- #1 HexaUrbs
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HidingDev Games
Windows
HexaUrbs is a relaxing minimalistic city builder game about placing variety of hexagonal tiles strategically next to each other to create a beautiful and thriving city.
Why similar: City Builder 38.8%, Building 16.9%, Strategy 9.7%, Puzzle 9.1%, Relaxing 7.6%
- #2 RoundUrbs
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HidingDev Games
Windows
RoundUrbs is a tiny relaxing city builder game where you place different commercial, residential, house, nature, industrial etc. circular tiles connected to each other to create unique and beautiful city.
Why similar: City Builder 37%, Building 13.2%, Strategy 12.2%, Relaxing 8.7%, Casual 8%
- #3 Hexarium
96% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Myuxen
Windows
A minimalistic traffic management game where you build and maintain a bustling road network as demand constantly grows. With an ever-expanding environment and endless challenges, how long can YOU keep the traffic flowing?
Why similar: City Builder 28.1%, Building 19.3%, Strategy 10.9%, Puzzle 10.2%, Relaxing 9.8%
- #4 BlockUrbs
95% matchPositive84% of 25 reviews2024
Dev: HidingDev Games
Windows
BlockUrbs is a small city builder game where you can place a variety of structures and roads on tiles to create tiny, detailed and beautiful city sections without worrying about any goals or scores.
Why similar: City Builder 47.7%, Building 18.3%, Strategy 10.8%, Simulation 9.7%, Casual 7.7%
- #5 Mega Capital
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Simsoft
Windows
Choose your business idea. Do surveys, try to get investors and try to turn your startup company into a corporation.
Why similar: City Builder 47.8%, Building 30.7%, Casual 12.1%, 3D 7.5%, Singleplayer 2%
- #6 Tile Cities 2
94% matchVery Positive95% of 64 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 35.4%, Strategy 15.3%, Building 13.5%, Simulation 10.8%, Puzzle 10.4%
- #7 Bubblegum Galaxy
92% matchVery Positive100% of 102 reviews2026
Dev: Smarto ClubPub: Astrolabe Games
Windows
Bubblegum Galaxy is a cozy narrative building game about rebuilding the galaxy tile by tile. Discover and design new planets, complete missions, explore your office and befriend your co-workers... all while trying to find out who deleted the galaxy!
Why similar: City Builder 40.3%, Building 18.7%, Puzzle 10.3%, Strategy 7.9%, Relaxing 7.2%
- #8 Crafty County
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tim Krief
Windows · Linux
A captivating city-building puzzle game, blending strategy with creativity as you help towns by merging groups of four buildings into unique structures to make them grow and prosper.
Why similar: City Builder 42.7%, Building 12.5%, Simulation 11.5%, Puzzle 10.9%, Casual 9.5%
- #9 The City Must Grow
91% matchVery Positive81% of 70 reviews2021
Dev: Tunaic Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A new city will be established on a flat plain and its administration has been given to you. In order to keep the administration in your hands, the city needs to develop continuously.
Why similar: City Builder 43%, Building 15.4%, Puzzle 10.8%, Relaxing 8.1%, Simulation 7%
- #10 Parkdens
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HidingDev Games
Windows
Parkdens is a minimalistic and relaxing nature park building game where you can place tiles and choose variety of objects ranging from statues, sitting areas, shelters to bushes, playgrounds, trees etc. to populate the placed tiles.
Why similar: City Builder 44.7%, Building 16.5%, Simulation 12.9%, Casual 10.8%, 3D 6.1%
- #11 Town Squared
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: It's Anecdotal
Windows
Town Squared is a peaceful city building and puzzle game. Create cute architecture as you take a tiny voyage, discovering and unlocking new buildings along the way.
Why similar: City Builder 46.2%, Strategy 12.3%, Puzzle 11.3%, Relaxing 9.1%, Building 6.6%
- #12 ISLANDERS: New Shores
89% 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 39.4%, Building 20.2%, Relaxing 10.1%, Strategy 9.5%, Puzzle 8.9%
- #13 Floating Frontiers
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Crabeater Games
Windows · Mac
A minimalist strategy game about growing your infinite floating town. Combine wacky 3D blocks to optimize synergies, build idyllic scenery, and chase your high score.
