- #1 URBO
97% matchVery Positive93% of 654 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 25.7%, Surreal 11.1%, Stylized 10%, Relaxing 8.5%, Strategy 8%
Why You'll Like It: The full-length evolution of the Dream One concept, offering expanded mechanics and deeper puzzle challenges.
- #2 Dorfromantik
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 29,212 reviews2022
Dev: Toukana Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 12.4 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 38.4%, Family Friendly 13.7%, Relaxing 13.2%, Strategy 13.2%, Logic 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: A peaceful, tile-based strategy game that shares the same relaxing, meditative atmosphere as URBO.
- #3 Townscaper
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 21,498 reviews2021
Dev: Oskar StålbergPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 42 minMean: 8.5 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 31.7%, Stylized 11.8%, Family Friendly 11.6%, Relaxing 11.2%, Atmospheric 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: An experimental, instant city-builder that focuses entirely on the joy of creation without the pressure of traditional management.
- #4 ISLANDERS
95% matchVery Positive94% of 16,741 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 48.5%, Relaxing 18.6%, Strategy 15.1%, Building 6.1%, Atmospheric 6%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist strategy game where you build cities on procedurally generated islands, perfectly matching the aesthetic and pace of the seed game.
- #5 SUMMERHOUSE
94% matchVery Positive93% of 3,260 reviews2024
Dev: FriedemannPub: Future Friends Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 33%
A tiny building game about beautiful lived-in houses. No rules or restrictions, just pure creativity.
Why similar: City Builder 40%, Relaxing 16%, Atmospheric 8.9%, Stylized 8.3%, Strategy 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: A pure, stress-free sandbox building game that captures the same whimsical and stylized visual charm.
- #6 Garden Galaxy
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 2,608 reviews2022
Dev: Anneka Tran
Windows
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 22.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Discover, collect and organise to create your own unique garden in this relaxing idle / creative sandbox!
Why similar: Incremental 27%, Idler 21.5%, Relaxing 9.4%, City Builder 8.4%, Stylized 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: An incremental, idle-style sandbox game that rewards you with beautiful items to decorate your own unique space.
- #7 Pan'orama
93% matchVery Positive89% of 1,335 reviews2023
Dev: Chicken LauncherPub: Awaken Realms
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 72%
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 33.7%, Base Building 19%, Stylized 12.3%, Relaxing 11%, Strategy 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: A relaxing puzzle game where you build beautiful landscapes using hexagonal tiles, focusing on visual satisfaction and calm progression.
- #8 Cloud Gardens
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,290 reviews2021
Dev: Noio
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 45%
A chill game about using plants to overgrow abandoned wasteland dioramas
Why similar: Relaxing 17.1%, City Builder 17.1%, Surreal 16%, Atmospheric 15.6%, Nature 13.1%
Why You'll Like It: A relaxing, experimental game about reclaiming abandoned urban spaces with nature, sharing the atmospheric and meditative qualities of URBO.
- #9 Reefland
91% 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: City Builder 27.3%, Idler 18.5%, Relaxing 9%, Stylized 9%, Strategy 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: A procedural puzzle city-builder that focuses on expanding your island and managing resources in a calm, low-stakes environment.
- #10 Tiny Isle
90% matchVery Positive92% of 152 reviews2026
Dev: Nature Rituals StudioPub: Etherous Games Limited
Windows
Tiny Isle is a cozy island-building simulation game. Grow crops, collect crystals, expand and customize your magical island, and welcome sprites and animal residents. Play actively with hands-on planning, or relax with full idle progression as your island comes to life at your own pace.
Why similar: Incremental 26%, Idler 20.5%, Relaxing 9.9%, Atmospheric 8.5%, Cute 8%
Why You'll Like It: A cute, relaxing building game that focuses on resource management and island expansion in a bite-sized format.
- #11 Land Above Sea Below
91% matchMostly Positive73% of 147 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 32.9%, Strategy 11.5%, Relaxing 10.3%, Logic 10%, Atmospheric 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A strategic, atmospheric puzzle game where you build on a sinking island, blending logic with a beautiful, melancholic aesthetic.
- #12 Gourdlets
89% matchVery Positive93% of 2,127 reviews2024
Dev: AuntyGamesPub: Future Friends Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 53%
An easygoing sandbox game about building towns for cute vegetable folks. Create your perfect community then watch as the gourdlets make themselves at home. No objectives, no points, just good vibes. Play in full screen, or let your gourdlets hang out at the bottom of your screen!
