- #1 Sweet Transit
97% matchMixed68% of 1,268 reviews2024
Dev: Ernestas NorvaišasPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Sweet Transit is a unique city builder where the railway is king. Build and automate the dream supply chain for your citizens, giving them all they need to expand quaint villages into bustling cities. Progress from steam power to diesel and beyond in this advanced train-driven experience.
Why similar: Transportation 16.9% ★, City Builder 13%, Moddable 12.5% ★, Level Editor 10.7%, Economy 8.9%
- #2 Citystate II
96% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,139 reviews2021
Dev: Andy Sztark
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Create your own Nation, build cities and bring prosperity to your people. Citystate II is a unique city-builder featuring realistic economics and complex political options. Slums or skyscrapers, experiment and bring about your vision of the ideal society.
Why similar: City Builder 20.4%, Political Sim 18.9% ★, Economy 13.5%, Building 10.2%, Management 8.5%
- #3 Citystate
96% matchMostly Positive75% of 813 reviews2018
Dev: Andy Sztark
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 61%
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 25.9%, Political Sim 24.6% ★, Economy 11.7%, Building 9.4%, Management 7.3%
- #4 Urbek City Builder
95% matchVery Positive89% of 1,977 reviews2022
Dev: FridusPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Urbek is a city building game where you can build your own neighbourhoods: from nightlife district to industrial district. Don't exhaust your natural resources before you have an educated population to build more efficient structures.
Why similar: City Builder 19.3%, Political Sim 18.4% ★, Economy 11.2%, Building 11.1%, Modern 10%
- #5 Megacity Builder
94% matchMixed49% of 51 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 22.7% ★, City Builder 15.7%, Capitalism 13.3%, Economy 10.3%, Building 9.2%
- #6 Highrise City
93% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,300 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: City Builder 26.2%, Sandbox 12.6%, Economy 12%, Modern 11.7%, Building 11.5%
- #7 NewCity
94% matchMixed58% of 477 reviews2020
Dev: Lone Pine Games, LLC
Windows · Linux
The Regional City Builder: Let's Build Something New.
Why similar: City Builder 27.8%, Management 12.4%, Transportation 12% ★, Building 11.9%, Isometric 9.8%
- #8 Power to the People
92% matchVery Positive81% of 557 reviews2022
Dev: Rhombico GamesPub: Crytivo
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Build and maintain a power grid for a constantly growing population, while fighting off all kinds of disasters in this thrilling resource management experience. It's time for you to give "Power to the People"! Do you have what it takes to keep the lights on?
Why similar: City Builder 19.4%, Economy 15.6%, Modern 12.8%, Building 12.8%, Management 12.2%
- #9 Microlandia
91% matchVery Positive89% of 147 reviews2025
Dev: Information Superhighway Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build a cozy little city on top of a brutally honest economy. Every citizen is simulated, one by one: they work, pay rent, get sick, go broke and turn to crime. Set taxes and policy, win elections, and survive a newspaper that blames you for everything.
Why similar: City Builder 20.6%, Transportation 19.7% ★, Economy 13.7%, Capitalism 13.3%, Management 9.5%
- #10 Smart City Plan
91% matchMixed65% of 121 reviews2020
Dev: Ambiera
Windows
Smart City Plan is a modern old-school style city builder game: Plan zones, roads, public transport like trains, trams, buses, subways and even the hypertube. Set taxes and policies and implement smart city technologies.
Why similar: City Builder 25.1%, Modern 15.5%, Building 14.2%, Economy 13.8%, Sandbox 11.7%
- #11 InfraSpace
90% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,954 reviews2023
Dev: Dionic Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 21.2 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Create an extrasolar efficiency utopia from scratch! In this sci-fi city builder you need to start mining operations, plan production, and lay down transportation routes to ensure a smooth supply chain.
Why similar: Transportation 19.6% ★, City Builder 15.8%, Moddable 11.4% ★, Economy 9.8%, Capitalism 8.9%
- #12 NIMBY Rails
89% matchVery Positive90% of 2,300 reviews2021
Dev: Weird and Wry
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 39.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Design and run your own railroads for the real world. Solve global transportation dilemmas. Unleash your inner railway engineer and transit policy manager.
