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Ranking compiled by Lluis Enric Mayans, Founder & Head of ContentUpdated May 19, 2026How this is calculatedOrdered by an attribute-similarity model, not editorial opinion.

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We filtered the 36 games similar to RoadCraft down to the 25 that fit the “Sandbox” category. Planet Coaster, Prison Architect and My Time at Portia top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to RoadCraft.

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The best sandbox games like RoadCraft

25 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to RoadCraft. Each one has been evaluated across 16 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.

#1Planet CoasterClosest overall match

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GenreStrategySubgenreCity Builder

SoloMultiplayerNarrativeSandbox WorldBase BuildingThird Person3D

Steam👍 91%· 72KRAWG👍 74%· 294MC83IGDB83· 12OC85· 58

Year 2016Dev Frontier DevelopmentsPlaytime ~5hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Same family of city builders: deep simulation, sandbox freedom and adventure storytelling

≠ Stands apart with vibe casual, vibe relaxing and resource management, while skipping open world exploration

Surprise, delight and thrill crowds as you build the theme park of your dreams. Build and design incredible coaster parks with unparalleled attention to detail and manage your park in a truly living world. Piece-by-Piece Construction: Planet Coaster makes a designer out of everyone.

Where it drifts furthest from RoadCraft: tone and progression.

It predates RoadCraft by 9 years, with what that implies technically.

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GenreStrategySubgenreCity Builder

SoloMultiplayerSandbox WorldBase BuildingCasual

Steam👍 89%· 73KRAWG👍 72%· 587MC83IGDB81· 12OC80· 62

Year 2015Dev Double Eleven · Introversion SoftwarePlaytime ~5hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Fits the city builders cluster, with deep simulation, sandbox freedom and adventure storytelling

≠ Where it differs: brings vibe casual, resource management and visual 2d, while skipping strong narrative focus

Prison Architect is a person construction and management simulator developed by Introversion Software. It is a two-dimensional top-down simulator where it is the player's responsibility to build new prison blocks, cells, facilities, manage the staff such as wardens, guards and so on.

Where it drifts furthest from RoadCraft: tone and visuals.

It predates RoadCraft by 10 years, with what that implies technically.

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#3My Time at PortiaClosest on world

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SoloOpen WorldSandbox WorldExplorationBase BuildingThird Person

Steam👍 92%· 44KIGDB70· 10OC75· 70

Year 2019Dev Pathea Games · Team17On PS4 · Android · PC

✓ Fits the city builders cluster, with deep simulation, adventure storytelling and sandbox freedom

≠ Stands apart with deep RPG systems, survival mechanics and cozy, relaxing feel, while skipping strong narrative focus

Where it drifts furthest from RoadCraft: tone and setting.

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#4House FlipperClosest on visuals

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SoloMultiplayerNarrativeSandbox WorldOpen WorldBase BuildingFirst Person3D

Steam👍 94%· 109KRAWG👍 76%· 351MC62IGDB62· 4OC62· 27

Year 2018Dev Ultimate Games · PlayWayPlaytime ~7hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Both are city builders — sharing deep simulation, sandbox freedom and strong narrative focus

≠ Its own twist: vibe relaxing, vibe casual and resource management, while skipping adventure storytelling

House Flipper is a unique chance to become the one-man renovating crew. Buy, repair and upgrade devastated houses. Give them a second life and sell at a profit! At your disposal is a collection of tools and parts.

Where it drifts furthest from RoadCraft: tone and game mode.

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#5Tropico 5Closest on game mode

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SoloMultiplayerCo-opSandbox WorldBase BuildingExploration

Steam👍 79%· 14KIGDB72· 14OC76· 52

Year 2014Dev Haemimont Games · Kalypso MediaOn PS4 · Linux · PC

✓ Both are city builders — sharing deep simulation, sandbox freedom and sandbox world

≠ Stands apart with deep RPG systems, historical setting and skill tree progression, while skipping adventure storytelling

Where it drifts furthest from RoadCraft: setting and visuals.

It predates RoadCraft by 11 years, with what that implies technically.

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GenreStrategySubgenreCity Builder

SoloMultiplayerSandbox WorldOpen WorldBase BuildingExploration

Steam👍 91%· 95KRAWG👍 82%· 135MC81OC81· 67

Year 2019Dev Frontier DevelopmentsPlaytime ~5hOn PC

✓ Same family of city builders: deep simulation, sandbox freedom and sandbox world

≠ Where it differs: brings vibe casual, cozy, relaxing feel and vibe relaxing, while skipping adventure storytelling

Build a world for wildlife in Planet Zoo. From the developers of Planet Coaster and Zoo Tycoon comes the ultimate zoo sim, featuring authentic living animals who think, feel and explore the world you create around them.

Where it drifts furthest from RoadCraft: tone and game mode.

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#7Dyson Sphere Program

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SoloOpen WorldSandbox WorldBase BuildingExploration3DThird Person

Steam👍 98%· 91KRAWG👍 85%· 84

Year 2021Dev Youthcat Studio · Gamera GamePlaytime ~8hOn PC

✓ Same family of city builders: deep simulation, sandbox freedom and open world exploration

≠ Stands apart with setting space, setting scifi and resource management, while skipping adventure storytelling

Dyson Sphere Program is a sci-fi simulation game with space, adventure, exploration and factory automation elements where you can build your own galactic industrial empire from scratch. In the distant future, the power of science and technology has ushered a new age to the human race.

