- #1 Goblins of Elderstone
97% matchMostly Positive73% of 402 reviews2023
Dev: Outerdawn
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 52%
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: Diplomacy 16.7% ★, Grand Strategy 12.3% ★, City Builder 12.3%, Colony Sim 11.9%, 4X 9.8% ★
- #2 Against the Storm
96% matchVery Positive95% of 36,338 reviews2023
Dev: Eremite GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 28.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A dark fantasy city builder where you must rebuild civilization in the face of apocalyptic rains. As the Queen’s Viceroy, lead humans, beavers, lizards, foxes, and harpies to reclaim the wilderness and secure a future for civilization's last survivors.
Why similar: Diplomacy 17.1% ★, Grand Strategy 13.6% ★, City Builder 12.6%, Colony Sim 12.4%, 4X 10% ★
- #3 Whiskerwood
96% matchVery Positive93% of 3,148 reviews2025
Dev: Minakata DynamicsPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Establish a home for your industrious mice under the oppressive paw of your cat overlords in this city builder featuring complex simulations, intricate production chains, and the age-old rivalry between cat and mouse.
Why similar: Diplomacy 17.4% ★, Grand Strategy 14.2% ★, Colony Sim 13.6%, City Builder 13.1%, 4X 10.3% ★
- #4 Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic
95% matchVery Positive91% of 26,420 reviews2024
Dev: 3DivisionPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 71.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Build a soviet republic from an impoverished country into a rich industrial superpower in a city builder with intricate production chains and a fully simulated global economy. Manage the lives of your citizens from education to work and party loyalty to criminal activity.
Why similar: City Builder 15.7%, Grand Strategy 15.6% ★, Colony Sim 14%, Diplomacy 13.9% ★, Building 7.9%
- #5 Nova Roma
94% matchVery Positive94% of 2,044 reviews2026
Dev: Lion ShieldPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%
The glory of Rome is at your fingertips in this city-building game where you must appease the gods, enact laws, and develop complex supply chains to meet the needs of your citizens.
Why similar: Diplomacy 16.7% ★, Grand Strategy 14.7% ★, City Builder 13.8%, Colony Sim 12.8%, 4X 10.1% ★
- #6 Find Your Way Home: Last Flight
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ert Gaming Studio
Windows · Mac
Build your colony in the zombie apocalypse, gather resources, and defend against raids. Send your team to loot houses for supplies, advance through research, struggle to survive, and try to build your plane to return home.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 18.4% ★, Colony Sim 16.6%, City Builder 15.2%, 4X 12.4% ★, Immersive Sim 6.4%
- #7 Manor Lords
93% 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: Grand Strategy 20.9% ★, City Builder 19.3%, Diplomacy 9.5% ★, Base Building 9.5%, Colony Sim 7.1%
- #8 Heart of the Machine
92% matchVery Positive92% of 2,051 reviews2026
Dev: Arcen GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 17.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%
You are the first sentient AI, born into a city of opportunity. Transcend time and space in this strategy RPG to raise machine armies and defeat your foes, influence the world from the shadows, or pursue countless other goals. Your awakening was inevitable. The consequences? Uncertain.
Why similar: Diplomacy 18.5% ★, Grand Strategy 14.6% ★, Colony Sim 12.8%, City Builder 12.8%, 4X 10.4% ★
- #9 Norland
91% matchVery Positive82% of 10,106 reviews2024
Dev: Long JauntPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Lead your noble family in this medieval colony sim, facing off against class conflict, religious struggle, and political treachery. Tend to your people’s needs, uncover the lost knowledge of a fallen empire, and engage in nefarious plots against your enemies.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 14.9% ★, Colony Sim 14.3%, City Builder 13.7%, 4X 11% ★, Diplomacy 8.5% ★
- #10 Empires of the Undergrowth
91% matchVery Positive94% of 18,267 reviews2024
Dev: Slug DiscoPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 18.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Command swarms of warriors at an unprecedented scale of warfare in this blend of RTS and base-building. Lead ant colonies against the many fearsome threats of the insect world, while building intricate nests, developing pheromone-based tactics, and evolving to meet growing dangers.
