Games Like SteamWorld Build

SteamWorld Dig is back! Dig deep, gain riches and unearth the terrors of the underworld in this platform mining adventure influenced by classic Metroidvania style games.

Why similar: Steampunk 68.9% ★, Western 18.5% ★, Family Friendly 4.1%, Colorful 3.3%, Singleplayer 3.1%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the same charming steampunk universe and core mining-exploration mechanics found in the underground sections of SteamWorld Build.

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 22.4%, Economy 16.1%, Resource Management 12.8%, Base Building 11.8%, Management 11%

Why You'll Like It: This roguelite city-builder features intense resource management and a multi-biome approach that mirrors the strategic depth of managing a town on a dying planet.

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 45.1%, Economy 21.4%, Resource Management 10.5%, Strategy 7.9%, Sandbox 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: It offers the gold standard for complex production chains and multi-layered management that fans of the resource-balancing in SteamWorld Build will appreciate.

The Wandering Village is a city-building simulation game on the back of a giant, wandering creature. Build your settlement and form a symbiotic relationship with the colossus. Will you survive together in this hostile, yet beautiful post-apocalyptic world, contaminated by poisonous plants?

Why similar: City Builder 31.9%, Resource Management 17%, Management 16%, Base Building 11%, Sandbox 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: It combines city-building with survival management on a unique, moving platform, echoing the high-stakes survival theme of SteamWorld Build.

Outlanders is a town-building strategy game, populated by hard-working, charming folk in search of a simpler life. Some just want to survive off the land, others want to create amazing things.

Why similar: City Builder 24.5%, Resource Management 11.9%, Building 11.2%, Management 10.3%, Family Friendly 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game captures the cozy, cute aesthetic while providing challenging resource-management puzzles in a charming, stylized environment.

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 36.5%, Economy 11.5%, Resource Management 9.6%, Management 8.2%, Building 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its organic, grid-less city-building approach offers a relaxing yet deep experience for those who enjoy the construction aspects of the seed game.

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 39.4%, Base Building 14.7%, Management 14.4%, Building 13.8%, Sandbox 12.3%

Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes verticality and intricate water-management systems that provide a similar satisfaction to the structural planning required in SteamWorld Build.

The Absolute Evil and its trusted *cough* servant, the Dark Elf Thalya, return in Dungeons 4 after the events of its fabulous predecessor to bring about their triumph over the forces of good once more.

Why similar: City Builder 61.8%, Sandbox 20.9%, Strategy 13.4%, Singleplayer 4%

Why You'll Like It: The dungeon-management aspect of this game is a perfect match for players who enjoyed the underground excavation and base-building mechanics of the seed game.

Lethis - Path of Progress is a city-builder in a victorian steampunk setting.

Why similar: City Builder 32.3%, Steampunk 28.6% ★, Resource Management 12.1%, Building 11%, Sandbox 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: This city-builder features a distinct steampunk aesthetic and classic management gameplay that feels very much in line with the SteamWorld universe.

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 22.2%, Economy 16.5%, Resource Management 11.8%, Building 9%, Relaxing 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: It is a relaxing, hex-grid-based city-builder that focuses on rebuilding civilization without the stress of combat.

Manage your workers, stations, machines and create awesome stuff as your little big workshop grows into your dream factory!

Why similar: Economy 17.3%, Management 16.1%, Resource Management 15.9%, Building 13.2%, Strategy 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on managing a miniature factory, providing a similar satisfaction to the production-heavy gameplay of the seed title.

The sky city builder awaits. Create your own flying kingdom and lead it on a quest across an expansive world. Explore the varied landscape, build up a floating metropolis, aid struggling people below, uncover lost secrets and, ultimately, bring back the Airborne Kingdom legend.

Why similar: City Builder 21.3%, Steampunk 16% ★, Base Building 10.6%, Resource Management 9.9%, Economy 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: The unique concept of building a flying city requires careful balance and exploration, similar to the spatial management in SteamWorld Build.

