The Best City-building Games - Page 4

Update : Revival and Exploration added at rank #1.
31

Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles (2024)

View Similar Games
74
Review score
Logo of Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles Screenshot of Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles Screenshot of Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles Screenshot of Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles

PC Windows Xbox Series X/s j Xbox One Xbox Series X Playstation 4 Playstation 5

Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles is an open world builder with freedom and expression at its core. You are in command of creating the last great settlement upon the Great Ursee - a vast, fantastical oceanic world filled with lost myths and danger.


  • city-building
  • building
  • open-world
  • resource
  • strategy
  • exploration
  • minimalist
  • controller-support
  • sandbox
  • relaxing
  • base-building

32

Minami Lane (2024)

View Similar Games
89
Review score
Logo of Minami Lane Screenshot of Minami Lane Screenshot of Minami Lane Screenshot of Minami Lane

Linux PC Windows Xbox Series X j Nintendo Switch Xbox One Playstation 4

Welcome to Minami Lane! Build your own street in this cozy, casual management sim! Unlock and customize buildings, manage your shops, and maximize the happiness of your villagers to complete quests and fill your street with love!

Buy

  • cozy
  • management
  • life
  • simulation
  • cute
  • isometric
  • city-building
  • relaxing
  • cats
  • hand-drawn
  • resource-management
  • building
  • hidden-object
  • colourful
  • casual

33

New Cycle (2024)

View Similar Games
77
Review score
Logo of New Cycle Screenshot of New Cycle Screenshot of New Cycle Screenshot of New Cycle

early access PC Windows

New Cycle is a city building game with focus on survival. After an apocalyptic series of solar flares, human society has been thrown into disarray. Establish a settlement and develop it all the way from humble beginnings to industrial metropolis.

Buy

  • city-building
  • colony
  • building
  • survival
  • simulation
  • post-apocalyptic
  • resource-management
  • top-down
  • pause
  • realistic
  • sci-fi
  • base-building
  • 3d
  • replay-value
  • real-time

34

Against the Storm (2023)

View Similar Games
90
Review score
Logo of Against the Storm Screenshot of Against the Storm Screenshot of Against the Storm Screenshot of Against the Storm

PC Windows

Dive into Against the Storm, a city builder where you brave the wilds, balance the needs of diverse races, and face the Blight Storm's wrath. Forge settlements, manage resources, and unlock new upgrades in this endlessly replayable roguelite adventure. Can you thrive amidst chaos and secure your legacy?


What we like:
  • Innovative mix of city building and roguelite mechanics
  • Engaging survival gameplay with replayability
  • Diverse fantasy races with unique needs
  • Strategic depth with resource and settlement management
  • Regular updates and active developer engagement
What could be improved:
  • Randomized elements may frustrate some players

  • city-building
  • strategy

35

SteamWorld Build (2023)

View Similar Games
81
Review score
Logo of SteamWorld Build Screenshot of SteamWorld Build Screenshot of SteamWorld Build Screenshot of SteamWorld Build

Nintendo Switch PC Windows Playstation 4 Playstation 5 Xbox One Xbox Series X

Break ground on a new frontier as the planet dies around you! Dig deep and build wide to excavate long-lost spacefaring technology, while ensuring everyone has the vital water, fuel and creature comforts they need! Do you have what it takes to reach the final frontier?


  • city-building
  • management
  • steampunk
  • robots
  • economy

36

Dream Town Island (2023)

View Similar Games
95
Review score
Logo of Dream Town Island Screenshot of Dream Town Island Screenshot of Dream Town Island Screenshot of Dream Town Island

Playstation 4 Xbox One Xbox Series X Nintendo Switch IOS iPhone Android PC Windows

A town sim where you raise generations of residents. Unlock new stores and facilities, help your residents find love, or cash in on the stock market!


  • simulation
  • colony
  • city-building
  • life
  • inventive
  • pixel
  • farming
  • 2d
  • cute
  • building

37

Planet S (2023)

View Similar Games
92
Review score
Logo of Planet S Screenshot of Planet S Screenshot of Planet S Screenshot of Planet S

PC Windows Android

Planet S is a real-time strategy game where your goal is to colonize multiple planets in a solar system to advance your civilization, build a city and supply it to grow your faction.


  • real-time
  • city-building
  • strategy
  • space
  • building
  • procedural
  • futuristic
  • 3d
  • hex
  • sci-fi
  • atmospheric
  • resource-management
  • management
  • multiplayer
  • grid

38

Cities: Skylines II - Edition (2023)

View Similar Games
74
Review score
Logo of Cities: Skylines II - Edition Screenshot of Cities: Skylines II - Edition Screenshot of Cities: Skylines II - Edition Screenshot of Cities: Skylines II - Edition

PC Windows

Raise a city from the ground up and transform it into a thriving metropolis with the most realistic city builder ever. Push your creativity and problem-solving to build on a scale you've never experienced. With deep simulation and a living economy, this is world-building without limits.


  • city-building
  • simulation
  • economy
  • management

39

Cities: Skylines II (2023)

View Similar Games
62
Review score
Logo of Cities: Skylines II Screenshot of Cities: Skylines II Screenshot of Cities: Skylines II Screenshot of Cities: Skylines II

PC Windows Nintendo Switch Xbox One

Dive into Cities: Skylines 2, the city-building simulator that redefines urban strategy in gaming. Experience the thrill of crafting your own metropolis, managing trade, and shaping the lives of your citizens. With smart AI, realistic weather cycles, and endless possibilities for city design, you'll find high replayability and countless hours of creative enjoyment.


What we like:
  • Engaging balance between realism and fun
  • Intuitive UI and automatic linking of buildings to utilities
  • Ability to fine-tune services and manage trade
  • High replayability with multiple maps
  • In-depth tutorials and progression mechanism
What could be improved:
  • Performance issues with larger cities
  • Some bugs and graphical issues
  • Limited options for choosing building aesthetics

  • city-building
  • simulation
  • economy
  • management

40

Slow living with Princess (2023)

View Similar Games
90
Review score
Logo of Slow living with Princess Screenshot of Slow living with Princess Screenshot of Slow living with Princess Screenshot of Slow living with Princess

PC Windows

Gideon Ragnason was banished from Ruti's party because he was "not strong enough." Since then, he has retired from the front lines of battle and changed his name to Red. Now, he has opened an apothecary in the frontier land of Zoltan, and hopes to live a slow and happy life there!

Buy

  • hunting
  • fishing
  • cooking
  • dating-sim
  • city-building
  • comic
  • farming
  • romance
  • tutorial
  • simulation
  • multiple-endings
  • agriculture
  • book
  • anime
  • choices

Not seeing your game?