Games like Empire Architect

Remember how retro and replayable Empire Architect felt at its best? Give these games a try when the craving hits.

Nova 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.
Also in City builder · Replayable
93% of 2,339 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 164$29.99
Roman 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.
Also in City builder · Replayable
83% of 757 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 22$14.99
Citadelum
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.
Also in City builder · Retro, Replayable
83% of 1,027 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 53$24.99
CivCity: Rome
Build a Roman city from a few huts to a thriving center of trade, research and spectacle. CivCity: Rome takes the Civilization idea of growth and zooms it down to one city, where you can peek inside villas, baths and forums, follow a family across generations, and unlock over 70 technologies. A relaxed, detailed city builder you can sink an evening into without noticing.
Also in City builder · Replayable
71% of 823 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 20$2.49
Pax Augusta
Pax Augusta is probably the most authentic ancient city-building simulation. Build flourishing cities and look after your citizens. Earn gold with production and trade of goods and build impressive monuments. Strengthen your influence and become a Roman emperor!
Also in City builder
69% of 572 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$16.24
Imperium Romanum Gold Edition
The city builder strategy game Imperium Romanum is set in the time-honoured Roman Empire. As governor of a Roman province, you will devise a strategy to build a well organised, prosperous and commanding settlement. Its fortune very much lies in your own hands.
Also in City builder · Retro, Replayable
85% of 335 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$9.99
Caesar™ 3
Governor, Rome has given you a province and one job: build cities that make money and make the emperor smile. Lay roads, keep houses fed, send walkers out with bread and entertainment, fend off barbarians, and climb the career ladder. Fail, and it is lunch for the lions.
Also in City builder · Retro, Replayable
92% of 2,155 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 130$5.99
Celestial Empire
Ancient China needs a governor, and the Emperor has picked you. Found a city among mountains and rivers, build production chains from farm to silk robe, trade with neighbouring settlements and keep the gods on your side through harsh winters. A calm, colorful city builder where every playthrough grows differently.
Also in City builder · Replayable
89% of 746 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 16$19.99
Pompeii: The Legacy
Twenty years after Vesuvius buried it, Pompeii rises again, and your family leads the rebuild. Lay out streets and forums, balance patricians and plebeians, play Roman politics, trade across the Empire and steer the city through earthquakes, plagues and scheming rivals across centuries. A calm, story-driven city builder that plays at your pace.
Also in City builder · Replayable
80% of 282 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 16$19.99
Empire 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!
Also in City builder
59% of 103 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 17Free
Empires and Tribes
Empires and Tribes is a unique hybrid of a medieval city builder and a role-playing game. You will undertake the duties of a mayor in the 13th century and manage the expansion of your city, ensure the production of resources and raise a powerful army to protect yourself from rival principalities.
Also in City builder · Replayable
66% of 392 Steam reviews are positive$24.99
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. You can not control your subjects directly; instead you focus on city-building, resource management, diplomacy, magic, etc.
Also in City builder · Retro, Replayable
82% of 306 Steam reviews are positive$15.99

Cheaper than Empire Architect

CivCity: Rome

Grow a small settlement into a busy Roman city, peeking inside its villas and baths while new technologies unlock along the way.

$2.49

Imperium Romanum Gold Edition

The city builder strategy game Imperium Romanum is set in the time-honoured Roman Empire.

$9.99

Caesar™ 3

Lay out roads and housing, keep your citizens fed and happy, and grow a Roman city at your own pace.

$5.99

Glory of Rome

Expand the Empire in the name of Rome. Build, manage and grow settlements in this resource driven city builder.

$6.99

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…

$7.99

Romopolis

Casual city building. Become an architect. Manage the small polis. Construct an idyllic ancient Roman city with plenty of houses.

$4.99

Sumerians

Sumerians is a city building game set in ancient Mesopotamia.

$5.09

Grand Ages: Rome

Found Roman cities, keep your citizens fed and happy, and settle rivalries with real-time battles across a long campaign that rewards every new run.

$9.99

Pharaoh™: A New Era

Farm the floodplain, keep your people fed and content, and raise a city fit for pyramids.

$8.04

Zeus + Poseidon

Found a Greek city-state on the Aegean shore and grow it from a few roads into a thriving home for heroes and deities.

$9.99

The people of Sea, Sun & Salt

Will you create a lasting civilization or see it collapse into the sea? In Sea, Sun & Salt, you build a city on a small mediterranean island.

$6.49

Civitatem

Civitatem is a medieval city builder where you help your villagers raise a new settlement in dangerous lands by making use of their skills and…

$12.99

Hidden gems like Empire Architect

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.

$29.99

Celestial Empire

Found a mountain city, grow it from farm fields to silk robes, and answer to the Emperor and the gods alike.

$19.99

Roman Triumph: Survival City Builder

Found a frontier city, keep your citizens alive through famine and raids, and rebuild differently every run.

$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.

$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.

$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.

$24.99

Settlements Rising

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

$18.99

Sumerians

Sumerians is a city building game set in ancient Mesopotamia.

$5.09

Summa Expeditionis

You are a lone legionary dropped in the wild north of Hispania with orders to make it Roman.

$19.99

Foundation

Found a settlement, paint its districts freely and watch villagers trade, pray and prosper at an unhurried pace.

$34.99

Pax Augusta

Pax Augusta is probably the most authentic ancient city-building simulation. Build flourishing cities and look after your citizens.

$16.24

Vertical Kingdom

There's nowhere to go but up! Vertical Kingdom is a card-based city builder roguelite with a twist - you can only build vertically, literally…

$19.99

Newest games like Empire Architect