City Builder

Games about laying out and growing a settlement — zoning, roads, services, and resource flow — and keeping a population fed, housed, and content.

2137 games in this zone

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Planet Zoo - Build a world for wildlife in Planet Zoo. From the developers of Planet Coaster and Zoo Tycoon comes the ultimate zoo sim. Construct detailed habitats, manage your zoo, and meet authentic living animals who think, feel and explore the world you create around them.
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Nov 5, 2019
91% 👍
of 95k
Zoo · Management · Simulation · Building · Sandbox · Nature · City Builder · Economy · Realistic · Singleplayer · Family Friendly · Cute · Resource Management · Multiplayer · Strategy
Farm Manager 2018 - Manage your own farm in the game Farm Manager 2018! To expand your farm business, produce cheap and sell your products in high prices. Control the process of land cultivation, employ the best staff, buy the most appropriate farm equipment, raise livestock and process the harvested crops.
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Apr 6, 2018
72% 👍
of 2.8k
Farming Sim · Indie · Management · Casual · Agriculture · Building · Resource Management · Economy · Farming · Simulation · Singleplayer · Strategy · Sandbox · City Builder · Relaxing
Hexguardian - Hexguardian is a roguelite, tower defense game where you build your own maps with hexagonal tiles! Build and upgrade towers, recruit armies, learn spells, construct wonders and place hexagonal tiles to create a path to enhance your defenses. With plenty of game modes and talents to unlock!
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May 2, 2024
80% 👍
of 695
Tower Defense · Cartoony · Roguelite · Roguelike · Strategy · Hex Grid · Procedural Generation · Tactical · RTS · 3D · Cute · Stylized · Colorful · Fantasy · Magic
Siege Survival: Gloria Victis - A medieval city under siege and a handful of civilians are all that keep the walls from falling. Mixing survival strategy and resource management, build your camp, craft supplies, and scavenge the occupied city to supply the last troops holding back the invaders.
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May 18, 2021
79% 👍
of 1.8k
Singleplayer · City Builder · Immersive Sim · Resource Management · Survival · Strategy · Economy · Isometric · Time Management · Medieval · War · Management · Base Building · Crafting · Choices Matter
Endzone - A World Apart - 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.
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Mar 18, 2021
77% 👍
of 9.9k
City Builder · Survival · Strategy · Post-apocalyptic · Simulation · Base Building · Indie · Building · Colony Sim · Sandbox · Management · Singleplayer · Resource Management · Economy · Real-Time
Buggos - Lead your hive to victory in 'Buggos', an RTS Auto Battler! Customize your swarm with 120+ evolutions and conquer humanity. Strategy meets bug chaos!
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Mar 17, 2022
88% 👍
of 1.4k
Strategy · Simulation · City Builder · Base Building · Management · Building · Grand Strategy · Singleplayer · RTS · Wargame · 2D · Pixel Graphics · Resource Management · Auto Battler · Casual
Pure Farming 2018 - Use the latest technology and state-of-the-art licensed machines to manage all aspects of modern farming. Travel between Europe, Asia, and both Americas to plant region-specific crops such as hemp, coffee beans, and olives. Farm your way thanks to three unique game modes tailored to both simulation veterans and newcomers to farming games.
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Mar 13, 2018
73% 👍
of 1.7k
Farming Sim · Simulation · Open World · Agriculture · Management · Realistic · Economy · Singleplayer · Family Friendly · Farming · First-Person · Casual · RPG · Building · Sandbox
Aven Colony - Build a new home for humanity in Aven Colony. Discover Aven Prime - an alien planet of deserts, tundras, and wetlands light years from earth. Build your colonies into massive, sprawling cities whilst dealing with the challenges faced when settling on a new world.
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Jul 25, 2017
72% 👍
of 2.8k
Colony Sim · City Builder · Strategy · Simulation · Sci-fi · Base Building · Indie · Space · Singleplayer · Survival · Resource Management · Management · Sandbox · Epic · Atmospheric
Transport Fever - Transport Fever is a railroad-focused tycoon game. Players start in 1850 and build up a thriving transport company. As an emerging transport tycoon, the player constructs stations, airports, harbors and makes money by connecting areas requiring transport services. Build up your own Empire!
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Nov 8, 2016
83% 👍
of 10k
Flight · City Builder · Sandbox · Building · Driving · Economy · Management · Trains · Transportation · Strategy · Relaxing · Open World · Procedural Generation · Simulation · Realistic
Frostpunk - 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?
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Apr 24, 2018
93% 👍
of 135k
City Builder · Survival · Resource Management · Strategy · Post-apocalyptic · Steampunk · Colony Sim · Building · Base Building · Singleplayer · Management · Simulation · Choices Matter · Atmospheric · Economy
Space Colony: Steam Edition - Space Colony: Steam Edition is a remaster of the real-time base builder and strategy game from Firefly Studios, creators of the Stronghold series. In Space Colony you colonize to survive, designing intergalactic bases that keep your crew productive, happy and defended against hostile alien threats.
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Apr 30, 2015
80% 👍
of 663
City Builder · Colony Sim · Immersive Sim · Sandbox · Life Sim · Space Sim · Base Building · Female Protagonist · Romance · Strategy · 2D · Isometric · Economy · Management · Space
Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI - Expand your empire, advance your culture and go head-to-head against history’s greatest leaders. Will your civilization stand the test of time?
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Oct 20, 2016
86% 👍
of 375k
Strategy · Turn-Based Strategy · Multiplayer · Historical · Grand Strategy · Singleplayer · Turn-Based · 4X · City Builder · War · Simulation · Tactical · Management · Building · Moddable

