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Games Like Zen World

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include City Builder, Strategy, Singleplayer, Relaxing.

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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.

Reviews: Very Positive — 81% — of 58 reviews
Released: 2026-07-27
Developer: Cartboard Games
Genres: Casual, Indie, Strategy
Platforms: Windows

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    97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 29,653 reviews2022
    Dev: Toukana Interactive
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 12.9 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 22.9%, Board Game 20.7%, Resource Management 11.5%, Minimalist 10.7%, Relaxing 9.3%

  2. #2 Tile Town
    96% matchVery Positive98% of 63 reviews2023
    Dev: One Goose Army
    Windows
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 96%

    Tile Town is a chill strategy game set on a hexagonal grid. Plop down various building tiles to get the highest score possible, all while creating a colorful medieval town in the process. Unlock new levels or go for a stroll in the first person mode.

    Why similar: Hex Grid 26.3% ★, Board Game 17.4%, City Builder 17%, Medieval 8.7%, Minimalist 7%

  3. #3 TerraScape
    96% matchVery Positive89% of 2,250 reviews2024
    Dev: Bitfall StudiosPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 68%

    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: Hex Grid 20.5% ★, City Builder 14.7%, Board Game 14.6%, Medieval 8.2%, Resource Management 8.2%

  4. #4 Pan'orama
    95% matchVery Positive89% of 1,380 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 24.5%, Colony Sim 16.1%, Building 13.7%, Minimalist 12%, Procedural Generation 9.8%

  5. #5 hexurb
    94% matchMostly Positive77% 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: Hex Grid 36.7% ★, City Builder 27.6%, Relaxing 9.8%, Strategy 6.5%, Management 6.3%

  6. #6 Match Village
    94% matchVery Positive84% of 73 reviews2022
    Dev: Rising Moon Games
    Windows

    Match Village is a minimalist puzzle and strategy game about merge buildings to create villages on colorful islands.

    Why similar: Hex Grid 19% ★, City Builder 18.4%, Colony Sim 14.6%, Minimalist 8.2%, Medieval 7.9%

  7. #7 Tile Cities
    93% matchVery Positive94% of 577 reviews2022
    Dev: yevhen8
    Windows
    Median: 2.2 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 34.8%, Strategy 11.9%, Puzzle 10%, Minimalist 8.5%, Building 8.4%

  8. #8 ISLANDERS: New Shores
    91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,303 reviews2025
    Dev: The StationPub: Coatsink
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 9.8 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 26%, Building 13.5%, Colony Sim 13.1%, Relaxing 9.4%, Strategy 7.6%

  9. #9 Reefland
    92% matchVery Positive93% of 83 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 21.8%, Hex Grid 21.6% ★, Procedural Generation 9.8%, Relaxing 8.4%, Building 8.4%

  10. #10 EVERDAWN
    91% matchVery Positive98% of 61 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 25.8%, Board Game 21.5%, Relaxing 10.8%, Puzzle 9.6%, Resource Management 8.3%

  11. #11 ISLANDERS
    90% matchVery Positive94% of 16,788 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 29.4%, Relaxing 13.3%, Building 13%, Colony Sim 12.3%, Minimalist 10.2%

  12. #12 Qianli: The Vastscape Scroll
    89% matchVery Positive91% of 129 reviews2026
    Dev: Betobe StudioPub: 2P Games
    Windows

    Shape the world to your will in lush landscapes inspired by Chinese watercolors in this Zen hex-tile building game that blends puzzle and roguelite elements with beautiful Asian aesthetics. Befriend mystical creatures in your journey while you make the world come alive beneath your fingertips.

    Why similar: City Builder 28%, Board Game 21.5%, Hex Grid 18% ★, Relaxing 10.3%, Puzzle 8.4%

  13. #13 Preserve
    88% matchVery Positive93% of 789 reviews2025
    Dev: Bitmap GalaxyPub: Grindstone
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%

    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 18.2%, God Game 17.5% ★, Board Game 16.3%, Building 10.3%, Management 7.9%

  14. #14 Can't Live Without Electricity
    89% matchVery Positive94% of 242 reviews2023
    Dev: MELOVITY
    Windows · Mac

    Can't Live Without Electricity is a 3D relaxing puzzle game in which you supply electricity by connecting houses to power plants.

    Why similar: Hex Grid 17.4% ★, City Builder 14.9%, Building 11.1%, Minimalist 10.9%, Management 9.6%

  15. #15 Shanshui Haven
    87% matchVery Positive99% of 86 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 30.1%, Isometric 12.1%, Relaxing 12.1%, Procedural Generation 11%, Building 10.2%

  16. #16 Hexagod
    86% matchVery Positive88% of 84 reviews2025
    Dev: Aarimous
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A satisfying roguelike village builder set in the eye of an apocalyptic storm. Place hexagon tiles, unlock adjacency bonuses, and find powerful relics to create game breaking synergies. Prove you are worthy of becoming the next Hexagod… before the storm destroys it all.

