Games Like The Archaeologists

Seasteader is a city building and management strategy game that allows you to develop and rule over your own seastead, a floating community.

Why similar: City Builder 27.2%, Simulation 19.7%, Strategy 19.7%, Economy 15.6%, Management 10.3%

Aquis: A strategic elemental adventure where a human mage, stranded in a mystical world, must collaborate with elemental beings to mend a portal breach. Battle shadow creatures, restore harmony, and seek a path back to Earth.

Why similar: City Builder 33.8%, Economy 14.6%, Base Building 11%, Management 10.3%, Strategy 10%

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 21%, Management 16.3%, Simulation 15%, Economy 14.5%, Strategy 13.3%

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 30.5%, Strategy 11.6%, Economy 11.4%, Management 11.3%, Simulation 11.2%

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 32.8%, Simulation 16.4%, Management 12.5%, Economy 11.7%, Resource Management 7.1%

Drill Deal is a unique simulator in a fun style that will draw you for hours. It's a building simulator like never before. Feel the thrill of a drill hitting underwater oil fields. Sell the precious substance and make your oil rig more efficient.

Why similar: City Builder 24.2%, Management 15.7%, Simulation 13.7%, Economy 11.3%, Strategy 11%

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 34.5%, Management 13.5%, Base Building 10.8%, Economy 10.5%, Strategy 8.8%

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 35.1%, Economy 14.3%, Strategy 14.1%, Simulation 12.9%, Management 8.6%

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 34.7%, Economy 11.6%, Management 11.1%, Simulation 10.8%, Strategy 10%

Anno 1800™ – Lead the Industrial Revolution! Welcome to the dawn of the Industrial Age. The path you choose will define your world. Are you an innovator or an exploiter? A conqueror or a liberator? How the world remembers your name is up to you.

Why similar: City Builder 47.6%, Economy 16.3%, Strategy 12.4%, Simulation 10%, Resource Management 6.1%

A unique combination of a business management game and detective novel with elegant graphics in a noir comic-book art style. Experience an advanced business management simulation along with intriguing story set in alternative future of Neo-London.

Why similar: City Builder 18.5%, Economy 15.4%, Management 15.3%, Strategy 14.4%, Simulation 12.7%

Build your own airport from the ground up! Construct terminals, runways, and refueling stations, manage baggage handling and catering, research new technologies, and expand your grounds. Become the most successful airport manager – tile by tile!

Why similar: City Builder 36.5%, Simulation 20.7%, Strategy 18.7%, Economy 10.7%, Management 9.1%

Return to the remote island nation of Tropico and expand your Dynasty’s reign from the early colonial period to beyond the 21st Century, facing new challenges including advanced trading mechanics, technology and scientific research, as well as cooperative and competitive MULTIPLAYER.

Why similar: City Builder 46.2%, Strategy 16.7%, Simulation 13.3%, Economy 11.3%, Management 7%

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 36.8%, Economy 17.7%, Simulation 14.6%, Strategy 13.3%, Resource Management 5.8%

Frack the World is a lite-management game where players run a hydrofracking company, balancing the challenges of generating oil while addressing environmental concerns.

Why similar: City Builder 32.7%, Simulation 17.8%, Strategy 16%, Economy 9.8%, Management 7.2%

Care for over 40 different animals from all four corners of the Earth whilst running a professional programme of rescue, rehabilitation, research and conservation.

Why similar: Simulation 21.4%, Management 17.2%, Strategy 16%, City Builder 14.7%, Economy 8.4%

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 35.3%, Economy 13.5%, Simulation 13.3%, Resource Management 10%, Management 9%

An exciting new city-management/puzzle game about buildings and the city they inhabit. You must grow your city to a bustling metropolitan centre with an array of shops, offices, entertainment facilities and amenities, to help your buildings thrive; or risk them being demolished forever.

Why similar: City Builder 33%, Economy 17.8%, Management 15.1%, Strategy 11.3%, Base Building 7.8%

This free version of the United Penguin Kingdom covers the content from one year of in-game time. A city-building game where you build a penguin settlement and satisfy the various needs of your penguins while dealing with seals and killer whales.

Why similar: City Builder 31.5%, Economy 12%, Management 11.6%, Strategy 11.3%, Resource Management 9.2%

Build and manage your own trailer park to either become a peaceful haven or a pit of unruly partiers. Expand on services and amenities to keep tenants happy. Manage staff to keep your park safe and clean or let chaos run amuck and risk it all for higher gains.

