Build-em-up is a type of Simulation video game where the player assumes the role of the leader and planner of the town or city, playing from a top-down perspective and being responsible for its management and growth. In these games, players may select building placement and management feature like work priorities and salaries, and the development of the city accordingly. These games focuses on building rather than a set victory conditions. The player can follow his personal preference in growth and design. Such types of games, the player has an opportunity to unleash his building skills, gather resources and set out on an epic mission of establishing his wonderful city or town where all the basic services are available for the inhabitants. The player starts the game with limited resources, an empty land, and few tools, but as the player gain experience and start creating his city, further content will be unlocked and the player gain more advanced tools as well as buildings to place. The player explores the environment from a top-down or isometric perspective and can use point-and-click interface to take actions.

57 Best Build-em-up Games for PC

#1 Age of Empires II

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Age of Empires II is an Action, Real-time Strategy, 2D, Single and Multiplayer video game developed by Ensemble Studios. The game takes place in the medieval-themed world and includes different factions to play. It is the second entry in the series of Age of Empires and revolves around gathering resources, fighting and base-building. Select your faction and dive into the game world where you have to create your Kingdom, build your base, recruit army, and defend your castle. Conquer another faction by defeating and loot their resources to expand your kingdom. Explore the environment, discover new technologies, and upgrade your units, weapons and buildings. There are a set of quests that you must complete and take part in battle to show off your army strength. Dominate the world, interact with other players, and create a guild to become powerful. Maintain your resources and survive as long as possible. With exciting features, superb mechanics, and addictive gameplay, Age of Empires II is the best game to play and enjoy.

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#2 Civilization VI

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Civilization VI combines the elements of Turn-based Strategy, Historical, Single and Multiplayer 4X video game created by Firaxis Games and published by 2K Games. It is the sixth marvelous entry in the series of Civilization and offers enhanced gameplay, mechanics, and features. The game takes place in the historical-themed world and allows the player to lead his civilization from an early settlements and become a super power using one of different condition such as technology superiority, military power, and diplomacy leadership. In the beginning, you can start from a small tribe and your task is to explore the world, find new cities, build shelters, buildings, recruit your army, research new technologies, gather resources and train your force to defend your empire. Control the entire planet by defeat other players or AI-controlled Characters across different periods of development. Gather resources to survive longer, and conquer the land of other players to loot their resources. Civilization VI includes core features such as Expansive Empires, Active Research, Dynamic Diplomacy, Combined Arms, Enhance Multiplayer, and more. Try it out, and you’ll love it.

#3 Command and Conquer: Red Alert 2

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Command and Conquer: Red Alert 2 developed by Westwood Pacific and published by Electronic Arts is a Real-time Strategy and Single-player video game. The game revolves around two different factions fighting against each other such as the Allies and the Soviets. The player must choose his factions and select his character from playable classes to get into the world. There are a variety of levels, and the game is about base-building, train and lead an army and conquer the land. The main objective is to build the base, create an army and equip them with weapons and start a battle against another faction to loot their resources and conquer their land. Navigate the environment and collect resources to enhance the power of his base and earn lots of money to unlock or purchase an upgrade. The Single-player campaign three different modes such as boot camp, Soviet and allied. The player can select one of them to battle against others or can compete in Skirmish mode where he can customize the setting and rules the battle. With superb mechanics, addictive gameplay, and wonderful visuals Command and Conquer: Red Alert 2 is the best game to play and enjoy.

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#4 Rome: Total War

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Rome: Total War combines the elements of Turn-based, Tactics, and Real-time Strategy. It has both Single and Multiplayer modes developed by The Creative Assembly. There are three massive Roman houses such as Brutii, Julii, and Scipii, and the game lets you select one of them to dive into the battle world. Each house represents different attributes, objectives, and a few provinces. The game takes place earlier Roman Empire 270 BC and the gameplay comprises tactical battles. The ultimate goal is to create your own Empire, recruit armies and equip them with classic weapons and fight against other empires to loot their resources. Score experience points and uses them to upgrade your armies, buildings, and resources. Build your units, and protect your Empire using your armies. Manage resources, diplomacy, armies, developing, and population. Expand your Empire further and further by conquering fifty provinces. In the beginning, you have an empty land and the task is to convert it into a big Empire. With a detailed environment, addictive gameplay and superb mechanics, Rome: Total War is the best game to play and enjoy.

#5 The Settlers

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The settlers, developed by Ubisoft Blue Bite and published by Ubisoft back in 1993, is a Real Time Strategy (RTS) video game series. The series comprises of total eight main games in the series including the remakes and the recent game was made available in the markets in late 2012. The whole game series features Real Time Strategy game-play in which the player builds a civilization, gathers resources, unlocks new buildings and wages wars against the enemies. The Settlers offers a unique RTS gaming experience along with a community of players all around the world. Players can communicate, make alliances and attack the enemies from different locations and conquer their lands. With all the fancies provided, The Settlers is available to play on numerous gaming platforms as Amiga, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac OS X, Nintendo DS, iOS and Android.

