Best Building Games on Steam

Unlike generic lists, our game recommendations use a rigorous analysis of Steam user reviews to identify and feature only the best, community-validated building games.

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Ostriv Ostriv is a city-building game that puts you in a role of a governor of an 18th century Ukrainian town to challenge your creative skills and management abilities.

Price -20% 16.79€
Rating 9.2
Release 19 Mar 2020
AI*Shoujo/AI*少女 Ever wanted to get away from it all? Well here's your chance! In AI Shoujo, a tropical island paradise filled with beautiful girls is waiting for you! Customize NPCs with a rich suite of character creation tools, then watch as they think, learn, and love. Kick back, relax, and enjoy life in the sun!

Price 60.22€
Rating 7.3
Release 16 Mar 2020
Hidden Through Time Embark on a colourful hand drawn journey of discovery through the ages! From missing dinosaur eggs in the stone age, to a king's crown in medieval times, can you find them all? Discover, create and share worlds with your own hidden treasures in Hidden Through Time!

Price -76% 1.98€
Rating 9.0
Release 12 Mar 2020
Avorion A procedural co-op space sandbox where players can build their own space ships out of dynamically scalable blocks. Fight epic space battles, explore, mine, trade, wage wars and build your own empire to save your galaxy from being torn apart by an unknown enemy.

Price -75% 6.37€
Rating 8.8
Release 09 Mar 2020
The Political Machine 2020 Win the hearts and minds of America’s voters and take the 2020 presidential election by storm in Stardock’s popular political strategy game. Choose a candidate and run against a computer opponent or a candidate controlled by another person over the Internet.

Price 23.38€
Rating 7.9
Release 03 Mar 2020
Mechanica Mechanica is a multiplayer open-world survival game involving building and programming. Create your own bases, defenses, manufacturing systems and more. Explore the map and expand the scope and complexity of your creations.

Price 0.99€
Rating 6.4
Release 28 Feb 2020
SimAirport Build & Manage Your Airport. An International Hub or a Regional Masterpiece -- it's up to you. Buy more land to scale out, or escalators to scale up with MULTIPLE FLOORS. You're in full control in this modern business management tycoon!

Price -21% 19.39€
Rating 7.7
Release 28 Feb 2020
Genesis Alpha One Deluxe Edition Hyperjump into the dark recesses of space with Genesis Alpha One - a roguelike FPS where you must build, maintain and navigate your ship through a galaxy filled with hostile alien and human threats. Explore, create and survive the militarized space race in order to secure humanity’s future.

Price -96% 0.94€
Rating 6.7
Release 25 Feb 2020
Tank Mechanic Simulator Renovate & build II World War tanks. Experience highly detailed & realistic simulation game. Take tanks fully apart by using different tools. Transform them from rusty and ruined to fully working. Check them on the training ground, sell or put into your own museum.

Price -89% 1.84€
Rating 8.6
Release 20 Feb 2020
Besiege Besiege is a physics building game about constructing medieval machines to annihilate armies, obliterate castles and overcome challenging obstacles. Conquer the campaign or skirmish with friends in Multiplayer!

Price -97% 0.48€
Rating 9.4
Release 18 Feb 2020
Void Destroyer 2 Start with nothing... End with everything! All you have is a basic ship, barely fit for combat, with it you'll start your journey and empire. A open world space sandbox, inspired by and expanding the classics.

Price 8.19€
Rating 7.7
Release 06 Feb 2020
The Pedestrian I can see the signs in my sleep now, always guiding me closer. Will this really work? Have we almost achieved the impossible?

Price -97% 0.70€
Rating 9.3
Release 29 Jan 2020
Bunny Park Manage your own bunny park! Give snacks and toys to your bunnies. Improve and decorate your park to increase its popularity and collect all the bunnies!

Price -81% 0.97€
Rating 8.6
Release 14 Jan 2020
Mad Tower Tycoon Design your own skyscraper with more than 100 Floors. Rent offices, apartments or shops and build a financially lucrative skyscraper. Build cinemas, bars or a theater to satisfy your visitors and create an effective transport system with elevators and stairs.

Price 14.99€
Rating 7.4
Release 14 Jan 2020
GemCraft - Frostborn Wrath The epic tower defense dark fantasy journey continues! Create powerful gems with various abilities and take on the battle against an endlessly flowing army of monsters, and face the growing darkness as you fight your way back towards the Spiritforge.

Price -91% 1.07€
Rating 8.5
Release 10 Jan 2020
MMORPG Tycoon 2 MMORPG Tycoon 2 is a single-player world-builder game about creating the greatest MMORPG of all time – yours.

Price 20.99€
Rating 8.3
Release 06 Jan 2020
Angeldust ADVENTURE. ANYWHERE! Explore endless magical worlds and battle fearsome creatures alongside millions of friends. Ride your own horse, bear or moa and discover the many game world wonders. Unleash your imagination by crafting beautiful buildings.

Price Free to play
Rating 6.2
Release 21 Dec 2019
Winter Resort Simulator Are you ready for the winter? Winter Resort simulator lets you operate detailed Doppelmayr cable cars and snow vehicles such as Pistenbully snowcats. Set in a realistic alpine landscape, you are responsible for managing your ski resort and keeping your guests happy.

