- #1 Civilize
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NCAT
Windows
From the first stone tool to the first starship. One city carries an entire civilization across eight ages. Civilize is the first CivForge: a city-builder where multiple islands and 100+ resources let you forge an arc of human history that is entirely your own.
Why similar: City Builder 28.4%, Building 14.2%, Transportation 12.7% ★, Resource Management 8.7%, Economy 8.5%
- #2 Urbanist
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Halfcooked Games
Windows
Thousands of citizens, each with a life of their own. Urbanist is a strategy and simulation game about transforming small settlements into thriving cities and vibrant neighborhoods. Build up your island, manage resources and production chains, and earn your reputation as the next great Urbanist.
Why similar: City Builder 28.6%, Building 15.3%, Sandbox 12.9%, Management 9.5%, Resource Management 7.9%
- #3 Cities: Skylines II
96% matchMixed56% of 92,848 reviews2023
Dev: Iceflake StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 23.7 hrsMean: 77.2 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 32.6%, Building 14.2%, Sandbox 11%, Management 9.1%, Transportation 8.8% ★
- #4 Town to City
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 7,135 reviews2026
Dev: Galaxy GrovePub: Kwalee
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Build an idyllic 19th century Mediterranean town and help it flourish into a prosperous city. Freely place and customise each element to create the perfect home for your growing population in this cozy city builder from the creators of Station to Station.
Why similar: City Builder 27.9%, Voxel 21.3% ★, Building 12.2%, Sandbox 8.5%, Management 7.5%
- #5 Tinytown
94% matchPositive90% of 49 reviews2024
Dev: RPGames
Windows
Tinytown is a cozy zen-like building strategy and puzzle game where you create a small city by placing new buildings. Manage resources, upgrade buildings and use all the small space to build your dream city!
Why similar: Voxel 23.2% ★, City Builder 16%, Building 12.2%, Sandbox 8.3%, Management 7.6%
- #6 Production City
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mayor of the Month
Windows
Production City is a city builder focused on manufacturing, logistics, and politics. Build efficient production chains, make impactful (or questionable) decisions, and grow your city into an industrial empire!
Why similar: City Builder 26.1%, Transportation 17.7% ★, Building 14.3%, Economy 10.1%, Sandbox 8.3%
- #7 Pixel Airport Tycoon 3D
93% matchPositive83% of 12 reviews2026
Dev: PAT-Studios
Windows
Build and manage your own airport – in classic 2D or full 3D. From your first runway to an international hub: terminals, cargo, customs, weather & de-icing, airline contracts, staff and research. Plan smart and become the world's best airport tycoon!
Why similar: City Builder 17.4%, Building 15.5%, Transportation 14.8% ★, Economy 12.6%, Management 11%
- #8 A-Train: All Aboard! Tourism
92% matchMostly Positive74% of 207 reviews2021
Dev: ARTDINKPub: KOMODO
Windows
In the world of A-Train, people gather around stations, gradually developing the surrounding town. What kind of railroad will you create? How will you develop the town? All these choices and more are yours to make.
Why similar: City Builder 22.4%, Transportation 13.5% ★, Building 12.7%, Sandbox 11.2%, Management 9.3%
- #9 Citystate Metropolis
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Andy Sztark
Windows
The creative, pragmatic, limitless city builder. Engineer a masterpiece of urban design, a small sustainable town or a futuristic metropolis. With procedurally generated buildings, grid-less zoning and powerful editor tools, everything is customizable: the city is yours.
Why similar: City Builder 26.6%, Building 14.8%, Transportation 14.1% ★, Sandbox 13%, Management 10%
- #10 City Masterplan
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 1:1 Studio
Windows
Break the grid and build a true 1:1 scale metropolis. City Masterplan is a realistic city builder where traffic, citizens, and economy form a fully simulated system. Design complex road networks freely, manage real congestion, and shape a city through the decisions you make.
Why similar: City Builder 29%, Sandbox 13.2%, Transportation 10.1% ★, Simulation 9.9%, Building 9.7%
- #11 My Tiny Park
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cold Cabin
Windows
My Tiny Park is a management sim where you design and manage parks of all kinds - from schoolyard playgrounds to sprawling nature reserves. Balance budgets, attract visitors, and craft the perfect outdoor space in this relaxing yet strategic game!
