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Foundation is a grid-less, laidback medieval city-building game with a focus on organic development, monument construction and resource management.
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$29.99Cities: Skylines
Mar 10 · Colossal Order
Both: City Builder · Building · Management
Cities: Skylines is a modern take on the classic city simulation. The game introduces new game play elements to realize the thrill and hardships of creating and maintaining a real city whilst expanding on some well-established tropes of the city building experience.
City BuilderSimulationBuildingManagementStrategySandboxSingleplayerEconomyModdableResource Management👍 220,509
-80%$2.79Seeds of Resilience
Jun 13 · Subtle Games
Both: City Builder · Building · Sandbox
Ready to start anew? Build a village from scratch in Seeds of Resilience. Learn to choose the right items, understand nature's patterns, use real life-based constructions and craft techniques in this turn-based tycoon game.
City BuilderColony SimBuildingSurvivalSandboxBase BuildingManagementEconomyNatureStrategy👍 257
-50%$9.99Kingdoms and Castles
Jul 20 · Lion Shield, LLC
Both: City Builder · Resource Management · Management
Kingdoms and Castles is a city-building simulation game about growing a kingdom from a tiny hamlet to a sprawling city and imposing castle. Make trade agreements, alliance, and war with neighboring AI controlled kingdoms. Each villager and resource is individually simulated.
City BuilderColony SimResource ManagementManagementSimulationStrategySandboxBuildingBase Building4X👍 30,316
-30%$34.99Cities: Skylines II
Oct 24 · Iceflake Studios, Colossal Order
Both: City Builder · Building · Sandbox
Raise a city from the ground up and transform it into a thriving metropolis with the most realistic city builder ever. Push your creativity and problem-solving to build on a scale you've never experienced. With deep simulation and a living economy, this is world-building without limits.
City BuilderSimulationBuildingSandboxManagementSingleplayerEconomyStrategyRealisticModdable👍 64,269
$39.99Manor Lords
Apr 26 · Slavic Magic
Both: City Builder · Management · Sandbox
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.
StrategyCity BuilderSimulationBase BuildingGrand StrategyHistoricalManagementSandboxBuildingResource Management👍 76,922
-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
$19.99Townsmen - A Kingdom Rebuilt
Feb 26 · HandyGames
Both: City Builder · Medieval · Building
Townsmen – A Kingdom Rebuilt hands the crown to you: Guide your people from their first steps in a small village to a massive medieval metropolis with thousands of inhabitants.
StrategySimulationCasualColony SimCity BuilderMedievalBuildingEconomyResource ManagementSandbox👍 865
$14.99Stronghold Legends: Steam Edition
Sep 15 · Firefly Studios
Both: City Builder · Sandbox · Building
Catapult werewolves over castle walls, incinerate troops with dragon fire and command the Knights of the Round Table! This remaster of the mythical ‘castle sim’ features Steam multiplayer, Workshop support, new maps, achievements and DLC campaigns.
City BuilderReal Time TacticsColony SimSandboxBuildingManagementEconomyMedievalWarMilitary👍 2,299
-85%$2.84Urbek City Builder
Jul 13 · Fridus
Both: City Builder · Building · Management
Urbek is a city building game where you can build your own neighbourhoods: from nightlife district to industrial district. Don't exhaust your natural resources before you have an educated population to build more efficient structures.
City BuilderBuildingManagementSimulationStrategySandboxResource ManagementEconomyVoxelSingleplayer👍 1,832
$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
$14.99Stronghold 2: Steam Edition
Oct 5 · Firefly Studios
Both: City Builder · Medieval · Sandbox
Tax, torture or treat your peasants! Rehabilitate criminals or sentence them to death? Decide as you enjoy jousting over a lavish banquet, all while under siege from the warmongering Lord Barclay.
City BuilderReal Time TacticsMedievalColony SimSandboxBuildingWarEconomyManagementMilitary👍 4,882
$9.99Cities XL Platinum
Feb 6 · Focus Entertainment
Both: City Builder · Sandbox · Management
Build cities, shape a world.Cities XL Platinum lets you design, build and link up cities of all shapes and sizes around the Cities XL planet!Build more impressive cities than ever before! Cities XL Platinum offers a huge variety of over 1,000 buildings and constructions (including 50 brand new structures), that you can freely place on...
