- #1 Zen World
97% matchVery Positive80% of 56 reviews2021
Dev: Cartboard Games
Windows
Zen World is a strategy game that can be as relaxing as you want it to be. Build a calm and colorful landscape with hexagonal tiles, matching their borders to each other, collect valuable boxes, and explore the tech tree.
Why similar: Hex Grid 26.2% ★, Board Game 17.4%, City Builder 16.8%, Medieval 8.7%, Relaxing 7.2%
- #2 URBO
96% matchVery Positive92% of 648 reviews2023
Dev: Door 407
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%
URBO is a relaxing cozy city-building puzzle game where you create beautiful towns on floating islands. Begin with an empty grid of landscape, choose an architectural style and build. Watch the population grow and the city flourish.
Why similar: City Builder 30.3%, Minimalist 13%, Relaxing 12.1%, Strategy 8.4%, Building 8.3%
- #3 hexurb
96% matchMostly Positive78% of 76 reviews2021
Dev: byMixNez
Windows
hexurb is a calm, peaceful city builder where you can relax after a hard day and just have a good time!
Why similar: Hex Grid 42.2% ★, City Builder 25.7%, Relaxing 9.4%, Strategy 7%, Casual 4%
- #4 Tile Cities
95% matchVery Positive94% of 568 reviews2022
Dev: yevhen8
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Tile Cities turns city-building experience into a simple relaxing puzzle game and does so with style
Why similar: City Builder 39.4%, Strategy 15.6%, Relaxing 9.6%, Minimalist 8.1%, Puzzle 7.8%
- #5 Oxytone
94% matchVery Positive93% of 134 reviews2023
Dev: OxGamesPub: Tate Multimedia
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Relax and listen to the hypnotizing world of Oxytone, slow paced puzzle game where you rotate hexagonal tiles with paths. Each tile can be used up to six times, creating tangled paths.
Why similar: Hex Grid 24% ★, Board Game 24%, Relaxing 12%, Strategy 9.2%, Minimalist 7.2%
- #6 Tile Cities 2
94% matchVery Positive95% of 64 reviews2024
Dev: yevhen8
Windows
City-building experience reimagined as a simple relaxing puzzle game bringing the original Tile Cities to a new level
Why similar: City Builder 33.3%, Strategy 20.2%, Minimalist 11.7%, Casual 11.3%, Puzzle 7.6%
- #7 Dorfromantik
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 29,027 reviews2022
Dev: Toukana Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Dorfromantik is a peaceful building strategy and puzzle game where you create a beautiful and ever-growing village landscape by placing tiles. Explore a variety of colorful biomes, discover and unlock new tiles and complete quests to fill your world with life!
Why similar: City Builder 26.1%, Board Game 24.8%, Relaxing 10.8%, Minimalist 10.2%, Strategy 7.9%
- #8 River Towns
91% matchVery Positive93% of 239 reviews2025
Dev: Frogsong StudiosPub: Metaroot
Windows
Solve puzzles by placing buildings and creating vibrant cities in River Towns. Each district has its own style and shapes, making every level a new challenge. Help to restore and rebuild our River Towns.
Why similar: City Builder 27.7%, Board Game 27.6%, Relaxing 9.3%, Strategy 8.7%, Puzzle 6.4%
- #9 MicroTown
92% matchVery Positive95% of 472 reviews2019
Dev: Snowy Ash Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build and manage your own settlement! A relaxing village construction and management simulator.
Why similar: City Builder 30.9%, Hex Grid 27.5% ★, Medieval 16.2%, Relaxing 8.7%, Strategy 7.9%
- #10 TerraScape
91% matchVery Positive89% of 2,107 reviews2024
Dev: Bitfall StudiosPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Build gorgeous kingdoms on floating islands by strategically placing buildings in this cozy City-Puzzler. Discover secret combinations, take on weekly challenges and explore randomly generated maps in various single- and multiplayer game modes.
Why similar: Hex Grid 30.5% ★, Board Game 18.6%, City Builder 17.6%, Medieval 11%, Relaxing 7.1%
- #11 Teeny Tiny Town
90% matchVery Positive92% of 52 reviews2024
Dev: Short Circuit Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Proving that all good things come in threes! Welcome to Teeny Tiny Town, where you connect three identical tiles to evolve your city, merge by merge. Watch your metropolis grow from scratch, from 'aww' to 'awesome!'
