Games Like Tropico 5

El Presidente is back! Prove yourself once again as a feared dictator or peace-loving statesman on the island state of Tropico and shape the fate of your very own banana republic through four distinctive eras.

Why similar: City Builder 46.5%, Strategy 13.3%, Economy 10.7%, Simulation 8.4%, Sandbox 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: Direct sequel that expands the island management formula with archipelago mechanics and larger political depth.

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 53.4%, Strategy 11.8%, Simulation 9.3%, Sandbox 6.6%, Management 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: Widely considered a high point in the series, offering beloved political satire and engaging economic scenarios.

Become the dictator of a remote island during the Cold War. Charm, persuade, intimidate, oppress, or cheat your people to stay in power! Are you a kind and generous leader? A corrupt and ruthless tyrant ruling with an iron fist?

Why similar: City Builder 47.6%, Strategy 14.8%, Simulation 12.9%, Sandbox 7.4%, Management 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: The title that successfully rebooted the franchise into full 3D sandbox dictatorial management.

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 50.5%, Strategy 12.3%, Economy 10%, Simulation 7.5%, Sandbox 5%

Why You'll Like It: Delivers complex city-building, historical progression, and deep multi-tier supply chain management.

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 57.6%, Simulation 9.4%, Sandbox 8.4%, Strategy 7.9%, Economy 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a robust modern city-building and traffic management sandbox for those who love detailed urban planning.

Build a soviet republic from an impoverished country into a rich industrial superpower in a city builder with intricate production chains and a fully simulated global economy. Manage the lives of your citizens from education to work and party loyalty to criminal activity.

Why similar: City Builder 40.3%, Strategy 12.1%, Economy 11.3%, Sandbox 9.4%, Simulation 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: Offers an intensely detailed economic and city simulation focusing on planned economies and resource logistics.

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 52.7%, Strategy 16.7%, Simulation 6.8%, Economy 6.8%, Resource Management 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: Brings the classic economic city-building formula into a near-future setting with ecological choices.

Relive the captivating gameplay of a true city-building classic with Anno® 1404 History Edition.

Why similar: City Builder 51.5%, Strategy 16.9%, Simulation 9.9%, Management 6.3%, Multiplayer 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: Combines colonization, economic balancing, and city-building within a charming historical setting.

In this city-building strategy game, you control a group of exiled travelers who decide to restart their lives in a new land. They have only the clothes on their backs and a cart filled with supplies from their homeland. The townspeople of Banished are your primary resource.

Why similar: City Builder 60%, Strategy 12.9%, Simulation 8.9%, Sandbox 7.6%, Economy 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: Challenges players to manage a small exiled society's survival through harsh winters and resource balancing.

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 38.8%, Economy 14.2%, Strategy 13.3%, Simulation 9.5%, Management 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on the economic and logistical puzzle of building supply chains and manufacturing empires.

SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition includes the bestselling SimCity 4 and the all-new SimCity 4 Rush Hour Expansion Pack. Create the most massive region of cities ever, with a farming town, bedroom community, high-tech commercial center, and industrial backbone.

Why similar: City Builder 42.1%, Sandbox 13.5%, Economy 13.1%, Strategy 11.5%, Simulation 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: The classic gold standard for regional city simulation and deep municipal economic control.

In Railway Empire, you will create an elaborate and wide-ranging rail network, purchase over 40 different trains modelled in extraordinary detail, and buy or build railway stations, maintenance buildings, factories and tourist attractions to keep your travel network ahead of the competition.

Why similar: City Builder 23.6%, Strategy 21.3%, Economy 14.4%, Simulation 14.1%, Management 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: Combines network management, economic strategy, and historical tycoon gameplay.

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: City Builder 20.7%, Sandbox 17.9%, Simulation 16.5%, Economy 11.7%, Management 11%

Why You'll Like It: Appeals to fans of detailed park and economy management with rich sandbox construction tools.

The Caribbean, in the turbulent 17th Century. The mighty kingdoms of Spain, England, France and the Netherlands fight over the colonies. And there you are, a young sea captain whose only goal is to become the most powerful man in the New World.

Why similar: Strategy 32.8%, Economy 22.7%, Simulation 18.4%, Management 11.3%, City Builder 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: Shares the Caribbean trade, economic empire-building, and naval merchant themes of the Tropico region.

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 50.9%, Sandbox 10.7%, Simulation 10.5%, Economy 9.1%, Strategy 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: Expands on urban simulation with more realistic economies, demographics, and sprawling city scales.

