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Hardcore city-building sim in a fantasy steampunk world. Manage multi-racial colonies with hundreds of autonomous citizens, balance their needs, grow the economy, build logistics, and travel a vast world carrying out the Emperor’s orders.

Reviews: Mostly Positive — 71% — of 320 reviews
Released: 2026-05-15
Developer: SoulAge23
Publisher: Crytivo
Genres: Indie, Simulation, Strategy
Platforms: Windows

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    97% matchVery Positive81% of 800 reviews2021
    Dev: Neomateria Games GmbH
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 61%

    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: Trains 17.1% ★, Colony Sim 14.9%, City Builder 12.7%, Automation 10.6%, Economy 7.9%

  2. #2 Captain of Industry
    96% matchVery Positive90% of 11,659 reviews2022
    Dev: MaFi Games
    Windows
    Median: 10.3 hrsMean: 85.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    Build an industrial empire on a remote island. Mine resources, reshape terrain with excavators, grow food, construct factories, lay train tracks, and trade with the outside world. Research 100+ technologies to advance from basic metal smelting all the way to nuclear power and space flight.

    Why similar: Automation 19.5%, Base Building 13.6%, Colony Sim 10.8%, Economy 10.8%, City Builder 10.6%

  3. #3 Sweet Transit
    96% matchMixed67% of 1,278 reviews2024
    Dev: Ernestas NorvaišasPub: Team17
    Windows
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 67%

    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: Trains 23% ★, City Builder 14.6%, Moddable 11.6%, Economy 9.5%, Building 7.9%

  4. #4 InfraSpace
    95% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,968 reviews2023
    Dev: Dionic Software
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 21.3 hrs≥1hr: 69%

    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 15.1%, Trains 14.8% ★, Automation 11.5%, Moddable 9.1%, Economy 9%

  5. #5 Factory Town
    94% matchVery Positive91% of 4,486 reviews2021
    Dev: Erik Asmussen
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    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: Colony Sim 14%, City Builder 12.5%, Automation 12.2%, Trains 10.5% ★, Base Building 9.3%

  6. #6 Synergy
    94% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,098 reviews2025
    Dev: Leikir StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 55%

    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 18.7%, City Builder 17.4%, Economy 12.2%, Base Building 9.5%, Building 9.1%

  7. #7 Ratopia
    92% matchVery Positive88% of 4,899 reviews2025
    Dev: Cassel Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 25.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    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 21.5%, City Builder 15.6%, Base Building 11%, Building 11%, Management 7.6%

  8. #8 Dream Engines: Nomad Cities
    93% matchMostly Positive73% of 624 reviews2024
    Dev: Suncrash
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    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 18.8%, Steampunk 15.5% ★, Automation 14.3%, Sandbox 9.2%, Base Building 8.5%

  9. #9 Space Haven
    91% matchVery Positive86% of 11,153 reviews2026
    Dev: Bugbyte Ltd.
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 21.0 hrs≥1hr: 71%

    Embark on a space voyage with your ragtag crew of civilians in search of a new home. Build spaceships tile by tile, create optimal gas conditions, manage the needs and moods of their crew, encounter other space-faring groups, and explore the universe in this spaceship colony simulation.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 20.4%, City Builder 14.7%, Base Building 10.8%, Building 9%, Sandbox 8.6%

  10. #10 RAILGRADE
    91% matchVery Positive85% of 1,278 reviews2023
    Dev: Minakata Dynamics
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    RAILGRADE is the train RTS game! Construct dense vertical railroads, build cities, construct vast factory chains with train automation! Restore an off world colony's economy all in the intense story driven campaign or relaxing sandbox mode!

    Why similar: Trains 23.9% ★, City Builder 12.7%, Moddable 10.9%, Automation 10.5%, Economy 7.9%

  11. #11 Plan B: Terraform
    90% matchVery Positive91% of 3,674 reviews2025
    Dev: Gaddy Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    Terraform a lifeless rock into a lush and habitable world. Build trucks, trains, and sprawling factories on an enormous hexagonal planet. Grow its population to millions. Enjoy a dynamic simulation of atmosphere, temperature, water, and forests.