Why similar: City Builder 29.6%, Sandbox 14.8%, Building 14.2%, Management 11.7%, Simulation 10.4%
- #12 PolyTown
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Threading Squirrel
Windows
PolyTown is a modern, low poly city building game. Zone areas for residents and businesses, connect them and build services and utilities to keep your citizens satisfied. But don’t get too comfy, if you don’t do your job well, people will make you pay the price.
Why similar: City Builder 32.2%, Economy 12.1%, Simulation 9%, Sandbox 9%, Isometric 7.7%
- #13 Dream Corp 梦想公司
88% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: zhangkun
Windows
This is an integrated company simulation game combining construction, management, and life elements. As the boss, precisely control each character without cumbersome page operations. Encounter random events, explore employees' hobbies, quirks, and build a dream company together.
Why similar: City Builder 20.9%, Building 16%, Management 13.3%, Sandbox 10.4%, Economy 9.8%
- #14 Festival Tycoon 🎪
89% matchMostly Positive76% of 232 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 18.5%, Voxel 17.8% ★, Building 11.8%, Sandbox 9.7%, Management 8%
- #15 Subway Builder
87% 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 29.3%, Building 14.7%, Management 11%, Simulation 8.5%, Strategy 8.3%
- #16 Metroplex
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Infinite Error Industries
Windows
Build a city. Connect a region. Create a metropolis. Lay roads and railways, shape land use, and watch millions of residents transform the map through housing, jobs, travel time, and congestion.
Why similar: City Builder 26.7%, Transportation 20.6% ★, Management 9.3%, Sandbox 7.3%, Simulation 7.3%
- #17 ROADS: Tangled in Traffic
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SamPub: Super Swine Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
The city is strangled by its own explosive growth. Identify the chokepoints, invest in infrastructure, and redesign the network. One well-placed roundabout could nurse it back to life. Can you relieve the pressure and let prosperity flow as freely as the traffic?
Why similar: Transportation 23.1% ★, City Builder 17.4%, Management 12.9%, Building 12.6%, Simulation 9.4%
- #18 Dubai Simulator
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mobilway S.A.Pub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
In Dubai Simulator, you'll have the chance to design and build your dream city, complete with towering skyscrapers, bustling streets, luxurious resorts, and awe-inspiring landmarks.
Why similar: City Builder 30.9%, Sandbox 15.3%, Simulation 12%, Building 11.9%, Economy 8.2%
- #19 Urbek City Builder
84% matchVery Positive89% of 1,999 reviews2022
Dev: FridusPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Urbek is a city building game where you can build your own neighbourhoods: from nightlife district to industrial district. Don't exhaust your natural resources before you have an educated population to build more efficient structures.
Why similar: City Builder 23.2%, Voxel 19.8% ★, Building 12.9%, Sandbox 10.5%, Management 9.6%
- #20 Cities in Motion 2
84% matchMixed57% of 2,548 reviews2013
Dev: Colossal OrderPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Cities in Motion 2 is the sequel to the popular mass transit simulation game Cities in Motion. Build, manage and lead your transportation network to provide cities with their ever changing needs. CIM2 introduces new features including multiplayer game modes, day and night cycles, timetables and dynamic cities.
Why similar: Transportation 25.7% ★, City Builder 22.3%, Management 13.1%, Simulation 10.5%, Sandbox 10%
- #21 RollerCoaster Tycoon® 3: Complete Edition
82% matchVery Positive87% of 3,024 reviews2020
Dev: Frontier DevelopmentsPub: Atari
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 44%
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 27.4%, Building 19.1%, Management 16.9%, Sandbox 13.5%, Simulation 6.6%
- #22 Overcrowd: A Commute 'Em Up
82% 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.
Why similar: City Builder 22.3%, Building 13%, Transportation 12.2% ★, Management 11.2%, Sandbox 10.5%
- #23 Cities XXL
83% matchMixed41% of 2,367 reviews2015
Dev: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 50.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Design, build, and manage the world’s largest and most diverse cities in Cities XXL. Bigger and better than ever before with a more powerful game engine and new interface, become the mayor of your very own sprawling metropolis.
Why similar: City Builder 38%, Building 16.5%, Economy 11.4%, Sandbox 10.8%, Management 10.6%
- #24 Hotel Magnate
81% matchMixed58% of 491 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 22%, Building 14.8%, Sandbox 13%, Management 11.9%, Economy 9.5%
- #25 20 Minute Metropolis - The Action City Builder
81% matchMostly Positive68% of 47 reviews2020
Dev: Dejobaan Games, LLC
Windows
Construct the infrastructure to rebuild civilization. Set up supply lines, mine skyscrapers for plastics, and find a place to process all the poop your people will generate. You have twenty minutes.
