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  1. #1 ISLANDERS
    97% matchVery Positive94% of 16,710 reviews2019
    Dev: Coatsink
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 64%

    ISLANDERS is a minimalist strategy game about building cities on colorful islands.

    Why similar: City Builder 41.4%, Building 19.4%, Relaxing 16.1%, Strategy 9%, Atmospheric 4.1%

  2. #2 Gourdlets
    96% matchVery Positive93% of 2,096 reviews2024
    Dev: AuntyGamesPub: Future Friends Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 54%

    An easygoing sandbox game about building towns for cute vegetable folks. Create your perfect community then watch as the gourdlets make themselves at home. No objectives, no points, just good vibes. Play in full screen, or let your gourdlets hang out at the bottom of your screen!

    Why similar: City Builder 27.3%, Cozy 20.6%, Building 15.1%, Relaxing 8.9%, Cute 7.1%

  3. #3 Fabledom
    96% matchVery Positive85% of 7,347 reviews2024
    Dev: Grenaa GamesPub: Dear Villagers
    Windows
    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    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 34.8%, Resource Management 13.8%, Management 11.9%, Relaxing 10.4%, Cute 7.7%

  4. #4 Minami Lane
    95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 6,345 reviews2024
    Dev: DootPub: Doot Tiny Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.3 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: Cozy 19.8%, City Builder 17.5%, Management 9.6%, Building 9.1%, Resource Management 8.7%

  5. #5 Settlement Survival
    94% matchVery Positive86% of 7,842 reviews2022
    Dev: Gleamer StudioPub: Team17
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 10.8 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 37.5%, Building 19.5%, Management 14.1%, Resource Management 9.8%, Simulation 5.8%

  6. #6 Into the Emberlands
    94% matchVery Positive81% of 291 reviews2025
    Dev: Tiny RoarPub: Daedalic Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    Venture out into the Emberlands and uncover an ever-changing world filled with surprising encounters and mystical creatures! Save villagers who got lost in the Miasma, collect resources and rebuild your village to create a safe haven for your people.

    Why similar: Wholesome 33.1%, Cozy 29.8%, Cute 8.5%, Relaxing 7.5%, Family Friendly 7.3%

  7. #7 SteamWorld Build
    93% matchVery Positive84% of 2,093 reviews2023
    Dev: The StationPub: Thunderful Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%

    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 24.5%, Resource Management 11.9%, Building 11.2%, Management 10.3%, Family Friendly 8.3%

  8. #8 United Penguin Kingdom
    92% matchMostly Positive76% of 427 reviews2024
    Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
    Windows
    Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 67%

    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 28.7%, Resource Management 13.6%, Management 13.1%, Building 10.2%, Strategy 8.1%

  9. #9 URBO
    91% matchVery Positive92% of 648 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 20.6%, Cozy 18.1%, City Builder 17.2%, Building 10.2%, Relaxing 5.8%

  10. #10 Havendock
    91% matchVery Positive80% of 1,861 reviews2025
    Dev: YYZ StudioPub: Pretty Soon
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 66%

    Breathe easy and thrive in this cozy colony sim. Build a haven for castaways, manage resources, live your best life on the ocean. Lead your humble settlement into a high-tech society.

    Why similar: City Builder 27.9%, Building 16.5%, Resource Management 14.2%, Management 13.3%, Relaxing 9%

  11. #11 The Wandering Village
    89% matchVery Positive92% of 8,074 reviews2025
    Dev: Stray Fawn StudioPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    The Wandering Village is a city-building simulation game on the back of a giant, wandering creature. Build your settlement and form a symbiotic relationship with the colossus. Will you survive together in this hostile, yet beautiful post-apocalyptic world, contaminated by poisonous plants?

    Why similar: City Builder 37.2%, Management 18.4%, Resource Management 17.9%, Simulation 8.6%, Cute 8.2%

  12. #12 Catizens
    90% matchVery Positive82% of 366 reviews2024
    Dev: badopticsgamesPub: HeroCraft PC
    Windows
    Median: 54 minMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 44%

    Inspired by RimWorld and The Sims, Catizens is a colony management simulation game where you watch over unique cats with quirky personalities, as you help them build and grow their settlement while exploring new lands, facing off against wildlife and overcoming the challenges of each environment.

