- #1 Shiny Ski Resort
96% matchVery Positive94% of 109 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Enjoy building and running a ski resort in this cool simulation game!
Why similar: Skiing 39.6% ★, Colony Sim 18.6% ★, City Builder 15.7%, Sandbox 7.2%, Simulation 4.9%
Why You'll Like It: A charming simulation that captures the cozy, management-heavy aspects of running a mountain getaway.
- #2 Ski Park Tycoon
97% matchMixed65% of 82 reviews2015
Dev: by Jan Zizka
Windows
Designed as a classic tycoon game, Ski Park Tycoon is a ski resort simulation PC game that will put your strategic thinking skills and creativity to the test.
Why similar: Skiing 43.4% ★, Management 10.2%, Building 9.9%, City Builder 8.8%, Economy 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A classic management game that mirrors the specific challenge of designing ski slopes and managing lift infrastructure.
- #3 Winter Resort Simulator 2
96% matchVery Positive82% of 1,854 reviews2020
Dev: Simuverse InteractivePub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows
Winter Resort Simulator 2 is the extensive simulation of a ski area with all its exciting technical facilities and vehicles.
Why similar: Skiing 31.8% ★, Moddable 21% ★, Management 11.9%, Family Friendly 6.3%, Simulation 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: This is the most direct thematic match, focusing on the realistic operation and maintenance of a ski resort.
- #4 Winter Resort Simulator
95% matchVery Positive81% of 894 reviews2019
Dev: Simuverse InteractivePub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows
Are you ready for the winter? Winter Resort simulator lets you operate detailed Doppelmayr cable cars and snow vehicles such as Pistenbully snowcats. Set in a realistic alpine landscape, you are responsible for managing your ski resort and keeping your guests happy.
Why similar: Moddable 24.6% ★, Economy 15.9%, Management 12.8%, Simulation 11.3%, Building 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a grounded, simulation-heavy approach to maintaining ski infrastructure and managing snowy terrain.
- #5 Planet Coaster
94% matchVery Positive91% of 71,331 reviews2016
Dev: Frontier Developments
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 22.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Planet Coaster® - the future of coaster park simulation games has arrived! Surprise, delight and thrill incredible crowds as you build your coaster park empire - let your imagination run wild, and share your success with the world.
Why similar: Building 17.9%, Management 13.9%, Sandbox 12.4%, Economy 9.6%, Family Friendly 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: Offers unparalleled creative building tools and management depth for those who enjoy the design aspect of Snowtopia.
- #6 Planet Zoo
94% matchVery Positive91% of 93,912 reviews2019
Dev: Frontier Developments
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 34.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Build a world for wildlife in Planet Zoo. From the developers of Planet Coaster and Zoo Tycoon comes the ultimate zoo sim. Construct detailed habitats, manage your zoo, and meet authentic living animals who think, feel and explore the world you create around them.
Why similar: Management 14.9%, City Builder 14.5%, Building 13.1%, Nature 11.3%, Sandbox 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on nature-based management and complex guest satisfaction systems that feel very familiar to ski resort builders.
- #7 Park Beyond
93% matchMixed62% of 1,304 reviews2023
Dev: Limbic EntertainmentPub: Bandai Namco Europe S.A.S.
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Park Beyond is a theme park simulation game that gives you the freedom to create and manage the Parks of your Dreams! Whether you love to manage finances and visitor experience, or just create fun and cozy parks, the game has something in store just for you!
Why similar: Building 15.9%, Management 15.5%, Resource Management 14.3%, Sandbox 13.2%, City Builder 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: Combines creative building with management mechanics, allowing for the construction of elaborate and imaginative park layouts.
- #8 Two Point Campus
92% matchVery Positive88% of 7,816 reviews2022
Dev: Two Point StudiosPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 19.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Build the university of your dreams with Two Point Campus, the sim with a twist from the makers of Two Point Hospital. Build, hire staff and run an academic institution packed with wild courses.
Why similar: City Builder 20.4%, Management 18.6%, Building 15.9%, Sandbox 11.4%, Simulation 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: Features the same satisfying loop of building, staffing, and managing facilities to keep a specific demographic of visitors happy.
