- #1 New Frontier Days ~Founding Pioneers~
97% matchMostly Negative39% of 36 reviews2017
Dev: Arc System Works
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
"New Frontier Days ~Founding Pioneers~" is a town-building simulation game, where you command your pioneers to colonize a new land.
Why similar: Simulation 51.3%, City Builder 47.1%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #2 Cloudspan
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cosmo Gatto
Windows
In this bite-sized city builder, stack and stretch your town as far as physics will allow.
Why similar: City Builder 45.6%, Simulation 31.2%, Roguelite 21%, Indie 1.3%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #3 Cities XL Platinum
96% matchMixed58% of 1,633 reviews2013
Dev: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Build cities, shape a world.Cities XL Platinum lets you design, build and link up cities of all shapes and sizes around the Cities XL planet!Build more impressive cities than ever before! Cities XL Platinum offers a huge variety of over 1,000 buildings and constructions (including 50 brand new structures), that you can freely place on...
Why similar: City Builder 67.6%, Simulation 31.5%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #4 Kıraathane Tycoon
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cemil Bora Miskioğlu
Windows
Build and manage your own neighborhood coffeehouse. Serve tea, keep your customers happy, and turn a small kıraathane into a legendary chain!
Why similar: City Builder 39.1%, Simulation 27.4%, Isometric 19.5%, Top-Down 7.1%, 3D 6.4%
- #5 Distant Kingdoms
94% matchMixed44% of 303 reviews2021
Dev: Orthrus Studios
Windows
A unique blend of City Building, Social Management, Exploration and Adventure gameplay, Distant Kingdoms brings a rich fantasy world to life. Help the Humans, Dwarves, Elves and Orcs of Talam, begin anew in the fabled land of Ineron.
Why similar: City Builder 69.5%, Simulation 27.2%, Indie 3.3%
- #6 Building destruction
94% matchMixed50% of 26 reviews2022
Dev: Enoops
Windows
Building destruction - an exciting physical game aimed at destroying buildings and various structures.
Why similar: City Builder 51.3%, Simulation 37.4%, 3D 8.6%, Indie 1.6%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #7 Forebearers
93% 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 68.9%, Simulation 27.5%, Indie 3.6%
- #8 Dice Mayor
92% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2023
Dev: ShanShi
Windows
Welcome to Dice city, new mayor. Govern your city with only dice. Dice Mayor combines dice rolling with city building in a roguelike setting.
Why similar: City Builder 44.2%, Simulation 33.3%, Roguelite 20.1%, Indie 1.4%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #9 City Life 2008
91% matchVery Positive81% of 245 reviews2008
Dev: Monte CristoPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Construct the city of the 21st Century with City Life! City Life 2008 Edition is a next-generation City Builder. Its 3D game engine provides a level of detail and animation unprecedented in the City Builder genre, with total freedom of construction.
Why similar: City Builder 62.7%, Simulation 37.3%
- #10 Tycoon City: New York
91% matchMixed42% of 285 reviews2008
Dev: Deep Red Games Ltd.Pub: Atari
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Here's your chance to make it big in the Big Apple... New York City, the city that never sleeps! Go for broke building your own Manhattan empire, creating and customizing over 100 types of major businesses: run a hot nightclub, oversee a media conglomerate, open a lucrative Broadway theater - the choices are endless.
Why similar: City Builder 51.6%, Simulation 48.4%
- #11 Topiopolis
90% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Yukiyama-studio
Windows
Topiopolis is a medieval world-building game based on accumulating and arranging tiles in the right places. You unlock new tiles when you place them next to others.
Why similar: City Builder 51.3%, Simulation 39.2%, 3D 8.3%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #12 Block'hood
89% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,256 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 60.3%, Simulation 24.5%, Isometric 12.3%, Indie 2.2%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #13 SimCity™ 3000 Unlimited
88% matchVery Positive85% of 732 reviews2024
Dev: MaxisPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 31%
SimCity 3000 Unlimited brings you the classic strategy gaming of SimCity 3000 with all-new scenarios that open up a whole world of city planning and building possibilities! The thrills of the classic SimCity 3000 are here again!
