- #1 Dorfromantik
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 29,653 reviews2022
Dev: Toukana Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 12.9 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 25%, Board Game 17.7%, Sandbox 12.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.8%, Relaxing 9%
- #2 EVERDAWN
96% matchVery Positive98% of 61 reviews2026
Dev: SOLIDS Studio
Windows
EVERDAWN is a relaxing tile-based puzzle game where every placement shapes a living, evolving world. Stack scoring systems, combine biomes, unlock new and powerful Wonder tiles, and collect adorable Michis, little creatures that provide extra tiles.
Why similar: City Builder 27.3%, Board Game 17.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.6%, Relaxing 10.2%, Puzzle 9.5%
- #3 Zen World
96% matchVery Positive81% of 58 reviews2026
Dev: Cartboard Games
Windows
Zen World is a strategy game that can be as relaxing as you want it to be. Build a calm and colorful landscape with hexagonal tiles, matching their borders to each other, collect valuable boxes, and explore the tech tree.
Why similar: City Builder 28%, Board Game 21.5%, Hex Grid 18% ★, Relaxing 10.3%, Puzzle 8.4%
- #4 Shanshui Haven
95% matchVery Positive99% of 86 reviews2024
Dev: LeeT Game
Windows
"Shanshui Haven" is a casual city-building game, offering a relaxing and engaging experience with strategic elements.
Why similar: City Builder 41.4%, Relaxing 14.8%, Puzzle 8.9%, Strategy 7.3%, Top-Down 5.4%
- #5 Islantiles
94% matchVery Positive91% of 69 reviews2026
Dev: Thunderrock Innovations
Windows
Islantiles is a cozy but compulsive roguelike deckbuilder. Unlock powerful technology cards, shape your deck to craft game-breaking combos, and grow your settlements to glory in this ultra-satisfying roguelike!
Why similar: City Builder 23.8%, Board Game 16.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 12%, Sandbox 9.8%, Relaxing 9.2%
- #6 Preserve
93% matchVery Positive93% of 789 reviews2025
Dev: Bitmap GalaxyPub: Grindstone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Preserve is a relaxing puzzle nature-building game in which you flourish a vibrant ecosystem by cleverly placing plants and animals to create a perfect symbiosis to your liking.
Why similar: City Builder 24.5%, Board Game 17.2%, Sandbox 13.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.2%, Relaxing 8.1%
- #7 Tile Town
94% matchVery Positive98% of 63 reviews2023
Dev: One Goose Army
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Tile Town is a chill strategy game set on a hexagonal grid. Plop down various building tiles to get the highest score possible, all while creating a colorful medieval town in the process. Unlock new levels or go for a stroll in the first person mode.
Why similar: City Builder 26.9%, Board Game 21.5%, Hex Grid 21.1% ★, Relaxing 9.8%, Puzzle 5.7%
- #8 Planetiles
92% matchVery Positive82% of 99 reviews2024
Dev: MythicOwl
Windows · Mac · Linux
Dive into Planetiles, where strategy and creativity converge. Build and transform barren planets into flourishing worlds. Outwit natural disasters, develop vibrant habitats, and navigate complex challenges. Embrace a boardgame-like depth with thoughtful planning and strategic decision-making.
Why similar: City Builder 26.2%, Board Game 18.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.6%, Roguelite 10.3%, Relaxing 8.7%
- #9 River Towns
91% matchVery Positive92% of 257 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 32.5%, Board Game 24.3%, Sandbox 14.6%, Puzzle 10.2%, Relaxing 9.5%
- #10 hexurb
91% matchMostly Positive77% of 76 reviews2021
Dev: byMixNez
Windows
hexurb is a calm, peaceful city builder where you can relax after a hard day and just have a good time!
Why similar: City Builder 33.4%, Hex Grid 22.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.7%, Relaxing 10.6%, Strategy 4.6%
- #11 TerraScape
89% matchVery Positive89% of 2,250 reviews2024
Dev: Bitfall StudiosPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Build gorgeous kingdoms on floating islands by strategically placing buildings in this cozy, medieval City-Puzzler. Discover secret combinations, take on weekly challenges and explore randomly generated maps in various single- and multiplayer game modes.
Why similar: City Builder 25.5%, Board Game 19.9%, Hex Grid 18.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.3%, Relaxing 8.9%
- #12 Diluvian Winds
90% matchMostly Positive73% of 391 reviews2024
Dev: Alambik StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 72%
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 42.1%, Sandbox 16.7%, Relaxing 9.8%, Management 7.4%, Simulation 6.2%
- #13 Cloudscrapers
87% matchVery Positive99% of 151 reviews2026
Dev: Nementic GamesPub: Curve Games
Windows
Cloudscrapers is a minimalist strategy game with a relaxing atmosphere. Build your tower, manage resources, unlock new tools, and uncover the secrets hidden in the sky.
