Games like Planet Zoo
by Frontier Developments
Build a world for wildlife in Planet Zoo. From the developers of Planet Coaster and Zoo Tycoon comes the ultimate zoo sim. Construct detailed habitats, manage your zoo, and meet authentic living animals who think, feel and explore the world you create around them.
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-60%$25.99Planet Coaster 2
Nov 6 · Frontier Developments
Both: Sandbox · Building · City Builder
Build and customise thrilling roller coasters and incredible water slides, manage the ultimate theme park experience, and share your epic creations. Are you ready to ride the wave?
SimulationSandboxStrategyBuildingCity Builder3DSingleplayerEconomyGod GameManagement👍 13,059
-33%$40.19Jurassic World Evolution 3
Oct 21 · Frontier Developments
Both: Sandbox · City Builder · Management
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
-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
$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
$34.99Foundation
Jan 31 · Polymorph Games
Both: City Builder · Sandbox · Management
Foundation is a grid-less, laidback medieval city-building game with a focus on organic development, monument construction and resource management.
City BuilderSimulationMedievalStrategySandboxManagementResource ManagementBuildingRelaxingEconomy👍 23,045
$34.99Solargene
Jan 19 · Alexander Semenov
Both: City Builder · Sandbox · Management
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
$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
$24.99InfraSpace
Sep 22 · Dionic Software
Both: City Builder · Sandbox · Building
Create an extrasolar efficiency utopia from scratch! In this sci-fi city builder you need to start mining operations, plan production, and lay down transportation routes to ensure a smooth supply chain.
City BuilderAutomationTransportationSpaceResource ManagementSandboxBuildingEconomyManagementSci-fi👍 1,638
$24.99Industry Giant 4.0
Oct 17 · Don VS Dodo
Both: Management · City Builder · 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
$25.99Big Ambitions
Aug 28 · Hovgaard Games
Both: Management · Economy · Sandbox
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
$4.99Space Station Tycoon
Nov 1 · Lunheim Studios
Both: Management · City Builder · Building
Create a thriving space station in a lost sector. Face thrilling challenges head-on, from pirate raids to asteroid impacts, as you lead your company to new heights.
ManagementSpaceTower DefenseCity BuilderColony SimBuildingCraftingEconomyBase BuildingSpace Sim👍 190
$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
-40%$13.79City Tales - Medieval Era
Jan 29 · Irregular Shapes
Both: City Builder · Building · Economy
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
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Share some of the same DNA, but further from the original.
$19.99Odd Realm
Aug 16 · Unknown Origin Games Inc
Both: Management · Sandbox · Building
Build a settlement in a realm recovering from the Fracture, a calamity that nearly destroyed the realm. Choose from several unique races, establish a new kingdom, and survive in a land filled with magic and strange creatures. Farm the land, fish the seas, or raid rival kingdoms for their treasures.
Colony SimBase BuildingSimulationManagementResource ManagementStrategySandboxSurvivalProcedural GenerationBuilding👍 955
-60%$9.99Synergy
Apr 16 · Leikir Studio
Both: City Builder · Economy · Building
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
-60%$9.99Reus 2
May 28 · Abbey Games
Both: City Builder · Management · Sandbox
Shape worlds with your godly titans. Make symbiotic ecosystems and inspire humanity with your creations. Their achievements unlock new possibilities. Make different planets for different human spirits, and fill the universe with life!
God GamePuzzleColony SimCity BuilderBase BuildingManagementStrategyResource ManagementSandboxNature👍 2,137
$8.99Hometopia
Apr 2 · Hometopia Inc.
Both: City Builder · Sandbox · Building
Hometopia is a sandbox home-building game featuring thousands of assets and customization options. Choose from a variety of environments where you can design your dream homes—solo or with friends. Bring your architectural visions to life exactly as you imagine, with no budget limitations.
Immersive SimDesign & IllustrationCity BuilderSandboxBuildingBase BuildingEducationNatureTutorialFamily Friendly👍 777
-50%$7.49Dungeon Tycoon
Sep 25 · Lunheim Studios
Both: Management · Economy · City Builder
Build your own dungeon and attract heroes from all over the realm! Grow your business by exploiting every facet of your visitors' dungeon exploration experience. Will you be able to keep your evil dungeon business going?
ManagementTower DefenseDungeon CrawlerStrategyFantasyEconomySimulationReplay ValueCity BuilderSandbox👍 1,473
-20%$22.39Go-Go Town!
Jul 16 · Prideful Sloth
Both: City Builder · Building · Management
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
$29.99Whiskerwood
Nov 6 · Minakata Dynamics
Both: City Builder · Management · 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
$15.99Aquarist
Mar 29 · FreeMind S.A.
Both: Sandbox · Management
Build beautiful aquariums, care for exotic marine life, complete creative customer jobs, and grow your own aquarium business into a world-class oceanarium in this relaxing sandbox simulation.
