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Best Games in the City Building genre for PC
Action, Strategy, DLC, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, City Building, Construction
Game released: PC → 25 September 2002
Players:
8.1/10
Steam:
91/100
Metacritic:
78/100
A real-time strategy game with city-building elements, Stronghold Crusader focuses on battles and sieges during the Crusades. Players lead either the Crusaders or...
Strategy, Business / Management, Indie, Medieval era, City Building, Procedural generation, Simulation
Early Access: PC → 1 February 2019; Game released: PC → 31 January 2025
Players:
8.2/10
Steam:
86/100
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...
Role-playing game, Adventure, Simulation, First-person view, Historical, Medieval era, City Building, Survival, Open world
Early Access: PC → 10 August 2023; Game released: PC → 7 November 2024
Players:
7.4/10
Steam:
76/100
The game takes place in medieval Japan, ravaged by famine and war. In the legendary Peasant Kingdom, the protagonist tries to build a loving home for his daughter...
Strategy, Grand strategy, Construction, In real time, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Fantasy, Simulation, City Building
Early Access: PC → 22 July 2024; Game released: PC → 20 March 2025
Players:
8/10
Steam:
89/100
Metacritic:
82/100
A base-building strategy game in which the player constructs fortresses to face countless waves of enemies. The game has several modes such as a story campaign...
Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, City Building, Business / Management, Simulation
Game released: PC → 20 July 2017
Players:
8.4/10
Steam:
93/100
Metacritic:
71/100
Kingdoms and Castles is a real-time strategy game with an isometric camera view, inspired by games such as Stronghold and Banished. You can build your own medieval...
Strategy, Simulation, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, City Building, Sandbox, Construction
Early Access: PC → 15 September 2021; Game released: PC → 12 March 2026
Players:
9.2/10
Steam:
96/100
Metacritic:
85/100
A city-building simulator set in a world after the disappearance of humanity. The Earth has changed, and a new civilization is being built by beavers who have...
Strategy, God Simulator, In real time, Futurism (Future), Sandbox, Casual game, Open world, City Building
Early Access: PC → 28 August 2018; Game released: PC → 22 January 2024
Players:
8.6/10
Steam:
79/100
A god simulator where you can create your own planets, civilizations and empires. During the course of the game, gamers will have to conduct technological and...
Survival, City Building, Side view, Simulation, Business / Management, Sandbox, Construction, Strategy
Early Access: PC → 6 November 2023; Game released: PC → 1 May 2025
Players:
9.3/10
Steam:
87/100
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...
Simulation, Business / Management, Sandbox, Post-apocalyptic, Survival, City Building, Construction, Crafting
Game released: PC → 3 April 2026
Steam:
76/100
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...
Strategy, Historical, Simulation, Business / Management, Indie, In real time, City Building, Survival
Early Access: PC → 17 December 2020; Game released: PC → 25 March 2023
Players:
6.7/10
Steam:
64/100
Beginning in the Mesolithic era, players try to lead their people through generations, discovering and improving technology, managing resources and populations, and...
Strategy, Business / Management, Science fiction, Simulation, In real time, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Isometric, Space, City Building
Game released: PC → 7 December 2022
Players:
8.8/10
Steam:
81/100
Metacritic:
72/100
A sci-fi strategy game with elements of survival and control, set on a space station. The gameplay combines construction, exploration and resource management in...
Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Roguelike, Science fiction, City Building, Construction, Crafting, Survival, Business / Management
Early Access: PC → 10 August 2026; Game in development: PC → 2027
Players:
5.5/10
Steam:
92/100
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...
Business / Management, Strategy, Comedy, Tactics, Construction, Crafting, Isometric, In real time, City Building
Early Access: PC → 20 August 2022
Steam:
86/100
Galaxy Life is a tactical real-time strategy game with an isometric view and crafting elements. Impressive planets, strange creatures and dangers can be found in...
Strategy, Simulation, Sandbox, Indie, City Building, Open world, Medieval era, Construction, Business / Management
Game released: PC → 28 March 2026
Players:
9/10
Steam:
71/100
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...
Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Futurism (Future), City Building, Simulation
Game released: PC → 2 November 2015
Players:
8.6/10
Steam:
69/100
Metacritic:
72/100
Anno 2205 is a futuristic real-time management strategy game. Like previous games in the series, the new game focuses on the economic component, thanks to which...
Simulation, Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Top-down view, Indie, City Building, Casual game, Construction
Game released: PC → 13 May 2021
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...
Business / Management, Strategy, Steampunk, Isometric, In real time, City Building, Exploration, Construction
Game released: PC → 7 March 2022
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...
Business / Management, Strategy, Roguelike, Futurism (Future), Top-down view, Post-apocalyptic, In real time, Puzzle, City Building
Game released: PC → 28 March 2023
Players:
9.3/10
Steam:
86/100
Metacritic:
79/100
The player is engaged in the restoration of wildlife in a waterless wasteland. The gameplay consists of two stages. First you need to create a stable ecosystem...
Simulation, Post-apocalyptic, City Building, Strategy, Survival, Zombies, Sandbox, Business / Management
Game released: PC → 11 April 2024
Players:
6.8/10
Steam:
84/100
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...
Strategy, Simulation, In real time, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), City Building, Online, Business / Management
Early Access: PC → 3 November 2020; Game in development: PC → 2026
Players:
8/10
Steam:
89/100
Kingdoms Reborn is a city builder with an open, procedurally generated world in which you can cooperate or compete with other players. Here you can follow an...
City Building, Strategy, Construction, Medieval era, Isometric, Business / Management, Puzzle, Board / Group Game
Early Access: PC → 6 April 2023; Game released: PC → 17 July 2024
Players:
7.5/10
Steam:
86/100
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...