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Games Like Virtual City Playground®: Build Your Metropolis

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  1. #1 Polyville Canyon
    97% 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 46.5%, Building 16.1%, Relaxing 9.5%, Stylized 8.9%, Casual 7.8%

  2. #2 Global City
    96% matchMixed70% of 1,363 reviews2021
    Dev: Red Brix WallPub: MY.GAMES
    Windows
    Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 34.3 hrs≥1hr: 56%

    Become the mayor and build the city of your dreams! In this game, anything is possible. Whatever you can imagine in a city-building and development simulator, you can do. Start from the very beginning and unlock new possibilities for developing your city in Global City!

    Why similar: City Builder 27.9%, Building 12.5%, Isometric 11.7%, Farming Sim 10.2%, Time Management 8.2%

  3. #3 Townopolis
    96% matchMixed67% of 139 reviews2016
    Dev: Lonely Troops
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%

    Casual city building. Become an architect. Manage the small polis. Construct an idyllic neighborhood with plenty of houses. Work your way to the top through the campaign mode, or create your own scenarios.

    Why similar: City Builder 31.2%, Building 14.6%, Casual 14.2%, Isometric 13.3%, Time Management 11.3%

  4. #4 Pocket City
    94% matchVery Positive93% of 268 reviews2022
    Dev: Codebrew Games Inc.
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 59%

    A casual city building game. Become the mayor and create your own metropolis! Create residential, commercial, and industrial zones. Build parks and recreation spots. Respond to crime and disasters. Watch your city come alive!

    Why similar: City Builder 42.9%, Isometric 15.7%, Building 13.8%, Casual 9.1%, Simulation 5.6%

  5. #5 Megapolis
    95% matchMostly Positive75% of 162 reviews2016
    Dev: Lonely Troops
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%

    Casual city building. Become an architect. Manage the small polis. Construct beautiful city zones with plenty of modern blocks. Work your way to the top through the campaign mode, or create your own scenarios.

    Why similar: City Builder 34.5%, Building 15.1%, Casual 14%, Isometric 11.6%, Simulation 11.2%

  6. #6 Empire City Simulator
    94% matchMixed61% of 75 reviews2024
    Dev: Red Brix Wall
    Windows

    Become a ruler and build the ancient city of your dreams in Empire City! Unlock new opportunities for your city's prosperity, gain the support of the gods, construct grand buildings, and create unique infrastructure. Transform a small settlement into a magnificent center of civilization!

    Why similar: City Builder 40.2%, Isometric 19%, Building 15.4%, Time Management 7.3%, Simulation 5.1%

  7. #7 SUPER BUILD
    93% matchVery Positive82% of 241 reviews2019
    Dev: MOONBEAR
    Windows · Mac

    Build, design, and explore your own fantasy world using over 1000+ items, in this relaxing sandbox game. No missions, no objectives, no timers. Just stress-free building, exploration, and good vibes.

    Why similar: City Builder 27.5%, Farming Sim 21.6%, Building 20.6%, Casual 7.9%, Relaxing 6.5%

  8. #8 Indoorlands
    92% 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 26.6%, Building 19.9%, Isometric 15.5%, Management 8.1%, Family Friendly 7.2%

  9. #9 Gourdlets
    91% matchVery Positive93% of 2,096 reviews2024
    Dev: AuntyGamesPub: Future Friends Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 54%

    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: City Builder 43.2%, Building 19.8%, Isometric 9.5%, Relaxing 8%, Colorful 6.1%

  10. #10 My Sunny Resort
    91% matchMixed55% of 246 reviews2018
    Dev: upjers
    Windows
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 60%

    Are you ready for a vacation? Then treat yourself to one! Experience My Sunny Resort – a unique simulation with a holiday feel. In this tycoon you open your own resort. Play free now and put your hotel management skills to the test!

    Why similar: City Builder 34.8%, Building 16.3%, Isometric 11.9%, Casual 6.7%, Management 6.6%

  11. #11 Pocket City 2
    89% matchVery Positive94% of 128 reviews2025
    Dev: Codebrew Games Inc.
    Windows · Mac

    A city-building game with a unique twist—step inside and experience your city firsthand! Plan roads, zones, and infrastructure while growing your economy, managing resources, and unlocking special buildings. Host events, build mega projects, and watch your city thrive in a dynamic world.

