City Building for Nintendo Switch — top best games in the City Building genre

Frostpunk - a game in the City Building genre

Strategy, Business / Management, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Survival, City Building

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 October 2026

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Frostpunk is a city-building strategy game from the creators of This War of Mine. It tells the story of people surviving in a snow-covered world and using...

Sid Meier's Civilization 7

Strategy, Online, Historical, Turn-based, Cooperative (co-op), Grand strategy, City Building

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 February 2025

VGTimes: 8.0/10

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 51/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Continuation of the legendary series of turn-based strategies. Players rule as one of the many legendary leaders in world history. At the beginning, the player also...

Kingdom: Two Crowns

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Tower Defense (Tower Defense), City Building, Construction

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 December 2018

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Kingdom: Two Crowns is a continuation of the pixel management strategy with a side view in a fantasy setting, where the main emphasis is on cooperative play. You...

Northgard

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, City Building, Simulation

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 September 2019

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Real-time strategy inspired by Scandinavian mythology and the Viking era. After the discovery of the mysterious continent of Northgard, clans venture into uncharted...

Cities: Skylines

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 13 September 2018

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Cities: Skylines is a city planning simulator with a developed management system and metropolitan management. As mayor, you'll have to take care of education...

Townscaper

Strategy, Arcade, Puzzle, Indie, Simulation, Construction, Sandbox, Casual game, City Building

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 August 2021

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 63/100

Townscaper is a vibrant casual strategy game in which the player builds a city on an island. The player selects colors and creates blocks of houses on a grid, and...

Let's Build a Zoo

Strategy, Simulation, Business / Management, Indie, City Building, Open world

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 September 2022

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 76/100

A colorful, large-scale management strategy game about building your own zoo. The owner has dozens of animal species at their disposal: rare creatures can be...

Thronefall

Isometric, Strategy, Construction, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), In real time, Indie, City Building

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 October 2024

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 95/100

A game with minimalistic graphics, in which the gamer builds the defense of a settlement during the day and defends against enemy attacks at night. It is important...

Tropico 6

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 November 2020

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Tropico 6 is a continuation of the dictator simulator of a banana republic. This time, the world is in political turmoil — the radio broadcasts that the plans for...

One Piece: Grand Gourmet

Simulation, Business / Management, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Casual game, City Building, Fantasy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 October 2026

The world of One Piece turns into a cozy restaurant management simulator, where familiar characters help develop your own version of the legendary floating...

Airborne Kingdom

Business / Management, Strategy, Steampunk, Isometric, In real time, City Building, Exploration, Construction

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 9 November 2021

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Airborne Kingdom is a real-time management strategy with an isometric camera in a steampunk setting. In the game you will go on a fantastic journey — fly...

Becastled

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 October 2025

Steam: 82/100

A strategy game about building and surviving in a harsh fantasy world. It all begins with the foundation of a castle, around which a city grows: walls, towers, and...

Dorfromantik

Strategy, Arcade, Indie, Isometric, Turn-based, Puzzle, City Building, Casual game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 September 2022

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Dorfromantik is a colorful city-building strategy with turn-based battles and an isometric camera view. You start the game with a stack of procedurally generated...

Against the Storm

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 June 2025

Players: 8/10

Steam: 95/100

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...

Dawnfolk

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 7 October 2025

Steam: 94/100

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...

Dice Legacy

Business / Management, Strategy, Roguelike, Isometric, Futurism (Future), In real time, City Building, Survival

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 9 September 2021

Steam: 67/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Dice Legacy is a city building simulator with roguelike elements and an isometric camera view. In the game, you take the reins of your kingdom by rolling the dice...

The Unexpected Quest

Strategy, Isometric, In real time, Business / Management, Fantasy, Exploration, City Building

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 January 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 49/100

A colorful strategy in a fantasy world inspired by Warcraft 3 and The Settlers series. In the game, you need to construct buildings, participate in battles...

ISLANDERS: New Shores

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Indie, Procedural generation, Casual game, City Building

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 July 2025

Steam: 96/100

The player creates a dream city on a small island. Locations feature different biomes, each with its unique abilities. There are 44 types of buildings and various...

