The Best City-building Games

Update : Frostpunk 2 added at rank #1.
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Frostpunk 2 (2024)

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Mac OS Android PC Windows

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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Mad Smartphone Tycoon (2024)

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PC Windows

Build Your smartphone Empire in Mad Smartphone Tycoon, your main goal in this game is to create the ultimate smartphone that combines both performance and aesthetics. Expand your company, dominate the global market, become a tycoon in the world of mobile phones!

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  • management
  • building
  • simulation
  • immersive
  • capitalism
  • modern
  • sandbox
  • city-building
  • 3d
  • crafting
  • base-building
  • economy
  • strategy
  • casual
  • rogue-like

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Memoriapolis (2024)

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early access PC Windows

Memoriapolis invites you to construct a city that spans 2,500 years of history, from Antiquity to the Age of Enlightenment. Choose your culture, manage resources, face historical events, build "Wonders" to achieve the status of Capital of Capitals and leave your mark in history!

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  • city-building
  • simulation
  • colony
  • political
  • immersive
  • building
  • base-building
  • management
  • resource-management
  • historical
  • procedural
  • choices
  • exploration

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Cataclismo (2024)

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early access PC Windows

Design and build fortresses brick by brick to stand against endless hordes of Horrors in this real-time strategy game with resource management, siege defense, and exploration. Lead from the ramparts, push back the darkness, and hold fast against the creatures of the Mist.


  • real-time
  • city-building
  • colony
  • strategy
  • grand-strategy
  • moddable
  • 4x
  • resource-management
  • base-building
  • tower-defense
  • economy
  • building
  • simulation
  • sandbox
  • historical

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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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Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic (2024)

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PC Windows

Build a soviet republic from an impoverished country into a rich industrial superpower in a city builder with intricate production chains and a fully simulated global economy. Manage the lives of your citizens from education to work and party loyalty to criminal activity.


  • grand-strategy
  • city-building
  • colony
  • moddable
  • building
  • simulation
  • 4x
  • base-building
  • sandbox
  • real-time
  • resource-management
  • economy
  • management
  • historical
  • strategy

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Synergy (2024)

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early access Linux PC Windows Mac OS

Synergy is a city-building game in which humanity must survive in a strange and hostile world. Build a city while respecting the ecosystem. Explore and analyze your environment. Provide for the needs of your citizens.


  • diplomacy
  • post-apocalyptic
  • economy
  • base-building
  • city-building
  • building
  • trading
  • steampunk
  • resource-management
  • survival
  • management
  • simulation
  • strategy
  • farming

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Fabledom (2024)

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

Set in a wholesome fairytale world, Fabledom is a laid-back City builder. Enjoy the growth of your settlement, interact with your neighbors and defend your kingdom from magical creatures. All to find true love and live happily ever after!

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  • city-building
  • diplomacy
  • colony
  • romance
  • economy
  • resource-management
  • agriculture

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Manor Lords (2024)

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early access PC Windows

Manor Lords is a medieval strategy game featuring in-depth city building, large-scale tactical battles, and complex economic and social simulations. Rule your lands as a medieval lord – the seasons pass, the weather changes, and cities rise and fall.


  • city-building
  • medieval
  • strategy
  • real-time

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

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