Why similar: City Builder 33%, Minimalist 15.7%, Strategy 12.3%, Relaxing 11.1%, Building 8.8%
- #12 Match Village
89% matchVery Positive83% of 70 reviews2022
Dev: Rising Moon Games
Windows
Match Village is a minimalist puzzle and strategy game about merge buildings to create villages on colorful islands.
Why similar: Hex Grid 29.6% ★, City Builder 23.2%, Medieval 11.2%, Relaxing 8.8%, Minimalist 8.7%
- #13 Dolmenjord - Viking Islands
89% matchVery Positive85% of 99 reviews2022
Dev: Mens Sana Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Arrange Viking villages in the islands to expand their domains, in this logic puzzle game! After years of battles, a group of Vikings decided to conquer new lands. Under the protection of the god Njord, a new clan sets out in search of glory!
Why similar: City Builder 23.7%, Board Game 20.4%, Medieval 10.2%, Relaxing 7.9%, Strategy 7.1%
- #14 Can't Live Without Electricity
87% matchVery Positive94% of 241 reviews2023
Dev: MELOVITY
Windows · Mac
Can't Live Without Electricity is a 3D relaxing puzzle game in which you supply electricity by connecting houses to power plants.
Why similar: Hex Grid 25.5% ★, City Builder 17.7%, Minimalist 10.9%, Strategy 10.3%, Relaxing 9.6%
- #15 Tile Tale
88% matchMostly Positive75% of 50 reviews2022
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
Push colorful tiles into the grid creating fields of the same type to gain new tile types. Create different worlds such as jungle islands, wasteland volcano land or even a big city!
Why similar: City Builder 41.3%, Agriculture 23.8% ★, Strategy 15.6%, Puzzle 8.4%, Building 7.6%
- #16 Reefland
86% matchVery Positive93% of 82 reviews2022
Dev: UnSweet
Windows
Reefland - is a colorful city-building simulator with a relaxing atmosphere, where you are up to paint the island by placing buildings.
Why similar: Hex Grid 31.8% ★, City Builder 26.1%, Relaxing 10.4%, Strategy 7.3%, Minimalist 6.7%
- #17 Orrstead
86% matchVery Positive81% of 77 reviews2024
Dev: IndividualKex
Windows
Orrstead is a relaxing city builder that combines resource management and incremental game mechanics. Unlock technologies, complete quests, and adapt to the changing seasons.
Why similar: City Builder 33.3%, Medieval 16.5%, Relaxing 9%, Minimalist 8.8%, Building 8.6%
- #18 ISLANDERS
84% matchVery Positive94% of 16,710 reviews2019
Dev: Coatsink
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 64%
ISLANDERS is a minimalist strategy game about building cities on colorful islands.
Why similar: City Builder 38.1%, Relaxing 17.6%, Minimalist 10.9%, Strategy 10.6%, Building 8.3%
- #19 Land Above Sea Below
85% matchMostly Positive73% of 145 reviews2023
Dev: Glasscannon StudioPub: Skystone Games
Windows
Land Above Sea Below is an atmospheric building strategy and puzzle game where you have to build your island from tiles in order to raise its height as much as possible, to avoid it getting flooded by the constantly rising sea level.
Why similar: City Builder 33%, Relaxing 12.4%, Strategy 10.3%, Building 8.1%, Puzzle 6.7%
- #20 Coral Cove
83% matchVery Positive94% of 147 reviews2023
Dev: Sandro FigoPub: MediaCube Games
Windows
Coral Cove is a relaxing match 3-like underwater game in which you try to build the largest reef without running out of corals to place.
Why similar: Hex Grid 41.3% ★, City Builder 16.3%, Relaxing 8.1%, Strategy 7.7%, Building 6.4%
- #21 Shanshui Haven
82% matchVery Positive99% of 84 reviews2024
Dev: LeeT Game
Windows
"Shanshui Haven" is a casual city-building game, offering a relaxing and engaging experience with strategic elements.