    Why similar: City Builder 34%, Building 20.3%, Management 13.2%, Strategy 8.1%, Simulation 7.1%

  13. #13 ISLANDERS: New Shores
    87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,154 reviews2025
    Dev: The StationPub: Coatsink
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 61%

    Welcome to ISLANDERS: New Shores. Build your island retreat in a calm, minimalist world with exciting new features that keep the classic charm while inspiring fresh creativity.

    Why similar: City Builder 35.2%, Building 19.4%, Relaxing 11%, Strategy 9.3%, Colorful 6.9%

  14. #14 Diluvian Winds
    89% matchMostly Positive73% of 380 reviews2024
    Dev: Alambik StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 69%

    Diluvian Winds is a relaxing management game set in a small hamlet at the foot of a lighthouse. Welcome weary travelers and work together to expand your hamlet on land, under the sea, or among the clouds.

    Why similar: City Builder 29.3%, Building 13.3%, Resource Management 11.9%, Management 9.7%, Cute 6.9%

  15. #15 Farlanders
    88% matchVery Positive92% of 569 reviews2023
    Dev: Andriy BychkovskyiPub: Crytivo
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 62%

    Terraform, strategize, and construct a Martian colony in this retro-inspired turn-based city builder. Create a comfortable living for your citizens, research alien artifacts, and uncover the secrets of the Red Planet.

    Why similar: City Builder 33.8%, Building 18.7%, Resource Management 17.1%, Management 14.5%, Strategy 7.5%

  16. #16 Indoorlands
    86% matchVery Positive81% of 269 reviews2022
    Dev: Pixelsplit
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    The indoor park management simulator where you can create your rides and coasters from scratch and freely design your halls. Manage, expand and develop your own park to inspire your guests. Satisfy your visitors' needs by unlocking and researching new buildings, rides, transportation and more!

    Why similar: City Builder 17%, Building 15.3%, Management 13.2%, Resource Management 11.9%, Family Friendly 7.6%

  17. #17 Folklands
    85% matchMostly Positive75% of 52 reviews2025
    Dev: Bromantic GamesPub: Light Up Games
    Windows · Linux

    Folklands is a relaxing settlement builder with a retro look and feel set in a fantasy Nordic-inspired world. Harvest, produce and trade resources from multiple production chains as you grow your settlement. Keep your folks happy and safe and tend to their needs in a living and changing world.

    Why similar: City Builder 35%, Building 19.7%, Management 14.2%, Resource Management 6.9%, Strategy 6.3%

  18. #18 The Colonists
    86% matchVery Positive86% of 1,205 reviews2018
    Dev: CodebyfirePub: Mode 7
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Build a new home for your team of robots as they begin a new life for themselves on a distant planet where they can fulfil their ultimate dream: to be human.

    Why similar: City Builder 29.7%, Building 17%, Management 13%, Resource Management 8.4%, Family Friendly 6.5%

  19. #19 Teeny Tiny Town
    84% matchVery Positive92% of 52 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: Cozy 26.1%, City Builder 21%, Building 12.1%, Family Friendly 7.7%, Strategy 6.2%

  20. #20 Synergy
    84% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,011 reviews2025
    Dev: Leikir StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 53%

    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 25.1%, Building 13.6%, Resource Management 12.1%, Management 10.6%, Stylized 8.8%

  21. #21 Town to City
    82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 5,836 reviews2025
    Dev: Galaxy GrovePub: Kwalee
    Windows
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    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 31.4%, Cozy 21.1%, Building 12%, Management 7.3%, Cute 5.2%

  22. #22 Dorfromantik
    83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 29,027 reviews2022
    Dev: Toukana Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    Dorfromantik is a peaceful building strategy and puzzle game where you create a beautiful and ever-growing village landscape by placing tiles. Explore a variety of colorful biomes, discover and unlock new tiles and complete quests to fill your world with life!

    Why similar: City Builder 34%, Resource Management 16.2%, Family Friendly 12%, Relaxing 11.8%, Strategy 8.1%

  23. #23 Echoes of the Plum Grove
    82% matchVery Positive88% of 3,019 reviews2024
    Dev: Unwound GamesPub: indie.io
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 23.2 hrs≥1hr: 71%

    A new life awaits in Honeywood! Build a thriving community that will last generations in this cozy farm simulator. Farm, socialize, make friends, cook, craft, forage and uncover the secrets of the island! If someone doesn’t want to be friends? There are always other means.

