City Building

Action, Third-person view, Open world, Strategy, City Building, Construction, Online, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Medieval era

April 23, 2024

Players: 8.1/10

A survival simulator in the Middle Ages. The main character is a man accused of murdering a prince and sentenced to death. Having escaped punishment, he decides to...

Cities: Skylines 2

Strategy, Simulation, Business / Management, City Building, Construction

October 24, 2023

Players: 7.4/10

Metacritic: 74/100

A continuation of the city-planning simulator, in which all the mechanics were expanded, support for modifications was improved, graphics were upgraded and...

Tropico 7

Strategy, Simulation, In real time, Business / Management, Sandbox, City Building, Construction

2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

A new installment in the famous Tropico series of city-building simulators, which continues the story of El Presidente. Players in the role of a dictator will have...

Stronghold 4

Strategy, Simulation, In real time, Isometric, City Building, Medieval era, Construction

2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

Continuation of the legendary series of strategies about building and defending medieval castles. The events unfold years before the original game and transport...

Anno 117: Pax Romana

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, City Building, Construction

November 13, 2025

VGTimes: 7.4/10

Players: 5.9/10

Metacritic: 84/100

The game takes place in 117 AD. Players in the role of governor control two provinces — Albion and Latium. As you progress, you need to establish trade, build...

Anno 1800

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, City Building, Sandbox, Exploration, Historical, Cooperative (co-op)

April 16, 2019

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Anno 1800 is a new game in the real-time management strategy series Anno. The events unfold at the dawn of the industrial age, during the times of great...

Against the Storm

Strategy, Isometric, In real time, Simulation, City Building, Sandbox, Historical, Fantasy, Construction

November 1, 2022

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 91/100

A city-planning simulator in a dark fantasy world in which you need to restore civilization and save it from deadly rains. Players take on the role of the Scorched...

Romestead

Action, Adventure, Simulation, Top-down view, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, City Building

May 26, 2026

The ruins of Ancient Rome became an arena of the fierce struggle for life: the former citizens turned into revived dead and hunt for survivors at night. Players...

Laysara: Summit Kingdom

Strategy, Simulation, Business / Management, City Building, Fantasy

April 10, 2024

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 73/100

The player creates a new home on top of the mountain for his people, driven out of the lowlands. Half-settlements may be located at different heights, but coexist...

Pax Autocratica

Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Roguelike, Science fiction, City Building, Construction, Crafting

August 10, 2026

An unusual hybrid of a city-building colony simulator and a first-person shooter with dark satire on totalitarian regimes. In the game, you need to build a powerful...

ALL WILL FALL

Simulation, Business / Management, Sandbox, Post-apocalyptic, Survival, City Building, Construction, Crafting

April 3, 2026

Metacritic: 73/100

A post-apocalyptic city-building simulator in which any building can collapse. As the leader of a small group of survivors, you will have to build a vertical city...

Going Medieval

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Medieval era, City Building

June 1, 2021

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 76/100

A simulator of building and managing a medieval settlement, unfolding after a devastating plague that left only a small part of the population alive. A small group...

Noble Legacy

Simulation, Third-person view, Sandbox, City Building, Open world, Medieval era, Construction

August 12, 2025

Players: 7.5/10

The game takes you to a world where the war is over, but the real trials are just beginning. Legacy is the ruined kingdom of Greenwood, on the brink of collapse...

Corsair Cove

Strategy, Simulation, Historical, City Building, Construction

July 31, 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

Metacritic: 79/100

A city-building simulator for developing a pirate base at the sunset of the golden age of buccaneers. In the game's plot, the seas are roamed by Crown ships, and...

Foundation

Strategy, Business / Management, Indie, Medieval era, City Building, Procedural generation

February 1, 2019

Players: 8/10

A city-building simulator in a medieval setting, where all the emphasis is on creating a harmonious dream city. The modular construction system allows you to erect...

Masters of Albion

Strategy, God Simulator, In real time, Business / Management, City Building, Construction, Zombies

April 22, 2026

A god simulator from the creators of Black & White. Players develop a settlement, satisfy the needs of warring factions and expand their influence - and at night...

Lessaria: Fantasy Kingdom Sim

Strategy, Simulation, In real time, Sandbox, City Building, Fantasy, Medieval era

October 20, 2025

Players: 9.6/10

A real-time strategy game with indirect control in the spirit of the Majesty series. Throughout the game, the player develops a kingdom, recruits heroes who act...

Ratopia

Survival, City Building, Side view, Simulation, Business / Management, Sandbox

November 6, 2023

Players: 9.2/10

The player controls a city inhabited by mice. Each resident of Ratopia has their own skills and characteristics — they need to organize suitable jobs for the...

Republic of Pirates

Simulation, Strategy, Construction, City Building, Business / Management

June 19, 2024

Players: 8.2/10

The main character is trying to restore his father's legacy and rebuild the pirate settlement. It is necessary to develop buildings necessary for the extraction and...

Farthest Frontier

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Sandbox, City Building, Medieval era

August 9, 2022

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 83/100

An urban strategy game with sandbox elements, where the player leads a small group of settlers on the edge of the known world. Gradually, you need to rebuild the...

