- #1 Foundation
97% 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 38.6%, Economy 10.3%, Building 9.5%, Management 9.2%, Resource Management 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: Offers an organic, grid-less approach to city building that focuses on population needs and resource flow.
- #2 Timberborn
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 38,007 reviews2026
Dev: Mechanistry
Windows · Mac
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 40.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Humans are long gone. In a world struck by droughts and toxic waste, will your lumberpunk beavers do any better? A sandbox city-building game featuring ingenious animals, vertical architecture, water physics, and terraforming. Contains high amounts of wood.
Why similar: City Builder 29.8%, Voxel 26% ★, Building 12.9%, Management 11.7%, Sandbox 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: Combines vertical city building with challenging resource management and water-based survival mechanics.
- #3 Anno 1800
96% matchVery Positive81% of 30,897 reviews2019
Dev: Ubisoft MainzPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 9.7 hrsMean: 39.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 43%, Economy 17.3%, Resource Management 8.7%, Strategy 8.1%, Simulation 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: Features deep, complex production chains and economic management that mirror the resource-dependency mechanics of Urbek.
- #4 Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic
95% matchVery Positive91% of 25,183 reviews2024
Dev: 3DivisionPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 73.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 26%, Economy 15%, Building 13.5%, Management 12.3%, Sandbox 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: Provides an incredibly deep economic simulation where every resource must be managed through complex logistics.
- #5 Against the Storm
94% matchVery Positive95% of 35,504 reviews2023
Dev: Eremite GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 28.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A dark fantasy city builder where you must rebuild civilization in the face of apocalyptic rains. As the Queen’s Viceroy, lead humans, beavers, lizards, foxes, and harpies to reclaim the wilderness and secure a future for civilization's last survivors.
Why similar: City Builder 23.8%, Economy 14.5%, Building 13.7%, Management 12.5%, Resource Management 11.9%
Why You'll Like It: A roguelite city builder that emphasizes intense resource management and building synergies in a harsh environment.
- #6 Settlement Survival
94% 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 28.4%, Building 14.4%, Agriculture 12.2% ★, Management 11.6%, Economy 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused city builder that shares Urbek's emphasis on managing limited resources to expand a growing population.
- #7 Banished
93% matchVery Positive90% of 42,988 reviews2014
Dev: Shining Rock Software LLC
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 26.9 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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 48.7%, Sandbox 9.1%, Strategy 8%, Simulation 7.4%, Resource Management 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: The quintessential survival city builder that forces players to carefully manage resources to keep their population alive.
- #8 Rise of Industry
92% matchMostly Positive73% of 4,155 reviews2019
Dev: Dapper Penguin StudiosPub: Kasedo Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 24.8%, Economy 18.5%, Management 16.7%, Resource Management 11.7%, Building 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on logistics and supply chain management, perfect for players who enjoy the economic side of Urbek.
- #9 Voxel Tycoon
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,743 reviews2021
Dev: Voxel Tycoon
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Voxel Tycoon — a management sim set in the infinite voxel world. Mine resources and process them into goods on your custom factories. Set up supply chains and passenger routes with a huge fleet of trains, trucks, and buses, and turn small towns into prosperous megacities with a thriving economy!
Why similar: Voxel 19.9% ★, Economy 14.9%, Management 13.6%, City Builder 11.9%, Building 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: Utilizes a voxel aesthetic and focuses on complex transportation and production networks.
- #10 Frostpunk
91% matchVery Positive93% of 132,545 reviews2018
Dev: 11 bit studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 22.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 41.8%, Resource Management 18.4%, Building 12.1%, Strategy 7.9%, Management 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on high-stakes resource management and societal survival, requiring constant adaptation to changing conditions.
- #11 Cities: Skylines
90% 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 38%, Building 13.8%, Management 10.3%, Economy 9.1%, Sandbox 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for modern city building, offering extensive tools for managing infrastructure and population growth.
- #12 Tropico 6
89% matchVery Positive88% of 28,783 reviews2019
Dev: Limbic EntertainmentPub: Kalypso Media
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 26.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 30.2%, Political Sim 18.1% ★, Economy 14.1%, Management 10.9%, Sandbox 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: Blends city building with political and economic management, requiring players to balance trade and population happiness.
