- #1 Tlatoani: Aztec Cities
96% matchVery Positive85% of 164 reviews2026
Dev: Perspective GamesPub: Paradox Arc
Windows
Give rise to wonders of the Aztec Civilization as you build your own magnificent metropolis in this ancient city builder. From humble beginnings build, trade, manage and conquer to become Tlatoani (Emperor).
Why similar: City Builder 52%, RTS 31.3%, Strategy 16.6%
- #2 Realm Grinder
96% matchVery Positive87% of 7,385 reviews2017
Dev: Divine GamesPub: Kongregate
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 131.9 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Grow your realm, build alliances, and explore one of the deepest idle RPGs ever!
Why similar: Incremental 44.6%, City Builder 36.7%, Strategy 12.7%, Multiplayer 3.8%, Casual 2.2%
- #3 PyramidValley: Reborn
95% matchVery Positive88% of 84 reviews2025
Dev: AuthenTiiq
Windows · Mac · Linux
Immerse yourself in ancient Egypt with PyramidValley, a management game where you develop your pharaonic city by constructing iconic monuments and gathering various resources to ensure prosperity.
Why similar: City Builder 64.2%, Multiplayer 15.3%, Strategy 12.7%, Casual 7.8%
- #4 CivIdle
94% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,037 reviews2025
Dev: FishPondPub: Fish Pond Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 78.6 hrs≥1hr: 71%
CivIdle is an idle/incremental game that allows you to lead your own civilization through thousands of years from ancient times to the modern era. Expand your territory, explore a vast tech tree, build various wonders, and trade with global players: empire must grow and numbers must go up!
Why similar: City Builder 76.5%, Strategy 23.5%
- #5 Empire City Simulator
94% matchMixed61% of 85 reviews2024
Dev: Red Brix Wall
Windows
Become a ruler and build the ancient city of your dreams in Empire City! Unlock new opportunities for your city's prosperity, gain the support of the gods, construct grand buildings, and create unique infrastructure. Transform a small settlement into a magnificent center of civilization!
Why similar: City Builder 70.6%, Strategy 25.2%, Casual 4.3%
- #6 Idle Civilization
93% matchMixed51% of 180 reviews2015
Dev: Very Simple Idea Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 62.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Take command of a pair of villagers and help them build a mighty civilization that will spread across the world and conquer it. Idle Civilization is a civilization builder management game where you will oversee the growth of your people into a mighty kingdom through building, research, warfare, religion, diplomacy, culture, heroic...
Why similar: Incremental 69.3%, Strategy 30.7%
- #7 Battle Nations
92% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,844 reviews2014
Dev: Madrona Games Inc
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 25.6 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Battle Nations is back! Build your empire and lead your armies to victory! Choose from traditional troops and vehicles or unleash exotic forces like mammoths, velociraptors, sandworms, and futuristic plasma units!
Why similar: City Builder 34%, RTS 27.8%, Strategy 17.8%, Multiplayer 16.9%, Casual 3.5%
- #8 El Dorado: The Golden City Builder - Prologue
91% matchMostly Positive72% of 236 reviews2024
Dev: Hobo BunchPub: Gameparic
Windows
The Prologue is just part of the gameplay that awaits you in the full version of the game. El Dorado - Prologue is a strategy city-building game in which you plan, build and develop your settlement to conquer Jukatan and earn the title of The Golden City. Become a leader, whom even Gods will bow to.
Why similar: City Builder 52.9%, RTS 30.5%, Strategy 16.6%
- #9 Idle Commonwealth
90% matchMixed66% of 119 reviews2025
Dev: Qbusik Games
Windows
Idle Commonwealth is an idle game that pays homage to the best of the idle genre. Start small, grow your commonwealth, maintain morale, establish governance, invent technologies, trade and conquer your neighbors.
