Building games

17 games with filters by mode, platforms, budget, length and features.

Building games are about creation: you raise cities, castles or production lines, and the result stays standing. Part of the genre is calm sandbox creativity with no fail state; the rest is an economic puzzle where every house must pay for itself.

For pressure-free sessions, filter by the “Build and create” and “Relax” moods. If you want a challenge, city-builders with real management are easy to spot by the “Management” tag.

See also
Build and create SimulatorBase building

17 games found

Building
Dyson Sphere Program 91
1

Dyson Sphere Program

2021•Youthcat Studio
SimulatorAutomationManagement

Wrap a star in a sphere of factories: the prettiest automation in space.

~1500 ₽ 50+ h
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Against the Storm 90
1

Against the Storm

2023•Eremite Games
StrategyManagementColony sim

A city-building roguelike: a town rises in an hour and dies in the rain.

~1500 ₽ 20–200 h
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Townscaper 90
1

Townscaper

2020•Oskar Stålberg
SandboxRelaxingColorful

Build Italian towns with a click: the closest thing to anti-stress software.

~500 ₽ 1–100 h
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Timberborn 89
1

Timberborn

2023•Mechanistry
SimulatorColony simManagement

Beavers build dams and manage water: the most satisfying city builder.

~1500 ₽ 15–200 h
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Stronghold Crusader 88
1–8

Stronghold Crusader

2002•Firefly Studios
StrategyHistoricalManagement

Castles, moats, crusaders and taxes: a classic builder with sieges.

~300 ₽ 30–200 h
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Anno 1800 86
1–16

Anno 1800

2019•Ubisoft Blue Byte
StrategyManagementHistorical

The Industrial Revolution and supply chains: two hundred hours slip by unnoticed.

~3990 ₽ 40+ h
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Islanders 85
1

Islanders

2019•GrizzlyGames
StrategyRelaxingColorful

Build an island where every building needs the right neighbour: pure logic.

~300 ₽ 2–20 h
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Two Point Museum 84
1

Two Point Museum

2025•Two Point Studios
SimulatorTycoon / businessManagement

Your own museum with thieves, school trips and a dinosaur: warm management with British humour.

~2990 ₽ 20–200 h
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Planet Zoo 84
1

Planet Zoo

2019•Frontier
SimulatorTycoon / businessManagement

A zoo where every animal has needs and you have a hundred hours of building ahead.

~3990 ₽ 30+ h
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Two Point Hospital 84
1

Two Point Hospital

2018•Two Point Studios
SimulatorTycoon / businessManagement

A hospital with invented diseases and accounting: humour plus management.

~1500 ₽ 30–200 h
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Frostpunk 2 81
1

Frostpunk 2

2024•11 bit studios
StrategyManagementDark

The city survived and must now decide what to become: politics in eternal winter.

~3990 ₽ 30–80 h
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Manor Lords 80
1

Manor Lords

2024•Slavic Magic
StrategyManagementHistorical

A medieval village with an honest economy and living fields.

~1990 ₽ 20–200 h
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