- #9 Laysara: Summit Kingdom
91% matchVery Positive83% of 1,314 reviews2026
Dev: Quite OK GamesPub: Future Friends Games
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Build and expand your very own settlements in high mountains! Carefully plan production chains and satisfy various needs of your three-caste society while dealing with mountain hazards such as weather breakdowns and avalanches. Are you skilled enough to make your town thrive?
Why similar: Colony Sim 16.5% ★, City Builder 16.2%, Base Building 10.8%, Building 9.6%, Resource Management 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: Centers on building cities on treacherous mountain terrain, requiring careful management of elevation and resources.
- #10 Parkitect
91% matchVery Positive94% of 7,997 reviews2018
Dev: Texel Raptor
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Parkitect is a business simulation game that charges you with the construction and management of theme parks! Bringing back the best of classic theme park games with many new features and content on top. Now supports online co-op with up to 8 players!
Why similar: Moddable 15.4% ★, City Builder 13.9%, Economy 12.2%, Building 12.1%, Management 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: A deep management simulation that emphasizes efficient logistics and guest experience in a park-building setting.
- #11 Hotel Magnate
90% matchMixed60% of 481 reviews2025
Dev: Arcade Oven
Windows · Mac · Linux
Have you ever wanted to design and manage your own hotel, rundown motel, or elegant resort? With a ridiculous amount of customization tools to wield, a host of facilities to build, and a wide variety of guests to impress, Hotel Magnate has it all. Let your inner hotel manager shine!
Why similar: City Builder 15.1%, Building 11.4%, Management 11.1%, Economy 10.1%, Resource Management 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a sandbox building experience where you design and run a hotel, focusing on guest comfort and facility management.
- #12 Hotel Architect
89% 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 19.5%, Building 12.7%, Economy 12.7%, Management 12%, Sandbox 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the structural and logistical challenges of building and managing a complex hospitality business.
- #13 Cities: Skylines
89% 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 31%, Building 12.7%, Moddable 12.2% ★, Management 9.7%, Sandbox 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for infrastructure and city-building, perfect for players who love the logistical challenge of Snowtopia.
- #14 Timberborn
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 38,007 reviews2026
Dev: Mechanistry
Windows · Mac
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 40.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Humans are long gone. In a world struck by droughts and toxic waste, will your lumberpunk beavers do any better? A sandbox city-building game featuring ingenious animals, vertical architecture, water physics, and terraforming. Contains high amounts of wood.
Why similar: City Builder 21.4%, Colony Sim 19.7% ★, Base Building 11.8%, Nature 10.6%, Building 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: Features unique vertical building mechanics and water management that reward careful planning in challenging environments.
- #15 SteamWorld Build
88% matchVery Positive84% of 2,093 reviews2023
Dev: The StationPub: Thunderful Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%
SteamWorld Build is a casual city-building and dungeon-management cross-over set in the SteamWorld Universe, where you build and manage a town on a dying planet. You'll need to balance resources, construction, and exploration to its depths to ensure your town's survival and eventual escape.
Why similar: City Builder 17.5%, Economy 11.2%, Resource Management 9.8%, Base Building 9.6%, Management 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: A relaxing and charming city-builder that emphasizes resource management and efficient layout design.
- #16 Megaquarium
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,644 reviews2018
Dev: Twice Circled
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 67%
The public aquarium simulator. Design your displays, look after your fish, manage your staff and keep your guests happy! It's all in a day's work as the curator of your very own Megaquarium.
Why similar: Building 15.8%, Moddable 15% ★, Management 13.9%, Sandbox 13.6%, Resource Management 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A polished management game where you design and maintain an attraction, balancing guest needs with operational efficiency.
- #17 Fabledom
84% matchVery Positive85% of 7,347 reviews2024
Dev: Grenaa GamesPub: Dear Villagers
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Set in a wholesome fairytale world, Fabledom is a laid-back City builder. Enjoy the growth of your settlement, interact with your neighbors and defend your kingdom from magical creatures. All to find true love and live happily ever after!
Why similar: Colony Sim 17.5% ★, City Builder 17.3%, Economy 10%, Base Building 9.7%, Sandbox 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: A cozy, relaxing city-builder that focuses on organic growth and managing the happiness of your citizens.
