The Best City-building Games - Page 3

Update : Blacksmith Master added at rank #30.
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ISLANDERS (2019)

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Mac OS Linux PC Windows

Build beautiful cities without the stress of resource management in ISLANDERS. Explore infinite procedurally generated islands, unlock new packs of buildings and expand your settlements to vast cities. With intuitive and rewarding city-building gameplay, a relaxing atmosphere, beautiful vibrant colors, and no complex tutorials or overwhelming menus to navigate, ISLANDERS is the perfect game to just pick up, play and beat your high score. It's a simple game that lets anyone create and explore their own little worlds at an affordable price.


What we like:
  • Very tranquil and calming game
  • Simple yet challenging gameplay
  • Stunning graphics and soothing soundtrack
  • Addictive and time-consuming
  • No complex tutorials or overwhelming menus to navigate
What could be improved:
  • May not be as calming as intended due to the need for improvement in each island
  • May not be what some players expect from a city-building game
  • Limited explanation on where to place pieces and clunky snapping of the pieces together
  • The addition of certain achievements may ruin the game for some players

  • city-building
  • relaxing
  • minimalist
  • strategy
  • colony
  • beautiful

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Urbek City Builder (2022)

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

Urbek is a city building game where you can build your own neighbourhoods: from nightlife district to industrial district. Don't exhaust your natural resources before you have an educated population to build more efficient structures.


  • city-building
  • voxel
  • agriculture
  • building
  • resource-management
  • simulation
  • modern
  • management
  • economy
  • procedural
  • political
  • sandbox
  • minimalist
  • replay-value
  • family-friendly

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Tinytopia (2021)

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Mac OS PC Windows

Construct charming toy towns and cities atop tiny terrain. Combine building blocks to create new megastructures. Test your skills in the physics-based Challenge stages or simply unwind and obliterate everything with an array of cute catastrophes!


  • city-building
  • building
  • sandbox
  • physics
  • family-friendly
  • crafting
  • buildings
  • simulation
  • 3d
  • cartoony

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Airborne Kingdom (2020)

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

Airborne Kingdom is a strategy simulator game that presents a unique concept of relocating a civilization to the skies. The game has a mysterious set up and setting, which intrigues and immerses the player in a vibrant and alive game world with organic world building and lore. Manage your air kingdom as you move to discover new resources, all while making sure your residents are happy, and enjoy the immersive experience of this visually stunning game world.


What we like:
  • Innovative mechanics
  • Beautiful visuals
  • Compelling gameplay
  • Relaxing and meditative
  • Ear-worm soundtrack
What could be improved:
  • Lack of replay value & short gameplay time
  • Limited depth in city development
  • Slow progression
  • High price for amount of content

  • city-building
  • relaxing
  • steampunk
  • resource-management
  • resource
  • base-building

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Timberborn (2021)

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early access PC Windows Mac OS

Timberborn is a unique city builder game where you manage a society of beavers in a post-apocalyptic world. With a focus on water and food resources, players must create dams and other structures to control rivers and survive droughts. The game offers a relaxed building experience with a novel water mechanic that refreshes the genre. It is a worthy purchase for fans of colony/survival simulators seeking a unique and refreshing challenge.


What we like:
  • Unique beaver cast of characters
  • High degree of control over society shape
  • Novel water mechanic
  • Verticality offers multi-layered societies
  • Challenging gameplay
What could be improved:
  • Perfomance issue on big town
  • Lack of late-game content
  • Early game only provides traditional needs
  • No storyline or scripted challenges

  • city-building
  • colony
  • survival
  • base-building
  • building
  • simulation
  • automation
  • management
  • post-apocalyptic
  • agriculture
  • resource-management
  • science
  • editor

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Square Valley (2022)

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Android IOS iPhone

Square Valley is a unique and satisfying city-building puzzle game where you play as the Spirit of the Valley tasked with building lands for your citizens. The game offers a narrative-driven experience with lovely visuals and chill music. Each tile on the board has specific requirements that players need to pay attention to, adding a deep strategic thinking element to the game. Despite the focus on fulfilling requirements rather than building a particular aesthetic, Square Valley puts a creative spin on a tired genre, making it a highly compelling puzzle game that is well worth checking out.

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What we like:
  • Deep strategic thinking element
  • Narrative-driven experience
  • Lovely visuals
  • Chill music
  • Satisfying gameplay
What could be improved:
  • No session suspension or save feature
  • Some building features such as walls and rivers are not entirely clear on how to 'paint' them onto the map
  • More focused on fulfilling requirements than building a particular aesthetic

  • tile
  • city-building
  • puzzle
  • sandbox
  • grand-strategy
  • programming
  • board
  • auto-running
  • chapter
  • board-game
  • meditative
  • difficult
  • relaxing
  • zombies
  • real-time

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Global City: Building Games (2021)

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PC Windows Xbox One IOS iPhone Android

Become the mayor and build the city of your dreams! In this game, anything is possible. Whatever you can imagine in a city-building and development simulator, you can do. Start from the very beginning and unlock new possibilities for developing your city in Global City!


  • city-building
  • modern
  • management
  • time-management
  • capitalism
  • grand-strategy
  • building
  • resource-management
  • simulation
  • economy
  • isometric
  • crafting
  • strategy
  • farming
  • colourful

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Frostpunk 2 (2024)

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Mac OS Xbox Series X/s PC Windows Playstation 5 Xbox Series X Android

Develop, expand, and advance your city in a society survival game set 30 years after an apocalyptic blizzard ravaged Earth. In Frostpunk 2, you face not only the perils of never-ending winter, but also the powerful factions that watch your every step inside the Council Hall.


  • city-building
  • survival

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Teeny Tiny Town (2024)

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Mac OS PC Windows Android IOS iPhone

Merge, build, and watch your town flourish before your eyes. Discover new strategies, overcome hurdles, and master the art of efficient urban planning. Compete on global leaderboards.


  • city-building
  • puzzle
  • idler
  • minimalist
  • colourful
  • building
  • family-friendly
  • strategy
  • futuristic
  • relaxing
  • crafting
  • casual
  • choices
  • puzzling
  • management

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Blacksmith Master (2025)

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PC Windows Mac OS Linux

Manage your own medieval smithy in Blacksmith Master and supervise the entire process from mining ores and gems to designing and selling finished products. Forge everything from weapons and armor to tools and cooking utensils to fund your craft and become the Blacksmith Master.


  • automation
  • colony
  • economy
  • moddable
  • management
  • building
  • base-building
  • city-building
  • crafting
  • simulation
  • resource-management
  • sandbox
  • medieval
  • open-world
  • strategy

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