- #1 Tropico 6
97% matchVery Positive88% of 29,546 reviews2019
Dev: Limbic EntertainmentPub: Kalypso Media
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 27.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
El Presidente is back! Prove yourself once again as a feared dictator or peace-loving statesman on the island state of Tropico and shape the fate of your very own banana republic through four distinctive eras.
Why similar: City Builder 32.6%, Political Sim 22.1% ★, Strategy 12.3%, Economy 11.7%, Diplomacy 7.8% ★
- #2 President of Steel
96% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: volaryus
Windows
President of Steel is a choice-driven political strategy game where every decision shapes the fate of your nation. Balance power, stability, and economy while navigating political intrigue, war threats, organized crime, and personal relationships.
Why similar: Political Sim 29.4% ★, Diplomacy 22.8% ★, Economy 10.7%, Life Sim 10%, Strategy RPG 9.5%
- #3 Urban Protocol
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Thomas Kraits
Windows · Mac
Build and govern a growing city where prosperity, population growth, and social control must remain in balance. Expand districts, manage infrastructure, enact policies, and maintain stability in this city-building strategy simulation.
Why similar: Political Sim 31% ★, City Builder 27.7%, Strategy 12.5%, Economy 8.6%, Resource Management 8.2%
- #4 Take town
95% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2021
Dev: Merragamm
Windows
Urban Planning Simulator (puzzle) build and manage your city! You are the mayor of a small town develop it and earn money.
Why similar: Political Sim 40.5% ★, City Builder 28.5%, Strategy 16%, Resource Management 8%, Management 5%
- #5 POLIS
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Afterwork Studio
Windows · Mac
Become mayor of a small Greek town and govern for 17 years. Citizens write you letters for years, the opposition never sleeps, and every promise is remembered. A satirical political city sim where the town never forgets.
Why similar: Political Sim 37.2% ★, City Builder 26.2%, Strategy 11.4%, Management 7%, Economy 6.9%
- #6 KingSim
94% matchVery Positive84% of 212 reviews2020
Dev: Fuzzy Pixel Game Studio
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Become the King in a story-driven 8-bit style game, where choice matters. And try not to die instantly...
Why similar: Political Sim 22.2% ★, City Builder 16.9%, Diplomacy 13.5% ★, Strategy RPG 12.2%, Resource Management 7.8%
- #7 House of Legacy
92% matchVery Positive83% of 3,987 reviews2025
Dev: S3 StudioPub: Thermite Games
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 19.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Step into the shoes of a fallen clan leader, starting with nothing but a crumbling estate and a handful of hopes, rising through careful planning, trade, and diplomacy to become one of the most powerful families in the land. Now it’s time to forge a legendary dynasty that leaves its mark on history.
Why similar: Diplomacy 24.8% ★, City Builder 21.8%, Economy 9.4%, Life Sim 8%, Resource Management 8%
- #8 Citystate
93% matchMostly Positive75% of 815 reviews2018
Dev: Andy Sztark
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Create a 21st century micro-nation and experiment with economic and political ideals. Futuristic skyscrapers or spreading slums, the Nation relies on your economic and city planning skills.
Why similar: City Builder 33.1%, Political Sim 29% ★, Strategy 11.8%, Economy 10.4%, Resource Management 5.6%
- #9 Presidential Rise
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ilusif StudioPub: indie.io
Windows
Lead a rising nation as its newly elected president. Balance policy, economy, and public demands while facing moral dilemmas and a powerful antagonist. Will you stay true to your values—or sacrifice them to survive?
Why similar: Political Sim 26% ★, City Builder 19.4%, Diplomacy 18.7% ★, Resource Management 9.8%, Economy 9.6%
- #10 Arbeiter
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Umigame Studios
Windows
Arbeiter is a survival-management game about working-class life. Form unions, spread your ideology, or carve your own path while dealing with hunger, stress, and fatigue. Can you change the system while counting every penny?
Why similar: Political Sim 36% ★, Life Sim 13.8%, Economy 10.9%, Strategy 9.5%, Management 7.7%
- #11 Civitas Rise
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Renewal Art Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Civitas Rise是一款古典社会模拟游戏。本游戏中,数千名玩家共同建设一座座著名的汉代时期东西方城市,发展经济系统,制定社会规则,沉淀文化记忆。玩家们的群体决策会对城市产生不可逆的深远影响。
Why similar: Political Sim 38.4% ★, City Builder 26.8%, Strategy 13.2%, Historical 7.6%, Trading 6.6%
- #12 Mayor: City in Session
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HeavyRescue112Pub: HeavyResuce112
Windows · Mac · Linux
Take control as mayor and guide a growing city through difficult council decisions. Balance the economy, crime, infrastructure, public approval, and your budget as every choice shapes the future of your community.