- #18 Indoorlands
85% matchVery Positive81% of 269 reviews2022
Dev: Pixelsplit
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
The indoor park management simulator where you can create your rides and coasters from scratch and freely design your halls. Manage, expand and develop your own park to inspire your guests. Satisfy your visitors' needs by unlocking and researching new buildings, rides, transportation and more!
Why similar: City Builder 15.7%, Building 15.6%, Management 15.3%, Resource Management 12.7%, Sandbox 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: Allows you to build and manage your own indoor theme park with a focus on facility design and management.
- #19 Mad Tower Tycoon
86% 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 14.5%, Colony Sim 14.4% ★, Building 10%, Economy 9.7%, Management 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A building and management game that challenges you to design a functional high-rise, focusing on guest flow and logistics.
- #20 SimAirport
84% 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 19.5%, Base Building 14.7%, Economy 12.9%, Building 12.3%, Management 11.9%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the complex logistical flow of guests through a facility, mirroring the traffic management of ski lifts.
- #21 Foundation
81% 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 28.5%, Colony Sim 9.2% ★, Building 7.9%, Management 7.9%, Economy 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a grid-less building experience that allows for more organic and natural-looking layouts similar to mountain resorts.
- #22 Jurassic World Evolution 2
82% matchVery Positive90% of 45,488 reviews2021
Dev: Frontier Developments
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 22.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Jurassic World Evolution 2 is the much-anticipated sequel to Frontier’s highly successful Jurassic World Evolution. This bold new era in the Jurassic World Evolution game franchise builds upon the ground-breaking and immersive 2018 management simulation.
Why similar: Building 18.6%, City Builder 15.8%, Management 15.5%, Sandbox 14.1%, Economy 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: Combines nature-focused management with facility building, requiring you to balance safety and guest enjoyment.
- #23 United Penguin Kingdom
83% matchMostly Positive76% of 427 reviews2024
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 67%
A city-building game where you build a penguin settlement and satisfy the various needs of your penguins while dealing with seals and killer whales. Enjoy the growth of your settlement, become the king, and lead the United Penguin Kingdom.
Why similar: City Builder 18.7%, Colony Sim 12.3% ★, Economy 10.8%, Management 10.7%, Resource Management 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: A management game set in a snowy environment that requires balancing resource gathering with building a thriving colony.
- #24 Airport CEO
82% matchVery Positive83% of 8,135 reviews2021
Dev: Apog Labs
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 27.0 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Build and manage an international airport!
Why similar: Moddable 19.2% ★, City Builder 12.4%, Resource Management 11.3%, Management 10.4%, Building 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: A deep management simulation that requires careful planning of infrastructure to ensure smooth operations.
- #25 Frostpunk
81% matchVery Positive93% of 132,545 reviews2018
Dev: 11 bit studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 22.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Frostpunk is the first society survival game. As the ruler of the last city on Earth, it is your duty to manage both its citizens and infrastructure. What decisions will you make to ensure your society's survival? What will you do when pushed to breaking point? Who will you become in the process?
Why similar: City Builder 27.1%, Colony Sim 21.5% ★, Resource Management 14.2%, Building 8.9%, Base Building 8%
Why You'll Like It: While more intense, it captures the struggle of managing a settlement in a harsh, wintry climate.
- #26 Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic
78% 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 15.1%, Colony Sim 14.8% ★, Moddable 10.9% ★, Base Building 10.6%, Economy 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: Provides an incredibly deep infrastructure and management experience for players who want to master complex systems.
- #27 Townscaper
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 21,438 reviews2021
Dev: Oskar StålbergPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 42 minMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Instant town building toy. Place housing blocks and watch them transform, piece by piece, into idyllic ocean-side towns, pastoral gardens, or sweeping cities on the sea.
Why similar: City Builder 22.3%, Building 15.7%, Sandbox 14%, Nature 11.2%, Relaxing 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A purely relaxing building experience that focuses on the joy of creation without the pressure of complex management.
- #28 Dorfromantik
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 29,027 reviews2022
Dev: Toukana Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Dorfromantik is a peaceful building strategy and puzzle game where you create a beautiful and ever-growing village landscape by placing tiles. Explore a variety of colorful biomes, discover and unlock new tiles and complete quests to fill your world with life!
Why similar: City Builder 28.7%, Resource Management 15.8%, Sandbox 15.6%, Relaxing 10.9%, Family Friendly 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: A peaceful, tile-based building game that captures the relaxing atmosphere found in Snowtopia.
