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Looking for games like The Archaeologists? Here are top economy city builder recommendations with a economy focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Above: Colonies of the Mist, Farewells clicker or CLOUD DWELLERS.

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  1. Build a hilltop colony in the last land safe from the toxic mist. Survive, expand, explore ancient monuments, and look for a way out before the mist claims everything. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Above: Colonies of the Mist.

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  2. 65%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization
    91% User Score Based on 22 reviews

    Build your realm and make sure to cleverly use building synergies to optimize your resource production. Speed up production by clicking on your buildings. Don't stay on your tiny island ! Expand your territory and explore the world. More land equals more production potential. Improve and optimize your efficiency by upgrading your skill tree ! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Farewells clicker.

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  3. Welcome Island About the GameYou've awakened. You find yourself in a mysterious world of floating islands, where the sky shimmers with an ethereal glow. The islands drift like fragmented dreams, surrounded by unfamiliar flora and an unknown ecosystem. You gradually adapt to this world's rules. You'll need to build a home and develop technology, starting from scratch—from primitive tools to… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to CLOUD DWELLERS.

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  4. 85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, optimization
    87% User Score Based on 1,314 reviews
    Critic Score 78%Based on 3 reviews

    Take a fantastical journey - fly the desert and build your domain. Airborne Kingdom uniquely blends city management and exploration, with a world and lore all its own. Build housing, gather food, satisfy needs, and grow your tribe. Maintain lift, discover resources, and explore the desert for lost technologies. The kingdom, your journey, their lives - all of it is up to you to decide. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Airborne Kingdom.

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  5. 77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    75% User Score Based on 966 reviews
    Critic Score 81%Based on 4 reviews

    Before We Leave is a city building game set in a cozy corner of the universe. Nurture your Peeps and their surroundings while rebuilding and rediscovering civilisation. Settle new lands and planets while avoiding hungry Space Whales. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Before We Leave.

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  6. Build an entire medieval county, not just a city. Found villages across a wide, varied landscape, weave trade along rivers and roads, and guide mayors, noble houses, and cultures as your region comes to life. A city-builder on a much bigger scale, no two counties are alike. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to County of Fortune.

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  7. 50%Game Brain Score
    50% User Score Based on 1 reviews

    Build spell-powered factories, reclaim ancient territories filled with magical secrets, and discover game-changing technology hidden across procedurally generated worlds. Master both engineering and magic in this cozy fusion of factory automation and RPG progression. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Arcaneering: Beyond Automation.

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  8. "The Earth is the cradle of humanity, but mankind cannot stay in the cradle forever." - Konstantin Tsiolkovsky Asteroid Colony is a real time strategy city builder and economy simulation game set in the future of mankind. Help humanity leave its cradle and establish a colony in the far away asteroid belt, outside the orbit of Mars. It is up to you whether humanity can reach its c… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Asteroid Colony.

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  9. 53%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, stability
    53% User Score Based on 72 reviews

    A cozy junkyard card-collecting sim - now with online co-op. Dig through mountains of trash with friends, hunt rare collectible cards, sell your junk for profit, and upgrade your gear. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dig for TCG Cards With Your Friends.

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  10. 34%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, optimization
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics
    48% User Score Based on 23 reviews

    Feudal Baron: King’s Land is a classic city-builder. Turn a humble settlement into a medieval city, build workshops and churches, fend off raids, and manage your subjects. Ensure a steady supply—or squeeze every last coin out of the town. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Feudal Baron: King's Land.

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  11. 67%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    71% User Score Based on 45 reviews

    El Dorado The Golden City Builder is a single-player city-building economic strategy game that is set in the mysterious land of pre-Columbian Latin America, where wealth does not always lead to happiness, and the anger of the Gods can bring disaster to anyone who is not favorable to them. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to El Dorado: The Golden City Builder.

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    93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, music
    93% User Score Based on 84 reviews

    As soon as humanity had the means we sent out an interstellar colony ship. Its design was basic but elegant. And it made it all 40.7 light-years to Trappist-1.— Ship data files On arrival at Trappist-1 you control the Ark. A large spaceship/movable colony and trading hub for your exploration of Trappist-1. Trappist is a story-driven colony builder with resource management in the Trappist-1 solar… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Trappist.

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    63%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    68% User Score Based on 287 reviews
    Critic Score 40%Based on 1 reviews

    Oxygen is a survival city builder. Build your city around the Oxygen Center and ensure your people's survival in a post-apocalyptic future, threatened by crack explosions, deadly winds, droughts and frosts. Lead your people and more importantly keep the Oxygen Center running! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Oxygen.

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  15. About This GameKingforge is not just about building — it’s about creating a kingdom that actually lives. Start From NothingYou start with nothing. Gather resources, place your first structures, and slowly attract villagers to your land. From there, things begin to grow on their own. Villagers That Actually WorkVillagers are not just background characters. They work, eat, sleep, and make deci… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to KingForge.

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  16. In Miskatonic University, you are the headmaster of a new University that is destined for greatness... if it can survive. The world is in turmoil. The festering corpse of a prehistoric abomination long thought to be extinct washed up from untold depths onto the shores of Japan. Police arrested a voodoo cult in Louisiana as they sacrificed humans at the foot of a grotesque totem to an unearthly g… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Miskatonic University.

