- #1 Let's build a garden
97% 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 28%, Simulation 21.9%, Building 21.9%, Casual 11.9%, Base Building 7.5%
- #2 BlockUrbs
96% 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 44.6%, Simulation 22.5%, Building 16.5%, Casual 14.2%, Indie 1.3%
- #3 Don't Drop The Wall, Jack!
96% 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 36%, Simulation 24.6%, Casual 16.2%, Building 13.7%, Base Building 8.7%
- #4 Parkdens
95% 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 38.2%, Simulation 27.5%, Casual 18.2%, Building 13.6%, Indie 1.4%
- #5 Arabia Palace Builder
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Live Motion Games
Windows
In Arabia Builder you will get the chance to prove yourself as the most skilled artisan in the medieval Middle East. Repair palaces, dig aqueducts, tend to beautiful gardens and make the realm fit for a sultan!
Why similar: City Builder 30%, Simulation 27%, Building 20%, Casual 14.5%, First-Person 6.7%
- #6 Topiopolis
94% 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 40.2%, Simulation 31.3%, Casual 14.2%, Medieval 13%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #7 Bastion of Valor
91% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Badger Game Studios
Windows
Bastion of Valor is a strategy game where you build and develop your village, grow its population, and defend against raids. You can construct your village as you wish and assign tasks to your villagers. Your strategies will shape your village's future.
Why similar: City Builder 34%, Simulation 23.2%, Building 12.3%, Medieval 12.1%, Survival 10.5%
- #8 City Builder
92% matchMixed70% of 83 reviews2018
Dev: Cow Corp.
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 18%
You're a government worker who is building a city one building at a time. Place parts of your building to build the tallest building ever created in this fun filled endless stacker!
Why similar: City Builder 37.7%, Simulation 34%, Casual 22.3%, Indie 6%
- #9 我是大房东
91% 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 27.6%, City Builder 27.3%, Simulation 23.9%, Casual 9.6%, Base Building 8.3%
- #10 Cloudspan
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cosmo Gatto
Windows
In this bite-sized city builder, stack and stretch your town as far as physics will allow.
Why similar: City Builder 39.1%, Simulation 27.3%, Casual 18%, Building 13.4%, Indie 1.4%
- #11 Civitatem
89% matchMixed63% of 133 reviews2022
Dev: LW Games
Windows
Civitatem is a medieval city builder where you help your villagers raise a new settlement in dangerous lands by making use of their skills and available world resources.
Why similar: City Builder 39.1%, Simulation 18.3%, Medieval 11.2%, Base Building 10.6%, Building 9.8%
- #12 Megapolis
89% matchMostly Positive75% of 162 reviews2016
Dev: Lonely Troops
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Casual city building. Become an architect. Manage the small polis. Construct beautiful city zones with plenty of modern blocks. Work your way to the top through the campaign mode, or create your own scenarios.
Why similar: Simulation 35.9%, City Builder 28.5%, Casual 17.1%, Building 13.6%, Indie 3.9%
- #13 Mega Capital
88% 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 46.4%, Building 28.7%, Casual 23.1%, Singleplayer 1.8%
- #14 Market Simulator
86% 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 43.7%, Building 23.7%, Simulation 21.2%, Casual 7.9%, Indie 1.8%
- #15 New Fief
87% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: SHIXIXI
Windows
A relaxed and peaceful territorial management game, without the interference of hostile/competitive forces, allowing you to farm with peace of mind.
Why similar: City Builder 42.6%, Building 21.6%, Casual 18.2%, Base Building 16.1%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #16 Bridge Constructor Medieval
86% matchVery Positive82% of 599 reviews2014
Dev: ClockStonePub: Headup
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Bridge Constructor Medieval turns back the clock a few centuries to the time of knights and castles. Build sturdy bridges to supply your city with provisions - or cunningly constructed bridges that collapse under the weight of attacking troops, sending the horde of enemies into the abyss below.
