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60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Strategy, City Builder, Simulation, Historical.

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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.

Reviews: Very Positive — 81% — of 294 reviews
Released: 2026-04-09
Developer: Siscia Games
Genres: Indie, Simulation, Strategy
Platforms: Windows

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    Windows
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    Windows
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    91% matchVery Positive85% of 484 reviews2008
    Dev: Haemimont GamesPub: Kalypso Media Digital
    Windows
    Median: 42 minMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 41%

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    Windows
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    Windows · Mac

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    Windows
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    Windows
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    Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Townsmen – A Kingdom Rebuilt hands the crown to you: Guide your people from their first steps in a small village to a massive medieval metropolis with thousands of inhabitants.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 35.4%, City Builder 22.9%, Strategy 9.1%, Medieval 8.6%, Simulation 8.6%

  55. #55 Celestial Empire: Prologue
    65% matchVery Positive86% of 426 reviews2025
    Dev: President Studio
    Windows

    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: Colony Sim 25.4%, City Builder 21.9%, Historical 13.2%, Economy 10.2%, Base Building 8%

  56. #56 City idle
    68% matchMostly Positive71% of 231 reviews2023
    Dev: Grest Games OÜ
    Windows

    Experience a city-building game, where the citizens are fully simulated and every decision you make impacts their lives. From the Stone Age to the Iron Age and beyond, watch your civilization evolve and progress under your guidance.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 39.7%, Immersive Sim 15.3%, Economy 14.2%, Strategy 8.8%, Simulation 8.7%

  57. #57 Anno 1503 History Edition
    67% matchMostly Positive71% of 136 reviews2024
    Dev: Ubisoft MainzPub: Ubisoft
    Windows

    Experience the classic gameplay of 1503 A.D.: The New World, optimized for current computers with resolutions up to 4K.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 24.3%, City Builder 21.1%, Political Sim 18.7% ★, Historical 9%, Economy 8.7%

  58. #58 Floodland
    68% matchMixed56% of 1,094 reviews2022
    Dev: Vile MonarchPub: Ravenscourt
    Windows
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 21.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    A society survival game set in a world destroyed by climate change. Explore, scavenge and build a city to unite the clans. Conflicting cultures and limited resources mean you need to make tough choices; have you got what it takes to lead your people into a new era of humanity?

    Why similar: Colony Sim 28.3%, Political Sim 23.4% ★, City Builder 21.8%, Strategy 7%, Resource Management 6.5%

  59. #59 The Bonfire 2: Uncharted Shores
    68% matchMixed69% of 371 reviews2020
    Dev: Xigma Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 95%

    Build, survive, explore. Design your city, manage resource chains and workers, Send ships on expedition, trade with cities, discover mysterious dungeons and uncover secrets of ancients.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 37.4%, City Builder 20.2%, Base Building 10.5%, Isometric 7.9%, Resource Management 6.5%

  60. #60 Pharaoh + Cleopatra
    67% matchVery Positive92% of 2,587 reviews2016
    Dev: Impressions GamesPub: Activision
    Windows
    Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 18.7 hrs≥1hr: 55%

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

    Why similar: City Builder 43.9%, Historical 20.4%, Colony Sim 18.6%, Strategy 9.3%, Simulation 6.9%

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