    Why similar: Cozy 41%, Management 17.6%, Family Friendly 12.5%, Cute 8.8%, Simulation 8.5%

  24. #24 Citizens: Far Lands
    81% matchMostly Positive79% of 135 reviews2022
    Dev: RedKar DevsPub: CreativeForge Games
    Windows
    Median: 2.2 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 32.2%, Resource Management 18.2%, Building 16.8%, Management 11.9%, Strategy 7.3%

  25. #25 Haven Park
    80% matchVery Positive95% of 1,071 reviews2021
    Dev: Bubblebird Studio
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 72%

    Be Flint, who is doing his best to keep his grandma's park up and running and make it a place for the campers to enjoy. Learn the camper's wishes and build whatever their hearts desire to attract even more quirky characters and look forward to whimsical conversations and quests.

    Why similar: Wholesome 22%, Cozy 20.8%, Building 12.3%, Management 10.8%, Family Friendly 7.6%

  26. #26 Goblins of Elderstone
    81% matchMostly Positive74% of 394 reviews2023
    Dev: Outerdawn
    Windows
    Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 5.1 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 28.3%, Building 17.4%, Resource Management 14.7%, Management 13.5%, Strategy 7.5%

  27. #27 Cat Cafe Manager
    79% matchVery Positive88% of 3,103 reviews2022
    Dev: Roost GamesPub: indie.io
    Windows
    Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    Travel to the sleepy village of Caterwaul Way and rebuild your grandmother's cat cafe. Renovate your restaurant, befriend the local cats and townsfolk, forge lasting friendships, unravel catty mysteries, and build a home for dozens of unique felines!

    Why similar: Cozy 23.7%, Wholesome 22%, Building 11.7%, Management 10.8%, Relaxing 6.3%

  28. #28 Flotsam
    76% matchVery Positive80% of 4,240 reviews2025
    Dev: Pajama Llama GamesPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    Sail, scavenge, and rescue survivors in a vibrant floating city-builder. Captain your drifters across the endless garbage sea to uncover soaked ruins, rusting factories, and stories from the old world.

    Why similar: City Builder 35.3%, Resource Management 18.9%, Building 17.9%, Cute 9.9%, Strategy 7.7%

  29. #29 Of Life and Land
    77% matchVery Positive86% of 351 reviews2025
    Dev: KerzovenPub: Metaroot
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 60%

    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 33.3%, Building 17.6%, Resource Management 16%, Management 15%, Strategy 8.6%

  30. #30 Founders' Fortune
    79% matchVery Positive80% of 2,168 reviews2020
    Dev: Dionic Software
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 57%

    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 38%, Building 19.8%, Management 11.1%, Resource Management 10.4%, Strategy 8.1%

  31. #31 Scorchlands
    77% matchVery Positive91% of 129 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 24.6%, Resource Management 16.6%, Management 12.1%, Stylized 9.2%, Top-Down 8.6%

  32. #32 Let Them Trade
    76% matchVery Positive85% of 1,033 reviews2025
    Dev: SpaceflowerPub: ByteRockers' Games
    Windows
    Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 68%

    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 23.9%, Resource Management 12.5%, Building 11.7%, Management 10.2%, Relaxing 8%

  33. #33 Totemlands
    78% matchVery Positive92% of 51 reviews2021
    Dev: Hobofeller
    Windows

    Totemlands is a relaxing crafting, building game where you raise totem poles, hunt spirits, decorate and explore the lands.

    Why similar: Cozy 23.8%, Building 15%, Wholesome 14.3%, Management 10.5%, Family Friendly 8.4%

  34. #34 Before We Leave
    78% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,697 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 26.1%, Building 13.6%, Resource Management 12.5%, Family Friendly 9.5%, Relaxing 8.2%

  35. #35 Outpath
    75% matchVery Positive94% of 2,905 reviews2023
    Dev: David Moralejo SánchezPub: GrabTheGames
    Windows
    Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!