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#6 Age of Mythology

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Age of Mythology is a Myth-based MMO-RTS video game by Ensemble Studios. The game is basically a Spin-off from the Age of Empires Series and is based on Greek, Egyptian and Norse mythologies. With an Age of Empires inspired game-play and mechanics, Age of Mythology features Admiral Arkantos from Atlantean Origins who is destined to explore the game world divided into 3 most significant cultures and hunt down Cyclops, a companion of Poseidon, and an enemy of Atlantis. Age of Mythology offers a typical gameplay to a lot of other MMORTS games and because of that it allows you to defeat a number of enemy units, build structures, towns, farms etc., train villagers into fully skilled fighters or soldiers, wage epic wars against the neighboring and distant Civilizations, Rival Towns etc. Your main task in the game is to always keep on advancing your tribes and to achieve that goal you’ll have to start from Archaic Age then eventually upgrades to Classic Age, Heroic Age and finally reach to the Mythic Age. Each and every upgrades to any age unlocks more unique Units, Technologies etc. and allows you to be in a more advanced time than the previous. Age of Mythology offers four types of main resources such as Food, Gold, Favor that you can use to train your troop units, build structures, research etc. Age of Mythology lacks one main resource Stone and lets you use other things instead of that. Furthermore, Age of Mythology offers brilliant options to build a strong economy, diplomatic relations with friendly nations etc. With a number of units classified into seven main classes such as Infantry, Cavalry, Archery, Naval, Heroes, Myth Units and Siege Weaponry controlled by Human Units, options to build multiple types of buildings such as Economic buildings, Markets, Farms, Military buildings, Research Facilities, Defensive Structures such as Towers and weapon Mounts etc, Age of Mythology offers a brilliantly engaging and quite addictive gameplay to enjoy.

#7 Warcraft

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Warcraft or also known as Warcraft: Orcs & Humans is the Very first video game of the series. Released back in 1994, Warcraft was a Record Sale hit video game that won three awards and was nominated for three more. With a massive response from around the world markets, Warcraft became the number one hit of the time and was a great competitor to Westwood Studio’s Command and Conquer video game series. Being a top trending RTS (Real Time Strategy) video game, the game lets the player take control of a character from any of the classes (Humans and Orcs) and engage in an epic single-player campaign to complete a number of different missions. Each and every mission of the game offers different objectives such as building towns, resource collection, and raising and training massive armies, etc. The Multiplayer Campaign of the game allows the players to complete only one primary objective of destroying enemy bases and defeat their forces (Humans, Orcs or Monsters based on the character class choices at the start of the game). The combat in the game is mainly Melee and Ranged type that requires troops having the abilities. With a truly remarkable narrative, Medieval and Fantasy-based game setting, addictive gameplay, loads of fantastic game modes, beautiful visuals and loads of other great things, Warcraft (Warcraft: Orcs & Humans) is one amazing RTS game to play and enjoy.

#8 Empire Earth

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Empire Earth by Stainless Steel Studios is a Real-time Strategy (RTS) video game. It’s the first game in the series and allows the players to be part of the world, Collect Resources, Construct buildings, produce and look for the Citizens, raise massive legions of Army and invade enemy civilizations to expand your reign. Empire Earth offers 500,000 years of World History and divides it to fourteen different eras. The game lets the players start from the Prehistoric Age and slowly grow into the most advanced and developed civilizations. With an exciting Expansion pack named as Empire Earth: The Art of Conquest, Empire Earth adds up more new features to the gameplay and allows the players to enjoy it more. Furthermore, Empire Earth offers a fifteenth and new Epoch known as Empire Earth: Space Age that focuses on Advanced Space-based Civilizations and Colonization of the planets in the Empire Earth Universe. Empire Earth offers Epochs of different times and allows the players to enjoy gameplay in various eras such as Prehistoric Age, Stone Age, Copper Age, Bronze Age, Dark Age, Middle Ages, Renaissance, Imperial Age, Industrial Age, the Era of World War 1, World War 2, Modern Atomic Age, Digital Age, and the Nano Age. Space Age is added to the game as an expansion pack that comes separately. With a number of Single-player Campaigns such as Learning Campaign, Greek Campaign, English Campaign, German Campaign, and Russian Campaign, Empire Earth offers Multiplayer Campaigns as well. Empire Earth also provides several Sequels, and a major Expansion pack named as Empire Earth: The Art of Conquest. With a truly remarkable narrative, an impressively involving gameplay, beautifully created visuals and all the building and Construction fun, Empire Earth is a great RTS video game to play and enjoy.

#9 Zoo Tycoon (2001)

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Zoo Tycoon (2001) combines the elements of Construction and Management and Business Simulation developed by Blue Fang Games and published by Microsoft. The game supports Single-player mode only and takes place in the exciting world. The player assumes the role of the manager and his primary task is to create a marvelous zoo by building rides, exhibits to accommodate exotic animals and struggling to keeps animals and visitors happy. The player starts off from an empty land and he must turn it into an amusement park. Different types of animals are available such as Lion, Elephant, and more to attract visitors. The player needs to compete against rival opponents and take down them by offering the best services. The happiness of the guests dependent on buildings, animal happiness and choices, scenery, and decorations. He can build different structure using material such as restaurant, shops, food stands, bathrooms, and more. The player has to earn as much money as possible to progress through the game and unlock further content in the game. With superb mechanics, addictive graphics, and smooth controls, Zoo Tycoon (2001) is the best game to play and enjoy.

#10 Roblox

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Roblox, developed and published by Roblox Corporation is an MMO (Massively Multiplayer online) and a Sandbox video game available to play on PC, Mac OS X, iOS and Android platforms. The game lets you be part of a virtual world by selecting and customizing an online avatar for yourself, explore an open world, interact with a lot of online players, play games together, make friends online and focuses on your creative and building abilities by manipulating the blocks and create whatever you want. You can talk over the mic or chat with your friends via an online text based platform. Everything you see in the game is basically situated inside the differently stylized, sized and colored bricks and blocks, and offers you a unique experience of Voxel based sandbox gaming. You get to visit different places, some provided by the game itself and some user created (Maps created by Lua 5.1 Programming Language), you can walk, run, jump, ride on skateboards, bikes, cars etc. and buy houses to live in. Roblox allows you to buy a structure and decorate it according to your likes and dislikes. If you don’t like a building or you want to destroy something you can totally bring it down and rebuild just according to your style and demands. The game provides you with best 3D graphics, two types of virtual currency (Tickets and Robux) to buy things, a lot of upgrades that you can buy with Tickets or Robux and a lot of other exciting things to do and enjoy.