Why similar: City Builder 40.8%, Relaxing 14.2%, Puzzle 11.4%, Simulation 6.8%, Strategy 6.2%
- #14 Tile Cities
89% matchVery Positive94% of 577 reviews2022
Dev: yevhen8
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Tile Cities turns city-building experience into a simple relaxing puzzle game and does so with style
Why similar: City Builder 50%, Puzzle 13.4%, Relaxing 10.5%, Strategy 10.1%, Top-Down 5.4%
- #15 Pan'orama
88% matchVery Positive89% of 1,380 reviews2023
Dev: Chicken LauncherPub: Awaken Realms
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 72%
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 47.9%, Sandbox 18.9%, Relaxing 16.4%, Simulation 5.4%, Strategy 4.9%
- #16 ShoreTiles
86% matchMostly Positive75% of 102 reviews2026
Dev: Voxel StudiosPub: Noovola
Windows
Build your island around a fragile lighthouse in this Gloomy tile-placement strategy game. Balance growth, economy, and defense - because when night falls, THEY will rise from the depths.
Why similar: City Builder 31.7%, Hex Grid 15.3% ★, Roguelite 13.4%, Sandbox 12.5%, Relaxing 9.8%
- #17 Reefland
86% matchVery Positive93% of 83 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 38.3%, Hex Grid 19.2% ★, Relaxing 13.2%, Puzzle 11.5%, Strategy 5.5%
- #18 Scorchlands
85% matchVery Positive89% of 140 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 27%, Hex Grid 24.6% ★, Sandbox 14.2%, Relaxing 9.2%, Management 7%
- #19 ISLANDERS: New Shores
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,303 reviews2025
Dev: The StationPub: Coatsink
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 62%
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 41.5%, Relaxing 13.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.2%, Puzzle 9.8%, Strategy 7.2%
- #20 Terra Nil
83% matchVery Positive87% of 8,852 reviews2023
Dev: Free LivesPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Terra Nil is an intricate environmental strategy game about transforming a barren wasteland into a thriving, balanced ecosystem. Bring life back to a lifeless world by purifying soil, cleaning oceans, planting trees, and reintroducing wildlife, then leave without a trace.
Why similar: City Builder 35.3%, Relaxing 14.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.4%, Puzzle 10.5%, 2.5D 9%
- #21 Pan'orama: Prologue
84% matchVery Positive84% of 81 reviews2023
Dev: Chicken LauncherPub: Awaken Realms
Windows
Pan'orama is a relaxing and soothing puzzle simulation game in which you create amazing landscapes using different types of tiles, but most of all by discovering the connections between them and finding unique combinations.
Why similar: City Builder 45.9%, Sandbox 16.7%, Simulation 12.6%, Atmospheric 7.9%, Relaxing 7.5%
- #22 Worlds Upon The Wind
81% matchVery Positive98% of 255 reviews2026
Dev: Max Shawabkeh
Windows · Mac · Linux
Restore the shards of a shattered world in this peaceful roguelite deckbuilder, covering centuries of classical Japanese art. Nurture communities, befriend animal spirits, and shape a new civilization through choices that echo across generations.
Why similar: City Builder 40.6%, Roguelite 22.6%, Relaxing 12.3%, Hand-drawn 8.7%, Atmospheric 8.2%
- #23 Land Above Sea Below
84% matchMostly Positive72% of 152 reviews2023
Dev: Glasscannon StudioPub: Skystone Games
Windows
Land Above Sea Below is an atmospheric building strategy and puzzle game where you have to build your island from tiles in order to raise its height as much as possible, to avoid it getting flooded by the constantly rising sea level.
Why similar: City Builder 34.7%, Sandbox 15.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.7%, Relaxing 11.3%, Puzzle 9.5%
- #24 Can't Live Without Electricity
82% matchVery Positive94% of 242 reviews2023
Dev: MELOVITY
Windows · Mac
Can't Live Without Electricity is a 3D relaxing puzzle game in which you supply electricity by connecting houses to power plants.