Why similar: City Builder 45.2%, Incremental 33.3%, Strategy 15.3%, Casual 6.1%
- #10 TFC: The Fertile Crescent
88% matchVery Positive89% of 370 reviews2024
Dev: Wield InteractivePub: MicroProse Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Gather resources, build your base, and lead your people to victory in this captivating reimagining of classic RTS, set in the Bronze Age. Secure fertile land, fend off raids, and stockpile food to generate knowledge and unlock powerful village advancements.
Why similar: City Builder 43.8%, RTS 26.9%, Multiplayer 15.4%, Strategy 14%
- #11 Microcivilization
87% matchVery Positive80% of 1,383 reviews2026
Dev: Ondrej Homola
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 45.7%, Incremental 38.3%, Strategy 16%
- #12 Forebearers
89% matchMixed48% of 109 reviews2019
Dev: Sandspire Interactive
Windows
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 75.2%, Strategy 24.8%
- #13 Empires:The Rise
86% matchMixed61% of 62 reviews2019
Dev: 阿龟与阿飞Pub: MZ Times
Windows
《Empries:The Rise》 is the a Cross-Platform Real-Time-Strategy (R.T.S.) game. Choose your nation and conquer those, who stand in your way!
Why similar: RTS 52.6%, Strategy 47.4%
- #14 World Of Conquerors
86% matchMixed61% of 98 reviews2019
Dev: HuntahPub: Darkness Development
Windows
Build your cities, manage resources, train soldiers and fight for supremacy in a vast world with other player controlled empires
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #15 The Settlers® : Rise of an Empire - History Edition
84% matchMostly Positive76% of 743 reviews2019
Dev: Ubisoft Blue BytePub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 17.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Build vibrant cities in a medieval world with this modernized version of The Settlers – Rise of an Empire. Each character leads their individual lives and can be observed by you at any time. Will you go down in history as a legendary king?
Why similar: City Builder 48.4%, Strategy 26.6%, RTS 15.9%, Multiplayer 9.1%
- #16 Prosperity
85% matchMostly Positive71% of 101 reviews2018
Dev: Persera Software Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Take on the role of leading a camp of weary peasants, make strategic decisions to fight for survival against the elements. If you're capable, the camp will grow into a settlement, and then a hamlet. Do you have what it takes to grow it into a city?
Why similar: City Builder 35.5%, Strategy 30.1%, Incremental 25%, Casual 9.3%
- #17 March of Empires
84% matchMixed63% of 1,819 reviews2017
Dev: Gameloft
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 76.7 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Claim your title as Shogun, Highland King, Northern Tsar or Desert Sultan and join this genre-redefining strategy game where you will wage constant war for real territorial conquest! Fortify your castle, fuel a massive army, and enter the ultimate fight for realm domination!
Why similar: City Builder 47.9%, RTS 32.8%, Strategy 19.3%
- #18 El Dorado: The Golden City Builder
82% matchMixed55% of 109 reviews2024
Dev: Hobo BunchPub: Gameparic
Windows
El Dorado is a strategy city-building game in which you plan, build and develop your settlement to conquer Jukatan and earn the title of The Golden City. Become a leader, whom even Gods will bow to. Offer sacrifices to the Gods to earn their favor, but beware and don’t lose yourself in your riches.
Why similar: City Builder 52%, RTS 31.3%, Strategy 16.6%
- #19 Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition
80% matchVery Positive86% of 53,444 reviews2020
Dev: World's EdgePub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 43.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition offers players a trial of this historical single & multiplayer RTS experience. *Note: To unlock all features of the game please see the “Base Game” product.
Why similar: City Builder 34%, RTS 31.2%, Strategy 21.8%, Multiplayer 13.1%
- #20 Empires and Tribes
81% matchMixed66% of 419 reviews2023
Dev: White Vertex Studios
Windows · Mac
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: City Builder 57.3%, RTS 29.1%, Strategy 13.6%
- #21 Stonies
83% matchMixed53% of 444 reviews2018
Dev: upjers
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Stonies – Secure the survival of your kin! Play the gripping mix of life simulation and tycoon game now and accompany your Stonies through their prehistoric life. Prove your skill as a Stone Age leader in Stonies.