Why similar: City Builder 50.7%, Strategy 14.4%, Puzzle 12.3%, Building 11.5%, 3D 6.3%
- #14 Kingdoms: Merge & Build
88% matchMixed69% of 13 reviews2024
Dev: Cherrypick Games
Windows
Enjoy a soothing merge-2 experience blended with kingdom-building gameplay in this story-rich adventure!
Why similar: City Builder 52.8%, Puzzle 13.5%, Casual 12.1%, Simulation 9.8%, Relaxing 7.7%
- #15 Market Simulator
87% matchMostly Positive77% of 30 reviews2025
Dev: KOZGAMES
Windows
Build, manage, and dominate the retail world — from a humble shop to a thriving supermarket empire in Market Simulator.
Why similar: City Builder 48.2%, Building 27.1%, Simulation 9.4%, Strategy 7%, Casual 4.4%
- #16 Block'hood
86% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,256 reviews2017
Dev: Plethora ProjectPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 19.0 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Block’hood is a neighborhood-building simulator that celebrates the diversity and experimentation of cities and the unique ecosystems within them. Budding city planners will have access to 200+ building blocks to combine and to create unique neighborhoods and discover the implications of their designs.
Why similar: City Builder 56.6%, Building 15.6%, Simulation 9.5%, Strategy 9%, Puzzle 6.2%
- #17 The Architect: Paris
86% matchMostly Positive73% of 234 reviews2021
Dev: Enodo GamesPub: 5PM Studio
Windows
The Architect: Paris is a construction game that allows you to shape the city of Paris into what you want. Destroy, draw, build your own architectural projects, customizing each building carefully or entire districts at once.
Why similar: City Builder 41.4%, Building 26.9%, Casual 9.3%, Simulation 7.7%, Relaxing 7.2%
- #18 Constructor Plus
85% matchVery Positive89% of 454 reviews2019
Dev: System 3
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Constructor Plus is the definitive building simulation for the modern day tycoon. Build your dream town full of crackpot undesirables, businesses, and quirky tenants whilst fending off your rivals in the eagerly awaited sequel to Constructor HD. With almost 3 times more content, building just got bigger!
Why similar: City Builder 45.3%, Strategy 18.5%, Building 17.5%, Simulation 13.4%, Indie 3.9%
- #19 LowPolis
84% 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 44.5%, Building 20.8%, Strategy 13.1%, Relaxing 7.2%, Casual 5.6%
- #20 Floodpunk
84% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Floodpunk LLC
Windows · Mac
Build up your island in this resource management strategy game, battling the rising tides and the incoming flood. Grow your industry. Build the tower. Escape the flood!
Why similar: City Builder 50.8%, Building 25.2%, Strategy 13.2%, Simulation 8.2%, Indie 1.4%
- #21 Don't Drop The Wall, Jack!
83% matchPositive100% of 14 reviews2024
Dev: Telefix Productions incPub: Telefix Productions
Windows
In this construction game, you’ll play as Jack, a proud contractor. Using his crane, Jack will build various structures, including houses, hotels, and bridges. Skillful crane operation is crucial for progress and achieving new objectives. But above all, be extra careful with your walls!
Why similar: City Builder 44.4%, Building 17.5%, Simulation 12.2%, Casual 10.1%, Relaxing 7.9%
- #22 SUMMERHOUSE
82% 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 41.8%, Building 22.5%, Relaxing 13.6%, Casual 5.8%, Strategy 4.5%
- #23 Hundred Nights: DIFU
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PixelsCove Games
Windows
Run the Chinese Hell in this cozy management simulation! Design your underworld, staff it with quirky soulkeepers, and punish sinful souls. Meanwhile, build Fengdu City where souls enjoy the afterlife, meet legends from Chinese myths, and explore the worlds above.
