- #1 Crowncity
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Haon Games
Windows
Building and managing a late medieval city is a series of challenges. Build wells to provide drinking water, markets to provide bread and food, and theaters to collect performance tax. Stage mode continues an interesting story and journey, random map mode fills each game with a new experience.
Why similar: City Builder 25%, Building 13.8%, Economy 13.5%, Historical 12.7%, Medieval 11.9%
- #2 Aquis
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Oromith Games
Windows · Mac
Aquis: A strategic elemental adventure where a human mage, stranded in a mystical world, must collaborate with elemental beings to mend a portal breach. Battle shadow creatures, restore harmony, and seek a path back to Earth.
Why similar: City Builder 32.6%, Economy 17.5%, Base Building 16.9%, Building 15.2%, Strategy 7.6%
- #3 County of Fortune
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Nepos GamesPub: Aquila Interactive
Windows · Linux
Build an entire medieval county, not just a city. Found villages across a wide, varied landscape, weave trade along rivers and roads, and guide mayors, noble houses, and cultures as your region comes to life. A city-builder on a much bigger scale, no two counties are alike.
Why similar: City Builder 25.2%, Economy 16.5%, Building 13.3%, Historical 12.6%, Medieval 11.5%
- #4 Brews & King
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Scarlet Engineering
Windows · Mac · Linux
A roguelike medieval city builder where your whole city feeds one sprawling brewing operation. Scout for rare ingredients and resources, raise the farms, mills, and workshops that keep it running, and supply the factions you want to win over. Kings rise or fall on the strength of your beer.
Why similar: City Builder 30%, Medieval 14.8%, Strategy 12.9%, Building 11.1%, Base Building 10.6%
- #5 Civitatem
94% matchMixed63% of 134 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 34.5%, Base Building 12.3%, Medieval 11.7%, Strategy 10.4%, Building 9%
- #6 Civilize
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NCAT
Windows
From the first stone tool to the first starship. One city carries an entire civilization across eight ages. Civilize is the first CivForge: a city-builder where multiple islands and 100+ resources let you forge an arc of human history that is entirely your own.
Why similar: City Builder 33.1%, Building 15.7%, Economy 15.7%, Historical 9%, Simulation 6.8%
- #7 Foundation
91% matchVery Positive87% of 23,903 reviews2025
Dev: Polymorph Games
Windows
Median: 11.1 hrsMean: 26.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Foundation is a grid-less, laidback medieval city-building game with a focus on organic development, monument construction and resource management.
Why similar: City Builder 41.8%, Medieval 14%, Economy 11.7%, Building 9.8%, Base Building 7.1%
- #8 Epic Palace : Knossos
92% matchPositive92% of 24 reviews2021
Dev: Milkroom Studios GmbH
Windows
Immerse yourself in the epic world of the Bronze Age! Rule over the first European civilization and build the famous Palace of Knossos. Be smart in diplomacy and trade, use your gained reputation and equip your throne room with unique frescoes from all over the world.
Why similar: City Builder 24.8%, Building 16.6%, Historical 11.7%, Economy 10.7%, Strategy 10.2%
- #9 Chinese Empire: Prologue
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: YeyunaPub: G11 S.A.
Windows
Chinese Empire is an economic city-building strategy taking place in the picturesque areas of China. The prologue will introduce you to the world of Chinese Empire!
Why similar: City Builder 33.9%, Economy 17.1%, Building 16%, Strategy 10.7%, Historical 9.1%
- #10 Stairway to Tavern
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ashina Studios
Windows
Build your dream tavern in the afterlife! Recruit humans, angels or demons. Expand your business from Earth to heaven or hell. Convince customers to join the satan or god 😇👿
Why similar: City Builder 34.7%, Strategy 14.8%, Building 12.7%, Medieval 11%, Top-Down 7.7%
- #11 HistoriCity: Florence
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stratagem Interactive
Windows · Mac
Rebuild a shattered settlement from the devastation of the Black Plague into a flourishing Renaissance metropolis. Manage production, construct iconic landmarks, and recruit powerful masters as you play through historically inspired narrative missions.
