Games like Timberborn
If you like Timberborn (city builder, beavers and water management), these 10 games are similar in what you do and how you play. They go from most to least similar.
Cities: Skylines
- In common: building and long sessions
When you want to build something big at a relaxed pace. Watching your city grow session after session keeps you hooked for weeks.
Against the Storm
- In common: building and management
- Difference: more intense
When you want to build and manage without committing to a weeks-long game: each settlement is one session.
Oxygen Not Included
- In common: building and long sessions
- Difference: more intense
When you have hours, a clear head and want to untangle complex systems.
Planet Zoo
- In common: building and long sessions
When you have an afternoon and want to create something beautiful while caring for your animals.
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.
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.
Frostpunk
- In common: management and long sessions
- Difference: more story
When you want an intense management game with tough decisions, in one afternoon.
Two Point Hospital
- In common: management and building
When you want to manage something without real stress and with a laugh: each hospital plays in comfortable sessions.
Factorio
- In common: building and long sessions
- Difference: more co-op
When you have many hours ahead and a sharp mind: "five more minutes" turns into three hours.
Stacklands
- In common: management and thinking
- Difference: shorter sessions
When you want a light strategy game where you keep discovering new combinations.
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 Timberborn
Engineering beavers rebuild civilisation after humans have vanished. Dams, canals, floodgates and vertical cities to survive droughts. Water management makes it unique.
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