    Why similar: Building 19.1%, Resource Management 18.3%, Management 15%, Relaxing 11.2%, Simulation 9.7%

  36. #36 A World of Keflings
    73% matchVery Positive99% of 442 reviews2025
    Dev: NinjaBee
    Windows

    Keflings may be small, but their kingdom-building adventures are gigantic! Build a world with your friends in A World of Keflings! Harvest resources, construct robots, befriend a dragon, and help a creepy witch get even creepier in this update of the classic 2010 city-building adventure.

    Why similar: Cozy 22.1%, City Builder 21.8%, Building 12.5%, Management 9.7%, Resource Management 6.2%

  37. #37 HEXAROMA: Village Builder
    74% 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 24.9%, City Builder 20.8%, Cozy 15.1%, Building 10.6%, Relaxing 5.6%

  38. #38 Fantastic Haven: Prologue
    74% matchMostly Positive76% of 283 reviews2024
    Dev: Piece of Cake FabulousPub: Goblinz Publishing
    Windows

    Save fantasy creatures and protect them until releasing them into their natural habitat. Build your shelter, explore the neighboring region, and encounter a series of events.

    Why similar: City Builder 32.1%, Building 13.6%, Simulation 8.7%, Family Friendly 8.2%, Cute 8%

  39. #39 Lords and Villeins
    75% matchMostly Positive71% of 951 reviews2022
    Dev: Honestly GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 15.5 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 30.1%, Building 15.6%, Management 14.6%, Resource Management 11%, Top-Down 7.8%

  40. #40 Foundation
    71% matchVery Positive86% of 23,481 reviews2025
    Dev: Polymorph Games
    Windows
    Median: 11.0 hrsMean: 26.3 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 44%, Building 11.1%, Resource Management 10.4%, Management 9.7%, Strategy 6.9%

  41. #41 SUMMERHOUSE
    70% matchVery Positive93% of 3,193 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 30.5%, Building 17.6%, Relaxing 12.1%, Cozy 6.5%, Colorful 5.5%

  42. #42 Town Keeper
    71% matchVery Positive96% of 53 reviews2024
    Dev: Cuddle Code
    Windows · Mac

    Build a rabbit town while defending it from the fluffy empire's invasions.

    Why similar: City Builder 30.5%, Building 9.9%, Management 9.6%, Cute 9.3%, Relaxing 8.8%

  43. #43 Twinkleby
    69% matchVery Positive93% of 238 reviews2025
    Dev: Might and Delight
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Twinkleby is a cozy decoration game where you map out an archipelago of floating islands and build dioramas for a society of spacefaring Neighbours. Expand your collection, discover antique secrets, decorate, and when you change your mind – evict everyone and throw their furniture into space!

    Why similar: Cozy 23.4%, City Builder 16.8%, Building 13.3%, Management 9%, Relaxing 7.1%

  44. #44 Reefland
    72% matchVery Positive93% of 82 reviews2022
    Dev: UnSweet
    Windows

    Reefland - is a colorful city-building simulator with a relaxing atmosphere, where you are up to paint the island by placing buildings.

    Why similar: City Builder 29.6%, Building 12%, Relaxing 9.9%, Family Friendly 9.2%, Stylized 8%

  45. #45 River Towns
    70% matchVery Positive93% of 239 reviews2025
    Dev: Frogsong StudiosPub: Metaroot
    Windows

    Solve puzzles by placing buildings and creating vibrant cities in River Towns. Each district has its own style and shapes, making every level a new challenge. Help to restore and rebuild our River Towns.

    Why similar: City Builder 25.2%, Cozy 23.3%, Building 11.5%, Family Friendly 8.5%, Relaxing 7.1%

  46. #46 Mistward
    71% matchMixed61% of 85 reviews2026
    Dev: Sokpop Collective
    Windows · Mac

    Mistward is a survival city-builder set on a mysterious island enshrouded in a poisonous mist! Create light sources to keep the mist at bay, build houses and command humans to gather resources. Explore the island and find a way out!

    Why similar: City Builder 41.1%, Strategy 11.7%, Cute 10.7%, Simulation 10.5%, Relaxing 9.2%

  47. #47 Townscaper
    70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 21,438 reviews2021
    Dev: Oskar StålbergPub: Raw Fury
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 42 minMean: 8.6 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 26.5%, Building 17.1%, Family Friendly 9.7%, Relaxing 9.5%, Stylized 8.1%

  48. #48 Paragon Pioneers
    72% matchVery Positive89% of 56 reviews2022
    Dev: Tobias Arlt
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Paragon Pioneers is a city-building idle game in which you discover, conquer and then build on islands to fulfill the needs of your inhabitants. Even with limited time to play you can enjoy this deep simulation game and follow one of the countless ways to optimize your empire.

