City Builder and Base Building PC Games | Ranked by Rating

Building games are defined by what you grow. City builders expand population, roads and districts with no end unless things collapse. Colony sims keep a few settlers from hunger and cold, with crisis built in and relief when you pull through. Between the two, quiet games about tending a small settlement have grown in number. The list favours steady ratings with fewer reviews, so small towns appear ahead of the big cities. A World of Keflings and Bubblegum Galaxy, for example, hold a steady rating with fewer than 500 reviews.

3,629 titles match. 588 of them hold a steady rating on 10–500 reviews, 1,234 support Japanese, and 419 are free.

1,772 titles (10–500 reviews, by rating)

TitleDatePriceRatingTags

A World of Keflings: Build a Tiny Kingdom, Big Adventures!7/29$11.9999% positive 492co-opcity-buildercozybuildingcraftingS

Bubblegum Galaxy: Design Colorful Planets in a Cozy Strategy Builder3/11$13.99100% positive 127city-builderpuzzleindiestrategybuildingS

The Final Earth 2: Vertical Space City Builder7/15$9.9998% positive 440colony-simstrategyspacemanagementbuildingS

Worlds Upon The Wind: A Peaceful Roguelite Deckbuilder of Restoration7/23$9.9998% positive 255roguelitedeckbuildingstrategyhand-drawnlanguage-learningS

Cafe Master Story: Build Your Dream Coffee Shop10/15$12.9997% positive 450simulationcasualstrategysandboxcolony-simS

ShellMobile: Titan Rampart - Build Your Mech Defense Against Aliens12/31$5.9998% positive 183strategywargamemechsbase-buildingcasualS

Cloudscrapers: A Minimalist Strategy Game of Tower Building9/14$7.9998% positive 168casualcity-builderrelaxingpuzzlestrategyS

Shanshui Haven: Casual City Building for Busy Lives7/24$7.9999% positive 86casualstrategyrelaxingcity-builder2dS

Medieval Businessman: Build Your Dream Kingdom6/20Free98% positive 129real-time-tacticscity-builderindietop-downstrategyS

Red Rocket Defencism: Build Bases to Protect Rockets from Capitalists9/3$7.9997% positive 208tower-defensestrategycity-builderminimalistrogueliteS

SkyShard: City Battler - Build Magical Cities in Auto-Battler Skies5/25$14.9998% positive 107auto-battlerinventory-managementpvppveroguelikeS

Tactical Annihilation: Sci-Fi Turn-Based Strategy with Base Building8/28$15.9999% positive 72board-gameturn-based-strategybase-building3dwargameS

Sebil Engineering: Open-Ended Road Repair Simulation11/9$11.9998% positive 963d-platformereducationpuzzlecity-builderbuildingS

Burger Joint: Build a Burger Empire, Evade the Law10/14$2.99100% positive 49strategycasualcrimepixel-graphicsrtsS

MicroTown: Build Your Dream Village in This Relaxing Strategy Sim8/30$5.99-40%95% positive 478city-buildercolony-simbase-buildingresource-managementmedievalS

Byte Lynx: A Unit-less RTS of Tactical Network Combat10/12$9.9998% positive 89base-buildingrtsstrategyaction-rtspuzzleS

Rift Riff: Strategic Tower Defense with a Forgiving Twist5/9$12.9995% positive 396tower-defenseminimaliststrategybase-buildingpveS

Mega Mall Story: Build Your Dream Shopping Empire7/3$8.9995% positive 3422d-platformercolony-simsandboxdungeon-crawlercity-builderS

StarShip-DF: Build Your Space Colony and Defend It7/20$5.99100% positive 45simulationcolony-simsci-fispacebase-buildingS

Verde: Build a Cozy Nature Town for Adorable Seedlets8/12$5.99-40%100% positive 45city-buildercozycasualbuildingrelaxingS

Yap Wizards Tower Defence: Defend the Dirt Path!5/30Free96% positive 157casualstrategytower-defense2dcartoonyS

Galaxy Defense War: Strategic Tower Defense with Roguelite Twists12/15$7.7296% positive 137strategyroguelitetower-defense2dbase-buildingS

STARIO: Haven Tower - Build a Vertical Colony9/25$12.59-10%94% positive 363city-builderresource-managementstrategypost-apocalypticsimulationS

The Pyraplex: Build a Desert Wonder of Commerce and Culture2/13$8.9997% positive 87simulationstrategycasualcolony-simlife-simS

