Games like 1980

Miss the emotional and hand-drawn pull of 1980? These games could fill that gap nicely.

Dream Town Island
Found a town on an empty island and watch it grow through generations. Place stores and movie theaters, match residents into marriages, ride to work by UFO, adopt an elephant, and dabble in the stock market. A cute, relaxed pixel town sim with a surprising amount to unlock and tinker with.
Also in City builder · Relaxing
95% of 496 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 20$12.99
Real estate tycoon
"Illusory life: urban real estate tycoon" is a simulated business role-playing game with urban theme. We try to restore the game world like a novel of urban face slapping, and give the players a "capitalist" identity.（We are a very poor studio, so English translation will be launched in the future）
Also in City builder · Relaxing
63% of 419 Steam reviews are positive$10.99
Town to City
A cozy city builder set in a 19th century Mediterranean region. Place every house, flower bed and winding street exactly where you want, watch families settle in with their pets, and grow a sleepy village into a prosperous city, all at your own pace. No timers, no loans, no stress: just you, voxel sunshine and a very patient population.
Also in City builder · Relaxing, Atmospheric
97% of 6,375 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 198$29.99
Ink Reverie
Ink Reverie is a casual city-building game set in a fictional historical era with art inspired by the Tang and Song dynasties. As a diligent manager, you'll guide hardworking villagers to transform a remote village into a prosperous home through exploration, construction, production, and trade.
Also in City builder · Hand-drawn, Relaxing, Atmospheric
74% of 149 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Go-Go Town!
You are the new mayor of a rundown little town, and it is your job to fix it up: lay streets, open shops, welcome tourists and turn them into residents. Do everything yourself at first, then automate the busywork and watch the place run. Playable solo or with up to four mayors in co-op.
Also in City builder · Relaxing
93% of 2,544 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 89$27.99
Ostriv
Ostriv puts you in charge of an 18th century Ukrainian town, and it gets out of your way: no grid, no set angles, just a 3D landscape and your own sense of layout. Villagers walk their own paths, rotate their crops and raise their families while you balance farming, trade and coin. Slow, detailed and quietly absorbing.
Also in City builder · Relaxing, Atmospheric
94% of 6,947 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 164$24.99
Urbek City Builder
A city builder with no money: everything runs on food, coal, skilled work and over 30 other resources. Urbek's cities grow organically around what you build, from farm villages to nightlife districts, and every choice has trade-offs. A calm, thoughtful puzzle in city-builder clothing that rewards planning and patience.
Also in City builder · Relaxing
89% of 1,856 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 45$2.84
Thriving City: Song
960 AD: the Song Dynasty is new, and you are its magistrate. Raise a village into a city of thousands, juggling farms, trade, exams and city walls while history pushes events at your gates. A hand-drawn, colorful city builder with story and endless modes, where every decision shapes how your chapter of the dynasty unfolds.
Also in City builder · Hand-drawn
81% of 3,069 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 35$18.99
Buildings Have Feelings Too!
An exciting new city-management/puzzle game about buildings and the city they inhabit. You must grow your city to a bustling metropolitan centre with an array of shops, offices, entertainment facilities and amenities, to help your buildings thrive; or risk them being demolished forever.
Also in City builder · Emotional, Relaxing
53% of 51 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
Venture Towns
Make your own metropolitan utopia! Stores, mansions, towers--anything goes!
Also in City builder · Relaxing
74% of 116 Steam reviews are positive$8.99
Golden Mansion
Smart people go to college, and college graduates live in apartments. My cousin didn't go to college, but he had an apartment. I went to college, but I have not graduated, now I am helping my cousin. My cousin doesn’t care who lives in the apartment, he cares about how much rent I receive.
Hand-drawn, Relaxing
100% of 2 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
A Game of Humans
A sandbox village simulation fundamentally about people, their thoughts and their needs. Luckily they are not alone in their burden, for you possess divine powers. And you would surely never add to the plight of the common man... Right?
Also in City builder · Relaxing
63% of 67 Steam reviews are positive$11.99

Hidden gems like 1980

ShantyTown

Stack cramped towns out of buildings, lights and odd little decorations, one hand-drawn tile at a time.

$14.99

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

City Tales - Medieval Era

City Tales is a medieval city builder, allowing you to unleash your creativity and shape vast cities that break outside a traditional grid.

$22.99

Town to City

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

$29.99

Territory: Farming and Warfare

Grow a dozen hungry villagers into a kingdom of thousands. Assign jobs, keep everyone fed through winter, trade for silver, and raise walls against…

$11.99

Dream Town Island

Turn an empty island into a cheerful pixel town, matching residents, placing shops and nudging the economy along at your own pace.

$12.99

dotAGE

You are the Elder, and you have seen the end of the world. Lead your Pips to an empty valley, assign them their daily work and build a village that…

$17.59

Village Tale

Village Tale lives in the corner of your screen and grows while you get on with your day.

$5.99

The Wandering Village

A village on the back of a giant wandering creature called Onbu.

$29.99

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

Outlanders

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

$9.99

Settlements Rising

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

$18.99

Newest games like 1980

Denizen

Build a quiet life in Cedar Shores: work, cook, decorate and drive through an open town that never rushes you.

$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

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

Town to City

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

$29.99

ShantyTown

Stack cramped towns out of buildings, lights and odd little decorations, one hand-drawn tile at a time.

$14.99

Territory: Farming and Warfare

Grow a dozen hungry villagers into a kingdom of thousands. Assign jobs, keep everyone fed through winter, trade for silver, and raise walls against…

$11.99

Project Rebearth

A massive online multiplayer where everyone plays on an exact replica of planet earth.

$17.99

City Tales - Medieval Era

City Tales is a medieval city builder, allowing you to unleash your creativity and shape vast cities that break outside a traditional grid.

$22.99

Village Tale

Village Tale lives in the corner of your screen and grows while you get on with your day.

$5.99

Pile Up!

"Pile Up!" is a strategic building game which you need to build houses, fulfill your people’s requests and manage your risky buildings in different…

$9.99

The Wandering Village

A village on the back of a giant wandering creature called Onbu.

$29.99

Ink Reverie

Ink Reverie is a casual city-building game set in a fictional historical era with art inspired by the Tang and Song dynasties.

$9.99