The Best Construction Games for Nintendo Switch

Update : Construction Simulator 4 added at rank #2.
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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.

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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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Construction Simulator 4 (2024)

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Nintendo Switch IOS iPhone Android

Construction Simulator returns to mobile devices. Explore three large areas within a map never before seen in the Construction Simulator series. 80+ vehicles, machines, and attachments from 20+ license partners. Original map, inspired by the Canadian landscape. Multiplayer mode for 2 players.


  • construction
  • truck
  • vehicle
  • concrete
  • driving

3

TerraTech (2018)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Xbox One Mac OS Linux

TerraTech is the perfect game for creative kids who love to build their own vehicles and explore a randomly generated world. Construct powerful machines, bases, and weapons to defend against rival miners, gather resources, and improve your standing with the Mining Corporations. Explore treacherous mountain ranges, luscious grasslands, and huge deserts while building and creating your own unique style. The gameplay is fun and intuitive, and the simplistic graphics don't require high-end hardware.

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What we like:
  • Fun and intuitive gameplay
  • Creative freedom with lots of room for your own style
  • Enticing game with interesting mechanics
  • Simplistic graphics don't require high-end hardware
  • Provides a unique and addictive experience
What could be improved:
  • Feels empty with repetitive fetch quests
  • Lack of big updates
  • Multiplayer needs a lot of work

  • sandbox
  • building
  • crafting
  • open-world
  • construction
  • vehicle
  • survival
  • robots
  • physics
  • early-access
  • exploration
  • funny-looking
  • online
  • vehicles

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When Ski Lifts Go Wrong (2019)

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Nintendo Switch Mac OS PC Windows

Ride into a hilarious construction puzzler; packed with over 100 creative physics-based challenges, sports and bloody disasters! Build contraptions to help every passenger reach their destination. Enjoy the sports by controlling your riders away from (or towards if you feel like it) peril!

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  • building
  • construction
  • physics
  • skiing
  • simulation
  • sandbox
  • editor
  • level
  • sport
  • management
  • puzzle
  • funny

5

Bridge Constructor Portal (2017)

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IOS iPhone Android Linux Mac OS PC Windows Xbox One Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch

Take on the role of a tester at the Aperture Science Enrichment Center and help guide the little stick folk - Bendies - in their vehicles from their starting point to the nearby exit. Use scaffold planks, strong cables and triangles to create an appropriate structure for them to traverse each test chamber. Enjoy GLaDOS' dark humour as she guides you through your missions!


What we like:
  • Authentic feel with Ellen McLain's voiceover
  • Fun and challenging puzzles
  • Easy-to-use controls
  • In-game handbook of best practices for constructing structures
  • No punishment or limit to money spent on materials
What could be improved:
  • Limited list of different materials available
  • Not much variety between levels

  • physics
  • puzzle
  • construction
  • vehicle
  • simulation
  • building
  • challenging
  • bridge-building

6

Build a Bridge! (2017)

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Nintendo Switch Android Xbox One Xbox 360

Test your engineering and improvisation skills in a puzzle game where the stakes are as high as they get. Game features: - Different materials to build from - Wood, Metal, Cables - 36 levels of increasingly difficult puzzles - Varied, detailed environments full of interactive elements - Multiple cars to test out your constructions - Realistic physics engine - Beautiful, stylised art style - Available in 13 languages


  • construction
  • puzzle
  • simulation
  • 2d
  • physics
  • interactive
  • skill

7

Idle Inventor - Factory Tycoon (2021)

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IOS iPhone Android Nintendo Switch

Churn out massive machines in your finely-tuned factory - day and night, even while you’re not playing!

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  • construction
  • military
  • exploration
  • classic
  • online

8

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.

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

9

Construction Site Driver (2021)

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Nintendo Switch

Take control of one of ten distinct and varied vehicles that share one characteristic. Drive a cement mixer, a drilling truck, a fork lift, an excavator and more! Feel the immense power of those impressive vehicles and use them to the best of your ability!

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  • construction
  • driving
  • realistic
  • truck
  • vehicle
  • real-time
  • physics

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Sweet Bakery Tycoon (2021)

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Xbox Series X Xbox One Nintendo Switch

Start your baking career and prepare some delicious cakes for your clients, using a whole set of creams, fruits, and decorations. Test your skills on 60 diverse and increasingly difficult levels. Personalize your interior with countless upgrades. All of us have a magic place, where everyday troubles seem to disappear. Sweet Bakery Tycoon fulfills your fantasy of creating and managing a bakery of your dreams Features: - 60+ cakes to serve - Fruit cocktails - 4 unique locations - 60 levels to explore - Unlockable items to upgrade your equipment, interior and ingredients - 25+ achievements to gain

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  • time-management
  • construction
  • fast-paced
  • real-time
  • achievements
  • fantasy
  • simulation
  • skill
  • classic
  • online
  • difficult

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