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2024PCSteam Deck playable81 % positive18.49 €

A historical city-builder set in early Song Dynasty China where you act as mayor, growing your town, farming land, and balancing rival factions and imperial mandates.

  • Historical setting
  • Building and crafting
  • Economy and management
  • Sandbox with your own goals

The closest matches for Thriving City: Song are Ostriv, Caesar III and Pharaoh. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Thriving City: Song special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Ostriv

98 %Match

2020PCSteam Deck playable94 % positive20.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Thriving City: Song: a historical setting, building and crafting as well as economy and management.

A city-builder set in 18th-century Ukraine where you govern a town, laying out organic settlements without grid or angle limits on 3D terrain while managing the economy and your villagers.

Caesar III

Historical setting

A classic city builder set in ancient Rome: you keep citizens fed, watered, entertained and protected while managing trade and provinces. The blend of logistics and careful planning is its main appeal.

Pharaoh

Building and crafting

A classic ancient Egypt city builder where you lay out housing, farm around the Nile floods, manage trade and raise monuments like pyramids. Supply logistics, pleasing the gods and occasional invasions make for a calm yet demanding flow.

Dawn of Discovery

Building and crafting

A medieval city-builder and economic sim where you settle islands, craft trade chains and keep citizens happy across both European and Oriental cultures. Diplomacy and occasional naval skirmishes add variety to its detailed, relaxing city planning.

Zeus: Master of Olympus

Building and crafting

A classic city builder set in ancient Greece where you balance housing, economy and sanctuaries while courting the gods and mythological heroes and monsters.

Mashinky

Sandbox with your own goals

A train-focused transport tycoon where you plan routes, research new locomotives and grow a rail empire on procedurally generated maps. Tricky track layout and a gradual tech progression define the experience.

Banished

Sandbox with your own goals

A calm yet unforgiving city builder where you guide a band of exiles through harsh winters. You have to balance food, firewood and population growth carefully, or the whole settlement collapses.

Railroad Tycoon II

Tactical depth

Build a railway empire across the 19th and 20th centuries by laying track, running trains, delivering goods and outmaneuvering rivals on the stock market. A classic business sim with plenty of planning depth.

Foundation

Building and crafting

A relaxed medieval city-builder where towns grow organically without a rigid grid and you manage resource chains. Full mod support and a creative sandbox approach invite long, calm building sessions.

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