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 20.2%, Economy 16%, Resource Management 10.8%, Base Building 9.2%, Management 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A stylized colony-sim that emphasizes survival and resource management in a harsh, alien environment.

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: City Builder 22.4%, Economy 14.9%, Resource Management 9.8%, Base Building 8.5%, Sandbox 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: This fairy-tale-inspired city-builder is perfect for players who enjoy the relaxing and cute aesthetic of SteamWorld Build.

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: City Builder 22.7%, Economy 16.5%, Building 10.1%, Management 10%, Base Building 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: It features cute robots and a focus on automation, making it a thematic and mechanical cousin to the SteamWorld universe.

El Presidente is back! Prove yourself once again as a feared dictator or peace-loving statesman on the island state of Tropico and shape the fate of your very own banana republic through four distinctive eras.

Why similar: City Builder 39.7%, Economy 21.9%, Management 13.4%, Strategy 8.1%, Sandbox 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a deep economic simulation and management experience that rewards careful planning and resource balancing.

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 30.1%, Steampunk 23.1% ★, Resource Management 15.2%, Building 7%, Base Building 6%

Why You'll Like It: While more serious in tone, it offers the ultimate test of resource management and city survival that fans of the genre will find compelling.

Build, automate, and optimize a giant factory on 3D terrain using conveyor belts, trains, chutes, pipes, and airships. Sell your goods to nearby villages to expand their borders, increase happiness, and unlock even better technology!

Why similar: City Builder 22.8%, Resource Management 15.3%, Base Building 14.2%, Economy 13.4%, Management 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses heavily on the automation and production chain mechanics that are essential for a successful town in SteamWorld Build.

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 31.3%, Building 12.7%, Management 11.9%, Economy 11.4%, Resource Management 9%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a deep survival-focused city-building experience with a wide variety of resources to manage and trade.

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 20.6%, Base Building 12.2%, Building 11.9%, Management 10.4%, Resource Management 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: A colony-sim that blends city-building with survival, offering a unique underground perspective similar to the mining levels of the seed game.

Design stunning hospitals, cure peculiar illnesses and manage troublesome staff as you spread your budding healthcare organisation across Two Point County.

Why similar: Management 33.2%, Building 25%, City Builder 13.9%, Sandbox 10.9%, Strategy 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a lighthearted, casual management experience with a humorous tone that matches the charm of the SteamWorld series.

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 52.4%, Sandbox 8.4%, Resource Management 8%, Strategy 8%, Economy 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: As a classic survival city-builder, it focuses on the same core loop of resource gathering and population management during harsh conditions.

Terra Nil is an intricate environmental strategy game about transforming a barren wasteland into a thriving, balanced ecosystem. Bring life back to a lifeless world by purifying soil, cleaning oceans, planting trees, and reintroducing wildlife, then leave without a trace.

Why similar: City Builder 33.5%, Relaxing 14.7%, Resource Management 12.6%, Strategy 8.5%, Family Friendly 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: This reverse city-builder focuses on environmental restoration with a relaxing, puzzle-like quality that appeals to the casual side of the seed game.

Sail, scavenge, and rescue survivors in a vibrant floating city-builder. Captain your drifters across the endless garbage sea to uncover soaked ruins, rusting factories, and stories from the old world.

Why similar: City Builder 22.9%, Economy 14.7%, Resource Management 13.7%, Base Building 12.8%, Sandbox 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: This survival city-builder set on the ocean requires careful resource management and expansion, much like the town-building in SteamWorld Build.

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 25.4%, Economy 15.9%, Resource Management 12%, Management 11.6%, Building 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on local resource production and management, allowing for a more granular approach to city growth.

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 42%, Building 11.6%, Resource Management 9.5%, Base Building 8.4%, Sandbox 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: This casual city-builder offers a cute, accessible aesthetic while still requiring strategic defense and resource management.

