Games Like Soviet City

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 51.2%, Strategy 26.2%, Simulation 22.6%

Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive experience for players seeking deep, complex Soviet-themed city management and resource logistics.

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 49.9%, Strategy 32.2%, Simulation 12.4%, Indie 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the socio-political struggles of a society in turmoil, mirroring the management of public unrest.

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 63.8%, Strategy 27%, Simulation 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: It perfectly captures the high-stakes, moral-heavy management and survival pressure found in the seed game.

Ostriv is a city-building game that puts you in a role of a governor of an 18th century Ukrainian town to challenge your creative skills and management abilities.

Why similar: City Builder 53.6%, Strategy 26.9%, Simulation 19.4%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a grounded, realistic approach to city management with a strong emphasis on resource chains and historical accuracy.

The world is changing and Tropico is moving with the times - geographical powers rise and fall and the world market is dominated by new players with new demands and offers - and you, as El Presidente, face a whole new set of challenges.

Why similar: City Builder 58.2%, Strategy 21.9%, Simulation 19.9%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a satirical but deeply engaging take on being a dictator who must balance the needs of the people with the demands of the state.

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 48.6%, Strategy 20.8%, Simulation 19.2%, Puzzle 5.8%, Indie 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on urban planning and management without the need for traditional money, emphasizing local resource production.

A dark fantasy city builder where you must rebuild civilization in the face of apocalyptic rains. As the Queen’s Viceroy, lead humans, beavers, lizards, foxes, and harpies to reclaim the wilderness and secure a future for civilization's last survivors.

Why similar: City Builder 51%, Strategy 26.3%, Simulation 22.7%

Why You'll Like It: It matches the quick, session-based gameplay and high-pressure management style of the seed game.

Build your own Slavic settlement. Overcome the hardships of medieval life and don't anger the Gods!

Why similar: City Builder 51%, Strategy 23.8%, Simulation 19.1%, Indie 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: A gritty, top-down city builder that mirrors the harsh survival elements and management challenges of the seed.

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 53.8%, Strategy 23.2%, Simulation 22.3%, Puzzle 0.7%

Why You'll Like It: Challenges players with complex infrastructure management and grid stability under increasing pressure.

You’re a state-installed landlord in a totalitarian country. Place listening devices, steal and sneak into your tenants’ apartments. Use what you uncovered to report anyone capable of plotting against the state. You MUST! But WILL you?

Why similar: Strategy 46%, Simulation 38.1%, Indie 15.9%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the oppressive, surveillance-heavy atmosphere of a totalitarian regime through a management-focused lens.

Congratulations. The October labor lottery is complete. Your name was pulled. For immediate placement, report to the Ministry of Admission at Grestin Border Checkpoint. An apartment will be provided for you and your family in East Grestin. Expect a Class-8 dwelling.

Why similar: Simulation 43.9%, Indie 30.7%, Strategy 16.1%, Puzzle 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: While a different genre, it is the quintessential experience for navigating the bureaucratic and moral weight of a Soviet-style state.

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 53.1%, Strategy 26.5%, Simulation 20.4%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on rebuilding society through resource management and survival in a post-cataclysmic world.

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 57%, Strategy 25.3%, Simulation 9.7%, Indie 8%

Why You'll Like It: A cyberpunk take on city building that emphasizes social management and survival in a hostile environment.

The Regional City Builder: Let's Build Something New.

Why similar: City Builder 47%, Simulation 22.9%, Strategy 20.8%, Indie 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: A robust city builder that allows for complex urban planning and large-scale management.

IXION is an unrelenting, city-building odyssey across the stars. As Administrator of the Tiqqun, DOLOS’ prototype space station, you are tasked with balancing preservation and exploration as you manage infrastructure, resources and crew. Can you keep the flame of humanity alight in the cold dark?

Why similar: City Builder 57.5%, Strategy 26.1%, Simulation 15%, Indie 1.4%

Why You'll Like It: High-stakes management where every decision impacts the survival of your population in a restricted space.

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 42.9%, Strategy 26.4%, Simulation 20.8%, Indie 10%

Why You'll Like It: A colony sim that shares the management focus and survival elements of the seed game.

After a nuclear war life on the surface became impossible. A 300m thick radioactive fog covered the Earth. We are looking for bold active people to manage the process of restoring life on Earth. Join!

