- #1 Deisim
97% matchVery Positive93% of 851 reviews2022
Dev: Myron Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Live the experience of being a powerful god and create the world to see the growth of mankind.
Why similar: God Game 26.9% ★, City Builder 17.7%, VR 14.7%, Building 9.3%, Sandbox 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: A quintessential VR god-game that lets you directly influence the lives of your followers and shape the landscape with your own hands.
- #2 Tiny Town VR
96% matchVery Positive92% of 1,217 reviews2017
Dev: Lumbernauts
Windows
Create an original world and fill it with buildings, roads, vehicles and more. Give it life with posable characters. Tell a story with custom speech bubbles and in-game photo captures. Then, share with friends!
Why similar: City Builder 27.6%, VR 21.6%, God Game 16.2% ★, Simulation 9.8%, Sandbox 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the creative, sandbox aspect of building miniature towns in a virtual reality environment.
- #3 Toy Trains
95% matchVery Positive96% of 104 reviews2024
Dev: Something Random
Windows
Let’s play Toy Trains! A playful track-building VR game where you create your own small world and engage in a captivating storyline. It’s all about imagination, creative thinking, having fun and… trains!
Why similar: God Game 30.8% ★, VR 23.7%, City Builder 14.8%, Resource Management 7.1%, Family Friendly 6%
Why You'll Like It: A VR game that emphasizes a miniature, toy-like world with puzzle and building elements that feel very similar to the scale of Townsmen VR.
- #4 Super Island God VR
96% matchMixed62% of 58 reviews2019
Dev: Empyrean Interactive
Windows
Jump into Super Island God and take on the role of a lost island tribe's deity in this exciting new God Simulator. Harness your divine power in this built-for-VR game and reward (or punish) your civilization as they journey through dozens of handcrafted challenges.
Why similar: God Game 39.3% ★, VR 30.3%, Simulation 14.6%, Strategy 12.1%, Indie 3.7%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a similar god-game experience where you manage an island population from a top-down perspective in VR.
- #5 Foundation
94% 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 41.6%, Medieval 13.4%, Building 8.7%, Simulation 8.6%, Resource Management 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A deep medieval city-builder that excels in organic, grid-less construction, perfect for those who enjoy the historical theme.
- #6 Townsmen - A Kingdom Rebuilt
94% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,339 reviews2019
Dev: HandyGames
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Townsmen – A Kingdom Rebuilt hands the crown to you: Guide your people from their first steps in a small village to a massive medieval metropolis with thousands of inhabitants.
Why similar: City Builder 30%, Simulation 16%, Strategy 15.9%, Medieval 10.4%, Building 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: The non-VR counterpart to the seed game, offering the same core management and medieval city-building mechanics.
- #7 Townscaper
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 21,438 reviews2021
Dev: Oskar StålbergPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 42 minMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Instant town building toy. Place housing blocks and watch them transform, piece by piece, into idyllic ocean-side towns, pastoral gardens, or sweeping cities on the sea.
Why similar: City Builder 34%, Building 18%, Sandbox 11.9%, Simulation 10.1%, Family Friendly 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: While not a traditional management game, its focus on building beautiful, miniature-scale structures is highly appealing to fans of the aesthetic.
- #8 Tentacular
93% matchVery Positive92% of 98 reviews2022
Dev: Firepunchd Games UGPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Tentacular is a VR game about a gigantic but good-hearted tentacled beast trying to figure out its place in the world.
Why similar: God Game 30.7% ★, VR 25.7%, Building 13.7%, Sandbox 7.3%, Funny 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: Features physics-based, god-like interactions with a city environment that mirror the tactile satisfaction of Townsmen VR.
- #9 Cities: Skylines
91% matchVery Positive93% of 286,936 reviews2015
Dev: Colossal OrderPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 65.0 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 48.9%, Building 15%, Simulation 11.3%, Strategy 7%, Sandbox 7%
Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for modern city-building, offering deep management systems for those who want more complexity.
- #10 Settlements Rising
89% matchVery Positive82% of 412 reviews2025
Dev: The Catalyst Crew
Windows
Settlements Rising is a medieval city building and colony management game. It offers a lively colony experience with simulated villagers, dozens of professions and resources, natural disasters, and raids, while providing full control over the colony through trade, production chains and datas.
Why similar: City Builder 33.7%, Medieval 12.6%, Building 12.1%, Resource Management 12%, Strategy 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: Combines colony simulation with city-building, requiring careful resource management to keep your medieval village alive.