Why similar: Incremental 31.7%, City Builder 31.6%, Relaxing 10.2%, Cute 7.1%, Atmospheric 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: A cozy, sandbox-style city builder where you create a home for adorable creatures, emphasizing relaxation over complex management.
- #13 Pile Up!
89% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,054 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 22.9%, Base Building 22.3%, Stylized 9.6%, Relaxing 8.9%, Strategy 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: A relaxing, atmospheric base-building game that focuses on verticality and creative structure placement.
- #14 Bubblegum Galaxy
87% matchVery Positive100% of 114 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 39.1%, Strategy 12.1%, Stylized 9.7%, Relaxing 8.4%, Cute 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: A colorful, puzzle-focused city builder that emphasizes creative placement and strategic expansion.
- #15 Biomisland
88% 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 39%, Strategy 22.8%, 3D 9%, Relaxing 7.9%, Casual 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: A 3D, colorful strategy city-builder that emphasizes ecosystem balance and aesthetic growth.
- #16 TerraScape
85% matchVery Positive89% of 2,155 reviews2024
Dev: Bitfall StudiosPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Build gorgeous kingdoms on floating islands by strategically placing buildings in this cozy, medieval City-Puzzler. Discover secret combinations, take on weekly challenges and explore randomly generated maps in various single- and multiplayer game modes.
Why similar: City Builder 32.8%, Deckbuilding 19.5%, Family Friendly 12.6%, Strategy 11.7%, Relaxing 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: A turn-based strategy puzzle game that uses deckbuilding mechanics to create beautiful, sprawling landscapes.
- #17 hexurb
86% 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: City Builder 31.3%, Base Building 24%, Strategy 9.6%, Relaxing 9.5%, 3D 6%
Why You'll Like It: A casual, hex-grid city-builder that emphasizes simple, satisfying expansion and a relaxing pace.
- #18 Polyville Canyon
86% matchVery Positive94% of 131 reviews2021
Dev: Henagames
Windows
Polyville Canyon is a laid-back city builder where nothing bad ever happens! Relax while you build an entire city for your Neighbors piece by piece! Attract Neighbors and increase Ticket Prices by expanding your town and watch your profits soar!
Why similar: City Builder 40.6%, Relaxing 14.3%, Stylized 13.7%, Cute 7.8%, 3D 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A stylized, relaxing city-builder that captures a similar cartoony and low-stress vibe as the seed game.
- #19 Airborne Kingdom
84% matchVery Positive87% of 2,369 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 31.9%, Base Building 25.8%, Relaxing 8%, Strategy 7.9%, Stylized 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A unique city-builder that tasks you with managing a flying city, offering a more vertical and exploratory take on the genre.
- #20 Urbek City Builder
84% matchVery Positive90% of 1,843 reviews2022
Dev: FridusPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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 53.5%, Strategy 16.5%, Family Friendly 12.2%, Atmospheric 9.6%, Building 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: A city-builder that focuses on organic growth and resource management without the need for traditional money-based systems.
- #21 Urbek City Builder: Prologue
82% matchVery Positive94% of 1,703 reviews2022
Dev: Estudios KremlinoisPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 3.8 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: City Builder 48.6%, Family Friendly 16%, Strategy 15.9%, Atmospheric 11.7%, Building 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A smaller, focused version of the Urbek experience that highlights the core building and management mechanics.
- #22 Desktopia: A Desktop Village Simulator
83% matchMostly Positive70% of 216 reviews2022
Dev: The Evergloom Team
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Desktopia is a city-builder game which simulates an evolving, medieval-esque village along the bottom of your desktop, allowing you to work, watch, or browse something else while you play.
Why similar: City Builder 35.2%, Incremental 29.6%, Idler 12.1%, Strategy 8.5%, Base Building 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: An incremental village simulator that runs in the background, perfect for players who enjoy the idler aspects of URBO.
- #23 Fantastic Haven: Prologue
82% matchMostly Positive76% of 283 reviews2024
Dev: Piece of Cake FabulousPub: Gamera Games
Windows
Save fantasy creatures and protect them until releasing them into their natural habitat. Build your shelter, explore the neighboring region, and encounter a series of events.
Why similar: City Builder 40%, Family Friendly 10.3%, Atmospheric 8.9%, 3D 8.8%, Cute 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: A simulation city-builder that focuses on exploration and sandbox building in a vibrant, stylized world.