Why similar: City Builder 52.7%, Strategy 25.5%, Simulation 21.8%

Why You'll Like It: Features challenging resource management in a harsh, restricted environment that requires careful planning.

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 39.5%, Strategy 32.3%, Simulation 28.2%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the logistics and planning aspects of city management with a realistic simulation approach.

Empires and Tribes is a unique hybrid of a medieval city builder and a role-playing game. You will undertake the duties of a mayor in the 13th century and manage the expansion of your city, ensure the production of resources and raise a powerful army to protect yourself from rival principalities.

Why similar: Real-Time 41.5% ★, City Builder 36.5%, Strategy 13.3%, Simulation 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: Combines city building with political and social management in a medieval setting.

In this city-building strategy game, you control a group of exiled travelers who decide to restart their lives in a new land. They have only the clothes on their backs and a cart filled with supplies from their homeland. The townspeople of Banished are your primary resource.

Why similar: City Builder 57.4%, Strategy 21.1%, Simulation 16.8%, Indie 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: The classic survival city builder where population management and resource stockpiling are critical to survival.

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 52%, Strategy 29.1%, Simulation 18.9%

Why You'll Like It: Adds a layer of survival and constant movement to the city-building genre, creating a unique management challenge.

BalanCity is a city building / balance physics game. It's a mixture between old school SimCity and Jenga. You must build the tallest towering city over a balancing platform while keeping your citizens happy.

Why similar: City Builder 55.2%, Strategy 16.2%, Simulation 14.8%, Puzzle 7.6%, Indie 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: Matches the puzzle-like, quick-session nature of the seed game with a focus on physical balance.

Survive and thrive in a post-apocalyptic future — resources are scarce, but opportunity calls! Build the ultimate disaster proof colony, protect your colonists, and restore civilization to a devastated world.

Why similar: City Builder 49%, Strategy 28.4%, Simulation 22.6%

Why You'll Like It: Combines city building with survival mechanics in a harsh, post-apocalyptic world.

Become the main power engineer of the world - the builder of the most powerful power plant that feeds the whole world! You have to build your own power plant, research new technologies and make the most successful power company in 100 gaming years.

Why similar: City Builder 53.9%, Strategy 26.4%, Simulation 19.7%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the technical and economic management of a critical facility, mirroring the industrial focus of the seed.

Cartel Tycoon is a survival business sim inspired by the ‘80s and '90s narco trade. Expand and conquer, fight off rival thugs and evade the authorities. Earn people's loyalty and strive to overcome the doomed fate of a power-hungry drug lord.

Why similar: City Builder 50.8%, Strategy 26.5%, Simulation 22.6%

Why You'll Like It: Management-heavy gameplay with dark, morally ambiguous themes that require balancing growth with risk.

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 50.8%, Strategy 26.4%, Simulation 22.7%

Build, plan, and flourish while the time is running! Mini City: Mayhem is a chaos-filled city-builder where you build against time. Become the mayor of a tiny town, plop down tiny building blocks to build a working city to progress. Become the greatest urban planner of all time!

Why similar: City Builder 55.1%, Strategy 29.1%, Simulation 15.8%

Road to your City is a city building and management game with a heavy emphasis on football. Slipping into the role of mayor, you are tasked with establishing a successful football club and developing it from grassroots to world class powerhouse.

Why similar: City Builder 42.8%, Simulation 24.2%, Strategy 23%, Indie 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: A casual simulation that focuses on the growth and management of a city with accessible mechanics.

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 74.1%, Simulation 25.9%

Rise of Man is a pre historic strategy game with city building and survival elements. Can you guide your people through the ages and conquer all the challenges ahead of them.

Why similar: Strategy 43.8%, Simulation 38.3%, Indie 17.9%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the development and survival of a civilization through various historical stages.

This city-building strategy game puts you as the chieftain of a tribe driven away from their homeland. Now you must rebuild and defend your tribe from both the elements and your old enemies.

Why similar: City Builder 47%, Strategy 23.8%, Simulation 19.7%, Indie 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: A survival-oriented city builder with a focus on expansion and resource management.