SimulationCity BuilderStrategySandboxManagementSingleplayerEconomyBuildingModdableResource Management👍 1,061
$9.99Cities XXL
Feb 5 · Focus Entertainment
Both: City Builder · Building · Economy
Design, build, and manage the world’s largest and most diverse cities in Cities XXL. Bigger and better than ever before with a more powerful game engine and new interface, become the mayor of your very own sprawling metropolis.
City BuilderSimulationBuildingEconomyStrategyManagementSandboxRealisticModdableSingleplayer👍 2,053
$19.99Banished
Feb 18 · Shining Rock Software LLC
Both: City Builder · Sandbox · Medieval
In this city-building strategy game, you control a group of exiled travelers who decide to restart their lives in a new land. They have only the clothes on their backs and a cart filled with supplies from their homeland. The townspeople of Banished are your primary resource.
City BuilderColony SimStrategySimulationSurvivalIndieSingleplayerSandboxMedievalResource Management👍 37,899
$19.99Patron
Aug 10 · Overseer Games
Both: City Builder · Medieval · Resource Management
Patron is a survival city builder with a unique social dynamics system. Gather and produce resources, build your fledgling village into a prosperous city and navigate the intricate social tensions before they reach boiling point.
City BuilderColony SimStrategySurvivalMedievalSingleplayerResource ManagementEconomyBuildingManagement👍 2,880
$24.99Lords and Villeins
Nov 10 · Honestly Games
Both: City Builder · Management · Medieval
Build a prosperous settlement in a unique simulation of a feudal economy - each family runs their shop, owns their goods, and trades with other villagers in a free market. You will manage the land, build houses, organise events, set taxes, and balance supply and demand while engaging in diplomacy!
Colony SimCity BuilderStrategyPixel GraphicsManagementSimulationMedieval2DBuildingSandbox👍 733
$24.99Chinese Frontiers
Jun 19 · SolidGames
Both: Building · Medieval · City Builder
Become a master builder in medieval China. Construct iconic landmarks brick by brick in first person, while managing villagers, production chains, and a growing settlement at your own pace.
BuildingCraftingMedievalBase BuildingCity BuilderSingleplayerFirst-PersonSandboxSimulationResource Management👍 514
New Home: Medieval Village
Jan 14 · Mustafa Caner Tonbul
Both: City Builder · Building · Medieval
New Home Medieval Village is a zoning-based medieval themed city building game. Create zoning areas according to the demands of the villagers and meet the needs of the villagers. Keep them happy with your service buildings and attract wealthier villagers to your village.
Early AccessCity BuilderColony SimSimulationBuildingStrategyMedievalManagementRelaxingEconomy👍 166
$5.99Stronghold HD (2012)
Oct 21 · Firefly Studios
Both: City Builder · Medieval · Building
The original castle sim, Stronghold HD allows you to design, build and destroy historical castles. Engage in medieval warfare against the AI in one of two single player campaigns or online with up to 8 players.
Real Time TacticsCity BuilderColony SimMedievalBuildingSandboxEconomyTower DefenseBase BuildingRTS👍 8,652
$19.99SimCity™ 4 Deluxe Edition
Jul 20 · EA - Maxis, Aspyr (Mac)
Both: City Builder · Building · Sandbox
SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition includes the bestselling SimCity 4 and the all-new SimCity 4 Rush Hour Expansion Pack. Create the most massive region of cities ever, with a farming town, bedroom community, high-tech commercial center, and industrial backbone.
City BuilderImmersive SimBase BuildingBuildingSandboxManagementEconomyGod GameStrategySimulation👍 8,496
-75%$5.37Settlement Survival
Oct 24 · Gleamer Studio
Both: City Builder · Building · Management
In this city-building game, you will lead a group of survivors in their search for a new home. Manipulate the landscape, manage limited supplies, plant crops, hunt wildlife, gather resources, and develop trade routes to build a bustling and unique town.
City BuilderBuildingColony SimSurvivalManagementSimulationSandboxExplorationStrategyResource Management👍 7,708
$19.99Factory Town
Nov 17 · Erik Asmussen
Both: Resource Management · Sandbox · Management
Build, automate, and optimize a giant factory on 3D terrain using conveyor belts, trains, chutes, pipes, and airships. Sell your goods to nearby villages to expand their borders, increase happiness, and unlock even better technology!