Why similar: Transportation 21.2% ★, Political Sim 14.3% ★, City Builder 11.2%, Economy 10.6%, Capitalism 9.8%
- #13 Cities: Skylines II
88% matchMixed56% of 91,808 reviews2023
Dev: Iceflake StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 23.6 hrsMean: 76.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Raise a city from the ground up and transform it into a thriving metropolis with the most realistic city builder ever. Push your creativity and problem-solving to build on a scale you've never experienced. With deep simulation and a living economy, this is world-building without limits.
Why similar: City Builder 28.3%, Building 12.8%, Transportation 11.5% ★, Economy 11.4%, Moddable 10.6% ★
- #14 SimCasino
89% matchMostly Positive74% of 757 reviews2021
Dev: LVGameDev LLC
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Modern Casino Tycoon Simulation in full 3D glory. Build the casino. Set the odds. Expand into a luxury hotel/casino or go cheap & extract max profits. Keep the vault secure at all times, and beware of criminals & cheaters!!
Why similar: City Builder 17.1%, Capitalism 14.3%, Economy 10.7%, Moddable 10.5% ★, Building 10%
- #15 Airport CEO
87% matchVery Positive83% of 8,330 reviews2021
Dev: Apog Labs
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 27.1 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Build and manage an international airport!
Why similar: Moddable 18.2% ★, Transportation 16.4% ★, Capitalism 12.2%, City Builder 12%, Economy 9.6%
- #16 TheoTown
86% matchVery Positive95% of 4,772 reviews2019
Dev: Lobby DivinusPub: blueflower
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 20.0 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Build and manage your dream city in this captivating simulation game. Create unique urban landscapes and enjoy compatibility with the mobile versions. Unleash your creativity and shape the metropolis of your dreams.
Why similar: City Builder 18.6%, Political Sim 18.5% ★, Moddable 16.5% ★, Building 10%, Sandbox 9.6%
- #17 City Painter
85% matchVery Positive97% of 64 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 24.1%, Transportation 20.5% ★, Sandbox 12.5%, Moddable 9.5% ★, Building 9.3%
- #18 Cities: Skylines
84% matchVery Positive93% of 291,638 reviews2015
Dev: Colossal OrderPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 65.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Cities: Skylines is a modern take on the classic city simulation. The game introduces new game play elements to realize the thrill and hardships of creating and maintaining a real city whilst expanding on some well-established tropes of the city building experience.
Why similar: City Builder 35.2%, Moddable 13.6% ★, Building 13.3%, Management 9.6%, Economy 9.4%
- #19 Global City
86% matchMixed69% of 1,423 reviews2021
Dev: Red Brix WallPub: MY.GAMES
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 33.1 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Become the mayor and build the city of your dreams! In this game, anything is possible. Whatever you can imagine in a city-building and development simulator, you can do. Start from the very beginning and unlock new possibilities for developing your city in Global City!
Why similar: City Builder 20%, Modern 15.4%, Capitalism 15%, Economy 14.5%, Building 11.1%
- #20 Skyline Urban Story
84% matchVery Positive90% of 109 reviews2025
Dev: PandaUpStudio
Windows · Mac
From barren land to towering metropolis, every decision you make shapes the destiny of your city. Industrial flow, global trade, surging land values, and growing wealth, offers deep management gameplay, perfect for players who love strategic city-building and economic simulation.
Why similar: City Builder 24%, Economy 16%, Modern 15%, Building 13.7%, Capitalism 13%
- #21 MEMORIAPOLIS
83% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,785 reviews2025
Dev: 5PM Studio
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 7.1 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 28.9% ★, City Builder 26.4%, Building 12.6%, Management 10.6%, Procedural Generation 9.2%
- #22 Subway Builder
82% matchMixed57% of 360 reviews2026
Dev: Colin MillerPub: Borough Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Subway Builder is a hyperrealistic transit simulation game. Build a new subway system from the ground up while dealing with real-world constraints and costs. Craft the subway system your city deserves.
