Best Rated City Builder Games
The City Builder games Steam users rate highest. Scores are weighted by review volume, so a game can't ride a handful of glowing reviews to the top of this list.
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Our score adjusts Steam's raw rating for sample size. The fewer reviews a game has, the more its score gets pulled toward the site-wide average, so a tiny game can't fluke its way to #1.
- 1RimWorld246,29197.36%97.85%
- 2Factorio234,61497.02%97.51%
- 3Dyson Sphere Program91,70696.23%97.42%
- 4Age of Empires II (Retired)102,85194.90%95.83%
- 5Kenshi116,65094.78%95.59%
- 6Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition182,32894.42%94.92%
- 7Timberborn41,65393.91%95.97%
- 8Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)21,07993.60%97.48%
- 9Dorfromantik29,61393.55%96.33%
- 10Mini Motorways24,42193.09%96.27%
- 11Thronefall23,67492.92%96.13%
- 12Cities: Skylines292,25392.62%92.87%
- 13Against the Storm37,48292.52%94.43%
- 14Dwarf Fortress31,50392.48%94.75%
- 15Frostpunk137,36692.24%92.74%
- 16Townscaper21,64492.14%95.28%
- 17Kingdoms and Castles31,42091.58%93.57%
- 18Empires of the Undergrowth18,90591.26%94.36%
- 19OpenTTD16,99191.18%94.63%
- 20Two Point Museum13,43091.11%95.41%
- 21Rise of Nations: Extended Edition15,88991.10%94.68%
- 22ISLANDERS16,78591.04%94.44%
- 23Planet Coaster72,18690.60%91.33%
- 24Stronghold HD (2012)10,44490.58%95.53%
- 25Two Point Hospital34,97090.49%91.96%
- 26Planet Zoo97,73890.46%90.98%
- 27Yog-Sothoth’s Yard13,79790.27%94.26%
- 28Minami Lane6,71490.17%97.38%
- 29Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic27,33289.62%91.19%
- 30Age of Empires III (2007)32,25889.59%90.90%
- 31Ostriv7,66489.54%95.03%
- 32Banished43,33889.48%90.43%
- 33Jurassic World Evolution 247,11289.47%90.34%
- 34RollerCoaster Tycoon: Deluxe8,31389.41%94.31%
- 35Parkitect8,14089.36%94.20%
- 36Songs of Syx9,23489.34%94.28%
- 37Tavern Master13,27489.22%92.14%
- 38Kingdom Two Crowns39,74489.21%90.17%
- 39Transport Fever 232,69689.15%90.32%
- 40Mad Games Tycoon 27,81889.08%93.87%
- 41Kingdom: Classic22,74589.02%90.64%
- 42Tropico 412,74988.93%91.69%
- 43Prison Architect73,84388.76%89.22%
- 44FANTASY LIFE i: The Girl Who Steals Time13,58588.70%91.17%
- 45Colony Survival8,99388.58%92.10%
- 46Littlewood6,83088.52%93.18%
- 47Let's School7,45688.48%92.70%
- 48TheoTown4,80588.37%94.67%
- 49The Wandering Village8,46788.07%91.96%
- 50Dystopika3,49888.05%95.80%
- 51Captain of Industry11,57288.03%90.29%
- 52Going Medieval21,41287.92%89.09%
- 53Kingdoms Reborn9,73487.86%90.37%
- 54Bloons Monkey City6,78487.68%91.02%
- 55RollerCoaster Tycoon 3: Platinum5,24587.61%91.95%
- 56Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars9,35087.55%89.83%
- 57dotAGE2,68487.39%95.04%
- 58Cattails: Wildwood Story1,94287.32%97.53%
- 59Craft The World17,08787.30%88.41%
- 60SUMMERHOUSE3,37287.26%92.97%
- 61Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete7,80287.19%89.48%
- 62Clanfolk4,05687.18%91.72%
- 63Zeus + Poseidon1,96987.15%96.34%
- 64Tropico 629,50987.12%87.73%
- 65Jurassic World Evolution55,29487.12%87.44%
- 66Go-Go Town!2,75987.08%93.40%
- 67Project Hospital9,37587.05%88.89%
- 68Reus 22,30087.04%94.43%
- 69Factory Town4,47986.98%90.65%
- 70RollerCoaster Tycoon 2: Triple Thrill Pack5,86486.92%89.63%
- 71Parkasaurus3,14186.78%93.16%
- 72Autonauts4,96686.71%89.49%
- 73Stronghold 2: Steam Edition5,76486.65%88.79%
- 74Pharaoh + Cleopatra2,58686.63%91.65%
- 75Gourdlets2,19786.60%92.35%
- 76Heart of the Machine2,12286.47%91.47%
- 77Two Point Campus8,20686.45%87.81%
- 78Cataclismo4,34186.42%88.74%
- 79Rise to Ruins7,75886.40%87.68%
- 80Dawn of Man17,84486.34%86.80%
- 81Ratropolis5,54386.28%87.84%
- 82Foundation24,23686.27%86.65%
- 83Ratopia4,88286.13%87.75%
- 84Sid Meier’s Civilization VI379,08586.13%86.15%
- 85Doraemon Dorayaki Shop Story57486.06%98.61%
- 86Terra Nil8,76086.04%87.48%
- 87TerraScape2,24485.99%88.59%
- 88Cliff Empire4,37585.98%87.29%
- 89Stronghold: Definitive Edition10,37485.97%86.50%
- 90Factory Town Idle1,25885.95%90.86%
- 91Unholy Heights1,64985.95%89.21%
- 92Station to Station1,96185.94%89.04%
- 93Realm Grinder7,43785.89%86.63%
- 94Preserve78485.88%92.86%
- 95Predynastic Egypt1,93085.87%91.55%
- 96Farthest Frontier25,49885.86%86.03%
- 97Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition54,95985.85%85.95%
- 98Oxygen: First Breath1,66585.85%88.95%
- 99Stronghold Legends: Steam Edition2,73385.84%87.71%
- 100Ozymandias: Bronze Age Empire Sim1,67285.78%87.98%