AutomationBase BuildingResource ManagementSandboxSimulationCraftingManagementCity BuilderColony SimEconomy👍 4,143
$14.99Stronghold: Definitive Edition
Nov 7 · Firefly Studios
Both: City Builder · Medieval · Building
Greetings sire! Your stronghold awaits you. Build a castle economy, besiege unforgettable villains and return to the 'castle sim' that started it all. Experience this classic RTS with upgraded visuals, modernised gameplay, Steam multiplayer and a new campaign.
City BuilderStrategyReal Time TacticsMedievalRTSBuildingSandboxEconomyColony SimBase Building👍 9,788
$24.99Ostriv
Mar 19 · yevhen8
Both: City Builder · Management · Building
Ostriv is a city-building game that puts you in a role of a governor of an 18th century Ukrainian town to challenge your creative skills and management abilities.
Early AccessCity BuilderStrategySimulationHistoricalColony SimManagementBuildingBase BuildingResource Management👍 6,874
$22.99Pharaoh™: A New Era
Feb 15 · Triskell Interactive
Both: City Builder · Building · Management
The legendary city-builder returns! Lead the creation of one of the greatest civilizations the world has ever seen in this HD remake with modernized UI. Build monuments, manage your population and explore 4,000 years of history through over a hundred hours of gameplay.
City BuilderBuildingManagementSimulationColony SimEconomyHistoricalResource ManagementTradingStrategy👍 4,812
$24.99Citystate II
Sep 23 · Andy Sztark
Both: City Builder · Economy · Building
Create your own Nation, build cities and bring prosperity to your people. Citystate II is a unique city-builder featuring realistic economics and complex political options. Slums or skyscrapers, experiment and bring about your vision of the ideal society.
City BuilderEconomySimulationBuildingManagementSandboxPolitical SimStrategyFunnyRealistic👍 1,098
$19.99Kingdoms Reborn
Nov 2 · Earthshine
Both: City Builder · Management · Economy
A city builder with simulated citizens, set in a procedurally-generated world map. Grow your kingdom through the eras from a tiny medieval hamlet into a prosperous global empire! Cooperate or compete in real-time with your friends in multiplayer mode.
City BuilderColony SimBase BuildingMultiplayerManagementStrategyCo-opEconomyResource ManagementMedieval👍 8,859
$19.99Blacksmith Master
May 15 · Untitled Studio
Both: City Builder · Medieval · Building
Manage your own medieval smithy in Blacksmith Master and supervise the entire process from mining ores and gems to designing and selling finished products. Forge everything from weapons and armor to tools and cooking utensils to fund your craft and become the Blacksmith Master.
StrategySimulationCity BuilderBase BuildingMedievalColony SimBuildingManagementResource ManagementSandbox👍 2,530
-75%$6.24Airborne Kingdom
Mar 7 · The Wandering Band LLC
Both: City Builder · Building · Resource Management
The sky city builder awaits. Create your own flying kingdom and lead it on a quest across an expansive world. Explore the varied landscape, build up a floating metropolis, aid struggling people below, uncover lost secrets and, ultimately, bring back the Airborne Kingdom legend.
City BuilderBase BuildingExplorationBuildingSingleplayerResource ManagementSandboxRelaxingSteampunkStrategy👍 2,105
$24.99Life is Feudal: Forest Village
May 26 · Mindillusion
Both: City Builder · Resource Management · Medieval
LiF:Forest Village is a city builder with survival aspects in a realistic harsh medieval world. Shape, build and expand your settlement, grow various food to prevent your villagers from avitaminosis and starvation. Possess them for additional micromanagement or simply to wander around.
City BuilderColony SimStrategyResource ManagementMedievalSimulationSurvivalBuildingOpen WorldSingleplayer👍 5,232
$4.99Towns
Nov 7 · Xavi Canal, Ben Palgi
Both: City Builder · Sandbox · Building
The game brings a fresh new take on the city building/management genre by introducing many RPG features. In Towns you manage a settlement on top of an active dungeon. Instead of playing the hero who delves deep into the dungeon, how about playing the town that houses and caters to the hero's needs?
