18 Best City-Building Games on Steam

You Must Build a Boat is a Puzzle-based Role-playing and Single-player video game developed by EightyEight Games Ltd. The game mixes the Match-3, Pixel Graphics, and Strategy elements and it is the sequel to the 10000000 video game, released by Redwood. It starts with the character who is in a small boat with his two companions, who guide the protagonist to build a massive board to reach the specific goal. The player takes on the role of the character, and his ultimate objective is to build a wonderful board with the help of his assistance and hire knights to defend the board against attacks. During the gameplay, the player needs to capture monsters, and collect resources to progress through the game and use them to upgrade his weapons, equipment, and boards. The character of the player can run, walk and jump on the screen’s top and can encounter monsters loot treasure chests. You Must Build a Boat lets the player gather his crew, build a boat, and capture the monsters, cast spells and more. With addictive gameplay, superb mechanics, and superb visual, You Must Build a Boat is the best game to play.

The Universim is a City-Building, Sandbox, Resource Management, and Strategy video game with god-game elements created and published by Crytivo Games for multiple platforms. The game takes place in the world of The Universim and introduces a dynamic weather system creatures by the procedural planet generator. In the game, the player has an ability to control a planet and its creatures. The primary objective is to build different structures place in various buildings, craft useful items and keep the creatures happy to gain positive points. The only Single-player mode is supported in the game, and the developers of the game feature static environment with breathing and living world. During the game, the player interacts with environment and objects to progress and can customize everything using his abilities. The Universim offers core features such as Multiple Planets, 3D Environments, Lots of Objectives to complete, Dynamic Weather, Living World and more. With immerse gameplay, smooth controls, customization, and more. Try it out and have fun.

Oxygen Not Included mixes base-building elements, resource management, side-scroll, and single-player building simulation published and developed by Klei Entertainment. The game offers thrilling gameplay, in which you have to manage your colony. You are required to discover technologies, gather resources to expand the colony. There are different levels, and the main gameplay comprises survival elements. From plumbing to resource allocation, everything is managed by you.

The game requires commanding workers to dig fast if you want to live or survive long. You are required to provide food to the inhabitants to keep them alive. Moreover, you will be required to control the space temperature. Any rise or fall in temperature may result in burning or freezing. Create an interlocking pipe system to deliver liquid and food to complicated areas of your base and get rewards to progress through the game and unlock additional items.

Kingdoms and Castles is a Strategy, City-Building, Sandbox, and Management Simulation developed and published by Lion Shield, LLC. The game features Single-player mode and is about building a castle from a tiny hamlet to a sprawling town. It takes place in the medieval settings, and you have to build your kingdom surrounded by dangerous castles. You start the game from an empty land, and your objective is to establish a city by placing different buildings, gather resources, and complete a series of missions to collect money. You must recruit your army, equip them with weapons and lead them during battlefield to defend the city and its inhabitant. Expand your city further and raise your people up and keep them happy by offering the best services. You explore the world from an isometric perspective, unlock additional content to use during the game and decorate your city to look beautiful. Navigate the open-ended world and immerse yourself in sandbox gameplay experience. Kingdoms and Castles offer core features such as lots of Levels, Upgrades, Types of Buildings, Resources to collect, and more.

Spacebase DF-9 is a great City-Building, management and MMO-RTS Simulation that takes you to an amazing space journey. This wonderful Construction, Development, Real-Time Strategy and management game allows you to maintain your own space station with all the resources you have. With a beautiful space theme, Spacebase DF-9 lets you hire workers for different jobs, build new structures, generate and manage your resources, accommodate your people and eventually grow your space station to other parts of the galaxy. The main task is to find specific points in the galaxy, send explorers, scientists, and workers, settle a small group of people on the discovered area, help them grow by completing different tasks and conquer the worlds. Construction is one of the main objectives of Spacebase DF-9, so you must build structures, defend them against the enemies (Aliens) and keep your people alive by using all the available tactics, strategies and ways possible. This interesting amalgamation of Construction, management MMO and Strategy elements will definitely allow you to have hours of plain entertainment and fun.

Wild Terra Online combines the MMORPG, Hunting, Crafting, and Sandbox elements developed by Juvty Worlds Ltd. The game takes place in the fantasy-based world and offers multiple characters from which the player can select his or her one of them to start his quest. During the gameplay, the player has to manipulate the open-ended medieval-themed world, deal with hunger, dangers, and starvation. The ultimate task is to gather resources, hunt wild animals from an isometric perspective while building shelters. Using crafting element, the player can create multiple tools, weapons, and equipment and can use them to hunt deer, rabbit, and other animals while avoiding the attack. As the player progresses, the game becomes tough to play and unlock additional content. The player can interact with other players or non-player characters to progress through the game and get access to secret areas with rare animals and resources. Destructible Building, PvP Arena, Deep Crafting System, NPCs, etc. are core features of the game.