- #11 House Flipper VR
91% matchMixed50% of 361 reviews2020
Dev: Frozen Way
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Virtual makeovers were never more real! Thanks to VR technology, you will be able to single-handedly take care of ruined properties, gaining your clients' appreciation and satisfaction from a job well done! Put on your goggles, take a firm grip on the controllers and become a master of renovation!
Why similar: Simulation 27.1%, VR 26.2%, Casual 11.8%, Indie 8.9%, Building 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: While focused on renovation, it provides the same satisfying tactile VR interaction with building components.
- #12 Catan VR
90% matchMostly Positive75% of 93 reviews2018
Dev: Experiment 7
Windows
Catan VR allows tabletop fans and new players alike to experience the best-selling board game in a fresh, fully-immersive format. Take on other players around the world or play against Catan personalities and watch the island come to life in VR for the first time.
Why similar: VR 43.8%, Simulation 20.7%, Strategy 18.4%, Resource Management 15.5%, Singleplayer 1.5%
Why You'll Like It: Brings a classic board game to life in VR, capturing the same tabletop-style interaction and strategic planning.
- #13 Tinytopia
89% matchVery Positive84% of 319 reviews2021
Dev: MeNic GamesPub: Mastiff
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Construct charming toy towns and cities atop tiny terrain. Combine building blocks to create new megastructures. Test your skills in the physics-based Challenge stages or simply unwind and obliterate everything with an array of cute catastrophes!
Why similar: City Builder 33.4%, Building 15.3%, Sandbox 9.5%, Simulation 8.9%, Family Friendly 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: Uses physics-based building mechanics to create miniature cities, aligning well with the tactile feel of Townsmen VR.
- #14 Civitatem
88% matchMixed63% of 133 reviews2022
Dev: LW Games
Windows
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 37.1%, Strategy 13.9%, Simulation 13%, Medieval 12%, Resource Management 10%
Why You'll Like It: A medieval city-builder that focuses on the survival and development of a small village, much like the early game of Townsmen VR.
- #15 MicroTown
87% 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 40.6%, Medieval 17.9%, Resource Management 16.2%, Sandbox 11.2%, Strategy 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A charming medieval city-builder that focuses on resource management and colony growth in a small-scale setting.
- #16 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 31.9%, Building 14.6%, Medieval 13.3%, Sandbox 10.1%, Resource Management 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: A cozy city-builder that emphasizes management and building a thriving community in a sandbox environment.
- #17 Universe Sandbox
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 30,587 reviews2015
Dev: Giant Army
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 23.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Create & destroy on an unimaginable scale with a realistic physics-based space simulator. Explore the beauty of our universe and the fragility of our planet. Use science to bend the laws of gravity, collide planets, boil away oceans, fire epic space lasers, and customize your universe.
Why similar: God Game 41.2% ★, Sandbox 19.8%, Simulation 16.9%, Family Friendly 7.3%, Atmospheric 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: Offers the ultimate god-game experience, allowing you to manipulate physics and celestial bodies on a grand scale.
- #18 Pocket City 2
85% matchVery Positive94% of 128 reviews2025
Dev: Codebrew Games Inc.
Windows · Mac
A city-building game with a unique twist—step inside and experience your city firsthand! Plan roads, zones, and infrastructure while growing your economy, managing resources, and unlocking special buildings. Host events, build mega projects, and watch your city thrive in a dynamic world.
Why similar: City Builder 36.9%, Strategy 12%, Sandbox 11.2%, Building 9.2%, Funny 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: A casual city-builder that is easy to pick up and play, offering a fun, streamlined management experience.
- #19 Planet Coaster 2
83% matchMostly Positive72% of 12,780 reviews2024
Dev: Frontier Developments
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 32.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Build and customise thrilling roller coasters and incredible water slides, manage the ultimate theme park experience, and share your epic creations. Are you ready to ride the wave?
Why similar: God Game 25.5% ★, City Builder 22.1%, Building 13%, Simulation 10.7%, Sandbox 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: Provides an incredibly detailed sandbox building experience for those who want to create complex, themed environments.
- #20 Venture Towns
84% matchMostly Positive79% of 131 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Make your own metropolitan utopia! Stores, mansions, towers--anything goes!
Why similar: City Builder 35.6%, God Game 16.1% ★, Simulation 15.7%, Strategy 12.8%, Building 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: A casual, pixel-art city-builder that focuses on the growth and management of a small town.
- #21 Highrise City
82% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,282 reviews2023
Dev: Fourexo EntertainmentPub: Deck13
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Highrise City offers a new spin on City Simulations & Tycoon games expanding the economy and resource management aspect. Experience a modern take on the genre enriched with a complex resource based economy system.