Why similar: City Builder 23.4%, Hex Grid 13.9% ★, Relaxing 11%, Puzzle 9.2%, Management 8.8%
- #25 Hexagod
81% matchVery Positive88% of 84 reviews2025
Dev: Aarimous
Windows · Mac · Linux
A satisfying roguelike village builder set in the eye of an apocalyptic storm. Place hexagon tiles, unlock adjacency bonuses, and find powerful relics to create game breaking synergies. Prove you are worthy of becoming the next Hexagod… before the storm destroys it all.
Why similar: City Builder 46.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 21.5%, Puzzle 13.2%, Management 7.1%, Strategy 6.6%
- #26 Heian City Story
79% matchVery Positive89% of 221 reviews2025
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
A city-building sim with a historical twist
Why similar: City Builder 46.9%, 2.5D 14.6%, Simulation 12.3%, Strategy 9%, Casual 5.9%
- #27 Ballads of Hongye: REBORN
78% matchVery Positive85% of 4,280 reviews2024
Dev: 珠海金山数字网络科技有限公司Pub: 海南西山居互动娱乐科技有限公司
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 47%
《东方:平野孤鸿》是一款休闲、轻度的“国风造景”游戏。游戏中包含大量细节精美的国风建筑,还原了许多祖国的大好河山和人文景观,你将沉浸在古建筑的精致美学和壮阔的东方情怀之中,并由此打造出自己心中独一无二的、充满东方韵味的古代盛世。
Why similar: City Builder 56.1%, Relaxing 15.4%, Simulation 10.5%, Atmospheric 8.2%, Casual 5%
- #28 Spiritstead
78% matchVery Positive84% of 174 reviews2026
Dev: Turbo Dog Games
Windows
Build a village in a world of magic and care for the people who live there, with the help of hidden spirits you discover along the way. Watch your town grow and flourish as you expand, create, and decorate.
Why similar: City Builder 46.6%, Relaxing 14.2%, Management 11%, Atmospheric 8.5%, Simulation 7.2%
- #29 Nekokami: Internship - The Prologue Adventure
79% matchVery Positive91% of 121 reviews2024
Dev: Rocket-in-Bottle
Windows
Architect beautiful, peaceful worlds in a far-future where Cats rule the universe. Befriend sometimes-naughty spirits of nature. Manage Humans. Join us in this unique planet-building adventure and get a taste of the full journey!
Why similar: City Builder 32.1%, Board Game 25%, Hex Grid 20.4% ★, Relaxing 9.4%, Simulation 5.8%
- #30 City Painter
77% matchVery Positive97% of 66 reviews2026
Dev: Blunix Games
Windows
Advanced city simulator with minimalist "Paint" graphics. Build complex intersections, edit traffic rules, and solve traffic jams without melting your PC.
Why similar: City Builder 43.5%, Sandbox 21.2%, Simulation 14.5%, Relaxing 7.3%, Management 6.4%
- #31 ShantyTown
75% matchVery Positive98% of 478 reviews2026
Dev: Erik RempenPub: Kinephantom Games
Windows · Mac
ShantyTown is a relaxing diorama-building game about finding beauty in everyday chaos. Bring new locations to life, stack your urban buildings high, and fill each little nook and cranny with your own touch. Try your hand at shaping a cozy little town that is unique to you.
Why similar: City Builder 43.3%, Sandbox 20.9%, Relaxing 15.6%, Simulation 7.1%, Atmospheric 6.8%
- #32 Atlas Architect
80% matchMostly Positive71% of 226 reviews2021
Dev: Danial RashidiPub: Rashidi Interactive
Windows
A creative game where your imagination is your limit.
Why similar: City Builder 27.5%, Hex Grid 26.5% ★, Sandbox 22%, Simulation 8.4%, Top-Down 5.1%
- #33 Glimvale : My Mini Overworld
76% matchVery Positive92% of 114 reviews2026
Dev: Milkshake Games
Windows
Glimvale is a solo cosy city-builder with idle mechanics where you manage, decorate, and grow a charming MMO village. Keep adventurers happy and shape the world at your own pace. After all, you’re the game master.
Why similar: City Builder 49.2%, Sandbox 26.4%, Management 12.1%, Top-Down 6.6%, Casual 4.7%
- #34 Townscaper
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 21,651 reviews2021
Dev: Oskar StålbergPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 42 minMean: 8.5 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 40.4%, Sandbox 22.7%, Relaxing 15%, Simulation 8.4%, Atmospheric 6.9%
- #35 Tile Cities 2
77% matchVery Positive90% of 72 reviews2024
Dev: yevhen8
Windows
City-building experience reimagined as a simple relaxing puzzle game bringing the original Tile Cities to a new level
Why similar: City Builder 42%, Simulation 16.4%, Strategy 13.1%, Puzzle 12.9%, Casual 9.1%
- #36 Gourdlets
75% matchVery Positive92% of 2,206 reviews2024
Dev: AuntyGamesPub: Future Friends Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 52%
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 43.4%, Sandbox 24.5%, Relaxing 14.6%, Simulation 8.9%, Atmospheric 4.9%
- #37 Feastopia
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 275 reviews2026
Dev: White Star StudioPub: IndieArk
Windows
Feastopia is a Rogue-lite culinary city-builder, inspired by Against the Storm. Forge a pact with an adorable deity and build a thriving foodie metropolis in a bountiful land. With randomized maps and events, unlock hundreds of wondrous abilities, experience a unique adventure every time you play.