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 48.7%, Simulation 20.4%, Strategy 14.7%, Indie 8.2%, Puzzle 8.1%

Empire Architect is an ancient city-building real time strategy game, with elements from grand strategies sprinkled in for good measure. The levels are procedurally generated, and you have limited control over your subjects

Why similar: City Builder 35.8%, Real-Time 20.8% ★, Strategy 19%, Simulation 18%, Indie 6.4%

A city-building sim with a historical twist

Why similar: City Builder 46.9%, Strategy 27.4%, Simulation 24.5%, Indie 1.3%

Block’hood is a neighborhood-building simulator that celebrates the diversity and experimentation of cities and the unique ecosystems within them. Budding city planners will have access to 200+ building blocks to combine and to create unique neighborhoods and discover the implications of their designs.

Why similar: City Builder 50.3%, Simulation 21.5%, Strategy 17.5%, Indie 7.1%, Puzzle 3.6%

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 40.8%, Simulation 38%, Indie 21.1%

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 48.6%, Simulation 25.4%, Strategy 24.5%, Indie 1.4%

Bastide is a 13th-century city-building strategy game where you lead a village of peasants toward survival and prosperity. You must contend with bandits, starvation, disease, and brutal winters as you work to develop your settlement into a fortified town.

Why similar: City Builder 35.6%, Strategy 29.9%, Simulation 24.3%, Indie 10.2%

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 49.7%, Strategy 22.7%, Simulation 20.5%, Puzzle 7.1%

In Memoriapolis, you're not just building a city, you're shaping a living, evolving civilization. Travel through five major eras, from Antiquity to the Industrial Revolution. Leave your mark on history by navigating the power struggles between rival factions.

Why similar: City Builder 57.4%, Strategy 22.3%, Simulation 15.4%, Indie 4.9%

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 66.8%, Simulation 31.2%, Indie 2%

Welcome to the 1980s! This is a city which just started to develop, and you're in charge of this small urban village. How will the city's future be tied to this place? Manage your land, construct new buildings, explore the stories, and find out the ultimate fate of this urban village!

Why similar: City Builder 52.2%, Strategy 42.3%, Indie 5.5%

Soviet City is a city management game in a totalitarian economy. In Soviet City life is not the purpose, it is a resource - just like coal and food. The totalitarian machine needs to keep running and that is all it matters. This economy needs a leader that can master the art of terror.

Why similar: Indie 100%

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 48.3%, Strategy 22.4%, Simulation 21.4%, Indie 7.8%

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 44.7%, Strategy 25.7%, Simulation 21.6%, Indie 8%

Oxygen is a survival city builder. Build your city around the Oxygen Center and ensure your people's survival in a post-apocalyptic future, threatened by crack explosions, deadly winds, droughts and frosts. Lead your people and more importantly keep the Oxygen Center running!

Why similar: City Builder 49.1%, Strategy 25.2%, Simulation 21.2%, Indie 4.6%

"Pile Up!" is a strategic building game which you need to build houses, fulfill your people’s requests and manage your risky buildings in different ways on a small land. But don’t let your guard down in this chill environment, we only get you relaxed so you destroy everything you did.

Why similar: City Builder 59%, Strategy 27.3%, Indie 13.8%

This game is a global strategy, which is primarily focused on Ukraine after leaving the Soviet occupation. Here you will be given control of Ukraine with the opportunity to change history and intervene in the events of that time.

Why similar: Strategy 59.7%, Simulation 32.9%, Indie 7.3%

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: Strategy 52.9%, Simulation 47.1%

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 39.2%, City Builder 30.1%, Strategy 17.3%, Indie 13.3%

Establish a home for your industrious mice under the oppressive paw of your cat overlords in this city builder featuring complex simulations, intricate production chains, and the age-old rivalry between cat and mouse.

Why similar: City Builder 51.1%, Strategy 26.3%, Simulation 22.6%

Incremental clicker strategy, where you expand, construct, research, fight, collect heroes and make choices between good and evil. Ascend through difficulty tiers by playing through challenge campaign going back and forth through history. Mammoths included.

Why similar: City Builder 60.6%, Strategy 32.5%, Indie 6.9%

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 54.6%, Strategy 24.8%, Simulation 20.6%

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 64.2%, Strategy 17.6%, Simulation 14.4%, Indie 3.8%

News Tycoon is a real-time tycoon game about newspaper management

Why similar: Strategy 57.4%, City Builder 35.3%, Indie 7.3%

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 50.7%, Strategy 26.1%, Simulation 23.1%