Why similar: City Builder 37.7%, Relaxing 15.6%, Strategy 12.9%, Top-Down 8.4%, Casual 7%
- #22 Citizens: Far Lands
82% matchMostly Positive79% of 135 reviews2022
Dev: RedKar DevsPub: CreativeForge Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Citizens is a blend between turn based city builder and a puzzler for strategy masterminds. Build a thriving settlement, extract and process resources and manage your population by catering to their needs, thus allowing you to build bigger and better!
Why similar: City Builder 28.3%, Agriculture 16.3% ★, Medieval 15.2%, Minimalist 13%, Strategy 8.2%
- #23 HexON
84% matchMixed70% of 82 reviews2020
Dev: Minimol Games
Windows · Mac
A relaxing puzzle game. Turn on each board by connecting all magnetic pieces to it.
Why similar: Hex Grid 40.4% ★, Board Game 19%, Relaxing 8.7%, Building 6.5%, Strategy 5.9%
- #24 Island Cities - Jigsaw Puzzle
81% matchVery Positive94% of 235 reviews2022
Dev: Mens Sana Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Arrange the town islands and see them come to life. Just swap the blocks of a 3D jigsaw puzzle.
Why similar: City Builder 31.7%, Board Game 27.8%, Relaxing 10.8%, Minimalist 8.4%, Puzzle 7.4%
- #25 Cardboard Town
80% matchVery Positive81% of 2,136 reviews2023
Dev: Stratera GamesPub: Rogue Duck Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Cardboard Town is a city-building card game. Manage your resources, obtain upgrades, draw your cards and thrive! Random events, quest cards, and game modes make each run different.
Why similar: City Builder 58.5%, Building 18.9%, Strategy 16%, Casual 6.6%
- #26 ISLANDERS: New Shores
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,154 reviews2025
Dev: The StationPub: Coatsink
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Welcome to ISLANDERS: New Shores. Build your island retreat in a calm, minimalist world with exciting new features that keep the classic charm while inspiring fresh creativity.
Why similar: City Builder 35.4%, Relaxing 13.2%, Strategy 11.9%, Building 9%, Minimalist 8.5%
- #27 Biomisland
81% matchVery Positive90% of 111 reviews2022
Dev: Remi Song
Windows
BIOmISLAND is a relaxing minimalist nature builder game. Visit randomly generated islands and restore nature at your own pace using diverse plants at your disposal.
Why similar: City Builder 37.3%, Strategy 19.4%, Minimalist 11.8%, Casual 11%, Relaxing 9.1%
- #28 Town to City
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 5,836 reviews2025
Dev: Galaxy GrovePub: Kwalee
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 7.0 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 61.9%, Relaxing 11.7%, Building 11%, Strategy 10.9%, Atmospheric 2.7%
- #29 HEXAROMA: Village Builder
79% matchVery Positive82% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: Almost a Game CompanyPub: Rogue Duck Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
HEXAROMA is a charming village builder set on a tiny island village where you start your Hexling colony! Place your buildings, and manage Hexling villagers on a hexagonal island. Plan your placements wisely, grow your settlement, optimize your colony and help your villagers thrive.
Why similar: City Builder 32.9%, Medieval 15.2%, Minimalist 14.1%, Relaxing 10.6%, Strategy 9.6%
- #30 hexceed
79% matchVery Positive90% of 2,727 reviews2021
Dev: ToastieLabs
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 20.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%
A relaxing, hexagon based, puzzle game. An exciting new twist on a classic game without the element of guesswork! Use your critical thinking and our stimulating game mechanics to progress through hundreds of levels!
Why similar: Hex Grid 53.2% ★, Relaxing 13.4%, Minimalist 8.7%, Puzzle 8%, Top-Down 6.7%
- #31 Urbek City Builder
78% matchVery Positive90% of 1,808 reviews2022
Dev: FridusPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 10.0 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 38%, Agriculture 20.6% ★, Strategy 10.4%, Building 10%, Minimalist 9.9%
- #32 Hex
78% matchVery Positive88% of 57 reviews2017
Dev: Studio Goya
Windows · Mac
Hex is a unique puzzle game with a simple goal, clear the tiles to win. Tiles might multiply, explode, toggle on and off, and more as you jump between them in this exciting journey through over 80 challenging levels.