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 24.4%, Economy 13.1%, Building 12.6%, Sandbox 9.5%, Management 9.5%

Build, optimize, and explore at your own pace in Scorchlands, a cozy yet strategic colony builder. Manage resources, shape the environment, and expand your network across a volcanic moon. No rush, no pressure, just satisfying logistics and endless possibilities.

Why similar: City Builder 21.1%, Economy 16.1%, Resource Management 15.8%, Base Building 11.1%, Management 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: A hex-grid-based game that focuses on resource management and terraforming, appealing to the strategic side of the seed game.

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: City Builder 27.8%, Base Building 15.6%, Building 11.3%, Economy 9.1%, Sandbox 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: It combines colony-sim elements with city-building in a colorful, accessible way that feels very similar to the seed game's vibe.

Build a rabbit town while defending it from the fluffy empire's invasions.

Why similar: City Builder 21.3%, Capitalism 12.9%, Economy 12.3%, Base Building 10%, Management 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: This cute, pixel-art strategy game blends city-building with auto-battler elements, providing a fun and lighthearted management experience.

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 23.5%, Economy 15.3%, Capitalism 10.6%, Base Building 9.2%, Sandbox 9.1%

Build and manage your own settlement! A relaxing village construction and management simulator.

Why similar: City Builder 25.9%, Economy 16.1%, Resource Management 13.9%, Base Building 12.6%, Management 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: This charming, small-scale city-builder focuses on the needs of individual citizens, mirroring the management feel of the seed game.

Build an idyllic 19th century Mediterranean town and help it flourish into a prosperous city. Freely place and customise each element to create the perfect home for your growing population in this cozy city builder from the creators of Station to Station.

Why similar: City Builder 37.3%, Economy 14.4%, Building 11.1%, Management 8.8%, Relaxing 6.5%

Manage your own medieval smithy in Blacksmith Master and supervise the entire process from mining ores and gems to designing and selling finished products. Forge everything from weapons and armor to tools and cooking utensils to fund your craft and become the Blacksmith Master.

Why similar: City Builder 21.1%, Economy 15%, Resource Management 12.1%, Base Building 11.2%, Management 10.3%

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: City Builder 23.5%, Resource Management 13.3%, Base Building 12.1%, Management 11.4%, Building 10.9%

Build a network of cities that produce and trade resources, upgrade your castle, and protect the cities from cheeky bandits. Tinker with the economy at your own pace, and watch the charming wooden world grow into a lively and thriving kingdom.

Why similar: City Builder 22%, Economy 16.7%, Resource Management 12.8%, Management 9.5%, Base Building 9.3%

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 22.7%, Economy 11.8%, Resource Management 10.3%, Base Building 9.2%, Building 8.1%

Build your ideal ski resort. Keep skiers smiling with fresh pistes and fine facilities. Ski, build and chill in the wintry world of Snowtopia where everyone is welcome!

Why similar: City Builder 17.5%, Economy 11.2%, Resource Management 9.8%, Base Building 9.6%, Management 9.2%

"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 21.7%, Base Building 13.1%, Building 10.4%, Management 10%, Sandbox 9.9%

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 24.8%, Economy 16.4%, Resource Management 13.1%, Management 11.5%, Relaxing 7.3%

An entire town builder experience packed into a living spreadsheet. Build housing, assign workers, then craft and sell a huge variety of items to level up your town and expand your civilization across the world!

Why similar: City Builder 34.6%, Resource Management 22.2%, Capitalism 17.4%, Management 15.4%, Casual 5.5%

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: City Builder 27.2%, Management 12.1%, Building 11.8%, Base Building 11.3%, Sandbox 11%

SteamWorld Dig is an action-adventure puzzler with strong Metroidvanian influences set in the SteamWorld Universe. You’ll need to dig deep into the earth, gather resources to upgrade your tools and abilities, take on enemies, solve challenging puzzles and uncover the secrets to save a dying town.

