City Builder
31 games reviewed, ranked by score.
Factorio
Every solved problem opens two harder ones. No exit.
RimWorld
Your colonists keep writing stories you couldn't invent
Against the Storm
Settlements built to be abandoned, and you keep founding more
Dyson Sphere Program
Factory Building That Reaches Past the Stars
Worlds Upon The Wind
Sequencing glyphs into a reborn world, no combat required
Combolands: Roguelike Citybuilder
Where finding the broken combo is the entire point.
Frostpunk
Survival City-Building Where Every Law Costs You Something
Cities: Skylines
The traffic intersection that ruined your life, simulated
Heart of the Machine
Branching AI timelines with consequences that stick, past a brutal first hour
Mini Motorways
Simple rules, traffic-induced rage, and one more city
Planet Zoo
Every animal has real needs. Every feature costs extra.
Anno 1800
An Epic Economy Sim That Its Own Launcher Tries to Diminish
Timberborn
Beaver Hydraulics That Run Out of Floods to Fight
Corsair Cove
Cliffside hideouts that route beautifully, combat left to the dice
Go-Go Town!
Cozy town-building charms, then runs out of runway
The Crust
Its lunar market is a brilliant twist, its finish is not.
Car Park Capital
Build a concrete dystopia. Just don't expect a deep one.
Nova Roma
Aqueduct planning charms early, then the tech tree runs dry
TOHOTOPIA
Touhou heroes lift a Polytopia clone the AI can't defend
Town to City
Decorate freely until the city outgrows the engine
Going Medieval
Build a castle in three dimensions, then hit the wall
Prison Architect
The prison sim that built its own genre, then got abandoned
Stacklands
Drag a villager onto a berry bush and lose an evening
Two Point Hospital
Theme Hospital reborn, charming but coasting on autopilot
Airborne Empire
Balancing a flying city charms, the combat and crashes drag it down
Anomaly President
Campaign by day, brawl by night, restart from scratch
Laysara: Summit Kingdom
Building up a cliff shines, until the save bug bites
MegaFactory Titan
Pull-belt maglevs are genius. The clutter around them isn't.
Space Haven
A Gorgeous Space Sim That Optimises Itself Into a Box
Transport Fever 3
A more complex engine, derailed by its own interface.
Planet Zoo 2
A bigger zoo, built on a broken foundation.