Games like Cities: Skylines

3.8average player rating•5 games

Every city builder is really a traffic game, and Cities: Skylines is the one that admits it. These give you a map, a budget, and the slow satisfaction of a system that finally flows.

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Games5

Avg. Metacritic79

Avg. player rating3.8/5

Avg. playtime7h

Main genreSimulation

Released2019–2024

What these games share

The genres these 5 picks have in common, straight from their store data.

Simulation5 of 5
Strategy4 of 5
Indie2 of 5

The picks

Ranked by player rating, Metacritic breaks ties.

1
Anno 1800
StrategySimulation
City building crossed with supply chains — beautiful, dense, and the best production-chain puzzle in the genre.
4.2/5Player ratingMC81View game
2
Manor Lords
StrategySimulationIndie
Medieval and organic — no grid, real terrain, and a village that grows the way a village actually would.
4.0/5Player ratingView game
3
Tropico 6
StrategySimulation
The same building, plus politics: rig the election, please the factions, pocket the aid money.
3.8/5Player ratingMC76View game
4
Cities: Skylines II
Simulation
The sequel: deeper economy, better roads, bigger maps. The obvious next step once you've solved the first one.
3.7/5Player ratingView game
5
Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic
StrategySimulationIndie
The hardcore end: simulate every brick, every bus route, every worker. Unforgiving, and deeply rewarding.
3.4/5Player ratingView game