Thriving City: Song
Grow a Song-era village into a bustling city of thousands, balancing farms, trade and exams as history knocks at your gates.
81% of 3,071 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 35$18.99
Games like Celestial Empire
Chasing that replayable and relaxing feeling you got from Celestial Empire? Start with these games when you are ready.
Empire Architect
Empire Architect is an ancient city-building real time strategy game, with elements from grand strategies sprinkled in for good measure. The levels are procedurally generated, and you have limited control over your subjects
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65% of 152 Steam reviews are positive$14.99Thriving 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.
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81% of 3,071 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 35$18.99Nova Roma
Lead a band of Romans into the wild and grow a humble village into a metropolis. Reshape the land with dams and aqueducts, keep demanding citizens fed and entertained, and keep the gods on your side, because an angry god is worse than a bad harvest. A relaxed but deep city builder with real water physics.
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93% of 2,338 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 164$29.99Chinese Frontiers
Build medieval China brick by brick, in first person. Chinese Frontiers puts you in the muddy boots of a craftsman who starts with simple work and ends up raising landmarks like the Jiankou Sky Stairs, while the village that feeds the project grows around you. Farm, cook, manage workers, and take it slow: this is a builder made for calm evenings, with a story to give it all a point.
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73% of 532 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 12$24.99Mandate Order
A war city-builder set in China's Warring States period. Build a stronghold without grids, run farms and industries through the seasons, recruit scholars from the Hundred Schools of Thought, and lead thousands of soldiers into real-time battles. One stronghold, many ways to rule it.
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80% of 1,282 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 81$19.99Roman Triumph: Survival City Builder
Rome needs a new city at the edge of the empire, and you are the governor. Lay out streets and farms, keep citizens fed and happy, keep the gods on your side, and hold the walls when barbarians and hydras come knocking. A survival city builder with teeth, and plenty of replay value.
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83% of 757 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 22$14.99Songs of Syx
Songs of Syx is a low fantasy city-builder where a scrappy village can grow into a metropolis and empire, simulated citizen by citizen. You lay out houses and streets, balance food, work and upkeep, and lead real-time battles with thousands of soldiers. Deep, systemic, and highly replayable.
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94% of 9,190 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 656$24.99Citadelum
A city builder set in Ancient Rome, where you raise a village into a magnificent city, feed it with farms and aqueducts, trade across the map, march legions to war and court the favor of capricious gods. A warm, readable take on the classics, at your own pace.
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83% of 1,024 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 53$12.49Builders of Greece
Immerse yourself in the beautifully recreated golden age of Hellenic city-states. Builders of Greece is a city management game that lets you display your strategic and economic mastery. Build your Polis from scratch, make meaningful decisions, trade, fight and expand to become the ultimate ruler.
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53% of 554 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 8$19.99Empire City Simulator
Become a ruler and build the ancient city of your dreams in Empire City! Unlock new opportunities for your city's prosperity, gain the support of the gods, construct grand buildings, and create unique infrastructure. Transform a small settlement into a magnificent center of civilization!
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59% of 103 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 17FreeAnno 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.
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81% of 30,301 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2,913$59.99Kingdoms Reborn
A city builder on a procedurally generated world map, where simulated citizens carry your kingdom from a muddy medieval hamlet to an industrial empire. Draw cards for new buildings, claim provinces, trade across the map, and play co-op or against up to 18 friends in real time.
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90% of 8,895 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 184$19.99
Cheaper than Celestial Empire
Empire Architect
Empire Architect is an ancient city-building real time strategy game, with elements from grand strategies sprinkled in for good measure.
65% of 152 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Roman Triumph: Survival City Builder
Found a frontier city, keep your citizens alive through famine and raids, and rebuild differently every run.
83% of 757 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 22$14.99
Citadelum
Grow a village into a Roman city of farms, aqueducts, legions and temples, all in a calm, colorful take on the classics.
