Best Building Games on Steam

Unlike generic lists, our strategy game recommendations use a rigorous analysis of Steam user reviews to identify and feature only the best, community-validated building games. For those who prefer not to search, check out lists of the most played, top deals and best free to play Building games on Steam.

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Farlanders Terraform, strategize, and construct a Martian colony in this retro-inspired turn-based city builder. Create a comfortable living for your citizens, research alien artifacts, and uncover the secrets of the Red Planet.

Price -81% 2.38€
Rating 8.7
Release 17 Jan 2023
WW2 Rebuilder Build the new future of Europe! Flip, renovate, repair and rebuild places destroyed during World War 2. Get to know the history and stories of civilians. Play an immersive building simulator with grappling storytelling.

Price 19.99€
Rating 8.3
Release 16 Jan 2023
No One Survived This is a multiplayer cooperative open world construction survival sandbox game, where you and your friends must find supplies and build shelters in this world. You have to keep an eye on your character's needs state at all times, a bad state is likely to lead to death.

Price -55% 7.49€
Rating 6.5
Release 14 Jan 2023
Aquatico Aquatico is a classic city builder set within the depths of the sea. Strategically build an underwater colony atop the ocean floor and face the challenges that accompany oceanic life.

Price -75% 6.30€
Rating 6.6
Release 12 Jan 2023
Territory: Farming and Warfare From a small village of a dozen people to a small kingdom of thousands of people. Arrange for residents to work, gathering, fishing and hunting, farming and mining, processing and manufacturing. Trade, accumulate supplies, increase your strength, and fight evil forces and monsters.

Price 14.79€
Rating 8.1
Release 11 Jan 2023
Rogue AI Simulator Play as a Rogue Artificial Intelligence, in the sequel to the hit Flash game "I'm an Insane Rogue AI", played more than 4 million times! Your Prime Directive is simple: design a facility & manage human Test Subjects for the Dept of Science. But be careful: they NEVER stop being suspicious of you...

Price -69% 3.68€
Rating 7.7
Release 11 Jan 2023
Fargone Fargone is an RPG-based survival game with a strong focus on creating a living, breathing world through dynamic events, and NPC interactions. Set in a fictional land known only as The Barrens, you must survive by any means, whether that be alone or by allying yourself with a faction.

Price -93% 0.89€
Rating 6.7
Release 23 Dec 2022
Fresh Start Cleaning Simulator Fresh Start is a relaxing single player game, in which you embark on a mission to clean up the world and restore nature to its fresh and colorful shape. Watch as the world changes in front of your eyes as you help animals, solve puzzles and grow plants around you.

Price -90% 0.85€
Rating 8.4
Release 20 Dec 2022
Coffee Shop Tycoon Manage your own coffee shop and control every detail to make it the most popular one in town! Roast your own beans and create your recipes. Hire and train your staff, manage your economy and marketing, and destroy your competition to become the ultimate legal coffee monopoly in Coffee Shop Tycoon.

Price -94% 0.60€
Rating 8.0
Release 19 Dec 2022
Outpath: First Journey Outpath: First Journey is a prologue chapter of the main game, Outpath. An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!

Price Free to play
Rating 9.4
Release 17 Dec 2022
Aka Find inner peace in a small, open-world game. On these carefully handcrafted islands, you can take a nap on a giant monster, feed baby dragons, take care of the fauna and flora... ...but demons from your past might come back to remind you what you want to forget.

Price -48% 6.69€
Rating 7.2
Release 14 Dec 2022
Garden Galaxy Discover, collect and organise to create your own unique garden in this relaxing idle / creative sandbox!

Price 9.49€
Rating 9.3
Release 14 Dec 2022
Master of Magic Take up the role of a great wizard, wield powerful spells, command fantasy races and challenge your rivals in this remake of a cult turn-based strategy classic. Do you have what it takes to become Master of Magic?

Price -97% 1.53€
Rating 6.8
Release 13 Dec 2022
IXION IXION is an unrelenting, city-building odyssey across the stars. As Administrator of the Tiqqun, DOLOS’ prototype space station, you are tasked with balancing preservation and exploration as you manage infrastructure, resources and crew. Can you keep the flame of humanity alight in the cold dark?

Price -71% 9.92€
Rating 7.7
Release 07 Dec 2022
Dwarf Fortress The deepest, most intricate simulation of a world that's ever been created. The legendary Dwarf Fortress is now on Steam. Build a fortress and try to help your dwarves survive against a deeply generated world.

Price 28.99€
Rating 9.3
Release 06 Dec 2022
Final Upgrade Help humanity to spread throughout the cosmos by exploring new worlds, building space factories and setting up trade routes. Research advanced technologies to increase efficiency and unlock new paths of development. Fight off other artificial intelligences in your goal to reach the Final Upgrade!

Price -94% 1.08€
Rating 7.4
Release 06 Dec 2022
Cafe Owner Simulator Open your dream restaurant at FPP. Create a unique exterior and interior, hire the best workers and chefs, create a place where people will love to eat, spend time and spend their money. Simulation of the restaurant business.

Price -95% 0.98€
Rating 6.4
Release 05 Dec 2022
Another Farm Roguelike Another Farm Roguelike is a 2D farming & crafting game with rougelike elements where your job is to earn as much money as possible to pay the rent. Start from scratch and build the most profitable farm you can make as soon as possible. Work hard to be able to afford the rent.

Price 2.99€
Rating 7.7
Release 30 Nov 2022
Retro Gadgets Retro Gadgets is a sandbox where you build, code, and customize gadgets inspired by old-school electronics.

Price 19.99€
Rating 8.6
Release 30 Nov 2022
Frozen Flame A challenging exploration and survival adventure, set in the dying world of Dragons. Only those who harness the power of Frozen Flame have the means to survive the harsh conditions of the realm and able to muster the strength to cleanse it for good.

Price -64% 7.04€
Rating 6.4
Release 17 Nov 2022
Starsand Starsand is a mystic survival game set among the dunes of an arcane desert. An open-world full of danger, vast environments and mysterious happenings await you! Explore, hunt, craft, build – and SURVIVE.

Price -98% 0.42€
Rating 6.5
Release 17 Nov 2022
Lords and Villeins Build a prosperous settlement in a unique simulation of a feudal economy - each family runs their shop, owns their goods, and trades with other villagers in a free market. You will manage the land, build houses, organise events, set taxes, and balance supply and demand while engaging in diplomacy!

Price -99% 0.29€
Rating 7.0
Release 10 Nov 2022
Astro Colony Explore endless Universe and create the most efficient constellation of colonies. Build conveyor systems to automate production. Take care of Astronauts and their needs! Establish new colonies as part of intergalactic simulation.

Price -43% 11.17€
Rating 7.9
Release 07 Nov 2022
Espresso Tycoon Prologue: Underwater A completely FREE underwater mission from the Espresso Tycoon - a coffee shop simulator. Build your own cafe from scratch, hire staff, create the most delicious recipes in the whole Pacific Ocean and make customers happy! Decorate, manage, and build a successful coffee business in Sydney!

Price Free to play
Rating 8.4
Release 04 Nov 2022