Why similar: City Builder 23.8%, Economy 15.4%, Building 12.6%, Base Building 11.2%, Historical 10.8%
- #12 Empire Architect
89% matchMixed65% of 171 reviews2017
Dev: Batholith Entertainment
Windows
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 30.8%, Economy 13.6%, Building 12.1%, Base Building 8.9%, Historical 8.3%
- #13 Manor Lords
86% matchVery Positive84% of 88,470 reviews2024
Dev: Slavic MagicPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 22.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: City Builder 27%, Historical 15.8%, Base Building 15.6%, Medieval 14.1%, Economy 7.6%
- #14 Deichgraf
88% matchMostly Positive79% of 29 reviews2021
Dev: Acid Mines Software UG
Windows
Deichgraf is a small, calm, but sometimes intense building game. Build your own village and protect it against water caused by floods and heavy rain!
Why similar: City Builder 22%, Historical 14.2%, Economy 14%, Medieval 12.8%, Building 12.7%
- #15 Ostriv
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 7,538 reviews2020
Dev: yevhen8
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 36.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Ostriv is a city-building game that puts you in a role of a governor of an 18th century Ukrainian town to challenge your creative skills and management abilities.
Why similar: City Builder 27.1%, Historical 13%, Economy 12.1%, Base Building 11.7%, Building 11.4%
- #16 TM - Prologue
86% matchVery Positive93% of 1,207 reviews2021
Dev: UntitledStudio
Windows · Mac
Median: 54 minMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Tavern Master is all about managing your medieval tavern. You start with a very small room, couple of benches and tables and build your way up to a huge successful tavern with a kitchen, rooms for guests, group of loyal staff and much more!
Why similar: City Builder 22.5%, Building 17.8%, Medieval 16.6%, Strategy 8.9%, Top-Down 8.1%
- #17 Victorian Pier Tycoon
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Webpal Limited
Windows · Mac
Build and manage your own Victorian seaside pier in this nostalgic pixel-art tycoon game. Construct steam-powered rides, balance the delicate needs of the Aristocracy against the Working Class, and maintain structural integrity. Will your resort become a world wonder, or crumble into the sea?
Why similar: City Builder 28.9%, Building 17.5%, Historical 10.8%, Economy 10.3%, Simulation 7.9%
- #18 Chinese Empire
84% matchMostly Negative39% of 36 reviews2024
Dev: Yeyuna
Windows
Chinese Empire is an economic city-building strategy taking place in the picturesque areas of China. Create your own new empire that will go down in history!
Why similar: City Builder 34.7%, Economy 18.5%, Building 17.1%, Historical 10.5%, Strategy 8.5%
- #19 Explorers of Esmar
83% matchPositive89% of 35 reviews2026
Dev: Tipri Games
Windows
Welcome to Explorers of Esmar! Build your settlement, master complex production chains. Claim the riches to explore and conquer the new island continent of Esmar!
Why similar: City Builder 23.3%, Economy 15.9%, Building 13%, Medieval 11%, Base Building 10.8%
- #20 Outpost: Vikings
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Caveman Developments
Windows · Mac
Finally in a new land you must find a way to survive. Hunt, gather, produce & build to grow your new settlement. Manage your allies & enemies & help your people prosper and conquer this new land.
Why similar: City Builder 33.5%, Economy 19.4%, Historical 13.7%, Building 11.1%, Simulation 9.6%
- #21 Tenants of the Shade
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stormjest
Windows
Build a living civilization from a single village. Guide your people across a dynamic landscape of rivers, farms, trade routes, and rival kingdoms as your society rises from the dawn of history.
Why similar: City Builder 29%, Base Building 16.4%, Historical 13.4%, Building 13%, Strategy 8.2%
- #22 Frontier Governor
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sedot Games
Windows
Frontier Governor is a city-building game set in 15th-century Korean history. You have been appointed as the local governor, in the historical background of the northern pioneering. Overcome the rough north and lead the frontier through various resources, buildings, technologies, policies, and more.
Why similar: City Builder 25.6%, Economy 16%, Historical 15%, Building 13.8%, Base Building 10.5%
- #23 The Archaeologists
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: dogvsbear
Windows · Linux
The Archaeologists is a single-player settlement builder. Establish multiple settlements through manufacturing and trade. Raise great structures across the mountain to link them into one interconnected economy. Dig into the rock to unearth valuable artifacts and uncover a forgotten past.