SteamWorld Build

Business / Management, Isometric, Steampunk, Strategy, City Building, Casual game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 1 December 2023

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 78/100

The player develops a dilapidated mining town inhabited by steam robots. Beneath the city is a mine rumored to contain rare resources and ancient technology. The...

Before We Leave

Simulation, Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Top-down view, Indie, City Building, Casual game, Construction

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 2 August 2022

Players: 5/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Before We Leave is a top-down real-time management strategy game. After a long period of imprisonment in the bowels of the earth, your people emerge to the surface...

Kingdom Eighties

Strategy, Side view, Construction, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Exploration, City Building

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 October 2023

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 81/100

A new part of the Kingdom microstrategy series. The main character is trying to protect his family and the city from attacks by mysterious monsters. Neighboring...

Parkasaurus

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 April 2022

Players: 8/10

Steam: 93/100

Parkasaurus is a management simulator with an isometric camera view. You have to become the head of an amazing amusement park where you can meet cute prehistoric...

Laysara: Summit Kingdom

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 February 2026

Players: 10/10

Steam: 81/100

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...

Fabledom

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 September 2024

Players: 8/10

Steam: 86/100

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...

Islanders

Arcade, Strategy, Isometric, Turn-based, Indie, City Building, Construction

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 August 2021

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Islanders is a minimalistic turn-based strategy game with an isometric camera view. Do you want to build beautiful cities without spending long hours on resource...

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime ISEKAI Chronicles

Action, Role-playing game, Side view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy, Adventure, City Building

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 8 August 2024

Steam: 52/100

Role-playing adventure based on the anime series “About My Reincarnation into Slime.” The game offers two completely new stories from the author of the original...

Go-Go Town!

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 July 2026

Players: 1/10

Steam: 95/100

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...

Actraiser Renaissance

Action, Role-playing game, Platformer, Anime / Manga, Adventure, Strategy, Isometric, Side view, In real time, City Building, Slasher

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 September 2021

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Actraiser Renaissance is an action role-playing platformer with real-time strategy and platforming elements. You will be able to use powerful fire, ice and other...

New Frontier Days ~Founding Pioneers~

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 March 2017

Steam: 38/100

Metacritic: 52/100

New Frontier Days ~Founding Pioneers~ is a town-building simulation about settling new land with a group of pioneers. The player assigns them tasks such as logging...

The Settlers: New Allies

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Online, City Building, Simulation

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 4 July 2023

Players: 4.6/10

Steam: 48/100

Metacritic: 54/100

A modern restart of The Settlers strategy series. The player controls groups of settlers and goes in search of a new home. Battles take place in real time. There...

Defend the Rook

Strategy, Tactics, Isometric, Turn-based, Fantasy, Role-playing game, Board / Group Game, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), City Building

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 April 2022

Steam: 73/100

The player places towers to save the kingdom from hordes of enemies. It is important to carefully select places for construction and improve towers in a timely...

Tropico 6: Tropican Shores

DLC, Strategy, Simulation, City Building, In real time, Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 18 June 2024

Steam: 72/100

The add-on introduces new opportunities for the construction and expansion of the island, 15 buildings, a new resource — pearls, a new scenario that will...

A-Train: All Aboard! Tourism

Business / Management, Isometric, In real time, Trains, City Building, Simulation, Construction

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 March 2021

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 67/100

A-Train: All Aboard! Tourism is a management simulator with an isometric camera view in which you manage the railways of a large city to help it develop. In the...

Nelke & the Legendary Alchemists: Ateliers of the New World

Role-playing game, City Building, Anime / Manga

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 March 2019

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 69/100

A town-building game set in the Atelier universe follows Nelke von Lestamm, a young noblewoman searching for the legendary Granzweit Tree. According to the tale...

The Colonists

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), City Building, Construction

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 4 May 2021

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 73/100

The Colonists is a top-down real-time management strategy game set in a sci-fi setting. You have to accompany a squad of cute robots to a distant planet in order to...

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Best Games in the City Building genre for Nintendo Switch