- #29 Little Big Workshop
80% matchVery Positive84% of 3,350 reviews2019
Dev: Mirage Game StudiosPub: HandyGames
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Manage your workers, stations, machines and create awesome stuff as your little big workshop grows into your dream factory!
Why similar: Management 15.2%, Building 14.1%, Resource Management 12.6%, Simulation 12.1%, Economy 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: A charming management game that focuses on production lines and efficient space usage.
- #30 Academia : School Simulator
79% matchVery Positive86% of 3,008 reviews2021
Dev: Squeaky Wheel Studio IncPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Design, build, and manage a high school with terrific teachers and fantastic facilities or simply let your students poop in the bushes? Academia : School Simulator is a management/tycoon game where you get to decide!
Why similar: Colony Sim 15.6% ★, City Builder 13.8%, Base Building 10.5%, Moddable 10.3% ★, Management 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: A management-focused building game that requires balancing the needs of students and staff within a limited space.
- #31 Synergy
77% 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: Colony Sim 13.9% ★, City Builder 13.6%, Economy 9.3%, Base Building 9.1%, Building 8.1%
- #32 Havendock
76% matchVery Positive80% of 1,861 reviews2025
Dev: YYZ StudioPub: Pretty Soon
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Breathe easy and thrive in this cozy colony sim. Build a haven for castaways, manage resources, live your best life on the ocean. Lead your humble settlement into a high-tech society.
Why similar: Colony Sim 17.8% ★, City Builder 15.6%, Base Building 11.8%, Building 10.1%, Management 9.3%
- #33 Founders' Fortune
77% matchVery Positive80% of 2,168 reviews2020
Dev: Dionic Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 57%
A fantasy village builder focusing on creative building, colonist psychology and base defense. Handle resources, farming, production, tools, diplomacy, families, trading, defense, and research, as well as the wishes, expectations, thoughts, and equipment of every villager.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.1% ★, City Builder 16.5%, Base Building 13.7%, Building 9.4%, Sandbox 7.1%
- #34 Lords and Villeins
76% matchMostly Positive71% of 951 reviews2022
Dev: Honestly GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Build a prosperous settlement in a unique simulation of a feudal economy - each family runs their shop, owns their goods, and trades with other villagers in a free market. You will manage the land, build houses, organise events, set taxes, and balance supply and demand while engaging in diplomacy!
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.2% ★, City Builder 17.4%, Management 10.6%, Building 9.9%, Economy 8.6%
- #35 Two Point Museum
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 11,346 reviews2025
Dev: Two Point StudiosPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 24.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Curate and manage incredible museums! Explore to discover amazing artifacts. Design and refine the layout, keep staff happy, guests entertained, donations plentiful… and children off the exhibits
Why similar: City Builder 21%, Building 15.1%, Sandbox 11.5%, Management 10.1%, Economy 9.8%
- #36 SimCasino
75% 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 17.2%, Base Building 11%, Building 10.9%, Moddable 10.8% ★, Economy 10%
- #37 Rescue HQ - The Tycoon
75% matchMostly Positive79% of 915 reviews2019
Dev: stillalive studiosPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Build up your headquarters from scratch and design your own masterpiece. In Rescue HQ you build, organize and manage a joint station for firefighters, police and ambulance. Manage your resources wisely and master challenging emergencies to keep your city safe! Are you up to the challenge?
Why similar: City Builder 15.5%, Management 13.8%, Building 12.9%, Base Building 11.6%, Sandbox 11.1%
- #38 Arcade Tycoon ™ : Simulation Game
74% matchVery Positive81% of 531 reviews2021
Dev: Squidpunch StudiosPub: Vincent Ltd
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Build stunning Arcade Centre’s, purchase a range of arcades machines, manage troublesome staff in this colourful and humorous simulation management game. Inspired by Two Point Hospital, Let's Build A Zoo and Megaquarium.
Why similar: City Builder 17.5%, Base Building 12.3%, Economy 12.1%, Management 11.5%, Building 11.5%
- #39 ZooKeeper
74% matchMixed69% of 58 reviews2022
Dev: ▲ Pyramid GamesPub: Gaming Factory
Windows
Become a Zoo Keeper, manage and build the zoo of your childhood dreams! Take care of the animals and create ideal conditions for them. Grow your zoo, add extraordinary species and prepare amazing attractions for visitors.