Why similar: City Builder 37.2%, Building 19.8%, Strategy 13.1%, Simulation 11.1%, Casual 7.7%
- #24 Solaria
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TeaHands
Windows
Guide your city from fledgling solarpunk community to futuristic metropolis, one tile at a time. Watch your citizens survive and thrive. Solaria is a minimalist, solarpunk city builder where the city builds itself!
Why similar: City Builder 50.8%, Building 20.2%, Relaxing 12.2%, Casual 5.6%, Simulation 4.8%
- #25 Constructor
81% matchMostly Positive77% of 762 reviews2017
Dev: System 3
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 59%
You can’t rise to the top without taking a few others down. If that means engaging in a workplace accidents, dodgy deals, and a shifty trick or two then so be it! You're going to need every trick in the book if you want to go from small-time slumlord to property tycoon!
Why similar: City Builder 52.1%, Building 19.4%, Strategy 16.8%, Simulation 11.7%
- #26 ISLANDERS
80% 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 44%, Building 19.3%, Relaxing 14%, Puzzle 9%, Strategy 8.7%
- #27 Utopia
79% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: DOTORI games
Windows
Utopia is a city-building strategy simulation game enjoyed with simple rules and casual graphics. Build a city where citizens thrive with happiness on a map made of tiles with various concepts and themes.
Why similar: City Builder 41.4%, Simulation 13.7%, Building 13.5%, Strategy 11.5%, Casual 8.9%
- #28 Oriontis
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Beacon 55
Windows
A large-scale narrative city-builder set across floating lands. Build 100+ structures, master production and sky trade, and transform a fragile colony into a thriving civilization.
Why similar: City Builder 42.5%, Building 18.5%, Strategy 16%, Simulation 11.4%, 3D 6.5%
- #29 Chinese Empire: Prologue
78% 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 44.5%, Building 21%, Strategy 13%, Simulation 8.9%, Relaxing 4.5%
- #30 Super Citycon
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ben WillesPub: Ben Willes Games SL
Windows · Mac
A retro city-building game with huge maps, a sandbox mode, a map creator, and strategic tycoon puzzles. Build, create, and solve as you craft the city of your dreams!
Why similar: City Builder 48.3%, Building 22.4%, Strategy 12.1%, Simulation 10.8%, 3D 4.4%
- #31 CITRES
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Egor MagurinPub: Indovers Studio
Windows
Explore Citres, a unique blend of city-building & puzzle gameplay! Place Tetris-shaped buildings, merge them into advanced structures, and grow your population. Embrace strategy in a vibrant, low-poly world.
Why similar: City Builder 44.7%, Strategy 17.6%, Puzzle 13.3%, Building 10.6%, 3D 6.9%
- #32 Tile Cities
75% matchVery Positive94% of 568 reviews2022
Dev: yevhen8
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Tile Cities turns city-building experience into a simple relaxing puzzle game and does so with style
Why similar: City Builder 47.9%, Strategy 13.5%, Puzzle 12.2%, Building 11.5%, Relaxing 8%
- #33 Forebearers
77% matchMixed48% of 109 reviews2019
Dev: Sandspire Interactive
Windows
This city-building strategy game puts you as the chieftain of a tribe driven away from their homeland. Now you must rebuild and defend your tribe from both the elements and your old enemies.
Why similar: City Builder 68.9%, Strategy 15.9%, Simulation 11.3%, Indie 4%
- #34 Let's build a garden
74% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Zhang ShangHong
Windows
Let's build a garden 2 A sandbox to forget time, creating a breathing garden
Why similar: City Builder 38.2%, Building 31.1%, Simulation 12.1%, Casual 8.3%, 3D 7.4%
- #35 SimCity™ 3000 Unlimited
73% matchVery Positive85% of 706 reviews2024
Dev: MaxisPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 32%
SimCity 3000 Unlimited brings you the classic strategy gaming of SimCity 3000 with all-new scenarios that open up a whole world of city planning and building possibilities! The thrills of the classic SimCity 3000 are here again!