Price -63% 7.46€
Rating 7.7
Release 12 Dec 2019
Starcom: Nexus Suddenly thrown into an unknown galaxy, you must explore, fight or befriend aliens and transform your ship from a small survey vessel into a powerful battlecruiser to unravel the mystery of the forces that brought you here and find your way home.

Price -60% 6.71€
Rating 8.6
Release 12 Dec 2019
Transport Fever 2 The classic transport simulation genre has a new gold standard with Transport Fever 2. Discover a whole new world by navigating transport routes through land, water and air. May progress and prosperity find their way!

Price -86% 5.87€
Rating 8.9
Release 11 Dec 2019
DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS™ 2 DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS™ 2 is a block-building RPG set in a fantasy land threatened by an evil cult. Explore, battle, build and harvest in the charming single-player campaign or build big projects in the online sandbox mode for up to 4-players.

Price -75% 12.72€
Rating 8.9
Release 10 Dec 2019
Hurtworld Hurtworld is a hardcore multiplayer survival FPS with a focus on competitive gunplay and strategic map control. Built for hardcore gamers, Hurtworld aims to punish.

Price -55% 11.20€
Rating 7.5
Release 10 Dec 2019
Ylands Adventure awaits you and your friends in the world of Ylands! Gather resources, craft tools, construct anything and everything, and explore the lands! Build a ship and set sail, encountering mythical animals, a wide variety of sea-life, enemies of all kinds and much more!

Price Free to play
Rating 6.2
Release 05 Dec 2019
Biker Garage: Mechanic Simulator Become an ace motorcycle mechanic. Buy used motorcycles, repair, and sell them for a profit. Work with 15 types of motorbikes. Develop a workshop and attract as many customers as you can. Customize bikes or create your own dream bike from hundreds of available parts.

Price -49% 10.90€
Rating 6.6
Release 28 Nov 2019
Farmer's Dynasty - Final Harvest Edition Live – Build – Farm: Enjoy a unique mix of farming, constructing and life simulation that takes you to the countryside and holds plenty of challenging gameplay in stock!

Price 19.99€
Rating 7.3
Release 21 Nov 2019
Automation Empire Build and manage a massive industrial network of factories, mines, and farms. Employ a fleet of trains, trucks, and robotic drones. In the age of automation, efficiency is survival!

Price 24.99€
Rating 6.5
Release 20 Nov 2019
Railroad Corporation Relive the pioneering spirit of the Golden Age of Steam by establishing your own railroad empire across 19th century North America. Bring settlements together, produce and trade goods and develop new technologies to stay ahead of the competition. Want more? RAILROAD CORPORATION 2 Out Now!

Price -98% 0.95€
Rating 7.1
Release 18 Nov 2019
Tracks - The Train Set Game Jump into the ultimate toy sandbox and build the train set of your dreams! Create colourful railway systems, decorate beautiful towns, transport commuting passengers, and even ride your train in first-person.

Price -87% 2.78€
Rating 8.9
Release 14 Nov 2019
Basement Basement is a strategy game, where you start doing illegal business to fund the development of your dream video game. It won't be easy, so get ready to deal with other gangs, cops, crazy junkies, mysterious investor and even ghosts from the past.

Price -98% 0.46€
Rating 6.9
Release 10 Nov 2019
Voxelgram Voxelgram is a 3D nonograms game where solving puzzles feels like sculpting in three dimensions. Reveal voxel models as you complete each challenge.

Price 9.75€
Rating 9.1
Release 07 Nov 2019
Planet Zoo Build a world for wildlife in Planet Zoo. From the developers of Planet Coaster and Zoo Tycoon comes the ultimate zoo sim. Construct detailed habitats, manage your zoo, and meet authentic living animals who think, feel and explore the world you create around them.

Price -89% 5.22€
Rating 9.0
Release 05 Nov 2019
Mars Power Industries Deluxe Mysterious puzzle inspired by 2001:Space Odyssey. Manage resources, solve challenging puzzles and uncover what lies beneath the surface! Year after year, strange happenings plague our tiny colony, darkness devours Mars. Your job as an Electrician? Bring light where darkness reigns!

Price -92% 0.53€
Rating 8.8
Release 04 Nov 2019
They Can't Stop All Of Us D.A.B. Your foes in co-op & PvP battles. (D)efend bases with weapons and skill. (A)ttack with clever AI armies. (B)uild amazingly creative defenses.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.1
Release 01 Nov 2019
Citadel: Forged with Fire This massive online sandbox RPG features elements of magic, spellcasting, building, exploring and crafting. As a newly minted apprentice of the magic arts, you will set off to the dangerous world of Ignus. Tame mighty beasts, forge alliances, explore uncharted territories or fight for dominance!

Price -55% 6.69€
Rating 6.7
Release 01 Nov 2019
Autonauts In Autonauts you must build, create, and automate. Start by establishing a colony, crafting bots and teaching them via Scratch-style programming to build an ever evolving autonomous paradise of agriculture, industry and enlightenment.

Price -97% 0.71€
Rating 8.6
Release 17 Oct 2019
Little Big Workshop Manage your workers, stations, machines and create awesome stuff as your little big workshop grows into your dream factory!

Price -97% 0.70€
Rating 8.1
Release 17 Oct 2019

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