- #24 United Penguin Kingdom: Huddle up
81% matchVery Positive89% of 631 reviews2023
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 45%
This free version of the United Penguin Kingdom covers the content from one year of in-game time. 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.
Why similar: City Builder 40.8%, Strategy 16.9%, Base Building 12.7%, Cute 8.4%, Relaxing 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: A casual, simulation-based city-builder that focuses on survival and expansion in a cute, stylized environment.
- #25 River Towns
79% matchVery Positive93% of 243 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 31.8%, Strategy 11.3%, Family Friendly 10.8%, Logic 9.4%, Stylized 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-based city-builder that uses logic and board-game mechanics to create a relaxing building experience.
- #26 dEskape
81% matchMixed59% of 87 reviews2023
Dev: The Evergloom Team
Windows
'dEskape' is a base-building game which sits across the bottom of your desktop allowing you to work, browse, or watch something else while you play. It's idle when you like and active when you want.
Why similar: Incremental 21.7%, City Builder 21.3%, Idler 18.8%, Base Building 16.5%, Strategy 6%
Why You'll Like It: An incremental, idler-focused city-builder that provides a meditative, low-input experience similar to URBO.
- #27 Mini Motorways
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 23,837 reviews2021
Dev: Dinosaur Polo Club
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 16.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Mini Motorways is a strategy simulation game about designing the road map for a growing city. Build a traffic network, one road at a time, to create a bustling metropolis. Redesign your roads and place your motorways to get everyone where they need to go. How long can you keep the city moving?
Why similar: Strategy 30.2%, City Builder 25.4%, Relaxing 14.5%, Stylized 11.8%, Family Friendly 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist strategy puzzle game about designing road networks that shares the clean, satisfying visual language of URBO.
- #28 Diluvian Winds
80% matchMostly Positive73% of 385 reviews2024
Dev: Alambik StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Diluvian Winds is a relaxing management game set in a small hamlet at the foot of a lighthouse. Welcome weary travelers and work together to expand your hamlet on land, under the sea, or among the clouds.
Why similar: City Builder 32.8%, Base Building 21.6%, Strategy 10%, Relaxing 7.4%, Cute 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: A strategy city-builder that focuses on base-building and resource management in a beautifully stylized, atmospheric setting.
- #29 The Greenening
77% matchVery Positive97% of 216 reviews2026
Dev: Erkberg Games
Windows
A short and wholesome incremental journey about exploring and reawakening a forgotten world. Wash away the ashes to discover the secrets hidden beneath, upgrade your versatile watering abilities, and grow your own cozy space garden.
Why similar: Incremental 26.7%, Idler 23.7%, Relaxing 8.2%, Strategy 6.8%, Stylized 6.7%
- #30 Tower Wizard
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 8,199 reviews2025
Dev: Barribob
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Help a wizard build and upgrade a wizard tower in this incremental game! Use the tower to study magic, summon spirits, create buildings, and influence the world.
Why similar: Incremental 51.7%, Idler 24.4%, Strategy 9.7%, Cute 5%, Building 3.2%
- #31 Feudal Fantasy Incremental
78% matchMostly Positive79% of 106 reviews2023
Dev: Luminosity Interactive
Windows
Feudal Fantasy is a short active incremental game in which you rebuild a town once lost to tragedy as its lord, by managing upgrades, new buildings and recruiting the wisdom of fantasy races.
Why similar: Incremental 34%, Idler 29%, City Builder 8.5%, Relaxing 8.3%, Strategy 7%
Why You'll Like It: An incremental, idler-style game that focuses on resource management and steady progression in a fantasy setting.
- #32 Station to Station
76% matchVery Positive89% of 1,856 reviews2023
Dev: Galaxy GrovePub: Prismatika
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 47%
‘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 31%, Relaxing 16.5%, Strategy 13%, Atmospheric 12.7%, Cute 10.3%
- #33 My Dream Setup
76% matchVery Positive91% of 6,611 reviews2023
Dev: Campfire Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 64%
My Dream Setup is a simulation game about building the room you've always dreamed of. A huge selection of furniture, computers and their accessories, posters, pictures, plants, and other interior details await you. Try all of them and create your dream setup.