Why similar: City Builder 31.6%, Building 17.6%, Voxel 13.8% ★, Management 12.8%, Economy 7.5%
- #26 OpenTTD
79% matchVery Positive95% of 17,021 reviews2021
Dev: OpenTTD
Windows · Mac · Linux
OpenTTD is a business simulation game in which players earn money by transporting passengers and cargo via road, rail, water, and air. It is an open-source remake and expansion of the 1995 Chris Sawyer video game Transport Tycoon Deluxe.
Why similar: Transportation 17.2% ★, Building 16.1%, City Builder 15%, Sandbox 12.1%, Economy 10.7%
- #27 A-Train PC Classic
80% matchMostly Positive79% of 151 reviews2016
Dev: ARTDINKPub: STUDIOARTDINK
Windows
As president of a train company, lead city growth to make your transport business prosper. The retro style, square grid map, and complete tutorials are easy on the newcomer, but veterans will find a challenge with advanced resource management, research, and the passage of time.
Why similar: City Builder 23.2%, Transportation 14.7% ★, Building 13.1%, Sandbox 11.4%, Management 9.3%
- #28 Super Company
78% matchMostly Positive75% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: Dawn Studio
Windows
You will act as an entrepreneur in the 1990s, producing all kinds of goods that citizens need; Providing residential and educational services for citizens; Carry out international trade and upgrade industries. You should choose the right development strategy to grow the company.
Why similar: City Builder 29%, Sandbox 14.1%, Economy 12.6%, Building 11%, Management 10.5%
- #29 Voxel Tycoon
78% 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: Voxel 17.6% ★, City Builder 17.3%, Transportation 15.4% ★, Building 11.4%, Sandbox 10.6%
- #30 Power of the Ancients
79% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2021
Dev: Cortex Code
Windows · Linux
A mostly peaceful pixely isometric city builder with a bit of magic. Four different people live in the four quadrants of the pyramid. Fishermen, farmers, fire people, magicians. Gather resources, build homes, challenge demons and create a thriving city while preparing for winter.
Why similar: City Builder 21.2%, Building 15.8%, Sandbox 13.9%, Isometric 11.1%, Management 10.5%
- #31 Two Point Campus
77% matchVery Positive88% of 8,220 reviews2022
Dev: Two Point StudiosPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 20.1 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 25%, Building 17.7%, Management 17.1%, Sandbox 12.5%, Isometric 7.7%
- #32 Shopping Center Tycoon
77% matchPositive80% of 40 reviews2023
Dev: Musa GUNGOR
Windows
Shopping Center Tycoon Is : Market Simulation & Tycoon and Improve your market. Grow, Design and Manage your Shopping Center with the right Strategy.
Why similar: City Builder 20.3%, Building 17.7%, Management 16.3%, Economy 11%, Simulation 10.2%
- #33 Amusement Factory
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Corbata Games
Windows · Mac
Build the theme park of your dreams. Lay the roads, place the rides, open the shops and keep every guest smiling from the gate to the last bus home. A bright, cozy park builder with a ten-location campaign, free play with no limits, and a front-seat view of every ride you put down.
Why similar: City Builder 23.4%, Building 16.7%, Sandbox 14.4%, Management 13.1%, Economy 11.6%
- #34 StarScraper
76% matchMixed65% of 23 reviews2021
Dev: Mitchell GarrettPub: Rosae Ex Ludis
Windows
So, you’re the new Boss? Seems like every year I get a new entrepreneur to babysit. It takes more than dreams to build a skyscraper! You need to track stocks, utilities, prestige—ah who am I kidding? You're rich, you can do whatever you want. Go on, build rockets into it like the last clown did.
Why similar: City Builder 23.9%, Transportation 16.7% ★, Building 13%, Sandbox 12.3%, Economy 9.3%
- #35 Indoorlands
75% matchVery Positive81% of 279 reviews2022
Dev: Pixelsplit
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 19.8%, Building 17.6%, Management 14.2%, Sandbox 11.2%, Isometric 9.9%
- #36 Rise of Industry
75% matchMostly Positive73% of 4,197 reviews2019
Dev: Dapper Penguin StudiosPub: Kasedo Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Put your entrepreneurial skills to the test in the first title in the ROI series as you create & optimise intricate production lines. As an early 20th-Century industrialist, grow your empire & adapt to an ever-changing business landscape with unexpected events that could lead to boom…or bust.