Why similar: City Builder 62.4%, Simulation 36.1%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #14 T2436
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Huang Chin Ling
Windows
T2436 is an interactive building explorer based on the real world map. In this software, you will be able to review beautiful buildings and their nearby environments.
Why similar: City Builder 53.2%, Simulation 37.8%, 3D 8%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #15 Villagers
86% matchMixed52% of 373 reviews2016
Dev: bumblebee.Pub: Avanquest Software Publishing Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Villagers is a beautifully illustrated and richly detailed town-building game where you build a thriving community using the people and resources around you. Success or failure depends on your ability to create a town that can grow and prosper, and overcome the harsh realities of medieval life!
Why similar: City Builder 66%, Simulation 30.9%, Indie 3.1%
- #16 Starting a Village from Zero
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Shukichi Studio
Windows · Mac
— This is your own village-building story — You are a familiar summoned by Lily, an apprentice witch. In her place, gather materials, construct buildings, and create a thriving village. A new kind of miniscape × survival × roguelite simulation.
Why similar: City Builder 42.8%, Simulation 28.5%, Roguelite 20.1%, Top-Down 7.3%, Indie 0.9%
- #17 Hexters
85% matchPositive85% of 26 reviews2017
Dev: Draconus Entertainment Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Unique procedurally generated city-building strategy / action game with single player campaign story. Inspired by Tron, Darwinia, Anno, Settlers etc.
Why similar: City Builder 80.8%, Simulation 17%, Indie 2.2%
- #18 Megapolis
84% matchMostly Positive75% of 162 reviews2016
Dev: Lonely Troops
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Casual city building. Become an architect. Manage the small polis. Construct beautiful city zones with plenty of modern blocks. Work your way to the top through the campaign mode, or create your own scenarios.
Why similar: Simulation 44%, City Builder 35.6%, Isometric 15.4%, Indie 4.1%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #19 Geopogo Cities
83% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Geopogo
Windows
Geopogo Cities: Explore real cities—SF, NY, London, Miami—in 3D. Place buildings, tweak layouts, and roam urban icons in early access. Roads, systems, and expanded tools coming to build a full city sim. Shape the future with us!
Why similar: City Builder 49.9%, Simulation 33.2%, Third Person 8.6%, 3D 7.7%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #20 Children of the Nile: Alexandria
84% matchVery Positive84% of 163 reviews2008
Dev: Tilted Mill Entertainment, Inc.
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Children of the Nile: Alexandria is an addition to the base Children of the Nile game, adding a new mini-campaign focused on the rise of the city of Alexandria. Using the unique city-building dynamics of Children of the Nile, you will carve out a new dynasty to rule all of Egypt, and build the greatest city of the ancient world!
Why similar: City Builder 63%, Simulation 36.3%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #21 Twas The Night
82% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Mayham Games
Windows
Build and manage Santa's North Pole mega-workshop in this festive city builder where workshops produce toys for the world's children. Spend Christmas Spirit to create new holiday traditions and upgrade your workshops, but lose your spirit and you'll cease to exist.
Why similar: City Builder 44.9%, Simulation 30.7%, Isometric 17.3%, 3D 5.1%, Indie 1.2%
- #22 Town of Honor
82% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Craftsoft
Windows
“Town of Honor” is a town-building simulation game with roguelike elements set in a remote rural town. As mayor, you must construct buildings, produce and process resources, keep residents happy, and win regular elections.
Why similar: City Builder 62%, Simulation 34.9%, Indie 1.7%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #23 All Quiet Roads
81% matchVery Positive94% of 159 reviews2022
Dev: Scheme StreetPub: Scheme Street, LLC
Windows · Mac
Silence the city. A minimalist logistics puzzle where you untangle traffic jams. No stress. Just flow.
Why similar: City Builder 48.4%, Simulation 36.9%, Top-Down 11.6%, Indie 1.6%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #24 City Builder
81% matchMostly Positive71% of 85 reviews2018
Dev: Cow Corp.
