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.
- 1RimWorld240,69397.39%97.88%
- 2Factorio230,35697.01%97.51%
- 3Dyson Sphere Program90,84996.29%97.49%
- 4Age of Empires II (Retired)102,60094.90%95.83%
- 5Kenshi113,28294.75%95.57%
- 6Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition178,93494.45%94.95%
- 7Timberborn39,88393.83%95.95%
- 8Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)20,90593.61%97.55%
- 9Dorfromantik29,27993.57%96.36%
- 10Mini Motorways23,94993.06%96.27%
- 11Thronefall23,07692.95%96.23%
- 12Cities: Skylines289,15092.63%92.89%
- 13Against the Storm36,13492.63%94.63%
- 14Dwarf Fortress31,10892.53%94.83%
- 15Frostpunk135,20292.22%92.72%
- 16Townscaper21,53292.16%95.31%
- 17Kingdoms and Castles31,13791.56%93.54%
- 18OpenTTD16,67791.31%94.86%
- 19Empires of the Undergrowth18,04991.18%94.39%
- 20ISLANDERS16,74991.06%94.45%
- 21Rise of Nations: Extended Edition15,68491.05%94.66%
- 22Two Point Museum11,92090.92%95.55%
- 23Planet Coaster71,82790.63%91.36%
- 24Planet Zoo95,05390.58%91.13%
- 25Stronghold HD (2012)10,32690.55%95.55%
- 26Yog-Sothoth’s Yard13,45890.52%94.32%
- 27Two Point Hospital34,56290.49%91.96%
- 28Minami Lane6,50290.21%97.45%
- 29Songs of Syx8,28089.80%95.12%
- 30Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic26,15289.60%91.21%
- 31Age of Empires III (2007)32,22089.60%90.90%
- 32Ostriv7,49889.59%95.04%
- 33Banished43,15689.47%90.41%
- 34Jurassic World Evolution 246,22389.45%90.32%
- 35RollerCoaster Tycoon: Deluxe8,17389.42%94.35%
- 36Parkitect8,05589.31%94.18%
- 37Kingdom Two Crowns38,49389.24%90.24%
- 38Tavern Master13,00489.22%92.16%
- 39Mad Games Tycoon 27,66089.14%93.89%
- 40Transport Fever 231,81089.10%90.27%
- 41FANTASY LIFE i: The Girl Who Steals Time13,35089.07%91.75%
- 42Kingdom: Classic22,61489.05%90.67%
- 43Tropico 412,69188.93%91.71%
- 44Prison Architect73,41088.80%89.27%
- 45Littlewood6,80588.62%93.21%
- 46Colony Survival8,88288.56%92.13%
- 47Let's School7,25788.50%92.78%
- 48The Wandering Village8,22488.33%91.90%
- 49TheoTown4,55288.28%94.62%
- 50Dystopika3,32387.98%95.76%
- 51Going Medieval20,96687.94%89.15%
- 52Kingdoms Reborn9,62387.91%90.53%
- 53Captain of Industry11,00687.90%90.18%
- 54RollerCoaster Tycoon 3: Platinum5,23087.69%91.87%
- 55Bloons Monkey City6,67987.68%91.11%
- 56dotAGE2,62687.53%95.24%
- 57Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars9,20587.52%89.83%
- 58SUMMERHOUSE3,28487.31%93.15%
- 59Cattails: Wildwood Story1,86487.29%97.48%
- 60Craft The World16,90887.27%88.38%
- 61Clanfolk3,88487.22%91.66%
- 62Reus 22,25387.17%94.58%
- 63Zeus + Poseidon1,93487.16%96.33%
- 64Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete7,67287.16%89.46%
- 65Project Hospital9,16487.13%88.91%
- 66Factory Town4,44087.13%90.79%
- 67Jurassic World Evolution55,06387.09%87.40%
- 68Tropico 629,08387.09%87.67%
- 69Go-Go Town!2,16387.03%94.59%
- 70RollerCoaster Tycoon 2: Triple Thrill Pack5,78486.99%89.57%
- 71Autonauts4,93786.86%89.61%
- 72Gourdlets2,13286.76%92.68%
- 73Pharaoh + Cleopatra2,55886.65%91.59%
- 74Stronghold 2: Steam Edition5,65286.64%88.84%
- 75The Stronghold Collection5,65286.64%88.84%
- 76Cataclismo4,16586.54%89.29%
- 77Heart of the Machine2,01186.51%92.04%
- 78Two Point Campus7,92986.43%87.74%
- 79Rise to Ruins7,74686.41%87.72%
- 80Terra Nil8,52386.39%87.56%
- 81Predynastic Egypt1,91186.38%91.58%
- 82Ratropolis5,49986.34%88.05%
- 83Dawn of Man17,73186.30%86.81%
- 84Foundation23,81486.16%86.49%
- 85Ratopia4,70586.11%87.63%
- 86Factory Town Idle1,21886.10%90.97%
- 87TerraScape2,16586.05%89.10%
- 88Realm Grinder7,39086.03%86.74%
- 89Sid Meier’s Civilization VI374,52786.02%86.04%
- 90Oxygen: First Breath1,65586.02%89.12%
- 91Station to Station1,88986.01%89.31%
- 92Doraemon Dorayaki Shop Story49286.01%98.58%
- 93Farthest Frontier24,63586.01%86.26%
- 94Cliff Empire4,35285.98%87.34%
- 95Stronghold Legends: Steam Edition2,66785.93%87.55%
- 96Unholy Heights1,63585.93%89.24%
- 97Preserve73285.92%93.17%
- 98Stronghold: Definitive Edition10,09185.87%86.35%
- 99Nordhold3,20485.83%87.20%
- 100Ozymandias: Bronze Age Empire Sim1,63985.75%87.92%