Why similar: City Builder 24%, Management 13.7%, Economy 11.9%, Transportation 8.8% ★, Resource Management 7.6%
- #37 Metroland
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Anglia Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Become a transport tycoon in 1900s London. Expand transport lines, housing, and businesses to fund your transport empire. Make use of urban planning to create communities that will use your services.
Why similar: City Builder 24.1%, Transportation 20.6% ★, Building 11.7%, Management 10.3%, Economy 9.4%
- #38 Parking World: Build & Manage
73% matchMixed66% of 183 reviews2025
Dev: Binary ImpactPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows
Build, manage, and expand your own lucrative parking enterprise in this management sim. Parking World puts the power to build your perfect parking garage at your fingertips while solving everybody else's parking problems in unique narrative scenarios or without any objectives in freeplay mode.
Why similar: City Builder 22.4%, Building 16.6%, Sandbox 12.8%, Management 12.4%, Economy 11.5%
- #39 County of Fortune
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Nepos GamesPub: Aquila Interactive
Windows · Linux
Build an entire medieval county, not just a city. Found villages across a wide, varied landscape, weave trade along rivers and roads, and guide mayors, noble houses, and cultures as your region comes to life. A city-builder on a much bigger scale, no two counties are alike.
Why similar: City Builder 27.7%, Building 15.2%, Sandbox 12.2%, Economy 11.4%, Management 8.6%
- #40 Cities: Skylines
73% matchVery Positive93% of 292,422 reviews2015
Dev: Colossal OrderPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 66.1 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 42.5%, Building 15.6%, Sandbox 9.9%, Management 9.8%, Simulation 6.9%
- #41 Nightlife Tycoon
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Koala Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Nightlife Tycoon is a bar management game, where you have to build your dream bar and make it thrive. Hire staff, take care of customers, organize incredible events and become the king of nightlife!
Why similar: City Builder 21.2%, Building 16.3%, Management 13.4%, Economy 10.5%, Resource Management 9.2%
- #42 NewCity
73% matchMixed58% of 477 reviews2020
Dev: Lone Pine Games, LLC
Windows · Linux
The Regional City Builder: Let's Build Something New.
Why similar: City Builder 27.5%, Voxel 16.9% ★, Building 11.4%, Management 10.4%, Transportation 7.9% ★
- #43 Intergalactic Transfer Station
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: OverPowered TeamPub: Games Operators
Windows
Build & manage your Intergalactic Transfer Hub. Receive travellers and dock ships. Help passengers transfer, but also control them. Expand hub, build shops, take care of everyone's needs. Increase profits, change taxes. But beware: dangerous diseases and asteroids may alter your plans!
Why similar: City Builder 19.6%, Transportation 13.1% ★, Simulation 12.8%, Building 12%, Isometric 8.1%
- #44 Urban Project
71% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: JDF GAMES
Windows
Urban Project is an engaging urban planning simulator in the style of a board game. You won't find complex mechanics here. Simply expand your city in an attempt to achieve maximum profit.
Why similar: City Builder 24.8%, Voxel 21% ★, Building 16.2%, Sandbox 13.8%, Management 7%
- #45 Project AURA
72% matchMixed64% of 699 reviews2018
Dev: Nexcentric Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Project Aura is a micro management game where you lead a Colony of Climate Disaster Survivors. You have been assigned the mission to build an habitat capable of survival in this new unknown world.
Why similar: City Builder 30.1%, Building 12%, Management 11.5%, Sandbox 9.5%, Economy 8.8%
- #46 Mall Craze
71% matchMixed54% of 68 reviews2023
Dev: Milan Timčenko
Windows
Build, Customize & Manage your own shopping center! Choose from modern gaming hardware store to cozy flower shop. Hire skilled cashiers, secure financing through bank loans, and launch strategic advertising campaigns to make your mall thrive!
Why similar: City Builder 20.9%, Building 17%, Sandbox 13.4%, Management 12.3%, Economy 10.4%
- #47 Trafficity
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Onramp Games
Windows · Mac
A city builder focused on traffic. Build out your city with gridless road tools. Fix traffic jams with roundabouts, fully-customizable traffic lights, or sprawling highway interchanges. Keep traffic flowing as you expand to a vast metropolis.
Why similar: City Builder 27.3%, Transportation 27% ★, Building 15.4%, Sandbox 11.5%, Management 11.2%
- #48 Voxelion
69% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: CubeHeadsStudio
Windows
Build, mine and defend your colony in a fully destructible voxel world. Shape the terrain, manage production chains and face unpredictable challenges in the world of Voxelion.