Why similar: City Builder 35.8%, Economy 18.2%, Strategy 10.8%, Base Building 10.4%, Simulation 7.9%
- #24 Build It Up! - The Holy Roman Empire
81% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Tec Enterprise
Windows
Build thriving cities in the Holy Roman Empire! Manage resources, production, and trade in a complex economy. Plan defense and siege. Expand your empire through military might or diplomacy and claim the imperial crown!
Why similar: City Builder 26.3%, Economy 17.2%, Medieval 11.9%, Historical 8.3%, Strategy 7.5%
- #25 Kingdom Workshop
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dmitry Medvedev
Windows
Become a workshop owner! Build base, plan manufacture, hire workers, trade and finally decide the outcome of the war between the kingdoms.
Why similar: City Builder 22.7%, Economy 15.9%, Building 15.4%, Medieval 13.7%, Base Building 12.9%
- #26 Pinevale Settlements
79% match9 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: Kinetic Quasar Games
Windows
Build a colony from scratch, set up production chains, and defend against raids. Manage resources, research technologies, expand your settlement, and survive each escalating wave!
Why similar: City Builder 30.6%, Base Building 19.3%, Building 14.4%, Medieval 14.4%, Strategy 7.9%
- #27 Stardustry
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CherryBit Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are the new manager of Stardustry, the pinnacle of resource extraction and production in outer space! Mine ores, process them and create complex resources in this chill industry simulator set in space.
Why similar: City Builder 33.4%, Strategy 13.9%, Economy 13.8%, Building 12%, Simulation 9%
- #28 Let Them Trade
77% matchVery Positive86% of 1,125 reviews2025
Dev: SpaceflowerPub: ByteRockers' Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Build a network of cities that produce and trade resources, upgrade your castle, and protect the cities from cheeky bandits. Tinker with the economy at your own pace, and watch the charming wooden world grow into a lively and thriving kingdom.
Why similar: City Builder 23.7%, Economy 16.1%, Base Building 11%, Medieval 10.9%, Building 10.8%
- #29 LowPolis
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BroWar Collective
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build, advance, reshape! For all those who have missed relaxing strategy classics. LowPolis is a friendly-paced city builder game where you become the ruler of a rising community. Begin with a handful of resources and pave your way to a truly majestic kingdom!
Why similar: City Builder 36.9%, Building 17.3%, Medieval 13.8%, Strategy 11.7%, Economy 9.9%
- #30 Roadworks 2
78% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2021
Dev: Taxsoft
Windows
City building real time strategy economy simulation game. Manage the resources on the map and build a city connected through road networks of different types of road so that you can meet production targets.
Why similar: City Builder 33.6%, Economy 22.7%, Building 22%, Strategy 11%, Simulation 6.5%
- #31 Isla Paradiso
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Paradiso Studio
Windows
Build and manage a tropical island economy, optimize production chains, research new technologies, and defend your growing settlement against pirate threats in this relaxing yet strategic city-building game.
Why similar: City Builder 33.2%, Economy 18.2%, Building 15.7%, Base Building 11.1%, Strategy 7.5%
- #32 Stronghold 3 Gold
78% matchMostly Negative33% of 4,832 reviews2012
Dev: Firefly Studios
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Set 10 years after the original, Stronghold 3: Gold follows the vengeful story of The Wolf in the third installment of the award-winning castle building series. The Wolf has cheated death become even more bitter and twisted. Build castles, rally your troops and save medieval England!
Why similar: City Builder 34%, Medieval 16.6%, Strategy 15.8%, Historical 8.5%, Base Building 7.9%
- #33 Tutankhamun – Builders of the Eternal
75% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: TreeByte Software
Windows
A 3D city-builder where you farm the Nile, worship powerful gods, train armies, trade with distant regions, and construct monumental works worthy of ancient Egypt.