Why similar: Steampunk 48.3% ★, Western 46.1% ★, Singleplayer 2.1%, Sandbox 2%, Casual 1.5%

A survival city-building game with flying cities. Build, automate, and defend a flying city that travels between procedurally generated maps to survive in a wacky, nightmare-infested, post-apocalyptic world full of strange science and dreams.

Why similar: City Builder 26.8%, Steampunk 20% ★, Base Building 10.1%, Sandbox 10%, Management 9.8%

A quirky mix of roguelite and city builder. Build a lively little city above, by looting mystical caves with a team of gnomes below! Use multiple runs to unlock upgrades and abilities to help your gnomes venture deeper into the dangerous underground.

Why similar: City Builder 33.7%, Economy 22.2%, Base Building 15.2%, Building 14.6%, Strategy 6.9%

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 23%, Economy 19.7%, Resource Management 13.8%, Management 13.5%, Building 11.7%

Build your own dungeon and attract heroes from all over the realm! Grow your business by exploiting every facet of your visitors' dungeon exploration experience. Will you be able to keep your evil dungeon business going?

Why similar: City Builder 24.4%, Economy 21.1%, Management 14.8%, Building 10.8%, Sandbox 10.2%

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 40.4%, Building 15.3%, Family Friendly 8.2%, Relaxing 7.5%, Resource Management 7.1%

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 35%, Resource Management 12.7%, Base Building 11.3%, Economy 10.1%, Strategy 8.9%

It's time to Build a Zoo! Construct and decorate enclosures, buy and breed animals, hire zookeepers and vets... then try your hand at DNA splicing, and stitch together over 300,000 different types of animal. This can only go smoothly...

Why similar: City Builder 27%, Management 13.3%, Building 10.9%, Sandbox 10.8%, Economy 10.2%

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 20.8%, Economy 15.5%, Capitalism 13.9%, Management 10.3%, Building 9.7%

Home Wind is a minimalist, relaxing and cozy city builder about creating large settlements based on proximity tactics. All for free!

Why similar: City Builder 32.9%, Sandbox 10.2%, Resource Management 9.7%, Relaxing 9.7%, Building 9.5%

Create an extrasolar efficiency utopia from scratch! In this sci-fi city builder you need to start mining operations, plan production, and lay down transportation routes to ensure a smooth supply chain.

Why similar: City Builder 22.6%, Economy 15.1%, Resource Management 12.1%, Capitalism 11%, Building 9.3%

Save fantasy creatures and protect them until releasing them into their natural habitat. Build your shelter, explore the neighboring region, and encounter a series of events.

Why similar: City Builder 33.9%, Sandbox 14.2%, Building 11.2%, Family Friendly 8.2%, Management 7.8%

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 17.7%, Capitalism 13.5%, Economy 13.3%, Resource Management 11.1%, Building 9%

Dive into the agricultural life with Farm Manager World! Manage your own farm across vibrant global locations, cultivate exotic crops, and build your agribusiness empire. Welcome to sustainable farming at its finest.

Why similar: City Builder 18.3%, Economy 13.1%, Capitalism 11.8%, Resource Management 11.8%, Management 10.3%

Corporate greed meets strategic planet-mining in Drill Core! Drill to the heart of planets while managing workers, researching cutting-edge tech, and fortifying against alien attacks. Will you prioritize efficiency and risk your workers' safety, or focus on defense for survival?

Why similar: City Builder 33.2%, Base Building 16.9%, Management 12.3%, Sandbox 10%, Strategy 9.1%

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 33.3%, Resource Management 17.6%, Sandbox 12.8%, Relaxing 12.6%, Family Friendly 11.1%

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: City Builder 24.7%, Economy 13.7%, Resource Management 13.6%, Base Building 11.1%, Building 10.5%

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: City Builder 24.4%, Economy 16.9%, Building 11%, Management 10.8%, Base Building 10.5%