Why similar: City Builder 28.5%, Building 14.6%, Management 12.6%, Transportation 9.3% ★, Moddable 8.7% ★
- #23 Nebuchadnezzar
82% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,834 reviews2021
Dev: Nepos GamesPub: Astra Logical
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Create and customize cities in Nebuchadnezzar, a classic isometric city-builder where careful planning and define your rise as a ruler in ancient Mesopotamia.
Why similar: City Builder 24.5%, Economy 14.4%, Moddable 13% ★, Building 12.2%, Sandbox 11.4%
- #24 Nova Roma
78% matchVery Positive94% of 2,244 reviews2026
Dev: Lion ShieldPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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: City Builder 23%, Moddable 20.3% ★, Economy 15.2%, Building 12.9%, Sandbox 11.6%
- #25 Voxel Tycoon
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,786 reviews2021
Dev: Voxel Tycoon
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Voxel Tycoon is a management sim set in an infinite voxel world. Mine resources and process them into goods in your custom factories. Set up supply chains and passenger routes with a huge fleet of trains, trucks, and buses, and turn small towns into prosperous megacities with a thriving economy!
Why similar: Transportation 28.9% ★, Economy 14.1%, Moddable 12.6% ★, Management 11.6%, City Builder 10.2%
- #26 Technicity
80% matchMostly Positive78% of 241 reviews2022
Dev: Osaris GamesPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 53%
A first-person city-building game with powerful tools that allow you to build faster and bigger. Design your own construction blocks and furniture in factories, terraform the open world, build roads and use vehicles to travel to different cities that you or your friends create in solo or coop mode.
Why similar: Transportation 22.6% ★, City Builder 19.1%, Modern 15.8%, Economy 12.3%, Building 11.6%
- #27 Urbek City Builder: Prologue
78% matchVery Positive94% of 1,703 reviews2022
Dev: Estudios KremlinoisPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Urbek City Builder: Prologue is a free city building game where you can build your own neighbourhoods: from nightlife district to industrial district. Don't exhaust your natural resources before you have an educated population to build more efficient structures. Try it yourself for free!
Why similar: Political Sim 20.5% ★, City Builder 16.6%, Modern 12.2%, Economy 11.1%, Building 10%
- #28 Factory Town
77% matchVery Positive91% of 4,475 reviews2021
Dev: Erik Asmussen
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Build, automate, and optimize a giant factory on 3D terrain using conveyor belts, trains, chutes, pipes, and airships. Sell your goods to nearby villages to expand their borders, increase happiness, and unlock even better technology!
Why similar: City Builder 19%, Transportation 14.9% ★, Sandbox 11.6%, Moddable 11.2% ★, Management 10.4%
- #29 Cities XXL
81% matchMixed41% of 2,364 reviews2015
Dev: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 50.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Design, build, and manage the world’s largest and most diverse cities in Cities XXL. Bigger and better than ever before with a more powerful game engine and new interface, become the mayor of your very own sprawling metropolis.
Why similar: City Builder 31.9%, Economy 15.9%, Building 14.3%, Moddable 11.9% ★, Management 10.5%
- #30 Pocket City 2
77% matchVery Positive94% of 144 reviews2025
Dev: Codebrew Games Inc.
Windows · Mac
A city-building game with a unique twist—step inside and experience your city firsthand! Plan roads, zones, and infrastructure while growing your economy, managing resources, and unlocking special buildings. Host events, build mega projects, and watch your city thrive in a dynamic world.
Why similar: City Builder 30.5%, Economy 18.5%, Capitalism 16%, Sandbox 15.7%, Building 9.3%
- #31 City Tales - Medieval Era
75% matchVery Positive90% of 607 reviews2026
Dev: Irregular ShapesPub: Firesquid
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
City Tales is a medieval city builder, allowing you to unleash your creativity and shape vast cities that break outside a traditional grid. Plan each district for your citizens needs and aid your companions in their tales, creating a city to be proud of!