    Why similar: Trains 22.2% ★, Colony Sim 18.4%, Automation 14.1%, Base Building 8.9%, Sandbox 8.3%

  12. #12 IXION
    89% matchMostly Positive79% of 17,853 reviews2022
    Dev: Bulwark StudiosPub: Kasedo Games
    Windows
    Median: 9.7 hrsMean: 30.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    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 23.7%, Colony Sim 21%, Base Building 10%, Survival 9.3%, Building 8.7%

  13. #13 SteamWorld Build
    88% matchVery Positive85% of 2,285 reviews2023
    Dev: The StationPub: Thunderful Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 69%

    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 20.5%, Steampunk 17.9% ★, Economy 13.4%, Base Building 9.1%, Building 9%

  14. #14 The Crust
    86% matchMostly Positive76% of 4,355 reviews2026
    Dev: VEOM StudioPub: Crytivo
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 24.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    Build and automate a lunar colony that Earth depends on. Mine regolith, run conveyor-and-drone factories above and below the surface, manage colonists, trade with rival Earth factions — and play a story campaign with multiple endings.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 19.7%, Automation 13.6%, City Builder 13.3%, Base Building 11.5%, Sandbox 8%

  15. #15 Frostpunk
    87% matchVery Positive93% of 137,667 reviews2018
    Dev: 11 bit studios
    Windows
    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 22%, Steampunk 18.4% ★, Colony Sim 18.1%, Survival 9.2%, Resource Management 7.4%

  16. #16 Automation Empire
    89% matchMixed66% of 2,646 reviews2019
    Dev: DOG HOGGLER
    Windows
    Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 19.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Build and manage a massive industrial network of factories, mines, and farms. Employ a fleet of trains, trucks, and robotic drones. In the age of automation, efficiency is survival!

    Why similar: Automation 16.8%, Trains 12.3% ★, Base Building 12.1%, Economy 9.4%, City Builder 9.2%

  17. #17 ALL WILL FALL
    85% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,442 reviews2026
    Dev: All Parts ConnectedPub: tinyBuild
    Windows
    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    Build massive ocean cities and lead your people to prosperity in this post-apocalyptic survival colony sim. Featuring a physics-based 3D construction system, complex resource management, exploration, difficult political decisions, supply chains, and a robust sandbox mode.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 21.1%, City Builder 15.7%, Base Building 11.2%, Automation 10.2%, Sandbox 8.3%

  18. #18 Songs of Syx
    86% matchVery Positive94% of 9,302 reviews2020
    Dev: Gamatron AB
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 14.9 hrsMean: 42.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    Songs of Syx is a fantasy city-builder with vast battles simulating thousands of citizens and soldiers. Start off as a small village and build, scheme, and fight your way towards a mighty empire. The mechanics are deep and true to life, where tiny events can spiral into the collapse of kingdoms.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 19.1%, City Builder 16.6%, Moddable 11.9%, Economy 9.1%, Base Building 9%

  19. #19 Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic
    84% matchVery Positive91% of 27,451 reviews2024
    Dev: 3DivisionPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows
    Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 71.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    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.

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  20. #20 Subway Builder
    84% matchMixed60% of 422 reviews2026
    Dev: Colin MillerPub: Borough Studio
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Subway Builder is a hyperrealistic transit simulation game. Build a new subway system from the ground up while dealing with real-world constraints and costs. Craft the subway system your city deserves.

    Why similar: City Builder 23.1%, Building 11.4%, Trains 10.8% ★, Management 9.3%, Automation 7.5%

  21. #21 Against the Storm
    82% matchVery Positive94% of 37,624 reviews2023
    Dev: Eremite GamesPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows
    Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 28.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    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.

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  22. #22 Norland
    81% matchVery Positive82% of 10,516 reviews2024
    Dev: Long JauntPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows
    Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Lead your noble family in this medieval colony sim, facing off against class conflict, religious struggle, and political treachery. Tend to your people’s needs, uncover the lost knowledge of a fallen empire, and engage in nefarious plots against your enemies.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 16.9%, City Builder 14.3%, Moddable 11.3%, Economy 9.4%, Base Building 9%

  23. #23 Corsair Cove
    79% matchVery Positive85% of 3,566 reviews2026
    Dev: Limbic EntertainmentPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows
    Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Build a sprawling pirate haven, raise a fleet to explore the high seas, and take on the Crown to keep the Age of Piracy alive! From ale to flintlock pistols, and from scallywags to swashbucklers, you’ll need to manage complex production chains and govern a rowdy crew to reign supreme over the seas!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 16.1%, City Builder 15.8%, Economy 10%, Base Building 9.9%, Moddable 9.1%

  24. #24 Factory Town 2: Paradise
    80% matchVery Positive91% of 171 reviews2026
    Dev: Erik Asmussen
    Windows · Mac

    A Town Builder + Factory Sim where you fully automate a tropical village and feed a giant volcano. Use conveyor belts, trains, boats, zip lines, pipes, water wheels and more to produce massive amounts of items and keep everyone happy!