Why similar: City Builder 30.5%, Strategy 13.1%, Historical 12%, Base Building 10.8%, Economy 9.7%
- #34 Sumerians
75% matchVery Positive88% of 324 reviews2023
Dev: Decumanus Games
Windows
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 28.9%, Historical 13.7%, Economy 12.5%, Base Building 11.1%, Strategy 10.3%
- #35 20 Minute Metropolis - The Action City Builder
76% matchMostly Positive68% of 47 reviews2020
Dev: Dejobaan Games, LLC
Windows
Construct the infrastructure to rebuild civilization. Set up supply lines, mine skyscrapers for plastics, and find a place to process all the poop your people will generate. You have twenty minutes.
Why similar: City Builder 35.3%, Building 18.6%, Base Building 17.4%, Economy 13.3%, Strategy 7%
- #36 Skyline Settlers
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Riza Ozhan
Windows
Build your colony on a floating island, keep your settlers happy and manage your resources wisely. Turn limited space into an advantage, create a peaceful town and enjoy a strategic life in the sky.
Why similar: City Builder 36%, Economy 17.7%, Medieval 14.4%, Building 11.8%, Strategy 10.5%
- #37 Hexburg
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: kubaxent
Windows · Mac · Linux
Hexburg allows you to create a thriving medieval hexagonal grid based metropolis full of industry, trade, culture, and more!
Why similar: City Builder 29.4%, Historical 14.7%, Medieval 13.8%, Economy 10.2%, Building 9.5%
- #38 Lords of Solgrund
72% matchMostly Positive79% of 68 reviews2024
Dev: Sillylas
Windows
Lords of Solgrund combines elements of real time strategy, city building and other unique additions. The game features detailed animations, complex gameplay systems inspired by the early middle ages and elements of fantasy.
Why similar: City Builder 25.2%, Economy 16.9%, Building 13.8%, Base Building 13.2%, Medieval 12.1%
- #39 Hexagge
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Technical Khaos
Windows
A group of travelers has left their home and is trying to restart their lives in a new land. They don't have much but they are determined to thrive. However, an invisible force seems to be guiding them. Will this force help guide them to success or doom them?
Why similar: City Builder 33.9%, Economy 12.8%, Building 11.2%, Simulation 9.4%, Medieval 7.2%
- #40 Patron
73% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,181 reviews2021
Dev: Overseer Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 31.6%, Economy 12.7%, Medieval 10.3%, Building 10.1%, Base Building 9.9%
- #41 Age of Respair
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Respair Games
Windows
Age of Respair is a medieval strategy castle-builder. Build massive castles with fortifications while managing resources and production chains. Assemble a large army and lay siege to enemy castles. Lead your people and bring respair to your kingdom🏰⚔️
Why similar: City Builder 26%, Base Building 15.2%, Building 12.5%, Medieval 10.6%, Historical 10.5%
- #42 Builders of Egypt
71% matchMostly Negative34% of 484 reviews2025
Dev: Strategy Labs
Windows
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 29.8%, Economy 15.7%, Historical 15.7%, Building 14.3%, Base Building 9.8%
- #43 Monument village
71% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: SiggoGames
Windows · Mac
Monument village is a peaceful turn-based medieval city-builder. Optimize the placement of each building to grow your village while fulfilling mandatory resource requests. When you are ready, gather workers and materials and build the monument of your dream.
Why similar: City Builder 30.5%, Economy 20.1%, Building 16.9%, Medieval 15.5%, Top-Down 5.8%
- #44 Peasants
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Meeki Games
Windows
A city builder with a twist - Putting the focus of the game on the peasants who live and grow in your community. Cater for them, deal with their shortcomings and just maybe they will thrive.
Why similar: City Builder 31.3%, Medieval 15.7%, Building 13.3%, Base Building 12.8%, Strategy 8.6%
- #45 VIKING - Sagas of the Norse Lands
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Keliosis Studio
Windows
VIKING - Sagas of the Norse Lands is a city-builder where you forge your legend. Become a Jarl, transform a camp into a thriving city, manage your people's expansion, and build your legacy. Explore, fight, and erect monuments to etch your saga in history!
Why similar: City Builder 25%, Economy 15.8%, Historical 13.1%, Building 12.9%, Medieval 9.6%
- #46 Mistlands: Wheats & Demons
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Silence Studios
Windows
Become a mayor of a small town in a medieval city builder with advanced villager management. Develop a settlement in lands teeming with demons and other evil spirits. Consider the traits, desires and abilities of residents to survive and prosper.