Why similar: City Builder 31.4%, Economy 20%, Building 18.7%, Management 13.4%, Procedural Generation 7.9%
- #32 Capital Simulator
79% matchMixed62% of 52 reviews2020
Dev: chenjd
Windows · Mac
A game that simulates the use of capital to build a complex industrial chain, stock investment and business challenges
Why similar: City Builder 23.1%, Transportation 22.5% ★, Management 15%, Capitalism 13.8%, Economy 13.1%
- #33 Highrise Mogul
79% matchMixed51% of 53 reviews2021
Dev: Olli Arkko
Windows
Highrise Mogul: design, build and manage your own skyscraper. Make floor plans, place rentable rooms, hire staff, design a beautiful garden, manage your own power grid and much more!
Why similar: City Builder 26%, Capitalism 19.9%, Building 15.1%, Economy 14.8%, Management 10.5%
- #34 Overcrowd: A Commute 'Em Up
76% matchVery Positive81% of 1,769 reviews2020
Dev: SquarePlay Games
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Design and build the most efficient metro stations known to man! Excavate. Expand. Set staff priorities. And manage the commuter flow. Overcrowd is a 2.5D management/tycoon/simulator set below the bustling city of Lubdon Town.
Why similar: City Builder 19.5%, Transportation 16.2% ★, Building 11.7%, Management 11.6%, Isometric 10.3%
- #35 New Cycle
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,860 reviews2024
Dev: Core EngagePub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
New Cycle is a city building game with focus on survival. After an apocalyptic series of solar flares, human society has been thrown into disarray. Establish a settlement and develop it all the way from humble beginnings to industrial metropolis.
Why similar: City Builder 43.4%, Building 24.6%, Management 17.3%, Simulation 7.4%, 3D 5.1%
- #36 City Bus Manager
71% matchVery Positive91% of 2,842 reviews2024
Dev: PeDePe GbRPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 38.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Build your own bus depot from scratch and create your personal bus routes in City Bus Manager. Play in your own hometown or any famous city in the world with real map data. Buy buses, maintain them, take care of your staff and lead your bus company to become the #1 in town!
Why similar: Capitalism 25.5%, Economy 25.4%, Management 19.5%, Sandbox 12.1%, Simulation 8.5%
- #37 Software Inc.
73% matchVery Positive94% of 7,806 reviews2015
Dev: Coredumping
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 14.0 hrsMean: 46.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Construct and design buildings for optimal working conditions. Hire people to design and release software, so you can defeat the simulated competition and take over their businesses. Manage and educate your employees to make sure they are skilled and satisfied with their job.
Why similar: Capitalism 19.9%, Moddable 19.9% ★, Economy 16.4%, Building 13.2%, Management 12.9%
- #38 Citadelum
71% matchVery Positive84% of 1,066 reviews2024
Dev: Abylight BarcelonaPub: Abylight Studios
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Citadelum is a city builder set in legendary Ancient Rome. Build your own settlement, gather resources and evolve it into a magnificent city. Explore the world, trade and lead your mighty legions in epic tactical battles. Earn the favor of the Gods or challenge them, if you dare.
Why similar: Moddable 24.1% ★, City Builder 18.4%, Level Editor 15.7%, Economy 10.9%, Building 10.7%
- #39 Kapital: Sparks of Revolution
74% matchMixed60% of 244 reviews2022
Dev: Lapovich TeamPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Sandbox economic simulation game about class struggle. European country is in a deep crisis. You are the mayor of the capital. Social unrest is inevitable. What price will you pay to save your people from anarchy?
Why similar: City Builder 22.8%, Capitalism 19%, Economy 15.6%, Management 9.8%, Sandbox 8.3%
- #40 Soviet City
76% matchMixed59% of 111 reviews2016
Dev: chickeninthecornstudio
Windows
Soviet City is a game made up of quick game plays, where building and control is essential. We take a lot from classic city builders. The player takes the role of mayor of the city. Soviet law and economy have their own laws. Every building influences a terror bar. Be careful, because excessive terror level leads to a rebellion.
Why similar: City Builder 74.6%, Simulation 25.4%
- #41 Transports
75% matchMixed66% of 107 reviews2018
Dev: Jens P. Behrens
Windows
Transports is a transportation business simulation game. Build your business empire by building transportation routes for trucks, trains, ships and planes to transport goods between industrial buildings and cities.