    Why similar: City Builder 56.7%, Building 14.2%, Casual 10.7%, Relaxing 8.6%, Simulation 2.8%

  12. #12 My Little Farmies
    90% matchMixed55% of 629 reviews2018
    Dev: upjers
    Windows
    Median: 30 minMean: 72.2 hrs≥1hr: 41%

    Show your artistic side! Create your own medieval settlement in the My Little Farmies tycoon. Build artisan workshops and production sites. Trade with fruit, vegetables and cereals. Download My Little Farmies now!

    Why similar: City Builder 35.1%, Building 14.8%, Farming Sim 12.5%, Trading 6.4%, Resource Management 5.3%

  13. #13 Venture Towns
    89% matchMostly Positive79% of 131 reviews2022
    Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
    Windows

    Make your own metropolitan utopia! Stores, mansions, towers--anything goes!

    Why similar: City Builder 48.4%, Farming Sim 15.1%, Building 14.4%, Casual 9.4%, Simulation 7.4%

  14. #14 Home Wind
    88% matchVery Positive90% of 830 reviews2022
    Dev: Adi Zhavo
    Windows · Mac

    Home Wind is a minimalist, relaxing and cozy city builder about creating large settlements based on proximity tactics. All for free!

    Why similar: City Builder 50.8%, Building 15.5%, Relaxing 7.8%, Family Friendly 6.7%, Casual 6.3%

  15. #15 Farm Manager 2021
    87% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,341 reviews2021
    Dev: Cleversan GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
    Windows
    Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    Farm Manager 2021 is an indie game that lets you relax and immerse yourself in farm management. A casual but grounded builder game that combines management and farm maintenance in one package. Grow and expand your farm into a thriving estate or enjoy it as a delightful escape from everyday life.

    Why similar: City Builder 32%, Building 14.1%, Farming Sim 13.5%, Time Management 8.1%, Isometric 7.8%

  16. #16 Orrstead
    86% matchVery Positive81% of 77 reviews2024
    Dev: IndividualKex
    Windows

    Orrstead is a relaxing city builder that combines resource management and incremental game mechanics. Unlock technologies, complete quests, and adapt to the changing seasons.

    Why similar: City Builder 39.8%, Building 18.3%, Isometric 14%, Management 6.9%, Relaxing 5.2%

  17. #17 Polity - Online Role Playing
    86% matchMostly Positive72% of 109 reviews2024
    Dev: JIB Games
    Windows · Mac

    A social cross-platform MMORPG. Enjoy mastering skills, quests, achievements, puzzles, mini-games, crafting, and extensive customization. Take the first step to join this unique journey!

    Why similar: City Builder 34.6%, Farming Sim 13.6%, Building 11.9%, Isometric 10.3%, Resource Management 6.4%

  18. #18 Townscaper
    84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 21,438 reviews2021
    Dev: Oskar StålbergPub: Raw Fury
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 42 minMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 43%

    Instant town building toy. Place housing blocks and watch them transform, piece by piece, into idyllic ocean-side towns, pastoral gardens, or sweeping cities on the sea.

    Why similar: City Builder 37.9%, Building 20.2%, Family Friendly 8.3%, Stylized 7.9%, Relaxing 7.7%

  19. #19 Let Them Trade
    83% matchVery Positive85% of 1,033 reviews2025
    Dev: SpaceflowerPub: ByteRockers' Games
    Windows
    Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 68%

    Build a network of cities that produce and trade resources, upgrade your castle, and protect the cities from cheeky bandits. Tinker with the economy at your own pace, and watch the charming wooden world grow into a lively and thriving kingdom.

    Why similar: City Builder 38.5%, Building 15.6%, Trading 10.6%, Relaxing 7.3%, Resource Management 7.2%

  20. #20 Venture Valley
    85% matchMixed56% of 54 reviews2023
    Dev: The Singleton FoundationPub: Singleton Foundation for Financial Literacy and Entrepreneurship
    Windows · Mac

    Be Your Own Boss!

    Why similar: City Builder 34.6%, Building 16.1%, Isometric 14.4%, Casual 6.5%, Family Friendly 5.9%

  21. #21 Urbek City Builder: Prologue
    82% 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: City Builder 45.6%, Building 22.6%, Family Friendly 9%, Management 8.5%, Resource Management 8.2%

  22. #22 Holyday City: Reloaded
    84% matchVery Positive81% of 1,613 reviews2018
    Dev: Holyday Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 113.1 hrs≥1hr: 72%

    Build, manage & grow your city in Holyday City: Reloaded! An idle clicker game where you're the business tycoon, expanding your metropolis. Master resource & time management to upgrade businesses and thrive. Experience the ultimate town builder adventure with Holyday City.