Why similar: City Builder 44.4%, Incremental 24.9%, Multiplayer 15%, Strategy 10.4%, Casual 5.3%
- #22 Aztecs: The Last Sun
79% matchMostly Positive77% of 112 reviews2026
Dev: Play2Chill S.A.Pub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Rule Tenochtitlán in this survival city-builder where gods decide your fate. Confront the Moon Goddess and her generals. Delve into the intricate story, survive the nights in the Sandbox mode, or build freely in the Creative mode. The last sun is yours to save, or… lose!
Why similar: City Builder 54.8%, RTS 28.7%, Strategy 16.5%
- #23 Roman Triumph: Survival City Builder
79% matchVery Positive85% of 739 reviews2025
Dev: Coreffect InteractivePub: Forklift Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%
At the farthest reaches of the empire, a new Roman city is born! Manage and grow your city, please the gods, and survive against barbarians and mythological threats to achieve Roman Triumph!
Why similar: City Builder 52%, RTS 31.7%, Strategy 16.2%
- #24 From Village to Empire
82% matchMostly Positive71% of 55 reviews2018
Dev: Witch Laboratory
Windows · Linux
From Village to Empire is an indie turn based strategy game with a historical setting. Build cities, research technologies, and train units to discover new lands and conquer the world!
Why similar: Strategy 70.5%, Multiplayer 29.5%
- #25 EDYN
78% matchMixed71% of 51 reviews2024
Dev: GALESTORM GAMES
Windows · Mac
Join the battle for EDYN, the ultimate multiplayer strategy game. Build settlements, command armies, and unify the realms in epic PvP warfare to etch your legacy into history. Raid, loot, make alliances, and unite to conquer the planet itself, with no Pay-To-Win mechanics to upset the playing field.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #26 Dawn of Man
77% matchVery Positive87% of 17,712 reviews2019
Dev: Madruga Works
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 30.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Command a settlement of ancient humans, guide them through the ages in their struggle for survival. Hunt, gather, craft tools, fight, research new techs and face the challenges the environment will throw at you.
Why similar: City Builder 74.5%, Strategy 15.1%, RTS 8.3%, Multiplayer 2.2%
- #27 Kingdom Wars
78% matchMixed67% of 2,798 reviews2013
Dev: Reverie World Studios
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Kingdom Wars is a free to play 3D MMORTS with real-time siege combat, without the pay to win element so common in the genre. Kingdom Wars offers beautiful 3D online world, where players construct strongholds, direct citizens, complete quests and eventually manage a global empire.
Why similar: RTS 37.8%, Strategy 30.8%, City Builder 21.2%, Multiplayer 10.2%
- #28 Celestial Empire
74% matchVery Positive90% of 668 reviews2025
Dev: President StudioPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Forge an empire under the watchful eyes of the gods! Take care of your people, develop efficient production chains and trade with other landlords. Ensure their survival through harsh winters and disasters.
Why similar: City Builder 49.7%, RTS 33.5%, Strategy 16.8%
- #29 Medieval Businessman
74% matchVery Positive98% of 128 reviews2024
Dev: Teamey
Windows
Welcome to the Empty Patch of Land. Can you create your own beautiful kingdom here? In this strategy in real time you can build farms, taverns, barracks, and more.
Why similar: City Builder 73.3%, Strategy 20.5%, Casual 6.3%
- #30 Celestial Empire: Prologue
73% matchVery Positive85% of 396 reviews2025
Dev: President Studio
Windows
Embrace your duties as a new provincial governor. Experience the beauty of ancient China, design the city of your dreams, and take care of your people’s needs. Earn the Gods’ favor to maintain the Mandate of Heaven for the ruling dynasty.
Why similar: City Builder 55.2%, RTS 22.7%, Strategy 22.2%
- #31 City idle
75% matchMostly Positive72% of 219 reviews2023
Dev: Grest Games OÜ
Windows
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 100%
- #32 Venture Valley
76% matchMixed55% of 54 reviews2023
Dev: The Singleton FoundationPub: Singleton Foundation for Financial Literacy and Entrepreneurship
Windows · Mac
Be Your Own Boss!