Why similar: City Builder 27.6%, Voxel 16.9% ★, Sandbox 13.3%, Simulation 9.1%, Building 8.8%
- #49 Crowncity
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Haon Games
Windows
Building and managing a late medieval city is a series of challenges. Build wells to provide drinking water, markets to provide bread and food, and theaters to collect performance tax. Stage mode continues an interesting story and journey, random map mode fills each game with a new experience.
Why similar: City Builder 28%, Building 16.3%, Sandbox 10.9%, Management 10.3%, Economy 9.6%
- #50 City Painter
68% matchVery Positive97% of 66 reviews2026
Dev: Blunix Games
Windows
Advanced city simulator with minimalist "Paint" graphics. Build complex intersections, edit traffic rules, and solve traffic jams without melting your PC.
Why similar: City Builder 31.8%, Transportation 17.8% ★, Sandbox 15.7%, Building 11.8%, Simulation 10.7%
- #51 Foundation
68% matchVery Positive87% of 24,287 reviews2025
Dev: Polymorph Games
Windows
Median: 11.1 hrsMean: 27.6 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 41.8%, Building 10.3%, Sandbox 10.2%, Management 8.4%, Economy 7.4%
- #52 National Transit
68% matchVery Positive98% of 55 reviews2026
Dev: NationQ Studio
Windows · Mac
A sandbox strategy game. Build your nation's transport network, grow your economy, develop your cities, and raise your people's prosperity. Every map is procedurally generated and unique.
Why similar: City Builder 29.2%, Transportation 15.4% ★, Sandbox 14.8%, Simulation 9.9%, Economy 8.7%
- #53 Railroad Engineer
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 36 reviews2023
Dev: SP Digital Arts Inc.
Windows
Build railroads, drive trains, collect resources, deliver goods, and grow cities.
Why similar: City Builder 19.6%, Transportation 19.5% ★, Building 13%, Sandbox 10.3%, Management 9.4%
- #54 Terra Toy
69% matchPositive93% of 15 reviews2023
Dev: frozein
Windows
Terra Toy is a simple, peaceful sandbox game about building a tiny planet! Raise mountains, dig rivers, paint beaches, and plop down trees to create the landscape of your dreams. There are no complicated menus or difficult-to-use tools, just a blank planet and your imagination.
Why similar: Voxel 25.6% ★, City Builder 25.3%, Building 16.7%, Sandbox 16.3%, Relaxing 6%
- #55 Block'hood
69% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,258 reviews2017
Dev: Plethora ProjectPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 18.9 hrs≥1hr: 48%
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 44%, Sandbox 17.4%, Building 12.8%, Simulation 9.4%, Isometric 6.3%
- #56 Two Point Museum
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 13,533 reviews2025
Dev: Two Point StudiosPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 25.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 27.5%, Building 17.7%, Sandbox 13.3%, Management 10.2%, Economy 8.2%
- #57 LEGO® Skylines
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Iceflake StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Build what only you can in LEGO® Skylines. In this cozy, customizable city-builder, your choices bring a living, breathing metropolis to life. Go big or obsess over the details. No instructions. Unlimited space. And there’s just one rule. Make it yours.
Why similar: City Builder 37.5%, Sandbox 17.2%, Building 14.3%, Simulation 13.7%, Management 9.6%
- #58 Amusement Tycoon
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BronStudio
Windows
Manage your park in Amusement Tycoon! Build thrilling attractions, manage staff, and delight visitors to create the park of your dreams and achieve success!
Why similar: City Builder 29.1%, Building 16.2%, Management 14.3%, Sandbox 13.9%, Economy 10.2%
- #59 Lord of Kensai
67% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: WRKS Games Singapore
Windows
Command the seasons. Conquer rival factions. Build your legacy in the Katana-Ra universe. Lord of Kensai blends accessible city-building with deep, strategic mastery. Will your metropolis endure the shifting tides, or crumble under the weight of history? Ascend to power—your city awaits.
Why similar: City Builder 28.3%, Building 16.4%, Management 12%, Economy 10.5%, Resource Management 8.9%
- #60 Chinese Empire: Prologue
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: YeyunaPub: G11 S.A.
Windows
Chinese Empire is an economic city-building strategy taking place in the picturesque areas of China. The prologue will introduce you to the world of Chinese Empire!
Why similar: City Builder 34.3%, Building 17%, Economy 10.9%, Simulation 8.9%, Management 8.7%