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    24%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding
    40% User Score Based on 10 reviews

    Icetwine is an immersive Ice Age builder where every drag-and-drop matters. Combine simple materials to craft advanced tools, machines, and structures that will help you create a thriving village amidst a frozen wilderness. Experiment with basic resources like wood, stone, and iron to discover new items. For instance, merging a log of wood with a cluster of rocks might yield a Primitive Axe, kick… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Icetwine.

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  18. Morgenrot is a city-building, economic, and strategy simulation set in a living island world. Build settlements, manage production chains, supply your population, establish trade routes, colonize new islands, and protect your fleet from pirates and other dangers. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Morgenrot.

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  19. Roadmap About the GameThe Kingdom's MerchantBuild an empire through trade, not conquest.The Kingdom's Merchant is a deep medieval trading and economic simulation where your greatest weapon is good business. Starting with little more than a single caravan and a handful of coins, you'll travel a living kingdom, discovering settlements, buying and selling goods, expanding your business, and build… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Kingdom's Merchant.

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  20. 73%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability
    74% User Score Based on 76 reviews
    Critic Score 70%Based on 2 reviews

    Embark on a relaxing management adventure and bring life back to a world waiting to be healed. Create the perfect biome for numerous animal species and use your ingenuity to make the planet habitable again, one ecosystem at a time. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to BioEden.

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  21. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    88% User Score Based on 1,493 reviews
    Critic Score 81%Based on 2 reviews

    Build a sprawling pirate haven, raise a fleet to explore the high seas, and take on the Crown to keep the Age of Piracy alive! From ale to flintlock pistols, and from scallywags to swashbucklers, you’ll need to manage complex production chains and govern a rowdy crew to reign supreme over the seas! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Corsair Cove.

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  23. About the gameIn this ancient world, limitless possibilities await. You can choose to lead a tranquil life—work, engage in trade, and build a family. Alternatively, satisfy your insatiable desires for wealth, status, and military might. Embark on daring journeys, exploring, adventuring, solving mysteries, combating bandits, and recruiting heroes. Or, aim for the peak of power through establishing … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Bustling World.

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    65%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, replayability
    65% User Score Based on 193 reviews

    DarkSwitch is a vertical survival city builder. Build a city on a great tree and defend it against the Fog. Face the challenges of limited real estate, scarce resources, and tough moral choices as you seek to uncover the mystery of the Shroud. The Tree Provides! The Tree Protects! The Tree Prevails! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to DarkSwitch.

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  25. 82%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability
    82% User Score Based on 176 reviews

    Settlements Rising is a medieval city building and colony management game. It offers a lively colony experience with simulated villagers, dozens of professions and resources, natural disasters, and raids, while providing full control over the colony through trade, production chains and datas. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Settlements Rising.

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  26. 63%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    63% User Score Based on 262 reviews

    Thrive: Heavy Lies the Crown is a complex city builder, where the fate of your kingdom hinges on your every decision. Explore this medieval land alone or with friends, make tough moral choices and conquer your foes in RTS combat. Will you struggle to survive, or find the strength to Thrive? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Thrive: Heavy Lies The Crown.

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    36%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, monetization
    58% User Score Based on 12 reviews

    A survival city-builder unlike any other—shaped by rolling hills, guide generations, and grow without limits. No cap on scale, no slowdown, just strategy and survival at your pace. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Exile.

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  28. 88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    88% User Score Based on 254 reviews

    Build medieval cities teeming with life and tales untold. Forge organic urban landscapes and manage a rich economy whilst building bonds with companions whose stories are intertwined with the fate of your city. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to City Tales: Medieval Era.

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  29. 84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    84% User Score Based on 756 reviews

    Build and expand your very own settlements in high mountains! Carefully plan production chains and satisfy various needs of your three-caste society while dealing with mountain hazards such as weather breakdowns and avalanches. Are you skilled enough to make your town thrive? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Laysara: Summit Kingdom.

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    79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    79% User Score Based on 472 reviews

    An ecosystem City Builder in a unique world. Build your settlement, manage your workers and optimize your resources. Analyzing your environment, spreading new plants, and harvesting them are key to prosperity. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Synergy.

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  31. 78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    80% User Score Based on 460 reviews
    Critic Score 68%Based on 2 reviews

    Imagine that you don't have any modern technology. Use your mind to build from scratch your first primitive tools and constructions. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tribe: Primitive Builder.

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  32. 69%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, music
    69% User Score Based on 136 reviews

    A city-building game where you build a penguin settlement and satisfy the various needs of your penguins while dealing with seals and killer whales. Enjoy the growth of your settlement, become the king, and lead the United Penguin Kingdom. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to United Penguin Kingdom.

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  33. 85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    89% User Score Based on 10,003 reviews
    Critic Score 74%Based on 2 reviews

    Build a multi-story fortress out of clay, wood, and stone. Your villagers will have needs, feelings, and agendas shaped by the world and its history, and it's up to you to keep them content and... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Going Medieval.