Why similar: City Builder 37.1%, Building 13.2%, Simulation 12.2%, Strategy 11.6%, Sandbox 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: A more complex city-builder that introduces deep economic management for players looking for a greater challenge.
- #22 Creo God Simulator
80% matchMostly Positive79% of 237 reviews2025
Dev: MKSM Design LLC
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Creo God Simulator is a game of city building, resource management, survival, and a ton of villager smiting. As the divinely chosen Creostrider, it's your job to build a society bit by bit, while convincing your new population to believe in you as their one true god.
Why similar: God Game 42.3% ★, City Builder 29.5%, Simulation 9.1%, Strategy 8%, Sandbox 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: A modern take on the god-game genre that emphasizes management and city-building elements.
- #23 Go-Go Town!
77% matchVery Positive94% of 2,120 reviews2024
Dev: Prideful Sloth
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Step into the role of a hands-on mayor and build your town from the ground up. Plan neighborhoods, automate logistics, and grow your community—all while juggling workers, infrastructure, and day-to-day chaos to create your dream town. Play solo for total control, or bring friends for co-op mayhem.
Why similar: City Builder 34.4%, Building 16.1%, Simulation 11.3%, Sandbox 10.9%, Strategy 8.5%
- #24 Villagers
82% matchMixed53% of 342 reviews2016
Dev: bumblebee.Pub: Avanquest Software Publishing Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 95%
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 48.4%, Strategy 17%, Simulation 16.9%, Medieval 13.2%, Indie 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: A strategy-focused city-builder that tasks you with managing the lives and needs of your medieval citizens.
- #25 The Universim
77% matchVery Positive80% of 10,483 reviews2024
Dev: Crytivo
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 33.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Jump straight into managing your own planets as you guide a civilization through the ages. Build the ultimate empire in The Universim, a new breed of God Game in development by Crytivo.
Why similar: God Game 34.4% ★, City Builder 25.9%, Building 11.3%, Sandbox 7.7%, Resource Management 5.5%
- #26 Settlement Survival
76% matchVery Positive86% of 7,842 reviews2022
Dev: Gleamer StudioPub: Team17
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
In this city-building game, you will lead a group of survivors in their search for a new home. Manipulate the landscape, manage limited supplies, plant crops, hunt wildlife, gather resources, and develop trade routes to build a bustling and unique town.
Why similar: City Builder 34.8%, Medieval 15.3%, Building 14.9%, Resource Management 7.5%, Simulation 7.4%
- #27 City Tales - Medieval Era
75% matchVery Positive90% of 542 reviews2026
Dev: Irregular ShapesPub: Firesquid
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
City Tales is a medieval city builder, allowing you to unleash your creativity and shape vast cities that break outside a traditional grid. Plan each district for your citizens needs and aid your companions in their tales, creating a city to be proud of!
Why similar: City Builder 39.6%, Building 19.2%, Resource Management 13.4%, Simulation 13.4%, Medieval 11.1%
- #28 The God
79% matchMixed66% of 56 reviews2018
Dev: Struct9
Windows
Feel the power of god and create your dream world in a beautiful low-poly style. Share your creations with your friends and enjoy.
Why similar: God Game 40.3% ★, VR 25.4%, Simulation 19.2%, Casual 8.6%, Indie 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: A VR-specific god-game that allows you to interact with a small population and influence their development.
- #29 Towns
81% matchMostly Negative27% of 2,812 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 46.9%, Sandbox 13.1%, Simulation 11.2%, Strategy 10.6%, Building 7%
Why You'll Like It: An indie city-builder that focuses on managing a settlement while dealing with various threats and resource needs.
- #30 A Game of Humans
78% matchMixed66% of 73 reviews2020
Dev: Scion Studios
Windows
A sandbox village simulation fundamentally about people, their thoughts and their needs. Luckily they are not alone in their burden, for you possess divine powers. And you would surely never add to the plight of the common man... Right?
Why similar: God Game 27.4% ★, City Builder 25.9%, Medieval 10.5%, Building 8.1%, Strategy 7.5%
- #31 Timber and Stone
79% matchMixed49% of 863 reviews2015
Dev: Games by Robert, LLC
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Timber and Stone is a procedural city building game set in a medieval fantasy world. With over one-hundred resources to gather and craft, Timber and Stone has the feel of a real time strategy game, but with much more depth and complexity.
Why similar: City Builder 61.7%, Strategy 18.1%, Sandbox 13.6%, Indie 5.8%, Singleplayer 0.8%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-oriented city-builder that forces you to manage resources and defend your medieval village.
