Games like Before We Leave
by Balancing Monkey Games
Before We Leave is a city building game set in a cozy corner of the universe. Nurture your Peeps and their surroundings while rebuilding and rediscovering civilisation. Settle new lands and planets while avoiding hungry Space Whales.
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-40%$13.79City Tales - Medieval Era
Jan 29 · Irregular Shapes
Both: City Builder · Building · Relaxing
City Tales is a medieval city builder, allowing you to unleash your creativity and shape vast cities that break outside a traditional grid. Plan each district for your citizens needs and aid your companions in their tales, creating a city to be proud of!
SimulationCity BuilderBuildingRelaxingEconomyManagementResource ManagementInventory ManagementStory RichLogic👍 543
$34.99Farthest Frontier
Oct 23 · Crate Entertainment
Both: Building · City Builder · Resource Management
Protect and guide your people as you forge a town from untamed wilderness at the edge of the known world. Harvest raw materials, hunt, fish and farm to survive. Produce crafted items to trade, consume, equip and fight with as you battle for your survival against the elements and outside threats.
BuildingCity BuilderStrategyResource ManagementMedievalAgricultureEconomyHistorical4XColony Sim👍 24,456
$34.99Solargene
Jan 19 · Alexander Semenov
Both: City Builder · Resource Management · Building
Take Command of a Space Corporation in the Sci-Fi Simulator Solargene! Manage personnel, design and develop colonies and orbital stations across the solar system! Mine resources, establish logistics, research cutting-edge technologies, trade, and complete missions
Colony SimBase BuildingCity BuilderSpace SimResource ManagementSandboxManagementBuildingEconomyStrategy👍 777
$24.99Flotsam
Dec 4 · Pajama Llama Games
Both: City Builder · Resource Management
Sail, scavenge, and rescue survivors in a vibrant floating city-builder. Captain your drifters across the endless garbage sea to uncover soaked ruins, rusting factories, and stories from the old world.
Base BuildingColony SimCity BuilderSandboxResource ManagementAutomationSurvivalOpen WorldFarming SimReal-Time with Pause👍 4,309
$19.99MegaFactory Titan
Jun 2 · Q Switched Productions, LLC
Both: Building · Resource Management · City Builder
A factory-building game. Survive a harsh climate, strip mine an infinite world, and build a sprawling factory, then trade or go to war with Colonists, Governments, Pirates, Rebels, and more!
BuildingAutomationResource ManagementBase BuildingProcedural GenerationMiningCity BuilderManagementCapitalismEconomy👍 150
$29.99Nova Roma
Mar 26 · Lion Shield
Both: City Builder · Building · Economy
The glory of Rome is at your fingertips in this city-building game where you must appease the gods, enact laws, and develop complex supply chains to meet the needs of your citizens.
StrategySimulationCity BuilderBase BuildingGrand StrategyHistoricalManagementBuildingSandboxEconomy👍 2,093
$34.99Timberborn
Mar 12 · Mechanistry
Both: City Builder · Building
Humans are long gone. In a world struck by droughts and toxic waste, will your lumberpunk beavers do any better? A sandbox city-building game featuring ingenious animals, vertical architecture, water physics, and terraforming. Contains high amounts of wood.
City BuilderColony SimVoxelSandboxAutomationBuildingNatureManagementBase BuildingSurvival👍 38,783
-35%$20.79The Crust
11 days ago · VEOM Studio
Both: Resource Management · City Builder · Building
Build and automate a lunar colony that Earth depends on. Mine regolith, run conveyor-and-drone factories above and below the surface, manage colonists, trade with rival Earth factions — and play a story campaign with multiple endings.
Base BuildingSpaceAutomationColony SimResource ManagementSandboxStrategyCity BuilderBuildingManagement👍 3,556
-20%$22.39Go-Go Town!