- #13 Manor Lords
88% matchVery Positive85% of 85,453 reviews2024
Dev: Slavic MagicPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 21.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Manor Lords is a medieval strategy game featuring in-depth city building, large-scale tactical battles, and complex economic and social simulations. Rule your lands as a medieval lord – the seasons pass, the weather changes, and cities rise and fall.
Why similar: City Builder 23.5%, Economy 15.2%, Building 13.5%, Management 12.3%, Resource Management 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: Features detailed medieval city building with a strong emphasis on production chains and regional resource management.
- #14 Nebuchadnezzar
89% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,793 reviews2021
Dev: Nepos GamesPub: Astra Logical
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Create and customize cities in Nebuchadnezzar, a classic isometric city-builder where careful planning and define your rise as a ruler in ancient Mesopotamia.
Why similar: City Builder 29.5%, Economy 15.7%, Building 14.1%, Sandbox 12.2%, Management 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: A classic-style city builder that emphasizes production chains and the logical placement of buildings.
- #15 Highrise City
86% 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 28.2%, Sandbox 11.9%, Building 11.8%, Economy 11.7%, Management 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: Combines traditional city building with a deep economic simulation that rewards efficient resource management.
- #16 Project Highrise
87% matchVery Positive85% of 4,730 reviews2016
Dev: SomaSimPub: Kasedo Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 32.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Project Highrise is a skyscraper construction and management sim...
Why similar: Management 26.3%, Building 24.3%, Simulation 11.1%, Economy 9.6%, Sandbox 9%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on vertical city management, requiring players to balance the needs of tenants and utility infrastructure.
- #17 Citystate II
86% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,099 reviews2021
Dev: Andy Sztark
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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 24.1%, Political Sim 18.2% ★, Economy 14.4%, Building 11.6%, Management 10%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a deep political and economic simulation that allows for complex city planning and governance.
- #18 Ostriv
84% 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 25.7%, Agriculture 11.8% ★, Building 11.4%, Economy 11%, Management 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: Features realistic historical city building with a strong focus on local production and economic trade.
- #19 Lethis - Path of Progress
85% matchMixed68% of 1,210 reviews2015
Dev: Triskell Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Lethis - Path of Progress is a city-builder in a victorian steampunk setting.
Why similar: City Builder 39.2%, Building 16.6%, Resource Management 12.8%, Sandbox 9%, Strategy 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A steampunk-themed city builder that relies on complex production chains and efficient city layout.
- #20 Endzone - A World Apart
82% matchMostly Positive77% of 9,807 reviews2021
Dev: Gentlymad StudiosPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Endzone is a post-apocalyptic survival city builder, where you start a new civilization with a group of people after an ecological disaster. Build them a new home and ensure their survival in a shattered world, threatened by constant radiation, toxic rain, sandstorms and droughts.
Why similar: City Builder 44.9%, Building 9.8%, Strategy 8.3%, Sandbox 6.8%, Management 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic city builder that prioritizes survival and resource management over pure aesthetic growth.
- #21 The Wandering Village
79% matchVery Positive92% of 8,074 reviews2025
Dev: Stray Fawn StudioPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
The Wandering Village is a city-building simulation game on the back of a giant, wandering creature. Build your settlement and form a symbiotic relationship with the colossus. Will you survive together in this hostile, yet beautiful post-apocalyptic world, contaminated by poisonous plants?
Why similar: City Builder 38.5%, Management 20.6%, Resource Management 17.9%, Sandbox 12.6%, Simulation 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A unique survival city builder where you build a settlement on the back of a giant creature, requiring careful resource balancing.
- #22 Block'hood
83% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,256 reviews2017
Dev: Plethora ProjectPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 19.0 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Block’hood is a neighborhood-building simulator that celebrates the diversity and experimentation of cities and the unique ecosystems within them. Budding city planners will have access to 200+ building blocks to combine and to create unique neighborhoods and discover the implications of their designs.
Why similar: City Builder 45%, Sandbox 16.3%, Building 12.9%, Simulation 10%, Strategy 7%
Why You'll Like It: A voxel-based city builder that emphasizes the interdependence of different structures and resource sustainability.