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 18%
You're a government worker who is building a city one building at a time. Place parts of your building to build the tallest building ever created in this fun filled endless stacker!
Why similar: City Builder 49.5%, Simulation 43.8%, Indie 6.7%
- #25 Construction Simulator 3 - Pocket Edition
79% matchMixed69% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: weltenbauer. Software Entwicklung GmbHPub: astragon Entertainment
Windows
In Construction Simulator 3, explore a European town with vehicles from Caterpillar, Liebherr, CASE, MAN, Bell, BOMAG, MEILLER Kipper and more. Take on contracts, build roads and houses, expand your fleet, and grow your company!
Why similar: City Builder 51.1%, Simulation 33%, Third Person 8.1%, 3D 7.2%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #26 Grimgrad
80% matchMixed53% of 87 reviews2023
Dev: Juvty WorldsPub: Juvty Worlds
Windows
Build your own Slavic settlement. Overcome the hardships of medieval life and don't anger the Gods!
Why similar: City Builder 49.7%, Isometric 22.2%, Simulation 17.7%, Top-Down 8.9%, Indie 1.5%
- #27 Macropolis
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RiceGames
Windows · Linux
A cozy 2D city-building game where you gather resources, upgrade buildings, and grow a small pixel town brought to life with cars, dynamic weather and beautiful sunsets.
Why similar: City Builder 51.9%, Simulation 35.8%, Top-Down 10.2%, Indie 1.4%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #28 BlockUrbs
78% matchPositive84% of 25 reviews2024
Dev: HidingDev Games
Windows
BlockUrbs is a small city builder game where you can place a variety of structures and roads on tiles to create tiny, detailed and beautiful city sections without worrying about any goals or scores.
Why similar: City Builder 61.9%, Simulation 30.6%, 3D 5%, Indie 1.5%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #29 Parkdens
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: HidingDev Games
Windows
Parkdens is a minimalistic and relaxing nature park building game where you can place tiles and choose variety of objects ranging from statues, sitting areas, shelters to bushes, playgrounds, trees etc. to populate the placed tiles.
Why similar: City Builder 52.5%, Simulation 37.1%, 3D 7.7%, Indie 1.7%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #30 Kingdoms: Merge & Build
77% matchMostly Positive73% of 15 reviews2024
Dev: Cherrypick Games
Windows
Enjoy a soothing merge-2 experience blended with kingdom-building gameplay in this story-rich adventure!
Why similar: City Builder 61.1%, Simulation 27.8%, Top-Down 7.3%, Indie 1.9%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #31 Community Inc
77% matchMostly Negative40% of 198 reviews2017
Dev: T4 InteractivePub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
As a new Manager, build a happy community and trade with other races... for profit. Yes, that's right, we need their happiness so we can power up our portals. The Lings, your workers, will obey you and help you with your village. But beware, they can cause a lot of problems too.
Why similar: City Builder 50.6%, Simulation 43.9%, Indie 5.5%
- #32 Life In Planet
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Batuhan YılmazPub: Codeks Studio
Windows
Build, arrive, and move into new regions and planets in the depths of space. Whether you will establish a colony and trade or train soldiers and fight, everything is in your hands.
Why similar: City Builder 40.7%, Simulation 30.5%, Isometric 20.6%, 3D 6.7%, Indie 1.1%
- #33 Moth Terra
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Flora Games Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Moth Terra is a relaxing strategy game where you build gardens instead of cities. Grow plants, shape ecosystems, and help moths thrive as you face gentle challenges and unlock new species, tiles, and environments.
Why similar: City Builder 44.7%, Simulation 30%, Isometric 17.8%, 3D 6%, Indie 1.1%
- #34 factory-company
75% match1 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: gem12
Windows
Factory Company is a simulation game challenging players to navigate market trends, finance, and tech innovation to build a leading factory. It combines strategy and creativity to overcome market dynamics and unpredictable events.
Why similar: City Builder 56.8%, Simulation 40.3%, Indie 1.7%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #35 Railway Company Owner
75% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: Favour Toys B.V.