Why similar: Political Sim 33.9% ★, City Builder 29.1%, Economy 11.6%, Resource Management 7.2%, Simulation 7%
- #13 Tropico 7
89% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Gaming Minds StudiosPub: Kalypso Media
Windows
Get rich or die trying! In Tropico 7, you step into El Presidente’s shiny boots again to build your island nation and – literally – move mountains. As glorious leader you guide your loyal citizens (and your Swiss Bank Account) through the ages toward untold prosperity.
Why similar: Political Sim 28.1% ★, City Builder 23.8%, Strategy 11%, Diplomacy 10.2% ★, Economy 8.1%
- #14 Tropico 5
88% matchMostly Positive79% of 14,424 reviews2014
Dev: Haemimont GamesPub: Kalypso Media Digital
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 23.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Return to the remote island nation of Tropico and expand your Dynasty’s reign from the early colonial period to beyond the 21st Century, facing new challenges including advanced trading mechanics, technology and scientific research, as well as cooperative and competitive MULTIPLAYER.
Why similar: City Builder 43.5%, Strategy 19.5%, Economy 9.6%, Resource Management 6.4%, Simulation 5.8%
- #15 Anno 1800
87% matchVery Positive81% of 32,498 reviews2019
Dev: Ubisoft MainzPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 40.8 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 45.2%, Strategy 14.6%, Economy 14%, Resource Management 9.3%, Simulation 4.4%
- #16 Res Publica
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Benjamin Meyer
Windows
RES PUBLICA - Citizens of Rome, an innovative city builder, life-simulation and roleplay game, invites the player to build his own roman city, manage his character, family and household during the ancient Roman Republic in 150 BC. Ave Caesar! Its up to you to lead the way for your home and family!
Why similar: City Builder 21.3%, Political Sim 16.4% ★, Life Sim 15.4%, Strategy RPG 11.8%, Historical 10.1%
- #17 Dissent on Mars
86% matchMixed47% of 19 reviews2025
Dev: Michael HicksPub: MichaelArts
Windows
A sci-fi life sim where you create new societies unlike anything on Earth. Design your economy and government, build your colony, and experience your choices firsthand by living as a colonist. Will your society become a living utopia, or another dystopia?
Why similar: Political Sim 28.6% ★, City Builder 18.7%, Life Sim 16.5%, Economy 11.5%, Resource Management 9%
- #18 SIM Election USA
85% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: SunsixStudios
Windows
Run a presidential campaign in this turn-based strategy game where you manage funding, media, and political influence to win the election.
Why similar: Political Sim 36.2% ★, Diplomacy 17.1% ★, Economy 13%, Strategy 10.2%, Resource Management 8%
- #19 Akhenaten: Rule as Pharaoh
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dotware Games
Windows · Mac
An RPG like citybuilding game centered around being Egypt's monarch.
Why similar: Political Sim 27.5% ★, City Builder 20.9%, Diplomacy 13.3% ★, Strategy RPG 12.2%, Historical 11.2%
- #20 Market Hours
83% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: ACB Studios LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Grow a trading firm from your apartment to a global institution. Hire traders and engineers, research new strategies, negotiate with your competitors, optimize your infrastructure, and build the most successful proprietary trading firm on Wall Street!
Why similar: Political Sim 29.6% ★, City Builder 27.2%, Strategy 16.2%, Economy 8%, Simulation 6.7%
- #21 Coins, Crown & Cabal
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Magni Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build a flourishing trade empire by amassing wealth, influence and power. Outsmart your rivals through political and economic moves and dominate commerce in your county.
Why similar: Political Sim 23.3% ★, City Builder 17.7%, Resource Management 11.4%, Economy 9.1%, Trading 9.1%
- #22 Rise of State
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: A4C Studios
Windows
Rise of State is a state management game focused on leadership and strategy. Every decision you make affects public happiness, military strength, the economy, and political stability. Manage crises, define your ideology, and try to keep your state standing.
Why similar: Political Sim 34.5% ★, Diplomacy 24.1% ★, City Builder 14.4%, Strategy 12.1%, Life Sim 8.8%
- #23 ΠΟΛΙΣ — Athens
80% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Ginkgo
Windows
Govern classical Athens across 272 unbroken years (594–322 BC). Steer family factions, the favour of the gods, and shifting alliances through 405 historical events — as the tide of history carries your city, inexorably, toward 322 BC.
