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Frostpunk 2 is the sequel to the highly acclaimed, BAFTA-nominated society survival game. The age of steam has passed and now, oil leads the way as humanity’s newest salvation. However, with new threats on the horizon, the future of the cit

81 rating6 lists12 h main storyOften paired

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Post-apocalypticSimulationStrategyCity builderSurvival

Endzone is a post apocalyptic survival city builder, where you start a new civilization with a group of people after a global nuclear disaster. Build them a new home and ensure their survival in a shattered world, threatened by constant rad

64 rating1 list23 h main storyOften paired

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City-buildingStrategySurvivalPost-apocalypticExploration

A society survival game set in a world destroyed by climate change. Explore, scavenge and build a city to unite the clans. Conflicting cultures and limited resources mean you need to make tough choices; have you got what it takes to lead yo

78 rating3 lists18 h main storyOften paired

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City-buildingSimulationStrategySurvivalBase building

Guide a group of space settlers trying to establish an outpost on a remote planet. Grow food, collect energy, mine resources, manufacture bots, and build a fully self-sufficient colony.

76 rating3 lists9 h main storyOften paired

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City-buildingSimulationStrategyBase buildingCity builder

A roguelite city builder set in a fantasy world tormented by the everlasting rain. Settle the unknown wilds to discover and rebuild the ruins of a long-forgotten civilization. Develop technologies that will help your citizens tackle destruc

87 rating5 lists6 h main storyOften paired

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City-buildingSimulationStrategyCity builderSurvival

Surviving Mars is a sci-fi city builder all about colonizing Mars and surviving the process. Choose a space agency for resources and financial support before determining a location for your colony. Build domes and infrastructure, research n

72 rating1 list23 h main storyOften paired

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StrategySurvivalPost-apocalypticDifficultBase building

They Are Billions is a Steampunk strategy game set on a post-apocalyptic planet. Build and defend colonies to survive against the billions of the infected that seek to annihilate the few remaining living humans. Can humanity survive after t

74 rating5 lists67 h main storyOften paired

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City-buildingSimulationStrategyPost-apocalypticExploration

Authorised by DOLOS AEC, you will guide the Tiqqun space station onwards in a perilous journey to find a new home for humanity. Station infrastructure, population management, exploration, survival, these responsibilities fall to you. Will y

74 rating3 lists27 h main storyOften paired

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City-buildingSimulationStrategySurvivalBase building

Brave a new world in Stranded: Alien Dawn, a planet survival sim placing the fate of a small marooned group in your hands. Forge your story through compelling and immersive strategic gameplay as you make vital decisions to protect your surv

82 rating3 lists21 h main storyOften paired

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SimulationStrategyCity builderColony simulatorBird view / Isometric

Once upon a Village.. Set in a wholesome fairytale world, Fabledom is the ideal laid back City builder. Enjoy the growth of your settlement, trade and use diplomacy to ally or challenge your neighbors, and most importantly, find yourself a

76 rating1 list13 h main storyOften paired

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City-buildingPost-apocalypticSimulationStrategyCity builder

A new city-building game set in the oceanic world of The Great Ursee, by BAFTA-nominated developer Tomas Sala. Design, develop and defend your Bulwark, manage resources and make choices to create unique fortress settlements in a world reeli

85 rating2 lists17 h main storyOften paired

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City-buildingSimulationStrategySurvivalPost-apocalyptic

Endzone is a post apocalyptic survival city builder, where you start a new civilization with a group of people after a global nuclear disaster. Build them a new home and ensure their survival in a shattered world, threatened by constant rad

64 rating3 listsAlso in Survival games

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City-buildingSimulationStrategySurvivalPost-apocalyptic

Take charge of a group of survivors from your city. Choose your base of operations, then rebuild and readapt the buildings around you to create a self-sustaining settlement. And when the night falls - Defend the zone from the infected! Play

3 lists8.5 h main storyAlso in Survival games

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City-buildingSimulationStrategyAtmosphericCity builder

Aven Colony is a city-building and management sim that tells the story of humanity’s first settlement of an extrasolar world. Land on exotic Aven Prime, where you must construct and maintain the infrastructure and ensure the well-being of y

68 rating4 lists26 h main storyAlso in City-building games

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City-buildingSimulationStrategyCity builderBird view / Isometric

Before We Leave is a non-violent city building game set on multiple planets in your own cozy corner of the universe. Your people emerge from a long period hidden underground and they’ve forgotten the world above. Rebuild civilization back

77 rating4 lists17 h main storyAlso in City-building games

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City-buildingSimulationStrategyBase buildingCity builder

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 apocalyps

67 rating2 lists21 h main storyDescribed alike

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City-buildingSimulationStrategyPost-apocalypticBase building

The Wandering Village is a city-building simulation game with survival and rogue-like elements. Build a village on the back of a giant, wandering creature, farm crops and forage resources to keep your villagers alive and form a symbiotic re

70 rating3 lists14 h main storyAlso in City-building games

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SimulationStrategySurvivalBase buildingColony simulator

Oxygen Not Included is a space-colony simulation game. Deep inside an alien space rock your industrious crew will need to master science, overcome strange new lifeforms, and harness incredible space tech to survive, and possibly, thrive.