    Why similar: Time Management 18.1%, Casual 17.3%, Management 12.6%, Building 12.2%, Resource Management 10.5%

  23. #23 Shanshui Haven
    82% matchVery Positive99% of 84 reviews2024
    Dev: LeeT Game
    Windows

    "Shanshui Haven" is a casual city-building game, offering a relaxing and engaging experience with strategic elements.

    Why similar: City Builder 40.5%, Isometric 17.6%, Building 12%, Relaxing 8%, Casual 7.9%

  24. #24 Town to City
    79% 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 59.7%, Building 18.9%, Management 5.5%, Relaxing 5.4%, Colorful 3.4%

  25. #25 Village Tale
    81% matchVery Positive85% of 299 reviews2025
    Dev: Knight Owl Games
    Windows
    Median: 18.1 hrsMean: 22.3 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    A relaxing idle village-building simulator nestled in the corner of your screen! Build, Craft, and Trade to guide your village from humble beginnings to a thriving trading hub, it's time to write your own Village Tale!

    Why similar: City Builder 28.3%, Farming Sim 14.4%, Building 13.8%, Trading 8.5%, Casual 6.6%

  26. #26 Cities: Skylines II
    81% 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 55.4%, Building 20.3%, Management 6.5%, Simulation 5.6%, Resource Management 3.5%

  27. #27 Synergy
    80% 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 31.2%, Isometric 14.1%, Building 14%, Trading 8.4%, Stylized 7.6%

  28. #28 Dream Town Island
    79% matchVery Positive96% of 450 reviews2023
    Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
    Windows
    Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    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 42.3%, Farming Sim 17.4%, Building 15.5%, Casual 8.3%, Simulation 5.5%

  29. #29 Farm Manager World
    77% matchMostly Positive71% of 607 reviews2025
    Dev: Cleversan GamesPub: Sim Farm S.A.
    Windows
    Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    Dive into the agricultural life with Farm Manager World! Manage your own farm across vibrant global locations, cultivate exotic crops, and build your agribusiness empire. Welcome to sustainable farming at its finest.

    Why similar: City Builder 30.1%, Building 14.7%, Farming Sim 13.6%, Time Management 9.9%, Management 6.6%

  30. #30 Incremental Town RPG
    78% matchMixed60% of 96 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: City Builder 34.6%, Farming Sim 15.6%, Building 14.1%, Casual 9.5%, Resource Management 7.8%

  31. #31 Tile Cities 2
    77% matchVery Positive95% of 64 reviews2024
    Dev: yevhen8
    Windows

    City-building experience reimagined as a simple relaxing puzzle game bringing the original Tile Cities to a new level

    Why similar: City Builder 49.6%, Casual 17.8%, Building 16.7%, Simulation 9.7%, Management 5.3%

  32. #32 Folklands
    76% matchMostly Positive75% of 52 reviews2025
    Dev: Bromantic GamesPub: Light Up Games
    Windows · Linux

    Folklands is a relaxing settlement builder with a retro look and feel set in a fantasy Nordic-inspired world. Harvest, produce and trade resources from multiple production chains as you grow your settlement. Keep your folks happy and safe and tend to their needs in a living and changing world.

    Why similar: City Builder 43.3%, Building 20.2%, Isometric 11.6%, Management 6.9%, Family Friendly 4.6%

  33. #33 Smart City Plan
    78% 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 43.7%, Building 20.2%, Simulation 7.8%, Family Friendly 7.4%, Management 6.7%

  34. #34 Go-Go Town!
    73% matchVery Positive94% of 2,120 reviews2024
    Dev: Prideful Sloth
    Windows
    Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    Step into the role of a hands-on mayor and build your town from the ground up. Plan neighborhoods, automate logistics, and grow your community—all while juggling workers, infrastructure, and day-to-day chaos to create your dream town. Play solo for total control, or bring friends for co-op mayhem.