Why similar: Transportation 21.5% ★, Moddable 12.2% ★, Economy 11.7%, City Builder 11.4%, Management 9.4%
- #42 SimAirport
72% matchMostly Positive79% of 4,044 reviews2020
Dev: LVGameDev LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 21.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Build & Manage Your Airport. An International Hub or a Regional Masterpiece -- it's up to you. Buy more land to scale out, or escalators to scale up with MULTIPLE FLOORS. You're in full control in this modern business management tycoon!
Why similar: City Builder 27.6%, Economy 19.6%, Building 16.1%, Management 14.6%, Sandbox 13.8%
- #43 Rise of Industry
73% matchMostly Positive73% of 4,193 reviews2019
Dev: Dapper Penguin StudiosPub: Kasedo Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Put your entrepreneurial skills to the test in the first title in the ROI series as you create & optimise intricate production lines. As an early 20th-Century industrialist, grow your empire & adapt to an ever-changing business landscape with unexpected events that could lead to boom…or bust.
Why similar: City Builder 20%, Economy 16.5%, Management 13.5%, Transportation 11.2% ★, Capitalism 8.5%
- #44 Big Ambitions
69% matchVery Positive93% of 13,452 reviews2023
Dev: Hovgaard Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 11.0 hrsMean: 25.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Big Ambitions is a revolutionary role-playing business sim. Go from nothing to the biggest entrepreneur in New York by opening small businesses or slowly building huge corporations any way you like.
Why similar: Capitalism 24.6%, Economy 24.1%, Management 22.4%, Sandbox 9.7%, Modern 7%
- #45 SuperTaxCity
70% matchVery Positive88% of 216 reviews2025
Dev: soramame-koubouPub: KIC Games
Windows
A new sensation!? City-building × Roguelike game *Super Tax City*. Choose and place your favorite facilities from randomly drawn options! The combinations are endless! Create a profitable city that's uniquely yours!
Why similar: City Builder 45.1%, Choices Matter 14.4%, Capitalism 12.4%, Economy 10.7%, Simulation 7.5%
- #46 Skid Cities
73% matchMixed65% of 81 reviews2021
Dev: Vittorio Banfi
Windows · Mac · Linux
A Cyberpunk City Building Game. Define the city of a twisted, dark, utopian, or dystopian future. Build it in the sky, underground, on the ground. Navigate evil corporations, the Yakuza, android revolts, and unrest. Or embrace them - your choice.
Why similar: City Builder 44%, Building 18%, Sandbox 14.5%, Management 11.2%, Isometric 8.2%
- #47 Production Line : Car factory simulation
72% matchVery Positive82% of 3,483 reviews2019
Dev: Positech Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Production line is the new car factory management/simulation/tycoon game that pushes your organisational and entrepreneurship skills to the limit. Can you build the ultimate optimised, free-flowing car production line whilst beating the competition and still turn a profit?
Why similar: Management 17.5%, Economy 16.7%, Building 13.3%, City Builder 12.2%, Moddable 11.3% ★
- #48 Empire City Simulator
71% matchMixed58% of 96 reviews2024
Dev: Red Brix Wall
Windows
Become a ruler and build the ancient city of your dreams in Empire City! Unlock new opportunities for your city's prosperity, gain the support of the gods, construct grand buildings, and create unique infrastructure. Transform a small settlement into a magnificent center of civilization!
Why similar: City Builder 32.6%, Isometric 18.4%, Economy 15.7%, Building 15.2%, Management 10.4%
- #49 Good Company
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,792 reviews2022
Dev: Chasing Carrots
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Good Company is an in-depth management sim about building a trail-blazing tech corporation. Assemble complex production lines, manage employee logistics, and sell high-quality products on the market to become the best company in the whole county!
Why similar: Economy 19.6%, City Builder 18.2%, Building 16.2%, Management 14.4%, Sandbox 14.3%
- #50 Industry Giant 4.0
70% matchMostly Negative37% of 560 reviews2025
Dev: Don VS DodoPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Build an industrial empire from scratch in Industry Giant 4.0. Produce goods, build up your industries, construct transportation networks, plan production, manage finances, and navigate global events. Become the next business tycoon and write history!
