Games like Cities: Skylines
If you like Cities: Skylines (city builder, management and simulation), these 10 games are similar in what you do and how you play. They go from most to least similar.
Planet Zoo
- In common: long sessions and building
When you have an afternoon and want to create something beautiful while caring for your animals.
Two Point Hospital
- In common: management and building
- Difference: less creative
When you want to manage something without real stress and with a laugh: each hospital plays in comfortable sessions.
Timberborn
- In common: building and long sessions
When you want to build calmly and watch your dams transform the landscape.
Against the Storm
- In common: building and management
- Difference: less creative
When you want to build and manage without committing to a weeks-long game: each settlement is one session.
shapez
- In common: building and long sessions
When you want to optimise without pressure: you can leave it and pick it up whenever you like without losing anything.
Game Dev Tycoon
- In common: management and progression
- Difference: less building
When you want a simple tycoon game for one or two afternoons, where every game you release is a small challenge.
Oxygen Not Included
- In common: long sessions and building
- Difference: harder
When you have hours, a clear head and want to untangle complex systems.
RimWorld
- In common: long sessions and management
- Difference: more story
When you have a long afternoon and fancy managing: each session writes a new chapter for your colony.
Mini Motorways
- In common: a relaxed pace and building
- Difference: shorter sessions
When you have 15-20 minutes and feel like thinking a little, with gorgeous visuals.
Frostpunk
- In common: management and long sessions
- Difference: less creative
When you want an intense management game with tough decisions, in one afternoon.
How we pick them
We compare the tags the Steam community gives each game with our own classification: what you do (action, story, building…), the difficulty, how long sessions last and whether you play alone or with others. Nobody pays to appear.
About Cities: Skylines
You design a city from a single road to a metropolis: zoning, traffic, public transport, services. You can play it as a management challenge or as a model kit for limitless creativity.
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