Why similar: Hex Grid 51.9% ★, Minimalist 17.6%, Relaxing 10.3%, Puzzle 10%, Casual 5.4%
- #33 Heian City Story
73% matchVery Positive89% of 148 reviews2025
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
A city-building sim with a historical twist
Why similar: City Builder 47.6%, Strategy 17.8%, Casual 9.4%, Top-Down 8.5%, Building 8.2%
- #34 Home Wind
74% matchVery Positive90% of 830 reviews2022
Dev: Adi Zhavo
Windows · Mac
Home Wind is a minimalist, relaxing and cozy city builder about creating large settlements based on proximity tactics. All for free!
Why similar: City Builder 35.7%, Medieval 14.8%, Minimalist 13.7%, Relaxing 11.5%, Strategy 9.6%
- #35 Foundation
70% matchVery Positive86% of 23,481 reviews2025
Dev: Polymorph Games
Windows
Median: 11.0 hrsMean: 26.3 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 51.3%, Medieval 19.6%, Strategy 10.2%, Relaxing 8.6%, Building 6%
- #36 Pan'orama: Prologue
75% matchVery Positive84% of 80 reviews2023
Dev: Chicken LauncherPub: Awaken Realms
Windows
Pan'orama is a relaxing and soothing puzzle simulation game in which you create amazing landscapes using different types of tiles, but most of all by discovering the connections between them and finding unique combinations.
Why similar: City Builder 43.1%, Minimalist 14.5%, Building 13.2%, Relaxing 8.2%, Strategy 6.7%
- #37 Hero Guider
73% matchVery Positive99% of 102 reviews2024
Dev: BestQ
Windows · Mac
A construction puzzle game about building various facilities and guiding the hero to go through the mazes.
Why similar: Strategy 27.4%, Relaxing 21.7%, Puzzle 15.1%, Casual 14.6%, Top-Down 9.7%
- #38 Tiny Garden
72% matchVery Positive90% of 184 reviews2025
Dev: Ao NortePub: Super Rare Originals
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Tiny Garden lets you grow a pocket-sized garden inside a magical toy passed down through generations. Nurture plants, trade them for furniture, and customize your space in this relaxing mix of farming, puzzles, and strategy. No scores or time limits - let your creativity bloom!
Why similar: Agriculture 31% ★, Casual 15.9%, Puzzle 11.7%, Relaxing 11.2%, 3D 9.3%
- #39 Forests, Fields and Fortresses
74% matchVery Positive95% of 77 reviews2023
Dev: 9 Eyes Game Studio
Windows · Mac
Forests, Fields and Fortresses - is a mix of a puzzle and a board game in which you have to build your kingdom.
Why similar: City Builder 30.4%, Board Game 23.9%, Strategy 11.8%, Medieval 10.2%, Casual 9.2%
- #40 Terroir
77% matchMostly Positive72% of 396 reviews2017
Dev: General Interactive Co.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Terroir is a 3D tile-based tycoon game where you manage your very own vineyard. In Terroir, you grow a variety of different grape varietals, craft your wine, and expand and manage your Chateau, all the while dealing with the weather and events that can either make or break your business.
Why similar: Hex Grid 33.4% ★, City Builder 19.8%, Agriculture 17.6% ★, Relaxing 8.5%, Strategy 6%
- #41 Steam: Rails to Riches
76% matchMostly Positive78% of 119 reviews2017
Dev: Acram Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The official version of one of the best board games - Steam: Rails to Riches. Take control of a railway company, issue shares, build railroads, deliver goods along an network of tracks and stations and make profit to expand.
Why similar: Hex Grid 47.5% ★, Board Game 30.5%, Strategy 10.1%, Casual 4.9%, Relaxing 4.8%
- #42 Triple Town
75% matchVery Positive92% of 818 reviews2012
Dev: Spry Fox
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 16.5 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Triple Town is an award-winning original puzzle game in which you try to grow the greatest possible city. The larger the city you build, the more points you score. You build your city by matching three or more game-pieces: combine three grasses to make a bush, three bushes to make a tree...