Why similar: Relaxing 26.1%, Stylized 15.2%, Cute 13.5%, Atmospheric 13.5%, Building 13%
- #34 Land Above Sea Below Prologue
77% matchVery Positive82% of 145 reviews2023
Dev: Glasscannon StudioPub: Skystone Games
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 30%
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 49.7%, Strategy 16.6%, 3D 9.1%, Building 7.3%, Family Friendly 7.3%
- #35 Pocket City 2
75% matchVery Positive94% of 130 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%, Base Building 23.1%, Strategy 13.8%, Relaxing 9.5%, 3D 7.8%
- #36 Islantiles
74% matchVery Positive90% of 58 reviews2026
Dev: Thunderrock Innovations
Windows
Islantiles is a cozy but compulsive roguelike deckbuilder. Unlock powerful technology cards, shape your deck to craft game-breaking combos, and grow your settlements to glory in this ultra-satisfying roguelike!
Why similar: City Builder 33.6%, Strategy 12.9%, Relaxing 12.5%, Deckbuilding 11.8%, Family Friendly 9.5%
- #37 Townseek
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Whales And GamesPub: Super Rare Originals
Windows · Linux
Take to the skies on a whimsical voyage across Explora and uncover the lost legacy of Sir Reginald Sharkingston! Trade, fish, mine, and farm, meet a unique cast of characters and explore vibrant towns along the way. The whole world is your sea now, so set sail and see all it has to offer!
Why similar: Relaxing 41.6%, Cute 26%, Nature 21.9%, Casual 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: A cozy, exploration-focused game where you travel between towns, capturing the same sense of wonder and discovery.
- #38 EVERDAWN
73% matchVery Positive98% of 59 reviews2026
Dev: SOLIDS Studio
Windows
EVERDAWN is a relaxing tile-based puzzle game where every placement shapes a living, evolving world. Stack scoring systems, combine biomes, unlock new and powerful Wonder tiles, and collect adorable Michis, little creatures that provide extra tiles.
Why similar: City Builder 44.4%, Strategy 18.3%, Relaxing 15.9%, Family Friendly 8.6%, Logic 5.4%
- #39 Tile Cities
74% matchVery Positive94% of 572 reviews2022
Dev: yevhen8
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Tile Cities turns city-building experience into a simple relaxing puzzle game and does so with style
Why similar: City Builder 55.5%, Strategy 24.7%, Relaxing 11.2%, Casual 4.8%, Building 3.8%
- #40 Teeny Tiny Town
73% matchVery Positive91% of 56 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 33.1%, Strategy 13.9%, Family Friendly 12.2%, Relaxing 9.2%, Choices Matter 8%
- #41 Townframe
72% matchVery Positive95% of 103 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 31.8%, Relaxing 21%, Cute 16.5%, Family Friendly 13.9%, Colorful 7.3%
- #42 Dawnfolk
71% matchVery Positive95% of 693 reviews2025
Dev: Darenn KellerPub: Astra Logical
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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 30.4%, Base Building 25.1%, Strategy 11.1%, Family Friendly 9.7%, Relaxing 9.1%
- #43 Mini Settlers: Prologue
71% matchVery Positive89% of 803 reviews2024
Dev: Knight Owl GamesPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Mini Settlers: Prologue is a free version of Mini Settlers. In this minimalist 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: Base Building 29.9%, City Builder 29.1%, Strategy 15.9%, Relaxing 9.8%, Stylized 8.6%
- #44 Tails of Trainspot
73% matchVery Positive92% of 63 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 30.3%, Stylized 13.2%, Strategy 11.3%, Relaxing 11.2%, Logic 10.4%
- #45 ISLANDERS: New Shores
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,216 reviews2025
Dev: The StationPub: Coatsink
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 62%
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 42.8%, Strategy 16.1%, Relaxing 13.2%, Atmospheric 9%, Building 6.3%
- #46 Dream Town Island
70% matchVery Positive96% of 460 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
A town sim where you raise generations of residents. Unlock new stores and facilities, help your residents find love, or cash in on the stock market!
Why similar: City Builder 54.5%, Strategy 22.4%, Cute 11.2%, Building 6.5%, Casual 5.4%
- #47 Dream Garden
70% matchVery Positive87% of 70 reviews2025
Dev: Campfire Studio
Windows · Mac
An easygoing simulation game about creating tiny, Japanese inspired garden dioramas. Use a wide selection of plants, decorations and tools to build and nurture the zen garden retreat of your dreams.
Why similar: Relaxing 20.9%, Nature 12.4%, Stylized 12.2%, Atmospheric 11.9%, Cute 11.6%
- #48 Terra Nil
69% matchVery Positive88% of 8,493 reviews2023
Dev: Free LivesPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Terra Nil is an intricate environmental strategy game about transforming a barren wasteland into a thriving, balanced ecosystem. Bring life back to a lifeless world by purifying soil, cleaning oceans, planting trees, and reintroducing wildlife, then leave without a trace.