Why similar: Political Sim 30.1% ★, Strategy 19%, Historical 14.1%, City Builder 11.2%, Resource Management 9.5%
- #24 Model Railway Millionaire
81% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: Redbrick Studios Ltd
Windows
Model railway builder with economy simulation. Edit the terrain, build the track, and place all the highly detailed objects to create exciting model railway layouts! Deliver food and row materials to the cities to earn money and expand your world! Be a model railway millionaire!
Why similar: City Builder 31.4%, Life Sim 20.5%, Strategy 18.7%, Economy 8.8%, Simulation 7.6%
- #25 Urban Empire
82% matchMostly Negative34% of 2,463 reviews2017
Dev: Reborn GamesPub: Kalypso Media Digital
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Urban Empire is a ‘City Ruler’, pioneering a new breed of strategy game that combines city builder features with political scheming and adds profound social and historical events into the mix, creating a whole new gameplay experience.
Why similar: Political Sim 30.3% ★, City Builder 26.3%, Strategy 14.6%, Economy 10.5%, Historical 6.8%
- #26 Fall of Bali
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Sengkala DevPub: CRX Entertainment
Windows
Fall of Bali is a historical strategy game set in Bali set around 19th century. Divided into many kingdoms after fall of Bali Empire, Bali has seen war for nearly two centuries and now the threat of imperialism has come. With all your might and potential, can you survive and win this era?
Why similar: Political Sim 28.6% ★, City Builder 24.5%, Diplomacy 12.8% ★, Strategy 10%, Historical 8.6%
- #27 Pharaoh™: A New Era
79% matchMostly Positive75% of 5,400 reviews2023
Dev: Triskell InteractivePub: Dotemu
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 13.2 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 28.9%, Diplomacy 16.1% ★, Economy 10.6%, Resource Management 9.6%, Historical 9.5%
- #28 Seasteader
81% matchMixed48% of 33 reviews2017
Dev: Cosy Goat
Windows
Seasteader is a city building and management strategy game that allows you to develop and rule over your own seastead, a floating community.
Why similar: City Builder 29.1%, Strategy 26.1%, Economy 15%, Resource Management 13%, Simulation 9.7%
- #29 The Blackout Project
77% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Lone Roc Games
Windows
Manage your contry energy requirements, avoid blackouts, sustain industrial developpement, avoid civilization collapsing.
Why similar: Political Sim 23.5% ★, City Builder 21%, Diplomacy 15.8% ★, Resource Management 12%, Trading 10.9%
- #30 Chinese Empire: Prologue
76% 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 36%, Strategy 17.9%, Economy 13.2%, Resource Management 11.2%, Historical 7.4%
- #31 Victoria 3
76% matchMostly Positive70% of 61,281 reviews2022
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 14.4 hrsMean: 120.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Paradox Development Studio invites you to build your ideal society in the tumult of the exciting and transformative 19th century. Balance the competing interests in your society and earn your place in the sun in Victoria 3, one of the most anticipated games in Paradox’s history.
Why similar: Political Sim 24.4% ★, Diplomacy 16% ★, City Builder 12.2%, Economy 10.3%, Historical 9%
- #32 Hansa Forever
75% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Oğuzcan Şirolu
Windows
Build a medieval trading empire across Northern Europe. Establish trade routes, influence politics, expand your cities, and compete with rival merchants for wealth and power in a dynamic economic strategy game.
Why similar: Political Sim 21.7% ★, City Builder 18.4%, Economy 12.3%, Trading 11.2%, Resource Management 10.2%
- #33 Children of the Nile: Enhanced Edition
78% matchVery Positive85% of 472 reviews2008
Dev: Tilted Mill Entertainment, Inc.
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Children of the Nile™ is a unique gem of a city-building game, unparalleled in both grandeur and attention to detail.As Pharaoh you will guide your people through thousands of years of history: from simple hunter-gatherers to the creation of an immortal civilization.
Why similar: City Builder 48%, Strategy 16.3%, Historical 15.7%, Management 7.3%, Simulation 6.8%
- #34 ELHKIA
75% matchNo user reviews
Windows
ELHKIA is a GPT-powered political sim where you write down your own campaign promises. Sway the public while dodging tomatoes and shape the world with your own words.
Why similar: Political Sim 27.1% ★, Diplomacy 20.8% ★, Life Sim 13.8%, Economy 10.8%, Historical 8.1%
- #35 The Guild 1 Remake: Europa 1410
73% matchMostly Positive72% of 713 reviews2026
Dev: Ashborne GamesPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Choose from professions like Smith, Preacher or Alchemist to gain riches in this medieval economic simulation. Climb the social ladder, dominate politics, and lead your dynasty to power over multiple generations to ensure your legacy.