Jul 16 · Prideful Sloth
Both: City Builder · Building
Step into the role of a hands-on mayor and build your town from the ground up. Plan neighborhoods, automate logistics, and grow your community—all while juggling workers, infrastructure, and day-to-day chaos to create your dream town. Play solo for total control, or bring friends for co-op mayhem.
SimulationCity BuilderDecoratingLife SimBuildingManagementSandboxFunnyFishingIndie👍 2,476
$7.99Urban Ascend
Apr 3 · BitQuest Studio
Both: City Builder · Resource Management · Economy
A casual city builder where growth is constant, production chains expand, citizens thrive, and upgrades push your city toward a bustling metropolis.
City BuilderManagementGrand StrategyResource ManagementEconomyCapitalismStrategyTacticalSimulationAutomation
$14.99Territory: Farming and Warfare
Feb 4 · Wit Studio
Both: City Builder · Resource Management · Building
From a small village of a dozen people to a small kingdom of thousands of people. Arrange for residents to work, gathering, fishing and hunting, farming and mining, processing and manufacturing. Trade, accumulate supplies, increase your strength, and fight evil forces and monsters.
SingleplayerSimulationBase BuildingCity BuilderStrategySandboxAutomationPixel GraphicsResource ManagementBuilding👍 738
$24.99Industry Giant 4.0
Oct 17 · Don VS Dodo
Both: City Builder · Resource Management · Economy
Build an industrial empire from scratch in Industry Giant 4.0. Produce goods, build up your industries, construct transportation networks, plan production, manage finances, and navigate global events. Become the next business tycoon and write history!
ManagementStrategySimulationCity BuilderResource ManagementEconomyAutomationModernBuildingRealistic👍 506
-30%$17.49Laysara: Summit Kingdom
Feb 27 · Quite OK Games
Both: City Builder · Resource Management · Building
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?
StrategyCity BuilderResource ManagementColony SimBuildingReal-Time with PauseBase BuildingManagementSimulationImmersive Sim👍 1,425
$29.99Going Medieval
Mar 17 · Foxy Voxel
Both: City Builder
Build and manage your own castle settlement in a land reclaimed by wilderness. With detailed management, survival strategy, and a moddable sandbox world, Going Medieval challenges you to build the mightiest colony this side of the apocalypse.
Colony SimBase BuildingStrategyVoxelSurvivalManagementCity BuilderSingleplayerSandboxNature👍 17,036
-50%$14.99Airborne Empire
Apr 17 · The Wandering Band LLC
Both: City Builder · Resource Management · Family Friendly
Build your sky city while exploring a vast landscape in this Open World RPG City Builder. Combining the methodical construction and management of a city builder; the unique lift, balance, and propulsion needed for a flying city; and the compelling characters, dangers, and adventures of an RPG!
City BuilderOpen WorldRPGExplorationResource ManagementCasualColony SimFamily FriendlyStrategySandbox👍 855
$14.99A Little Age
Aug 28 · Benerot
Both: Relaxing · Building · City Builder
A cozy minimalist settlement builder about growing a network of settlements, each with its own little economy. Manage the flow of resources between them at your own pace, pause at any time, and watch a civilization emerge as your settlements work together to raise a great temple and claim the land.
RelaxingCozyCasualBuildingMinimalistCuteReal-Time with PauseProcedural GenerationCity BuilderSimulation
$19.99Astro Colony
Jun 2 · Terad Games
Both: Resource Management · Building
Explore endless Universe and create the most efficient constellation of colonies. Build conveyor systems to automate production. Take care of Astronauts and their needs! Establish new colonies as part of intergalactic simulation.
Base BuildingAutomationSpaceResource ManagementColony SimSimulationMultiplayerStrategyBuildingIndie👍 2,397
-25%$29.99Corsair Cove
Jul 31 · Limbic Entertainment
Both: City Builder · Building · Economy
Build a sprawling pirate haven, raise a fleet to explore the high seas, and take on the Crown to keep the Age of Piracy alive! From ale to flintlock pistols, and from scallywags to swashbucklers, you’ll need to manage complex production chains and govern a rowdy crew to reign supreme over the seas!