    Why similar: City Builder 32.5%, Building 19.4%, Management 14.6%, Top-Down 7.6%, Relaxing 7.1%

  49. #49 Tiny Isle
    68% matchVery Positive92% of 139 reviews2026
    Dev: Nature Rituals StudioPub: Etherous Games Limited
    Windows

    Tiny Isle is a cozy island-building simulation game. Grow crops, collect crystals, expand and customize your magical island, and welcome sprites and animal residents. Play actively with hands-on planning, or relax with full idle progression as your island comes to life at your own pace.

    Why similar: Building 19.2%, Resource Management 16.6%, Management 13.3%, Relaxing 10.1%, Cute 9.5%

  50. #50 Hearthlands
    73% matchVery Positive82% of 414 reviews2017
    Dev: Four White Cats
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 7.1 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 40.2%, Management 14.4%, Resource Management 13.2%, Strategy 9.5%, Simulation 8.2%

  51. #51 Ratopia
    68% matchVery Positive88% of 4,645 reviews2025
    Dev: Cassel Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 26.1 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 28.5%, Building 21%, Management 14.1%, Resource Management 12.8%, Cute 8.9%

  52. #52 Heian City Story
    69% matchVery Positive89% of 148 reviews2025
    Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
    Windows

    A city-building sim with a historical twist

    Why similar: City Builder 33.8%, Building 12.6%, Strategy 9.9%, Simulation 9.3%, Cute 8.4%

  53. #53 Dream Town Island
    68% matchVery Positive96% of 450 reviews2023
    Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
    Windows
    Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    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 34%, Building 15%, Strategy 9.8%, Simulation 9.3%, Cute 8.1%

  54. #54 Overthrown
    67% matchMixed63% of 265 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 33.6%, Building 20%, Management 15.3%, Resource Management 10.4%, Simulation 7.1%

  55. #55 Villagers
    73% matchMixed53% of 342 reviews2016
    Dev: bumblebee.Pub: Avanquest Software Publishing Ltd
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 95%

    Villagers is a beautifully illustrated and richly detailed town-building game where you build a thriving community using the people and resources around you. Success or failure depends on your ability to create a town that can grow and prosper, and overcome the harsh realities of medieval life!

    Why similar: City Builder 64.8%, Strategy 18.7%, Simulation 16.4%

  56. #56 Home Wind
    67% matchVery Positive90% of 830 reviews2022
    Dev: Adi Zhavo
    Windows · Mac

    Home Wind is a minimalist, relaxing and cozy city builder about creating large settlements based on proximity tactics. All for free!

    Why similar: City Builder 33.6%, Building 12.4%, Relaxing 9.1%, Resource Management 9%, Cute 7.9%

  57. #57 Pile Up!
    65% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,047 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 24.7%, Building 15.1%, Management 11.2%, Relaxing 9.7%, Stylized 8.5%

  58. #58 Pan'orama
    66% matchVery Positive89% of 1,317 reviews2023
    Dev: Chicken LauncherPub: Awaken Realms
    Windows
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 71%

    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 33.4%, Building 19.8%, Relaxing 11%, Stylized 10%, Colorful 6.7%

  59. #59 United Penguin Kingdom: Huddle up
    65% matchVery Positive89% of 629 reviews2023
    Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
    Windows
    Median: 54 minMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 44%

    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 31%, Resource Management 15.1%, Management 12.9%, Strategy 9%, Cute 7.4%

  60. #60 Village Tale
    64% matchVery Positive85% of 299 reviews2025
    Dev: Knight Owl Games
    Windows
    Median: 18.1 hrsMean: 22.3 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    A relaxing idle village-building simulator nestled in the corner of your screen! Build, Craft, and Trade to guide your village from humble beginnings to a thriving trading hub, it's time to write your own Village Tale!

    Why similar: City Builder 21.7%, Building 12.8%, Resource Management 11.6%, Management 11.2%, Relaxing 7.5%

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