Why similar: City Builder 17.6%, Modern 15.3%, Economy 12.6%, Capitalism 12.3%, Management 11.3%
- #51 Creo God Simulator
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 241 reviews2025
Dev: MKSM Design LLC
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Creo God Simulator is a game of city building, resource management, survival, and a ton of villager smiting. As the divinely chosen Creostrider, it's your job to build a society bit by bit, while convincing your new population to believe in you as their one true god.
Why similar: City Builder 26.8%, Management 13.3%, Isometric 11.4%, Capitalism 11.4%, Economy 11.4%
- #52 Town to City
63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 7,015 reviews2026
Dev: Galaxy GrovePub: Kwalee
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 37.7%, Building 17%, Economy 16.1%, Sandbox 12.1%, Management 12.1%
- #53 Pocket City
67% matchVery Positive92% of 275 reviews2022
Dev: Codebrew Games Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 58%
A casual city building game. Become the mayor and create your own metropolis! Create residential, commercial, and industrial zones. Build parks and recreation spots. Respond to crime and disasters. Watch your city come alive!
Why similar: City Builder 35.8%, Isometric 15.6%, Economy 14.8%, Building 14.1%, Simulation 8.3%
- #54 Epoch Cycle
67% matchMostly Positive70% of 82 reviews2026
Dev: GeometricUniverse
Windows
Apocalypse is Not the End, It's Your Beginning. Become the supreme leader of a civilization in an apocalyptic world. Every collapse fuels the rise of a new era—your choices will forge a legacy across four monumental epochs.
Why similar: Political Sim 33.9% ★, City Builder 26.2%, Building 13.4%, Management 12.3%, Choices Matter 8.6%
- #55 Synergy
66% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,087 reviews2025
Dev: Leikir StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 9.9 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: City Builder 25.3%, Economy 18.6%, Building 13.9%, Isometric 13.6%, Management 11.6%
- #56 Startup Company
67% matchVery Positive81% of 6,219 reviews2020
Dev: Hovgaard Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 19.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Startup Company is a business simulation sandbox game where you’re the CEO of a new company. Your job is to build your very own website and compete against the largest tech giants on the planet!
Why similar: Management 29.6%, Economy 26.3%, Moddable 9.5% ★, Simulation 9.4%, Building 9.3%
- #57 City Game Studio: Your Game Dev Adventure Begins
66% matchVery Positive92% of 1,889 reviews2021
Dev: Binogure Studio 🐺
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Manage a game studio from the dawn of the gaming industry in 1976. Your journey starts with small indie titles and grows into a gaming empire. Develop, design, and conquer the industry. From humble beginnings to gaming legend, it’s your story, your studio, your legacy!
Why similar: Moddable 18.8% ★, Capitalism 17.2%, Economy 14.3%, Management 11.1%, Isometric 9.4%
- #58 Technotopia
65% matchVery Positive85% of 693 reviews2024
Dev: YustasPub: Alawar
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Welcome to Technotopia, a city-builder card game. Take on the role of an AI designed to build a perfect city. Build districts, meet the needs of diverse communities and maintain the delicate balance between factions vying for control over you!
Why similar: Political Sim 30.2% ★, City Builder 24.3%, Building 14.5%, Management 12.5%, Choices Matter 9.5%
- #59 Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic
63% matchVery Positive91% of 27,069 reviews2024
Dev: 3DivisionPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 71.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 25.9%, Moddable 16.4% ★, Economy 16.3%, Building 13.8%, Management 12.3%
- #60 Sphere - Flying Cities
68% matchMixed50% of 242 reviews2022
Dev: mañana studiosPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Sphere – Flying Cities is a sci-fi citybuilder which combines strategy, simulation, and survival elements in an extraordinary and immersive scenario. Rebuild and protect a society in a unique and hostile environment. Pay the price for your decisions and be prepared to lose everything.
Why similar: City Builder 39.2%, Building 19.7%, Management 16.6%, Retro 10%, Simulation 6.3%