Why similar: City Builder 44.6%, RTS 21%, Multiplayer 16.8%, Strategy 12.3%, Casual 5.4%
- #33 World Of Conquerors - Origins
75% matchMixed65% of 92 reviews2020
Dev: HuntahPub: Darkness Development
Windows
Grow your empire and dominate the world in this 100% free game, either through diplomacy or destruction. Forge alliances or go it alone, play as loyal men, elegant elves or brutish orcs.
Why similar: Strategy 53.4%, City Builder 46.6%
- #34 Territory Idle
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,703 reviews2019
Dev: Aleksandr Golovkin
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 174.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Strategic idle game. Develop the kingdom, then abdicate and get gold! For gold, you can buy new tiles and expand the territory.
Why similar: Incremental 71.2%, Strategy 28.8%
- #35 Castle Empire
73% matchMixed54% of 70 reviews2023
Dev: HaoPlay Limited
Windows
Empire falls eventually. Build your own empire and conquer the world.
Why similar: RTS 64.1%, Strategy 35.9%
- #36 Diplomacy is Not an Option: Shareware
70% matchVery Positive92% of 685 reviews2025
Dev: Door 407
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Diplomacy is Not an Option: Shareware is a free prequel to the original game. In a medieval fantasy world, you are to build settlements, raise huge armies, and defend against massive hordes of enemies. Learn how Ironbrow clan shaped the world's map the first time - if you survive, that is.
Why similar: City Builder 49.6%, RTS 30%, Strategy 20.4%
- #37 Circle Empires
71% matchVery Positive90% of 4,132 reviews2018
Dev: LuminousPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 17.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Circle Empires is a fresh take on the RTS genre, featuring a fast-paced approach to conquering the world.
Why similar: RTS 44.9%, Strategy 36.6%, Multiplayer 9.3%, Casual 9.2%
- #38 Andalia
72% matchVery Positive86% of 56 reviews2021
Dev: Joel St.Pub: Sundust
Windows
Andalia is a fantasy real-time strategy game (RTS) with a diverse range of civilisations, resources and environments. Build up your town and lead your forces into war against enemy players. Alternatively you may construct a monument and hold it long enough to reach victory.
Why similar: RTS 52.3%, Multiplayer 25.8%, Strategy 22%
- #39 Ozymandias: Bronze Age Empire Sim
70% matchVery Positive88% of 1,638 reviews2022
Dev: The Secret Games CompanyPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Build an empire in a single sitting. All the strategy of a classic 4X in a faster format, which also shines in multiplayer.
Why similar: City Builder 61.4%, Strategy 21.2%, Multiplayer 17.4%
- #40 Ancient Cities
71% matchMixed63% of 2,122 reviews2023
Dev: Uncasual Games
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Ancient Cities is a realistic, survival city builder in an immersive procedural environment. Lead the fate of your tribe through ancient times!
Why similar: City Builder 74.6%, Strategy 25.4%
- #41 Empires Apart
72% matchMixed68% of 2,480 reviews2018
Dev: DESTINYbitPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 61%
An exciting free-to-play Real Time Strategy game set in medieval times. Uniquely designed factions, customization options, singleplayer and multiplayer gameplay. Gather resources, raise an army and lead your civilization to victory in a classic RTS, brought to the modern age.
Why similar: RTS 51.3%, Strategy 30.7%, Multiplayer 18%
- #42 IDLE BOSS RUSH
69% matchMixed67% of 792 reviews2025
Dev: Irid Games
Windows
Median: 19.6 hrsMean: 38.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Slay giant bosses and turn the hollow wasteland into the almighty kingdom! Endlessly rewarding incremental game where you collect fountains of rare loot, unleash crazy combos and watch the monsters fall under your knees. Boss Rush that keeps on going when you're gone!
