Best City Builder games on PC
Games centered on planning, constructing, and managing a city or settlement, often balancing resources, infrastructure, growth, and residents’ needs.
- Planning and expanding settlements
- Managing resources and infrastructure
- Balancing growth with competing needs
Related: Building, Management, Simulation, Base Building
549 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
Voxel Tycoon
Sandbox management sim about factories, trains, and growing towns
78% positive
1,790 reviews
Siege Survival: Gloria Victis
Medieval siege survival strategy built around crafting and nighttime scavenging
79% positive
1,770 reviews
Overcrowd: A Commute 'Em Up
Subway station management sim built around controlling commuter crowds
81% positive
1,769 reviews
Before We Leave
Nonviolent city builder linking island settlements across multiple planets
78% positive
1,730 reviews
Pure Farming 2018
Farming simulator across four regions with local crops and machinery
74% positive
1,713 reviews
Bee Island
Tower defense and base building around a besieged bee hive
87% positive
1,710 reviews
Zoo 2: Animal Park
Free-to-play zoo management sim with animal breeding and gradual expansion
78% positive
Free
Ozymandias: Bronze Age Empire Sim
Turn-based Bronze Age empire building with short, objective-driven matches
88% positive
1,678 reviews
Oxygen: First Breath
Survival city builder where oxygen production keeps settlers alive
89% positive
Free
Unholy Heights
Apartment management and tower defense with monsters fighting heroes
89% positive
1,653 reviews
Cities XL Platinum
City-building simulation with multiple cities linked by trade networks
59% positive
1,635 reviews
Industries of Titan
Industrial city builder on Titan with factories and corporate rivals
62% positive
1,618 reviews
Cadria Item Shop
Fantasy shopkeeping simulation with crafting, heroes, and town investment
72% positive
Free
Port Royale 3
Caribbean trading strategy with naval battles and piracy
74% positive
1,593 reviews
WW2 Rebuilder
First-person rebuilding simulator about clearing rubble across postwar Europe
85% positive
1,584 reviews
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization
Turn-based colonial strategy about building an economy and winning independence
87% positive
1,581 reviews
Tracks - The Train Set Game
Toy train sandbox for building railways and riding them
94% positive
1,554 reviews
Worshippers of Cthulhu
Lovecraftian city builder about growing a cult to awaken Cthulhu
81% positive
1,549 reviews
Game Dev Story
Game studio management sim about training staff and making hits
90% positive
1,509 reviews
Laysara: Summit Kingdom
Mountain city builder with avalanche defenses and intertown trade
82% positive
1,488 reviews
Noble Fates
Fantasy colony sim with customizable castles and opinionated settlers
83% positive
1,487 reviews
Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles
Sandbox city builder with procedural fortresses across an ocean world
85% positive
1,467 reviews
Microcivilization
Pixel-art strategy clicker combining civilization growth and disaster management
79% positive
1,454 reviews
Deck of Haunts
Turn-based haunted-house deckbuilder where you build rooms and scare intruders
86% positive
1,439 reviews