Why similar: Building 11.4%, Management 10.8%, Base Building 10.3%, Economy 9.7%, Sandbox 9.6%
- #40 Blooming Business: Casino
73% matchMixed70% of 231 reviews2023
Dev: Homo Ludens
Windows
Build your casino empire in Las Venas alongside cute animals! Blooming Business: Casino is a cosy management game. Build and run your casino in a bustling world full of drama. Complete quests and manage your clientele. Keep everyone happy, from the clients, to the employees (and beware of the bear).
Why similar: Moddable 15.9% ★, City Builder 15.1%, Building 10.3%, Management 10.2%, Economy 8.3%
- #41 RollerCoaster Tycoon® 3: Complete Edition
73% matchVery Positive88% of 2,812 reviews2020
Dev: Frontier DevelopmentsPub: Atari
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 45%
Build the park of a lifetime and rediscover the critically acclaimed rollercoaster simulation bestseller. Feel the thrill of a genre-defining classic, complete with two huge expansion packs.
Why similar: City Builder 20%, Management 16.5%, Building 15.6%, Sandbox 11%, Resource Management 8.3%
- #42 Blueprint Tycoon
73% 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: Colony Sim 27.7% ★, Management 16.7%, City Builder 13.8%, Resource Management 9.9%, Economy 9%
- #43 Before We Leave
72% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,697 reviews2021
Dev: Balancing Monkey GamesPub: Team17
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Before We Leave is a city building game set in a cozy corner of the universe. Nurture your Peeps and their surroundings while rebuilding and rediscovering civilisation. Settle new lands and planets while avoiding hungry Space Whales.
Why similar: City Builder 17%, Colony Sim 12.7% ★, Economy 11%, Building 9.7%, Resource Management 9.4%
- #44 Diluvian Winds
71% matchMostly Positive73% of 380 reviews2024
Dev: Alambik StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Diluvian Winds is a relaxing management game set in a small hamlet at the foot of a lighthouse. Welcome weary travelers and work together to expand your hamlet on land, under the sea, or among the clouds.
Why similar: City Builder 16.1%, Colony Sim 13.9% ★, Base Building 9.6%, Building 8%, Resource Management 7.5%
- #45 Ratopia
68% 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: Colony Sim 20% ★, City Builder 15.4%, Base Building 13.5%, Building 12.4%, Management 9.5%
- #46 Another Brick in The Mall
71% matchVery Positive83% of 2,425 reviews2020
Dev: The Quadsphere
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Design, build and manage a giant shopping center. Open shops, supermarkets, restaurants, movie theaters, bowling alleys and more. Hire and manage the best staff for the job and milk your customers for all they're worth!
Why similar: Colony Sim 15% ★, Management 14.9%, City Builder 14.7%, Building 13.2%, Base Building 10.5%
- #47 Highrise City
70% 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 18.7%, Colony Sim 18.6% ★, Sandbox 9.5%, Building 8.8%, Economy 8%
- #48 Tropical Resort Story
70% matchVery Positive92% of 175 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 13.1 hrs≥1hr: 57%
It's vacation time! Try your hand at managing a lush tropical resort!
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.6% ★, City Builder 23.1%, Building 9.8%, Nature 9.1%, Simulation 8.6%
- #49 The Colonists
70% matchVery Positive86% of 1,205 reviews2018
Dev: CodebyfirePub: Mode 7
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Build a new home for your team of robots as they begin a new life for themselves on a distant planet where they can fulfil their ultimate dream: to be human.
Why similar: Colony Sim 18.2% ★, City Builder 16.5%, Economy 10.5%, Building 10.3%, Base Building 9.9%
- #50 Folklands
68% matchMostly Positive75% of 52 reviews2025
Dev: Bromantic GamesPub: Light Up Games
Windows · Linux
Folklands is a relaxing settlement builder with a retro look and feel set in a fantasy Nordic-inspired world. Harvest, produce and trade resources from multiple production chains as you grow your settlement. Keep your folks happy and safe and tend to their needs in a living and changing world.