Why similar: City Builder 61.2%, Strategy 15.5%, Simulation 14.5%, Casual 6.8%, Singleplayer 2%
- #36 Topiopolis
75% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Yukiyama-studio
Windows
Topiopolis is a medieval world-building game based on accumulating and arranging tiles in the right places. You unlock new tiles when you place them next to others.
Why similar: City Builder 50.6%, Simulation 15.8%, Puzzle 15.3%, Casual 9.1%, 3D 7.6%
- #37 Frack the World
73% matchPositive100% of 22 reviews2023
Dev: Beef Cat
Windows
Frack the World is a lite-management game where players run a hydrofracking company, balancing the challenges of generating oil while addressing environmental concerns.
Why similar: City Builder 41.7%, Strategy 14.9%, Building 14.2%, Simulation 12.4%, Puzzle 11%
- #38 Distant Kingdoms
74% matchMixed44% of 303 reviews2021
Dev: Orthrus Studios
Windows
A unique blend of City Building, Social Management, Exploration and Adventure gameplay, Distant Kingdoms brings a rich fantasy world to life. Help the Humans, Dwarves, Elves and Orcs of Talam, begin anew in the fabled land of Ineron.
Why similar: City Builder 71.3%, Strategy 13.5%, Simulation 11.4%, Indie 3.8%
- #39 Adamstown
73% matchNo user reviews
Windows · Mac · Linux
Adamstown is a "Dorf-like", casual, peaceful city builder with elements of a puzzle. Players place city parts that depict housing blocks, offices, roads, and parks. Build your dream city but pay attention to the connection tiles.
Why similar: City Builder 38.7%, Building 14.6%, Puzzle 10.5%, Relaxing 8.7%, Strategy 8.4%
- #40 我是大房东
72% match9 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: 星九猫
Windows
If you had a plot of land, what would you build on it? In "I Am The Landlord," you'll play as a landlord who owns an apartment building in the city center, starting from an empty plot and using your design skills and creativity to construct unique apartments.
Why similar: Building 35.4%, City Builder 33.7%, Simulation 11.9%, 3D 9%, Casual 6%
- #41 ClickTown
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: avowrotPub: LilyChicken
Windows
ClickTown is a minimalist pixel city builder. Place buildings, produce resources, and reinvest your output to steadily grow your city. Unlock new buildings and systems as your town expands over time.
Why similar: City Builder 52.5%, Building 14.4%, Relaxing 12.8%, Strategy 11.3%, Simulation 3.8%
- #42 Meadowside Mayor
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Levente Harsányi
Windows
Meadowside Mayor is a puzzle-like city builder. Where it's your job is to build a city, from a hand of buildings you were given, but each building has its own rules of placement, so each hand bringsnew and new challenges.
Why similar: City Builder 54.9%, Building 13.3%, Puzzle 12.3%, Relaxing 10.4%, Casual 6.7%
- #43 Stardustry
71% 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 43.3%, Strategy 16.7%, Building 15.5%, Simulation 11.5%, Puzzle 11.2%
- #44 Arcane Realms
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Moon Mantis Games
Windows
Build magical villages across serene, ever-changing realms. Create thriving settlements, gather arcane energy, then teleport to new lands and start anew. Discover endless possibilities as you construct settlements across the Arcane Realms.
Why similar: City Builder 42.6%, Building 16.6%, Puzzle 11.5%, Strategy 11%, Casual 6.4%
- #45 Stairway to Tavern
70% 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 47.1%, Strategy 18.6%, Building 17.2%, Simulation 8.8%, 3D 7.2%
- #46 Polyville Canyon
70% matchVery Positive94% of 131 reviews2021
Dev: Henagames
Windows
Polyville Canyon is a laid-back city builder where nothing bad ever happens! Relax while you build an entire city for your Neighbors piece by piece! Attract Neighbors and increase Ticket Prices by expanding your town and watch your profits soar!
