The Best Tabletop city-building Games

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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

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Terraformers: First Steps on Mars (2021)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows

Terraformers: First Steps on Mars is a free prologue of Terraformers, featuring an exclusive challenge to lead humanity's first attempt at settling the Red Planet.

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  • colony
  • mars
  • simulation
  • 4x
  • nature
  • resource-management
  • city-building
  • tabletop
  • space
  • stylized
  • strategy
  • family-friendly
  • futuristic
  • atmospheric
  • sci-fi

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Dotage (2023)

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PC Windows Mac OS Linux

Embark on a gripping survival journey in dotAGE, where you'll lead your villagers to thrive against all odds. Craft your strategy, build your village, and face the mysterious apocalypse. Each decision shapes your destiny in this enthralling turn-based adventure with endless replayability. Will you unveil the secrets and ensure your villagers' legacy?

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What we like:
  • Strategic turn-based gameplay
  • High replay value with roguelite elements
  • Diverse characters for varied playstyles
  • Intuitive controls
  • Robust accessibility options
What could be improved:
  • One bad luck will ruin your game

  • turn-based
  • rogue-like
  • resource-management
  • colony
  • city-building
  • tabletop
  • humor
  • board-game
  • medieval
  • building
  • resource
  • buildings
  • simulation
  • dark
  • pixel

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Drop Duchy (2025)

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j PC Windows

Build your duchy piece by piece in this refreshing hybrid rogue-lite game. Use block-dropping mechanics to collect resources, recruit troops to fight against belligerent armies, and let every block shape your realm, leading your path to victory!

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  • rogue-like
  • card
  • deckbuilder
  • tactical
  • medieval
  • deck
  • tile
  • battler
  • strategy
  • puzzle
  • board-game
  • city-building
  • tabletop
  • procedural
  • boss

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Railroad Ink Challenge (2021)

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Android Mac OS PC Windows IOS iPhone

You’ll also score bonus points for your longest highway and railway, for building into the central spaces of your map, and for completing optional, time-dependent goals before they expire. Play solo with random objectives and join the online rankings or challenge players from all over the world with custom game configurations!


  • solitaire
  • city-building
  • board-game
  • pvp
  • tabletop
  • transportation
  • asynchronous
  • logic
  • top-down
  • trains
  • hand-drawn
  • family-friendly
  • relaxing
  • 2d
  • attack

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Stacklands (2022)

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Android PC Windows Mac OS

Stacklands is a village builder where you stack cards to collect food, build structures, and fight creatures. 🃏 For example, dragging a Villager card on top of a Berry Bush card will spawn Berry cards which the villagers can eat to survive. 🃏 Play your cards right and expand your village!


  • card
  • battler
  • solitaire
  • rogue-like
  • city-building
  • building
  • deckbuilder
  • management
  • survival
  • tabletop

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Defend the Rook (2021)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch Xbox One Playstation 4 Playstation 5

Defend the Rook is a rogue-like tactics game where players defend the Rook from a variety of enemies by strategically positioning heroes and contraptions on a 9x9 board. Through upgrades, buffs and improvements, you must use each element to their fullest potential to win each round.


What we like:
  • Challenging gameplay
  • Good replayability
  • Cartoonish visuals
  • Customizable contraptions and buffs
  • Subtitles for dialogue
What could be improved:
  • Weak tutorial on upgrade process and contraptions
  • Camera angle control missing
  • Limited options when reviving heroes

  • rogue-like
  • turn-based
  • rpg
  • tactical
  • perma-death
  • tower-defense
  • city-building
  • base-building
  • strategy
  • tabletop
  • party
  • medieval

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As Far As The Eye (2022)

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PC Windows Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch

Build a mobile village and travel with your tribe toward the center of the world, called The Eye. This roguelike turn-based resource-management game is made of procedural situations, natural events, skill-trees and hard choices. Ready to move?


  • hex
  • city-building
  • colony
  • resource-management
  • rogue-like
  • strategy
  • turn-based
  • tabletop
  • building
  • grid
  • management
  • sandbox
  • survival
  • 4x
  • resource

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Hidden Build Top-Down 3D (2022)

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Find the objects that are hidden on the map.

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  • scroller
  • platform
  • city-building
  • base-building
  • tower-defense
  • tabletop
  • hidden-object
  • education
  • 3d
  • rpg
  • point-and-click
  • economy
  • building
  • 2d
  • puzzle

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Wild Country (2024)

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Android PC Windows

Wild Country is a cozy-competitive card game with city-building elements! Collect cards, construct buildings, explore Big Sky, and challenge friends in this one of a kind strategy game.


  • card
  • nature
  • tabletop
  • battler
  • competitive
  • city-building
  • pvp
  • strategy
  • deckbuilder
  • colourful
  • board-game
  • 3d
  • tactical
  • trading
  • conversation

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