Why similar: Political Sim 28.7% ★, Strategy 15.2%, Strategy RPG 15.1%, Diplomacy 14.1% ★, Economy 8.7%
- #36 Megacity Builder
77% matchMixed51% of 53 reviews2017
Dev: Andrew Rowe
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 97%
A city builder that has all the bells and whistles you know and love with one twist. In Megacity Builder you build a whole nation not just a city. Pass laws at the national level. Build cities like in classic city builders while producing resources to feed your massive capital.
Why similar: Political Sim 29.6% ★, City Builder 22.2%, Diplomacy 20.7% ★, Economy 10.1%, Trading 7.8%
- #37 Socialiskigrad
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SgriusoftPub: Sgriusoft
Windows · Mac · Linux
Welcome to the Republic of Socialiskigrad, a budding nation to shape with bags of cement! Build working-class districts, develop national industry, and govern the metropolises of each region. Only you can become the shining President the country deserves!
Why similar: City Builder 25.1%, Political Sim 20.1% ★, Economy 11.7%, Strategy 11%, Trading 8%
- #38 SERIES MAKERS TYCOON
74% matchMostly Positive71% of 536 reviews2019
Dev: CREW Studio Krüger UG
Windows
Series Makers makes your dreams come true. Produce your own TV series and build your own TV studio with your team. Dominate the TV landscape and fight your way up for worldwide success!
Why similar: Political Sim 25.8% ★, City Builder 21.3%, Life Sim 15.6%, Strategy RPG 13.5%, Strategy 9.7%
- #39 CAPITALIUM
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: WinFive Game
Windows · Mac
CAPITALIUM is a turn-based economic sim set during the Industrial Revolution. Build factories, trade across cities, negotiate with rivals and politicians, and grow through loans, investment, and acquisitions. Later, secure a royal charter, extend the railway, and build and name your own town.
Why similar: Political Sim 31.9% ★, City Builder 16.1%, Economy 15.6%, Resource Management 11.5%, Management 7.7%
- #40 Anno 2070™
74% matchMixed60% of 12,721 reviews2011
Dev: Blue BytePub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 10.5 hrsMean: 30.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Build your society of the future, colonize islands, and create sprawling megacities with multitudes of buildings, vehicles, and resources to manage.
Why similar: City Builder 46.6%, Strategy 19.5%, Resource Management 9.6%, Economy 9.4%, Simulation 3.9%
- #41 The Archaeologists
71% matchNo user reviews2027
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 37.6%, Strategy 17.8%, Economy 13.9%, Resource Management 10.4%, Management 8.3%
- #42 Anno 1404 - History Edition
72% matchVery Positive82% of 3,619 reviews2020
Dev: Ubisoft MainzPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 31.7 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Relive the captivating gameplay of a true city-building classic with Anno® 1404 History Edition.
Why similar: City Builder 39.5%, Strategy 17.1%, Political Sim 15.7% ★, Management 7.2%, Simulation 4.9%
- #43 Platform Nation
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Patrick GallawayPub: Holy Splash Games
Windows
Build a sovereign nation on an empty ocean platform. Manage citizens, resources, trade, diplomacy, propaganda, philanthropy, and war in a satirical strategy game where every choice helps train the artificial intelligence that will judge your civilization.
Why similar: Political Sim 29% ★, City Builder 27.6%, Strategy 15.9%, Diplomacy 14.5% ★, Economy 6.7%
- #44 Crisis in the Kremlin
72% matchVery Positive84% of 1,463 reviews2017
Dev: Nostalgames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Don’t let the Soviet Union collapse, and fall in the darkness of history or lead the Union by a new path – democracy and free market! But before you decide something, think – wouldn’t it cause more harm than good?
Why similar: Political Sim 55.5% ★, Strategy 17%, Diplomacy 11.7% ★, Historical 5.6%, Strategy RPG 5.2%
- #45 MEMORIAPOLIS
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,806 reviews2025
Dev: 5PM Studio
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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: Political Sim 30.4% ★, City Builder 30.2%, Resource Management 9.4%, Historical 9.1%, Strategy 9.1%
- #46 Civilize
70% 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 36.6%, Resource Management 16.6%, Economy 12.6%, Strategy 10.3%, Historical 7.7%
- #47 Pochemeow
70% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: yiotro
Windows
Economic strategy about trade war
Why similar: Political Sim 34.7% ★, City Builder 31.9%, Strategy 19.9%, Economy 9%, Management 4.3%
- #48 Feudal Baron: King's Land: Prologue
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sim Farm S.A.
