The Best City-building Games for Mac OS - Page 5

Update : Frostpunk 2 added at rank #1.
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Builderment (2023)

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Mac OS PC Windows IOS iPhone Android

Earth has run out of resources! Travel to a distant world to harvest materials and build a factory capable of teleporting items back home to save the planet...

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  • automation
  • base-building
  • crafting
  • city-building
  • resource-management
  • building
  • logic
  • sandbox

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Northgard (2018)

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Android Linux Mac OS PC Windows Xbox One IOS iPhone

Join the Viking explorers in Northgard, a new land filled with danger, riches, and mystery. Assemble your settlement, assign your vikings to various jobs, and manage your resources carefully to survive harsh winters and fend off vicious beasts. Expand, conquer, trade or become a God in a game that offers unique strategies and victory conditions. With multi-level AI and dedicated servers, you can play against your friends and grind your way up to the final Norse God rank.


What we like:
  • Fun and addicting RTS game
  • Focuses on core mechanics of building and expanding settlement with minimal micromanagement
  • Offers a less time-consuming experience compared to other RTS games
  • Immersive atmosphere with breathtaking landscapes
  • Challenges players to think strategically and make tough decisions
What could be improved:
  • Slow-paced gameplay for RTS games
  • Inconsistent balancing with some clans being overpowered
  • Low playerbase

  • strategy
  • real-time
  • city-building
  • trading
  • resource-management
  • military
  • mythology
  • tile
  • vikings
  • simulation
  • management
  • 4x
  • base-building
  • multiplayer
  • war

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InfraSpace (2023)

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infraspace Mac OS PC Windows

Create an extrasolar efficiency utopia from scratch! In this sci-fi city builder you need to start mining operations, plan production, and lay down transportation routes to ensure a smooth supply chain.


  • transportation
  • automation
  • management
  • vr-edutainment
  • city-building
  • science
  • moddable
  • capitalism
  • space
  • resource-management
  • base-building
  • building
  • modern
  • economy
  • trains

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Academia: School Simulator (2017)

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PC Windows Mac OS

If you love management games, then you need to play Academia: School Simulator. You get to build and run your own school, choosing how you want it to function and what your students need. With plenty of customization options, you can make it unique to your preferences. Do you want to be a strict principal who enforces every rule, or will you let things slide? It's all up to you!


What we like:
  • Similar gameplay to Prison Architect
  • Ability to punish misbehaving students
  • Can organize bake sales
  • Customize country flag and uniforms
  • Enjoyable management game
What could be improved:
  • Lack of depth compared to Prison Architect
  • No proper tutorial
  • Annoying goons to deal with
  • Game updates seem abandoned by dev
  • Complex gameplay might affect retention

  • colony
  • capitalism
  • city-building
  • simulation
  • base-building
  • management
  • moddable
  • building
  • economy
  • sandbox
  • family-friendly
  • top-down
  • education
  • cute
  • colourful

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My Downtown (2022)

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Nintendo Switch Linux Mac OS PC Windows Android

Help the Mayor breathe life into a sparkling new city! Play over 100 levels of match 3 bliss and build your own city!

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  • city-building
  • match-three
  • casual
  • simulation
  • building
  • linear
  • colourful
  • 2d
  • management

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Wastelander (2023)

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Wastelander is a turn-based strategy game where you must survive and escape from a desolate planet ravaged by powerful storms. Build a colony from nothing, find and unlock unique buildings and re-activate powerful relics to protect yourself. Will you survive and get off the planet?

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  • colony
  • city-building
  • rogue-like
  • base-building
  • strategy
  • pve
  • turn-based
  • choices
  • top-down
  • minimalist
  • simulation
  • 2d
  • pixel
  • difficult
  • procedural

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Traffic Brains 2 (2023)

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Mac OS PC Windows IOS iPhone

Fix urban traffic issues by placing road signs and programming traffic light patterns. Create green lanes, and divert traffic!

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  • city-building
  • automation
  • simulation
  • transportation
  • top-down
  • stylized
  • 3d
  • programming
  • building
  • narration
  • driving
  • tabletop
  • real-time

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Gourdlets (2024)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows

An easygoing sandbox game about building towns for cute vegetable folks. Create your perfect community then watch as the gourdlets make themselves at home. No objectives, no points, just good vibes. Play in full screen, or let your gourdlets hang out at the bottom of your screen!

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  • city-building
  • cozy
  • building
  • sandbox
  • clicker
  • relaxing
  • procedural
  • colourful
  • cute
  • open-world
  • pixel
  • isometric
  • simulation
  • atmospheric
  • dog

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Bridges & Docks (2024)

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Build the island of your dreams - either by hand or using procedural generation tools. Create cozy islands while completing objectives to unlock new items & tools. Adjust the quantity of bridges, the maximum height of the terrain, and meticulously tweak configurations to create unique island worlds!

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  • city-building
  • colony
  • god-game
  • building
  • procedural
  • nature
  • relaxing
  • minimalist
  • editor
  • sandbox
  • simulation
  • level
  • stylized
  • base-building
  • medieval

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City Gridlock (2023)

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Android IOS iPhone PC Windows Mac OS

City traffic management game. Place road signs and traffic lights to optimize traffic to achieve the best efficiency. You can block or divert cars to avoid traffic jams. Increase road speed where necessary.

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  • auto
  • simulation
  • traffic
  • city-building
  • driving
  • real-time
  • stylized
  • cyberpunk
  • building
  • turn-based
  • 3d
  • colourful
  • top-down
  • tactical
  • strategy

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