Why similar: Colony Sim 18.6% ★, City Builder 17%, Base Building 10.6%, Building 10.5%, Economy 10.4%
- #51 Orrstead
69% matchVery Positive81% of 77 reviews2024
Dev: IndividualKex
Windows
Orrstead is a relaxing city builder that combines resource management and incremental game mechanics. Unlock technologies, complete quests, and adapt to the changing seasons.
Why similar: Colony Sim 19% ★, City Builder 17.9%, Base Building 11%, Building 10.9%, Sandbox 10.2%
- #52 Disco Simulator
68% matchMostly Positive76% of 211 reviews2024
Dev: Games Incubator
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Disco Simulator is a tycoon type game based on club management. Your task will be to set up the club from scratch, put up walls, arrange furniture, hire staff, plan events, invite artists, put on concerts. Create your own club!
Why similar: City Builder 15.9%, Management 15.3%, Economy 14.4%, Building 10.2%, Resource Management 8.1%
- #53 MicroTown
69% matchVery Positive95% of 472 reviews2019
Dev: Snowy Ash Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build and manage your own settlement! A relaxing village construction and management simulator.
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.1% ★, City Builder 17.5%, Base Building 12.6%, Resource Management 9.8%, Economy 9.5%
- #54 Resort Boss: Golf
72% matchMostly Negative38% of 152 reviews2019
Dev: Gus MartinPub: Excalibur Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Can you turn your cosy, one-hole course into a bustling, world-famous resort? Craft unique courses and build top-class facilities to keep golf’s wealthiest players coming back. Oversee the running of your enterprise, host tournaments and head out onto the course to ensure it’s up-to-par.
Why similar: Colony Sim 16.8% ★, City Builder 16.7%, Base Building 10.9%, Building 10%, Management 9.9%
- #55 GolfTopia
67% matchVery Positive96% of 498 reviews2021
Dev: MinMax Games Ltd.
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
DESIGN, BUILD and MANAGE your own futuristic golf course. Keep 200 persistent visitors fed, hydrated, and happy. Defend your creation from a growing infestation of weeds with robotic workers and defensive turrets. Evolve your course into a mega resort where nobody wants to go home, EVER!
Why similar: City Builder 20.1%, Base Building 15.4%, Sandbox 14.1%, Economy 13.7%, Management 12.5%
- #56 Inn Tycoon
65% matchMostly Positive78% of 779 reviews2025
Dev: Evil Goose GamesPub: GameDev.ist
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 27.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Welcome to Inn Tycoon! Build, design, and manage your dream inn. Serve delightful meals, offer various services, and hire a stellar staff. Create a top-notch hospitality empire and become the ultimate Inn Tycoon!
Why similar: Management 16.7%, Building 16.2%, Economy 14.1%, Resource Management 13.5%, Sandbox 12.5%
- #57 Cities: Skylines II
66% 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 26.1%, Building 12.7%, Moddable 9.9% ★, Management 9.8%, Economy 9.8%
- #58 Seeds of Resilience
69% matchMixed70% of 367 reviews2019
Dev: Subtle GamesPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Ready to start anew? Build a village from scratch in Seeds of Resilience. Learn to choose the right items, understand nature's patterns, use real life-based constructions and craft techniques in this turn-based tycoon game.
Why similar: Colony Sim 16.4% ★, City Builder 14.8%, Base Building 10.1%, Building 9.4%, Economy 8.5%
- #59 Kubifaktorium
67% matchVery Positive81% of 786 reviews2021
Dev: Neomateria Games GmbH
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Build, manage and grow a thriving colony in Kubifaktorium. The game features different biomes to explore, plenty of resources to exploit, complex machinery to build and interesting production chains to master.
Why similar: Colony Sim 17.8% ★, City Builder 15.9%, Base Building 10%, Building 10%, Economy 9.6%
- #60 Festival Tycoon 🎪
67% matchMostly Positive77% of 226 reviews2022
Dev: Johannes GäblerPub: Future Friends Games
Windows
A micro-management sim about music festivals! Design the perfect festival grounds in ‘create’ mode, then manage the event itself in ‘live’ mode! Book bands, sign deals, plant flowers, fix toilets, and grow your show into a global phenomenon.
Why similar: City Builder 16.4%, Base Building 12%, Building 11.7%, Economy 10.7%, Resource Management 10.7%