- #1 Cities: Skylines II
97% matchMixed54% of 86,513 reviews2023
Dev: Iceflake StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 23.8 hrsMean: 72.6 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 39.9%, Building 17%, Economy 16.6%, Sandbox 12.6%, Simulation 10.2%
- #2 Cities: Skylines
96% matchVery Positive93% of 286,936 reviews2015
Dev: Colossal OrderPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 65.0 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 45.3%, Building 16.2%, Economy 12.4%, Sandbox 9.9%, Simulation 9.1%
- #3 Highrise City
96% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,282 reviews2023
Dev: Fourexo EntertainmentPub: Deck13
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 69%
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 29%, Economy 13.8%, Sandbox 12.6%, Building 12%, Immersive Sim 11.4%
- #4 Pocket City 2
95% matchVery Positive94% of 128 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 32.5%, Economy 20.6%, Sandbox 15.1%, Capitalism 12.1%, Building 9.4%
- #5 Urbek City Builder
94% matchVery Positive90% of 1,808 reviews2022
Dev: FridusPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 10.0 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 30.1%, Economy 18.2%, Building 16.4%, Sandbox 12.8%, Modern 11.1%
- #6 Heian City Story
94% matchVery Positive89% of 148 reviews2025
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
A city-building sim with a historical twist
Why similar: City Builder 40.3%, Building 14.4%, Simulation 13.2%, 2D Platformer 11.2%, Economy 7.9%
- #7 Mega Mall Story
93% matchVery Positive94% of 307 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Design a towering mega mall in this mall management simulation game.
Why similar: City Builder 26.8%, Economy 19.2%, Building 15.2%, Sandbox 14%, 2D Platformer 8.3%
- #8 Thriving City: Song
92% matchVery Positive81% of 3,278 reviews2024
Dev: White Star StudioPub: IndieArk
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
In 960 AD, the new Song Dynasty needs you! As magistrate, build a prosperous city from scratch. Develop bustling streets filled with businesses and entertainment, while navigating hidden crises of political strife and foreign invasions. How will you lead through these challenges?
Why similar: City Builder 39%, Economy 21.5%, Building 19.1%, Simulation 11%, Casual 4.2%
- #9 Capital Simulator
91% 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 32.4%, Economy 19.1%, Simulation 18.8%, Capitalism 13.7%, 2D Platformer 9.8%
- #10 Citystate
91% matchMostly Positive75% of 806 reviews2018
Dev: Andy Sztark
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 60%
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 37.6%, Economy 17.6%, Building 13%, Simulation 10.5%, Sandbox 8.3%
- #11 Highrise Mogul
90% 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 31.5%, Economy 18.7%, Building 17.4%, Capitalism 17%, Simulation 7.1%
- #12 City idle
89% matchMostly Positive72% of 214 reviews2023
Dev: Grest Games OÜ
Windows
Experience a city-building game, where the citizens are fully simulated and every decision you make impacts their lives. From the Stone Age to the Iron Age and beyond, watch your civilization evolve and progress under your guidance.
Why similar: Economy 27.1%, Immersive Sim 25.1%, Building 22.8%, Simulation 17.4%, Colorful 4.5%
- #13 Synergy
87% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,011 reviews2025
Dev: Leikir StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 53%
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 31.7%, Economy 24.3%, Building 16.5%, Sandbox 12.9%, Simulation 7.5%
- #14 Buildings Have Feelings Too!
89% matchMixed45% of 80 reviews2021
Dev: Blackstaff GamesPub: Silver Lining Interactive
Windows
An exciting new city-management/puzzle game about buildings and the city they inhabit. You must grow your city to a bustling metropolitan centre with an array of shops, offices, entertainment facilities and amenities, to help your buildings thrive; or risk them being demolished forever.