Why similar: Incremental 42.7%, City Builder 35.6%, Strategy 16.7%, Casual 5%
- #43 Empires of the Undergrowth
65% matchVery Positive94% of 17,871 reviews2024
Dev: Slug DiscoPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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: City Builder 74.6%, Strategy 25.4%
- #44 Primitive Society Simulator
67% matchVery Positive83% of 731 reviews2024
Dev: YSH BigDovePub: YSH Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%
A colony-building game combined with grand strategy elements. Play as a tribal leader, guiding your people from the Stone Age to the Bronze Age. Survive, multiply, and compete for territory among ancient nations.
Why similar: City Builder 80.9%, Strategy 19.1%
- #45 Castle Clicker : Idle City Tycoon
70% matchMixed67% of 703 reviews2017
Dev: Autotelic Games LLC
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 75.3 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Castle Clicker is a more strategy focused clicking game that required you to think about how to manage your resources and build your city. If you're looking for a more in depth but still casual clicking game, this is for you!
Why similar: City Builder 51.3%, Strategy 35.7%, Casual 13%
- #46 Desktopia: A Desktop Village Simulator
69% matchMostly Positive70% of 216 reviews2022
Dev: The Evergloom Team
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Desktopia is a city-builder game which simulates an evolving, medieval-esque village along the bottom of your desktop, allowing you to work, watch, or browse something else while you play.
Why similar: City Builder 55.6%, Incremental 30.5%, Strategy 12.2%, Casual 1.7%
- #47 Incremental Town RPG
68% matchMixed60% of 98 reviews2024
Dev: Overaction Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Incremental Town RPG lets you build and manage a thriving village. Master resource management, develop a robust economy, and enjoy a relaxing experience as you equip your settlement to conquer new lands and challenges!
Why similar: City Builder 58.6%, Incremental 31.1%, Casual 10.3%
- #48 Revival and Exploration
67% matchMixed62% of 102 reviews2025
Dev: CMS GearPub: HONGKONG DELAN CO., LIMITED
Windows
Revival and Exploration is an oriental simulation game. Decorate your town with diverse landscapes and buildings, recruit residents to live in, and build a thriving city! You can also lead armed residents on traveling to different landscapes such as grassland, desert, snow, and volcanoes.
Why similar: City Builder 68.8%, Strategy 22.7%, Casual 8.5%
- #49 Mountaincore
67% matchMixed65% of 261 reviews2025
Dev: Rocket Jump Technology
Windows · Mac · Linux
Settle an untamed wilderness with the might of Dwarven engineering and thoughtful planning! Design and build your colony towards fame and fortune in a deeply-simulated fantasy world. Chill out in peaceful mode with a bustling settlement, or fight for survival against monsters and invasions!
Why similar: City Builder 69.1%, Strategy 30.9%
- #50 SAGA
69% matchMixed56% of 139 reviews2015
Dev: Silverlode Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Build cities, command troops, and manage resources like in a traditional RTS, and also go on quests, chat with your friends, join guilds, and trade like an MMO. SAGA is an MMORTS with battling similar to the Total War series, mixed with city building from Stronghold.
Why similar: Strategy 75.6%, Multiplayer 24.4%
- #51 Rising Army
64% matchMostly Positive75% of 53 reviews2026
Dev: Arkbits
Windows
Rising Army is a strategy auto-battler game where you can train and equip every single troop, upgrade your camp, and recruit new warriors. Experience a campaign in an open world and take on epic battles.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #52 Reprisal Universe
68% matchMostly Positive76% of 403 reviews2014
Dev: electrolyte
Windows · Mac
Median: 18 minMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 26%
Reprisal Universe places you in charge of the very elements themselves. Raise and lower land to expand your tribes, harness the power of fire and water. Explore the hidden mysteries of the Universe and gather your people together once again.
Why similar: City Builder 38.6%, RTS 25.8%, Incremental 20.1%, Strategy 12%, Casual 3.5%
- #53 Empire Architect
68% matchMixed65% of 171 reviews2017
Dev: Batholith Entertainment
Windows
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 57.2%, Strategy 19.7%, RTS 17.4%, Casual 5.7%