Why similar: City Builder 41%, Simulation 17%, Management 14.6%, Economy 11.8%, Building 7.3%

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 34.2%, Simulation 17.6%, Management 14%, Strategy 10.6%, Base Building 10%

Civitatem is a medieval city builder where you help your villagers raise a new settlement in dangerous lands by making use of their skills and available world resources.

Why similar: City Builder 37.3%, Strategy 14.3%, Simulation 12.9%, Base Building 8.4%, Economy 7.8%

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 38.6%, Simulation 20.1%, Economy 11.9%, Management 8.3%, Strategy 6%

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 54.8%, Simulation 19.3%, Management 9.9%, Strategy 9.1%, Economy 4.6%

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 44.9%, Economy 10.1%, Simulation 9.2%, Management 8.7%, Strategy 8.6%

You are the new manager of Stardustry, the pinnacle of resource extraction and production in outer space! Mine ores, process them and create complex resources in this chill industry simulator set in space.

Why similar: City Builder 33.9%, Strategy 18%, Simulation 16.6%, Economy 11.3%, Management 6.6%

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 43%, Economy 16.5%, Simulation 12%, Management 11.6%, Strategy 8.7%

A city-building game where you build a penguin settlement and satisfy the various needs of your penguins while dealing with seals and killer whales. Enjoy the growth of your settlement, become the king, and lead the United Penguin Kingdom.

Why similar: City Builder 31.8%, Economy 15.2%, Management 12.9%, Strategy 11.2%, Resource Management 9.1%

City Builder Pro lets you unleash your inner ruler—design your dream base, prepare for epic battles, and feel the thrill of watching your city grow and dominate. Build smart, strike hard, and rise to power!

Why similar: City Builder 36.8%, Strategy 14.6%, Simulation 14%, Management 11.9%, Resource Management 6.6%

Metropolis - The Ultimate City Simulator. In a game of construction, politics and real estate, build and manage your city to become the most liveable city in the world.

Why similar: City Builder 37.7%, Simulation 22.9%, Strategy 22.8%, Management 16.6%

Build and manage a tropical island economy, optimize production chains, research new technologies, and defend your growing settlement against pirate threats in this relaxing yet strategic city-building game.

Why similar: City Builder 33.8%, Economy 15%, Management 10.7%, Strategy 9.7%, Simulation 8.9%

Diluvian Winds is a relaxing management game set in a small hamlet at the foot of a lighthouse. Welcome weary travelers and work together to expand your hamlet on land, under the sea, or among the clouds.

Why similar: City Builder 30%, Economy 11.3%, Management 8.8%, Base Building 8.5%, Strategy 8%

The world is changing and Tropico is moving with the times - geographical powers rise and fall and the world market is dominated by new players with new demands and offers - and you, as El Presidente, face a whole new set of challenges.

Why similar: City Builder 49.4%, Management 13.3%, Simulation 12.1%, Strategy 11.7%, Economy 7.7%

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 30.3%, Economy 15.9%, Strategy 10.1%, Simulation 9.9%, Management 9.2%

Chinese Empire is an economic city-building strategy taking place in the picturesque areas of China. Create your own new empire that will go down in history!

Why similar: City Builder 36.7%, Economy 15.8%, Management 13.1%, Strategy 11.4%, Simulation 9.6%

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 35.6%, Simulation 19.8%, Strategy 12.2%, Economy 12%, Management 7.7%

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 32.5%, Economy 18.1%, Strategy 12%, Management 11.3%, Simulation 11.1%

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 34.5%, Strategy 16.1%, Simulation 14.4%, Management 12.5%, Resource Management 7.8%

Bonanza Burger: Build, manage, and compete! Design your restaurant, hire a top-notch team, and battle rival managers. Conquer challenges, expand, and prove you're the ultimate fast-food mogul!

Why similar: City Builder 32.2%, Simulation 17.6%, Strategy 16.1%, Economy 10.1%, Management 7.1%

A real-world city-building simulation where you shape the future of downtown Windsor–Detroit. Zone, redevelop, and experiment with growth using real map data in a living urban sandbox.

Why similar: City Builder 33.6%, Simulation 17.3%, Strategy 16.5%, Economy 8.7%, Management 6%

A roguelike medieval city builder where your whole city feeds one sprawling brewing operation. Scout for rare ingredients and resources, raise the farms, mills, and workshops that keep it running, and supply the factions you want to win over. Kings rise or fall on the strength of your beer.

