Best Games in the City Building genre for PC
Action, Third-person view, Open world, Strategy, City Building, Construction, Online, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Medieval era
Early Access: PC → 23 April 2024; Game in development: PC → 2026
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...
Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, City Building, Sandbox, Exploration, Historical, Cooperative (co-op)
Game released: PC → 16 April 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...
Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Medieval era, City Building
Early Access: PC → 1 June 2021; Game released: PC → 17 March 2026
Players:
8.9/10
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...
Strategy, Isometric, In real time, Simulation, City Building, Sandbox, Historical, Fantasy, Construction
Early Access: PC → 1 November 2022; Game released: PC → 8 December 2023
Players:
8.2/10
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...
Simulation, Post-apocalyptic, City Building, Strategy, Survival, Zombies, Sandbox, Business / Management
Game released: PC → 11 April 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...
Business / Management, Strategy, Side view, Futurism (Future), In real time, Post-apocalyptic, City Building
Game released: PC → 17 July 2025; Early Access: PC → 14 September 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...
Simulation, Business / Management, Sandbox, Post-apocalyptic, Survival, City Building, Construction, Crafting
Game released: PC → 3 April 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...
Action, First-person view, Simulation, Historical, City Building, Business / Management, Educational game (Education), Construction, Casual game
Early Access: PC → 10 October 2022; Game released: PC → 16 January 2023
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...
Strategy, Construction, City Building, Sandbox, Crafting, First-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Science fiction, Online
Early Access: PC → 18 July 2023; Game released: PC → 7 November 2024
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...
