City builders like Frontera

If Frontera left you wanting something retro and colorful, you have options. You might settle into these city builders easily.

Farthest Frontier
Raise a medieval town from wild forest to walled city in Farthest Frontier. You feed settlers through seasons, rot crops, cure plagues, and hold off raiders, all while 190 buildings and a deep farming system keep your to-do list full.
Also in Colony sim
86% of 24,709 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1,143$34.99
Pixel Colony
Build and manage your own colony. Citizens are primary resource. Make them happy by producing a variety of resources. Protect your settlement and colonists from hostile environment and make a great city!
Also in Colony sim · Retro, Colorful
93% of 41 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Territory: Farming and Warfare
Grow a dozen villagers into a kingdom of thousands in this pixel-art colony sim. Set jobs for gathering, fishing, farming, mining and crafting, trade for rare supplies, then turn your workforce into an army against monsters and rival forces.
Also in Colony sim · Retro
84% of 746 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 19$14.99
Factory Town
Factory Town is a cheerful factory builder about feeding a village, not fighting one. You turn raw materials into food, clothes, tools, books and magical artifacts, then automate the whole delivery chain so nearby towns grow happier and unlock better tech for you.
Colorful
90% of 4,165 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 63$4.99
Settlements Rising
Settlements Rising is a medieval city building and colony management game. It offers a lively colony experience with simulated villagers, dozens of professions and resources, natural disasters, and raids, while providing full control over the colony through trade, production chains and datas.
Also in Colony sim · Colorful
79% of 423 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$18.99
Pioneers of Pagonia
Lead your Pioneers across fog-covered isles, found settlements, and grow them into busy towns of thousands. You link foresters to weaponsmiths across 60-plus buildings and 100-plus goods, trade with tribes, and push back the fog toward the Tower of Visions. A warm, old-school city builder for city builder fans who love watching every cart and carrier do its job.
Also in Colony sim
81% of 4,861 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 98$20.99
Border Pioneer
Border Pioneer is a colorful pixel-art city builder about taming the frontier one town at a time. You raise settlements from bare ground, manage food and resources, plan the layout, and build a card deck of over 200 cards to grow efficiently. Then, at the end of each month, you defend it all against enemy waves.
Also in Colony sim · Retro, Colorful
86% of 1,701 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 33$14.99
Make the Empire Great Again
A simulation + turn-based auto-battle game. The "Dusk Apocalypse" nears; the empire teeters! Your people need food, work, and fun—but monsters seize your lands, plundering fields & mines! Fight, reclaim! Build, forge the grandest city! Fear not the "Dusk", for a new "Sun" has risen!
Colorful
60% of 5 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
MicroTown
Build and manage your own settlement! A relaxing village construction and management simulator.
Also in Colony sim · Retro, Colorful
94% of 446 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Folklands
Folklands is a relaxing settlement builder with a retro look and feel set in a fantasy Nordic-inspired world. Harvest, produce and trade resources from multiple production chains as you grow your settlement. Keep your folks happy and safe and tend to their needs in a living and changing world.
Also in Colony sim · Retro, Colorful
69% of 51 Steam reviews are positive$8.99
Founders' Fortune
Founders' Fortune is a bright fantasy village builder where you raise a settlement from bare hands to walled town. You design every house plank by plank, grow seasonal crops, cook meals, trade, research, and keep each villager fed, housed, and in a decent mood while goblins and winter test your plans.
Also in Colony sim · Colorful
81% of 1,864 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 16$21.99
Monstergirl Hunters
A citybuilder where you collect your citizens. Capture monstergirls, craft their gear, and enact laws to turn them into compliant workers or fighters. Grow your colonies across 12 islands to fulfill the unique needs of your monstergirls. Or turn them all into unpaid interns and go humanity first.
Also in Colony sim · Colorful
92% of 71 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$15.99

Cheaper than Frontera

Pixel Colony

Build and manage your own colony. Citizens are primary resource. Make them happy by producing a variety of resources.

$4.99

Factory Town

Factory Town is a cheerful factory builder about feeding a village, not fighting one.

$4.99

Folklands

Folklands is a relaxing settlement builder with a retro look and feel set in a fantasy Nordic-inspired world.

$8.99

Paragon Pioneers

Paragon Pioneers is a city-building idle game in which you discover, conquer and then build on islands to fulfill the needs of your inhabitants.

$3.99

Iron Village

With the help of your railway, build houses, farms, warehouses, and more to create your village.

$7.99

Factory Town Idle

Factory Town Idle packs a full town builder into menus instead of maps.

$1.24

Blueprint Tycoon

Build your settlement, gather goods, ensure maximum efficiency and make a profit!

$2.99

Paragon Pioneers 2

Dive into the captivating world of Paragon Pioneers 2, an engaging city-building idle game filled with extensive content promising months of…

$5.99

Citizens: Far Lands

Citizens is a blend between turn based city builder and a puzzler for strategy masterminds.

$5.99

Amber Trail

Amber trail is a pixel art 2D side scrolling real time strategy mixed with hack'n slash action.

$4.99

Hearth and Hamlet

Start with a campfire and grow it into a thriving medieval kingdom.

$7.99

Urbek City Builder

Urbek City Builder drops money entirely: you build with food, coal, skilled work and 30-odd other resources.

$2.84

Hidden gems like Frontera

Factory Town 2: Paradise

Build a tropical village from scratch, automate everything with belts, trains, boats and ziplines, then feed the output to a friendly volcano god in…

$19.99

Whiskerwood

Whiskerwood is a city builder about mice founding an island colony under the paw of demanding cat overlords.

$29.99

Territory: Farming and Warfare

Grow a dozen villagers into a kingdom of thousands in this pixel-art colony sim.

$14.99

Corsair Cove

Raise a pirate haven on sheer cliffs, feed it with hard tack, rum and over 50 goods, then sail out to raid the Crown and keep piracy alive.

$39.99

Let Them Trade

Found small cities on a wooden-tile map, set what each one makes, then skim taxes off the trade between them.

$17.99

Border Pioneer

Border Pioneer is a colorful pixel-art city builder about taming the frontier one town at a time.

$14.99

Mini Settlers

Mini Settlers is a minimalistic city builder stripped down to supply chains.

$12.99

Factory Town Idle

Factory Town Idle packs a full town builder into menus instead of maps.

$1.24

Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles

Build strange, beautiful fortresses on cliffs and shallows across a flooded world.

$19.99

Synergy

An ecosystem City Builder in a unique world. Build your settlement, manage your workers and optimize your resources.

$24.99

County of Fortune

Place villages across a medieval landscape, grow them into cities, and weave trade between them.

$22.49

Pioneers of Pagonia

Lead your Pioneers across fog-covered isles, found settlements, and grow them into busy towns of thousands.

$20.99

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