Universe Sandbox 2 is an Education, Interactive Space and Gravity Simulation developed by Dan Dixon and available to play on Microsoft Windows platform. The game takes place in the massive space environment full of galaxies, planets, moons and asteroids. By playing the game, the players can see the gravity’s effects on different objects in the massive universe and can run scale simulations of the solar system, while interacting and controlling time, gravity, other objects like moon, black holes, planets and more. The game comprises many realistic and fictional simulations. It is the sequel to Universe Sandbox and introduces new features such as atmosphere, randomly generated textures on gas giants, realistic collision system, Chart mode, visualization of black holes, and more. It has two different collision modes such as combine and bounce. Using the game, players can create their own universe by placing multiple planets, moons and asteroids. Universe Sandbox 2 offers core features such as Multiple Color Modes, Control (Speed, Gravity and Time), Two Collision Modes, Particle Grid, Ring Systems, and more. Check out the game and have fun.

Cities In Motion 2 is a Construction and Management, and Business Simulation developed by Colossal Order and published by Paradox Interactive. The game has both Single-player and Multiplayer modes and offers you an opportunity to assume the role of the leader, mayor or governor and establish your transport system in huge cities of the world. It takes place in the fabulous world and introduces day/night cycles, capable of creating timetable, and rush hours. The game offers the similar gameplay to its predecessor and the ultimate goal is to create a wonderful public transport systems in major cities. It has dynamic cities, where your decisions have a notable impact on the growth of the city. You explores the land from either or a top-down and a first-person perspectives, and can create different railways, routes, and roads to control the flow of traffic. Cities In Motion 2 offers prominent features such as Dynamic Cities, Multiplayer (Competitive and Co-op modes), Manage the Timetables, Two Modes (Sandbox and Campaign), and more. Try it out, and you’ll love it.

Blocks That Matter is a Puzzle-Platform, 2D Crafting and Building video game created by Swing Swing Submarine. The game casts you in the role of the Robot named as Tetrobot, which can gather blocks by hitting from drilling or under them and can build different structures using multiple blocks in puzzle mode. It has a set of levels, and each level needs a completion of individual objectives to progress. In the start, the game looks easy enough, but after playing some levels, it turns into a challenging gameplay. Lots of hurdles and obstacles are available in each level to make the gameplay tough for you, but you must use your wits to overcome all the difficulties and solve puzzles to become the master. It offers the similar gameplay to Tetris, but with limited features. The game introduces over eight blocks such as Obsidian, Sand, Wood, Stone, Iron, and Diamond. It has two different Modes such as Adventure and Puzzle. Blocks That Matter offers core features such as Unique Gameplay, Forty Levels, Bonuses, Unlockable Achievements, and more.

Bridge Constructor Stunts is a Construction and Single-player Simulation developed by ClockStore and published by Headup Games for cross platforms. It takes place in the three-dimensional environment and introduces a variety of stages. You must control a vehicle and struggle to reach the end of each stage while performing insane tricks in the air to score the points. In the game, you must build imposing loops and ramps to reach the endpoint in the diverse stage. Building structures aren’t enough to win the level, and you must drive the vehicle yourself and have to explore the environment to maneuver it skillfully to the end of the level. During exploration, you have to gather stars, accomplish daredevil jumps, do spectacular stunts and flips, and unlock further levels to become the master. In the game, you have the ability to reposition the structures by clicking and holding on the part of the construction you want to move. Bridge Constructor Stunts includes prominent features such as different Building Materials, Create Ramps, Construction Mode, Spectacular Stunts, Collect Stars and more. Try it out, and you’ll enjoy it.

Valhalla Hills is a Strategy, Mythology, City-building, Management and Single-player Fantasy-based Simulation created by Funatics Software and published by Daedalic Entertainment. The game offers a brilliant story, in which you spent your entire life in the service of the Asgard’s gods. When you die, you receive a place in the halls of Valhalla. When you reach there to receive your final rewards, no answered. Odin has shown his back to the people including you and underestimated the Viking Spirits. You as the protagonist must lead your people on Valhalla Hills and battle enemies to prove your strength, honor, and worthiness. Explore the environment, gather food, chopping wood, and build complex structures to survive. Dominate each battle and reach the portal at the top of the highest mountains, and cry loud enough for Odin to hear your voice. If they don’t agree to give you and your people the reward you deserve, then using your axe, you have to take it from them. The game features procedurally generated worlds comprise a variety of levels with different challenges. Earn your Place in Valhalla, complete Basic Needs, Fight enemies to eliminate, Upgrades, and Randomly Generated Levels, etc. are the prominent features to play and enjoy.

Tropico 5 is a marvelous new MMO-RTS, City-Building, Management Simulation that offers gameplay a lot similar to its predecessors and Anno series games. With a unique Co-op Multiplayer (4-Player) feature, Tropico 5 lets you build whole cities on different islands and allows you to work with or against each other. The main task in the game is to manage your cities and take your settlement to the Colonial Era, witness World Wars, Cold War and finally reach to the modern era, embrace technological advancements and thrive in an advanced society. You can also be one of the super powers of the time by simply working hard, write the constitution and decide the independence of your cities or countries and by waging wars against your enemies and defeating them. With all the wonderful building and management options, great visuals, and an addictive game-play, Tropico 5 is a brilliant Simulation to spend your precious time on. Do try it out for a beautiful MMO, RTS, management and City-building experience.