Command a settlement of ancient humans, guide them through the ages in their struggle for survival. Hunt, gather, craft tools, fight, research new techs and face the challenges the environment will throw at you.

Why similar: City Builder 63.4%, Strategy 11.5%, Sandbox 6.4%, Simulation 6.3%, Economy 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: Follows human settlement progression across prehistoric eras akin to the historical era-shifting of Tropico.

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 55.7%, Strategy 8.7%, Economy 8.1%, Management 6.1%, Multiplayer 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: Combines city-building, card-based mechanics, and multiplayer resource management in a growing settlement.

Frostpunk is the first society survival game. As the ruler of the last city on Earth, it is your duty to manage both its citizens and infrastructure. What decisions will you make to ensure your society's survival? What will you do when pushed to breaking point? Who will you become in the process?

Why similar: City Builder 59.9%, Strategy 14.8%, Resource Management 8.4%, Economy 4.7%, Simulation 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: Blends society survival city-building with difficult moral and political decree choices.

As Governor of a Roman Province in the time-honoured Roman Empire, its fortune very much lies in your hands. Choose one of five Roman noble families such as Caesar’s Julii with different abilities to accomplish the comprehensive missions.

Why similar: City Builder 56.7%, Strategy 22.5%, Simulation 11.2%, Historical 5.2%, Multiplayer 2.3%

Why You'll Like It: Combines historical city-building, economic management, and empire expansion in the ancient world.

Build a world for wildlife in Planet Zoo. From the developers of Planet Coaster and Zoo Tycoon comes the ultimate zoo sim. Construct detailed habitats, manage your zoo, and meet authentic living animals who think, feel and explore the world you create around them.

Why similar: City Builder 33.3%, Sandbox 13.6%, Simulation 11.9%, Management 10.8%, Economy 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: Delivers intricate management and guest satisfaction systems wrapped in a detailed construction sandbox.

Build a new home for humanity in Aven Colony. Discover Aven Prime - an alien planet of deserts, tundras, and wetlands light years from earth. Build your colonies into massive, sprawling cities whilst dealing with the challenges faced when settling on a new world.

Why similar: City Builder 64.7%, Strategy 16.9%, Simulation 10.6%, Sandbox 2.8%, Management 2.3%

Why You'll Like It: Offers sci-fi colony building with unique environmental hazards and political leadership mechanics.

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 60%, Sandbox 21.4%, Simulation 12.6%, Open World 2.9%, Atmospheric 1.8%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a relaxing, whimsical alternative for building colorful island towns without heavy economic stress.

Project Highrise is a skyscraper construction and management sim...

Why similar: Strategy 22.2%, Simulation 20.7%, Management 18.1%, City Builder 16.8%, Sandbox 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on vertical skyscraper construction, tenant management, and micro-economy optimization.

You are a merchant in northern Europe in the late Middle Ages when the Hanseatic League was flourishing. Your goal is to rise to the most successful and influential member of the Hanse, ultimately being elected Elderman, leader of the trading league.

Why similar: Strategy 38.6%, Economy 23.3%, Resource Management 13.6%, Simulation 13.4%, Management 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses deeply on Hanseatic trade networks, town development, and economic dominance.

Design, build, and manage a high school with terrific teachers and fantastic facilities or simply let your students poop in the bushes? Academia : School Simulator is a management/tycoon game where you get to decide!

Why similar: City Builder 43.7%, Economy 13%, Sandbox 12.3%, Strategy 10.9%, Simulation 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: Offers institutional management and layout design with a focus on keeping students and staff happy.

You can’t rise to the top without taking a few others down. If that means engaging in a workplace accidents, dodgy deals, and a shifty trick or two then so be it! You're going to need every trick in the book if you want to go from small-time slumlord to property tycoon!

Why similar: City Builder 54.8%, Strategy 23.1%, Simulation 16.1%, Comedy 3.8%, RTS 2.2%

Why You'll Like It: Embraces a humorous, cutthroat approach to property development and real estate tycoon strategy.

Manage your own coffee shop and control every detail to make it the most popular one in town! Roast your own beans and create your recipes. Hire and train your staff, manage your economy and marketing, and destroy your competition to become the ultimate legal coffee monopoly in Coffee Shop Tycoon.

Why similar: Strategy 25.1%, Simulation 23%, Economy 22.4%, Management 19.2%, Resource Management 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: Presents micro-management and business growth mechanics for fans of economic simulation.

Urban Empire is a ‘City Ruler’, pioneering a new breed of strategy game that combines city builder features with political scheming and adds profound social and historical events into the mix, creating a whole new gameplay experience.