Why similar: City Builder 42.7%, Roguelite 17.2%, Simulation 12.7%, Relaxing 12.3%, Strategy 8.6%
- #38 Nurikabe World
73% matchVery Positive100% of 206 reviews2025
Dev: Hemisquare
Windows · Mac · Linux
Nurikabe World is a relaxing logic puzzle game where you solve puzzles by creating islands and connecting rivers to create beautiful sceneries. Experience different landscapes and seasons, solve puzzle campaigns and create your own levels.
Why similar: Puzzle 28.2%, Relaxing 18.3%, Strategy 16%, Atmospheric 13.4%, Casual 9.8%
- #39 SUMMERHOUSE
72% matchVery Positive93% of 3,380 reviews2024
Dev: FriedemannPub: Future Friends Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 34%
A tiny building game about beautiful lived-in houses. No rules or restrictions, just pure creativity.
Why similar: City Builder 38.7%, Sandbox 24.9%, Relaxing 16.3%, Atmospheric 5.5%, Simulation 5.2%
- #40 URBO
73% matchVery Positive92% of 683 reviews2023
Dev: Door 407
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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: City Builder 47.9%, Relaxing 16.6%, Puzzle 14.1%, Atmospheric 8.7%, Strategy 6.8%
- #41 LakeSide
74% matchMixed69% of 201 reviews2024
Dev: Massive Galaxy Studios
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 70%
A cozy minimalist city builder. Build and manage a quiet town by the lake or expand it into a picturesque city state in this side-scrolling city builder featuring hybrid mechanics. Construct marvelous buildings, epic wonders and become the envy of the known world!
Why similar: City Builder 44.1%, Sandbox 22.4%, Relaxing 14.2%, Management 7.9%, Strategy 6.6%
- #42 Orrstead
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 82 reviews2024
Dev: IndividualKex
Windows
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 40.9%, Sandbox 20.7%, Relaxing 9.6%, Management 9.5%, Simulation 5.9%
- #43 Ink Reverie
72% matchMostly Positive79% of 214 reviews2025
Dev: Rolling Cat StudioPub: indienova
Windows · Mac
Ink Reverie is a casual city-building game set in a fictional historical era with art inspired by the Tang and Song dynasties. As a diligent manager, you'll guide hardworking villagers to transform a remote village into a prosperous home through exploration, construction, production, and trade.
Why similar: City Builder 51%, Simulation 15.9%, Management 9.3%, Casual 8.2%, Hand-drawn 7%
- #44 Townframe
71% matchVery Positive95% of 115 reviews2024
Dev: norrimo
Windows
A relaxing puzzle game where you recreate towns from people's memories. These people will give you written puzzles and to solve them you'll be able to either modify the buildings or use different tools, such as one that makes wind, and many others. Each puzzle will surprise you in a different way.
Why similar: City Builder 31.4%, Relaxing 21.6%, Puzzle 19.3%, Simulation 9.8%, Hand-drawn 7.1%
- #45 MoteMancer
70% matchVery Positive92% of 260 reviews2025
Dev: CyanAvatar Studios
Windows
An alchemical automation game of ever-changing logistical puzzles across six Elemental planes. Each Element transforms how you generate power, move resources, and defend your factory. Cultivate your own garden of possibility with dozens of uniquely shaped structures in this hex-grid sandbox.
Why similar: Sandbox 25%, Hex Grid 20.4% ★, Puzzle 12.1%, Management 10.3%, Relaxing 8.9%
- #46 ISLANDERS
71% matchVery Positive94% of 16,788 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 50.1%, Relaxing 20.2%, Puzzle 10.9%, Strategy 7.2%, Atmospheric 4%
- #47 Plentiful
69% matchVery Positive92% of 102 reviews2026
Dev: GabberGamesPub: Learnia Inc
Windows
Plentiful is a nature sandbox. You shape the land and everything responds—water, plants, animals, and your people. Learn how this world works. Your tribe’s survival depends on it.
