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.
My Little Life
Desktop life sim where little people live while you decorate
89% positive
1,159 reviews
Citystate II
City builder where policies and economic choices shape a nation
74% positive
1,141 reviews
Ymir
City-building strategy with Pigmen civilizations and simulated economies
76% positive
1,115 reviews
Pathless Woods
Open-world survival sandbox with Chinese-inspired building, farming, and co-op
79% positive
1,114 reviews
Pizza Connection 3
Pizza chain management sim with custom recipes and rival sabotage
50% positive
1,112 reviews
Isle of Arrows
Tile-placement tower defense shaped by randomly drawn roads and towers
79% positive
1,104 reviews
Synergy
Isometric city builder about researching nature to sustain a settlement
76% positive
1,095 reviews
Floodland
Post-apocalyptic colony sim with island exploration and clan politics
56% positive
1,090 reviews
Cities in Motion
Transit management sim across four cities and a century
77% positive
1,089 reviews
Citadelum
Roman city builder with resource chains, legions, and gods
84% positive
1,086 reviews
Surviving the Abyss
Underwater colony sim balancing crew survival against deep-sea darkness
65% positive
1,083 reviews
Endzone 2
Post-apocalyptic colony builder linking settlements across a hazardous wasteland
67% positive
1,083 reviews
Dice Legacy
Roguelike survival city builder where dice serve as subjects
68% positive
1,054 reviews
The Settlers® 7 : History Edition
Medieval city-building strategy with trade, research, and military paths to power
63% positive
1,032 reviews
Patrician III
Medieval trade and city management in a Hanseatic economic sandbox
82% positive
1,025 reviews
Industry Giant 2
Economic strategy sim about building factories and managing supply chains
86% positive
1,024 reviews
Odd Realm
Fantasy colony sim with five races and underground construction
85% positive
1,023 reviews
Gord
Dark fantasy colony sim where settlers risk losing sanity
54% positive
1,013 reviews
Blackthorn Arena: Reforged
Fantasy arena management with gladiator training and real-time battles
66% positive
1,005 reviews
Tropico Reloaded
Caribbean city-building strategy with elections and pirate treasure hunts
88% positive
994 reviews
Lords and Villeins
Medieval city builder where autonomous families run the economy
71% positive
977 reviews
Rising Lords
Medieval turn-based strategy with province management and card-driven battles
71% positive
974 reviews
Startopia
Space station management sim with alien residents and terraforming
90% positive
973 reviews
Imagine Earth
Real-time planetary city builder balancing expansion against climate damage
82% positive
971 reviews