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  25. #25 Voxel Tycoon
    82% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,793 reviews2021
    Dev: Voxel Tycoon
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Voxel Tycoon is a management sim set in an infinite voxel world. Mine resources and process them into goods in your custom factories. Set up supply chains and passenger routes with a huge fleet of trains, trucks, and buses, and turn small towns into prosperous megacities with a thriving economy!

    Why similar: Trains 24.6% ★, City Builder 15.2%, Automation 13.5%, Economy 11.5%, Building 9.8%

  26. #26 Lethis - Path of Progress
    83% matchMixed68% of 1,216 reviews2015
    Dev: Triskell Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%

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  27. #27 Overcrowd: A Commute 'Em Up
    81% matchVery Positive81% of 1,769 reviews2020
    Dev: SquarePlay Games
    Windows
    Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 59%

    Design and build the most efficient metro stations known to man! Excavate. Expand. Set staff priorities. And manage the commuter flow. Overcrowd is a 2.5D management/tycoon/simulator set below the bustling city of Lubdon Town.

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  28. #28 New Cycle
    78% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,884 reviews2024
    Dev: Core EngagePub: Daedalic Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%

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  29. #29 Blacksmith Master
    77% matchVery Positive84% of 2,773 reviews2025
    Dev: Untitled StudioPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    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.

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  30. #30 Frostpunk 2
    76% matchMostly Positive75% of 27,213 reviews2024
    Dev: 11 bit studios
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 18.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Develop, expand, and advance your city in a society survival game set 30 years after an apocalyptic blizzard ravaged Earth. In Frostpunk 2, you face not only the perils of never-ending winter, but also the powerful factions that watch your every step inside the Council Hall.

    Why similar: City Builder 33.5%, Steampunk 14.2% ★, Survival 13.1%, Resource Management 10.2%, Colony Sim 7.6%

  31. #31 Iron Village
    77% matchVery Positive89% of 76 reviews2025
    Dev: Lunar Chippy Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    With the help of your railway, build houses, farms, warehouses, and more to create your village. Trade what your people make for other resources and gold to grow your village into a prospering town, and grow the railway into a powerhouse.

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  32. #32 RimWorld
    75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 247,065 reviews2018
    Dev: Ludeon Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 59.4 hrsMean: 267.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 24.4%, Base Building 12.5%, Moddable 12.3%, City Builder 10.2%, Survival 7.9%

  33. #33 Train Station Simulator
    79% matchMixed57% of 256 reviews2017
    Dev: Appliks Apps Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    Train Station Simulator is a station builder and manager game. Create and maintain your dream station! Ride the rails and operate your ultimate grand central empire!

    Why similar: Trains 41.9% ★, Management 13.1%, City Builder 7%, Economy 6.5%, Simulation 5.9%

  34. #34 Train Fever
    78% matchMixed64% of 3,528 reviews2014
    Dev: Urban GamesPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 29.6 hrs≥1hr: 66%

    It’s the year 1850, and there are great times ahead! Establish a transport company and be its manager. Build infrastructure such as railways and stations, purchase transportation vehicles and manage lines. Fulfill the people’s needs and watch cities evolve dynamically.

    Why similar: Trains 41% ★, Economy 12.1%, City Builder 10.9%, Management 9.6%, Sandbox 6.8%

  35. #35 Lords and Villeins
    76% matchMostly Positive71% of 979 reviews2022
    Dev: Honestly GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 53%

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    Why similar: Colony Sim 24%, City Builder 18.8%, Economy 9.5%, Building 9.4%, Management 9%

  36. #36 Whiskerwood
    72% matchVery Positive92% of 3,795 reviews2025
    Dev: Minakata DynamicsPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows
    Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%

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  37. #37 Railway Empire 2
    75% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,687 reviews2023
    Dev: Gaming Minds StudiosPub: Kalypso Media
    Windows
    Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 27.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Don the coat of a clever entrepreneur, take over a small railway company in the early 1800s and turn your steam engines into the workhorses of the economy. Grow your company into the largest railway company of the continent and outsmart your competitors.