#11 Slay the Spire

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Slay the Spire is an engaging Deck-Building, Rogue-like, and Single-player video game created by Mega Crit Games for multiple platforms. The game blends the rogue-like and card games to offers the best Single-player video game. During the game, the player needs to craft his unique deck, encounter strange creatures, find relics of immense power, and defeat enemies to advances through the game. There are two core characters each with its unique abilities and power, and the player can select one of them to jump into the world to fulfil the tasks. The game offers more than two-hundred cards each with unique skills. The player will discover hundreds of cards and can include them in his deck with each attempt at climbing the Sphere. Slay the Spire includes core features such as Randomly Generated World, over 50 Combat Encounters, 200 Implemented Cards, Tons of Unlockable and more. Try it out, and it’ll entertain you.

#12 Monopoly

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Monopoly is a Resource Management, Strategy, and Multiplayer Board game developed by Elizabeth Magie and published by Hasbro. The game offers exciting gameplay, in which you must collect resources and trade with others to score points. Buy properties, resources, items and more thing and sell them to other players to expand your land. You can customize the game rules, buildings, road, and more. It comprises different levels you must complete at any cost to progress in the game. Build hotels and other building and earn money. Play against other players or computer controlled opponents and show your skills. Complete the goal before your opponents and score the highest points to win. It includes core features such as House Rules, Trading, Resource Management, and more. With the best mechanics, addictive gameplay, brilliant mechanics, and dynamic sounds, Monopoly is the wonderful game to play and enjoy.

#13 Frostpunk

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Frostpunk is a Base-building, Strategy, Survival, and Single-player video game takes place in the Post-apocalyptic-themed environment developed and published by 11 Bit Studios for Microsoft Windows. It offers the frozen world, where the people develop the technology to oppose the cold. It puts you in the role of the ruler, who must manage both the infrastructure and the inhabitants. The game mainly deals with survival element where the heat means the life and every decision will affect the outcome of the story. As the protagonist, you must explore the land, gather resources, and command your team from both top-down and the third-person perspective. The primary task is to build your base, recruit your team of survivors like other RTS games (where the player recruit his team of the army) and command them in the game to complete the objectives. As the game advances, it becomes challenging to play and unlocks further features, missions, etc. Frostpunk offers core features such as City-Survive Gameplay, Make Decisions, Establish Laws, Explore the Frozen World, and more. Try it out, and you’ll love it.

#14 Black and White 2

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Black and White 2 combines the elements of Real-time Strategy, god game, Building, and Crafting. It is the second entry in the Black and White series and supports single-player mode only. According to the story, the game world is threatened by the massive Army of Aztec who wants to destroy everything. The game puts you into the role of the protagonist and offers you a task to rebuild the base and transported the people to a new land. Assume the role of the Lord, lead your creatures, and defend them from evil. There are different types of creatures such as cow, anthropomorphic, turtle, ape, wolf, or tiger. Create structures to offer the shelter to your nation and offers all facilities that they need. Complete a series of levels and unlock miracles such as a meteor, water, fire, shield, and lightning and you can show your anger through four epic wonders such as volcano, earthquake, siren and hurricane. The game includes two factions such as god and evil and lets you select one of them, and you are also able to select one which the combination of this two factions. With detailed environment, addictive gameplay, brilliant mechanics, and superb controls, Black and White 2 is the best game to play and enjoy.

#15 Rise of Nations: Extended Edition

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Rise of Nations: Extended Edition is a Strategy, Real-time Strategy, Historical War-based and Base-building video game created by SkyBox Labs and published by Microsoft Studios. The game includes over eighteen civilizations and lets you select one of them to start your game. Your primary job is to create your buildings, base and build an army to defend them. Lead your army throughout the game and compete against AI-controlled army or another players and defeat them to loot their resources. Navigate the world to gather resources, build and repair old buildings and dominate the playfield to become the master. Over hundred units are available in the game ranging from an Ancient age Hoplite to the age of Stealth Bomber. Score the highest points and gain enough experience to unlock further content for progress. Build your Kingdom and lead your army of sea, land and air to conquer the bases of enemies. Rise of Nations: Extended Edition offers enhanced mechanics, impressive gameplay with isometric view, and attractive sounds, Rise of Nations: Extended Edition is the best game to play and enjoy.

#16 Pharaoh

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Pharaoh is a Strategy, Tactics, Isometric, City-building and Single-player Simulation developed by Impressions Games and published by Sierra Entertainment. The game mainly focuses on building ancient times, construction and management elements and lets you take on the role of the ruler. It takes place in Ancient Egypt, and your main goal is to build a city, pyramids, gather resources, and take care of your people. It has two different modes such as Free build and Campaign. You must focus on building the cities, settlements, tombs, and grand cities. Grow crops, hunt foods, and feed your people. Create troops to defend your city from rival gangs, and evils. Complete challenging quests and unlock new contents. Control everything in your city and expand it further and further. The game includes new elements such as Goals, Water, Health, Hunting, Farming, Infrastructure, Religion and more. Pharaoh offers core features such as Military, different and Ancient Landscapes, challenging Tasks, different Resources, Build and Lead your City, different Accessories and more. Try it out, and you’ll enjoy it.

#17 Tropico 5

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Tropico 5 is a marvelous new MMO-RTS, City-Building, Management Simulation that offers gameplay a lot similar to its predecessors and Anno series games. With a unique Co-op Multiplayer (4-Player) feature, Tropico 5 lets you build whole cities on different islands and allows you to work with or against each other. The main task in the game is to manage your cities and take your settlement to the Colonial Era, witness World Wars, Cold War and finally reach to the modern era, embrace technological advancements and thrive in an advanced society. You can also be one of the super powers of the time by simply working hard, write the constitution and decide the independence of your cities or countries and by waging wars against your enemies and defeating them. With all the wonderful building and management options, great visuals, and an addictive game-play, Tropico 5 is a brilliant Simulation to spend your precious time on. Do try it out for a beautiful MMO, RTS, management and City-building experience.