Gnomoria mixes the elements of Strategy, City-Building, and Management Simulation created and published by Robotronic Games. The game offers sandbox building gameplay, in which you must assist a small alliance of gnomes, who have to build their Kingdom. It takes place in the fully destructive world where you can destroy and build anything that you see. Explore the game world, gather resources, and dig underground in search of ancient artifacts and craft different weapons and tools to protect your village against enemies. Start off from an empty land and turn it into luxurious village. Earn lots of money to unlock further content in the game and engage yourself in procedurally generated world experience. There are different levels and each level becomes tough as you gain experience. Craft tons of items at various workshop and manage a peaceful town and fend off invasions. Gnomoria offers prominent features such as Destructible World, Crafting, Exploring, and more. Try it out.

Creeper World 3: Arc Eternal mixes the Real-time Strategy, and Tower-defense elements produced by Knuckle Cracker for multiple platforms. The game offers a series of levels and supports single-player mode only. Instead of using units that attack your base, the game uses a fluid-like substance spread around the terrain. There are different weapons, bases, and strategies available and you must adapt all them to win the competition. It lets you immerse yourself in physics-based gameplay and compete tons to missions to become master. The game takes place in the thrilling world comprises hundreds of star systems, and thousands of worlds. It has hundreds of hand-drawn missions and you must build your base, make strategy and effort to fend off enemies by destroying your bases. The game becomes challenging, as you advanced through the game. Creeper World 3: Arc Eternal offers most prominent features such as Thermodynamic Play, Tons of Missions, Explore Star System, Create unique Map, Terraform the Landscapes, hundreds of Weapons, and more. With addictive gameplay, superb mechanics, and smooth controls, Creeper World 3: Arc Eternal is the best game to play and enjoy.

Junk Jack is a brilliant Action-Adventure, Crafting and Sandbox video game created and published by Pixbits for multiple platforms. Like other Crafting and Sandbox games, Junk Jack has no clear objectives with no particular plot. The player has an ability to create his storyline based on his experience. The game comprises collectible items to traverse to other lands to perform various tasks. It takes place in the procedurally generated world filled with thousands of new content to discover, craft to learn, loot to equip and monster to fight. The world contains more than twelve planets and each with hand-crafted environments. Both Single-player and Multiplayer modes are available to play alone or with friends. The game offers a chance to the player to unleash is creativity and build anything he can imagine. It has tons of decorations, objects, and blocks to place. Day/night and dynamic weather system are also introduced in the game. Junk Jack offers core features such as two different Styles Crafting, Deep Electronic System, Online Multiplayer, Hundreds of Objects, Travel between 12 Planets and more. Try it out, and you’ll love it.

Offworld Trading Company is another great City-Building, Management, MMO-RTS, Economic and Exploration video game. This wonderful game allows you to leave the Earth out of Curiosity and start exploring planet Mars, build mining facilities on the surface and gather resources as an Offworld Trading Company, process the resources in your other facilities and finally sell them onto Earth and other Planets in the Galaxy. As this game is all about Trading and Economics, Offworld Trading Company allows you to manipulate the market by your varying products, manufacture new technologies with the help of Martian resources, Sell them in the markets, generate revenue and spend it on enhancing your company and resources like machinery, operators, and other necessary things. Offworld Trading Company offers single-player campaign and allows you to be in full control of your actions and receive the possible outcome based on the decisions you make. With a marvelous game setting, Sci-fi aesthetics, great visuals and an immersive game-play, Offworld Trading Company is a fun game to play.

Turmoil is a Business Simulation developed and published by Gamious and supports Single-player mode only. The game offers an exciting gameplay inspired by the oil rush. During the gameplay, the player has to earn money to become the successful entrepreneur. The primary objective is to make money by digging up and selling oil, upgrade his town, and purchase horses and bigger pipes. There are different levels and each level comes with a set of objective that the player has to accomplish at any cost. It introduces a new campaign mode, in which the player can purchase land at an auction, and dig it for oil using multiple dowsers, scanners, or moles. The player can compete against other three AI-controlled characters in each level to show off his abilities. Turmoil offers core features such as Dozens of Upgrades, Achievements, Lease Land, Earn Profit, Trading Cards, and more. Try it out, and you’ll like it.

Cities: Skylines is a wonderful City Building, Management and massively Multiplayer online Real-Time Strategy Simulation packed with new and improved gameplay mechanics and elements and it tends to entertain you with all the provided thrill and hardships of creating and managing a whole city. The game basically assesses your abilities of being a good Manager, Builder, Crafter, etc. all at once and throws various hardcore challenges at yourself to improve your abilities and ultimately be a great Building and Management Mogul, rule the businesses and, build and create new technologies and take it to a whole new level of entertainment. With awesome visual details, great game-play options, addictive nature, a lot to build and manage and Strategically grow your Economics, Relations and defenses, Cities: Skyline is a great City-building, Management, MMO, RTS simulation to enjoy. Try it out if you really want to enjoy an amazing experience of all the beautiful combination of various elements, you’ll love it for sure.