The Best City-building Games for Nintendo Switch - Page 2

Update : Into The Depths added at rank #23.
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Urbek City Builder (2022)

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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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Dream Town Island (2023)

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Playstation 4 Xbox One Xbox Series X Nintendo Switch IOS iPhone Android PC Windows

A town sim where you raise generations of residents. Unlock new stores and facilities, help your residents find love, or cash in on the stock market!


  • simulation
  • colony
  • city-building
  • life
  • inventive
  • pixel
  • farming
  • 2d
  • cute
  • building

13

Let's School (2023)

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Dive into the exhilarating role of a headmaster entrusted to revive your alma mater! Beyond just bricks and mortar, train teachers, recruit students. Sculpt your school into a unique educational haven! Let's School!


  • medical
  • management
  • education
  • simulation
  • city-building
  • voxel
  • nature
  • time-management
  • sandbox
  • building
  • school
  • family-friendly
  • economy
  • comedy
  • relaxing

14

Kingdom Eighties (2023)

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

Kingdom Eighties is a standalone expansion to the award-winning Kingdom series. A singleplayer epic adventure of micro-strategy and base building. Defend your town against the mysterious Greed, and discover the secrets of your family lineage!

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  • pixel
  • micro-strategy
  • colony
  • base-building
  • city-building
  • tower-defense
  • strategy
  • simulation
  • survival
  • economy
  • resource-management
  • building
  • skateboard
  • medieval
  • procedural

15

Zoo Park Story (2023)

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

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

16

Minami Lane (2024)

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Welcome to Minami Lane! Build your own street in this cozy, casual management sim! Unlock and customize buildings, manage your shops, and maximize the happiness of your villagers to complete quests and fill your street with love!


  • cozy
  • management
  • life
  • simulation
  • cute
  • isometric
  • city-building
  • relaxing
  • cats
  • hand-drawn
  • resource-management
  • building
  • hidden-object
  • colourful
  • casual

17

Island Cities - Jigsaw Puzzle (2022)

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Xbox Series X Xbox One Nintendo Switch Mac OS PC Windows

Arrange the town islands and see them come to life. Just swap the blocks of a 3D jigsaw puzzle.


  • cozy
  • lego
  • solitaire
  • wholesome
  • city-building
  • relaxing
  • building
  • point-and-click
  • hidden-object
  • tabletop
  • board-game
  • trains
  • puzzle
  • minimalist
  • colourful

18

Train Valley 2 - Community Edition (2019)

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Build bigger and more complex railway networks than ever before! Building on the success of the original, you’ll get more of what you loved about the original and then some. With increasingly difficult and complex challenges from local industries, the Valley has never felt so vast! ALL ABOARD!


  • time-management
  • city-building
  • resource-management
  • minimalist
  • stylized
  • family-friendly
  • open-world
  • sandbox
  • atmospheric
  • puzzle
  • third-person
  • trains
  • tactical
  • management
  • difficult

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Surviving the Aftermath (2021)

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Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Xbox One PC Windows

Surviving the Aftermath is a post-apocalyptic city building and management simulator that focuses on surviving and thriving in a world ravaged by various disasters. The gameplay loop is addictive, with players constantly micromanaging their colony and working towards long-term goals like unlocking upgrades in the tech tree. Your choices affect the colony's happiness and future, making for an immersive and challenging gaming experience.

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What we like:
  • Good variety of starting and difficulty options
  • Interesting story and exploration mechanics
  • Wide variety of buildings and environments
  • Fun hero and exploration system
  • Severely punishing gameplay
What could be improved:
  • Slow pacing in late game
  • No smart road building/pathing
  • Too many unintuitive blocks in tech and resources

  • post-apocalyptic
  • survival
  • city-building
  • simulation
  • management
  • colony
  • base-building
  • building

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Laysara: Summit Kingdom (2024)

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early access Nintendo Switch Xbox One Playstation 4 Xbox Series X/s Playstation 5 PC Windows

Build and expand your very own settlements in high mountains! Carefully plan production chains and satisfy various needs of your three-caste society while dealing with mountain hazards such as weather breakdowns and avalanches. Are you skilled enough to make your town thrive?

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  • city-building
  • simulation
  • resource-management
  • colony
  • economy
  • automation
  • building
  • base-building
  • immersive
  • management
  • pure

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