City BuilderIndieSandboxSimulationStrategyCraftingSingleplayerRPGSurvivalBuilding👍 2,400
$24.99The Colonists
Oct 24 · Codebyfire
Both: City Builder · Building · Economy
Build a new home for your team of robots as they begin a new life for themselves on a distant planet where they can fulfil their ultimate dream: to be human.
City BuilderColony SimAutomationBuildingEconomyManagementRobotsSurvivalBase BuildingSandbox👍 1,052
$14.99Territory: Farming and Warfare
Feb 4 · Wit Studio
Both: City Builder · Sandbox · Resource Management
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
$14.99Make Your Kingdom
Jan 20 · yo_serjio
Both: City Builder · Building · Management
Make Your Kingdom is a city-building game unique to its genre. Play as a founder of the settlement — help build your kingdom, carry the resources, talk to other settlers, motivate them and fight off hordes of orcs with your own sword!
City BuilderBuildingManagementSurvivalColony SimSimulationBase BuildingSandboxEconomyStrategy👍 165
$20.99Fabledom
May 13 · Grenaa Games
Both: City Builder · Relaxing · Sandbox
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!
City BuilderColony SimRelaxingSandboxEconomyDiplomacySimulationFantasyRomanceCartoony👍 6,776
$24.99MMORPG Tycoon 2
Jan 6 · VectorStorm Pty Ltd
Both: Sandbox · City Builder · Management
MMORPG Tycoon 2 is a single-player world-builder game about creating the greatest MMORPG of all time – yours.
Game DevelopmentSandboxCity BuilderManagementGod GameCharacter CustomizationSimulationEconomy3DStylized👍 2,979
$19.99Farm Manager 2021
May 6 · Cleversan Games
Both: Management · City Builder · Relaxing
Farm Manager 2021 is an indie game that lets you relax and immerse yourself in farm management. A casual but grounded builder game that combines management and farm maintenance in one package. Grow and expand your farm into a thriving estate or enjoy it as a delightful escape from everyday life.
FarmingManagementCity BuilderCasualRelaxingFarming SimSimulationBuildingSandboxTime Management👍 2,297
$29.99Dwarf Fortress
Dec 6 · Bay 12 Games
Both: City Builder · Sandbox · Management
Build a fortress and try to help your dwarves survive against a deeply generated world. Keep your dwarves happy, grow their community and beware of digging too deeply. The deepest, most intricate simulation of a world that's ever been created.
DwarvesColony SimBase BuildingSimulationCity BuilderStrategySandboxManagementBuildingSurvival👍 29,308
$9.99CivCity: Rome
Apr 6 · FireFly Studios, Firaxis Games
Both: City Builder · Sandbox · Resource Management
CivCity: Rome, an innovative city builder inspired by the world of Sid Meiers Civilization, and created by a collaboration between Firefly Studios and Firaxis Games, invites players to shift focus from building a multi-city empire and zoom-in on the great cities of the Roman Empire, culminating in Rome itself!
City BuilderStrategyRomeSimulationHistoricalSingleplayerSandboxResource ManagementManagement👍 814
-90%$3.99Transport Fever 2
Dec 11 · Urban Games
Both: Management · City Builder · Economy
The classic transport simulation genre has a new gold standard with Transport Fever 2. Discover a whole new world by navigating transport routes through land, water and air. May progress and prosperity find their way!
SimulationStrategyManagementTransportationTrainsCity BuilderEconomySandboxBuildingSingleplayer👍 26,749
$14.99Citystate
Feb 22 · Andy Sztark
Both: City Builder · Economy · Building
Create a 21st century micro-nation and experiment with economic and political ideals. Futuristic skyscrapers or spreading slums, the Nation relies on your economic and city planning skills.
SimulationCity BuilderStrategyIndieCasualPolitical SimEconomyBuildingManagementSingleplayer👍 793
$14.99House of Legacy
May 14 · S3 Studio
Both: Management · Sandbox · City Builder
Step into the shoes of a fallen clan leader, starting with nothing but a crumbling estate and a handful of hopes, rising through careful planning, trade, and diplomacy to become one of the most powerful families in the land. Now it’s time to forge a legendary dynasty that leaves its mark on history.