#18 Kerbal Space Program

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Kerbal Space Program or also known as KSP is a Single-player Space Flight, Building and Construction and Simulation video game by Squad. The game is built using the updated Unity Engine and offers playability on Multiple Platforms including Linux, Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo Wii. The game allows the players to control a whole Space Mission Program named as Kerbal Space Program, Have a Crew of Humanoid Aliens known as Kerbals and enjoy Exploring the Space. Game’s Complex and realistic Orbital Physics helps players learn about the Hohmann Transfer Orbits (Start from a Lower Orbit and end up in a Higher Orbit) maneuvers and enjoy piloting the ship. According to the gameplay and game story, the game tasks the players to head a Nascent Space Program, Control the Kerbals (Intelligent Humanoid Aliens from an Earth-like planet Kerbin) and enjoy learning to maneuver into Space. Kerbal Space Program gameplay is divided into two main parts such as Construction and Flight, and it allows the players to construct various types of Rockets, Aircraft, Rovers, etc. Once the ships are created, the players can simply launch them into Space from in-game launch Pad, explore the Space and complete various objectives of the game. The game offers various types of mission such as Reaching to a Certain Height, Escape the Atmosphere, Reach Stable Orbit, Capture Asteroids, Create Space Stations, Visit different Planets and collect information about them, etc. With all the Space Exploration fun, Unique game Physics and mechanics, and interesting gameplay, Kerbal Space Program is a fun Space Simulation to enjoy.

#19 Tropico

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Tropico is a City Building, Construction, and Management Simulation by Pop Top Software and Feral Interactive. The game allows the players to get into the role of “El Presidente.”, Rule over the Island in the Carribean Sea in the Era of Cold War. As the primary goal of the game is to stay always in Power, the players are required to keep the population of the Island Happy. If the Populace is unhappy with the El President’s actions, they may vote somebody else instead of the player. All the non-governmental powers and Factions can unsettle the Rule of El Presidente, so the player must keep all of these factors controlled. If there are Powers that get unhappy with El President’s rule, they will form an alliance and challenge the players so the players will need to keep them happy as well. As this game is all about Democracy and Foreign relations, diplomacy and Trade, the players must be good at every said aspect or else he/she can lose the title. Customizing the Island’s Map, political and economic relations, enemy intrusions and other governmental affairs are the most critical and challenging tasks to perform. With all the addictive gameplay, constructions, management and socio-economic elements, Tropico offers various game modes such as Scenario, Custome Game, Random Map and Campaign. Furthermore, Tropico offers brilliant character customization options for the character of El Presidente and allows the players to select any of the real life figures such as Che Guevara, Augusto Pinochet, Fidel Castro, Hernando Blanco, Lou Baga and Sancho Baraega, etc. Tropico is an amazingly addictive and quite surprisingly informative simulation to enjoy. Do give it a try for an excellent City Building, Construction, and Management experience.

#20 Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness

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Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness is a Single and Multiplayer Real-Time Strategy (RTS) video game takes place in the fantasy-themed world developed by Blizzard Entertainment. In the game you ultimate aim is to navigate the world to gather resources and build different buildings and units to defeat your competitors in battle in the air, at sea and on the ground. Recruit your army and equip them with deadly weapons to defend your Empire and lead them in different battles to conquer another castle to loot their resources. The story revolves around between two factions such as Humans and Aliens who are trying to destroy each another by gathering resources and recruiting armies. It offers medieval setting with fantasy-based world where the game takes place and have aerial units, melee, spell casters, and ranged in both sides. There are a series of levels and each level has a specific set of objectives that you must complete at any cost to conquer the playfield. Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness offers prominent features such as different Challenging Modes, several Missions, Fantasy-based Environment and more. Try it out, and you’ll enjoy it.

#21 Stellaris

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Stellaris is a Grand Strategy, 4K, Single-player and Multiplayer video game developed by Paradox Development Studio and published by Paradox Interactive. The game offers a thrilling gameplay centers on resource management, space exploration, establishing an empire, diplomacy and spacefaring civilizations. It mixes the RTS (Real-time Strategy), and space exploration elements and takes place in the Sci-fi-themed world focuses on space in the future 2200. In the start of the game, the player controls a strange species in the beginning level of space exploration, right after the invention of FLT (Faster-than-light) ship technology. In the game, the player manages a ship, including building, science, and military vessels. There is only a single planet in the start of the game offers a single science ship, a construction ship, and three small warships to progress. The player needs to establish his empire, recruit his force, and effort to battle spacefaring enemies and more to score the points and use them to unlock additional content. With detailed features, improved gameplay, and wonderful controls, Stellaris is the incredible game for space lovers.

#22 Caesar III

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Caesar III is a City-building, and Single-player video game created by Impression Games and published by Sierra Entertainment. It is the third entry in the series of Caesar game and allows the player take on the role of the Roman governor. The ultimate task of the player is to build a massive Roman city, in which he has to make the city safe, gather resources to expand his city, craft weapons, and grow crops to fed his people and keep them happy for further progress. The player has to deals with disasters, foes, and angry gods. The player can explore the game world from isometric views, and there are a set of levels that the player has to complete at any cost. To level-up, the player must fulfill the requirements of each level and expand his village by defeating another castle using his military. It combines the compound of city-building, crafting, resource management, and strategy. Try it out, and you’ll enjoy it.

#23 Caesar IV

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Caesar IV is an addictive, City-Building, Ancient Rome, Single and Multiplayer video game created by Tilted Mill Entertainment. The game offers the combination of building, crafting, and historical elements. Caesar IV comprises three different parts such as Empire, Kingdom, and Republic. It allows you select one of them and get into the game world where you must create your empire with hundreds of buildings, create roads, gather resources, and recruit armies to defend your Empire. Sign contract with other nations and earn experience points that can be used to upgrade your buildings and units to improve your empire and strengthen it. The fight against other players, conquer their empire and loot their resources. Make your empire beautiful, build different structures, buildings, shops and more. Offer all facilities to its inhabitants and keep them happy to earn more. Caesar IV includes core features such as Enhanced Mechanics, new Buildings, Upgrades, Stunning Visuals, Classic Environment and more. Caesar IV is the best City-building game to play and enjoy.