    Why similar: City Builder 23.9%, God Game 23.5% ★, Minimalist 9.3%, Building 7.3%, Puzzle 7.3%

  17. #17 Scorchlands
    86% matchVery Positive89% of 140 reviews2024
    Dev: RinglabPub: Star Drifters
    Windows · Linux

    Build, optimize, and explore at your own pace in Scorchlands, a cozy yet strategic colony builder. Manage resources, shape the environment, and expand your network across a volcanic moon. No rush, no pressure, just satisfying logistics and endless possibilities.

    Why similar: Hex Grid 32.2% ★, City Builder 18%, Colony Sim 14.9%, Resource Management 12.8%, Management 8%

  18. #18 MicroTown
    85% matchVery Positive95% of 478 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 21.8%, Colony Sim 17.2%, Hex Grid 15.7% ★, Resource Management 11.2%, Medieval 10.3%

  19. #19 URBO
    83% matchVery Positive92% of 683 reviews2023
    Dev: Door 407
    Windows
    Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    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 24.9%, Building 13.9%, Minimalist 12.8%, Isometric 11.1%, Relaxing 9.7%

  20. #20 World Turtles
    84% matchMixed67% of 67 reviews2024
    Dev: Re: cOg Mission
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    The World Turtle carries entire civilizations on its back through outer space, and the gentle Meeps are the only ones on a quest to save it. Cooperation, rather than conquest will save the day, so prepare to harvest, build, research, and explore the void in this wholesome turtleback builder.

    Why similar: Hex Grid 21.7% ★, City Builder 20.1%, Colony Sim 15.2%, God Game 15.1% ★, Medieval 9%

  21. #21 Orrstead
    84% matchMostly Positive79% of 82 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 21%, Colony Sim 16.2%, Building 10.9%, Medieval 9.3%, Management 8.3%

  22. #22 Synergy
    81% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,098 reviews2025
    Dev: Leikir StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 55%

    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.

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  23. #23 Home Wind
    82% matchVery Positive90% of 847 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!

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  24. #24 Tile Cities 2
    81% matchVery Positive90% of 72 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 31.5%, Strategy 16.6%, Minimalist 13.2%, Building 12.1%, Puzzle 10.4%

  25. #25 Atlas Architect
    82% matchMostly Positive71% of 226 reviews2021
    Dev: Danial RashidiPub: Rashidi Interactive
    Windows

    A creative game where your imagination is your limit.

    Why similar: Hex Grid 27.6% ★, God Game 16.9% ★, City Builder 14.5%, Building 13.1%, Procedural Generation 9.4%

  26. #26 Cloudscrapers
    78% matchVery Positive99% of 151 reviews2026
    Dev: Nementic GamesPub: Curve Games
    Windows

    Cloudscrapers is a minimalist strategy game with a relaxing atmosphere. Build your tower, manage resources, unlock new tools, and uncover the secrets hidden in the sky.

    Why similar: City Builder 33.2%, Minimalist 13.9%, Relaxing 12.9%, Resource Management 11.9%, Puzzle 10%

  27. #27 River Towns
    79% matchVery Positive92% of 257 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.

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  28. #28 Teeny Tiny Town
    80% matchVery Positive91% of 57 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 26.3%, Minimalist 15%, Building 14.3%, Puzzle 9.1%, Relaxing 8.5%

  29. #29 Growth
    79% matchVery Positive90% of 334 reviews2023
    Dev: VoodooDuckPub: Assemble Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 61%

    Growth is a cozy, hexagonal-grid based soft-strategy game. Explore and populate a procedurally generated world by utilizing unique abilities of animals. Growth blends the beauty of cozy exploration with challenging navigation around obstacles.

    Why similar: Relaxing 23.2%, Strategy 22.2%, Puzzle 21%, Procedural Generation 14.9%, Exploration 11.3%

  30. #30 Islantiles
    78% matchVery Positive91% of 69 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 20.9%, Board Game 18.8%, Minimalist 10.1%, Resource Management 9.1%, Relaxing 9.1%

  31. #31 Nurikabe World
    77% matchVery Positive100% of 206 reviews2025
    Dev: Hemisquare
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Nurikabe World is a relaxing logic puzzle game where you solve puzzles by creating islands and connecting rivers to create beautiful sceneries. Experience different landscapes and seasons, solve puzzle campaigns and create your own levels.

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  32. #32 Coral Cove
    77% matchVery Positive94% of 151 reviews2023
    Dev: Sandro FigoPub: MediaCube Games
    Windows

    Coral Cove is a relaxing match 3-like underwater game in which you try to build the largest reef without running out of corals to place.