Top Rated

Stronghold Crusader HD (2012) - The highly anticipated sequel to the best-selling Stronghold, Stronghold Crusader HD throws you into historic battles and castle sieges from the Crusades with fiendish AI opponents, new units, 4 historical campaigns and over 100 unique skirmish missions.
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Oct 21, 2013
98% 👍
of 20k
Military · City Builder · Real Time Tactics · Medieval · Building · Colony Sim · Base Building · Strategy · War · Sandbox · Management · Real-Time · Resource Management · RTS · Isometric
Dyson Sphere Program - Build the most efficient intergalactic factory in space simulation strategy game Dyson Sphere Program! Harness the power of stars, collect resources, plan and design production lines and develop your interstellar factory from a small space workshop to a galaxy-wide industrial empire.
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Jan 20, 2021
97% 👍
of 91k
Automation · Space · Base Building · Building · Resource Management · Open World · Simulation · Sci-fi · Management · Sandbox · City Builder · Strategy · Singleplayer · Space Sim · 3D
Minami Lane - Welcome to Minami Lane! Build your own street in this tiny cozy, casual management sim! Unlock and customize buildings, manage your shops, and maximize the happiness of your villagers to complete quests and fill your street with love!
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Feb 28, 2024
97% 👍
of 6.6k
Cute · Casual · Life Sim · Relaxing · Management · Colorful · Simulation · Cozy · Indie · City Builder · Strategy · Resource Management · Isometric · Stylized · Hand-drawn
From Glory To Goo - From Glory To Goo is a Sci-Fi survival RTS set on an alien world. Serve as humanity's bulwark by establishing a colony and supporting your colonists still in orbit. But beware, for The Goo, a relentless and shape-shifting force approaches from all sides, even above and below.
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Apr 2, 2024
97% 👍
of 1.7k
Base Building · Tower Defense · RTS · Real-Time with Pause · Action RTS · Resource Management · Colony Sim · City Builder · Strategy · Sandbox · Zombies · War · Survival · Post-apocalyptic · Procedural Generation
URBO: Dream One - 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.
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Aug 31, 2023
97% 👍
of 1.3k
Strategy · Incremental · 3D · Base Building · Atmospheric · Idler · Stylized · City Builder · Family Friendly · Relaxing · Cute · Surreal · Deckbuilding · Choices Matter · Casual
Age of Empires II (Retired) - Age of Empires II has been re-imagined in high definition. With the release of Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition, this product will not be updated further.
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Apr 9, 2013
96% 👍
of 102k
Strategy · RTS · Medieval · Multiplayer · Classic · Historical · Base Building · City Builder · Resource Management · Singleplayer · Tactical · Real-Time · Co-op · Competitive · Replay Value
Timberborn - 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.
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Mar 12, 2026
96% 👍
of 40k
City Builder · Colony Sim · Voxel · Sandbox · Automation · Building · Nature · Management · Base Building · Survival · Strategy · Physics · Science · Farming Sim · Simulation
Stacklands - Stacklands is a village builder where you stack cards to collect food, build structures, and fight creatures. 🃏 For example, dragging a Villager card on top of a Berry Bush card will spawn Berry cards which the villagers can eat to survive. 🃏 Play your cards right and expand your village!
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Apr 8, 2022
96% 👍
of 29k
Card Game · Management · Survival · Roguelite · Card Battler · City Builder · Strategy · Building · Solitaire · Singleplayer · 2D · Deckbuilding · Tabletop · Cute · Simulation
Dorfromantik - 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!
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Apr 28, 2022
96% 👍
of 29k
Puzzle · Relaxing · City Builder · Turn-Based Strategy · Casual · Board Game · Strategy · Sandbox · Resource Management · Simulation · Minimalist · Family Friendly · Procedural Generation · Logic · Indie
Thronefall - A minimalist game about building and defending your little kingdom.
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Oct 11, 2024
96% 👍
of 23k
Tower Defense · Strategy · City Builder · Minimalist · Medieval · Action · Action RTS · Base Building · Building · 3D · Isometric · Colorful · Stylized · Fantasy · Auto Battler
Stronghold HD (2012) - The original castle sim, Stronghold HD allows you to design, build and destroy historical castles. Engage in medieval warfare against the AI in one of two single player campaigns or online with up to 8 players.
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Oct 21, 2013
96% 👍
of 10k
Real Time Tactics · City Builder · Colony Sim · Medieval · Building · Sandbox · Economy · Tower Defense · Base Building · RTS · Strategy · 2D · Isometric · Funny · Historical