#24 Bloons TD 5

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Bloons TD 5 is an immersive, 2D, Strategy, Tower-Defense, Co-op, and Single-player Action video game created and published by Ninja Kiwi for multiple platforms. The game lets you chance to create your awesome towers, select your upgrades, hire special agents, and smash every last bloon in each level. The game introduces new special agents, HD graphics, original soundtracks, new towers, buildings and special missions. Research unique abilities to discover new technology and towers. There are over twenty-one towers, ten special agents, over two-hundred random missions, and new foes such as tougher Camos, etc. that you have seen experience before. Complete a series of levels by smashing blooms, make the strategy, use towers and place them in the right place, defend your unit and complete the level with highest points. Unlock further levels using points and unlock all features to become the master. Bloons TD 5 offers exciting features such as over 50 Achievements, 3 different Modes, 3 difficulty Settings, 10 Missions and more. Bloons TD 5 is the best game for those who love playing Tower-Defense games.

#25 Anno 1404 – Dawn of Discovery

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Anno 1404 or also known as Dawn of Discovery is a brilliant video game that blends in City-Building, Real-time Strategy, MMO and Economic elements beautifully. The game features both medieval and renaissance era settings and allows you to build your own settlements, explore islands, construct buildings, get into diplomatic ties with neighboring settlements or wage wars against the enemies in order to conquer their lands or to defend your own. The city building element of the game allows you to build massive structures like monuments, research labs, and other facilities and rule over them, maintain them etc. The economic element allows you to set up trade routes and economically grow your settlement, acquire necessary resources and manage them wisely. Just like other games in the Anno Series, Anno 1404 or Dawn of Discovery offers a similar Sandbox style gameplay, wonderful visual details and other great things to make you love this game. Try it out and it’ll amaze you with all of what it has to offer.

#26 The Stanley Parable

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The Stanley Parable is one wonderful First-person, Action-Adventure, Interactive Fiction and Graphic video game like Gone Home. The game allows you to be “Stanley” and lets you choose between your actions either to follow the story or not to follow the story, have a choice or don’t have a choice, act as Stanley or simply don’t act as Stanley, it totally depends on you. This twisted game allows you to explore a strange world, buildings etc. and slowly find out the meanings of almost everything, solve quenching puzzles and be part of a strange strange world. With awesomely engaging story and loads of new content, amazing visual details and background music, voice over etc., and a brilliantly immersive game-play, The Stanley Parable is a wonderful game to play.

#27 Anno

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Anno is a series of brilliantly immersive Real-time Strategy, City Building and Business Simulation video games by Ubisoft and Sunflowers GmbH. The games in the series involve City building, Resource Generation, Collection, Management, and the games are set on small Islands. Anno series encourages the players to explore, form diplomatic relations, and combat against the enemies of the rival nations. The series includes some of the biggest hits of the RTS genre such as Anno 1701, Anno 2070, and Anno 2205. Over all the game includes six main games, three expansion packs and five Spin-offs that include Anno 1701: Dawn of Discovery, Anno Online and Anno 2205: Asteroid Miner (2015). With a worldwide fame and a huge player base, Anno series offers great RTS games throughout the series and offers plenty of room for the gameplay, great mechanics and sleekest 3D visuals details. The very first game of the series was launched back in 1998, so the series is almost a decade old but it has never lost its standards of quality and it offers great games till date. The franchise has evolved a lot since its first launch and it now offers great mechanics but the same great type of gameplay as before. So all the players who haven’t yet played the games from Anno series, they should try em’ out. Anno series will definitely out rank lots of the big names of this specific genre.

#28 House Flipper

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House Flipper is a Building, First-person Perspective and Single-player Simulation developed by Empyream and published by PlayWay S.A. The game offers unique gameplay that you have never experienced before. It offers you a chance to become a one-man renovating crew, who must purchase, repair and upgrade devastated houses to earn money. During the gameplay, you must give the 2nd life and sell the house at a nice profit. Explore the environment from a first-person perspective, use the set of tools and parts to hammer, nail, drill and screw things together to clean up or fix the stuff. In the game, you can experiment with decorating and interior designs styles you like. Furnish and decorate interiors with dozens of unique items and struggle to fill up empty rooms in your style. You can buy ruined apartments and can furnish it to show off your skills. House Flipper offers prominent features such as Repair Mechanics, Interior Designs, Play your Way, Budget Management, and more. Try it out, and you’ll love it.

#29 Star Wars: Empire at War

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Star Wars: Empire at War is a great RTS video game that takes you straight to the amazing intergalactic conflicts and lets you enjoy the Real-Time Strategy in a wonderful new fashion. Ever raging conflict between the Rebels and the Empire allows you to choose any of the sides and engage in the action right away. Your task is to select any of the two main campaigns, go on hunting your enemies, be part of the forces lead by Darth Vader or be a commander of Rebel forces and struggle to achieve the goals. Explore different planets, build massive bases and other structure to show off your power, train multiple troop units and engage in epic skirmishes against the enemies. You can also take on the whole galaxy by playing in Conquest Mode, use your best ever strategies against the enemies and eventually rule the world around you. One of the main objectives is to capture and defend the Death Star, the ultimate symbol of power. If you are able to defeat your enemies and capture the death star, you can simply tell the enemies not to mess with you. The grand strategy element in the game allows you to manage your resources, funds, make strategies that will eventually be a step towards your dominance. Building structures, managing resources, searching for technologies and developing new ones etc. are the best parts of this cool game. If you love playing games with both Exploration and RTS elements, Star Wars: Empire at War is one amazing title for you. Do try it out and enjoy the ultimate fun.

