The Best Construction simulation Games

Update : Prison Architect 2 added at rank #1.
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Prison Architect 2 (2024)

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Android

Design and develop your own personalized penitentiary in Prison Architect 2. The classic prison-builder has broken out into 3D, and it's up to you to contain it!


  • simulation
  • sandbox
  • management
  • construction
  • building
  • strategy
  • top-down
  • base-building
  • economy
  • real-time
  • dog

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Poly Bridge 3 (2023)

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PC Windows Mac OS Linux

The best just got better! Rediscover your engineering creativity in this genre-defining bridge engineering and puzzle solving masterpiece.


  • bridge-building
  • physics
  • building
  • bridge
  • simulation
  • puzzle
  • sandbox
  • colourful
  • construction
  • drafting
  • editor
  • vehicle
  • cartoony
  • level
  • guitar

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Railway Empire 2 (2023)

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

Embark on a strategic journey through the golden age of railroads in Railway Empire 2! Build your transport empire, outsmart rivals, and revel in the serene beauty of a world connected by rail. Master the tracks and turn your small business into a booming industry with this engaging simulation game that promises hours of exhilarating gameplay.

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What we like:
  • Compelling competitive gameplay
  • Diverse game modes including co-op multiplayer
  • Improved track building and management
  • Larger maps and unique character abilities
  • Immersive sound design and improved visuals
What could be improved:
  • Can be overwhelming for new players

  • trains
  • simulation
  • economy
  • empire
  • rail
  • transportation
  • construction
  • america
  • management
  • historical
  • building

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Dwarf Fortress (2022)

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PC Windows IOS iPhone Linux

Dwarf Fortress is an incredibly detailed, complex game where you help a colony of dwarves build a settlement by carving out bedrooms, dining halls and other necessary structures from the side of a mountain. You don't control individual dwarves but instead provide instructions for them to follow, with each dwarf having their own needs and wants that you become familiar with as you play.

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What we like:
  • Robust mouse support
  • New tutorial to help new players understand menus
  • Complex web of characters and relationships
  • Simulated world is full of surprises both big and small
  • Ability to create artifacts and engravings that tell stories
What could be improved:
  • Inscrutability can be off-putting for those expecting a more streamlined experience
  • Convoluted user interface can make it difficult to figure out what is even possible in the game or how to access the different menus

  • simulation
  • dwarf
  • management
  • colony
  • construction
  • simulated
  • tile
  • fantasy
  • survival
  • procedural
  • moddable
  • pixel
  • resource-management
  • base-building
  • city-building

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Rich Inc. Idle Life Simulator (2022)

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IOS iPhone

Play Rich Inc. to experience what it’s like to go from rags to riches. Earn money, become richer and buy more fancy virtual stuff such as supercars, designer clothes and mansions.


  • construction
  • simulation
  • skill
  • strategy

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Instruments of Destruction (2022)

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early access PC Windows Xbox Series X j Playstation 5

Instruments of Destruction is a vehicle-building sandbox featuring advanced physics-based destruction. Create crazy construction vehicles and use them to demolish buildings and complete various objectives.


  • vehicle
  • physics
  • destruction
  • auto
  • building
  • simulation
  • isometric
  • sandbox
  • driving
  • construction
  • fully-simulated
  • modern
  • cube
  • physics-defying
  • stylized

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The Architect: Paris (2021)

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PC Windows

THE ARCHITECT: Paris is a City Building game unlike any ever seen before. Closer to reality, it will confront you with the challenges of city management and development as the head of a team of experts. How will you face the challenges of an always growing population, of climate change and all the environmental issues? How will you make Paris evolve? Will you renovate, transform or destroy and rebuild the existing buildings with towers, individual housing or parks? You have the power!


  • city-building
  • building
  • sandbox
  • lego
  • casual
  • medieval
  • construction
  • simulation
  • futuristic
  • historical
  • 3d
  • procedural
  • real-time
  • relaxing
  • realistic

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Mad Tower Tycoon (2020)

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Mac OS Playstation 4 PC Windows Xbox One Nintendo Switch

Design your own skyscraper with more than 100 Floors. Rent offices, apartments or shops and build a financially lucrative skyscraper. Build cinemas, bars or a theater to satisfy your visitors and create an effective transport system with elevators and stairs.


  • construction
  • building
  • zoo
  • simulation
  • management
  • city-building
  • complex
  • strategy
  • classic
  • economy

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Bridge Constructor: The Walking Dead (2020)

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

Bridge Constructor: The Walking Dead combines the legendary and challenging puzzle gameplay of Bridge Constructor™ with the post-apocalyptic zombie universe of AMC’s The Walking Dead.


  • physics
  • simulation
  • puzzle
  • construction
  • zombies
  • building
  • post-apocalyptic

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Factorio (2020)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch Mac OS Linux

Factorio is an absorbing factory management game. You play the role of a handy person who needs to build a rocket and craft almost anything with little more than spit and elbow grease. Automation is the key to success as you establish production chains and assembly lines to make sure all the hard work is done for you.


What we like:
  • Complex puzzle-solving
  • Open-ended gameplay
  • Automation mechanics
  • Creative assembly lines
  • Captivating story
What could be improved:
  • Tedious combat
  • Limited environmental resources
  • Environmental consequences of mass manufacturing

  • management
  • construction
  • automation
  • robots
  • simulation
  • base-building
  • trains
  • crafting
  • empire
  • sandbox
  • resource-management
  • multiplayer
  • cooperative
  • strategy
  • resource

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