The Best City-building Games - Page 5

Update : Manor Lords added at rank #26.
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Zoo Park Story (2023)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows IOS iPhone Android

Well, what are you waiting for? Build a top-ranking zoo, set social media ablaze, and show the world your wild side!


  • simulation
  • colony
  • zoo
  • zoo-goers
  • top-ranking
  • nature
  • life
  • city-building
  • pixel
  • casual
  • top-down
  • building
  • snow
  • romance
  • 2d

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Gord (2023)

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Xbox One Xbox Series X/s Playstation 5 PC Windows

Gord is a single-player adventure strategy. To survive, you must build, but to prevail, you must conquer the darkness beyond the gates. In this dark fantasy world, you must complete quests while managing a populace whose personal stories and well-being decide the fate of your tribe.


  • real-time
  • city-building
  • strategy
  • survival
  • mythology
  • fantasy
  • colony
  • dark
  • moddable
  • resource-management
  • simulation
  • lore
  • adventure-strategy
  • management
  • magic

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Dice Legacy (2021)

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

Dice Legacy is a dice-based survival city builder set on a mysterious ringworld. Your ship has reached the shore of an uncharted continent. Roll and use your dice to gather resources, expand and defend your settlement, survive the winter and interact with the strange inhabitants of this eerie world.


  • city-building
  • dice
  • rogue-like
  • real-time
  • strategy
  • survival
  • colony
  • resource
  • medieval
  • board-game
  • resource-management

44

Dorfromantik (2021)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch

Dorfromantik is a relaxing and enjoyable puzzle game where you build the biggest and most aesthetically pleasing countryside possible using tiles given to you. Complete objectives that require connecting similar terrain types, while immersing yourself in beautiful hand-painted landscapes. With intuitive controls and multiple game modes, Dorfromantik offers endless fun and creativity. Created by game design students, Toukana Interactive provides high-quality indie games for the future.


What we like:
  • Addictive and relaxing gameplay
  • Multiple game modes including creative mode
  • Stunning visuals and charming sound design
  • Intuitive controls accessible to all players
  • High replay value
What could be improved:
  • Controls on Switch are not as fluid as PC
  • Missions and objectives could be more frequent

  • tile
  • city-building
  • relaxing
  • puzzle
  • strategy
  • tile-matching
  • board-game
  • sandbox
  • turn-based
  • competitive

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Galaxy Life (2022)

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Android PC Windows

The universe is full of Starlings, tiny orange aliens that want to take over the galaxy. Create your own space colony, fight epic battles and discover new planets. Train your soldiers, develop your technology and create unimaginable gadgets. Enjoy this huge social game with friends!


  • strategy
  • wargame
  • city-building
  • 2.5d
  • aliens
  • base-building
  • isometric
  • mmo
  • cartoony
  • real-time
  • pirates
  • sci-fi
  • multiplayer
  • pvp
  • military

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Planet S (2023)

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PC Windows Android

Planet S is a real-time strategy game where your goal is to colonize multiple planets in a solar system to advance your civilization, build a city and supply it to grow your faction.


  • real-time
  • city-building
  • strategy
  • space
  • building
  • procedural
  • futuristic
  • 3d
  • hex
  • sci-fi
  • atmospheric
  • resource-management
  • management
  • multiplayer
  • grid

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Settlement Survival (2021)

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IOS iPhone Mac OS PC Windows

In Settlement Survival, you lead your people to a new settlement and must protect them from threats of nature while providing shelter, food, and happiness. Customize your settlement by carving out the land and choose the route of development that suits you best. Every map is randomly generated, making each experience unique. Trade is key to survival, so prepare to challenge even the most experienced player. Will you be able to overcome disasters like the bubonic plague ?

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What we like:
  • Realistic and complex gameplay
  • Customizable difficulty
  • Variety of resources, animals, and buildings
  • Importance of citizen happiness and health
  • Great building architecture
What could be improved:
  • Poorly balanced technology tree
  • Linear progression and lack of urgency
  • Limited starting options
  • Poor AI and menu system

  • city-building
  • building
  • colony
  • management
  • survival
  • simulation
  • farming
  • agriculture
  • sandbox
  • resource-management
  • base-building
  • economy
  • type

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Farthest Frontier (2022)

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early access PC Windows

Protect and guide your people as you forge a town from untamed wilderness at the edge of the known world. Harvest raw materials, hunt, fish and farm to survive. Produce crafted items to trade, consume, equip and fight with as you battle for your survival against the elements and outside threats.

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  • city-building
  • survival
  • medieval
  • building
  • colony

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The Wandering Village (2022)

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early access Xbox Series X Linux Mac OS PC Windows Xbox Series X/s Xbox One

The Wandering Village is a city-building simulation game on the back of a giant, wandering creature. Build your settlement and form a symbiotic relationship with the colossus. Will you survive together in this hostile, yet beautiful post-apocalyptic world, contaminated by poisonous plants?

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  • city-building
  • survival

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SimAirport (2020)

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Xbox Series X Xbox One Linux PC Windows Mac OS

Build & Manage Your Airport. An International Hub or a Regional Masterpiece -- it's up to you. Buy more land to scale out, or escalators to scale up with MULTIPLE FLOORS. You're in full control in this modern business management tycoon!


  • base-building
  • city-building
  • flight
  • management
  • building
  • economy
  • simulation
  • sandbox
  • pixel
  • 2d
  • resource-management
  • casual
  • large-scale
  • strategy

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