#30 Banished

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Banished is a fantastic MMO-RTS and City Building video game that takes you to a medieval era setting. The game allows you to explore the huge game world, collect resources, create balance in your resource consumption and thrive in a great environment. Banished is basically a story of a group of outcasts who after being banished came to this settlement, now they are in need of your superior skills and abilities to get settle and thrive as a prosperous nation. You can start with the limited resources you have and level up to maximum resources, build residential buildings, create farms, markets and other businesses, start new economic relations with neighboring settlements etc. because of a medieval era setting, you’ll have wood and stones as your main resources and you’ll also have to continuously produce them by cutting the forests and blowing up the mountains etc. With a great theme, cool visuals and an addictive game-play, Banished is a great game to play and enjoy.

#31 Age of Empires 3

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Age of Empires 3 is a Real-time Strategy, Single and Multiplayer video game created by Ensemble Studios. The game includes eight different civilizations such as Spanish, Ottoman, Dutch, British, Portuguese, and more. Each civilization has its unique advantages and weaknesses. It combines the elements of building, resource management and combat. The main task is to create your Empire using different buildings and gather resources to survive. Recruit military and arm them with weapons and protect your Empire. In the game, you’ll face different challenges such as population, war, diplomacy, and more. Expand your Empire by conquering other Empires and upgrade your units, buildings. Military and weapons using experience points. It has a set of objectives and the game rewards you with points as you fulfill requirements of each level. Unlock other civilizations by progressing through the game. With detailed environment, immersive gameplay, superb mechanics and brilliant controls, Age of Empires 3 is the best game to play and enjoy.

#32 Prison Architect

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Prison Architect combines the elements of Construction and Management Simulation created and published by Introversion Software. The game offers top-down gameplay and deals with city-building genre. The main objective of the player is to build and run a prison to earn money and experience points. It offers the similar gameplay like Theme Hospital, and the player has to build different units, rooms, cages, and office. Hire staff such as a warden, workers, and guards and train them. There are two types of roles that the player can assume such as Governor and Architect. It has a set of levels, and the player will rank up as he completes the objectives. The player can enjoy two different types of modes offering different challenges, story and gameplay such as Escape mode and Story mode. Navigate the world, complete tasks and expand the prison further and further to earn lots of money and points and compete against rival NPCs. With superb gameplay, addictive soundtracks, and brilliant visuals, Prison Architect is the best game as compared to other Business Simulations.

#33 Kingdoms and Castles

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Kingdoms and Castles is a Strategy, City-Building, Sandbox, and Management Simulation developed and published by Lion Shield, LLC. The game features Single-player mode and is about building a castle from a tiny hamlet to a sprawling town. It takes place in the medieval settings, and you have to build your kingdom surrounded by dangerous castles. You start the game from an empty land, and your objective is to establish a city by placing different buildings, gather resources, and complete a series of missions to collect money. You must recruit your army, equip them with weapons and lead them during battlefield to defend the city and its inhabitant. Expand your city further and raise your people up and keep them happy by offering the best services. You explore the world from an isometric perspective, unlock additional content to use during the game and decorate your city to look beautiful. Navigate the open-ended world and immerse yourself in sandbox gameplay experience. Kingdoms and Castles offer core features such as lots of Levels, Upgrades, Types of Buildings, Resources to collect, and more.

#34 Pockie Ninja II Social

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Pockie Ninja II Social is an Action, Massively Multiplayer Online, and Browser-based video game developed by Game321. The game combines the city-building and battle elements and lets you create a unique ninja world. There are up to eighty-four ninjas from Naruto and you can select one of them to start off your game. Through customization features, you can change the appearance of your character using different accessories and items. Interact with other players, create an alliance with them to take part in battle against rival players to take down them. As the game progress, other features will be unlocked. Pockie Ninja II Social takes place in the fantasy-based world and revolves around turn-based combat element. You can fight against other players in PvP mode to show off your fighting abilities. Pockie Ninja II Social offers core features such as a variety of Quests, Fantasy Environment, PvP, and more. Try it out, and it’ll entertain you.

#35 Master of Orion

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Master of Orion by Simtex is an all-time hit video game that offers a fantastic amalgamation of Sci-Fi and Turn-based 4X Strategy elements. Master of Orion is the first game in series, and it is available to play on MS-DOS and Apple Macintosh platforms. Released back in 1993, Master of Orion allows the players to dominate the Galaxy by building Democratic and Trade relations with other settlements. Building technology, Conquests, Exploration, and Colonization are the most prominent and necessary elements of the game. So if anybody wants to enjoy the game fully, they must be good at all of the said skills. Master of Orion features ten playable races for characters, and each of them has their own unique skills and abilities. As the game is based on Space Exploration elements, Master of Orion allows the players to explore seven ordinary and six profoundly hostile planets. While on Hostile planets, fight off the enemies if there is an encounter and keep on discovering. Researching for and building new technologies, Trade, and Diplomatic relations are the most prominent features of the game. Furthermore, Master of Orion offers clean 3D graphics, great game mechanics and addictive gameplay to enjoy.

#36 The Settlers IV

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The Settlers IV combines the elements of Real-time Strategy, Fantasy, Tactics, and Simulation developed and published by Blue Byte. The game supports both Single and Multiplayer modes, and it is the fourth entry in the series of The Settlers. There are four different races such as the Vikings, the Mayans, the Romans and the Dark Tribe. To get into the game world, you must select your race, build your military unit and create your empire using different buildings and resources. After establishing a strong economy, you must go to war against other players or AI characters. Explore the world from isometric view, gather resources such as iron and coal to produce weapons and use them against enemies to take down them. Grow foods to feed your people, and expand your empire to make it strong and unbeatable. Progress through the game, collect rare resources and conquer another village to prove yourself as the best warrior. With superb gameplay, addictive controls, and cool features, The Settlers IV is the best game to play and enjoy.