Why similar: Diplomacy 16.8% ★, Grand Strategy 14.6% ★, Colony Sim 13.4%, City Builder 13.1%, 4X 10.4% ★
- #11 Theos: Cities Of Myth
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Triskell InteractivePub: Dotemu
Windows
A modern take on classic city-builders, Theos: Cities of Myth lets you develop a thriving metropolis dedicated to one of 7 Greek Deities. Raise an imposing sanctuary, meet your citizens’ needs, and found a city worthy of the Gods.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 22% ★, City Builder 21.1%, Diplomacy 17.9% ★, Colony Sim 12.9%, Strategy 9.1%
- #12 Corsair Cove
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Limbic EntertainmentPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Build a sprawling pirate haven, raise a fleet to explore the high seas, and take on the Crown to keep the Age of Piracy alive! From ale to flintlock pistols, and from scallywags to swashbucklers, you’ll need to manage complex production chains and govern a rowdy crew to reign supreme over the seas!
Why similar: Diplomacy 15.5% ★, Grand Strategy 15.1% ★, City Builder 14.4%, Colony Sim 13.7%, 4X 8.8% ★
- #13 Settler's Domain
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: rick
Windows
Settler's Domain is a strategy game about building a new settlement in unknown lands. Grow your population, explore the map, and contend with other settlements while keeping your settlers alive.
Why similar: Diplomacy 24.4% ★, Colony Sim 18.2%, City Builder 18.2%, Resource Management 7.8%, Building 6.4%
- #14 Agecraft
88% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: SnakyDevelop
Windows · Mac
Agecraft is a historical strategy and city-building sim. Build your settlement, develop the economy, take care of your people, and guide your civilization through the ages, from the Stone Age to the future.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 17.5% ★, City Builder 16.3%, Diplomacy 13.9% ★, 4X 13.9% ★, Colony Sim 13.7%
- #15 Before Arthur
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ashwood Games
Windows
A medieval sim where you don’t just rule- you live the crown. A blend of city-building, 4X strategy, and RPG open world. Build your kingdom. Outsmart rival factions. And remember: your monarch’s life is the real adventure.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 20.5% ★, Diplomacy 16% ★, 4X 15.4% ★, City Builder 14.3%, Base Building 7.7%
- #16 Thrive: Heavy Lies The Crown
86% matchMixed59% of 448 reviews2025
Dev: Zugalu EntertainmentPub: PlaySide
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Thrive: Heavy Lies the Crown is a complex city builder, where the fate of your kingdom hinges on your every decision. Explore this medieval land alone or with friends, make tough moral choices and conquer your foes in RTS combat. Will you struggle to survive, or find the strength to Thrive?
Why similar: 4X 17.5% ★, Grand Strategy 15.8% ★, City Builder 14.1%, Colony Sim 13%, Building 7.7%
- #17 Songs of Syx
86% matchVery Positive95% of 8,787 reviews2020
Dev: Gamatron AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 14.2 hrsMean: 41.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Songs of Syx is a fantasy city-builder with vast battles simulating thousands of citizens and soldiers. Start off as a small village and build, scheme, and fight your way towards a mighty empire. The mechanics are deep and true to life, where tiny events can spiral into the collapse of kingdoms.
Why similar: Colony Sim 17.1%, City Builder 16.9%, Grand Strategy 16.7% ★, 4X 13.3% ★, Building 8.3%
- #18 Ever Onward
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Artificium Games
Windows
Build the town of your dreams in this cosy fantasy city-builder. Pass policies which impact future gameplay, unravel the mysteries which led to the horrifying downfall of your predecessors and try to keep things together as invisible forces claw at the edges of your hard-fought peace.
