City Building

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...

Castle Craft

City Building, Sandbox, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Strategy, Medieval era, Comedy, Fantasy, Construction

April 28, 2025

A voxel sandbox where players build huge castles in a war-torn ancient world and defend them from hordes of enemies that threaten the entire kingdom. One of the...

Worshippers of Cthulhu

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

October 21, 2024

Players: 7.5/10

An urban sandbox in which the player acts as the head of a cult, builds his own settlement and ultimately tries to revive an ancient deity. The game combines...

Dystopika

Strategy, Isometric, In real time, Cyberpunk, City Building, Futurism (Future), Sandbox

June 21, 2024

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 79/100

A futuristic city-building sandbox in which players can build a cyberpunk city by arranging buildings of different shapes and sizes, placing signs and customizing...

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...

Mandate Order

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

August 12, 2026

A simulation game of building and managing an ancient military fortress, set in China during the Spring and Autumn period and the Warring States. The game combines...

WW2 Rebuilder

Action, First-person view, Simulation, Historical, City Building, Business / Management, Educational game (Education), Construction, Casual game

October 10, 2022

Players: 6.7/10

A first-person builder simulator from the creators of Car Mechanic Simulator 2021 and American Theft 80s, where you need to rebuild European cities after World...

One Military Camp

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

March 2, 2023

Players: 9/10

The player is trying to restore an old military camp. You will have to set up logistics and the economy, correctly arranging buildings and selecting instructors...

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...

Roman Triumph: Survival City Builder

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

April 3, 2025

The player controls the city during the time of ancient Rome. It is important to study new technologies to get an advantage. It is necessary to build different...

TerraScape

City Building, Strategy, Construction, Medieval era, Isometric, Business / Management

April 6, 2023

Players: 7.5/10

At the beginning of the game, the gamer receives a deck of cards with various buildings and capabilities, from which he creates a city. You also need to complete...

Pan'orama

Strategy, Simulation, Construction, City Building, Procedural generation

May 9, 2023

A relaxing building simulator in which you can create colorful landscapes using different types of tiles. The game provides an opportunity to take a break from the...

Frostpunk: Beyond the Ice

Strategy, Online, Post-apocalyptic, City Building, Survival

October 29, 2024

Players: 5.5/10

Post-apocalyptic city-planning simulator in the Frostpunk series. During the course of the game, players build their own steampunk city by strategically placing...

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...

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...

Train Yard Builder

Simulation, Trains, Sandbox, Construction, City Building, Business / Management

September 16, 2024

A city planning simulator in which players take on the role of an engineer and builder of a railway station. The goal of the game is to design, develop and manage...

Gord

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

August 17, 2023

Players: 5/10

Metacritic: 67/100

Players lead the Tribe of Dawn and try to survive in a dangerous world inspired by Slavic folklore. The strategy is similar to a mix of "The Witcher" and...

NecroCity

Strategy, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Fantasy, Construction, Isometric, Zombies, City Building

April 5, 2023

Players: 5.5/10

All is calm in the Kingdom of the Living Dead — a country of order and well-established infrastructure, ruled by the bureaucratic Lich King. But only until...

Crown of Greed

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

March 31, 2026

The gamer controls the mystical kingdom of Rodovia, inspired by Slavic mythology. The game has an unusual indirect control system, in which you cannot give direct...

Tropico 6: Tropican Shores

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

June 18, 2024

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...

Flooded

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

April 12, 2023

Due to global warming, the water level has risen, and only a few places remain suitable for life. The player controls a small group of survivors and collects...

Thriving City: Song

Isometric, Strategy, City Building

April 21, 2023

The game takes place in ancient China. As the mayor, the gamer will need to help the townspeople cultivate the land and expand the settlement. Agriculture...

New Cycle

Strategy, Post-apocalyptic, City Building, Construction

January 18, 2024

Players: 8.3/10

After the fall of the old world, humanity plunged into chaos. A solar flare destroyed all the institutions of human civilization, forcing people to survive. The...

Builders of Greece

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

February 27, 2024

Players: 5.7/10

The player develops a Greek city. It is important to plan the layout of buildings and infrastructure so that production chains operate continuously. There are...

Stellar Settlers: Space Base Builder

Simulation, Strategy, Business / Management, Isometric, City Building, Survival, Sandbox

March 11, 2024

The player is building a space base. You can arrange different buildings both vertically and horizontally. Each of the five planets has its own characteristics...

Avatar: Realms Collide

Strategy, City Building, Fantasy, Free game

February 5, 2024

A free city-planning strategy in the universe of the cartoon "Avatar: The Last Airbender". Players have a choice of four cities located in different parts of the...

Chinese Frontiers

First-person view, Construction, Simulation, Crafting, Sandbox, City Building, Survival

June 19, 2025

Players: 6.7/10

The player develops the village and builds the Great Wall of China. You will have to give out tasks to characters and improve production chains so that there are...

PyramidValley: Reborn

Strategy, Simulation, City Building

July 17, 2025

Players: 10/10

The gamer controls the city of the pharaohs in Ancient Egypt. You can play as iconic figures such as Cleopatra and build legendary structures such as the pyramids...

City Tales - Medieval Era

Strategy, Simulation, Business / Management, Top-down view, City Building, Construction

May 22, 2025

Players: 7.5/10

The player develops a medieval city by zoning areas into different types of plots. There are two maps to choose from. When building, it is important to consider the...

Sumerians

Strategy, Isometric, Historical, Simulation, City Building

December 2, 2020

Players: 5.5/10

A city-building simulator inspired by the dawn of ancient Mesopotamia and the Sumerian city-states. This game is not about wars and battles, but about urban...

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...

Theos: Cities of Myth

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

2026

The player takes on the role of the founder of an ancient city-state in an alternative version of Ancient Greece. The goal of the game is to build a city and lead...

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...

Tower Factory

In real time, Business / Management, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), City Building, Fantasy, Crafting, Procedural generation

November 7, 2024

A strategy for automation and "tower defense," where resource production management combines with intense battles. The gradual development of the factory, the setup...

Minami Lane

Business / Management, Isometric, City Building

February 28, 2024

Players: 1/10

A minimalistic game in which the gamer runs his own street in Japanese style. You need to customize buildings, manage shops and please villagers by completing...

Mini Settlers

Construction, Strategy, City Building, Top-down view, Simulation

August 8, 2024

A game with minimalist graphics in which the gamer develops settlements on islands and creates supply chains between them. You will have to extract and process...

Solargene

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

January 31, 2022

Players: 9.8/10

An urban sandbox about the cosmic expansion of humanity within the solar system. Players explore planets and satellites, taking into account their particular...

Life Below

Strategy, Simulation, In real time, City Building, Fantasy, Construction

May 26, 2026

An unusual underwater strategy where construction turns into an attempt to bring life back to the dying ocean. Coral reefs are disappearing, ecosystems are...

Roots of Yggdrasil

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

January 24, 2024

Sunna and her Viking tribe are stuck in a time loop. They must explore the broken World Tree and try to reach the top of Yggdrasil. The player collects a deck of...

Oxygen

Strategy, City Building, Simulation, Construction, Post-apocalyptic

April 7, 2023

Players: 7/10

The planet was struck by a natural disaster that brought humanity to the brink of extinction. Few were able to survive thanks to the "Great Igneous Provinces...

Best Games in the City Building genre