Games like Sim City on PC
Closest overall match: The Sims (★ 4.2). Highest rated: ROME: Total War at ★ 4.4. Quickest to finish: Bigscreen Beta at about 1 hours.
We compared Sim City against every game in our catalog on shared tags, genre, rating, playtime and release era, and these 20 came closest. What ties them together most: simulator and city.
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50%
1. The Sims
Same developer.
- Year
- 2000
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 88
- Playtime
- 12h
- Finish rate
- 61%
- Shared genres
- 14
-
48%
2. The Sims 2
Same developer.
- Year
- 2004
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 82
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 60%
- Shared genres
- 14
-
44%
-
40%
4. Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020
Shares simulator.
- Year
- 2020
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 90
- Playtime
- 21h
- Finish rate
- 22%
- Shared genres
- 14
-
40%
5. Microsoft Flight Simulator X
Rated 0.5 lower.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 34%
- Shared genres
- 14
-
40%
-
40%
7. IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946
Rated 0.9 lower.
- Year
- 2006
- Rating
- ★ 3.3
- Metacritic
- 86
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 54%
- Shared genres
- 14
-
40%
8. Cities XL Platinum
Rated 0.9 lower.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.3
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 30%
- Shared genres
- 14
-
39%
9. Hospital Tycoon
Rated 1.1 lower.
- Year
- 2007
- Rating
- ★ 3.2
- Metacritic
- 51
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 36%
- Shared genres
- 14
-
39%
10. Farming Simulator 17
Rated 0.5 lower.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 69
- Playtime
- 12h
- Finish rate
- 38%
- Shared genres
- 14
-
39%
11. Farming Simulator 22
Shares simulator; rated 0.8 lower.
- Year
- 2021
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Playtime
- 12h
- Finish rate
- 27%
- Shared genres
- 14
-
39%
12. Rise of Flight United
Rated 1.2 lower.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.0
- Metacritic
- 77
- Playtime
- 1h
- Shared genres
- 14
-
39%
13. Hardspace: Shipbreaker
Rated 0.4 lower.
- Year
- 2022
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 82
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 36%
- Shared genres
- 14
-
38%
-
38%
-
38%
16. Bee Simulator
Rated 2.0 lower.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 2.3
- Metacritic
- 58
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 38%
- Shared genres
- 14
-
37%
-
37%
18. Mitos.is: The Game
Rated 1.9 lower.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 2.3
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 15%
- Shared genres
- 14
-
37%
19. STAR WARS: Rogue Squadron 3D
Rated 0.5 lower.
- Year
- 1998
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 56%
- Shared genres
- 14
-
37%
20. ROME: Total War
Shares city.
- Year
- 2004
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 88
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 68%
- Shared genres
- 14
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like Sim City on PC?
On our similarity model, The Sims is the closest match to Sim City on PC — same developer.
Which game like Sim City is rated highest?
ROME: Total War holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.4/5 from 257 players.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Sim City on five signals: weighted tag overlap (rare tags count more), genre overlap, platform family overlap, rating and playtime proximity, and release era. The list is recomputed nightly as ratings and new releases change.
Base game data via RAWG.