Why similar: Strategy 42.6%, Casual 28.5%, Puzzle 24.4%, Singleplayer 3%, Indie 1.5%
- #43 Hexguardian
72% matchMostly Positive80% of 685 reviews2024
Dev: Split Second GamesPub: Yogscast Games
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Hexguardian is a roguelite, tower defense game where you build your own maps with hexagonal tiles! Build and upgrade towers, recruit armies, learn spells, construct wonders and place hexagonal tiles to create a path to enhance your defenses. With plenty of game modes and talents to unlock!
Why similar: Hex Grid 53.7% ★, City Builder 21.3%, Strategy 10.2%, Medieval 7%, 3D 5.7%
- #44 Scorchlands
71% matchVery Positive91% of 129 reviews2024
Dev: RinglabPub: Star Drifters
Windows · Linux
Build, optimize, and explore at your own pace in Scorchlands, a cozy yet strategic colony builder. Manage resources, shape the environment, and expand your network across a volcanic moon. No rush, no pressure, just satisfying logistics and endless possibilities.
Why similar: Hex Grid 47.6% ★, City Builder 21.6%, Relaxing 8.5%, Strategy 6.9%, Top-Down 6.1%
- #45 Tilecraft
73% matchMixed68% of 50 reviews2022
Dev: Stephen HubbardPub: Hubbard Games
Windows · Mac
'Tilecraft: A New Horizon' is a minimalist and relaxing strategy game about discovering and building on your explored tiles. Explore a procedurally generated set of resources across the map in this unique and casual atmosphere.
Why similar: Strategy 32.1%, Relaxing 19%, Top-Down 15%, Minimalist 15%, Casual 11.6%
- #46 Land Above Sea Below Prologue
71% matchVery Positive82% of 145 reviews2023
Dev: Glasscannon StudioPub: Skystone Games
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 31%
Land Above Sea Below Prologue is an atmospheric first chapter of the building strategy and puzzle game where you have to build your island from tiles in order to raise its height as much as possible, to avoid it getting flooded by the constantly rising sea level.
Why similar: City Builder 31.7%, Board Game 26.6%, Strategy 9.3%, Building 8.1%, Puzzle 6.7%
- #47 Pan'orama
70% matchVery Positive89% of 1,317 reviews2023
Dev: Chicken LauncherPub: Awaken Realms
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Relax and unleash your creativity in this new city building puzzle game. Create amazing landscapes and discover wide range of structures with special abilities. Enter the world of beauty and tranquility with the panoramas of your own creation and don't forget to pet your new animal friends!
Why similar: City Builder 40.2%, Minimalist 16.6%, Relaxing 15.8%, Building 11.1%, Strategy 8.1%
- #48 Before We Leave
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,697 reviews2021
Dev: Balancing Monkey GamesPub: Team17
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Before We Leave is a city building game set in a cozy corner of the universe. Nurture your Peeps and their surroundings while rebuilding and rediscovering civilisation. Settle new lands and planets while avoiding hungry Space Whales.
Why similar: Hex Grid 38.2% ★, City Builder 24.2%, Relaxing 9.1%, Building 5.8%, Strategy 5.4%
- #49 Pile Up!
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,047 reviews2025
Dev: RemoobPub: Catoptric Games
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 65%
"Pile Up!" is a strategic building game which you need to build houses, fulfill your people’s requests and manage your risky buildings in different ways on a small land. But don’t let your guard down in this chill environment, we only get you relaxed so you destroy everything you did.
Why similar: City Builder 34.1%, Minimalist 16.1%, Relaxing 16%, Strategy 10.1%, Building 9.7%
- #50 Hexagod
69% matchVery Positive89% of 80 reviews2025
Dev: Aarimous
Windows · Mac · Linux
A satisfying roguelike village builder set in the eye of an apocalyptic storm. Place hexagon tiles, unlock adjacency bonuses, and find powerful relics to create game breaking synergies. Prove you are worthy of becoming the next Hexagod… before the storm destroys it all.
Why similar: City Builder 46.9%, Minimalist 15.3%, Strategy 12.9%, Puzzle 9.9%, Building 7.1%
- #51 Mini Settlers
67% matchVery Positive86% of 607 reviews2025
Dev: Knight Owl GamesPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Mini Settlers is a minimalistic city builder! Settle islands, construct cities, and design efficient logistic networks to fulfill your buildings' needs and fuel population growth to adventure into new worlds.