New & Notable

COPA CITY - An economic strategy where top football clubs entrust you with organizing their matches. Build in the city, manage its structures and stadium, provide entertainment, food, and security for fans. Your success is measured by Match Readiness.
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Jun 16, 2026
70% 👍
of 250
Management · Strategy · Football (Soccer) · Isometric · Immersive Sim · Modern · Resource Management · Time Management · Building · Realistic · City Builder · Economy · Choices Matter · RTS · Sports
MegaFactory Titan - A factory-building game. Survive a harsh climate, strip mine an infinite world, and build a sprawling factory, then trade or go to war with Colonists, Governments, Pirates, Rebels, and more!
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Jun 2, 2026
78% 👍
of 150
Building · Automation · Resource Management · Base Building · Procedural Generation · Mining · City Builder · Management · Capitalism · Economy · Space · Simulation · Sci-fi · Science · Futuristic
Life Below - Life Below is a refreshing twist on the city-building genre, set beneath the waves. Shape thriving coral reefs, revive collapsing ecosystems, and grow a living seascape in a heartfelt narrative by Rhianna Pratchett. You are the ocean's final hope.
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May 26, 2026
84% 👍
of 183
Nature · City Builder · Strategy · Simulation · Underwater · Survival · Management · Building · Resource Management · Atmospheric · Fantasy · Crafting · Story Rich · Relaxing · Base Building
Steel Artery: Train City Builder - Hardcore city-building sim in a fantasy steampunk world. Manage multi-racial colonies with hundreds of autonomous citizens, balance their needs, grow the economy, build logistics, and travel a vast world carrying out the Emperor’s orders.
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May 15, 2026
75% 👍
of 274
City Builder · Colony Sim · Sandbox · Building · Economy · Management · Trains · Survival · Base Building · Automation · 2D · Strategy · Steampunk · Pixel Graphics · Simulation
Gold Gold Adventure Gold - In this world, it’s all about the gold! Use it to build up a fantasy town, recruit heroes, give quests, raise a Godbeast, cast powerful spells, and expand your influence—all one gold coin at a time.
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May 15, 2026
70% 👍
of 770
Strategy · RTS · City Builder · God Game · Simulation · Base Building · Colony Sim · Tower Defense · Hand-drawn · Survival · 2D · Isometric · Management · RPG · Procedural Generation
Summa Expeditionis - Summa Expeditionis is a colony sim and base building game set in ancient Roman Empire. Follow the career of a Roman soldier from Legionnaire to Centurion. Build and manage your camp, recruit more soldiers and face the barbarians for the glory of Rome.
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May 6, 2026
71% 👍
of 306
Colony Sim · Base Building · Management · Simulation · Building · Crafting · Strategy · Exploration · Sandbox · Rome · City Builder · Farming Sim · Third Person · Action · Historical
Ash & Adam's Existential Treads - A mini action city-builder in a post-post-apocalyptic world. Grow your settlement. Fend off waves of enemies. Restore nature.
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May 3, 2026
93% 👍
of 351
Strategy · Action · Tower Defense · City Builder · Arcade · Exploration · Top-Down Shooter · 3D · Base Building · Colorful · Stylized · Top-Down · Atmospheric · Building · Management

