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Games Like Townsmen VR

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Simulation, Sandbox, Singleplayer, Indie.

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Townsmen VR uses the exciting possibilities of virtual reality to further enhance the classic city building game with entirely new gameplay experiences and interactive mechanics. It combines elements of a God-game simulation and a classic building game with the interactive possibilities of VR.

Reviews: Very Positive — 84% — of 562 reviews
Released: 2022-03-24
Developer: HandyGames
Genres: Casual, Indie, Simulation, Strategy
Platforms: Windows
Median playtime: 2.4 hrs
Mean playtime: 4.5 hrs
Players ≥ 1 hr: 76%

Overview

Townsmen VR offers a unique blend of god-game mechanics and tactile city-building, allowing players to physically interact with a miniature medieval world. These recommendations focus on titles that capture that same sense of scale, VR immersion, and the satisfying loop of managing and building thriving settlements.

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    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.

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    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. #3 Toy Trains
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    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.

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    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.

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    Why You'll Like It: The non-VR counterpart to the seed game, offering the same core management and medieval city-building mechanics.

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    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.

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    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.

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  10. #10 Settlements Rising
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    Windows
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    90% matchMostly Positive75% of 93 reviews2018
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    Windows

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    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. #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. #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. #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. #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. #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%

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