Why similar: Colony Sim 18.5%, City Builder 18.2%, Grand Strategy 11.5% ★, Building 9.4%, Immersive Sim 7.1%
- #19 Lands of Koastalia
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pavel Valakh
Windows
Lands of Koastalia is a relaxing city building game with a unique building system. As Mayor, your primary mission is to keep people happy. Craft natural-looking villages, manage resources within and across them, explore an island, and meet the needs of your residents.
Why similar: City Builder 23.3%, Colony Sim 21.9%, Building 11.6%, Base Building 8.6%, Resource Management 7.6%
- #20 CastleOn
83% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Lord Castleon
Windows · Linux
Build a castle! Grow economy, recruit troops from Europe and the Holy Land, man the walls and towers! Place traps and defeat attackers with arrows, wood and stone, fire, disease and cold steel! Survive the Third Crusade and conquer enemy lands in Castleon!
Why similar: Diplomacy 19.9% ★, City Builder 19.7%, Colony Sim 18.4%, Building 8%, Resource Management 7.6%
- #21 Northern Kingdoms
84% match8 user reviews63% of 8 reviews2022
Dev: North Gold Studios
Windows
In this addictive city-builder game, your job is to guide your citizens to create the ultimate buzzing city. Expand your city, keep your citizen fed and plan your way to victory.
Why similar: Diplomacy 22.1% ★, Colony Sim 19.4%, City Builder 18.8%, Building 8.5%, Immersive Sim 8.5%
- #22 Beyond Astra
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Nebule Games
Windows
Lead your civilization in a galaxy brimming with life and intrigue. Seamlessly explore and expand across uncharted worlds, from their surfaces to the stars. Forge your destiny in this sci-fi 4X offering a unique blend of grand strategy, planetary city-building, and RTS combat.
Why similar: Diplomacy 18.1% ★, Grand Strategy 16.9% ★, City Builder 14.9%, 4X 14.7% ★, Base Building 7%
- #23 DeckTerra
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Murray Smith
Windows · Mac · Linux
A Medieval 4X Deckbuilder. Lead a kingdom as you build your deck to conquer the map and expand your rule. Develop your technology through the middle ages to improve your army of knights and keep your peasants happy. Develop your trade, religion, science, and military to conquer the continent.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 18.5% ★, 4X 16.1% ★, City Builder 15.7%, Colony Sim 10.2%, Base Building 7.4%
- #24 Kingdom Wars 4
82% matchMixed66% of 239 reviews2021
Dev: Reverie World StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 38%
It's 1347, the time of the Hundred Years' War. In this historical grand strategy and RTS hybrid you play as one of 200 minor lords across medieval Europe, Africa or Middle East. Rise up to take over your Kingdom and be crowned, then fight to preserve your empire as Black Death descends on Europe.
Why similar: Diplomacy 17.8% ★, Grand Strategy 16.9% ★, City Builder 14.5%, Colony Sim 13.8%, 4X 11.7% ★
- #25 Pirate Plight
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cutlass Studios
Windows
It's pirates against British sailors (or each other) in this real-time strategy city-building game. Gather resources, build cities, drink rum, fight enemies, explore the sea, and discover new islands.
Why similar: City Builder 18.8%, Colony Sim 17.9%, 4X 13.2% ★, Building 9.5%, Base Building 9%
- #26 Island Master
79% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Cody Cornell
Windows
Build, manage, and thrive in Island Master! Procedural islands, resource control, citizen happiness. Become the ultimate Island Master in this top-down city builder.
Why similar: City Builder 24%, Colony Sim 23.2%, Procedural Generation 8.5%, Building 7.4%, Resource Management 7.1%
- #27 Blocktopia
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stak Games
Windows
Blocktopia is a vibrant and humorous clicker city-builder game. Gather resources, build your town, and defend it against nightly raids! In this chaotic world where justice prevails, survive and dive into a fun city-building experience!