- #32 Crafting Town
76% 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 25.1%, Resource Management 19.2%, Simulation 15.4%, Building 14.5%, Strategy 8.1%
- #33 The Settlers: New Allies
75% matchMixed49% of 1,134 reviews2024
Dev: Ubisoft DüsseldorfPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 16.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%
The Settlers®: New Allies is a strategy game with an in-depth build-up experience and real-time strategic battles.
Why similar: God Game 34% ★, City Builder 30.4%, Strategy 11.1%, Building 10.7%, Simulation 9.6%
- #34 Tavern Master
73% matchVery Positive92% of 12,821 reviews2021
Dev: Untitled Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Tavern Master is all about managing your medieval tavern. You start with a very small room, couple of benches and tables and build your way up to a huge successful tavern with a kitchen, rooms for guests, group of loyal staff and much more!
Why similar: Building 21.2%, City Builder 18.1%, Medieval 16.7%, Simulation 14.5%, Resource Management 13.5%
- #35 City idle
74% matchMostly Positive72% of 214 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: Simulation 24.4%, Building 23.8%, Strategy 23.1%, Medieval 13.6%, Exploration 9.5%
- #36 Ostriv
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 7,359 reviews2020
Dev: yevhen8
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 36.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Ostriv is a city-building game that puts you in a role of a governor of an 18th century Ukrainian town to challenge your creative skills and management abilities.
Why similar: City Builder 34.6%, Building 13%, Resource Management 10.9%, Strategy 10.6%, Medieval 9.7%
- #37 Lords and Villeins
73% matchMostly Positive71% of 951 reviews2022
Dev: Honestly GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Build a prosperous settlement in a unique simulation of a feudal economy - each family runs their shop, owns their goods, and trades with other villagers in a free market. You will manage the land, build houses, organise events, set taxes, and balance supply and demand while engaging in diplomacy!
Why similar: City Builder 28.7%, Medieval 13.3%, Building 12.2%, Strategy 8.9%, Resource Management 8.6%
- #38 WW2 Rebuilder
72% matchVery Positive85% of 1,515 reviews2023
Dev: Madnetic Games
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Build the new future of Europe! Flip, renovate, repair and rebuild places destroyed during World War 2. Get to know the history and stories of civilians. Play an immersive building simulator with grappling storytelling.
Why similar: City Builder 27.4%, God Game 24.7% ★, Building 12.1%, Resource Management 11.3%, Simulation 9.8%
- #39 TrainerVR
74% matchVery Positive93% of 60 reviews2017
Dev: Sumalab
Windows
TrainerVR is a unique physics-based VR train construction game. In TrainerVR you can create from simple tracks to an elaborate rail network, just like the wooden piece game, but to the infinity and beyond, and drive trains inside your creations!
Why similar: VR 28.3%, Experience 27.7% ★, Simulation 19%, Building 10.2%, Casual 8.3%
- #40 Tile Cities 2
71% 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 34.2%, Strategy 19.9%, Simulation 19.2%, Building 11.5%, Casual 10.2%
- #41 Constructor Plus
71% matchVery Positive89% of 454 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 38%, Strategy 20.9%, Simulation 20.8%, Building 13%, Indie 6%
- #42 Kingdoms Reborn
70% matchVery Positive91% of 9,531 reviews2020
Dev: Earthshine
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 24.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A city builder with simulated citizens, set in a procedurally-generated world map. Grow your kingdom through the eras from a tiny medieval hamlet into a prosperous global empire! Cooperate or compete in real-time with your friends in multiplayer mode.
Why similar: City Builder 52.6%, Medieval 11.6%, Resource Management 10.1%, Building 9.4%, Strategy 8.6%
- #43 House Builder
69% matchMostly Positive80% of 2,523 reviews2024
Dev: FreeMind S.A.Pub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Become a one-man construction crew! Travel around the world and through the ages to build iconic designs! Beware of unpleasant temperatures and dangerous fauna!
Why similar: Building 24.5%, Simulation 15.8%, Sandbox 15.3%, Family Friendly 13.6%, Funny 10.1%
- #44 Hearthlands
72% matchVery Positive82% of 414 reviews2017
Dev: Four White Cats
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Hearthlands is a medieval/fantasy city-building real time strategy game in which you take a role of a king in a procedurally generated world. You can not control your subjects directly; instead you focus on city-building, resource management, diplomacy, magic, etc.