Why similar: City Builder 38.9%, Economy 28.3%, Building 18.9%, Simulation 5.4%, Casual 4.1%
- #15 Smart City Plan
88% 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 27.4%, Economy 15.6%, Building 14.7%, Simulation 12.3%, Modern 11.9%
- #16 Project Highrise
86% matchVery Positive85% of 4,730 reviews2016
Dev: SomaSimPub: Kasedo Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 32.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Project Highrise is a skyscraper construction and management sim...
Why similar: Building 33.9%, Simulation 19.1%, Economy 15.5%, Sandbox 13%, City Builder 12.2%
- #17 Settlement Survival
85% 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 40.5%, Building 20.3%, Economy 14.3%, Sandbox 12.3%, Simulation 7.5%
- #18 Anno 1800
86% matchVery Positive81% of 30,897 reviews2019
Dev: Ubisoft MainzPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 9.7 hrsMean: 39.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 50.5%, Economy 23.3%, Simulation 9.4%, Sandbox 7.5%, Building 5.5%
- #19 Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic
83% matchVery Positive91% of 25,183 reviews2024
Dev: 3DivisionPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 73.0 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 25.7%, Grand Strategy 22.7% ★, Economy 17%, Building 13.2%, Sandbox 11.3%
- #20 Citystate II
84% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,099 reviews2021
Dev: Andy Sztark
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 9.6 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 32.7%, Economy 22.5%, Building 15.6%, Sandbox 11.5%, Modern 8.1%
- #21 Industry Giant
84% matchMostly Positive75% of 75 reviews2018
Dev: QLOCPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
In Industrial Giant you have to find a route to profit to prove your management skills in this resource management business simulation. Experience the soaring heights and the shattering depths of being an industrial giant!
Why similar: City Builder 25.8%, Economy 22.7%, Sandbox 12.5%, Building 12.5%, Immersive Sim 11.4%
- #22 Silicon City
82% matchMixed68% of 56 reviews2023
Dev: Polycorne
Windows · Mac · Linux
Silicon City is a new take on the classic city builder genre, where each citizen voice their opinion. Will you be an urban designer, a rural evangelist or a reckless capitalist? Build your way to the most productive city until elected as the best mayor or plan the city of your dreams in sandbox.
Why similar: City Builder 23.4%, Economy 16.9%, Modern 14.8%, Building 13.4%, Capitalism 13.4%
- #23 Industry Giant 4.0
82% matchMostly Negative37% of 545 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 23.7%, Economy 17.7%, Modern 14.7%, Building 12.6%, Capitalism 11.7%
- #24 Ratopia
78% matchVery Positive88% of 4,645 reviews2025
Dev: Cassel Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 26.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Ratopia is a new game that has combined elements of both strategic survival and city building. With plenty of content available, and more planned, enjoy a vast world to adventure and populate with citizens! Build your own economical system to sustain your ideal city of Ratopia.
Why similar: City Builder 33.5%, Building 23.6%, Sandbox 14%, Economy 13.6%, Simulation 7.9%
- #25 Global City
81% matchMixed70% of 1,363 reviews2021
Dev: Red Brix WallPub: MY.GAMES
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 34.3 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 22.6%, Economy 17.1%, Modern 12.1%, Capitalism 11.8%, Building 11.8%
- #26 Casino Resort Tower
79% matchVery Positive94% of 122 reviews2023
Dev: Cyperk Software
Windows · Mac
Build a towering casino resort and watch it come alive. Crowds flow, elevators jam, and tiny decisions create big stories as your tower grows upward, floor by floor. Build it. Break it. Fix it.
Why similar: Economy 21.9%, Capitalism 16.2%, City Builder 15.7%, Building 14.8%, Immersive Sim 9.5%
- #27 Jumbo Airport Story
79% matchVery Positive92% of 354 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Just imagine: your own world-famous airport! A game with sky-high levels of fun!