StrategySimulationCity BuilderBase BuildingGrand StrategyManagementHistoricalBuildingEconomySandbox👍 3,065
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Share some of the same DNA, but further from the original.
-30%$8.39Creator Chronicles
7 days ago · Origin Studio
Both: City Builder · Building · Economy
A game within a game. In this entirely new kind of simulation RPG, become a guild master, develop your town, recruit guild members, and conquer dungeons. Every decision you make becomes your own chronicle.
City BuilderManagementCRPGPixel GraphicsTop-DownMultiple EndingsBuildingEconomyCraftingRPG👍 501
$29.99Whiskerwood
Nov 6 · Minakata Dynamics
Both: City Builder · Building
Establish a home for your industrious mice under the oppressive paw of your cat overlords in this city builder featuring complex simulations, intricate production chains, and the age-old rivalry between cat and mouse.
StrategySimulationCity BuilderBase BuildingColony SimGrand StrategyManagementBuildingHistoricalSandbox👍 3,278
$15.99Explorers of Esmar
Apr 14 · Tipri Games
Both: City Builder · Building · Economy
Welcome to Explorers of Esmar! Build your settlement, master complex production chains. Claim the riches to explore and conquer the new island continent of Esmar!
Early AccessReal Time TacticsCity BuilderBuildingEconomyManagementMedievalMilitaryBase BuildingPvP
-25%$5.99Cloudscrapers
7 days ago · Nementic Games
Both: City Builder · Relaxing · Resource Management
Cloudscrapers is a minimalist strategy game with a relaxing atmosphere. Build your tower, manage resources, unlock new tools, and uncover the secrets hidden in the sky.
CasualCity BuilderRelaxingPuzzleStrategyMinimalistSimulationAtmosphericResource ManagementCozy
$34.99Pioneers of Pagonia
Dec 11 · Envision Entertainment
Both: Resource Management · City Builder
Rebuild hope in a world that was lost in the fog. Lead your Pioneers across the isles of Pagonia, unite scattered tribes, raise thriving communities and discover the history of your people as you reclaim your world in the new story campaign.
StrategyResource ManagementColony SimOnline Co-OpFantasyBase BuildingCity BuilderManagementProcedural GenerationPvE👍 4,794
$25.99Big Ambitions
Aug 28 · Hovgaard Games
Both: Economy · Resource Management
Big Ambitions is a revolutionary role-playing business sim. Go from nothing to the biggest entrepreneur in New York by opening small businesses or slowly building huge corporations any way you like.
ManagementEconomySimulationCapitalismLife SimSandboxSingleplayerResource ManagementTime ManagementInventory Management👍 14,060
-33%$40.19Jurassic World Evolution 3
Oct 21 · Frontier Developments
Both: City Builder · Resource Management · Economy
Build your own Jurassic World. Nurture generations of dinosaurs with the series debut of juveniles, create and manage sprawling prehistoric parks around the globe, and let your imagination roar with powerful new creative options.
SimulationDinosaursStrategySandboxCity BuilderSequelManagementActionResource ManagementEconomy👍 11,412
-20%$11.99Hozy
Mar 30 · Come On Studio
Both: Relaxing · Building
Restore a forgotten neighbourhood through your favourite hobby, one cozy room at a time. In Hozy, clean, paint, and decorate abandoned homes with satisfying mechanics and intuitive controls. Enjoy the little details as you interact with tools, items and furniture to bring each space back to life.
RelaxingCozyCasualSandboxPuzzleCutePhysicsSimulationColorfulBuilding👍 4,146
$17.99Microcivilization
Jan 22 · Ondrej Homola
Both: Resource Management · City Builder
Incremental clicker strategy, where you expand, construct, research, fight, collect heroes and make choices between good and evil. Ascend through difficulty tiers by playing through challenge campaign going back and forth through history. Mammoths included.
