The Best City-building Games

Update : Infection Free Zone added at rank #1.
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Infection Free Zone (2024)

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early access PC Windows

Choose any real region from the world. Choose your base of operations, then rebuild and readapt the buildings around you to create a self-sustaining settlement. Take charge of a group of survivors from your city. And when the night falls - Defend the zone from the infected!

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  • city-building
  • simulation
  • outbreak
  • zombies
  • base-building
  • post-apocalyptic
  • colony
  • survival
  • strategy
  • management
  • immersive
  • time-management
  • sandbox
  • minimalist
  • real-time

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Laysara: Summit Kingdom (2024)

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early access 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?


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

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Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles (2024)

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PC Windows Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Xbox Series X Xbox One j Xbox Series X/s

Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles is an open world builder with freedom and expression at its core. You are in command of creating the last great settlement upon the Great Ursee - a vast, fantastical oceanic world filled with lost myths and danger.


  • city-building
  • building
  • open-world
  • resource
  • strategy
  • exploration
  • minimalist
  • controller-support
  • sandbox
  • relaxing
  • base-building

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Paragon Pioneers 2 (2024)

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Dive into the captivating world of Paragon Pioneers 2, an engaging city-building idle game filled with extensive content promising months of immersive gameplay. Even with limited playtime, you can delve deep into this simulation, experimenting with various strategies to enhance your realm.


  • city-building
  • colony
  • idler
  • simulation
  • building
  • stylized
  • medieval
  • colourful
  • top-down
  • fantasy
  • 2d
  • cute
  • relaxing
  • strategy
  • management

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Builders of Greece (2024)

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early access Android PC Windows

Immerse yourself in the beautifully recreated golden age of Hellenic city-states. Builders of Greece is a city management game that lets you display your strategic and economic mastery. Build your Polis from scratch, make meaningful decisions, trade, fight and expand to become the ultimate ruler.


  • city-building
  • simulation
  • mythology
  • building
  • immersive
  • real-time
  • base-building
  • historical
  • strategy
  • sandbox
  • economy
  • management
  • war

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New Cycle (2024)

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early access PC Windows

New Cycle is a city building game with focus on survival. After an apocalyptic series of solar flares, human society has been thrown into disarray. Establish a settlement and develop it all the way from humble beginnings to industrial metropolis.

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  • city-building
  • colony
  • building
  • survival
  • simulation
  • post-apocalyptic
  • resource-management
  • top-down
  • pause
  • realistic
  • sci-fi
  • base-building
  • 3d
  • replay-value
  • real-time

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Wanderful (2023)

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Android PC Windows

Wanderful is about uncovering “what lies beyond”, tile after tile. Explore a charming and beautiful world at your own pace in this cosy mix between exploration, building and strategy.


  • choices
  • city-building
  • board-game
  • cartoony
  • adventure
  • building
  • stylized
  • 3d
  • exploration
  • colourful
  • casual
  • family-friendly
  • strategy
  • storybook
  • atmospheric

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Against the Storm (2023)

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PC Windows

Dive into Against the Storm, a city builder where you brave the wilds, balance the needs of diverse races, and face the Blight Storm's wrath. Forge settlements, manage resources, and unlock new upgrades in this endlessly replayable roguelite adventure. Can you thrive amidst chaos and secure your legacy?


What we like:
  • Innovative mix of city building and roguelite mechanics
  • Engaging survival gameplay with replayability
  • Diverse fantasy races with unique needs
  • Strategic depth with resource and settlement management
  • Regular updates and active developer engagement
What could be improved:
  • Randomized elements may frustrate some players

  • city-building
  • rogue-like
  • management

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SteamWorld Build (2023)

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Break ground on a new frontier as the planet dies around you! Dig deep and build wide to excavate long-lost spacefaring technology, while ensuring everyone has the vital water, fuel and creature comforts they need! Do you have what it takes to reach the final frontier?


  • city-building
  • management
  • steampunk
  • robots

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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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