- #23 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 19.9%, Agriculture 13.2% ★, Resource Management 10.8%, Building 10.1%, Sandbox 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist city builder that uses puzzle-like mechanics to manage resources and population growth.
- #24 Oxygen
81% matchMostly Positive73% of 865 reviews2023
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Oxygen is a survival city builder. 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 more importantly keep the Oxygen Center running!
Why similar: City Builder 26.8%, Building 12.8%, Resource Management 12.7%, Economy 12.4%, Sandbox 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: A survival city builder that requires players to manage resources and infrastructure to keep their population alive in a post-apocalyptic world.
- #25 Kubifaktorium
81% matchVery Positive81% of 786 reviews2021
Dev: Neomateria Games GmbH
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Build, manage and grow a thriving colony in Kubifaktorium. The game features different biomes to explore, plenty of resources to exploit, complex machinery to build and interesting production chains to master.
Why similar: City Builder 23.5%, Voxel 18.1% ★, Economy 13.8%, Building 13.1%, Management 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on automation and colony management, perfect for players who enjoy optimizing production lines.
- #26 Overcrowd: A Commute 'Em Up
80% matchVery Positive81% of 1,740 reviews2020
Dev: SquarePlay Games
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Design and build the most efficient metro stations known to man! Excavate. Expand. Set staff priorities. And manage the commuter flow. Overcrowd is a 2.5D management/tycoon/simulator set below the bustling city of Lubdon Town.
Why similar: City Builder 23.6%, Management 14%, Building 13.6%, Sandbox 10.2%, Resource Management 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the management of infrastructure and the flow of people, similar to the logistical challenges in Urbek.
- #27 Cliff Empire
79% matchVery Positive87% of 4,340 reviews2019
Dev: Lion's Shade
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
After a nuclear war life on the surface became impossible. A 300m thick radioactive fog covered the Earth. We are looking for bold active people to manage the process of restoring life on Earth. Join!
Why similar: City Builder 25.9%, Economy 15%, Building 11.3%, Management 11%, Resource Management 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on verticality and resource management as you build cities on isolated cliffs after a nuclear war.
- #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 32.2%, Voxel 22.4% ★, Building 11.9%, Economy 10.5%, Management 8.1%
- #29 Urbek City Builder: Prologue
77% matchVery Positive94% of 1,703 reviews2022
Dev: Estudios KremlinoisPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Urbek City Builder: Prologue is a free 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. Try it yourself for free!
Why similar: Political Sim 11.9% ★, City Builder 11.7%, Voxel 11.7% ★, Agriculture 9.9% ★, Economy 7.1%
- #30 Indoorlands
78% 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 19.7%, Building 17.3%, Management 16.6%, Resource Management 13.3%, Sandbox 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the management and building of a theme park, requiring careful economic planning and layout design.
- #31 Power to the People
77% matchVery Positive82% of 543 reviews2022
Dev: Rhombico GamesPub: Crytivo
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Build and maintain a power grid for a constantly growing population, while fighting off all kinds of disasters in this thrilling resource management experience. It's time for you to give "Power to the People"! Do you have what it takes to keep the lights on?
Why similar: City Builder 21.2%, Economy 15.4%, Building 13.4%, Management 13.3%, Resource Management 11.1%
- #32 City Tales - Medieval Era
73% 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 29.3%, Economy 16.9%, Building 16.8%, Management 12.5%, Resource Management 11.6%
- #33 NewCity
78% matchMixed58% of 476 reviews2020
Dev: Lone Pine Games, LLC
Windows · Linux
The Regional City Builder: Let's Build Something New.
Why similar: City Builder 27%, Voxel 17% ★, Management 12.1%, Building 11.1%, Economy 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: An indie city builder that provides a deep simulation of city life and infrastructure management.
- #34 Cities: Skylines II
75% matchMixed54% of 86,513 reviews2023
Dev: Iceflake StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 23.8 hrsMean: 72.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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 33.3%, Building 14.3%, Economy 12.1%, Management 10.9%, Sandbox 10.3%
- #35 MEMORIAPOLIS
74% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,686 reviews2025
Dev: 5PM Studio
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
In Memoriapolis, you're not just building a city, you're shaping a living, evolving civilization. Travel through five major eras, from Antiquity to the Industrial Revolution. Leave your mark on history by navigating the power struggles between rival factions.
