The Best Construction Games

Update : Prison Architect 2 added at rank #2.
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Factorio (2020)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch Mac OS Linux

Factorio is an absorbing factory management game. You play the role of a handy person who needs to build a rocket and craft almost anything with little more than spit and elbow grease. Automation is the key to success as you establish production chains and assembly lines to make sure all the hard work is done for you.


What we like:
  • Complex puzzle-solving
  • Open-ended gameplay
  • Automation mechanics
  • Creative assembly lines
  • Captivating story
What could be improved:
  • Tedious combat
  • Limited environmental resources
  • Environmental consequences of mass manufacturing

  • management
  • construction
  • automation
  • robots
  • simulation
  • base-building
  • resource-management
  • trains
  • crafting
  • empire
  • sandbox
  • multiplayer
  • cooperative
  • resource
  • aliens

2

Prison Architect 2 (2024)

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Android

Design and develop your own personalized penitentiary in Prison Architect 2. The classic prison-builder has broken out into 3D, and it's up to you to contain it!


  • simulation
  • sandbox
  • management
  • construction
  • building
  • strategy
  • top-down
  • base-building
  • economy
  • real-time
  • dog

3

Construction Simulator (2017)

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IOS iPhone Android PC Windows

Construction Simulator is back – bigger and better than ever! Take charge of over 70 machines, dozens of them brand new to the franchise, and build to your heart’s content on two huge maps – on your own or with your friends!  


  • construction
  • simulation
  • building
  • driving
  • truck
  • vehicle
  • transportation
  • relaxing

4

TerraTech (2018)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Xbox One Mac OS Linux

TerraTech is the perfect game for creative kids who love to build their own vehicles and explore a randomly generated world. Construct powerful machines, bases, and weapons to defend against rival miners, gather resources, and improve your standing with the Mining Corporations. Explore treacherous mountain ranges, luscious grasslands, and huge deserts while building and creating your own unique style. The gameplay is fun and intuitive, and the simplistic graphics don't require high-end hardware.


What we like:
  • Fun and intuitive gameplay
  • Creative freedom with lots of room for your own style
  • Enticing game with interesting mechanics
  • Simplistic graphics don't require high-end hardware
  • Provides a unique and addictive experience
What could be improved:
  • Feels empty with repetitive fetch quests
  • Lack of big updates
  • Multiplayer needs a lot of work

  • sandbox
  • building
  • crafting
  • open-world
  • construction
  • vehicle
  • survival
  • robots
  • physics
  • early-access
  • exploration
  • funny-looking
  • online
  • vehicles

5

Gnomes Garden 5: Halloween (2023)

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Playstation 4 Mac OS PC Windows IOS iPhone Android Xbox One

Gnomes Garden: Halloween — get ready for mysterious adventures! Help the princess lift the curse and find her missing uncle!


  • strategy
  • time-management
  • construction
  • casual
  • ogre
  • city-building
  • management
  • zombies
  • goblin
  • fantasy
  • long-running
  • puzzle
  • clicker
  • resource-management

6

Construction Simulator 4 (2024)

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Nintendo Switch IOS iPhone Android

Construction Simulator returns to mobile devices. Explore three large areas within a map never before seen in the Construction Simulator series. 80+ vehicles, machines, and attachments from 20+ license partners. Original map, inspired by the Canadian landscape. Multiplayer mode for 2 players.

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  • construction
  • truck
  • vehicle
  • concrete
  • driving

7

Roia (2024)

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IOS iPhone Android

Embark on a marvelous adventure as you follow a river from its humble beginnings to the vastness of the sea in Roia. Sculpt the terrain according to your imagination, guiding the water's descent. Along the way, a bird will be your companion, leading you through rugged mountains, dark forests, and sun-drenched meadows.

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  • puzzle
  • interactive
  • sims
  • subscription
  • resource-management
  • discovery
  • construction
  • fiction
  • hand-drawn
  • farming
  • challenging
  • casual
  • grid
  • platform
  • inventory

8

Bridge Constructor Portal (2017)

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IOS iPhone Android Linux Mac OS PC Windows Xbox One Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch

Take on the role of a tester at the Aperture Science Enrichment Center and help guide the little stick folk - Bendies - in their vehicles from their starting point to the nearby exit. Use scaffold planks, strong cables and triangles to create an appropriate structure for them to traverse each test chamber. Enjoy GLaDOS' dark humour as she guides you through your missions!


What we like:
  • Authentic feel with Ellen McLain's voiceover
  • Fun and challenging puzzles
  • Easy-to-use controls
  • In-game handbook of best practices for constructing structures
  • No punishment or limit to money spent on materials
What could be improved:
  • Limited list of different materials available
  • Not much variety between levels

  • physics
  • puzzle
  • construction
  • vehicle
  • simulation
  • building
  • challenging
  • bridge-building

9

When Ski Lifts Go Wrong (2019)

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Nintendo Switch Mac OS PC Windows

Ride into a hilarious construction puzzler; packed with over 100 creative physics-based challenges, sports and bloody disasters! Build contraptions to help every passenger reach their destination. Enjoy the sports by controlling your riders away from (or towards if you feel like it) peril!


  • building
  • construction
  • physics
  • skiing
  • simulation
  • sandbox
  • editor
  • level
  • sport
  • management
  • puzzle
  • funny

10

Watch DogsA: Legion (2023)

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PC Windows

Build a resistance as you fight to take back a near-future London facing its downfall. Welcome to the Resistance.

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  • open-world
  • construction
  • stealth
  • dystopian
  • driving
  • military
  • political
  • skill
  • narrative

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