The Wandering Village

Business / Management, Strategy, Side view, Futurism (Future), In real time, Post-apocalyptic, City Building

September 14, 2022

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 75/100

A city-building simulator where the settlement is built not on the ground, but on the back of a giant wandering creature named Onbu. The world around is poisoned by...

Jurassic World Evolution 3: Rebirth

Strategy, Simulation, DLC, Business / Management, Sandbox, Science fiction, City Building

June 16, 2026

A large expansion that enhances the park with new dinosaur species, a storyline campaign, and system improvements. The central element becomes the Distortus Rex...

Havendock

Simulation, Sandbox, Casual game, City Building, Construction, Crafting

April 20, 2023

Players: 9.5/10

A colorful survival and settlement management simulator in the middle of the ocean. The goal of the game is to build a huge city on the water. The player starts by...

Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic

Simulation, Strategy, Business / Management, City Building, Indie, Historical

March 15, 2019

Players: 8.6/10

A city planning simulator, the main feature of which is the surroundings in the style of the Soviet Union. The main task is to create your own republic, where you...

Eastern Era

Strategy, Simulation, Sandbox, Indie, City Building, Open world, Medieval era, Construction

March 28, 2026

Players: 9/10

A construction and management simulator in the style of a saga, where the story begins with the escape of a small group of students from a fading sect. In a harsh...

Hollywood Animal

Strategy, Simulation, Business / Management, City Building

April 10, 2025

Players: 8.6/10

The player heads a Hollywood studio at the dawn of sound cinema to guide it through decades of creative achievement, glamor, debauchery, broken destinies and deals...

Dawnfolk

Action, Adventure, Puzzle, Casual game, City Building, Fantasy, Old school

February 13, 2025

Metacritic: 83/100

A fantasy strategy game about a kingdom consumed by all-encompassing darkness. As the ruler, you must restore the devastated lands, manage resources, and build...

Fabledom

City Building, Strategy, Isometric, Simulation, Sandbox, Fantasy, Construction

April 13, 2023

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 77/100

The player takes control of a city in a wonderful world where fairy-tale characters have become real. In order for the city to prosper, it is necessary to monitor...

The Crust

Strategy, Simulation, In real time, Science fiction, City Building, Space, Construction

July 15, 2024

Players: 9.5/10

Colony simulator in the spirit of Factorio and RimWorld. The player takes on the role of the CEO of their own space company, which is trying to colonize the...

Techtonica

Strategy, Construction, City Building, Sandbox, Crafting, First-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Science fiction, Online

July 18, 2023

Players: 9.6/10

The events of the game take place in an underground alien world, to which the main character goes to extract minerals and vital products. As he progresses, he...

Settlement Survival

City Building, Strategy, Isometric

October 24, 2022

The player controls a group of survivors and oversees the construction of a settlement. It is necessary to protect people from natural threats, take care of their...

Pioneers of Pagonia

Strategy, City Building, Medieval era, Construction

December 13, 2023

Players: 7.3/10

Metacritic: 82/100

The game is about exploring, discovering and reuniting the fantastic islands of Pagonia. They have many scattered villages that can be united by building a...

Endzone 2

Strategy, City Building, Simulation, Post-apocalyptic, Construction, In real time

August 26, 2024

Players: 8/10

A post-apocalyptic city-building simulator that takes players to a world destroyed by a global cataclysm. Gamers travel by bus across a large open world, explore...

Pharaoh: A New Era

Business / Management, Strategy, Isometric, In real time, City Building, Historical

February 15, 2023

Players: 6.3/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Remake of the cult city-building simulator Pharaoh, released in 1999. The new version features updated 2D graphics, interface, and improved game mechanics. In...

Heart of the Machine

Strategy, Simulation, Business / Management, Science fiction, City Building, Construction, Procedural generation

January 31, 2025

A city planning simulator in which artificial intelligence tries to take control of an entire city. No one knows about its existence (yet), which allows the AI to...

Go-Go Town!

Simulation, Business / Management, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game, City Building, Construction

June 18, 2024

Players: 1/10

A city-building strategy about the life of the mayor of a small but promising town, where behind idyllic landscapes lies an endless stream of tasks. Initial...

Dungeons 4

Strategy, City Building, Fantasy, In real time, Demons, Cooperative (co-op), Online, Isometric

November 9, 2023

Players: 9.8/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Continuation of the fantasy strategy and dungeon management simulator. Absolute Evil and his loyal dark elf Thalia return after the legendary events of the previous...

Infection Free Zone

Simulation, Post-apocalyptic, City Building, Strategy, Survival, Zombies, Sandbox, Business / Management

April 11, 2024

Players: 6.8/10

The world is engulfed by a virus that turns those infected into aggressive and powerful monsters. Settlements are deserted and resources are scarce. The player...

Age of Empires 2: Definitive Edition - The Last Chieftains

Strategy, Online, DLC, In real time, Isometric, City Building, Medieval era

February 17, 2026

The expansion takes players to medieval South America with high mountains, dense jungles, and blooming valleys. The DLC adds three civilizations — Mapuche, Muisca...

Planet Coaster 2

Simulation, Sandbox, Construction, City Building, Cooperative (co-op), Business / Management

November 6, 2024

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Management strategy from the creators of Elite: Dangerous. Players can create, customize and manage theme parks with new features and expanded tools. It is now...

Best Games in the City Building genre