Best Building games on PC
Games where players construct structures, bases, settlements, or other creations, either as a central goal or as part of survival, simulation, strategy, or sandbox play.
- Constructing structures and custom creations
- Planning layouts and managing resources
Related: Sandbox, Crafting, Survival, Open World Survival Craft
1,165 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
Space Haven
Spaceship colony sim with tile-by-tile building and crew survival
86% positive
11K reviews
SimplePlanes
Aircraft-building sandbox with physics-based flight and piloting challenges
93% positive
11K reviews
Transport Fever
Railroad-focused transport tycoon linking growing cities and industries
83% positive
11K reviews
Kingdom Rush Frontiers - Tower Defense
Fantasy tower defense with upgradeable towers, heroes, and tough bosses
97% positive
11K reviews
The Front
Open-world survival crafting with custom vehicles and trap-filled bases
67% positive
11K reviews
The Universim
God game and city builder from the Stone Age to space
79% positive
11K reviews
Castle Story
Castle-building strategy game with crumbling structures on floating islands
65% positive
11K reviews
Age of Darkness: Final Stand
Dark fantasy RTS about building defenses against massive hordes
74% positive
11K reviews
Smalland: Survive the Wilds
Open-world survival crafting at insect scale, alone or together
82% positive
11K reviews
Norland
Medieval colony sim about noble families, politics, and survival
82% positive
10K reviews
Planetbase
Single-player space colony sim about building a self-sufficient outpost
80% positive
10K reviews
Ale & Tale Tavern
First-person fantasy tavern simulation with cooperative cooking and exploration
89% positive
10K reviews
Stronghold HD (2012)
Medieval strategy game about building castles and surviving sieges
96% positive
10K reviews
Stronghold: Definitive Edition
Medieval castle-building RTS balancing settlement economics and siege warfare
87% positive
10K reviews
Crazy Machines 3
Physics puzzle game about assembling elaborate chain-reaction machines
94% positive
10K reviews
Endzone - A World Apart
Post-apocalyptic colony builder about surviving radiation and extreme weather
77% positive
10K reviews
(the) Gnorp Apologue
Incremental strategy game about mining shards with tiny creatures
95% positive
9,963 reviews
Voidtrain
First-person survival crafting aboard a train crossing a surreal void
73% positive
9,952 reviews
SimCity™ 4 Deluxe Edition
Single-player city builder focused on regional planning and transportation
82% positive
9,868 reviews
Spaceflight Simulator
2D space sandbox for building rockets and mastering orbital flight
97% positive
9,789 reviews
Kingdoms Reborn
Medieval city builder with card-based growth and multiplayer kingdoms
90% positive
9,735 reviews
Railway Empire
Historical railroad strategy across five eras of North American industry
83% positive
9,724 reviews
Viridi
Free-to-play casual simulation about tending succulents that grow in real time
92% positive
Free
Stronghold Kingdoms
Medieval MMO strategy about building castles and ruling through factions
64% positive
Free