77 rating1 list105 h main story

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SimulationStrategySurvivalBase buildingColony simulator

A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.

80 rating5 lists66 h main storyAlso in Survival games

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City-buildingSimulationStrategyCity builderBird view / Isometric

Get rich or die trying! In Tropico 7, you step into El Presidente’s shiny boots again to build your island nation and – literally – move mountains. As glorious leader you guide your loyal citizens (and your Swiss Bank Account) through the a

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City-buildingSimulationStrategyCity builderSurvival

Aquatico is a survival city builder set deep beneath the waves. Choose your strategy, obtain resources, build your futuristic city and prove no challenge is too hard.

68 rating2 lists15 h main storyAlso in City-building games

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City-buildingPost-apocalypticSimulationStrategySurvival

The premiere floating garbage town survival game! Scavenge whatever debris you can from the ocean's surface and grow your city while doing your best to survive in this colorful post-apocalyptic world.

78 rating3 lists19 h main storyAlso in Survival games

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City-buildingSimulationStrategySurvivalBase building

Patron is a survival city builder with a unique social dynamics system. Gather and produce resources, build your fledgling village into a prosperous city and navigate the intricate social tensions before they reach boiling point.

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City-buildingSimulationStrategyCity builderBird view / Isometric

In SteamWorld Build, you must escape a dying planet by building a mining town to dig up vital long-lost technology. Meet the ever-growing needs of your citizens, trade resources and defend your mine from the creatures that lurk below.

73 rating3 lists9 h main storyAlso in City-building games

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City-buildingSimulationStrategyCity builderBird view / Isometric

Welcome to ISLANDERS: New Shores. Build your island retreat in a calm, minimalist world with exciting new features that keep the classic charm while inspiring fresh creativity.

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City-buildingSimulationStrategyCity builderBird view / Isometric

Take a fantastical journey - fly the desert and build your domain. Airborne Kingdom uniquely blends city management and exploration, with a world and lore all its own. Build housing, gather food, satisfy needs, and grow your tribe. Maintain

74 rating2 lists7.5 h main storyAlso in City-building games

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City-buildingSimulationStrategyPost-apocalypticBase building

Humans are long gone. In a world struck by droughts and toxic waste, will your lumberpunk beavers do any better? Timberborn is a sandbox city-building game featuring ingenious animals, vertical architecture, water physics, and terraforming.

83 rating2 lists23 h main storyAlso in City-building games

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City-buildingSimulationStrategySurvivalPost-apocalyptic

The Apocalypse is here. Demons all around. Now, it’s time to fight back! Build, manage and defend your base in a post apocalyptic colony simulation. Will you survive Judgment day?

65 rating2 lists39 h main storyAlso in City-building games

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City-buildingSimulationStrategyCity builderBird view / Isometric

A tiny building game about beautiful lived-in houses. No rules or restrictions, just pure creativity.

46 rating1 list0.5 h main storyAlso in City-building games

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City-buildingSimulationStrategySurvivalBird view / Isometric

Command a settlement of ancient humans, guide them through the ages in their struggle for survival. Hunt, gather, craft tools, fight, research new techs and face the challenges the environment will throw at you.

71 rating3 lists18 h main storyAlso in Survival games

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SimulationStrategyBase buildingBird view / IsometricReal-time strategy

A satirical spy-fi lair builder where YOU are the criminal mastermind! Construct your base, train your minions, defend your operations from the Forces of Justice, and achieve global domination!