Why similar: Sandbox 28.3%, Hex Grid 17.9% ★, Relaxing 15%, Level Editor 14.4%, Simulation 10.8%
- #48 Growth
70% matchVery Positive90% of 334 reviews2023
Dev: VoodooDuckPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Growth is a cozy, hexagonal-grid based soft-strategy game. Explore and populate a procedurally generated world by utilizing unique abilities of animals. Growth blends the beauty of cozy exploration with challenging navigation around obstacles.
Why similar: Relaxing 26.9%, Puzzle 25.3%, Simulation 21.1%, Strategy 17%, Casual 7.6%
- #49 Town to City
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 7,135 reviews2026
Dev: Galaxy GrovePub: Kwalee
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.5 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 48.4%, Sandbox 14.6%, Relaxing 11.4%, Management 7.5%, Simulation 5.7%
- #50 Before We Leave
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,731 reviews2021
Dev: Balancing Monkey GamesPub: Team17
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.9 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 32.7%, Hex Grid 21.2% ★, Sandbox 12.5%, Relaxing 10.7%, Simulation 5.6%
- #51 EcoGnomix
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 310 reviews2024
Dev: Irox GamesPub: Untold Tales
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 60%
A quirky mix of roguelite and city builder. Build a lively little city above, by looting mystical caves with a team of gnomes below! Use multiple runs to unlock upgrades and abilities to help your gnomes venture deeper into the dangerous underground.
Why similar: City Builder 35.5%, Hex Grid 20.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16.5%, Roguelite 15.9%, Strategy 5.7%
- #52 Pandora's Toybox
67% matchVery Positive85% of 430 reviews2026
Dev: BetaLabPub: 2P Games
Windows
Become a God, build a civilization. In this dynamic Roguelite God Simulator, guide human civilization on a procedurally generated pixel world. Watch your people grow, defend them against heretics, and build an immortal legacy.
Why similar: Sandbox 35.4%, Roguelite 27.3%, Simulation 14.4%, Relaxing 12.3%, Strategy 10.5%
- #53 HEXAROMA: Village Builder
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 67 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: City Builder 44%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.5%, Relaxing 12.3%, Simulation 8%, Strategy 6.6%
- #54 Reus 2
66% matchVery Positive94% of 2,321 reviews2024
Dev: Abbey GamesPub: Firesquid
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Shape worlds with your godly titans. Make symbiotic ecosystems and inspire humanity with your creations. Their achievements unlock new possibilities. Make different planets for different human spirits, and fill the universe with life!
Why similar: City Builder 37.9%, Sandbox 17.1%, Puzzle 11.6%, Relaxing 10.1%, Management 9.7%
- #55 Land Above Sea Below Prologue
69% matchVery Positive82% of 147 reviews2023
Dev: Glasscannon StudioPub: Skystone Games
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 31%
Land Above Sea Below Prologue is an atmospheric first chapter of the building strategy and puzzle game where you have to build your island from tiles in order to raise its height as much as possible, to avoid it getting flooded by the constantly rising sea level.
Why similar: City Builder 34%, Board Game 21.1%, Sandbox 16.9%, Puzzle 9.7%, Simulation 5.6%
- #56 Mistward
68% matchMixed62% of 91 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 39.7%, Sandbox 20.3%, Hex Grid 13.5% ★, Simulation 9.7%, Relaxing 9.2%
- #57 Pile Up!
67% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,182 reviews2025
Dev: RemoobPub: Catoptric Games
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 67%
"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 31.2%, Sandbox 17.9%, Roguelite 13.8%, Relaxing 12.7%, Management 7.5%
- #58 Home Wind
68% matchVery Positive90% of 847 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 44.5%, Sandbox 17.1%, Relaxing 12.4%, Simulation 6.4%, Strategy 6.1%
- #59 Tile Tale
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 51 reviews2022
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
Push colorful tiles into the grid creating fields of the same type to gain new tile types. Create different worlds such as jungle islands, wasteland volcano land or even a big city!
Why similar: City Builder 53.7%, Roguelite 20.7%, Puzzle 14.8%, Strategy 10.4%, Indie 0.3%
- #60 Island Cities - Jigsaw Puzzle
67% matchVery Positive94% of 246 reviews2022
Dev: Mens Sana Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Arrange the town islands and see them come to life. Just swap the blocks of a 3D jigsaw puzzle.
Why similar: City Builder 41.8%, Board Game 27.2%, Puzzle 13.2%, Relaxing 12.3%, Casual 4.3%