SimulationSandboxManagementFishingIndieCasualEducationRelaxingFamily FriendlyFirst-Person👍 950
$29.99RAILGRADE
Oct 13 · Minakata Dynamics
Both: City Builder · Building · Management
RAILGRADE is the train RTS game! Construct dense vertical railroads, build cities, construct vast factory chains with train automation! Restore an off world colony's economy all in the intense story driven campaign or relaxing sandbox mode!
TrainsStrategySimulationResource ManagementAutomationCity BuilderModdableBuildingManagementEconomy👍 1,207
$29.99Cataclismo
Mar 20 · Digital Sun
Both: City Builder · Management · Building
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.
StrategySimulationCity BuilderBase BuildingGrand StrategyManagementBuildingHistoricalEconomyColony Sim👍 3,897
$12.49Preserve
May 15 · Bitmap Galaxy
Both: Nature · Sandbox · City Builder
Preserve is a relaxing puzzle nature-building game in which you flourish a vibrant ecosystem by cleverly placing plants and animals to create a perfect symbiosis to your liking.
PuzzleNatureTurn-Based StrategySandboxCity BuilderTurn-Based TacticsBuildingProcedural GenerationManagementBase Building👍 691
$29.99The Wandering Village
Jul 17 · Stray Fawn Studio
Both: City Builder · Management · Nature
The Wandering Village is a city-building simulation game on the back of a giant, wandering creature. Build your settlement and form a symbiotic relationship with the colossus. Will you survive together in this hostile, yet beautiful post-apocalyptic world, contaminated by poisonous plants?
City BuilderManagementSimulationPost-apocalypticColony SimResource ManagementExplorationCuteNatureSurvival👍 7,741
$29.99Myth of Empires
Feb 21 · Angela Game
Both: Building · Sandbox
Myth of Empires is a multiplayer war sandbox game featuring a high degree of freedom and multiple civilizations. Players must survive, craft, create, and lead troops in their quest to conquer PVE or PVP territory and build their own empire. Xizhou Civilization Pack is now officially released!
BuildingOpen World Survival CraftSandboxMMORPGOpen WorldSurvivalBase BuildingMultiplayerWarCharacter Customization👍 15,523
$29.99Farming Simulator 25
Nov 12 · GIANTS Software
Both: Realistic · Economy · Building
Farming Simulator 25 invites you to join the rewarding farm life, single-handedly or cooperatively in multiplayer. This Farm is Your Farm!
SimulationFarming SimMultiplayerRealistic3DEconomyFirst-PersonTime ManagementBuildingManagement👍 39,753
$19.99Hollywood Animal
Apr 10 · Weappy Wholesome
Both: City Builder · Economy · Building
Make movies, even if someone has to die. Take the helm of a major Hollywood studio at the dawn of sound cinema, and guide it through decades of creative achievements and glamor, debauchery and dark deeds, tough choices and unpleasant compromises.
Early AccessSimulationStrategyCity BuilderChoices MatterAtmosphericEconomyBuildingEmotionalRealistic👍 3,847
$17.99Motel Manager Simulator
Aug 26 · Denzone Games
Both: Management · Economy · Sandbox
Restore an old motel alongside a shop and a gas station. Design, furnish, decorate and rent rooms. provide products for customers and fuel for cars. Hire employees to help you and be the boss of your own empire.
SimulationManagementEconomyImmersive SimLife SimTradingDesign & IllustrationSandboxAtmosphericRealistic👍 1,476
$19.99Supermarket Simulator
Jun 19 · Nokta Games
Both: Management · Economy · Building
Run your own supermarket! Stock shelves, set your prices, take payments, hire staff, expand your store, handle shoplifters, and design your layout. Purchase goods from online or local markets around town, and personally deliver online orders to your customers.
SimulationManagementMultiplayerEconomySingleplayerTradingFirst-PersonImmersive SimLife SimBuilding👍 79,249
-35%$20.79The Crust
11 days ago · VEOM Studio
Both: Sandbox · 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
$14.99United Penguin Kingdom
Mar 9 · Turquoise Revival Games
Both: City Builder · Management · Economy
A city-building game where you build a penguin settlement and satisfy the various needs of your penguins while dealing with seals and killer whales. Enjoy the growth of your settlement, become the king, and lead the United Penguin Kingdom.
StrategyCity BuilderSurvivalManagementResource ManagementEconomyRelaxingColorfulCuteFunny👍 369
$8.99Aquatic Store Simulator
Nov 5 · FreeMind S.A.
Both: Management · Economy · Sandbox
Dive into the vibrant world of aquatic retail with Aquatic Store Simulator! Take on the challenge of managing your underwater-themed supermarket, blending business management with the beauty of marine life. Stock shelves with exotic fish, decorations, set prices, take payments and maintain aquariums
SimulationShop KeeperManagementFirst-PersonEconomySingleplayerEducationImmersive SimSandboxRelaxing👍 143
$24.99Chinese Frontiers
Jun 19 · SolidGames
Both: Building · City Builder · Sandbox
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
$29.99Going Medieval
Mar 17 · Foxy Voxel
Both: Management · City Builder · Sandbox
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
$34.99Farthest Frontier
Oct 23 · Crate Entertainment
Both: Building · City Builder · Economy
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