Why similar: City Builder 38.4%, Minimalist 19.1%, Relaxing 12.4%, Strategy 12.1%, Building 9.7%
- #52 Isle of Arrows
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,065 reviews2022
Dev: Gridpop
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Isle of Arrows is a Puzzle Tower Defense game in which you build a fortress in the sky. Place towers, expand the isle, and build your own paths. Can you find the perfect spot for each tile to beat the RNG and defend against waves of invaders?
Why similar: Board Game 29.7%, City Builder 15.7%, Minimalist 12.2%, Medieval 11.3%, Strategy 9.4%
- #53 Dawnfolk
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 668 reviews2025
Dev: Darenn KellerPub: Astra Logical
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Dawnfolk is a charmingly dark, casual and puzzly survival building game. Gather resources, rebuild your realm, and protect your people from oppressive shadows. Can you unveil the secrets of the monoliths and bring light back to the world?
Why similar: City Builder 24.8%, Board Game 24.4%, Medieval 13.7%, Relaxing 8.9%, Minimalist 8.7%
- #54 Townframe
67% matchVery Positive95% of 101 reviews2024
Dev: norrimo
Windows
A relaxing puzzle game where you recreate towns from people's memories. These people will give you written puzzles and to solve them you'll be able to either modify the buildings or use different tools, such as one that makes wind, and many others. Each puzzle will surprise you in a different way.
Why similar: City Builder 37.7%, Relaxing 29.9%, Puzzle 17.2%, Casual 11%, Singleplayer 3.6%
- #55 Station to Station
66% matchVery Positive89% of 1,833 reviews2023
Dev: Galaxy GrovePub: Prismatika
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 48%
‘Station to Station’ is a minimalist & relaxing game about building railway connections. Grab your conductor’s hat and bring the voxel-art world to life through the magic of trains!
Why similar: City Builder 28.7%, Relaxing 18.3%, Strategy 10.7%, Minimalist 10.6%, Puzzle 9.8%
- #56 Bubblegum Galaxy
64% matchVery Positive100% of 102 reviews2026
Dev: Smarto ClubPub: Astrolabe Games
Windows
Bubblegum Galaxy is a cozy narrative building game about rebuilding the galaxy tile by tile. Discover and design new planets, complete missions, explore your office and befriend your co-workers... all while trying to find out who deleted the galaxy!
Why similar: City Builder 43.2%, Strategy 11.9%, Relaxing 11.2%, Building 10%, Puzzle 8.6%
- #57 Crafting Town
69% matchMostly Positive73% of 55 reviews2022
Dev: Musa GUNGOR
Windows
Crafting Town Is : A Crafting game with Simulation&Building where you can Craft and Develop your Village, Source Management and Quests.
Why similar: Medieval 48.9%, Strategy 13.9%, Building 13.4%, Casual 11.3%, Atmospheric 8.7%
- #58 Tails of Trainspot
67% matchVery Positive94% of 62 reviews2023
Dev: Poly Poly GamesPub: indie.io
Windows · Mac
Relax and challenge your mind in Tails of Trainspot, a cozy logic puzzle game where you build railway networks, connect numbered stations, and explore a mysterious island filled with stories, animal residents, and mini-games.
Why similar: City Builder 33.8%, Relaxing 15%, Strategy 11.2%, Building 9.3%, Puzzle 8.2%
- #59 Colonize
67% matchMostly Negative38% of 168 reviews2026
Dev: RembrosoftPub: CreativeForge Games
Windows
Colonize is a relaxing 17th-century city-builder. Establish a settlement in the New World, manage resources, and ensure your people thrive across three unique levels. No combat, just pure strategy and management in a peaceful isometric world. Build your legacy at your own pace!
Why similar: City Builder 41.5%, Agriculture 15.8% ★, Strategy 14%, Medieval 13.4%, Top-Down 7.3%
- #60 Atlas Architect
68% matchMostly Positive72% of 225 reviews2021
Dev: Danial RashidiPub: Rashidi Interactive
Windows
A creative game where your imagination is your limit.
Why similar: Hex Grid 46.8% ★, City Builder 19.9%, Building 8.9%, Top-Down 6.2%, Medieval 5.7%