, Management 8.3%

Command swarms of warriors at an unprecedented scale of warfare in this blend of RTS and base-building. Lead ant colonies against the many fearsome threats of the insect world, while building intricate nests, developing pheromone-based tactics, and evolving to meet growing dangers.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 10.2% ★, 4X 9.2% ★, Diplomacy 9.1% ★, Colony Sim 8.8%, City Builder 8.1%

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: Colony Sim 13.6%, City Builder 12.4%, Moddable 12% ★, Base Building 9.1%, Economy 8.7%

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 19.7%, City Builder 17.1%, Moddable 13.1% ★, Base Building 12.1%, Sandbox 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: Combines colony simulation with character-driven management, offering a unique perspective on ruling a growing settlement.

You are the first sentient AI, born into a city of opportunity. Transcend time and space in this strategy RPG to raise machine armies and defeat your foes, influence the world from the shadows, or pursue countless other goals. Your awakening was inevitable. The consequences? Uncertain.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 10.2% ★, Diplomacy 10% ★, 4X 9.2% ★, Colony Sim 8.5%, City Builder 7.9%

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 18.7%, City Builder 16.5%, Economy 8.6%, Historical 8.6%, Base Building 8.3%

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: Colony Sim 14%, City Builder 12.9%, Moddable 12.3% ★, Base Building 9%, Building 6.9%

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 16.7%, Colony Sim 14.7%, Historical 10.2%, Base Building 10%, Management 8.4%

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 19.5%, City Builder 17.1%, Moddable 12.1% ★, Base Building 11.6%, Building 8.4%

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: Diplomacy 17.7% ★, Colony Sim 15.6%, City Builder 14%, Base Building 10.1%, Historical 10.1%

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: Colony Sim 13.3%, City Builder 12.7%, Moddable 9.9% ★, Base Building 9.1%, Historical 8%

Lead empires that evolve or endure through the Ages. Build something you believe in with Sid Meier's Civilization® VII.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 19.7% ★, Diplomacy 19.1% ★, 4X 18.3% ★, City Builder 13.7%, Historical 11.3%

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: Colony Sim 20.1%, City Builder 20%, Base Building 12.7%, Building 10.8%, Resource Management 9.1%

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: 4X 19.2% ★, Diplomacy 13.7% ★, City Builder 12.4%, Base Building 11.3%, Historical 11%

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 25.9%, Colony Sim 21.3%, Base Building 11.8%, Survival 9.7%, Strategy 8%

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: 4X 17% ★, Grand Strategy 16.6% ★, Diplomacy 16.3% ★, Moddable 11.5% ★, Historical 10.3%

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: Colony Sim 19.7%, City Builder 18.9%, Base Building 8.9%, Resource Management 8.6%, Building 7.9%

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 19.7%, Historical 15%, Economy 14.3%, Building 11.2%, Sandbox 10.5%

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: Colony Sim 21.9%, City Builder 20.2%, Historical 13.4%, Economy 13%, Base Building 9.4%

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 28.2%, Building 12%, Economy 11.7%, Moddable 10.4% ★, Sandbox 9.5%

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 23.9%, City Builder 21.5%, Building 10.9%, Sandbox 10.3%, Management 8.2%

Step into the shoes of a fallen clan leader, starting with nothing but a crumbling estate and a handful of hopes, rising through careful planning, trade, and diplomacy to become one of the most powerful families in the land. Now it’s time to forge a legendary dynasty that leaves its mark on history.

Why similar: Diplomacy 23.1% ★, City Builder 14.7%, Economy 9.4%, Management 8.9%, Sandbox 8.6%

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 19.4%, City Builder 16.9%, Economy 10.1%, Base Building 9.8%, Sandbox 8.4%

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 18.2%, City Builder 14.2%, Base Building 11.7%, Building 10%, Management 7.7%

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: Colony Sim 16.6%, City Builder 15%, Base Building 10.1%, Historical 10%, Economy 9.6%

Pax Augusta is probably the most authentic ancient city-building simulation. Build flourishing cities and look after your citizens. Earn gold with production and trade of goods and build impressive monuments. Strengthen your influence and become a Roman emperor!

Why similar: City Builder 24.7%, Grand Strategy 20.6% ★, Historical 18.7%, Simulation 9.9%, Strategy 9.1%

Build massive ocean cities and lead your people to prosperity in this post-apocalyptic survival colony sim. Featuring a physics-based 3D construction system, complex resource management, exploration, difficult political decisions, supply chains, and a robust sandbox mode.

Why similar: Colony Sim 20.9%, City Builder 16.5%, Base Building 13.6%, Sandbox 8.6%, Resource Management 7.5%

The award-winning sci-fi city builder is back - remastered, expanded and even more stunning. Colonize Mars and survive the process, from exploration and infrastructure to welcoming colonists and achieving long-term stability. Are you ready? Mars is waiting.

Why similar: Colony Sim 17.1%, City Builder 15.1%, Moddable 11.2% ★, Economy 9%, Diplomacy 8.9% ★

Rule Tenochtitlán in this survival city-builder where gods decide your fate. Confront the Moon Goddess and her generals. Delve into the intricate story, survive the nights in the Sandbox mode, or build freely in the Creative mode. The last sun is yours to save, or… lose!

Why similar: Colony Sim 15.3%, City Builder 14.5%, Historical 10.3%, Economy 10%, Base Building 9.8%

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: 4X 15.4% ★, City Builder 14.1%, Colony Sim 12.9%, Building 10%, Historical 9.4%

「Reshaping Mars」is a colony simulation game on Mars, you will start by gathering resources, storing food, accepting immigrants, and building a better colony together. Develop powerful technologies for Mars Reshaping, make Mars great agai..sorry, just great. Don't forget to make the residents happy.

Why similar: 4X 17.3% ★, Grand Strategy 16.4% ★, Colony Sim 15.6%, Base Building 12.4%, Building 9.1%

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: Diplomacy 18.2% ★, Colony Sim 15.1%, City Builder 14.3%, Economy 10.5%, Base Building 8.5%