Tile Town: Medieval Hex Grid Strategy and City Building7/20$9.9998% positive 63strategycasualhex-gridboard-gamerelaxingS

Mega Mall Story 2: Build Your Dream Retail Empire3/6$8.9995% positive 182simulationstrategycasualcolony-simpixel-graphicsS

Sengoku Voxel Castle With Zundamon: Build, Defend, and Conquer in Voxel Style12/6$12.9996% positive 117strategyrtsvoxeltower-defensemedievalS

EVERDAWN: A Peaceful Tile-Placement Strategy and Puzzle Game4/2$9.9998% positive 61puzzlecasualstrategyrelaxingcity-builderS

Omnibullet: Build Automated Factories to Charge Batteries2/19$11.99100% positive 37puzzlelogicbuildingautomationmanagementS

Craft. Sell. Goblin. Repeat.: Build Your Dream Armory9/1$11.9998% positive 58shop-keepercraftingbase-buildingsimulationmanagementS

The People of Sea, Sun & Salt: Mediterranean Island Civilization Builder4/1$9.9998% positive 57strategycity-buildersimulationcolony-simtime-managementS

Island Cities - Jigsaw Puzzle: Relaxing Island City Builder Puzzle8/30$1.9994% positive 247puzzlepoint-&-clickcity-buildercasualtabletopS

The Sushi Spinnery: Build Your Dream Revolving Sushi Restaurant5/22$8.9993% positive 459simulationcookingpixel-graphicsstrategysingleplayerS

Recycling Center Simulator: Prologue - Build Your Eco-Empire8/23Free93% positive 407simulationbuildingautomationresource-managementsingleplayerS

Humanica: Forge Humanity from Stone Age to Iron Age3/3$11.24-25%94% positive 223city-buildersimulationsurvivalmanagementstylizedS

Paperwork: Grow Your Corporate Empire in This Incremental City Builder2/17$3.9996% positive 94incrementalcity-builderpuzzleautomationcapitalismS

Frog Island: Caretake Adorable Frogs and Uncover Island Secrets8/20$7.9995% positive 133simulationcreature-collectorexplorationfarming-simnatureS

Microtopia: Prologue - Build a Robot Ant Colony10/10Free95% positive 132automationcolony-simbase-buildingresource-managementsandboxS

Cozy Keep: Become a Medieval Shopkeeper & Master Merchant10/1$14.9993% positive 333shop-keepercozymedievalcraftingfarming-simS

City Painter: Deep Traffic Simulation with Minimalist Aesthetics4/1$9.9997% positive 67simulationcity-buildersandbox2dminimalistS

Heroic Songs: the Remix! — Build an Idol's Fan Sanctuary10/7$16.9996% positive 89city-buildersimulationvisual-novelchoose-your-own-adventurefantasyS

Banana Drama: Monkey RTS Mayhem on a Dinosaur Island3/29$1.9993% positive 307actionstrategyrtscolony-simaction-rtsS

Farlanders: Prologue - Master Earth Before Mars5/18Free93% positive 290base-buildingcolony-simmarsstrategyprocedural-generationS

Pocket Academy 3: Build Your Dream School & Host a Festival7/17$10.9993% positive 284simulationcasualcolony-simstrategylife-simS

All Quiet Roads: Minimalist City Builder Strategy4/11$5.9994% positive 171simulationstrategyminimalistcity-buildertop-downS

Roody:2d - Design Your Own Machines in a Sandbox Automation Puzzle10/20$14.9998% positive 49automationbuildingprogrammingresource-managementsandboxS

Veil of Dust: A Homesteading Game - A Deeper Look at Life After Loss4/2$14.9996% positive 82farming-simlife-simsurvivalstory-richromanceS

Castles on Clouds: Roguelike Tower Defense with Deckbuilding Strategy8/25$2.99100% positive 32tower-defenserogueliteroguelikestrategybase-buildingS

Colony Siege – Master RTS and Tower Defense with Base Building and Unit Physics9/7$19.9993% positive 258co-opstrategysimulationtower-defensesci-fiS

Arknights: Endfield – 3D Real-Time Strategy RPG on Talos-II10/14Free95% positive 110animeadventurebase-buildingactionautomationS

Sorted by Wilson score, a rating estimate that accounts for review count. Titles with few reviews are discounted, so '100% on 1 review' never tops the list, while a genuine 90% on 40 reviews rises properly.