Why similar: City Builder 43.8%, Strategy 18.4%, Simulation 12.3%, Economy 11.2%, Management 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: Blends city-building with political party management and municipal governance over five eras.

The public aquarium simulator. Design your displays, look after your fish, manage your staff and keep your guests happy! It's all in a day's work as the curator of your very own Megaquarium.

Why similar: Sandbox 28.1%, Simulation 20.4%, Management 15.9%, Economy 14.8%, Strategy 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: Combines guest management, staff optimization, and economic upkeep in a charming theme park sim.

Shape the Roman Empire in this genre-defining strategic builder game. Build cities while expanding your influence through Roman provinces. Govern using your economic prowess, diplomatic skills, or military might.

Why similar: City Builder 40.2%, Strategy 12.6%, Sandbox 10.7%, Economy 9.8%, Simulation 8.8%

TROPICO RELOADED is the ultimate game compilation for hobby-dictators and those dreaming of their own Caribbean island. Tropico combines real-time strategy and simulation elements with a healthy dose of political intrigue and Caribbean flair to create a unique and critically acclaimed game experience.

Why similar: City Builder 53.8%, Strategy 14.1%, Simulation 12.1%, Sandbox 6.5%, Management 5.9%

In Anno 2205™, you join humankind‘s next step into the future with the promise to build a better tomorrow. You conquer Earth, establishing rich, bustling cities and grand industrial complexes, but to secure the prosperity of your people, you must travel into space.

Why similar: City Builder 51.7%, Strategy 14.7%, Economy 8.9%, Simulation 7.9%, Management 4.1%

Create a 21st century micro-nation and experiment with economic and political ideals. Futuristic skyscrapers or spreading slums, the Nation relies on your economic and city planning skills.

Why similar: City Builder 47.1%, Strategy 12.8%, Simulation 10.6%, Economy 9.5%, Sandbox 7.2%

In Game Dev Tycoon you replay the history of the gaming industry by starting your own video game development company in the 80s. Create best selling games. Research new technologies and invent new game types. Become the leader of the market and gain worldwide fans.

Why similar: Simulation 29.3%, Management 27%, Strategy 18.8%, Economy 14.8%, Sandbox 6.3%

Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 Platinum combines the excitement of rollercoasters with the fun of a great strategy simulation. RCT3 Platinum combines the roller coaster theme park fun of the Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 with included expansion packs Soaked! and Wild! Now enjoy more options than ever.

Why similar: Sandbox 22.5%, Simulation 21.9%, Management 16.6%, Strategy 13.3%, City Builder 10.2%

Rise of Nations is back! Play the updated classic with full Steamworks integration and enhanced features!

Why similar: Strategy 38.4%, City Builder 19.2%, RTS 12.5%, Simulation 8.6%, Multiplayer 8.2%

Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!

Why similar: Strategy 50.9%, Multiplayer 15.6%, Historical 10.9%, Economy 9.7%, Simulation 5.5%

Stronghold Crusader 2 is the long awaited sequel to the original castle sim. After 12 years Stronghold returns to the desert with a new 3D engine and powerful Havok Physics. Crusader 2 recaptures the original game’s addictive, fast-paced gameplay and authentic castle simulation.

Why similar: City Builder 42.7%, Strategy 26.7%, Simulation 6.3%, Multiplayer 6.2%, RTS 5.3%

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 54.6%, Strategy 9.8%, Sandbox 8.3%, Simulation 7.9%, Economy 7.1%

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 51.4%, Economy 11.4%, Simulation 10.2%, Strategy 9.7%, Sandbox 9.1%

Only the world’s most ruthless Warden can contain the world’s most ruthless inmates. Design and develop your personalized penitentiary in Prison Architect.

Why similar: City Builder 36.7%, Sandbox 14.3%, Strategy 12.1%, Simulation 10.5%, Economy 8.3%

For centuries Europe has been dominated by the church and nobility. On the shoulders of ordinary people the servants of god and the noble families justified their power and wealth. This was the incontrovertible, divine world order. A truly dark era… In the 14th Century the world order is beginning to transform itself.

Why similar: City Builder 26.9%, Economy 17.6%, Strategy 17.2%, Simulation 13.3%, Sandbox 6.5%

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 59.5%, Simulation 14.8%, Strategy 9.3%, Sandbox 8.4%, Management 4.7%

Transport Fever is a railroad-focused tycoon game. Players start in 1850 and build up a thriving transport company. As an emerging transport tycoon, the player constructs stations, airports, harbors and makes money by connecting areas requiring transport services. Build up your own Empire!