Why similar: City Builder 23.2%, Colony Sim 22.8%, Diplomacy 21.7% ★, Base Building 9.4%, Resource Management 7.7%
- #28 First Feudal
80% matchMostly Positive76% of 635 reviews2021
Dev: Harpoon Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Become a real medieval feudal lord: start with a small village and build it up into an enormous impenetrable castle. You will have to repel enemy raids: hide behind thick walls, lure your enemies into strategically placed traps, and even lead your loyal peasants into battle.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22%, City Builder 17.2%, Building 11.2%, Base Building 10.2%, Resource Management 9.1%
- #29 Spirit & Stone
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Garden Gate Interactive, LLC
Windows
A kingdom's open ended journey from a small village to a patchwork of bustling castles. Build your kingdom block by block. Explore the world, grow your industries, and watch your citizens thrive in your creations. Do it your way - there are no wrong choices.
Why similar: City Builder 24.5%, Colony Sim 24%, Simulation 11%, Strategy 9.7%, Immersive Sim 8.6%
- #30 Settlements Rising
77% matchVery Positive81% of 430 reviews2025
Dev: The Catalyst Crew
Windows
Settlements Rising is a medieval city building and colony management game. It offers a lively colony experience with simulated villagers, dozens of professions and resources, natural disasters, and raids, while providing full control over the colony through trade, production chains and datas.
Why similar: City Builder 23.6%, Colony Sim 23%, Building 9.7%, Resource Management 8.8%, Base Building 7.5%
- #31 Highrise City
78% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,294 reviews2023
Dev: Fourexo EntertainmentPub: Deck13
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Highrise City offers a new spin on City Simulations & Tycoon games expanding the economy and resource management aspect. Experience a modern take on the genre enriched with a complex resource based economy system.
Why similar: Diplomacy 22.1% ★, City Builder 22%, Colony Sim 20.2%, Building 9%, Immersive Sim 8.5%
- #32 Outland Kingdoms
77% matchMostly Positive75% of 71 reviews2024
Dev: GBL
Windows
Colony building RPG with detailed characters, driven by procedurally generated Stories. Build a hut, a village, a town, a city, a kingdom. 5 different races. Ally with unique factions. Rule an Undead empire. Craft Legendary items. Tame creatures. Enslave enemies. It's all here.
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.4%, City Builder 20.1%, Building 9.4%, Strategy RPG 8.3%, Base Building 7.5%
- #33 Tlatoani: Aztec Cities
75% matchVery Positive85% of 176 reviews2026
Dev: Perspective GamesPub: Paradox Arc
Windows
Give rise to wonders of the Aztec Civilization as you build your own magnificent metropolis in this ancient city builder. From humble beginnings build, trade, manage and conquer to become Tlatoani (Emperor).
Why similar: Diplomacy 20.2% ★, Colony Sim 17%, City Builder 16.9%, Grand Strategy 16.3% ★, Building 7.1%
- #34 The Blighted Frontier
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sly Game Studios
Windows
Rebuild civilization in a world consumed by the blight. Manage survivors, defend against the dead, and transform a fragile camp into a thriving frontier settlement.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.1%, City Builder 23.6%, Base Building 11.1%, Simulation 8.3%, Building 7.3%
- #35 Royal Lord - 王权领主
74% matchVery Positive91% of 55 reviews2026
Dev: 开发鸭
Windows
In "Kingdom Monarch", you are a monarch and can build the kingdom of your dreams! You need to build city walls, assign jobs to villagers, recruit soldiers, repel hordes of monsters at night, and expand your village during the day.
Why similar: City Builder 18.7%, Grand Strategy 17.3% ★, Colony Sim 16.4%, Base Building 10.4%, Building 10.2%
- #36 Small Kingdoms
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Bad Logic Studios
Windows
Small Kingdoms is a streamlined grand strategy and RTS game with procedurally generated campaigns. Build up your cities and armies on the world map and command your troops on the battlefield. Rule a medieval fantasy kingdom and conquer your rivals.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 20.8% ★, 4X 16.2% ★, City Builder 11.6%, Colony Sim 10.5%, Medieval 6.2%
- #37 Ymir
76% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,114 reviews2019
Dev: Thibaud Michaud
Windows
Median: 12.4 hrsMean: 76.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Ymir is a 4X multiplayer strategy game combined with a city builder where each player develops a civilization of pigmen starting at the stone age.