83% of 1,024 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 53$12.49
Sumerians
Sumerians is a city building game set in ancient Mesopotamia.
86% of 311 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$5.09
Hearthlands
Hearthlands is a medieval/fantasy city-building real time strategy game in which you take a role of a king in a procedurally generated world.
82% of 306 Steam reviews are positive$15.99
Children of the Nile: Enhanced Edition
Children of the Nile™ is a unique gem of a city-building game, unparalleled in both grandeur and attention to detail.As Pharaoh you will guide your…
85% of 432 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$7.99
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.
74% of 149 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
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.
85% of 1,087 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 18$17.99
Settlements Rising
Settlements Rising is a medieval city building and colony management game.
79% of 423 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$18.99
Caesar™ 3
Lay out roads and housing, keep your citizens fed and happy, and grow a Roman city at your own pace.
92% of 2,155 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 130$5.99
Citizens: Far Lands
Citizens is a blend between turn based city builder and a puzzler for strategy masterminds.
73% of 95 Steam reviews are positive$5.99
Hidden gems like Celestial Empire
Nova Roma
Found a Roman settlement, tame the land with real water physics, and keep your citizens and the gods happy at your own pace.
93% of 2,338 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 164$29.99
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.
89% of 565 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$22.99
Mandate Order
Raise a Warring States city from farms to armies, then march thousands of soldiers into real-time war.
80% of 1,282 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 81$19.99
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.
85% of 1,087 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 18$17.99
Roman Triumph: Survival City Builder
Found a frontier city, keep your citizens alive through famine and raids, and rebuild differently every run.
83% of 757 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 22$14.99
Tlatoani: Aztec Cities
Give rise to wonders of the Aztec Civilization as you build your own magnificent metropolis in this ancient city builder.
82% of 191 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
Hearth and Hamlet
Grow a pixel art medieval settlement at your own pace, assigning workers, passing laws and trading as the numbers climb.
79% of 2,386 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 89$7.99
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.
80% of 282 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 16$19.99
Citadelum
Grow a village into a Roman city of farms, aqueducts, legions and temples, all in a calm, colorful take on the classics.
83% of 1,024 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 53$12.49
Synergy
An ecosystem City Builder in a unique world. Build your settlement, manage your workers and optimize your resources.
79% of 711 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 7$24.99
County of Fortune
Place villages across a medieval landscape, grow them into cities, and weave trade between them.
79% of 185 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 692$22.49
Settlements Rising
Settlements Rising is a medieval city building and colony management game.
79% of 423 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$18.99
Newest games like Celestial Empire
County of Fortune
Place villages across a medieval landscape, grow them into cities, and weave trade between them.
79% of 185 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 692$22.49
Hearth and Hamlet
Grow a pixel art medieval settlement at your own pace, assigning workers, passing laws and trading as the numbers climb.
79% of 2,386 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 89$7.99
Mandate Order
Raise a Warring States city from farms to armies, then march thousands of soldiers into real-time war.
80% of 1,282 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 81$19.99
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.
80% of 282 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 16$19.99
Tlatoani: Aztec Cities
Give rise to wonders of the Aztec Civilization as you build your own magnificent metropolis in this ancient city builder.
82% of 191 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
Nova Roma
Found a Roman settlement, tame the land with real water physics, and keep your citizens and the gods happy at your own pace.
93% of 2,338 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 164$29.99
Laysara: Summit Kingdom
Found villages on steep Himalayan-style slopes, balance food and trade across bridges and cliffs, and carry a temple to the peak.
80% of 1,448 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 34$12.49
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.
89% of 565 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$22.99
CivIdle
Found a settlement, research your way through the ages and watch your civilization expand one building at a time.
73% of 1,156 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 231Free
Roman Triumph: Survival City Builder
Found a frontier city, keep your citizens alive through famine and raids, and rebuild differently every run.
83% of 757 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 22$14.99
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.
85% of 1,087 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 18$17.99
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.
74% of 149 Steam reviews are positive$9.99