Windows
Railroad Tycoon is a puzzle train simulator video game. build a railway city bigger and more complex than anyone could ever imagine. Build your city into the biggest railroad city in the world.
Why similar: City Builder 40.5%, Simulation 33.2%, Isometric 18.8%, 3D 5.6%, Indie 1.2%
- #36 The Unexpected Quest Prologue
74% matchVery Positive86% of 132 reviews2020
Dev: RionixPub: PQube
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 23%
Adventure game with strategy and management elements in a medieval fantasy setting - drawing inspiration from classics such as Warcraft 3 and The Settlers. In this prologue, play through chapters 1, 2, and 3, where you learn to manage your resources as you build and battle to bring order to the world.
Why similar: City Builder 65.1%, Simulation 27.7%, 3D 5.7%, Singleplayer 0.9%, Indie 0.6%
- #37 PyramidValley: Reborn
73% matchVery Positive88% of 82 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 56.5%, Simulation 43.5%
- #38 Townopolis
73% matchMixed67% of 140 reviews2016
Dev: Lonely Troops
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Casual city building. Become an architect. Manage the small polis. Construct an idyllic neighborhood with plenty of houses. Work your way to the top through the campaign mode, or create your own scenarios.
Why similar: Simulation 38.4%, City Builder 35.9%, Isometric 19.7%, Indie 4.9%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #39 Towns
74% matchMostly Negative27% of 2,831 reviews2012
Dev: Xavi Canal, Ben PalgiPub: SMP
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 17.6 hrs≥1hr: 53%
The game brings a fresh new take on the city building/management genre by introducing many RPG features. In Towns you manage a settlement on top of an active dungeon. Instead of playing the hero who delves deep into the dungeon, how about playing the town that houses and caters to the hero's needs?
Why similar: City Builder 65.5%, Simulation 20.6%, Isometric 9.5%, Indie 3.2%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #40 SugarMill
73% matchMixed49% of 80 reviews2019
Dev: Aatlantis Code
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
SugarMill comes to break the rules of village building simulation. Get ready to deal with food expiration, thirst, real-world measurements, and transportation of goods with horse-drawn carriages.
Why similar: City Builder 57.1%, Simulation 37.3%, Indie 4.7%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #41 Smalltown Architect
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pianova Games
Windows · Mac
Tired of grey cities full of cars and concrete? Let's build charming European-style old towns full of life, color and bustling energy. Beautiful architecture, parks and cobbled streets lined with cafés, shops and restaurants. Relax as you watch your residents enjoy life in your cozy little town.
Why similar: City Builder 50.9%, Simulation 34.1%, Top-Down 7.3%, 3D 7.2%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #42 NOVA ATLANTIS
72% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Silvio Reis
Windows
The ultimate management challenge: rebuild the lost utopia of Atlantis after its fall. Restore essential services, appease the gods, and forge a new Atlantean civilization stronger and more resilient than ever, ensuring the cataclysm never returns.
Why similar: City Builder 53.2%, Simulation 37.8%, 3D 8%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #43 Assassin's Alliance
71% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Assassin's Alliance
Windows
It is an immersive storyline puzzle game designed specifically for players who love rich storylines.
Why similar: City Builder 42.2%, Simulation 34.5%, Artificial Intelligence 20.8%, Indie 1.4%, Singleplayer 1%
- #44 Solaria
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TeaHands
Windows
Guide your city from fledgling solarpunk community to futuristic metropolis, one tile at a time. Watch your citizens survive and thrive. Solaria is a minimalist, solarpunk city builder where the city builds itself!
Why similar: City Builder 59.2%, Isometric 16.6%, Simulation 13.6%, 3D 5.4%, Sci-fi 3.4%
- #45 CityArchitect
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pedro Seabra Medeiros
Windows
Design and build your dream city — one building at a time. CityArchitect lets you create both the city and its architecture, combining styles, designing buildings, managing neighborhoods, and shaping a unique urban landscape.