Hidden Gems

A World of Keflings - Keflings may be small, but their kingdom-building adventures are gigantic! Build a world with your friends in A World of Keflings! Harvest resources, construct robots, befriend a dragon, and help a creepy witch get even creepier in this update of the classic 2010 city-building adventure.
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Jul 29, 2025
99% 👍
of 418
City Builder · Cozy · Building · Crafting · Management · Base Building · Funny · Top-Down · Cute · 3D · Dialogue Heavy · Simulation · Adventure · Casual · Third Person
Doraemon Dorayaki Shop Story - A simulation game where you create a wonderful sweets shop with Doraemon
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Dec 8, 2024
98% 👍
of 515
Simulation · Life Sim · City Builder · Exploration · 2D Platformer · 2.5D · Cute · Pixel Graphics · Anime · 2D · Colorful · Fantasy · Cooking · Management · Singleplayer
ShantyTown - ShantyTown is a relaxing diorama-building game about finding beauty in everyday chaos. Bring new locations to life, stack your urban buildings high, and fill each little nook and cranny with your own touch. Try your hand at shaping a cozy little town that is unique to you.
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Apr 16, 2026
98% 👍
of 399
Relaxing · City Builder · Singleplayer · Cozy · Decorating · Sandbox · Soundtrack · Casual · Colorful · Stylized · Atmospheric · Minimalist · Indie · Simulation · Exploration
ISLANDERS: New Shores - 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.
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Jul 10, 2025
97% 👍
of 858
Casual · Strategy · City Builder · Relaxing · Building · Indie · Colorful · Puzzle · Atmospheric · Procedural Generation · Colony Sim · Turn-Based Strategy · Minimalist · Score Attack · Singleplayer
The Final Earth 2 - The Final Earth 2 is a vertical sci-fi city builder. Earth is unlivable, so you decide to create a space colony. Gather resources, then build and research your way to a better future! Grow your city from an exploration ship to a huge metropolis, full of advanced technology. What will you build?
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Jul 15, 2022
97% 👍
of 405
Colony Sim · Strategy · Space · Management · Building · Base Building · Sandbox · Space Sim · Simulation · Sci-fi · Moddable · Futuristic · Resource Management · Singleplayer · City Builder
Dream Town Island - 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!
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Nov 12, 2023
96% 👍
of 510
Simulation · Casual · Strategy · City Builder · Colony Sim · Life Sim · Farming Sim · Pixel Graphics · 2D · Cute · Building · Singleplayer · Sandbox · 2D Platformer · Top-Down
GolfTopia - DESIGN, BUILD and MANAGE your own futuristic golf course. Keep 200 persistent visitors fed, hydrated, and happy. Defend your creation from a growing infestation of weeds with robotic workers and defensive turrets. Evolve your course into a mega resort where nobody wants to go home, EVER!
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Mar 30, 2021
96% 👍
of 504
Strategy · Sandbox · Golf · Simulation · Mini Golf · Management · City Builder · Economy · Base Building · Building · Futuristic · Automation · Physics · God Game · Capitalism
Cafe Master Story - Serve up food, drinks, and smiles in this retro cafe management sim!
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Oct 15, 2023
96% 👍
of 335
Simulation · Casual · Strategy · Sandbox · Colony Sim · Life Sim · City Builder · Pixel Graphics · 2D Platformer · 2D · Cooking · Cute · Top-Down · Retro · Building
Dawnfolk - 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?
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Feb 13, 2025
95% 👍
of 714
Puzzle · Strategy · City Builder · Casual · Resource Management · Board Game · Survival · Base Building · Turn-Based Strategy · Choices Matter · Exploration · Fantasy · Medieval · Pixel Graphics · Retro
Tile Cities - Tile Cities turns city-building experience into a simple relaxing puzzle game and does so with style
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May 5, 2022
95% 👍
of 570
Strategy · City Builder · Casual · Turn-Based Tactics · Puzzle · 2D · Top-Down · Relaxing · Procedural Generation · Minimalist · Building · Singleplayer · Management
Midori no Kaori - Welcome to Midori no Kaori, a relaxing cozy game that allows you to create your own Japanese shop and manage customers. There are no winners or losers here, just unleash your creativity and enjoy a unique experience.
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Oct 21, 2025
95% 👍
of 491
Relaxing · Building · Incremental · Cinematic · Emotional · Atmospheric · Design & Illustration · City Builder · Sandbox · Cooking · Visual Novel · Cute · 3D · Base Building · Top-Down