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.
- 1RimWorld243,52497.35%97.86%
- 2Factorio232,42996.99%97.51%
- 3Dyson Sphere Program91,26896.24%97.47%
- 4Age of Empires II (Retired)102,73294.87%95.83%
- 5Kenshi114,92294.72%95.56%
- 6Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition180,84794.41%94.93%
- 7Timberborn40,67393.81%95.98%
- 8Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)20,98493.48%97.53%
- 9Dorfromantik29,47093.47%96.35%
- 10Mini Motorways24,23492.97%96.27%
- 11Thronefall23,36992.83%96.18%
- 12Cities: Skylines290,71092.62%92.88%
- 13Against the Storm36,93592.47%94.49%
- 14Dwarf Fortress31,30292.41%94.79%
- 15Frostpunk136,35692.20%92.73%
- 16Townscaper21,58092.03%95.30%
- 17Kingdoms and Castles31,28591.47%93.55%
- 18OpenTTD16,82891.08%94.71%
- 19Empires of the Undergrowth18,50491.08%94.37%
- 20Rise of Nations: Extended Edition15,78390.90%94.66%
- 21ISLANDERS16,77590.90%94.43%
- 22Two Point Museum12,91690.82%95.34%
- 23Planet Coaster72,03690.56%91.34%
- 24Planet Zoo96,87790.45%91.01%
- 25Two Point Hospital34,80390.40%91.95%
- 26Stronghold HD (2012)10,40990.37%95.54%
- 27Yog-Sothoth’s Yard13,62390.35%94.29%
- 28Minami Lane6,60589.94%97.46%
- 29Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic26,68589.51%91.21%
- 30Age of Empires III (2007)32,23689.51%90.91%
- 31Songs of Syx8,96989.48%94.49%
- 32Banished43,22789.40%90.42%
- 33Jurassic World Evolution 246,73489.39%90.33%
- 34Ostriv7,56589.29%94.99%
- 35RollerCoaster Tycoon: Deluxe8,24189.19%94.31%
- 36Kingdom Two Crowns39,10789.15%90.22%
- 37Parkitect8,11089.10%94.18%
- 38Transport Fever 232,17989.06%90.33%
- 39Tavern Master13,14389.05%92.14%
- 40Kingdom: Classic22,64688.91%90.64%
- 41Mad Games Tycoon 27,73088.84%93.84%
- 42FANTASY LIFE i: The Girl Who Steals Time13,43088.83%91.71%
- 43Tropico 412,71388.76%91.74%
- 44Prison Architect73,61288.75%89.26%
- 45Colony Survival8,94688.34%92.10%
- 46Littlewood6,81588.31%93.21%
- 47Let's School7,35988.27%92.73%
- 48The Wandering Village8,35388.15%91.95%
- 49TheoTown4,70288.04%94.53%
- 50Going Medieval21,18787.81%89.14%
- 51Captain of Industry11,26987.76%90.22%
- 52Dystopika3,39487.71%95.76%
- 53Kingdoms Reborn9,68287.68%90.47%
- 54Bloons Monkey City6,72987.42%91.05%
- 55RollerCoaster Tycoon 3: Platinum5,24087.37%91.93%
- 56Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars9,27487.28%89.77%
- 57dotAGE2,66887.11%95.09%
- 58Craft The World17,00987.11%88.36%
- 59Jurassic World Evolution55,21687.05%87.43%
- 60Tropico 629,26787.00%87.69%
- 61SUMMERHOUSE3,33786.99%93.02%
- 62Cattails: Wildwood Story1,91486.99%97.49%
- 63Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete7,73886.94%89.47%
- 64Project Hospital9,25086.89%88.95%
- 65Clanfolk3,98886.88%91.65%
- 66Zeus + Poseidon1,95186.83%96.31%
- 67Reus 22,28386.75%94.52%
- 68Factory Town4,46786.73%90.66%
- 69RollerCoaster Tycoon 2: Triple Thrill Pack5,82586.69%89.61%
- 70Go-Go Town!2,42486.61%93.36%
- 71Autonauts4,94786.50%89.57%
- 72Stronghold 2: Steam Edition5,72586.39%88.86%
- 73The Stronghold Collection5,72586.39%88.86%
- 74Pharaoh + Cleopatra2,57286.33%91.60%
- 75Gourdlets2,16886.32%92.48%
- 76Cataclismo4,24086.23%89.17%
- 77Two Point Campus8,07686.22%87.75%
- 78Rise to Ruins7,75686.17%87.71%
- 79Dawn of Man17,79386.14%86.80%
- 80Terra Nil8,66386.14%87.48%
- 81Heart of the Machine2,07486.12%91.61%
- 82Ratropolis5,50686.08%88.09%
- 83Foundation23,97086.07%86.53%
- 84Sid Meier’s Civilization VI376,70486.06%86.09%
- 85Predynastic Egypt1,92186.04%91.57%
- 86Ratopia4,75485.89%87.80%
- 87Farthest Frontier25,08385.80%86.13%
- 88Stronghold: Definitive Edition10,26185.73%86.46%
- 89Realm Grinder7,42085.72%86.73%
- 90Cliff Empire4,36785.70%87.36%
- 91Doraemon Dorayaki Shop Story54885.68%98.54%
- 92TerraScape2,20485.66%88.75%
- 93Station to Station1,93685.66%89.15%
- 94Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition94,68285.64%85.71%
- 95Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition54,26185.63%85.75%
- 96Factory Town Idle1,24585.63%90.84%
- 97Unholy Heights1,64285.59%89.28%
- 98Oxygen: First Breath1,66185.57%89.10%
- 99Stronghold Legends: Steam Edition2,70985.54%87.60%
- 100Preserve74885.52%92.78%