#37 Scrap Mechanic

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Scrap Mechanic is the Wonderful, Building, Sandbox, Physics-based, Single and Multiplayer video game developed and published by Axolot Games. The game welcomes you to the creative paradise full of machines where you can assume the role of the engineer and it set out you on an epic adventure. There are over hundreds building parts and you can create anything that you imagine using these parts. Unleash your creativity, build houses and turn them into house that moves. Team-up with your friends and create superb and exciting things together and compete against each other for the highest points. In Creative mode, you have numerous parts to build anything like cars, houses, buildings, mountains and more. To get into the world, you have to select your gender first either a male or female. Explore the world from third-person perspective, interact with friends and show off your creativity to impress them. Scrap Mechanic offers core features such as Interactive Parts, Handbook, Parts and Blocks, Open World, a variety of Levels, First-person Exploration and more. With brilliant mechanics, addictive gameplay, and detailed environment, Scrap Mechanic is the best game to play and enjoy.

#38 SimCity 4

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SimCity 4 combines the elements of Construction and Management, City-Building, Crafting and Simulation developed by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts. It is the fourth major entry in the series of SimCity. In the beginning, you have an empty land, and the ultimate task is to create different buildings which grow into a fantastic and beautiful city. There are different types of buildings, materials, and items to use and create. Gather resources and build settlements, commercial buildings, houses, shops, roads, and more. Offers all the facilities to the inhabitants and keep them happy. Compete against rival NPCs and earn experience points and money to unlock further content in the game. In the game, you can assume the role of the Mayor and your goal is to populate all tracts into cities. You’ll face different challenges such as overpopulation, electricity shortage, garbage, water, disposal and other. The game is distributed into three different modes such as MySim, mayor, and god. Establish a city and earn money through different ways. SimCity 4 offers exciting features such as Build an Entire Region, Unleash your Imagination, Upgrades, Competition, and more. Try it out, and you’ll enjoy it.

#39 The Island Castaway: Lost World

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The Island Castaway: Lost World is a wonderful Real-time Strategy Simulation that lets you enjoy being stranded on a remotest island. The Brutal Shipwreck leaves you with options such as getting up and finding the best possible ways and things to survive and eventually be a leader of the fellow Castaways to stop confusion and chaos. The game tasks you with starting a whole new community by constructing different structures, shelters, fish and chicken farms, gather the plants necessary for your unique magic potions, grow crops, keep the fellow castaways safe and nicely fed, solve different challenging puzzles to escape the island and finally reach home. With almost 1000 challenging levels, a lot of different types of resources, a number of characters to choose between, cool magic potions to make, a lot of building options, engaging gameplay and coolest visuals ever, The Island Castaway: Lost World is quite fun to play and enjoy.

#40 Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom

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Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom is a City-Building, Single and Multiplayer video game developed by BreakAway Games and published by Sierra Entertainment. It is the last game in the series of Emperor and introduces a multiplayer mode. The game takes place in an ancient time and focuses on the building of a city. The main objective is to create a beautiful city using different buildings, material, and items and expand it further and further. You can assume the role of the King and you have you keep the inhabitant of your Empire well fed, happy, safe and healthy. Explore the game world, gather resources, grow crops, and make different useful products. Create different buildings, farms, and factories and offers the best facilities to your citizen. The game lets you a chance to become a leader and show off your leader abilities in front of your fellows. Score the highest points and challenge your friends to beat it. Recruit troops to defend your city from hazards and fight against other nations to conquer. With addictive gameplay, superb mechanics, and brilliant features, Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom is the best game to play and enjoy.

#41 Life is Feudal: Your Own

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Life is Feudal: Your Own is an amazing new MMORPG video game by Bitbox Ltd. that takes you to an amazing 3D Sandbox Setting of medieval era and allows you to team up with your friends and terraform an empty land. The unique Crafting system of the game allows you to Build whatever you want in a world full of wonders. Modular building construction, smelting, forging, farming, animal breeding etc. are the things that you can do on your own. Your objective in the game is to create a whole new civilization that thrives into the most epic settlements of all times. Furthermore, Life is Feudal: Your Own allows you to go on some great quests and adventures to fight off the enemies and to loot the resources that you can use for the development of your own settlement. Packed with amazing PvP, PvE, survival and target based physics combats and a lot of other great features, Life is Feudal: Your Own is a wonderful game to play and enjoy. Try it out and enjoy an exciting experience of MM and RPG elements.

#42 Battle Nations

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Battle Nations is a Massively Multiplayer Online, and Turn-based Strategy with Base-building elements developed Z2. The game lets the player take part in immersive story-driven missions against other players around the world or AI-controlled characters. It takes place in the fantastic world and puts you in the role of the commander who must control the imperial army. Build your base, and recruit your army, train and equip them with advanced weapons to defend your base. Lead your army in the battlefield, fight against other players in real-time PvP combat and defeat them to conquer their land, loot their resources and expand your Empire further and further. Deal with other players, create alliances with them to protect yourself, make your strategy, and place your defenses on the right place to fend off the enemy attack. Engage yourself in turn-based combat gameplay experience and earn lots of points to unlock other weapons and items. Unlock other characters and dominate the game world for glory and become the master. With superb mechanics, addictive gameplay, and wonderful visuals, Battle Nations is the best game to play and enjoy.

#43 Craft the World

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Craft the World is a marvelous Sandbox Construction, Management, and MMO and RTS Simulation by Black maple games. The Simulation actually lets you be an in charge of a whole big Dwarf Society that with time changes into a fully developed community. Your task is to explore the world around you, collect resources, battles against the monsters, craft different items like “weapons, vehicles, buildings” etc. and discover new technologies to equalize your worth and strengthen your defenses, Defeat your enemies in order to capture their lands and to loot their resources etc. With a number of complex game levels filled with pure awesomeness and fun, amazing amounts of resources, and sandbox aesthetics, wonderful visuals, immersive gameplay and a lot of other cool things, Craft the World is one of the best game to play. Do try it out.