Why similar: Simulation 37.1%, Building 26.4%, Casual 20.7%, Medieval 11.2%, Indie 4.5%
- #17 Geopogo Cities
84% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Geopogo
Windows
Geopogo Cities: Explore real cities—SF, NY, London, Miami—in 3D. Place buildings, tweak layouts, and roam urban icons in early access. Roads, systems, and expanded tools coming to build a full city sim. Shape the future with us!
Why similar: City Builder 41.1%, Simulation 27.8%, Building 13%, First-Person 10%, Base Building 7.4%
- #18 RoundUrbs
84% 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 43.3%, Simulation 20%, Casual 18.4%, Building 14.9%, Indie 2.6%
- #19 Foundation
80% matchVery Positive86% of 23,481 reviews2025
Dev: Polymorph Games
Windows
Median: 11.0 hrsMean: 26.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Foundation is a grid-less, laidback medieval city-building game with a focus on organic development, monument construction and resource management.
Why similar: City Builder 49.1%, Medieval 13.9%, Simulation 13.7%, Building 11.2%, Base Building 6.3%
- #20 Ducktopia
83% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2020
Dev: Llama Softworks
Windows · Mac · Linux
Become a mayor of your own city filled with ducks! Build your city up as you would like it, while making sure your ducks stay happy, healthy and productive, otherwise they may steal your duckeronies. Create the perfect city then you may end up with your own Ducktopia!
Why similar: City Builder 41.8%, Building 17.7%, Simulation 17.3%, Base Building 16.4%, Casual 5.8%
- #21 Crafty County
82% 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 41%, Simulation 27.5%, Casual 18%, Building 11.6%, Indie 1.3%
- #22 Little Christmas Workshop
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Tom Horwath Games
Windows
An adorable, stocking stuffer-sized factory automation game
Why similar: City Builder 35.3%, Simulation 25.3%, Casual 16.5%, Building 12.9%, Base Building 8.1%
- #23 QuadUrbs
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HidingDev Games
Windows
QuadUrbs is a relaxing minimalistic city builder game where you can place various tiles next to each other to build detailed city quickly without worrying about resource management. You can either place tiles perfectly to get maximum score or place them as you want to create city of your dreams.
Why similar: City Builder 48.1%, Building 23.6%, Simulation 13.9%, Casual 11.5%, Indie 1.7%
- #24 New Frontier Days ~Founding Pioneers~
81% matchMostly Negative39% of 36 reviews2017
Dev: Arc System Works
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
"New Frontier Days ~Founding Pioneers~" is a town-building simulation game, where you command your pioneers to colonize a new land.
Why similar: Simulation 51.6%, City Builder 46.5%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #25 Trailer Park Life
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Northern Dev Studio
Windows
Build and manage your own trailer park to either become a peaceful haven or a pit of unruly partiers. Expand on services and amenities to keep tenants happy. Manage staff to keep your park safe and clean or let chaos run amuck and risk it all for higher gains.
Why similar: City Builder 45.5%, Simulation 25.5%, Building 18.5%, Base Building 9.3%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #26 Kingdoms: Merge & Build
78% 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 50.2%, Simulation 23.3%, Casual 22.8%, Singleplayer 1.9%, Indie 1.9%
- #27 happiness market
79% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: luolei
Windows
A simple simulation and management game. Build different shops and earn money from passing customers.
Why similar: City Builder 38.5%, Building 19.7%, Simulation 16.1%, Base Building 14.8%, Casual 10.1%
- #28 The Architect: Paris
78% 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 38.7%, Building 24.2%, Simulation 17.8%, Casual 17.1%, Indie 1.4%
- #29 HeightMaster
77% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: HeightMasterPub: HeightMaster Studio
Windows
In HeightMaster, players are invited to take on a fun and challenging tower-building journey.
Why similar: City Builder 46.8%, Casual 20.7%, Base Building 17.5%, Simulation 11.7%, Indie 1.7%
- #30 Grimgrad
76% matchMixed53% of 87 reviews2023
Dev: Juvty WorldsPub: Juvty Worlds
Windows
Build your own Slavic settlement. Overcome the hardships of medieval life and don't anger the Gods!