Why similar: City Builder 27.1%, Political Sim 24.3% ★, Building 12.3%, Management 10.9%, Resource Management 8.5%
- #36 Citystate
76% matchMostly Positive75% of 806 reviews2018
Dev: Andy Sztark
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 60%
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 25.9%, Political Sim 20.2% ★, Economy 10.6%, Building 9%, Management 7.3%
- #37 United Penguin Kingdom
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 427 reviews2024
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 67%
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 30%, Economy 16.8%, Management 14.9%, Resource Management 13.8%, Building 10.4%
- #38 Production Line : Car factory simulation
73% matchVery Positive82% of 3,465 reviews2019
Dev: Positech Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Production line is the new car factory management/simulation/tycoon game that pushes your organisational and entrepreneurship skills to the limit. Can you build the ultimate optimised, free-flowing car production line whilst beating the competition and still turn a profit?
Why similar: Management 18.7%, Economy 16.1%, Building 13.6%, City Builder 12.9%, Resource Management 11%
- #39 Airborne Kingdom
71% matchVery Positive87% of 2,333 reviews2022
Dev: The Wandering Band LLC
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
The sky city builder awaits. Create your own flying kingdom and lead it on a quest across an expansive world. Explore the varied landscape, build up a floating metropolis, aid struggling people below, uncover lost secrets and, ultimately, bring back the Airborne Kingdom legend.
Why similar: City Builder 32.3%, Building 16.4%, Resource Management 13.1%, Economy 12.4%, Sandbox 12.1%
- #40 Project AURA
74% matchMixed64% of 698 reviews2018
Dev: Nexcentric Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 27%, Management 12.2%, Economy 11.8%, Resource Management 11.4%, Building 10.6%
- #41 Lords and Villeins
72% 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 25.6%, Management 13.5%, Building 12.9%, Economy 12.4%, Sandbox 10.1%
- #42 SteamWorld Build
70% matchVery Positive84% of 2,093 reviews2023
Dev: The StationPub: Thunderful Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%
SteamWorld Build is a casual city-building and dungeon-management cross-over set in the SteamWorld Universe, where you build and manage a town on a dying planet. You'll need to balance resources, construction, and exploration to its depths to ensure your town's survival and eventual escape.
Why similar: City Builder 25.4%, Economy 15.9%, Resource Management 12%, Management 11.6%, Building 11.3%
- #43 Cities XL Platinum
75% matchMixed58% of 1,631 reviews2013
Dev: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 51%
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 50%, Simulation 12.7%, Management 11%, Sandbox 10.2%, Strategy 5.9%
- #44 Rail Route
69% matchVery Positive89% of 2,461 reviews2024
Dev: Bitrich.info
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 111.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%
In Rail Route, you will design, construct, upgrade, and automate your railway network in one of the many maps based on real-life cities worldwide. Dispatch the trains to make the traffic flow and the network grow!
Why similar: City Builder 20.1%, Economy 15.1%, Building 14%, Management 12.2%, Sandbox 11.2%
- #45 InfraSpace
70% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,870 reviews2023
Dev: Dionic Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 21.6 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Create an extrasolar efficiency utopia from scratch! In this sci-fi city builder you need to start mining operations, plan production, and lay down transportation routes to ensure a smooth supply chain.
Why similar: City Builder 24.6%, Economy 13.9%, Building 12.6%, Resource Management 11.5%, Management 10.6%
- #46 TheoTown
70% matchVery Positive94% of 4,350 reviews2019
Dev: Lobby DivinusPub: blueflower
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 19.1 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Build and manage your dream city in this captivating simulation game. Create unique urban landscapes and enjoy compatibility with the mobile versions. Unleash your creativity and shape the metropolis of your dreams.
Why similar: City Builder 26.5%, Political Sim 22.2% ★, Building 13.9%, Management 12.3%, Sandbox 12.2%
- #47 Going Medieval
66% matchVery Positive89% of 20,287 reviews2026
Dev: Foxy VoxelPub: Mythwright
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 30.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Build and manage your own castle settlement in a land reclaimed by wilderness. With detailed management, survival strategy, and a moddable sandbox world, Going Medieval challenges you to build the mightiest colony this side of the apocalypse.