Why similar: City Builder 33.4%, Strategy 18.2%, Simulation 16.7%, Management 12.5%, Base Building 7.5%

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 26.7%, Economy 17%, Management 14.7%, Strategy 9.8%, Simulation 9.2%

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 32.8%, Simulation 17.4%, Strategy 16.5%, Economy 11.6%, Management 7.4%

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 42.3%, Economy 13.1%, Simulation 12.3%, Management 11.4%, Building 7.4%

A chill city-builder with roguelite elements. You are playing as a tribe of forest critters trying to achieve prosperity while maintaining the sanctity of the forest. Discover more than 80+ different buildings to construct and combo around.

Why similar: City Builder 33.5%, Strategy 17.5%, Simulation 16.1%, Economy 9%, Nature 5%

The deepest city-building simulation experience ever. Build, grow, and manage a bustling metropolis. Take on the administrative tasks necessary to keep a modern-day city functioning. Construction, zoning, transportation, budgets, city services, and more. You're in control of it all. Are you up to the challenge?

Why similar: City Builder 25.9%, Simulation 20.9%, Strategy 20.3%, Economy 10.6%, Management 9%

Become the richest business owner in this strategy-based simulator, choose your playstyle trying to balance ethics and profits in this chaotic low poly world. Will you keep your ethical businesses thriving or will you let it all crumble down for a quick buck?

Why similar: City Builder 30.8%, Strategy 19.8%, Simulation 17.3%, Management 14.8%, Economy 10.4%

Tycoon game to build and manage your own chess club from the ground up. Balance training, sponsors, tournaments and turn a tiny local club into a global success.

Why similar: City Builder 31.2%, Economy 15.6%, Simulation 15.1%, Strategy 13.4%, Management 11.2%

Build your society of the future, colonize islands, and create sprawling megacities with multitudes of buildings, vehicles, and resources to manage.

Why similar: City Builder 47.9%, Strategy 16.2%, Economy 10.7%, Simulation 8.8%, Resource Management 6.1%

The medieval world is waiting for you! Stand up for your people and help them defend their freedom! Build your village, win battles and tournaments, and lead your settlement to prosperity in colony sim RPG Our Freedom: Prologue!

Why similar: City Builder 28.6%, Strategy 17.1%, Simulation 15.6%, Base Building 11.5%, Management 9.4%

This is a free version of Oxygen, featuring the first 50 game-days. Build your city around the Oxygen Center and ensure your people's survival in a post-apocalyptic future, threatened by crack explosions, deadly winds, droughts and frosts. Lead your people and keep the Oxygen Center running!

Why similar: City Builder 30.1%, Economy 12.4%, Base Building 11.4%, Strategy 10%, Simulation 9.4%

Welcome to your corral, enter the cutthroat business of raising the perfect brood and a successful ranch. Breed and mix more than 15 chicken breeds to achieve your needs. Club a few predators on the head. Create a Fried Chicken Empire or become the largest wholesale egg vendor on the valley.

Why similar: City Builder 34.5%, Simulation 21%, Economy 19.8%, Management 13.8%, Strategy 10.9%

Play Metrocity, a challenging and innovative city builder game. prove your ability to organize and create the best city in the world. develop your city from 0 to thousands of people only in this game.

Why similar: City Builder 31.6%, Economy 13.1%, Management 12.1%, Simulation 9.5%, Strategy 8.4%

Sumerians is a city building game set in ancient Mesopotamia. Attract new citizens and grow by expanding your irrigation system, building walls, palaces, temples and ziggurats. Research new technologies, manage your production, hire workers, and trade.

Why similar: City Builder 30.5%, Simulation 14.8%, Strategy 13.9%, Economy 10.7%, Management 8.2%

Build and manage a thriving summer camp. Provide your campers with a place to catch fish, kayak, and tell ghost stories around the campfire. Will you create the ultimate summer camp? Or will your reputation as camp director plummet from a bunch of unhappy campers?

Why similar: City Builder 31.4%, Management 11.5%, Simulation 10.5%, Strategy 9.4%, Base Building 9.4%

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 50.2%, Simulation 21.8%, Strategy 16.5%, Management 11.1%, Singleplayer 0.4%

City building real time strategy economy simulation game. Manage the resources on the map and build a city connected through road networks of different types of road so that you can meet production targets.

Why similar: City Builder 35.9%, Economy 19.6%, Strategy 15%, Simulation 12.5%, Building 9.8%