Why similar: City Builder 41.6%, Simulation 15.1%, Survival 12.1%, Medieval 11.8%, Building 8.1%
- #31 Kutha Stroom Rush
75% 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 39.1%, Simulation 26.5%, Casual 17.4%, Building 15%, Indie 1.3%
- #32 Craft city
77% matchMostly Negative27% of 15 reviews2020
Dev: Kedexa
Windows
Sandbox game. Build, destroy, have fun. Create huge buildings. Create huge worlds. Several types of blocks are available: 1.brick 2.concrete 3.tree 4.metal
Why similar: Simulation 23%, Building 23%, Base Building 17.6%, Casual 16.1%, First-Person 15.1%
- #33 SimCity™ 3000 Unlimited
74% 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 54.4%, Simulation 32.1%, Casual 11.9%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #34 Utopia
74% 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 38%, Simulation 31.2%, Casual 16.2%, Building 11.9%, Indie 1.4%
- #35 Villagers
76% matchMixed53% of 342 reviews2016
Dev: bumblebee.Pub: Avanquest Software Publishing Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Villagers is a beautifully illustrated and richly detailed town-building game where you build a thriving community using the people and resources around you. Success or failure depends on your ability to create a town that can grow and prosper, and overcome the harsh realities of medieval life!
Why similar: City Builder 56.7%, Simulation 26.5%, Medieval 13.6%, Indie 3.1%
- #36 Townopolis
75% matchMixed67% of 139 reviews2016
Dev: Lonely Troops
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Casual city building. Become an architect. Manage the small polis. Construct an idyllic neighborhood with plenty of houses. Work your way to the top through the campaign mode, or create your own scenarios.
Why similar: Simulation 31.4%, City Builder 28.8%, Casual 19.4%, Building 14.6%, Indie 4.7%
- #37 Fifth World
73% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: Fifth World
Windows
This is a very interesting puzzle game.
Why similar: City Builder 49.4%, Casual 25.8%, Simulation 23.3%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #38 HexaUrbs
73% 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 47.4%, Building 19.8%, Simulation 18.3%, Casual 11.7%, Indie 2%
- #39 Pinevale Settlements
72% 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 35.9%, Base Building 17.2%, Building 16.3%, Medieval 14.2%, Simulation 8%
- #40 Geopogo Cities: Windsor–Detroit
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Geopogo
Windows
A real-world city-building simulation where you shape the future of downtown Windsor–Detroit. Zone, redevelop, and experiment with growth using real map data in a living urban sandbox.
Why similar: City Builder 37.7%, Simulation 26.2%, Casual 12.5%, Building 10.4%, First-Person 8%
- #41 Diorama Worlds
73% matchPositive93% of 40 reviews2017
Dev: Mixed Reality Worlds
Windows
Build and Explore worlds with a growing library of tiles and objects. Simple to use, easy to learn, fast to build.
Why similar: City Builder 29.7%, Simulation 24.4%, Building 16.3%, Casual 14%, Base Building 12.2%
- #42 Kingdom Islands
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Victor Skillerstrand
Windows
Kingdom Islands is a medieval city-building game, where you construct a prosperous city on a distant island. As your village expands and your people begin to develop their knowledge of the land, you may explore and visit new areas of the known world.
Why similar: City Builder 39.8%, Simulation 16.1%, Medieval 14.8%, Base Building 13.7%, Casual 11.2%
- #43 Smalltown Architect
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pianova Games
Windows · Mac
Tired of grey cities full of cars and concrete? Let's build charming European-style old towns full of life, color and bustling energy. Beautiful architecture, parks and cobbled streets lined with cafés, shops and restaurants. Relax as you watch your residents enjoy life in your cozy little town.
Why similar: City Builder 41.7%, Simulation 28.5%, Building 12%, Casual 10%, Base Building 7.2%
- #44 Tile Cities 2
68% 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 37.4%, Simulation 28.2%, Casual 19.8%, Building 13.7%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #45 Outpost: Vikings
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Caveman Developments
Windows · Mac
Finally in a new land you must find a way to survive. Hunt, gather, produce & build to grow your new settlement. Manage your allies & enemies & help your people prosper and conquer this new land.
