City Building
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Best Games in the City Building genre for PC
City Building, Sandbox, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Strategy, Medieval era, Comedy, Fantasy, Construction, Survival, Third-person view, Action
Early Access: PC → 28 April 2025; Game in development: PC → 2026
Steam:
82/100
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...
Survival, Action, Third-person view, Online, Cooperative (co-op), Open world, Crafting, Sandbox, Exploration, Indie, City Building
Early Access: PC → 29 March 2024; Game released: PC → 15 May 2025
Players:
5.5/10
Steam:
77/100
The events take place in a virtual gaming world that is under development and has been attacked by a mysterious malware. The player goes on an exciting adventure to...
In real time, Business / Management, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), City Building, Fantasy, Crafting, Procedural generation, Strategy, Roguelike
Early Access: PC → 7 November 2024; Game in development: PC → 2026
Steam:
89/100
A strategy for automation and "tower defense," where resource production management combines with intense battles. The gradual development of the factory, the setup...
Simulation, Strategy, Business / Management, Isometric, Collection, City Building, Construction, Sandbox
Game released: PC → 20 July 2010
Players:
6/10
Steam:
81/100
SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition is an expanded edition of the city-planning simulator SimCity 4 with previously released additions and updates. In the game you have to...
Simulation, Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Historical, City Building, Sandbox, Construction
Game released: PC → 23 October 2006
Players:
8/10
Steam:
87/100
Metacritic:
57/100
A real-time fantasy strategy game about castle building and warfare, drawing on medieval myths and legends. Its three campaigns span 24 missions, with players...
Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Sandbox, City Building
Game released: PC → 25 March 2021
Players:
1/10
Steam:
72/100
Empires in Ruins is a fun top-down real-time strategy game with tower defense elements. Something happened in a small state full of corruption, pomaded dandies...
Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Third-person view, Sandbox, City Building, Simulation
Game released: PC → 21 September 2011
Players:
6.6/10
Steam:
91/100
Metacritic:
78/100
Tropico 4 is a continuation of the banana republic dictator simulator. You will take on the role of the newly elected El Presidente. The main task is to make candy...
Simulation, Strategy, In real time, Fantasy / Medieval, Historical, Business / Management, Isometric, City Building, Survival
Game released: PC → 10 August 2021
Players:
5.7/10
Steam:
74/100
Patron is a real-time city-building simulator with management elements and an isometric camera view in a medieval setting. In the game you have to turn a small...
Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Sandbox, Open world, Simulation, City Building
Early Access: PC → 6 November 2025; Game in development: PC → 2026
Players:
9.2/10
Steam:
93/100
Mice head to uninhabited islands to escape the cat empire. Space is limited, but resources and opportunities for automated production abound. Successful development...
Business / Management, Strategy, Isometric, In real time, Futurism (Future), Science fiction, City Building, Exploration, Construction
Game released: PC → 5 November 2024; Early Access: PC → 17 January 2023
Players:
8.2/10
Steam:
64/100
The game takes place in 1976 at the height of the Cold War. The gamer must build a deep-sea research center working on human cloning. It is important to monitor the...
Simulation, Construction, Strategy, City Building, Business / Management, Medieval era, Survival, Crafting
Early Access: PC → 3 April 2025; Game in development: PC → 2026
Steam:
83/100
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...
Strategy, Simulation, Business / Management, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Science fiction, City Building, Survival, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)
Game in development: PC → 2026
Anticipation Rating:
10/10
Real-time strategy with survival mechanics and tower defense. The action takes place in a sci-fi world, offering a new perspective on exploring the Wall — a key...
Simulation, Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Historical, City Building, Sandbox
Game released: PC → 18 April 2005
Players:
9.7/10
Steam:
90/100
Metacritic:
63/100
This medieval castle simulator and real-time strategy game centres on managing an estate, caring for its subjects and waging war against rival lords. Players...
Strategy, Historical, Indie, In real time, Tactics, Simulation, Business / Management, City Building
Game released: PC → 8 January 2025
Steam:
31/100
An urban planning simulator, the events of which unfold in the expanses of the Nile Valley. The story begins in the little-known Proto-Dynastic period, where the...
Business / Management, Strategy, Roguelike, Isometric, Futurism (Future), In real time, City Building, Survival
Game released: PC → 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...
Simulation, Strategy, Construction, Business / Management, Sandbox, Zombies, Post-apocalyptic, City Building
Early Access: PC → 7 December 2022; Game released: PC → 27 May 2025
Players:
9.4/10
Steam:
65/100
The world has been completely taken over by zombies. For many years, scientists have been trying to find a vaccine to reverse the processes of zombieification. In...
Simulation, Fantasy, Construction, Strategy, City Building, Isometric, Sandbox, Business / Management
Early Access: PC → 21 October 2024; Game released: PC → 22 May 2025
Players:
7.5/10
Steam:
80/100
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...
Top-down view, Strategy, In real time, Science fiction, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), City Building
Early Access: PC → 2 April 2024
Steam:
96/100
A sci-fi game set in an alien world. The player develops a colony, monitors the amount of resources and defends against waves of enemies. There are several factions...
