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The best city builder indie games, ranked by reviews

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Data report Built from live indielist data on 2026-07-24. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 48 city builder indie games on Steam, holding 1,100,428 reviews at an average of 88% positive. This list ranks them by Steam review count, the most reliable public sales proxy, with a white-box sales estimate behind every title. The most reviewed is RimWorld with 243,385 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. RimWorld · 243,385 reviews · 98% positive · 2018
  2. Factorio · 193,619 reviews · 98% positive · 2020
  3. Kenshi · 96,887 reviews · 96% positive · 2018
  4. Dyson Sphere Program · 83,095 reviews · 97% positive · 2021
  5. Prison Architect · 59,960 reviews · 89% positive · 2015
  6. Banished · 37,798 reviews · 90% positive · 2014
  7. Two Point Hospital · 34,797 reviews · 92% positive · 2018
  8. Transport Fever 2 · 32,145 reviews · 90% positive · 2019
  9. Stacklands · 28,925 reviews · 96% positive · 2022
  10. Dorfromantik · 27,282 reviews · 96% positive · 2022
  11. Thronefall · 23,359 reviews · 96% positive · 2024
  12. Foundation · 22,753 reviews · 87% positive · 2025
  13. Townscaper · 20,019 reviews · 95% positive · 2021
  14. Dawn of Man · 17,790 reviews · 87% positive · 2019
  15. Going Medieval · 16,830 reviews · 89% positive · 2026
  16. IXION · 15,003 reviews · 79% positive · 2022
  17. Captain of Industry · 10,682 reviews · 90% positive · 2022
  18. Smalland: Survive the Wilds · 10,335 reviews · 82% positive · 2024
  19. Space Haven · 10,128 reviews · 86% positive · 2026
  20. Planetbase · 9,494 reviews · 80% positive · 2015

How this list is built

Games are ranked by Steam review count, the most reliable public proxy for sales when actual figures are private. Each title links to its indielist page, where the white-box sales estimate expands into the full Boxleiter formula, so you can audit the number rather than trust a black box. Review counts come from Steam; sales figures are estimates, not official sales data.

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