Why similar: Voxel 24.3% ★, City Builder 21%, Economy 13.9%, Management 11.4%, Sandbox 10.5%
- #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: City Builder 27%, Economy 16.9%, Building 13.6%, Resource Management 12.5%, Sandbox 9.6%
- #49 Settlements Rising
68% 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 29.3%, Building 12.4%, Resource Management 12.3%, Management 10.7%, Sandbox 8.4%
- #50 Smart City Plan
72% matchMixed65% of 121 reviews2020
Dev: Ambiera
Windows
Smart City Plan is a modern old-school style city builder game: Plan zones, roads, public transport like trains, trams, buses, subways and even the hypertube. Set taxes and policies and implement smart city technologies.
Why similar: City Builder 21.7%, Building 11.8%, Economy 10.8%, Management 9.2%, Sandbox 8.9%
- #51 SimAirport
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 4,012 reviews2020
Dev: LVGameDev LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 21.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Build & Manage Your Airport. An International Hub or a Regional Masterpiece -- it's up to you. Buy more land to scale out, or escalators to scale up with MULTIPLE FLOORS. You're in full control in this modern business management tycoon!
Why similar: City Builder 25.9%, Economy 16.6%, Building 14.4%, Management 13.7%, Sandbox 11.4%
- #52 URBO
67% 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 32.8%, Building 18.8%, Economy 18.1%, Minimalist 10.6%, Puzzle 6.5%
- #53 Synergy
67% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,011 reviews2025
Dev: Leikir StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 53%
An ecosystem City Builder in a unique world. Build your settlement, manage your workers and optimize your resources. Analyzing your environment, spreading new plants, and harvesting them are key to prosperity.
Why similar: City Builder 24.4%, Economy 16.3%, Building 12.9%, Resource Management 11.4%, Management 11.2%
- #54 Dorfromantik
66% 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 28.4%, Resource Management 13.1%, Sandbox 12.8%, Procedural Generation 10.4%, Minimalist 8.4%
- #55 Hotel Architect
64% matchVery Positive94% of 1,342 reviews2025
Dev: Pathos InteractivePub: Wired Productions
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Step into the shoes of a hotel owner as you design, build, and manage grand hotels around the world. Juggle demanding guests, frantic logistics, and plenty of unexpected surprises in Hotel Architect; the ultimate hotel construction and tycoon management game!
Why similar: City Builder 25.2%, Economy 15.9%, Building 14.6%, Management 13.4%, Sandbox 12%
- #56 Patron
67% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,136 reviews2021
Dev: Overseer Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Patron is a survival city builder with a unique social dynamics system. Gather and produce resources, build your fledgling village into a prosperous city and navigate the intricate social tensions before they reach boiling point.
Why similar: City Builder 35.9%, Economy 13.7%, Building 11.9%, Resource Management 10.7%, Management 10.5%
- #57 Anno 117: Pax Romana
64% matchMostly Positive70% of 11,270 reviews2025
Dev: Ubisoft MainzPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 13.4 hrsMean: 23.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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 29.4%, Economy 14.5%, Building 13.2%, Sandbox 11.9%, Management 9.1%
- #58 Seeds of Resilience
69% matchMixed70% of 367 reviews2019
Dev: Subtle GamesPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Ready to start anew? Build a village from scratch in Seeds of Resilience. Learn to choose the right items, understand nature's patterns, use real life-based constructions and craft techniques in this turn-based tycoon game.
Why similar: City Builder 24.2%, Building 13.6%, Economy 13.5%, Management 11.2%, Sandbox 10.8%
- #59 Mad Tower Tycoon
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 438 reviews2020
Dev: Eggcode
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Design your own skyscraper with more than 100 Floors. Rent offices, apartments or shops and build a financially lucrative skyscraper. Build cinemas, bars or a theater to satisfy your visitors and create an effective transport system with elevators and stairs.
Why similar: City Builder 22.2%, Economy 14.4%, Building 13.6%, Management 12.6%, Sandbox 10.7%