Why similar: City Builder 48.6%, Building 19%, Relaxing 14.2%, Casual 6.1%, 3D 5.9%
- #47 Merging City
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Havoc Minds
Windows
In this chill strategic puzzle city building game, you get to choose when to place land and buildings such as houses, shops and factories, with no RNG. Expand your city by getting points through placing buildings to their desired location or merge the same buildings to upgrade to bigger buildings
Why similar: City Builder 38.8%, Building 20%, Relaxing 10.6%, Puzzle 9.3%, Strategy 9.2%
- #48 Chinese Empire
68% 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 46.5%, Building 23%, Strategy 10.5%, Simulation 6.6%, Relaxing 6%
- #49 Hexters
69% matchPositive85% of 26 reviews2017
Dev: Draconus Entertainment Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Unique procedurally generated city-building strategy / action game with single player campaign story. Inspired by Tron, Darwinia, Anno, Settlers etc.
Why similar: City Builder 79.4%, Strategy 11.4%, Simulation 6.9%, Indie 2.4%
- #50 Just Build
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dvice games
Windows
Just Build is a building strategy and puzzle game where you have to complete certain objectives within a particular amount of time while building and managing your beautiful islands!
Why similar: City Builder 43%, Building 14.3%, Puzzle 11.5%, Strategy 9.3%, Relaxing 9.1%
- #51 Sky Tale
68% matchPositive96% of 26 reviews2021
Dev: FrostPeek Studio
Windows · Mac
Sky Tale is a cute city building game about creating lovely islands using various tiles and buildings.
Why similar: City Builder 39.7%, Building 20.1%, Relaxing 11.3%, Puzzle 10.5%, Strategy 9.8%
- #52 Moth Terra
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Flora Games Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build nighttime ecosystems, and help nocturnal pollinators, our friends the Moth, to thrive! Rebel and grow, tile by tile, and re-wild mothnificient biomes in this relaxing, tile-placing strategy game: Moth Terra.
Why similar: City Builder 42.2%, Strategy 14.8%, Simulation 11.6%, Puzzle 10.9%, Casual 9.5%
- #53 Kutha Stroom Rush
66% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Radiant Deer
Windows · Linux
An electric-grid simulator game. Plan, build, and maintain your growing city's electric needs. Keep all of your electric grid users satisfied, watch your existing grid infrastructure, and build out to serve new users.
Why similar: City Builder 45.4%, Building 18.1%, Simulation 12.4%, Strategy 11.5%, Casual 10.2%
- #54 Ethics Empire
66% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Nullgrid Studios
Windows
Become the richest business owner in this strategy-based simulator, choose your playstyle trying to balance ethics and profits in this chaotic low poly world. Will you keep your ethical businesses thriving or will you let it all crumble down for a quick buck?
Why similar: City Builder 38.4%, Strategy 18%, Building 15.4%, Simulation 11.7%, Casual 9.3%
- #55 Cities XL Platinum
69% matchMixed58% of 1,631 reviews2013
Dev: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Build cities, shape a world.Cities XL Platinum lets you design, build and link up cities of all shapes and sizes around the Cities XL planet!Build more impressive cities than ever before! Cities XL Platinum offers a huge variety of over 1,000 buildings and constructions (including 50 brand new structures), that you can freely place on...
Why similar: City Builder 71%, Simulation 13.6%, Strategy 8.6%, Building 5.6%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #56 Dustoria
66% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Voxel Bytes
Windows · Mac · Linux
Shape a quiet settlement in a forgotten desert. Keep your people comfortable, manage scarce resources, and slowly expand your city.
Why similar: City Builder 42.7%, Strategy 15.2%, Building 15.1%, Casual 9.4%, 3D 6.1%
- #57 Bastide
67% matchMostly Positive73% of 346 reviews2020
Dev: MedievalNexus
Windows
Bastide is a 13th-century city-building strategy game where you lead a village of peasants toward survival and prosperity. You must contend with bandits, starvation, disease, and brutal winters as you work to develop your settlement into a fortified town.
Why similar: City Builder 52.8%, Strategy 20.1%, Simulation 14%, Casual 8.7%, Indie 4.3%