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  34. 75%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    75% User Score Based on 342 reviews

    Loki, known from the Nordic sagas as a versatile god of lies and weaver of many intrigues against his divine "colleagues", has been banned from Asgard by Odin as a punishment for the trouble caused by the Midgard serpent. Now Loki is plotting revenge and searching for a possibility to sneak back into Asgard and pay Odin back. Out of spite, he abuses our four human heroes--Sigurd, the Frank, Hatsch… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cultures: Northland.

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  35. 77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:replayability, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics
    89% User Score Based on 37 reviews

    Wastelander is a minimalist turn-based colony building game with roguelike and deckbuilding elements, where you start from nothing as a castaway on an alien world, build your colony, collect resources and protect yourself from mysterious and destructive atmospheric storms while using the secrets of the alien ruins to find a way to escape. As your colony expands you'll find alien artifacts and buil… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Wastelander.

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  36. 74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    71% User Score Based on 144 reviews
    Critic Score 90%Based on 1 reviews

    A peaceful 3rd person adventure and town-building game. Explore, gather, build, befriend, and quest in a beautifully handcrafted world. Build and grow a new settlement and explore the lands surrounding it in this Peaceful Action-Adventure & Town-Builder. Search the lush forests of the Dusken Woodlands for resources, and adventure through mysterious new places to find lost artifacts. Meet strange… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dwarrows.

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  37. 98%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, story
    98% User Score Based on 106 reviews

    Moons of Ardan is a captivating city-building game set in space that allows players to rebuild and expand their civilization across the moons in a living planetary system. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Moons of Ardan.

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  38. Craft your tale in a whimsical fantasy world. Shape a charming city, fulfill Kinlings' needs, and watch their unique stories unfold. Explore, quest, farm, and build. Experience the enchantment of Kinlings. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Kinlings.

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  39. A relaxed settlement builder in the tradition of The Settlers II. You build a settlement with woodcutters, a sawmill, a bakery and mines, and you watch the Wuslers carry every single good along the roads you laid out yourself. Nobody rushes you while you do it, because there is no timer and no click frenzy, just a living system that you watch bustling along and expand piece by piece.Watch and List… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Wuslers.

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  40. At a turning point in history, decide the future of a nation. Mandate 1600: The East is a global historical grand strategy game. Govern lands and dynasty, secure your bloodline, grow through trade, and prevail in war. Rewrite history. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mandate 1600: The East.

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  41. A deep, relaxed space-industry sim. Mine asteroids, refine raw ore into valuable goods, and trade on a living market while you build a modular station, grow a colony, and expand across the solar system and beyond into a freighter-linked empire. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sunward.

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  42. Geopogo Cities: Windsor–Detroit is a playable urban simulation set in the real-world downtown cores of Windsor, Ontario and Detroit, Michigan. You step into the role of city planner, balancing zoning, development, transportation, and economic growth in a region shaped by industry, border trade, and decades of change. Using real map data as a foundation, the city responds dynamically as you remove… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Developer Simulator.

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  43. Awaken the first Stickfolk. Explore an endless world. Build your cities. Develop new technologies. Unlock new eras. Shape a peaceful civilization. No war, only creation. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to FireMatch Empire.

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    59%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, music
    100% User Score Based on 10 reviews

    For the last 3 decades, the little hamlet of VeilWood has been isolated from the rest of the world by a strange blue fog. Prolonged exposure to the haze has twisted the local wildlife into bizarre creatures. Solve the mysteries of the town and investigate the cause behind the mist distorting the region or grow complacent as the new town farmer. Grow crops: Cultivate over 45 unique crops, each … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to VeilWood.

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  45. Dig deep, upgrade your gear, and build your mining empire in Miner Man! Mine resources, hire contractors to automate the grind, and unlock new, challenging mines as you grow from rookie digger to legendary tycoon. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Miner Man.

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    59%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics
    100% User Score Based on 10 reviews

    In a medieval world, gather resources, build your city, and manage your people. Deal with theft and internal conflicts, complete royal missions, and fight enemies on the battlefield. Use strategy and economic management to keep your city thriving. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Towerfolk.

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  47. A fantasy strategy, featuring turn-based factory building over procedural resource types. Expand and optimize your network of towns, grow your heroes, and excel in deep tactical seamless auto-battler combat. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Colossal Citadels.

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  48. Build a unique civilization in a flat world! Explore, extract resources, expand, and battle enemies. Use your time management skills to fend off attacks and face a mysterious threat. Are you ready to create a world that can survive? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Chronocracy.

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  49. A homage to classic real-time strategy games. Gather resources, build an empire, and command powerful armies to conquer the world. Lead six unique tribes, expand your territory, and engage in epic battles with hundreds of units on screen. Dominate in 18 missions and procedurally generated maps! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Settle and Battle: New Empires.

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  50. Build and grow your own colony in Wildwood, a thrilling town building game. Gather resources, craft tools, and expand your settlement with a robust logistics network. Start small and watch your colony thrive as you take control and guide it to greatness. Join the adventure now! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Wildwood: A Town Building Game.

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