    Why similar: City Builder 39.2%, Building 18.5%, Farming Sim 14.7%, Management 6.9%, Family Friendly 6.1%

  35. #35 URBO
    73% 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 36.3%, Building 17.8%, Isometric 17.4%, Stylized 8%, Relaxing 6.9%

  36. #36 Teeny Tiny Town
    74% matchVery Positive92% of 52 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 41.8%, Building 19.9%, Family Friendly 9.3%, Casual 8.9%, Colorful 7.5%

  37. #37 PyramidValley: Reborn
    73% matchVery Positive88% of 77 reviews2025
    Dev: AuthenTiiq
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    ​Immerse yourself in ancient Egypt with PyramidValley, a management game where you develop your pharaonic city by constructing iconic monuments and gathering various resources to ensure prosperity.

    Why similar: City Builder 64.5%, Simulation 13.1%, Casual 12.2%, 2D 7.1%, Multiplayer 3.2%

  38. #38 Two Point Museum
    71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 11,346 reviews2025
    Dev: Two Point StudiosPub: SEGA
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 24.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Curate and manage incredible museums! Explore to discover amazing artifacts. Design and refine the layout, keep staff happy, guests entertained, donations plentiful… and children off the exhibits

    Why similar: City Builder 38.8%, Building 21.1%, Isometric 13%, Casual 7.6%, Management 5.9%

  39. #39 Tinytopia
    75% matchVery Positive84% of 319 reviews2021
    Dev: MeNic GamesPub: Mastiff
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Construct charming toy towns and cities atop tiny terrain. Combine building blocks to create new megastructures. Test your skills in the physics-based Challenge stages or simply unwind and obliterate everything with an array of cute catastrophes!

    Why similar: City Builder 49.5%, Building 22.8%, Family Friendly 9.6%, Casual 8%, Simulation 4.6%

  40. #40 Reefland
    74% 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 43.7%, Building 14.8%, Relaxing 8.3%, Family Friendly 8.2%, Stylized 8.1%

  41. #41 Garden Galaxy
    72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 2,593 reviews2022
    Dev: Anneka Tran
    Windows
    Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 22.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Discover, collect and organise to create your own unique garden in this relaxing idle / creative sandbox!

    Why similar: Building 24.1%, Isometric 20.2%, City Builder 16.6%, Relaxing 10.7%, Casual 8.8%

  42. #42 Crowded Blue Dot
    76% matchMixed58% of 52 reviews2020
    Dev: cys20 studio
    Windows · Linux

    Crowded Blue Dot is a game about producing various items to make people happy and growing a city from a small village to a metropolis.

    Why similar: City Builder 48.4%, Building 15.7%, Resource Management 8.5%, Management 8%, Casual 6.2%

  43. #43 Highrise Mogul
    75% matchMixed51% of 53 reviews2021
    Dev: Olli Arkko
    Windows

    Highrise Mogul: design, build and manage your own skyscraper. Make floor plans, place rentable rooms, hire staff, design a beautiful garden, manage your own power grid and much more!

    Why similar: City Builder 49.1%, Building 23.4%, Management 7.2%, Relaxing 4.7%, Simulation 4.4%

  44. #44 SteamWorld Build
    71% 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 40.4%, Building 15.3%, Family Friendly 8.2%, Relaxing 7.5%, Resource Management 7.1%

  45. #45 Mini Settlers: Prologue
    70% matchVery Positive89% of 801 reviews2024
    Dev: Knight Owl GamesPub: Goblinz Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 42 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: City Builder 39.7%, Building 14.9%, Resource Management 9.2%, Relaxing 7.6%, Stylized 6.6%

  46. #46 Masterplan Tycoon: Foundations
    71% matchMostly Positive78% of 246 reviews2024
    Dev: Bureau BravinPub: Ravenage Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 30 minMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 19%

    Foundations is a free version of Masterplan Tycoon, a minimalist resource management sim. The world is your playground: start with simple production lines for basic needs and evolve into a production powerhouse in an elegant and stress-free setting

    Why similar: Building 37.6%, Resource Management 15%, Management 14.1%, Casual 9.8%, Simulation 8.4%

  47. #47 City Bus Manager
    69% matchVery Positive91% of 2,686 reviews2024
    Dev: PeDePe GbRPub: Aerosoft GmbH
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 38.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Build your own bus depot from scratch and create your personal bus routes in City Bus Manager. Play in your own hometown or any famous city in the world with real map data. Buy buses, maintain them, take care of your staff and lead your bus company to become the #1 in town!