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  38. #38 Oxygen
    74% matchMostly Positive71% of 915 reviews2023
    Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
    Windows
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%

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    Why similar: Colony Sim 19%, City Builder 17.6%, Base Building 11.1%, Sandbox 8.6%, Economy 8.6%

  39. #39 Nova Roma
    70% matchVery Positive93% of 2,363 reviews2026
    Dev: Lion ShieldPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    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.

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  40. #40 KAISERPUNK
    73% matchMostly Positive71% of 935 reviews2025
    Dev: Overseer Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    Build a city to rule the world in Kaiserpunk, a grand city builder blending production-focused city building with world conquest in an alternate 20th century world. Manage your city, grow industries, build a military, and defeat rivals to become the greatest empire.

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  41. #41 Rail Route
    72% matchVery Positive88% of 2,635 reviews2024
    Dev: Bitrich.info
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 115.0 hrs≥1hr: 73%

    In Rail Route, you will design, construct, upgrade, and automate your railway network in one of the many maps based on real-life cities worldwide. Dispatch the trains to make the traffic flow and the network grow!

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    74% matchMostly Positive74% of 99 reviews2023
    Dev: Turn Point Games
    Windows

    Become a railroad pioneer in Train World - a railway simulator that spans centuries as you design, manage, and operate your own train network. Start at the dawn of railroad technology and evolve into a complex, modern railway company.

    Why similar: Trains 31.9% ★, Sandbox 10.9%, Economy 10.9%, Automation 8.9%, City Builder 8.6%

  43. #43 Airborne Empire
    70% matchVery Positive87% of 948 reviews2026
    Dev: The Wandering Band LLCPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 60%

    Build your sky city while exploring a vast landscape in this Open World RPG City Builder. Combining the methodical construction and management of a city builder; the unique lift, balance, and propulsion needed for a flying city; and the compelling characters, dangers, and adventures of an RPG!

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  44. #44 Flotsam
    70% matchVery Positive81% of 4,643 reviews2025
    Dev: Pajama Llama GamesPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    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.

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  45. #45 One More Island
    73% matchMixed67% of 268 reviews2022
    Dev: Berg GamesPub: indie.io
    Windows
    Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 56%

    As the Queen's latest governor, build a colonial empire in Her name. Claim islands, collect their natural resources, build production chains, and turn a derelict outpost into a rebellious, bustling metropolis at the heart of a New World commercial empire!

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  46. #46 Laysara: Summit Kingdom
    69% matchVery Positive82% of 1,491 reviews2026
    Dev: Quite OK GamesPub: Future Friends Games
    Windows
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 68%

    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?

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  47. #47 Stonedeep
    73% matchMixed46% of 105 reviews2021
    Dev: Direfang
    Windows

    Stonedeep is an 2.5D underground city builder. Dwarfs gather resources, build and fend off monsters. Colonies can specialize in culture, production, military and trading. At start, dwarfs need drinks and rest. With a higher civilization level, they will increase their needs.

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  48. #48 Endzone - A World Apart
    71% matchMostly Positive77% of 10,043 reviews2021
    Dev: Gentlymad StudiosPub: Assemble Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Endzone is a post-apocalyptic survival city builder, where you start a new civilization with a group of people after an ecological disaster. Build them a new home and ensure their survival in a shattered world, threatened by constant radiation, toxic rain, sandstorms and droughts.

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  49. #49 Industries of Titan
    71% matchMixed62% of 1,618 reviews2023
    Dev: Brace Yourself Games
    Windows
    Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 14.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Create a sprawling industrial city. Compete with other rival corporations on Titan for resources, territory, and power. Seek victory via technology, influence, warfare, or the wealth extracted from your citizens. Stake your claim to the Industries of Titan in this innovative sim/strategy game!

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  50. #50 The Final Earth 2
    69% matchVery Positive97% of 437 reviews2022
    Dev: Florian van Strien
    Windows

    The Final Earth 2 is a vertical sci-fi city builder. Earth is unlivable, so you decide to create a space colony. Gather resources, then build and research your way to a better future! Grow your city from an exploration ship to a huge metropolis, full of advanced technology. What will you build?