Why similar: City Builder 38.8%, Simulation 15%, Building 13.3%, Economy 11.6%, 2D Platformer 10.7%
- #28 Rise of Industry
80% matchMostly Positive73% of 4,155 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 31.6%, Economy 26.9%, Building 9.8%, Simulation 9.6%, Capitalism 9.5%
- #29 Super Movie Tycoon
77% matchMostly Positive78% of 317 reviews2025
Dev: Yuedong Game
Windows · Mac
Become a movie mogul in Super Movie Tycoon! From script to screen, build your dream team and create blockbusters to conquer Hollywood!
Why similar: City Builder 22.8%, Economy 18.7%, Capitalism 14.5%, Building 12.8%, Sandbox 10.3%
- #30 Cities XL Platinum
81% 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 57.7%, Simulation 17.8%, Sandbox 12%, Economy 6.6%, Building 4.7%
- #31 Anno 117: Pax Romana
75% matchMostly Positive70% of 11,270 reviews2025
Dev: Ubisoft MainzPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 13.4 hrsMean: 23.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Shape the Roman Empire in this genre-defining strategic builder game. Build cities while expanding your influence through Roman provinces. Govern using your economic prowess, diplomatic skills, or military might.
Why similar: City Builder 35.8%, Economy 20.3%, Building 15.9%, Sandbox 14.8%, Simulation 10%
- #32 Town to City
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 5,836 reviews2025
Dev: Galaxy GrovePub: Kwalee
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 50.8%, Economy 19%, Building 18.6%, Simulation 7.1%, Colorful 1.6%
- #33 Dream Town Island
76% matchVery Positive96% of 450 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
A town sim where you raise generations of residents. Unlock new stores and facilities, help your residents find love, or cash in on the stock market!
Why similar: City Builder 35.6%, Building 15.1%, Sandbox 11.9%, Simulation 11.7%, Economy 10.3%
- #34 Empire City Simulator
76% matchMixed61% of 75 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 41.3%, Economy 20.7%, Building 18.3%, Simulation 13.1%, Casual 2.6%
- #35 Mad Smartphone Tycoon
75% matchMostly Positive73% of 580 reviews2024
Dev: Miradil
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Build Your smartphone Empire in Mad Smartphone Tycoon, your main goal in this game is to create the ultimate smartphone that combines both performance and aesthetics. Expand your company, dominate the global market, become a tycoon in the world of mobile phones!
Why similar: City Builder 17.1%, Building 14.7%, Sandbox 12%, Economy 11.4%, Modern 9.9%
- #36 Mad Tower Tycoon
77% matchMostly Positive78% of 438 reviews2020
Dev: Eggcode
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Design your own skyscraper with more than 100 Floors. Rent offices, apartments or shops and build a financially lucrative skyscraper. Build cinemas, bars or a theater to satisfy your visitors and create an effective transport system with elevators and stairs.
Why similar: City Builder 26.4%, Economy 19.6%, Building 16%, Sandbox 13%, Capitalism 10.4%
- #37 Cities XXL
78% matchMixed40% of 2,356 reviews2015
Dev: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 51.1 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 40.3%, Economy 20.8%, Building 17.1%, Sandbox 10.8%, Simulation 9.9%
- #38 SimAirport
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 4,012 reviews2020
Dev: LVGameDev LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 21.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 30.8%, Economy 22.7%, Building 17%, Sandbox 14%, Simulation 7.2%
- #39 SimCasino
73% matchMostly Positive74% of 751 reviews2021
Dev: LVGameDev LLC
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 10.5 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 26.8%, Economy 17.4%, Capitalism 15.8%, Building 14.8%, Sandbox 13.1%
- #40 STARIO: Haven Tower
70% matchVery Positive94% of 337 reviews2025
Dev: Stargate Games
Windows
A vertical kingdom in the sky! Plan your ascent from the harsh Sand Zone, rising layer by layer as you and your Towertizens stand together against looming disasters. Build trade ports and vertical supply networks. Perform Rituals to shape miracles, and witness the prosperity of this rising nation.