73 rating6 lists24 h main story

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City-buildingSimulationStrategyCity builderBird view / Isometric

Manor Lords is a strategy game that allows you to experience the life of a medieval lord. Grow your starting village into a bustling city, manage resources and production chains, and expand your lands through conquest. Inspired by the art

78 rating7 lists11 h main storyAlso in City-building games

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City-buildingSimulationStrategyCity builderBird view / Isometric

Outlanders is a charming town-builder simulation game that lets you play as the leader of a group of regular people building a town together. Some want to survive, while others want to build amazing things. It’s up to you to guide them towa

83 rating2 lists40 h main storyAlso in City-building games

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Post-apocalypticSimulationStrategySurvivalIndie

Panting, scared, the shelter airlock smashes down behind you. You wish you did not have to go outside, but you do. It would be easier to give up. But you don’t. The hardship, the hunger, the thirst. The fear. You keep reminding yourself why

64 rating4 lists21 h main story

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Base buildingColony simulatorSurvivalOpen worldAction-adventure

Welcome to The Hollow, a blighted and dying place, and home to the Drakes. Drakes are the friendly vegetable folk native to these parts, and they need your help. They’re hungry, thirsty, and need a place to sleep. They can - quite literall

52 rating1 list13 h main story

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City-buildingSimulationStrategyAtmosphericBase building

Setting to redefine the city-building genre, Foundation puts the emphasis on the organic aspects of urbanism in the cities of old, powered by Polymorph Games’ proprietary game engine, Hurricane, which allows for full mod support and is opti

62 rating1 list19 h main storyAlso in City-building games

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SimulationSurvivalAtmosphericBird view / IsometricAdventure

Explore an emotional sci-fi game with a unique blend of survival, adventure, and base-building elements. Help Jan Dolski, the sole survivor of an ill-fated space expedition, create alternative versions of himself to escape a hostile planet

83 rating3 lists23 h main story

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City-buildingSimulationStrategyBird view / IsometricIndie

Urbek is a city building game where you can build your own neighbourhoods: from nightlife district to industrial district. Don't exhaust your natural resources before you have an educated population to build more efficient structures.

1 list30 h main storyAlso in City-building games

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City-buildingSimulationStrategyCity builderBird view / Isometric

Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic is the ultimate real-time soviet-themed city builder tycoon game. Construct your own republic and transform a poor country into a rich industrial superpower!

95 rating2 lists68 h main storyAlso in City-building games

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City-buildingSimulationStrategySurvivalAdventure

Dice Legacy is a dice-based survival city builder set on a mysterious ringworld. Your ship has reached the shore of an uncharted continent. Roll and use your dice to gather resources, expand and defend your settlement, survive the winter an

69 rating3 lists7.5 h main storyAlso in Survival games

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City-buildingStrategyCity builderBird view / IsometricIndie

Islanders is a minimalist strategy game about building cities on colorful islands. Explore an infinite number of ever-changing new lands, expand your settlements from sprawling villages to vast cities and enjoy the relaxing atmosphere.

81 rating1 list2 h main storyAlso in City-building games

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SimulationStrategyBird view / IsometricBusiness simulationTyrannosaurus rex

Take charge of operations on the legendary islands of the Muertes archipelago and bring the wonder, majesty and danger of dinosaurs to life. Build for Science, Entertainment or Security interests in an uncertain world where life always find

71 rating7 lists25 h main story

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City-buildingSimulationStrategyCity builderBird view / Isometric

Create a sprawling industrial city. Compete with the other Great Houses of Titan for resources, territory, and power. Do battle with ships, technology, influence, or the sheer productive power of your factories. Stake your claim to the Indu

60 rating1 list25 h main story

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City-buildingSimulationStrategyCity builderBird view / Isometric

The next chapter in Firefly Studios' real-time strategy series, Stronghold: Warlords is Firefly's first game to recreate the castle economies of the Far East. In Warlords you take command of Mongol hordes, imperial warriors and samurai clan

64 rating4 lists19 h main storyAlso in City-building games

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SimulationStrategyBird view / IsometricAdventureSandbox

Dive into the thrilling world of Planet Coaster 2! Construct the theme park of your dreams with an intuitive piece-by-piece building system, as you meticulously craft and customise every aspect of your park down to the smallest detail. From

79 rating3 lists23 h main story

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SimulationStrategyPost-apocalypticSurvivalIndie

Rebuild 3 is a strategy sim game with a good helping of narrative and dark humor. It's a thoughtful game that'll make you fond of your survivors before you send them to their deaths for the greater good. As you expand your fort to new build

70 rating1 list31 h main story

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City-buildingSimulationStrategySurvivalBird view / Isometric

A challenging godlike village simulator designed to bridge the gap between the complexities of village simulation with the simplicity of classic 90s real-time strategy. Inspired by games like Towns, Gnomoria, Warcraft, Banished and Dwarf Fo

79 rating2 lists12 h main storyAlso in City-building games

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City-buildingSimulationStrategyCity builderIndie

Nebuchadnezzar is a classic isometric city builder game inviting players to experience the mysterious history and culture of ancient Mesopotamia. In the campaign, players get to rule over influential historical cities filled with magnificen

64 rating3 lists38 h main storyAlso in City-building games

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