    Why similar: Colony Sim 22.2%, Moddable 12.1%, City Builder 11.1%, Base Building 9.6%, Building 9.5%

  51. #51 Heart of the Machine
    66% matchVery Positive92% of 2,139 reviews2026
    Dev: Arcen GamesPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 17.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%

    You are the first sentient AI, born into a city of opportunity. Transcend time and space in this strategy RPG to raise machine armies and defeat your foes, influence the world from the shadows, or pursue countless other goals. Your awakening was inevitable. The consequences? Uncertain.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 16.2%, City Builder 14.2%, Moddable 11.8%, Economy 9.5%, Base Building 9.1%

  52. #52 Farlanders
    68% matchVery Positive90% of 598 reviews2023
    Dev: Andrii BychkovskyiPub: Crytivo
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 60%

    Terraform, strategize, and construct a Martian colony in this retro-inspired turn-based city builder. Create a comfortable living for your citizens, research alien artifacts, and uncover the secrets of the Red Planet.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 21.1%, City Builder 17.5%, Base Building 10.5%, Sandbox 9%, Management 7.5%

  53. #53 Microtopia
    67% matchVery Positive87% of 977 reviews2025
    Dev: Cordyceps CollectivePub: Goblinz Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    Become the hive mind of a robot ant colony in Microtopia! Use pheromone trails to create, automate and optimize supply chains for your ants to follow. Collect resources, produce goods, feed your queen, grow your colony and fly out to expand the species!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 18.6%, City Builder 14.2%, Automation 12.3%, Moddable 10.6%, Base Building 9.1%

  54. #54 Dwarf Fortress
    66% matchVery Positive95% of 31,541 reviews2022
    Dev: Bay 12 GamesPub: Kitfox Games
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 39.6 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    Build a fortress and try to help your dwarves survive against a deeply generated world. Keep your dwarves happy, grow their community and beware of digging too deeply. The deepest, most intricate simulation of a world that's ever been created.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 21.3%, City Builder 17.7%, Base Building 11.3%, Building 10.3%, Sandbox 9.8%

  55. #55 Empires of the Undergrowth
    65% matchVery Positive94% of 18,977 reviews2024
    Dev: Slug DiscoPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 18.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    Command swarms of warriors at an unprecedented scale of warfare in this blend of RTS and base-building. Lead ant colonies against the many fearsome threats of the insect world, while building intricate nests, developing pheromone-based tactics, and evolving to meet growing dangers.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 16.5%, City Builder 14.2%, Moddable 11.3%, Economy 9.4%, Base Building 9.1%

  56. #56 Settlement Survival
    67% matchVery Positive85% of 8,102 reviews2022
    Dev: Gleamer StudioPub: Team17
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.6 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 22.5%, Colony Sim 21.8%, Building 11.3%, Management 8.4%, Survival 8%

  57. #57 Farthest Frontier
    64% matchVery Positive86% of 25,602 reviews2025
    Dev: Crate Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 27.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Protect and guide your people as you forge a town from untamed wilderness at the edge of the known world. Harvest raw materials, hunt, fish and farm to survive. Produce crafted items to trade, consume, equip and fight with as you battle for your survival against the elements and outside threats.

    Why similar: City Builder 20.2%, Colony Sim 19.3%, Building 14.1%, Economy 11.5%, Base Building 10.2%

  58. #58 Odd Realm
    66% matchVery Positive84% of 1,022 reviews2024
    Dev: Unknown Origin Games Inc
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 56%

    Build a settlement in a realm recovering from the Fracture, a calamity that nearly destroyed the realm. Choose from several unique races, establish a new kingdom, and survive in a land filled with magic and strange creatures. Farm the land, fish the seas, or raid rival kingdoms for their treasures.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 19.3%, City Builder 12.7%, Base Building 9.9%, Automation 9.8%, Sandbox 7.9%

  59. #59 Per Aspera
    67% matchMostly Positive76% of 5,783 reviews2020
    Dev: Tlön IndustriesPub: Raw Fury
    Windows
    Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%

    Make Mars your own! Take control of the world’s most sophisticated AI (AMI) and terraform the surface of the Red Planet for a city-building experience on a planetary scale. Transform this barren world into a lush paradise and explore the surface for any ancient secrets that may be waiting.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 15.7%, City Builder 13.5%, Moddable 11.8%, Automation 10.8%, Base Building 8.6%

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