#44 Colony Survival

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Colony Survival is a Sandbox, Base-building, Open World and Multiplayer video game created by Pipliz. It takes place in the dynamic 3D world full of monsters and colonists who are finding their way in the land. It offers the similar gameplay to Minecraft and lets the player explore the land, use a variety of blocks to build shelters, houses, bridges and more. The player starts the game with a small colony consists of a couple of berry farmers, a copper miner and the slingers. The ultimate task of the player is to expand his colony and unlock expansive metals like iron, steel and bronze. As the game advances, the player can include or hire flax and wheat farmers, bakers, tailors, and more to his colony. The main gameplay focuses on RTS (Real-time Strategy) element and offers the brilliant gameplay. Colony Survival offers prominent features such as Detailed Graphics, Advanced Tools, Block-based World, Base-building Gameplay, and more. Check it out, and you’ll enjoy it.

#45 Populous: The Beginning

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Populous: The Beginning a wonderful blend of MM, RTS and City-Building elements and provides with a marvelous gameplay similar to Anno series games. In the beginning, Populous: The Beginning allows you to pick up a tribe as you native identity, make alliances with other powerful tribes and figures and embark on epic missions filled with puzzling challenges. The game is set on different planets in the galaxy and lets you lead mighty expeditions to different origins, conquer them by defeating the native beings, construct buildings, gather up resources and manage them wisely, raise mighty armies and rule the worlds around you. The strategic element of the game allows you to manage your troops, build your defenses and defend your settlements, bases and resources and turn your keeps into huge strongholds. With epic settings, brilliant visuals, engaging gameplay and a lot of other cool things, Populous: The Beginning is a great game to play and enjoy.

#46 The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II

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The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II is a Real-time Strategy, City-Building, Combat, Single and Multiplayer video game developed and EA Games. In this game, the mutilated task of the player develop his own land with various building and units, collect resources, and create the defense around the area in order to save his land from the enemy creatures. The game allows the player to make his own military force and train them that will help the player in during the battle. The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II offer a massive game map and allows the player to create unlimited building and units. The player must build walls to defend his land. The units classified into the multiple classes such as Siege, Ranged, Infantry, and Pike man, and each unit has its own specialty and weakness player can choose each one. The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II includes prominent features such as more than six different Nations, different Modes, Upgrades, create Unlimited Building, powerful Attacks and much more. With stunning gameplay, content rich story plot, brilliant mechanics, and fantastic visual details. It is one of the best RTS game to play and enjoy.

#47 Street Legal Racing: Redline

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Street Legal Racing: Redline combines the elements of Racing, Building, and Car Mechanic Simulation developed by Invictus-Games LLC and published by Activision. The game offers an exciting gameplay and lets you a chance to become a car mechanic and struggle to repair damaged vehicles. There are up to sixteen different cars with all models, descriptions, and right pieces. In the beginning, your need to select your vehicle, repair it, modify it and replace its old engine with powerful new one and participate in different street races to test the car and your driving skills. As the game advanced, it becomes challenging to play. Unlock further content in the game by gaining enough experience. Purchase different parts of a vehicle using money and place them on their right location. Seventeen different maps are featured in the game with working traffic light. Street Legal Racing: Redline offers prominent features such as Seven Modes, Sixteen Cars, Seventeen Maps, Realistic Damage System, and more. Try it out, and you’ll enjoy it.

#48 OpenTTD

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OpenTTD is an Addictive, Transporting, Business, Online, Single and Multiplayer Simulation developed by OpenTTD Team. In the game, your main goal is to earn lots of money via transporting freight and passengers by Rail, Air, Water, and Road. It is a free game with exciting features such as multiple languages, a huge range of maps, artificial intelligence and more. It’s on you to play solo or with other players. In the beginning, you have only a little amount of resources with a tough task to become a transport tycoon. To do, you must create buildings, roads, harbors, rail station and bus station. Transport passengers from one place to another location and earn money. Open your office and sign contract with other players to unlock new features. Purchase airplanes, ships, buses and trains and use them to generate money. Start your cargo business and expand it further and further. Complete challenging tasks and rule in the world of transport. OpenTTD is one of the best game as compared to other business Simulations.

#49 Theme Park World

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Theme Park World is a Construction and Management and Single-player Simulation developed by Bullfrog Productions and published by Electric Arts. It is the sequel to the Theme Park video game released in 1994. The game lets you a chance to build your dream amusement park by spending your valuable funds. Progress through the game to earn money and points and use them to purchase exciting and thrilling rides and place them on your park to attract visitors. The more visitors you attract, the more money you earn. In the beginning, you can start off from an empty land with a task to turn it into the amusement park to become the tycoon. Hire staff, open restaurant, hotels, and maintain your park. Build ice-cream parlor and offers the best facilities to your visitors to keep them happy. Complete various tasks to unlock further rides, buildings and items in the game. With prominent features, addictive environment, and superb graphics, Theme Park World is the best game to play and enjoy.

#50 Stonehearth

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Stonehearth is another wonderful Sandbox style, Construction, Management and MMO-RTS video game that offers an addictive and quite immersive game-play. The game makes you an in charge of a small dwarf settlement and allows you to start up as a camp and with the time, grow up to a whole new civilization, control the Hearthlings, generate and manage resources, build structures like homes, markets, workshops, assign jobs to the hearthlings, grow crops, battle against the enemies and thrive in a developed community. Combats against the enemies are the best part of this brilliant game, it actually allows you to raise mighty armies, build defensive structures like Towers, create catapults, weapons and other necessary items and defend your settlement by making whole new strategies. Other cool features of Stonehearth are brilliant voxel-based visuals, an engaging game-play and the ability to help the community survive in wilderness. Stonehearth is one of the best MMO-RTS, City-Building and Management video games to play and enjoy.