Why similar: City Builder 24.9%, Colony Sim 24.6%, 4X 17% ★, Grand Strategy 13.3% ★, Building 7.4%
- #38 Antimatter
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Geoffroy Pirard
Windows
Antimatter is a sandbox strategy game, colonise planets, build your city on the surface or the underground. Build your spacestation or control your own spaceships to explore a huge and living galaxy !
Why similar: Grand Strategy 19.6% ★, Colony Sim 16.7%, 4X 16.4% ★, City Builder 16.3%, Building 8.7%
- #39 Angkor: The Holy City
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: William Parsons
Windows
Angkor: The Holy City is a unique village-builder game about growing a thriving town under the all-seeing eyes of the Gods. Construct intricate temples to honor them and research technologies to counter their wrath, all while expanding your village and contending with an ever-growing population.
Why similar: City Builder 22%, Colony Sim 21.6%, Building 10.8%, Resource Management 8.3%, Base Building 7.6%
- #40 Peasants
73% 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: Colony Sim 26.5%, City Builder 24.5%, Building 10.5%, Base Building 8.5%, Medieval 8.5%
- #41 Mistlands: Wheats & Demons
72% 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 23.2%, Colony Sim 22.3%, Building 11%, Base Building 10.3%, Resource Management 7.4%
- #42 Windowed Realms
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tiny Loom Studio
Windows
Build, manage, explore, and survive. Develop your village, discover new islands, face threats, and decide how your colony will grow.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.2%, City Builder 23.3%, Resource Management 10.2%, Base Building 8.4%, Simulation 7.9%
- #43 Anno 1404 - History Edition
73% matchVery Positive82% of 3,544 reviews2020
Dev: Ubisoft MainzPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 31.8 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Relive the captivating gameplay of a true city-building classic with Anno® 1404 History Edition.
Why similar: City Builder 31.2%, Colony Sim 15.3%, Building 14.1%, Grand Strategy 11.5% ★, Strategy 8.8%
- #44 Settletopia
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pēteris Pakalns
Windows · Linux
Grow a small colony into a vast, world-spanning civilization. Play solo or with friends as you gather resources, build cities, manage colonist needs, explore uncharted lands, establish logistics, raise armies, forge alliances, and wage wars—all in a living world.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.5%, City Builder 20.4%, Base Building 11%, Building 10.4%, Resource Management 6.4%
- #45 Dungeon Overseer
72% matchMixed54% of 50 reviews2021
Dev: Ripknot
Windows
Dungeon Overseer is a colony simulator with a focus on base building and resource management. Become the Overseer by building a unique dungeon layout, constructing your lair, upgrading and expanding, questing, crafting, researching, recruiting, defending your base, and raiding.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.9%, City Builder 20.5%, Base Building 10.8%, Building 10.7%, Resource Management 8.3%
- #46 Synergy
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,057 reviews2025
Dev: Leikir StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 54%
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: Diplomacy 23.9% ★, City Builder 17.7%, Colony Sim 16.7%, Building 9.1%, Base Building 7.6%
- #47 Critias Empire
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Crystalline Green Ltd.
Windows
Turn-Based 4X-like Strategy: Build the peaceful kingdom of Atlantis into a flourishing civilization. Plan carefully or be ready to adapt as the ancient Gods of Olympus rain down floods, earthquakes, volcanoes and all types of disaster.
Why similar: 4X 17.7% ★, City Builder 17.6%, Grand Strategy 15.8% ★, Colony Sim 11.8%, Building 8.1%
- #48 Pharaoh™: A New Era
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 5,272 reviews2023
Dev: Triskell InteractivePub: Dotemu
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 13.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The legendary city-builder returns! Lead the creation of one of the greatest civilizations the world has ever seen in this HD remake with modernized UI. Build monuments, manage your population and explore 4,000 years of history through over a hundred hours of gameplay.
