The Best Building Games

Update : IIslands of War added at rank #22.
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Sunshine Heavy Industries (2021)

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PC Windows

Welcome to Sunshine Heavy Industries! As the new spaceship engineer, solve increasingly tricky design puzzles with your own personal style. Manage customer demands, juggle budget and ship performance, and survive the questionable decision making skills of your business partner.

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  • building
  • space
  • sandbox
  • spaceships
  • comedy
  • funny
  • relaxing
  • colourful
  • 2d
  • cute
  • pixel
  • aliens
  • simulation
  • puzzle
  • casual

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Main Assembly (2020)

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PC Windows

You’re the designer, engineer and architect if you can imagine it you can create it! Construct robots of any shape or size from eight-legged spider bots to eerie UFO contraptions.


  • programming
  • artificial
  • intelligence
  • automation
  • cooperative
  • science
  • building
  • immersive
  • 3d
  • logic
  • robots
  • crafting
  • character
  • simulation
  • sandbox

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Trailmakers (2019)

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PC Windows Xbox One

Trailmakers lets you explore the adventure of building creative vehicles that can be unleashed into the open world. Simulate the driving capabilities of your favorite vehicle: from helicopters to racing cars, combat jets, robots, hovercrafts and many more. The limit is your imagination.


  • sandbox
  • vehicle
  • building
  • jet
  • submarine
  • moddable
  • racing
  • destruction
  • multiplayer
  • tanks
  • open-world
  • space
  • physics
  • flight
  • exploration

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Dyson Sphere Program (2021)

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PC Windows Xbox One Xbox Series X

In Dyson Sphere Program, you'll become a space engineer, building Dyson Spheres and managing interplanetary logistics. Explore the universe, gather resources, and design efficient production lines. Will you construct a galactic empire from scratch? Harness the power of the stars and find out!

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What we like:
  • Perfect for automation game enthusiasts
  • Unique interplanetary logistics
  • High-quality factory building and logistics
  • Multiple end-game goals and achievements
  • Not reliant on Dyson Sphere completion
What could be improved:
  • Improvements needed in mid-to-late game
  • Challenging planet navigation in late game

  • automation
  • space
  • base-building
  • resource-management
  • building
  • management
  • simulation
  • mech
  • city-building
  • open-world
  • sandbox
  • space-exploration
  • sci-fi
  • 3d

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Kasi (2020)

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ps1 PC Windows

Girls battle with sweets falling block puzzle! With Single play, 1P versus &2P versus mode. 3 sweets which are same and connected will disappear. And sweet in bottle be broke by other bottle fell on it. It is also for beginner to lightly enjoy the puzzle combo. Total of 8 character appear.


  • weapon
  • simulation
  • building
  • minimalist
  • life
  • mid-combat
  • casual
  • fight
  • sandbox
  • fight-game
  • management
  • combo
  • colourful
  • family-friendly
  • 2d

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House (2020)

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

HOUSE is a horror adventure game where you play as a young girl exploring a dangerous house that's doing everything it can to kill you and your family. Race against time to change fate...or fall into darkness yourself.FEATURESExplore a house that changes and reacts to your actions in real-timeRace against time to save your family and yourselfMultiple endings to discoverBefriend or behead your familyExperiment with the different items to try and surviveChallenging, non-linear gameplayUncover the dark secrets of a twisted family


  • horror
  • building
  • illustration
  • design
  • gore
  • pixel
  • simulation
  • multiple-endings
  • horror-puzzle
  • surreal
  • single-player
  • management
  • survival
  • violent
  • skill

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The Genesis Project (2022)

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early access PC Windows Linux Mac OS

The Genesis Project is an attempt to replicate Sburb from the popular webcomic Homestuck, made by Andrew Hussie.

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  • rpg
  • party
  • memes
  • base-building
  • building
  • dungeon-crawler
  • action-adventure
  • character
  • 3d
  • tag
  • exploration
  • customization
  • crafting
  • management
  • fantasy

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shapez.io (2020)

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Linux PC Windows

shapez.io is a game about building factories to automate the creation and processing of increasingly complex shapes across an infinitely expanding map.

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  • automation
  • open-source
  • building
  • base-building
  • strategy
  • relaxing
  • resource-management
  • management
  • simulation
  • table

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Scrap Mechanic (2016)

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early access Android PC Windows

Enter the creative paradise of Scrap Mechanic! Build fantastic machines, go on adventures with your friends and defend against waves of evil Farmbots in this imaginative multiplayer survival sandbox. With Scrap Mechanic’s powerful creation tools you can engineer your own adventures!


  • building
  • sandbox
  • survival
  • crafting
  • open-world
  • base-building
  • physics
  • simulation
  • cooperative
  • moddable
  • third-person
  • multiplayer

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Airport CEO (2017)

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PC Windows Mac OS

Build and manage an international airport!


  • simulation
  • jet
  • building
  • automation
  • transportation
  • management
  • capitalism
  • immersive
  • city-building
  • tutorial
  • base-building
  • economy
  • sandbox
  • driving
  • top-down

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