IncrementalBase BuildingResource Management4XHistoricalStrategyAutomationInventory ManagementCity BuilderGod Game👍 1,437
$17.99Farlands
Jul 16 · JanduSoft, Eric Rodríguez
Both: Building
Congratulations, you’ve bought your own planet! An agrarian rock at the edge of the galaxy that, for some reason, was practically being given away for free. So the time has come to leave your hectic, stressful life in an overcrowded metropolis for a more rural and rewarding life.
Farming SimBuildingCraftingAgricultureExplorationLife SimEarly AccessCuteIndieFishing👍 1,628
$19.99Eden Crafters
May 7 · Osaris Games
Both: Building
Eden Crafters is a solo or co-op open-world survival, crafting, and factory-building game where you transform a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity. Build, automate, and terraform. Control the climate, create a breathable atmosphere, and turn toxic lakes into water: shape a new world!
AutomationOpen World Survival CraftBase BuildingCraftingSandboxOpen WorldOnline Co-OpBuildingSurvivalAdventure👍 2,515
$4.99The Greenening
May 7 · Erkberg Games
Both: Relaxing
A short and wholesome incremental journey about exploring and reawakening a forgotten world. Wash away the ashes to discover the secrets hidden beneath, upgrade your versatile watering abilities, and grow your own cozy space garden.
IncrementalCasualIdlerExplorationNatureRelaxingCleaningCuteCozyWholesome👍 484
-15%$5.94Moon Garden
10 days ago · Kairos Games LLC
Both: Resource Management · Building · Relaxing
A cozy incremental game about growing your way home. Strategically plant flowers, optimize machinery, and grow your tree tall enough to escape!
IdlerStrategyIncrementalResource ManagementBuildingManagementRelaxingCuteAtmosphericCasual
$19.99Becastled
Oct 22 · Mana Potion Studios
Both: City Builder · Building
Build a castle by day and defend it by night. Becastled blends cozy city-building with challenging tower defense strategy. Lead the Sun Kingdom’s last stand against the Moon Beasts and end the ancient conflict between light and darkness!
Base BuildingStrategyCity BuilderMedievalBuildingRTSColony SimWarMilitarySingleplayer👍 5,352
-30%$20.99Desynced
Mar 5 · Stage Games Inc.
Both: City Builder
Desynced is a sci-fi strategy game with fully customizable units and behaviors. Gather, build, research, and explore the unknown. Alone or with friends, unveil the mystery of an AI on the edge of self-awareness and uncover the hidden truth in this blend of strategy, automation, and exploration.
StrategyAutomationProgrammingBase BuildingSandboxCity BuilderRTSSci-fiMultiplayerSimulation👍 1,880
$3.99Cells
Sep 6 · Mousetrick Studio
Both: Relaxing
CELLS is a calm sci-fi trading game about goods, routes and decisions. Explore new worlds, build trade chains, mine resources and uncover the story of a broken network between the worlds.
CasualRelaxingMinimalistProcedural GenerationLogicAtmosphericPhysicsLinearTutorial2D
$14.99Junkyard Builder
Apr 8 · FreeMind S.A.
Both: Family Friendly · Relaxing · Economy
In Junkyard Builder, you’re the proud owner of a once-forgotten junkyard, now brimming with endless potential. Dive into the satisfying world of restoration, recycling, and raw hustle as you transform trash into treasure and rise to become the ruler of the junk empire!
SimulationManagementFirst-PersonCasualLife SimFamily FriendlyImmersive SimRelaxingSandboxEconomy👍 223
$7.99Terraspace
Dec 31 · Black Apple
Both: City Builder
The game "Terraspace" offers you a unique experience of planet settlement and terraforming — creating conditions for life on unsuitable planets. This will require you to build the necessary structures to populate the planet.
AdventureCity BuilderSpace SimSandboxColony Sim3DStylizedColorfulFuturisticSurvival