Windows
Would you make a good Feudal Baron? Establish and develop a medieval settlement. Create a prosperous city, take care of its inhabitants and make tough decisions.
Why similar: City Builder 37.7%, Strategy 17.9%, Resource Management 17.4%, Diplomacy 15.8% ★, Economy 7.1%
- #49 Red Rush
71% matchMixed64% of 45 reviews2020
Dev: Egor MagurinPub: Indovers Studio
Windows
Take care of restoring the economy and the status of a superpower of a once great country in one of the most difficult times for Russia.
Why similar: City Builder 28.9%, Political Sim 22.8% ★, Strategy 12.7%, Resource Management 12.1%, Economy 7.4%
- #50 Medieval Ascendant
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: netplay Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
From a serf bound to the soil to the head of a noble house. Farm, trade, build an economic empire across five provinces, claim land through war, intrigue or wealth — and forge a dynasty that outlives you.
Why similar: Diplomacy 22.8% ★, Life Sim 19.2%, Strategy RPG 15.9%, Economy 13.6%, Historical 8.3%
- #51 Machiavelli
67% matchPositive92% of 11 reviews2026
Dev: Soul CitadelPub: Bradley University
Windows
Take the role of a monarch who’s made a deal with a demon to become immortal. In return, help them harvest souls by building and destroying countless kingdoms in this rogue-like city builder game.
Why similar: City Builder 37.5%, Diplomacy 24.6% ★, Strategy 24%, Resource Management 9.5%, 3D 4.1%
- #52 創業王 CEO
68% matchVery Positive83% of 76 reviews2023
Dev: T-Time Technology CO., LTD.
Windows
經典商業模擬遊戲《創業王》讓你一圓當老闆的夢想!選地建廠,佈置廠房、僱用員工,打造夢幻生產線! 自由組合數百種原料,創意研發理想商品! 轉戰各行各業,一手包辦醬油大亨和石油大亨! 發揮企業影響力,打造美麗新市鎮! 豐富的任務關卡模式,真實呈現商場激烈競爭!
Why similar: City Builder 32.7%, Economy 14.9%, Life Sim 13.4%, Trading 12.9%, Strategy 12.8%
- #53 The Darker Night: Regent City
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Spinnerzeit
Windows · Mac · Linux
Simulate the role of a vampire Regent. Balance five political factions, claim city buildings, shape your court, and face consequences that carry across reigns.
Why similar: Political Sim 38.5% ★, Diplomacy 17.4% ★, City Builder 13.8%, Resource Management 10.4%, Strategy 10.2%
- #54 County of Fortune
67% 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 31.3%, Economy 14.8%, Resource Management 13.8%, Strategy 12.9%, Historical 11.9%
- #55 Project AURA
69% matchMixed64% of 699 reviews2018
Dev: Nexcentric Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Project Aura is a micro management game where you lead a Colony of Climate Disaster Survivors. You have been assigned the mission to build an habitat capable of survival in this new unknown world.
Why similar: City Builder 33.5%, Strategy 15.7%, Resource Management 14.2%, Economy 11.2%, Management 8%
- #56 Settler's Domain
65% matchMixed66% of 87 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: City Builder 31.1%, Diplomacy 24.9% ★, Resource Management 15.3%, Economy 12%, Strategy 11.1%
- #57 Epic City Builder 4
68% matchMostly Positive76% of 33 reviews2021
Dev: Andrew Rowe
Windows · Linux
In Epic City Builder 4 you build a whole nation across multiple maps. Pass laws at the national level. Fiddle with the budgets at the city level. Manage your taxes and spending well and later you could be laying out whole cities at once.
Why similar: Political Sim 30.3% ★, City Builder 23.3%, Diplomacy 17.1% ★, Strategy 8.3%, Economy 7.6%
- #58 Factory Business Management
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gran Capitan Game Dev
Windows · Mac
Build factories, manage resources, research new technologies, try to locate the best markets to sell your products. Keep building, managing resources, researching and selling. Repeat, fail, learn, repeat, succeed, grow
Why similar: Political Sim 28.1% ★, City Builder 27.2%, Economy 13.8%, Strategy 11.1%, Management 8.2%
- #59 Caribbean Frontier
65% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Agon Games
Windows · Linux
Start with your ship and a couple of coins to conquer the caribbean frontier. Use trade, diplomancy or piracy to gather wealth. Control cities, build new ships for you fleet and expand your influence! Or become a well known pirate that every vessel fears.
Why similar: City Builder 19.5%, Life Sim 17.5%, Strategy 16%, Strategy RPG 12.9%, Trading 8.9%