    Why similar: Management 24.2%, Time Management 19.4%, Simulation 16.3%, Casual 16%, Colorful 7.4%

  48. #48 River Towns
    68% matchVery Positive93% of 239 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 38.9%, Building 14.6%, Isometric 13.1%, Family Friendly 7.9%, Casual 6.3%

  49. #49 Havendock
    67% matchVery Positive80% of 1,861 reviews2025
    Dev: YYZ StudioPub: Pretty Soon
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 66%

    Breathe easy and thrive in this cozy colony sim. Build a haven for castaways, manage resources, live your best life on the ocean. Lead your humble settlement into a high-tech society.

    Why similar: City Builder 31.5%, Building 15.4%, Farming Sim 14%, Time Management 9.2%, Management 5.9%

  50. #50 SUMMERHOUSE
    67% matchVery Positive93% of 3,193 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 44.4%, Building 21.2%, Relaxing 10.1%, Casual 8.2%, Colorful 6.1%

  51. #51 Romopolis
    72% matchMostly Positive78% of 147 reviews2016
    Dev: Lonely Troops
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 96%

    Casual city building. Become an architect. Manage the small polis. Construct an idyllic ancient Roman city with plenty of houses. Work your way to the top through the campaign mode, or create your own scenarios.

    Why similar: City Builder 32.3%, Casual 15.6%, Isometric 13.8%, Building 12.6%, Simulation 10.5%

  52. #52 Townsmen - A Kingdom Rebuilt
    70% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,339 reviews2019
    Dev: HandyGames
    Windows
    Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Townsmen – A Kingdom Rebuilt hands the crown to you: Guide your people from their first steps in a small village to a massive medieval metropolis with thousands of inhabitants.

    Why similar: City Builder 49.2%, Casual 12.9%, Building 12.3%, Simulation 9.1%, Isometric 6.1%

  53. #53 Tile Cities
    68% matchVery Positive94% of 568 reviews2022
    Dev: yevhen8
    Windows
    Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 66%

    Tile Cities turns city-building experience into a simple relaxing puzzle game and does so with style

    Why similar: City Builder 59.3%, Building 12.6%, Casual 10.1%, Relaxing 6.9%, 2D 5.8%

  54. #54 Cities: Skylines
    67% 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 62%, Building 19.1%, Management 6.1%, Simulation 5%, Resource Management 3.4%

  55. #55 Heian City Story
    67% matchVery Positive89% of 148 reviews2025
    Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
    Windows

    A city-building sim with a historical twist

    Why similar: City Builder 50.7%, Building 15.7%, Casual 10.6%, Colorful 6.9%, Simulation 6.6%

  56. #56 hexurb
    70% 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 58%, Relaxing 10.2%, Casual 9.4%, Colorful 8.6%, Management 5.7%

  57. #57 The Architect: Paris
    69% matchMostly Positive73% of 234 reviews2021
    Dev: Enodo GamesPub: 5PM Studio
    Windows

    The Architect: Paris is a construction game that allows you to shape the city of Paris into what you want. Destroy, draw, build your own architectural projects, customizing each building carefully or entire districts at once.

    Why similar: City Builder 46.8%, Building 27%, Casual 14%, Relaxing 5.7%, Simulation 5.6%

  58. #58 MicroTown
    68% matchVery Positive95% of 472 reviews2019
    Dev: Snowy Ash Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Build and manage your own settlement! A relaxing village construction and management simulator.

    Why similar: City Builder 64.2%, Resource Management 11.1%, Management 10.2%, Relaxing 8.7%, 2D 4.9%

  59. #59 Skyline Urban Story
    66% matchVery Positive89% of 101 reviews2025
    Dev: PandaUpStudio
    Windows · Mac

    From barren land to towering metropolis, every decision you make shapes the destiny of your city. Industrial flow, global trade, surging land values, and growing wealth, offers deep management gameplay, perfect for players who love strategic city-building and economic simulation.

    Why similar: City Builder 53%, Building 24.7%, Casual 7.7%, Simulation 6.4%, Colorful 3.3%

  60. #60 Parkitect
    66% matchVery Positive94% of 7,997 reviews2018
    Dev: Texel Raptor
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Parkitect is a business simulation game that charges you with the construction and management of theme parks! Bringing back the best of classic theme park games with many new features and content on top. Now supports online co-op with up to 8 players!

    Why similar: City Builder 25.5%, Building 16.8%, Isometric 13%, Time Management 9.3%, Family Friendly 7.5%

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