Why similar: City Builder 53.8%, Isometric 26.2%, Simulation 19.4%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #46 Utopia
69% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: DOTORI games
Windows
Utopia is a city-building strategy simulation game enjoyed with simple rules and casual graphics. Build a city where citizens thrive with happiness on a map made of tiles with various concepts and themes.
Why similar: City Builder 48.2%, Simulation 38.9%, 3D 10%, Indie 1.5%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #47 Tutankhamun – Builders of the Eternal
70% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: TreeByte Software
Windows
A 3D city-builder where you farm the Nile, worship powerful gods, train armies, trade with distant regions, and construct monumental works worthy of ancient Egypt.
Why similar: City Builder 43.7%, Simulation 29%, Isometric 19.8%, 3D 6.6%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #48 Bastide
69% matchMostly Positive73% of 350 reviews2020
Dev: MedievalNexus
Windows
Build. Survive. Thrive. Bastide is a 13th-century city-building strategy game where you transform a vulnerable peasant village into a fortified town. Manage your workforce and protect your people from the constant threats of starvation, disease, winter, and bandits.
Why similar: City Builder 58%, Simulation 37.6%, Indie 4.3%
- #49 Cyty Byldyr
70% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Archor WrightPub: Archor Games
Windows
Cyty Byldyr - A fun & challenging city building simulator. Several different buildings, 2 currencies, normal and premium. Bulldozer, if needed
Why similar: City Builder 49.9%, Simulation 33.7%, Top-Down 8%, 3D 6.1%, Indie 1.5%
- #50 Echoes of Fire
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Faktory Studios LLC
Windows · Mac
Survive the relentless cold in a stylized, post-apocalyptic wilderness. Gather wood, build fires, and fight to stay alive against the wind, snow, and the wild.
Why similar: City Builder 48.3%, Simulation 33.6%, Third Person 9.7%, 3D 6.7%, Indie 1.3%
- #51 Crafty County
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tim Krief
Windows · Linux
A captivating city-building puzzle game, blending strategy with creativity as you help towns by merging groups of four buildings into unique structures to make them grow and prosper.
Why similar: City Builder 54.1%, Simulation 35.6%, 3D 8.2%, Indie 1.4%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #52 温室之城(Glass City : The Dust)
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Intellicentrum
Windows
Glass City : The Dust is a distinctive sim game. Control your character, trying to survival in a glasshouse, making profit from planting, crafting, and so on. Competing with AI, and trying to make the population of city grow, keep the people from contacting deadly germs.
Why similar: City Builder 63.8%, Simulation 32.1%, Indie 4.1%
- #53 新城镇
67% matchMostly Positive71% of 14 reviews2022
Dev: 初稿
Windows
这是一个休闲放置类的城市模拟游戏,玩家可以通过人口增长和发展经济来建造更多的建筑,在游戏中体验从小乡镇发展成为大城市的过程。
Why similar: City Builder 64.7%, Simulation 32.4%, Indie 1.7%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #54 Constructor Plus
67% matchVery Positive89% of 458 reviews2019
Dev: System 3
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Constructor Plus is the definitive building simulation for the modern day tycoon. Build your dream town full of crackpot undesirables, businesses, and quirky tenants whilst fending off your rivals in the eagerly awaited sequel to Constructor HD. With almost 3 times more content, building just got bigger!
Why similar: City Builder 54.9%, Simulation 39.6%, Indie 4.3%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #55 Survival Z The Alpha
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WEN QING
Windows
Be the First Zombie and Start a Great Achievement:Infect the Whole World,Grow your Zombie Poplulations.
Why similar: City Builder 45.4%, Simulation 32.3%, Roguelite 15.6%, 3D 4.9%, Indie 1.3%
- #56 Space Station Alpha
68% matchMixed46% of 78 reviews2015
Dev: NuclearFirecracker
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6 minMean: 19.2 hrs≥1hr: 32%
Build and manage a space station in the outer reaches of space. The challenges will be many, oxygen will escape through every tiny hole in the hull, you'll contend with asteroid showers and nebulous alien blobs.
Why similar: City Builder 55.9%, Simulation 39.8%, Indie 4.3%