Games Like The Settlers (Series) Similar City Building Games & RTS Games like The Settlers (Series)

The Settlers is described as 'Video game series. The first game in the series is The Settlers (1993). There are eight games in the series, including remakes. All the games were developed by the German studio Blue Byte, and were published by either Blue Byte or Ubisoft, the company that' and is a city building game in the games category. There are more than 10 games similar to The Settlers for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Steam and Android apps. The best The Settlers alternative is Cities: Skylines. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Widelands or Unknown Horizons. Other The Settlers like games are SimCity, Anno, Banished and Tropico.

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  1. Cities: Skylines is a modern take on the classic city simulation. The game introduces new game play elements to realize the thrill and hardships of creating and maintaining a real city whilst expanding on some well-established tropes of the city building experience.

    30 Cities: Skylines alternatives

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    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Steam
    • Playstation
    • Nintendo Switch
    • Xbox
     
  2. SimCity icon
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    SimCity is a series of city-building simulation games, where you are given the task of founding and developing a city, while maintaining the happiness of the citizens and keeping a stable budget.

    36 SimCity alternatives

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    • Paid
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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • ReactOS
     
  3. Widelands icon
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    Widelands is a free, open source real-time strategy game with singleplayer campaigns and a multiplayer mode. The game was inspired by Settlers II™ (© Bluebyte) but has significantly more variety and depth to it. Still, it is easy to get started through playable tutorials.

    26 Widelands alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. Anno icon
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    ANNO is a city-building and economic simulation video game series, with real-time strategy elements.

    23 Anno alternatives

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    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  5. Banished icon
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    In this city-building strategy game, you control a group of exiled travelers who decide to restart their lives in a new land. They have only the clothes on their backs and a cart filled with supplies from their homeland.

    46 Banished alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Wine
    • Steam
     
  6. Unknown Horizons is a 2D real-time strategy simulation with an emphasis on economy and city building. Expand your small settlement to a strong and wealthy colony, collect taxes and supply your inhabitants with valuable goods.

    8 Unknown Horizons alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. Tropico icon
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    Tropico is a series of construction and management simulation computer games developed by PopTop Software and published by Gathering of Developers in April 2001. Feral Interactive has developed and published a number of the games.

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    • Wine
     
  8. Cytopia icon
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    Cytopia is a free, open source retro pixel-art city building game with a big focus on mods. It utilizes a custom isometric rendering engine based on SDL2.

    30 Cytopia alternatives

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    • Mac
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  9. Caesar icon
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    As a provincial governor charged with spreading the glory of Rome your mission is clear – build cities, foster trade and industry, make money. How you accomplish this is up to you. Gain wealth and power, make a career out of pleasing the emperor, battle barbarians and repel...

    30 Caesar alternatives

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    • Windows
     
  10. Islanders icon
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    ISLANDERS is a minimalist strategy game about building cities on colorful islands. Explore an infinite number of ever-changing new lands, expand your settlements from sprawling villages to vast cities and enjoy the relaxing atmosphere.

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    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Steam
    • Playstation
    • Nintendo Switch
    • Xbox
     
  11. Citystate icon
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    Combining the classic city building game experience with advanced macro-economics, Citystate aims to be the most realistic urban simulator ever made. Build the cities of a new Nation and bring about your vision of the ideal society.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Steam
     
  12. In this city-building game, you will lead a group of survivors in their search for a new home. Manipulate the landscape, manage limited supplies, plant crops, hunt wildlife, gather resources, and develop trade routes to build a bustling and unique town.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Steam
     
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