Why similar: City Builder 40.4%, Simulation 28.2%, Building 12.9%, Survival 8.4%, Casual 7.5%
- #46 Cities XL Platinum
71% 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 63.8%, Simulation 30.3%, Building 4.9%, Singleplayer 1%
- #47 My Downtown
70% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2021
Dev: Seven Sails Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Help the Mayor breathe life into a sparkling new city! Play over 100 levels of match 3 bliss and build your own city!
Why similar: City Builder 39%, Simulation 27.6%, Casual 18.4%, Building 12.7%, Indie 1.4%
- #48 Medieval Builders: Strongholds & Castles
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Madnetic Games
Windows
Craft, hunt, and survive in fantasy medieval world. Build your village, manage and defend castles and whole kingdoms. Become a local lord and a builder. Strongholds & Castles are waiting for you to manage them - alone or with your friends!
Why similar: City Builder 26.7%, Building 16.7%, Medieval 14.1%, Simulation 14%, Base Building 11%
- #49 Alien Horizon (Preview Alpha)
67% matchVery Positive87% of 188 reviews2024
Dev: Purple Nebula
Windows
A sci-fi survival city builder set on an inhospitable alien planet. Faced with imminent destruction of Earth, humanity pooled together their resources and sent sleeper ships to nearby potentially habitable planets. But this one turned out to be much less habitable than expected....
Why similar: City Builder 42.2%, Building 18.4%, Simulation 15.7%, Base Building 12.8%, Survival 10.3%
- #50 Settlement Survival
67% matchVery Positive86% of 7,842 reviews2022
Dev: Gleamer StudioPub: Team17
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
In this city-building game, you will lead a group of survivors in their search for a new home. Manipulate the landscape, manage limited supplies, plant crops, hunt wildlife, gather resources, and develop trade routes to build a bustling and unique town.
Why similar: City Builder 37.5%, Building 17.6%, Medieval 14.5%, Simulation 10.7%, Survival 9.9%
- #51 LowPolis
69% 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 43.5%, Building 19.6%, Medieval 13.7%, Casual 10.7%, Simulation 9.3%
- #52 BAIA
69% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: 萌新所长
Windows
Due to the volcanic eruption, the climate has become abnormal. Floodwaters are about to inundate our homes. Commander, please lead the people to quickly build an ark and save them!
Why similar: City Builder 49.3%, Simulation 27.6%, Base Building 11.1%, Survival 11%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #53 Idle Transport Tycoon
68% match6 user reviews33% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: Eckalon
Windows
Build platforms to transport people, increase your customer population by buying and merging houses. Advance through levels.
Why similar: City Builder 36.3%, Simulation 25.7%, Casual 16.8%, Building 12.5%, Base Building 6.9%
- #54 simpliCity
67% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: altaf-creatorPub: Vixenia Game
Windows
A sandbox game about building a city without all those hassle from complicated systems.
Why similar: City Builder 39.2%, Building 21%, Base Building 15.9%, Simulation 12.9%, Casual 8.2%
- #55 Kingdoms and Castles
66% matchVery Positive93% of 30,837 reviews2017
Dev: Lion Shield, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Kingdoms and Castles is a city-building simulation game about growing a kingdom from a tiny hamlet to a sprawling city and imposing castle. Make trade agreements, alliance, and war with neighboring AI controlled kingdoms. Each villager and resource is individually simulated.
Why similar: City Builder 48%, Building 15.2%, Medieval 13.6%, Simulation 9.7%, Base Building 8.1%
- #56 Macropolis
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RiceGames
Windows · Linux
A cozy 2D city-building game where you gather resources, upgrade buildings, and grow a small pixel town brought to life with cars, dynamic weather and beautiful sunsets.
Why similar: City Builder 45.5%, Simulation 31.9%, Building 14.6%, Casual 5.7%, Indie 1.4%
- #57 Constructor Plus
66% 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 44.9%, Simulation 33%, Building 16.7%, Indie 4.2%, Singleplayer 1.3%