    Why similar: Hex Grid 33.5% ★, City Builder 16.3%, Building 13%, Relaxing 7.8%, Puzzle 6.8%

  33. #33 Diluvian Winds
    76% matchMostly Positive73% of 391 reviews2024
    Dev: Alambik StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 72%

    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.

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    74% matchVery Positive85% of 2,285 reviews2023
    Dev: The StationPub: Thunderful Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 69%

    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 29.2%, Resource Management 15.1%, Building 12.5%, Management 11%, Relaxing 10.8%

  35. #35 Mistward
    75% matchMixed62% of 91 reviews2026
    Dev: Sokpop Collective
    Windows · Mac

    Mistward is a survival city-builder set on a mysterious island enshrouded in a poisonous mist! Create light sources to keep the mist at bay, build houses and command humans to gather resources. Explore the island and find a way out!

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    76% matchVery Positive93% of 162 reviews2020
    Dev: Thunderbox Entertainment
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Relax with this beautiful, Zen board game. Play with friends, AI, or simply enjoy the solo experience. It's like a holiday for your mind...

    Why similar: Board Game 46.9%, Multiplayer 15.2%, Puzzle 14.4%, Strategy 11.4%, Casual 5.6%

  37. #37 ShoreTiles
    73% matchMostly Positive75% of 102 reviews2026
    Dev: Voxel StudiosPub: Noovola
    Windows

    Build your island around a fragile lighthouse in this Gloomy tile-placement strategy game. Balance growth, economy, and defense - because when night falls, THEY will rise from the depths.

    Why similar: City Builder 24.7%, Hex Grid 23.5% ★, Minimalist 11.3%, Relaxing 8.5%, Isometric 7.7%

  38. #38 HEXAROMA: Village Builder
    74% matchMostly Positive78% of 67 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 23.6%, Colony Sim 20.2%, Minimalist 12%, Building 11.3%, Medieval 9.7%

  39. #39 Townscaper
    72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 21,651 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 29.7%, Building 18.1%, Minimalist 13.7%, Relaxing 12.3%, Procedural Generation 10.6%

  40. #40 Pan'orama: Prologue
    75% matchVery Positive84% of 81 reviews2023
    Dev: Chicken LauncherPub: Awaken Realms
    Windows

    Pan'orama is a relaxing and soothing puzzle simulation game in which you create amazing landscapes using different types of tiles, but most of all by discovering the connections between them and finding unique combinations.

    Why similar: City Builder 31.1%, Building 19.4%, Minimalist 12.5%, Procedural Generation 12.1%, Colorful 7.2%

  41. #41 Biomisland
    73% 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 39.4%, Strategy 17.7%, Minimalist 14.9%, Relaxing 9.3%, Colorful 9.3%

  42. #42 Reus 2
    70% matchVery Positive94% of 2,321 reviews2024
    Dev: Abbey GamesPub: Firesquid
    Windows
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    Shape worlds with your godly titans. Make symbiotic ecosystems and inspire humanity with your creations. Their achievements unlock new possibilities. Make different planets for different human spirits, and fill the universe with life!

    Why similar: God Game 24.3% ★, City Builder 17.8%, Colony Sim 15.2%, Resource Management 9.6%, Management 7.7%

  43. #43 Pile Up!
    71% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,182 reviews2025
    Dev: RemoobPub: Catoptric Games
    Windows
    Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 67%

    "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 23.1%, Building 13.4%, Minimalist 13%, Relaxing 10.5%, Isometric 10.4%

  44. #44 Oxytone
    72% matchVery Positive92% of 145 reviews2023
    Dev: OxGamesPub: Tate Multimedia
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    Relax and listen to the hypnotizing world of Oxytone, slow paced puzzle game where you rotate hexagonal tiles with paths. Each tile can be used up to six times, creating tangled paths.

    Why similar: Board Game 23.9%, Hex Grid 20.6% ★, Relaxing 12.2%, Procedural Generation 9.6%, Minimalist 9.1%

  45. #45 Virtual City Playground®: Build Your Metropolis
    69% matchVery Positive87% of 1,112 reviews2026
    Dev: G5 Entertainment AB
    Windows

    Relaxing city builder where you grow a vibrant metropolis, produce goods, manage transit and build iconic landmarks at your own pace.

    Why similar: City Builder 37.8%, Building 17%, Isometric 10.3%, Relaxing 7.4%, Resource Management 6.8%

  46. #46 A Little Age
    71% matchMixed63% of 63 reviews2026
    Dev: Benerot
    Windows

    A cozy minimalist settlement builder about growing a network of settlements, each with its own little economy. Manage the flow of resources between them at your own pace, pause at any time, and watch a civilization emerge as your settlements work together to raise a great temple and claim the land.