Why similar: City Builder 32.6%, God Game 17.9% ★, Medieval 11.7%, Strategy 9.3%, Simulation 9.2%
- #45 BalanCity
71% matchVery Positive81% of 905 reviews2016
Dev: MeNic Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
BalanCity is a city building / balance physics game. It's a mixture between old school SimCity and Jenga. You must build the tallest towering city over a balancing platform while keeping your citizens happy.
Why similar: City Builder 59.8%, Simulation 11.6%, Strategy 10.7%, Casual 5.7%, Family Friendly 5.3%
- #46 Factory Town
68% matchVery Positive91% of 4,419 reviews2021
Dev: Erik Asmussen
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Build, automate, and optimize a giant factory on 3D terrain using conveyor belts, trains, chutes, pipes, and airships. Sell your goods to nearby villages to expand their borders, increase happiness, and unlock even better technology!
Why similar: City Builder 34.6%, Resource Management 17.2%, Sandbox 12.6%, Building 12.3%, Simulation 11.7%
- #47 Vacation Simulator
69% matchVery Positive91% of 1,045 reviews2019
Dev: Owlchemy Labs
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
The latest VR sensation from the creators of ‘Job Simulator’, now with free DLC! Welcome to Vacation Simulator: a rough approximation of VACATION inspired by real human NOT JOBBING. Reallocate your bandwidth and get ready to splash, s’more, snowball, and selfie your way to optimal relaxation.
Why similar: VR 38.1%, Simulation 14%, Sandbox 11%, Family Friendly 10.9%, Funny 9.8%
- #48 Two Point Museum
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 11,346 reviews2025
Dev: Two Point StudiosPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 24.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 29.7%, Building 16.1%, Simulation 12%, Strategy 10%, Sandbox 9.1%
- #49 Humanica
66% matchVery Positive95% of 121 reviews2026
Dev: PanfachDev
Windows
Humanica is a city-builder game about an ancient settlement, featuring vast technological development. Experience the journey from sticks and stones to iron tools and windmills!
Why similar: City Builder 33.7%, Building 12.3%, Resource Management 11.7%, Simulation 10.4%, Medieval 9.9%
- #50 Cave Digger VR
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 347 reviews2018
Dev: VRKiwi
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 25%
Cave Digger VR is a virtual reality mining game in an alternative western setting. Gear up with numerous unique tools and explore the town and the depths of the mountain. Discover secrets, easter eggs and multiple endings!
Why similar: VR 40.8%, Sandbox 11.6%, Family Friendly 11.5%, Simulation 9.5%, Funny 9.3%
- #51 Kingdoms and Castles
67% matchVery Positive93% of 30,837 reviews2017
Dev: Lion Shield, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Kingdoms and Castles is a city-building simulation game about growing a kingdom from a tiny hamlet to a sprawling city and imposing castle. Make trade agreements, alliance, and war with neighboring AI controlled kingdoms. Each villager and resource is individually simulated.
Why similar: City Builder 43.1%, Medieval 13.9%, Building 12.5%, Strategy 9.6%, Resource Management 7.2%
- #52 Goblins of Elderstone
68% matchMostly Positive74% of 394 reviews2023
Dev: Outerdawn
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 53%
This Goblin Tribe Simulator brings a challenging blend of chaos and creativity to the city-building genre. Build dwellings, manage your resources, defend your goblins, and grow your tribe, and please the Gods! Do you have what it takes to control the chaos and rule the unruly?
Why similar: God Game 29.2% ★, City Builder 25.8%, Building 13.1%, Resource Management 11.1%, Strategy 8.3%
- #53 Indoorlands
68% matchVery Positive81% of 269 reviews2022
Dev: Pixelsplit
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 21.9%, Building 16.3%, Resource Management 12.6%, Simulation 11.5%, Strategy 10.3%
- #54 Planet Coaster
67% matchVery Positive91% of 71,331 reviews2016
Dev: Frontier Developments
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 22.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Planet Coaster® - the future of coaster park simulation games has arrived! Surprise, delight and thrill incredible crowds as you build your coaster park empire - let your imagination run wild, and share your success with the world.
Why similar: Building 20%, God Game 14.5% ★, Simulation 13.7%, City Builder 12.2%, Sandbox 10.3%
- #55 Distant Kingdoms
70% 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 60.6%, Simulation 18%, Strategy 15.4%, Indie 5.9%
- #56 Empires and Tribes
67% matchMixed67% 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 40.4%, Building 19.8%, Medieval 18.7%, Strategy 9%, Simulation 7%
- #57 Heian City Story
65% matchVery Positive89% of 148 reviews2025
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
A city-building sim with a historical twist
Why similar: City Builder 44%, Simulation 16.6%, Strategy 15.7%, Building 13.5%, Casual 7.6%