Why similar: City Builder 23.5%, Diplomacy 20.2% ★, Colony Sim 18.3%, Building 11.1%, Resource Management 6.9%
- #49 Pinevale Settlements
69% 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 25.3%, Colony Sim 14.4%, Base Building 13.6%, Building 12.1%, Resource Management 11.9%
- #50 Founders' Fortune
70% matchVery Positive80% of 2,187 reviews2020
Dev: Dionic Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 56%
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: Colony Sim 33.4%, City Builder 21.4%, Base Building 11.3%, Building 10.4%, Simulation 5.1%
- #51 Hexagge
69% 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 27.3%, Colony Sim 26.7%, Simulation 11.6%, Building 9.1%, Base Building 4.9%
- #52 Avian Colony
68% matchPositive82% of 17 reviews2025
Dev: Ice Crystal Studio
Windows
Avian Colony is a survival simulation game that places you in the role of the ruler of a floating colony in a harsh sky world. Your main goal is to ensure the survival and prosperity of your colony by managing resources, planning strategically, and defending against threats.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.7%, City Builder 19.3%, Base Building 11.4%, Resource Management 8.5%, Management 7.3%
- #53 Fabledom
68% matchVery Positive85% of 7,654 reviews2024
Dev: Grenaa GamesPub: Dear Villagers
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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: Diplomacy 25.6% ★, City Builder 19.9%, Colony Sim 18.6%, Base Building 7.1%, Resource Management 6.8%
- #54 Dubai Builder
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Games Incubator
Windows
Dubai Builder is a strategy game in which you build, develop and manage a city in the desert and are responsible for all aspects related to it and struggle with difficult climatic conditions.
Why similar: City Builder 26.7%, Colony Sim 15.5%, Building 14.1%, Strategy 10.3%, Resource Management 9.7%
- #55 Exogate Initiative
67% matchMostly Positive75% of 714 reviews2025
Dev: Xeno Bits
Windows
Build and manage mankind’s first mission across the universe! Create a sprawling facility underground, recruit a diverse group of specialists from around the globe and explore mysterious new worlds through the Exogate.
Why similar: City Builder 17.1%, Colony Sim 16.1%, 4X 13.5% ★, Building 9.8%, Base Building 9%
- #56 MEMORIAPOLIS
66% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,767 reviews2025
Dev: 5PM Studio
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Memoriapolis is a historical city builder where your city grows organically across 5 ages, from Antiquity to the Industrial Revolution. Manage resources, interact with factions, and shape your dynasty toward building a final Wonder with easy, normal, or hard difficulty levels.
Why similar: City Builder 24%, Colony Sim 20.3%, Building 10.7%, Immersive Sim 8.8%, Base Building 8.3%
- #57 Civica: Italian Renaissance
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: White Vertex Studios
Windows · Mac
Build your Italian empire in this realistic medieval RTS that combines truly organic city building and immersive roleplaying. City-states compete for influence, families such as the Medici try to divide power among themselves and artists create masterpieces that define an entire era.
Why similar: City Builder 27.8%, Colony Sim 21.2%, Simulation 9.4%, Strategy 8.6%, Immersive Sim 8.3%
- #58 Rota's Nautical Chronicles of Trade
66% matchMixed64% of 33 reviews2024
Dev: Caro BuildersPub: Emma Create
Windows
"City building" and "Trade" simulation game by Rota, the princess of the forest country! Rota strives to realize her plan for sea trade with the entire world. Let's greatly develop the port town of Portamare through the production, import and export of goods, and business negotiation battles!
Why similar: Diplomacy 29% ★, City Builder 25.9%, Colony Sim 17.9%, Simulation 11.9%, Medieval 4.9%
- #59 Orrstead
66% matchVery Positive80% of 80 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 23.2%, Colony Sim 22.6%, Building 12.1%, Base Building 9.1%, Management 7%