Why similar: City Builder 29.5%, Base Building 15.3%, Building 13.8%, Medieval 12.3%, Economy 11.8%
- #47 Buildings Have Feelings Too!
71% 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 33.8%, Economy 22.6%, Building 16%, Base Building 12.6%, Strategy 9.1%
- #48 Elaborate Lands
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Elaborate Games
Windows
Elaborate Lands is a relaxing, turn-based strategy game. It combines unique gameplay mechanics with elements from 4X, city-builder and puzzle builder games. Build cities, gather resources, research technologies and expand your territory. Different maps and biomes offer near endless replayability.
Why similar: City Builder 22.8%, Economy 16.4%, Historical 11.3%, Building 10.1%, Top-Down 9.2%
- #49 Polismos
68% matchMostly Positive74% of 58 reviews2024
Dev: Composition GS
Windows
Polismos is a city builder set in ancient Greece. To ensure your city's prosperity you will need to care for your people, trade valuable resources, enact wise policies, and maybe even dominate other cities.
Why similar: Historical 26.9%, Base Building 22.8%, City Builder 20.5%, Economy 10.5%, Strategy 9.1%
- #50 Anno 1800
69% matchVery Positive81% of 31,755 reviews2019
Dev: Ubisoft MainzPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 40.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Anno 1800™ – Lead the Industrial Revolution! Welcome to the dawn of the Industrial Age. The path you choose will define your world. Are you an innovator or an exploiter? A conqueror or a liberator? How the world remembers your name is up to you.
Why similar: City Builder 48.6%, Economy 20.8%, Strategy 10%, Historical 5.8%, Simulation 5.7%
- #51 Monastery Builder
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SolidGames
Windows
Become a monk in a medieval European monastery. Be diligent with your duties, and develop and expand your friary. Learn plenty of useful skills and contribute to raising the standard of living for the local community.
Why similar: City Builder 24.9%, Economy 15.7%, Building 14%, Base Building 12.7%, Medieval 12.5%
- #52 Trailer Park Life
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Northern Dev Studio
Windows
Build and manage your own trailer park to either become a peaceful haven or a pit of unruly partiers. Expand on services and amenities to keep tenants happy. Manage staff to keep your park safe and clean or let chaos run amuck and risk it all for higher gains.
Why similar: City Builder 42.4%, Building 17.9%, Economy 15.1%, Base Building 11.4%, Simulation 9.7%
- #53 Randoville
67% matchMixed66% of 67 reviews2023
Dev: AVE Team
Windows
Randoville is a medieval chill-builder where everything is decided by your luck! Will you get a shabby hut or a gorgeous palace? Throw D20 and find out!
Why similar: City Builder 26.7%, Economy 16.5%, Building 13.7%, Medieval 13.6%, Base Building 12.3%
- #54 Mercantile Might
66% matchMostly Positive70% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: SibeRaysGames
Windows
Immerse yourself in the atmosphere of the Middle Ages and take on the role of a ruler who must transform a small town into a prosperous settlement.
Why similar: City Builder 34.4%, Strategy 13.4%, Economy 11.1%, Medieval 10%, Building 9.8%
- #55 Becastled
65% matchVery Positive82% of 5,571 reviews2025
Dev: Mana Potion Studios
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Build a castle by day and defend it by night. Becastled blends cozy city-building with challenging tower defense strategy. Lead the Sun Kingdom’s last stand against the Moon Beasts and end the ancient conflict between light and darkness!
Why similar: City Builder 29.4%, Base Building 23.4%, Building 13.8%, Medieval 13.3%, Strategy 9.3%
- #56 Macropolis
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RiceGames
Windows · Linux
A cozy 2D city-building game where you gather resources, upgrade buildings, and grow a small pixel town brought to life with cars, dynamic weather and beautiful sunsets.
Why similar: City Builder 40.1%, Economy 15.3%, Building 13.4%, Simulation 11.5%, Top-Down 10%
- #57 Stronghold: Definitive Edition
66% matchVery Positive86% of 10,185 reviews2023
Dev: Firefly Studios
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 27.4%, Economy 14.2%, Medieval 12.4%, Building 11.8%, Base Building 11.5%