Why similar: City Builder 39.7%, Sandbox 13.3%, Economy 12.6%, Strategy 10.8%, Simulation 8%

Carefully guide your nation from the era of absolute monarchies in the early 19th century, through expansion and colonization, to finally become a truly great power by the dawn of the 20th century. Victoria II is a grand strategy game played during the colonial era of the 19th century, where the player takes control of a country, guiding...

Why similar: Strategy 27%, Economy 19.5%, Simulation 11.8%, Sandbox 10.7%, Historical 10.1%

It’s the year 1850, and there are great times ahead! Establish a transport company and be its manager. Build infrastructure such as railways and stations, purchase transportation vehicles and manage lines. Fulfill the people’s needs and watch cities evolve dynamically.

Why similar: City Builder 28.1%, Simulation 17.4%, Economy 14.6%, Strategy 13.4%, Sandbox 10.8%

Build a sprawling pirate haven, raise a fleet to explore the high seas, and take on the Crown to keep the Age of Piracy alive! From ale to flintlock pistols, and from scallywags to swashbucklers, you’ll need to manage complex production chains and govern a rowdy crew to reign supreme over the seas!

Why similar: City Builder 38.6%, Strategy 11.8%, Sandbox 11.4%, Economy 11.4%, Simulation 8.7%

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 44.6%, Sandbox 9.9%, Economy 9.5%, Strategy 9.5%, Simulation 7.3%

Rule your land and dominate the world with unparalleled freedom, depth and historical accuracy. Write a new history of the world and build an empire for the ages.

Why similar: Strategy 21.3%, Economy 19.2%, Sandbox 19.1%, Simulation 15.4%, Historical 9%

Create your own Nation, build cities and bring prosperity to your people. Citystate II is a unique city-builder featuring realistic economics and complex political options. Slums or skyscrapers, experiment and bring about your vision of the ideal society.

Why similar: City Builder 47%, Economy 13.9%, Sandbox 10.8%, Simulation 9.1%, Strategy 8.3%

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 49.6%, Strategy 26.6%, Simulation 19.1%, Comedy 4%, Singleplayer 0.7%

Cities in Motion 2 is the sequel to the popular mass transit simulation game Cities in Motion. Build, manage and lead your transportation network to provide cities with their ever changing needs. CIM2 introduces new features including multiplayer game modes, day and night cycles, timetables and dynamic cities.

Why similar: City Builder 36.7%, Simulation 17.4%, Strategy 16.1%, Sandbox 10.3%, Management 9.1%

Design stunning hospitals, cure peculiar illnesses and manage troublesome staff as you spread your budding healthcare organisation across Two Point County.

Why similar: Simulation 26.1%, City Builder 21.3%, Management 19.2%, Sandbox 13%, Strategy 11.8%

Set 10 years after the original, Stronghold 3: Gold follows the vengeful story of The Wolf in the third installment of the award-winning castle building series. The Wolf has cheated death become even more bitter and twisted. Build castles, rally your troops and save medieval England!

Why similar: City Builder 42.7%, Strategy 23.9%, Simulation 7.7%, Sandbox 5.6%, Resource Management 4.1%

The Guild 3 is a fascinating trade and life simulation that takes place during the late Middle Ages. Step into the shoes of a citizen, acquire businesses and mansions, produce goods and trade them, start intrigues in politics and society, love, hate, bribe, fight and live through good and bad times!

Why similar: Economy 27.7%, Strategy 20%, Simulation 17%, Sandbox 11.8%, Multiplayer 6.9%

The Guild 2 is the shining successor of the ultra successful medieval life sim, Europe 1400. The Guild 2 is a unique mixture of RPG and life simulation in an immersive middle ages scenario. The player and his party become part of history and can even change it in real-time. Go back to the dark middle ages and found a new dynasty!

Why similar: Strategy 31.5%, Simulation 27.1%, Economy 15.6%, Sandbox 13%, Management 7.7%

Rediscover the classic gameplay of 1701 A.D. and its expansion The Sunken Dragon in Anno® 1701 History Edition.

Why similar: City Builder 45.1%, Strategy 14.5%, Simulation 11.3%, Economy 9%, RTS 5.1%

Form your own game studio set in the early 1980s in a small garage. Develop your own game ideas, create a team and develop megahit video games. Research new technologies, train your staff and upgrade your office space, going from a lowly garage to a huge building. Expand your business and dominate the world market for video games!

Why similar: Economy 20.1%, Strategy 18%, Management 17.9%, Sandbox 16.8%, Simulation 16.4%