    Why similar: City Builder 21.2%, Building 14.6%, Minimalist 13.1%, Relaxing 11.2%, Procedural Generation 9%

  47. #47 Folklands
    70% matchMostly Positive75% of 74 reviews2026
    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 21.3%, Colony Sim 17.3%, Building 11.8%, Management 8.3%, Isometric 7.2%

  48. #48 Dawnfolk
    68% matchVery Positive95% of 731 reviews2025
    Dev: Darenn KellerPub: Klei Publishing
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 73%

    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 21.4%, Board Game 19.9%, Resource Management 12%, Medieval 10.6%, Minimalist 9%

  49. #49 Tile Tale
    71% matchMostly Positive75% of 51 reviews2022
    Dev: Sokpop Collective
    Windows · Mac

    Push colorful tiles into the grid creating fields of the same type to gain new tile types. Create different worlds such as jungle islands, wasteland volcano land or even a big city!

    Why similar: God Game 31.7% ★, City Builder 29%, Building 10.9%, Strategy 9.5%, Puzzle 8.5%

  50. #50 Kingdomino
    68% matchVery Positive88% of 51 reviews2025
    Dev: Meeple Corp
    Windows · Mac

    Kingdomino is a cosy 1-4 player tile-laying strategy game of kingdom building. Place colorful dominoes, match terrains, and crown your lands to create the most prosperous realm. Simple to learn yet deeply strategic game perfect for quick sessions, solo challenges, or competitive multiplayer.

    Why similar: Board Game 28.7%, Building 12.6%, Medieval 12.3%, Relaxing 11.2%, Strategy 7.9%

  51. #51 Foundation
    65% matchVery Positive87% of 24,287 reviews2025
    Dev: Polymorph Games
    Windows
    Median: 11.1 hrsMean: 27.6 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 38.5%, Medieval 13.2%, Resource Management 9.6%, Colony Sim 9.2%, Building 9.1%

  52. #52 Land Above Sea Below
    69% matchMostly Positive72% of 152 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.

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  53. #53 Let Them Trade
    66% matchVery Positive86% of 1,191 reviews2025
    Dev: SpaceflowerPub: ByteRockers' Games
    Windows
    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%

    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 23.3%, Resource Management 12.9%, Board Game 12.3%, Medieval 10.8%, Building 10.6%

  54. #54 URBO: Dream One
    66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,363 reviews2023
    Dev: Door 407
    Windows
    Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 48%

    URBO: Dream One is a meditative puzzle game where you build houses around the mysterious Tower. Let your mind wander through visions of an enchanted city on an island in the middle of the crystal clear waters of a vibrant lake.

    Why similar: City Builder 44.2%, Strategy 17%, Relaxing 15.3%, Cute 6.9%, Building 6.5%

  55. #55 Terra Nil
    66% matchVery Positive87% of 8,852 reviews2023
    Dev: Free LivesPub: Devolver Digital
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    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 27.6%, Relaxing 12.8%, Procedural Generation 10.7%, Isometric 10%, Resource Management 9.9%

  56. #56 Spiritstead
    65% matchVery Positive84% of 174 reviews2026
    Dev: Turbo Dog Games
    Windows

    Build a village in a world of magic and care for the people who live there, with the help of hidden spirits you discover along the way. Watch your town grow and flourish as you expand, create, and decorate.

    Why similar: City Builder 26.8%, Colony Sim 15.2%, Building 14.2%, Management 10.8%, Relaxing 9.1%

  57. #57 Awe
    70% matchMostly Positive71% of 258 reviews2015
    Dev: Badland Development StudioPub: BadLand Publishing
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Awe is a god-game about expressing one’s creativity by shaping and building planets’ ecosystems in a soothing and relaxing ambiance carried by beautiful, minimalist lowpoly 3D art style and atmospheric music.

    Why similar: God Game 39.5% ★, Minimalist 13.7%, Building 12.4%, Puzzle 11.8%, Colorful 9.5%

  58. #58 Glimvale : My Mini Overworld
    64% matchVery Positive92% of 114 reviews2026
    Dev: Milkshake Games
    Windows

    Glimvale is a solo cosy city-builder with idle mechanics where you manage, decorate, and grow a charming MMO village. Keep adventurers happy and shape the world at your own pace. After all, you’re the game master.

    Why similar: City Builder 39%, Building 19.3%, Management 16.4%, Medieval 13.5%, Colorful 7.1%

  59. #59 BioEden
    64% matchMostly Positive79% of 140 reviews2026
    Dev: Broken Arms GamesPub: Focus Entertainment
    Windows

    Step into a cozy management journey as a Keeper and bring life back to a world quietly waiting to be healed. Craft the perfect biome for dozens of wonderful animal species and use your ingenuity to restore your planet, one ecosystem at a time.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 20.6%, Resource Management 19.8%, Relaxing 11.6%, Isometric 8.9%, Building 7.5%

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