Newest story-driven city builder games
These newest city builders put you in charge of people with a past and a future, so you grow settlements while following what happens to them. In To Raise a King you guide a realm through royal choices and family lines, while TFC2: The Fertile Crescent 2 - Collapse of The Bronze Age centers a traveling group trying to stay together on the move. Aztecs: The Last Sun adds myth and survival pressure to town planning, giving you recent story-driven options where housing, resources and defense support the plot.
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TFC2: The Fertile Crescent 2 - Collapse of The Bronze Age
Lead a small band of survivors through the Bronze Age Collapse in a story-driven RTS where food decides everything. Build, fight and keep your people alive while empires burn around you, then take your skills to skirmish, multiplayer and your own crafted maps.
80% of 56 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 15$14.39Stamperor! The Jester's Decree
A binary decision-driven city builder where you play as an alien jester who becomes a temporary emperor and must make unusual decisions by stamping decrees, trying at all costs to keep everything from collapsing.
83% of 12 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$8.99To Raise a King
Rule a kingdom and prepare your heir in this fully voiced, free medieval strategy game. Choose one of six queen storylines and make decisions that lead to many different possible endings.
74% of 23 Steam reviews are positiveFreeAmarta: Kingdom of Shadows
Amarta: Kingdom of Shadows is a Kingdom-like game based on the Indonesian Wayang story of Babad Wanamarta, where players build a new nation and kingdom from a forbidden forest. This harmonious kingdom is ruled by the wise leaders, the Pandawa Lima.
100% of 11 Steam reviews are positiveFreeRescue Team: Phantom Crisis
Reports of screams echo through the streets, machinery fails without warning, and ghostly figures flicker into existence before vanishing just as quickly. Hold the line, uncover the truth, and survive the unknown… before it consumes everything.
80% of 5 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$6.99Worlds Upon The Wind
A peaceful roguelite deckbuilder about rebuilding a shattered world after the apocalypse. Grow settlements on drifting world shards, befriend animal spirits, and weigh dilemmas that echo across generations. No fighting, no timers: just careful planning, hand-painted classical Japanese art, and a story that unfolds run by run.
98% of 278 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$9.99Dead Night Highway
Dead Night Highway is a compact colony simulator where a group of survivors on their journey west sets up camps to replenish resources, but zombie horde only grows larger...
100% of 7 Steam reviews are positive$9.99Jewels of the Wild West: Match 3 to Build Your City
Match-3 gameplay meets Wild West adventures in this story-rich puzzle game and city builder. Enjoy casual tile matching and build town landmarks as you restore Colinstown, explore the frontier, and turn a dusty American outpost into a thriving legend.
39% of 23 Steam reviews are positiveFreeAztecs: The Last Sun
Rule Tenochtitlán in this survival city-builder where gods decide your fate. Confront the Moon Goddess and her generals. Delve into the intricate story, survive the nights in the Sandbox mode, or build freely in the Creative mode. The last sun is yours to save, or… lose!
60% of 100 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$19.99Tales of Terrarum
Inherit a patch of Terrarum as a Francz heir, then turn it from empty fields into a working town. You place farms, workshops and fisheries, hire craftsmen and adventurers, and send parties out for treasure while the ovens stay warm at home.
80% of 132 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6FreeMasters of Albion
A god game with a proper town sim inside it. You place buildings, hire and house workers, set up production lines and design what they make, then defend it all when corrupted creatures attack at night. Instant building, no timers, and a giant hand that can lift, throw, or possess anyone.
64% of 647 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$24.99Generation Exile
Rebuild settlements entirely within a colossal generation ship in this turn-based city builder. Expand your city, manage limited resources and optimize production chains as you navigate difficult choices about humanity’s future among the stars.
65% of 49 Steam reviews are positive$29.99