Why similar: City Builder 31.7%, Strategy 13.9%, Relaxing 12.6%, Nature 9.2%, Atmospheric 8.9%
- #49 City idle
71% matchMostly Positive72% of 219 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: Strategy 31.1%, Cute 16%, Base Building 15.6%, Logic 13%, Colorful 9.5%
- #50 Zen World
72% 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: City Builder 43.7%, Strategy 17.3%, Relaxing 15.5%, Cute 6.9%, Building 6.6%
- #51 HEXAROMA: Village Builder
69% 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 35.8%, Deckbuilding 17.8%, Strategy 11.7%, Relaxing 9.6%, Atmospheric 7.2%
- #52 Preserve
67% matchVery Positive93% of 725 reviews2025
Dev: Bitmap GalaxyPub: Grindstone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Preserve is a relaxing puzzle nature-building game in which you flourish a vibrant ecosystem by cleverly placing plants and animals to create a perfect symbiosis to your liking.
Why similar: City Builder 28.4%, Base Building 23.3%, Stylized 9.8%, Strategy 9.4%, Relaxing 9%
- #53 The Block
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 185 reviews2022
Dev: Paul SchnepfPub: Future Friends Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 6 minMean: 1.2 hrs≥1hr: 11%
The Block is the world's smallest city builder. Place randomly generated buildings on a square and build up a tiny but perfectly formed city block! It's a very small game - more of a tiny little toy with no goals or challenges - hence the very small price :)
Why similar: Incremental 27.2%, City Builder 24.2%, Base Building 12.2%, Stylized 7.6%, Relaxing 7.4%
- #54 Sweet Dreams Alex
68% matchVery Positive97% of 97 reviews2023
Dev: Clarity GamesPub: Kasedo Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Alex is still small, but her dreams are big. You are her Dream Builder, tasked with constructing labyrinths full of distractions to keep Nightmares away until the morning comes. Sweet Dreams Alex is a wholesome puzzle and construction game, filled to the brim with atmosphere and charm.
Why similar: Relaxing 18.8%, Family Friendly 18.3%, Atmospheric 15.9%, Cute 14.5%, Logic 12.7%
- #55 United Penguin Kingdom
68% matchMostly Positive75% of 439 reviews2024
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
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 41.1%, Strategy 16.6%, Relaxing 10.9%, Cute 7.8%, Base Building 6.2%
- #56 Tiny Glade
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 23,744 reviews2024
Dev: Pounce Light
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Tiny Glade is a small diorama builder where you doodle whimsical castles, cozy cottages & romantic ruins. Explore gridless building chemistry as the game adorns your glades with procedural detail. No management, combat or goals: just kick back and turn forgotten meadows into lovable dioramas.
Why similar: Relaxing 24.5%, Family Friendly 15.1%, Building 12.9%, Cute 11.6%, Stylized 11.1%
- #57 LakeSide
68% matchMixed69% of 192 reviews2024
Dev: Massive Galaxy Studios
Windows
A cozy minimalist city builder. Build and manage a quiet town by the lake or expand it into a picturesque city state in this side-scrolling city builder featuring hybrid mechanics. Construct marvelous buildings, epic wonders and become the envy of the known world!
Why similar: City Builder 29.9%, Base Building 21.6%, Stylized 10.6%, Strategy 9.8%, Relaxing 9.2%
- #58 Outlanders
67% matchVery Positive90% of 491 reviews2023
Dev: Pomelo Games
Windows
Outlanders is a town-building strategy game, populated by hard-working, charming folk in search of a simpler life. Some just want to survive off the land, others want to create amazing things.
Why similar: City Builder 29%, Family Friendly 10.4%, Strategy 10%, Stylized 9.8%, Relaxing 8.5%
- #59 Town to City
63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 6,166 reviews2025
Dev: Galaxy GrovePub: Kwalee
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 44.8%, Strategy 10.2%, Relaxing 10.1%, Family Friendly 10.1%, Cute 7.7%
- #60 Incremental Town RPG
67% matchMixed60% of 98 reviews2024
Dev: Overaction Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Incremental Town RPG lets you build and manage a thriving village. Master resource management, develop a robust economy, and enjoy a relaxing experience as you equip your settlement to conquer new lands and challenges!
Why similar: Idler 26.8%, Base Building 22.3%, City Builder 21.5%, Incremental 17.5%, Relaxing 6%