Games like 1849

If the retro and replayable rhythm of 1849 stuck with you, this helps. These games line up well for what comes next.

Wild West Pioneers
Lead settlers into the frontier in this western city-builder with a story. Raise towns from timber to gold, build production chains, send scouts into the wild, and search for the father who never came home. No timers, your own pace.
Also in City builder · Replayable, Relaxing
75% of 601 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 128$19.99
California Escapades
Build a farm and a city in Gold Rush California, then head into the wilderness with Jim and Emma to hunt for treasure. Plant crops, raise animals, run factories, complete missions and meet some very odd characters along the way. A colorful, easygoing adventure best enjoyed in short, unhurried sessions.
Also in City builder · Relaxing
71% of 356 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 82Free
Wild West Miner Simulator
The governor sent you to a town that does not exist, so it is time to make one. Dig for coal, iron, copper, gold and diamonds, pump oil from deep underground, and turn a tent in the wasteland into a town people actually want to live in. A calm, first-person frontier sim for unwinding after a long day: dig, sell, build, then play darts at the saloon.
Also in City builder · Relaxing
69% of 226 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 28$4.49
Big Bang West
A strategy game set in the American Wild West where you build towns and defend them against hordes of bandits.
Also in City builder · Retro, Replayable, Relaxing
94% of 16 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Anno 1800
Build a Victorian town into a soot-stained industrial city, then keep it fed, clothed, electrified, and more or less happy. Anno 1800 is a strategy city-builder about production chains, trade routes, and tricky choices between profit and people.
Also in City builder · Replayable, Relaxing
81% of 30,276 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2,913$59.99
BoomTown! Deluxe
An explosive combination of mining sim and city builder. Your dream of building your own thriving town starts with few explosive charges and a yellow truck. As you mine the landscape and the money starts to roll in you'll be able to expand your empire, buying buildings, shops and facilities.
Also in City builder and Tycoon · Retro, Replayable, Relaxing
83% of 197 Steam reviews are positive$5.99
Banished
A handful of exiles, one cart of supplies, and a wilderness. Banished is a medieval town builder where your people are the only resource: they are born, work, grow old and die, and every harvest matters. No money, no skill trees, no combat. Just you, the seasons, and the slow work of keeping everyone alive.
Also in City builder · Replayable, Relaxing
90% of 37,973 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 294$19.99
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 City builder · Replayable, Relaxing
79% of 423 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$18.99
Let Them Trade
Found cities on a wooden board-game map and let them trade while you collect the taxes. You place the buildings, the towns run their own economies, and cheeky bandits keep your knights busy. A calm, colorful kingdom builder you tinker with at your own pace.
Also in City builder · Relaxing
84% of 1,088 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 18$17.99
Deep Corp
Run a mining company in a late Wild West state: dig tunnels, hire miners, keep the ore carts moving, and turn raw rock into goods for growing towns. As governor, your deliveries keep your rating alive. A hand-drawn management game that is easy to learn and quietly absorbing.
Also in Tycoon · Retro, Replayable
89% of 413 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 58$14.99
SteamWorld Build
The planet is dying, so you build a Steambot town, dig into its mines and find a way off. A relaxed city builder with a dungeon twist, hand-drawn art and robots worth rooting for.
Also in City builder · Relaxing
83% of 1,905 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 17$24.99
MicroTown
Build and manage your own settlement! A relaxing village construction and management simulator.
Also in City builder · Retro, Replayable, Relaxing
94% of 445 Steam reviews are positive$9.99

Cheaper than 1849

Wild West Miner Simulator

Mine for ore and oil in first person, then grow a tent in the wasteland into a frontier town worth staying for.

$4.49

Big Bang West

A strategy game set in the American Wild West where you build towns and defend them against hordes of bandits.

$4.99

BoomTown! Deluxe

An explosive combination of mining sim and city builder. Your dream of building your own thriving town starts with few explosive charges and a…

$5.99

MicroTown

Build and manage your own settlement! A relaxing village construction and management simulator.

$9.99

Outlanders

Place buildings, set your folk to work, and watch a colorful little settlement grow at its own peaceful pace.

$9.99

Turmoil

Lease land, hunt for oil with dowsers and rigs, and outbid three rivals in a colorful 19th century rush that plays differently every time.

$12.99

Prosperity

Take on the role of leading a camp of weary peasants, make strategic decisions to fight for survival against the elements.

$9.99

Urbek City Builder

Grow a city from farm village to nightlife district, balancing food, coal, education and dozens of other resources as it expands.

$2.84

Mini Settlers

Settle empty islands and grow a calm, minimalist colony where roads, trains and ports keep everything flowing.

$12.99

The Promised Land

The Promised Land, a brave new world , the hole nation – all this lies in your hands! Become a true leader, a chosen one, a father of nation!

$6.99

Sunset Kingdom

Sunset Kingdom is a kingdom management game. In Sunset Kingdom your aim is to become the monarch of a prosperous land!

$2.99

Blueprint Tycoon

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

$2.99

Hidden gems like 1849

Go-Go Town!

Rebuild a little town from the streets up, then let it hum along while you fish, decorate or invite friends to help run the place.

$27.99

Deep Corp

Mine the rock, run the company and keep the towns of a Wild West state supplied.

$14.99

Town to City

Lay out streets and homes on a sunny Mediterranean coast and watch a small settlement grow, with nothing rushing you along.

$22.49

Corsair Cove

A pirate city builder where flat land is scarce, so you build up the cliffs: bridges, ziplines and lifts hauling rum and cannonballs between camps.

$39.99

Let Them Trade

Place towns on a cheerful board-game map, collect their taxes, and let the little economies hum along at your own pace.

$17.99

Mini Settlers

Settle empty islands and grow a calm, minimalist colony where roads, trains and ports keep everything flowing.

$12.99

Pompeii: The Legacy

Lead Pompeii's rebirth across centuries, laying out streets, trading across the Empire and shaping the city's story at your own pace.

$19.99

Wild West Pioneers

Raise a frontier settlement from a handful of timber shacks to a gold-booming town, at whatever pace suits you.

$19.99

County of Fortune

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

$22.49

Outlanders

Place buildings, set your folk to work, and watch a colorful little settlement grow at its own peaceful pace.

$9.99

Pioneers of Pagonia

Settle the foggy isles of Pagonia, befriend its tribes and piece together what broke the world, alone or with friends.

$20.99

Settlements Rising

Settlements Rising is a medieval city building and colony management game.

$18.99

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