The Best City-building Games - Page 5

Update : Frostpunk 2 added at rank #2.
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Kingdom Eighties (2023)

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Android Nintendo Switch Linux Mac OS PC Windows Xbox One IOS iPhone

Kingdom Eighties is a standalone expansion to the award-winning Kingdom series. A singleplayer epic adventure of micro-strategy and base building. Defend your town against the mysterious Greed, and discover the secrets of your family lineage!


  • pixel
  • micro-strategy
  • colony
  • base-building
  • city-building
  • tower-defense
  • strategy
  • simulation
  • survival
  • economy
  • resource-management
  • building
  • skateboard
  • medieval
  • procedural

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Dwarrows (2020)

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Playstation 4 Xbox One PC Windows Linux Mac OS

A peaceful 3rd person adventure and town-building game. Explore, gather, build, befriend, and quest in a beautifully handcrafted world. Build and grow a new settlement and explore the lands surrounding it in this Peaceful Action-Adventure & Town-Builder. Search the lush forests of the Dusken Woodlands for resources, and adventure through mysterious new places to find lost artifacts. Meet strange and quirky characters along the way, invite wandering people to join your town, and befriend cute animals who may help you in your travels. Control your team of three uniquely skilled characters to gather resources, build structures, and find treasure.


  • city-building
  • economy
  • kickstarter
  • -
  • 3d
  • platform
  • soundtrack
  • base-building
  • exploration
  • management
  • open-world
  • third-person
  • building
  • cute
  • puzzle

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Surviving the Aftermath (2020)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Xbox One

Surviving the Aftermath is a post-apocalyptic city building and management simulator that focuses on surviving and thriving in a world ravaged by various disasters. The gameplay loop is addictive, with players constantly micromanaging their colony and working towards long-term goals like unlocking upgrades in the tech tree. Your choices affect the colony's happiness and future, making for an immersive and challenging gaming experience.


What we like:
  • Good variety of starting and difficulty options
  • Interesting story and exploration mechanics
  • Wide variety of buildings and environments
  • Fun hero and exploration system
  • Severely punishing gameplay
What could be improved:
  • Slow pacing in late game
  • No smart road building/pathing
  • Too many unintuitive blocks in tech and resources

  • post-apocalyptic
  • survival
  • city-building
  • simulation
  • management
  • colony
  • base-building
  • building

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Foundation (2019)

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early access PC Windows

Foundation is a grid-less, laidback medieval city-building game with a focus on organic development, monument construction and resource management.


  • city-building
  • medieval
  • simulation
  • building

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Zoo Park Story (2023)

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j Playstation 4 Android IOS iPhone PC Windows Nintendo Switch

Well, what are you waiting for? Build a top-ranking zoo, set social media ablaze, and show the world your wild side!


  • simulation
  • colony
  • zoo
  • zoo-goers
  • top-ranking
  • nature
  • life
  • city-building
  • pixel
  • casual
  • top-down
  • building
  • snow
  • romance
  • 2d

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Patron (2021)

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PC Windows

Patron is a survival city builder with a unique social dynamics system. Gather and produce resources, build your fledgling village into a prosperous city and navigate the intricate social tensions before they reach boiling point.


  • city-building
  • medieval
  • colony
  • resource-management
  • survival

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Endzone - A World Apart (2020)

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PC Windows Xbox One Xbox Series X Playstation 5 Playstation 4

Endzone - A World Apart is a post-apocalyptic city-building game that challenges you to rebuild society in a radioactive wasteland. With an extensive tutorial, you'll navigate challenging environmental effects, manage resources, and make meaningful decisions to ensure the survival of your people. The game will test your survival skills and requires strategic placement of buildings and resource monitoring. While a steep learning curve may hinder some players, the game offers hours of enjoyable content and a great sense of accomplishment when your settlement begins to thrive.


What we like:
  • Extensive tutorial for in-depth guidance
  • Challenging environmental effects add immersive gameplay
  • Visually appealing with a trippy soundtrack
  • Trading system sets an example
  • Game mechanics are solid
What could be improved:
  • Poor AI pathing and priorities
  • Unbalanced raiders quickly disrupt game enjoyment
  • Updates are slow with frequent patches needed
  • Building alerts are not prominent

  • city-building
  • post-apocalyptic
  • survival
  • base-building
  • simulation
  • building
  • management
  • simulated
  • resource

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Dorfromantik (2021)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch

Dorfromantik is a relaxing and enjoyable puzzle game where you build the biggest and most aesthetically pleasing countryside possible using tiles given to you. Complete objectives that require connecting similar terrain types, while immersing yourself in beautiful hand-painted landscapes. With intuitive controls and multiple game modes, Dorfromantik offers endless fun and creativity. Created by game design students, Toukana Interactive provides high-quality indie games for the future.


What we like:
  • Addictive and relaxing gameplay
  • Multiple game modes including creative mode
  • Stunning visuals and charming sound design
  • Intuitive controls accessible to all players
  • High replay value
What could be improved:
  • Controls on Switch are not as fluid as PC
  • Missions and objectives could be more frequent

  • tile
  • city-building
  • relaxing
  • puzzle
  • strategy
  • tile-matching
  • board-game
  • sandbox
  • turn-based
  • competitive

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Galaxy Life (2022)

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Android PC Windows

The universe is full of Starlings, tiny orange aliens that want to take over the galaxy. Create your own space colony, fight epic battles and discover new planets. Train your soldiers, develop your technology and create unimaginable gadgets. Enjoy this huge social game with friends!


  • strategy
  • wargame
  • city-building
  • 2.5d
  • aliens
  • base-building
  • isometric
  • mmo
  • cartoony
  • real-time
  • pirates
  • sci-fi
  • multiplayer
  • pvp
  • military

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Planet S (2023)

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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

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