Why similar: City Builder 32.4%, Economy 20.5%, Building 16.9%, Sandbox 13.7%, Simulation 8.5%
- #41 City Tales - Medieval Era
70% matchVery Positive90% of 542 reviews2026
Dev: Irregular ShapesPub: Firesquid
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 38.4%, Economy 25.3%, Building 21.7%, Simulation 11.2%, Resource Management 3.2%
- #42 Rise of Industry 2
72% matchMixed67% of 198 reviews2025
Dev: SomaSimPub: Kasedo Games
Windows
Navigate the competitive industrial landscape of vibrant 1980's USA! Make strategic manufacturing decisions, optimize production chains, acquire technologies, and expand your global business network with key contacts. Opportunities await those savvy enough to capitalize on them!
Why similar: City Builder 24.4%, Economy 20.3%, Capitalism 16.2%, Building 15.3%, Sandbox 12.3%
- #43 Masterplan Tycoon
73% matchMostly Positive74% of 729 reviews2023
Dev: Bureau BravinPub: Ravenage Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Welcome to the resource management game where your creativity and logistics skills are put to the test! In this minimalistic simulation you will build interconnected chains of products and open new missions by completing various tasks to create the biggest system you can.
Why similar: Economy 35%, Building 32.2%, Simulation 14.6%, Resource Management 6.2%, Casual 5.9%
- #44 The City Must Grow
73% matchVery Positive81% of 70 reviews2021
Dev: Tunaic Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A new city will be established on a flat plain and its administration has been given to you. In order to keep the administration in your hands, the city needs to develop continuously.
Why similar: City Builder 45.2%, Building 16.7%, Economy 12.5%, Simulation 11.9%, Immersive Sim 4.5%
- #45 Pocket City
71% matchVery Positive93% of 268 reviews2022
Dev: Codebrew Games Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 59%
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 42.2%, Economy 18.1%, Building 15.7%, Simulation 13.8%, Casual 6%
- #46 Ballads of Hongye: REBORN
69% matchVery Positive85% of 4,158 reviews2024
Dev: 珠海金山数字网络科技有限公司Pub: 海南西山居互动娱乐科技有限公司
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 47%
《东方:平野孤鸿》是一款休闲、轻度的“国风造景”游戏。游戏中包含大量细节精美的国风建筑,还原了许多祖国的大好河山和人文景观,你将沉浸在古建筑的精致美学和壮阔的东方情怀之中,并由此打造出自己心中独一无二的、充满东方韵味的古代盛世。
Why similar: City Builder 57.9%, Immersive Sim 18.6%, Simulation 13.6%, Casual 5.7%, Colorful 3.4%
- #47 Nebuchadnezzar
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,793 reviews2021
Dev: Nepos GamesPub: Astra Logical
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 7.4 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 36%, Economy 21.9%, Building 16.9%, Sandbox 15.2%, Simulation 5.4%
- #48 City Game Studio: Your Game Dev Adventure Begins
70% matchVery Positive92% of 1,775 reviews2021
Dev: Binogure Studio 🐺
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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: Economy 30.6%, Capitalism 25.4%, Immersive Sim 17.9%, Simulation 11.1%, Casual 4%
- #49 Blueprint Tycoon
72% matchVery Positive82% of 1,097 reviews2016
Dev: Endless Loop Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Build your settlement, gather goods, ensure maximum efficiency and make a profit!
Why similar: City Builder 32.9%, Economy 23.8%, Simulation 16.7%, Sandbox 13.7%, Casual 5%
- #50 Venture Towns
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 131 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Make your own metropolitan utopia! Stores, mansions, towers--anything goes!