Where it drifts furthest from RoadCraft: setting and game mode.

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#8SimCity

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SoloMultiplayerSandbox WorldBase BuildingIsometric

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Year 2013Dev Maxis · Electronic ArtsOn PC · Mac

✓ Fits the city builders cluster, with deep simulation, sandbox freedom and sandbox world

≠ Stands apart with visual isometric, while skipping adventure storytelling

Where it drifts furthest from RoadCraft: visuals and game mode.

It predates RoadCraft by 12 years, with what that implies technically.

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#9Jurassic World EvolutionClosest on tone

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SoloNarrativeSandbox WorldOpen WorldBase BuildingExploration

Steam👍 87%· 55KIGDB74· 13OC71· 99

Year 2018Dev Frontier Developments · Universal PicturesOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

✓ Fits the city builders cluster, with deep simulation, sandbox freedom and strong narrative focus

≠ Where it differs: brings dark, oppressive atmosphere, melee combat and setting scifi, while skipping adventure storytelling

Where it drifts furthest from RoadCraft: setting and visuals.

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#10TownscaperClosest on progression

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SoloNarrativeSandbox WorldOpen WorldBase BuildingExploration

Steam👍 95%· 21KIGDB80· 1OC73· 16

Year 2020Dev Oskar Stålberg · Raw FuryOn Xbox · Android · PC

✓ Both are city builders — sharing sandbox freedom, deep simulation and strong narrative focus

≠ Its own twist: vibe casual, vibe relaxing and cozy, relaxing feel, while skipping adventure storytelling

Where it drifts furthest from RoadCraft: visuals and game mode.

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Steam GOG Epic

#11Space Colony: Steam Edition

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GenreStrategySubgenreCity Builder

SoloNarrativeOpen WorldSandbox WorldBase BuildingExploration

Steam👍 80%· 658MC74IGDB77· 3

Year 2015Dev FireFly StudiosPlaytime ~3hOn PC · Apple Macintosh

✓ Same family of city builders: deep simulation, sandbox freedom and strong narrative focus

≠ Where it differs: brings cozy, relaxing feel, setting space and setting scifi, while skipping adventure storytelling

Half way across the galaxy with limited resources, a mega corporation looking over your shoulder and a ragtag crew expecting a pay cheque, it's up to you to survive and turn a profit. You have a base to build and hostile alien threats to neutralise, but ignore your crew and the colony is doomed.

Where it drifts furthest from RoadCraft: setting and visuals.

It predates RoadCraft by 10 years, with what that implies technically.

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Steam GOG

#12shapez

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GenreStrategySubgenreCity Builder

SoloSandbox WorldOpen WorldBase BuildingExploration

Steam👍 96%· 15K

Year 2020Dev Tobias Springer · PrismatikaOn PC · iOS · Android

✓ Same family of city builders: sandbox freedom, deep simulation and sandbox world

≠ Where it differs: brings puzzle design, vibe casual and procedural generation, while skipping adventure storytelling

Do you like automation games? Then you are in the right place! shapez is a relaxed game in which you have to build factories for the automated production of geometric shapes. As the level increases, the shapes become more and more complex, and you have to spread out on the infinite map.

Where it drifts furthest from RoadCraft: tone and visuals.

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#13Tropico 3

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GenreStrategySubgenreCity Builder

SoloSandbox WorldBase BuildingManagement

Steam👍 89%· 1.9KRAWG👍 60%· 273MC79

Year 2009Dev Haemimont Games · Kalypso MediaPlaytime ~1hOn PC · Xbox

✓ Same family of city builders: deep simulation, sandbox freedom and sandbox world

≠ Its own twist: resource management, while skipping adventure storytelling

According to the story, you play as "El Presidente" and head a small island country in Latin America. The action takes place in the midst of the cold war, which has an impact on the course of events.

Where it drifts furthest from RoadCraft: game mode.

It predates RoadCraft by 16 years, with what that implies technically.

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GenreStrategySubgenreCity Builder

SoloSandbox WorldBase BuildingManagementIsometric

Steam👍 88%· 971RAWG👍 57%· 47IGDB82· 2

Year 2003Dev Frog City Software · Kalypso MediaPlaytime ~1hOn PC

✓ Same family of city builders: deep simulation, sandbox freedom and sandbox world

≠ Its own twist: resource management and visual isometric, while skipping adventure storytelling

TROPICO RELOADED is the ultimate game compilation for hobby-dictators and those dreaming of their own Caribbean island.

Where it drifts furthest from RoadCraft: visuals and game mode.

It predates RoadCraft by 22 years, with what that implies technically.

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Steam GOG

#15Tycoon City: New York

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GenreStrategySubgenreCity Builder

SoloSandbox WorldBase BuildingManagementIsometric

Steam👍 42%· 285MC67IGDB73· 2

Year 2006Playtime ~2hOn PC

✓ Fits the city builders cluster, with deep simulation, sandbox freedom and sandbox world

≠ Stands apart with resource management and visual isometric, while skipping adventure storytelling

Special OfferOfficially Licensed Tycoon City: New York T-Shirts are available on Amazon! About the GameHere's your chance to make it big in the Big Apple... New York City, the city that never sleeps!

Where it drifts furthest from RoadCraft: visuals and game mode.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against mostly positive for RoadCraft.

It predates RoadCraft by 19 years, with what that implies technically.

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