ManagementDiplomacySandboxCity BuilderOpen WorldRPGSimulationEconomyStrategyBase Building👍 3,270
$34.99Timberborn
Mar 12 · Mechanistry
Both: City Builder · Sandbox · 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
$17.99Cliff Empire
Aug 6 · Lion's Shade
Both: City Builder · Economy · Resource Management
After a nuclear war life on the surface became impossible. A 300m thick radioactive fog covered the Earth. We are looking for bold active people to manage the process of restoring life on Earth. Join!
City BuilderStrategySimulationFuturisticSci-fiEconomySingleplayerColony SimResource ManagementManagement👍 4,195
$29.99The Universim
Jan 22 · Crytivo
Both: City Builder · Sandbox · Building
Jump straight into managing your own planets as you guide a civilization through the ages. Build the ultimate empire in The Universim, a new breed of God Game in development by Crytivo.
City BuilderColony SimGod GameSandboxBuildingSurvivalManagementSpaceStrategySimulation👍 8,464
$9.99TheoTown
Jun 5 · Lobby Divinus
Both: City Builder · Sandbox · Building
Build and manage your dream city in this captivating simulation game. Create unique urban landscapes and enjoy compatibility with the mobile versions. Unleash your creativity and shape the metropolis of your dreams.
City BuilderSimulationPixel GraphicsSandboxStrategyIndieBuildingManagementCasualMultiplayer👍 4,634
$29.99Against the Storm
Dec 8 · Eremite Games
Both: City Builder · Building · Management
A dark fantasy city builder where you must rebuild civilization in the face of apocalyptic rains. As the Queen’s Viceroy, lead humans, beavers, lizards, foxes, and harpies to reclaim the wilderness and secure a future for civilization's last survivors.
StrategySimulationCity BuilderBase BuildingBuildingGrand StrategyManagementResource ManagementHistoricalColony Sim👍 33,296
$24.99Citadelum
Oct 17 · Abylight Barcelona
Both: City Builder · Resource Management · Building
Citadelum is a city builder set in legendary Ancient Rome. Build your own settlement, gather resources and evolve it into a magnificent city. Explore the world, trade and lead your mighty legions in epic tactical battles. Earn the favor of the Gods or challenge them, if you dare.
ModdableSingleplayerCity BuilderRomeResource ManagementBuildingSandboxAuto BattlerSimulationLevel Editor👍 1,006
-60%$9.99Synergy
Apr 16 · Leikir Studio
Both: City Builder · Economy · Resource Management
An ecosystem City Builder in a unique world. Build your settlement, manage your workers and optimize your resources. Analyzing your environment, spreading new plants, and harvesting them are key to prosperity.
StylizedCity BuilderEconomyColony SimStrategyResource ManagementIsometricColorfulBuildingNature👍 694
-75%$4.99Anno 2070™
Nov 17 · Blue Byte, Related Designs
Both: City Builder · Resource Management · Economy
Build your society of the future, colonize islands, and create sprawling megacities with multitudes of buildings, vehicles, and resources to manage.
StrategyCity BuilderSimulationFuturisticRTSResource ManagementEconomyMultiplayerSingleplayerManagement👍 11,574
$13.99Dorfromantik
Apr 28 · Toukana Interactive
Both: Relaxing · City Builder · Sandbox
Dorfromantik is a peaceful building strategy and puzzle game where you create a beautiful and ever-growing village landscape by placing tiles. Explore a variety of colorful biomes, discover and unlock new tiles and complete quests to fill your world with life!
PuzzleRelaxingCity BuilderCasualTurn-Based StrategyBoard GameStrategySandboxResource ManagementSimulation👍 27,450
$14.99Gnomoria
Feb 23 · Robotronic Games
Both: Sandbox · City Builder · Building
Gnomoria is a sandbox village management game where you help lead a small group of gnomes, who have set out on their own, to thrive into a bustling kingdom! Anything you see can be broken down and rebuilt elsewhere.
Colony SimSandboxCity BuilderStrategySimulationIndieBuildingSurvivalCraftingSingleplayer👍 2,847
-50%$7.99Hearthlands
Apr 28 · Four White Cats
Both: City Builder · Management · Medieval
Hearthlands is a medieval/fantasy city-building real time strategy game in which you take a role of a king in a procedurally generated world. You can not control your subjects directly; instead you focus on city-building, resource management, diplomacy, magic, etc.
City BuilderStrategySimulationIndieColony SimManagementMedievalSingleplayerRTSFantasy👍 306