Why similar: City Builder 45.2%, Simulation 17.4%, Building 15.6%, Modern 7.2%, Casual 5.9%
- #51 Mini Motorways
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 23,591 reviews2021
Dev: Dinosaur Polo Club
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 16.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Mini Motorways is a strategy simulation game about designing the road map for a growing city. Build a traffic network, one road at a time, to create a bustling metropolis. Redesign your roads and place your motorways to get everyone where they need to go. How long can you keep the city moving?
Why similar: City Builder 32%, Simulation 25.6%, Building 24.4%, Casual 10.7%, Strategy 3.5%
- #52 Sweet Transit
69% matchMixed68% of 1,227 reviews2024
Dev: Ernestas NorvaišasPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 69%
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: City Builder 31.6%, Economy 22.5%, Building 17.1%, Sandbox 13.5%, Simulation 8.9%
- #53 Burger Bistro Story
69% matchVery Positive83% of 306 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Open your own diner and create custom burgers in this management sim game.
Why similar: City Builder 31.2%, Economy 17.4%, Simulation 14.6%, 2D Platformer 8.3%, Modern 7.5%
- #54 Parking World: Build & Manage
68% matchMixed68% of 174 reviews2025
Dev: Binary ImpactPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows
Build, manage, and expand your own lucrative parking enterprise in this management sim. Parking World puts the power to build your perfect parking garage at your fingertips while solving everybody else's parking problems in unique narrative scenarios or without any objectives in freeplay mode.
Why similar: City Builder 33.4%, Economy 16.3%, Immersive Sim 15.9%, Building 15.3%, Simulation 10.8%
- #55 Virtual City Playground®: Build Your Metropolis
66% matchVery Positive85% of 536 reviews2026
Dev: G5 Entertainment AB
Windows
Relaxing city builder where you grow a vibrant metropolis, produce goods, manage transit and build iconic landmarks at your own pace.
Why similar: City Builder 53%, Building 24.7%, Casual 7.7%, Simulation 6.4%, Colorful 3.3%
- #56 Game Dev Story
67% matchVery Positive91% of 1,365 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 22.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Work hard and you may reach the top of the video game industry!
Why similar: City Builder 43.5%, Building 26.2%, 2D Platformer 12.4%, Simulation 9.3%, Casual 4.1%
- #57 Industry Idle
66% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,446 reviews2024
Dev: FishPondPub: Fish Pond Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 29.1 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Industry Idle is an idle game that combines factory building, resource management and market trading. Design & build your base, expand & scale up your productions, improve & optimize your economy. Plus all the incremental game goodies: offline earnings, prestige to unlock more powerful upgrades.
Why similar: City Builder 24.6%, Economy 17.9%, Building 14.4%, Sandbox 10.8%, Capitalism 10.8%
- #58 Urbek City Builder: Prologue
66% matchVery Positive94% of 1,703 reviews2022
Dev: Estudios KremlinoisPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 3.9 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: City Builder 27.2%, Economy 18.9%, Building 15.6%, Modern 14.2%, Sandbox 13.2%
- #59 Hotel Architect
64% matchVery Positive94% of 1,342 reviews2025
Dev: Pathos InteractivePub: Wired Productions
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Step into the shoes of a hotel owner as you design, build, and manage grand hotels around the world. Juggle demanding guests, frantic logistics, and plenty of unexpected surprises in Hotel Architect; the ultimate hotel construction and tycoon management game!
Why similar: City Builder 26.5%, Economy 19.1%, Building 15.1%, Capitalism 14.5%, Sandbox 12.9%
- #60 MALL MANAGER SIMULATOR
67% matchMixed51% of 146 reviews2025
Dev: Krisztian BlahaPub: KINETIC MOBILE GAMES
Windows
Take full control as you turn a quiet, empty shopping center into a thriving hub of life and profit. Stock shelves, set your own prices, handle payments, hire and train staff, and manage everything down to the finest detail. Every decision counts — and every success is truly yours.
Why similar: City Builder 27.3%, Economy 19.9%, Capitalism 17.1%, Sandbox 13.7%, Immersive Sim 10.5%