Summary

RPGsand city-building games generally occupy wildly different niches.

However, crossovers between the two have become increasingly common over the years.

And really, what’s not to love about it?

Game art from Hammerhelm, Terraria and Dragon Quest Builders.

These cities are so stunning that they feel like characters in the game.

Luckily, there are plenty of games out there that seem to balance these niches extraordinarily well.

Updated February 21, 2025 by Jacob Whaling: We’ve added even more town-building RPGs to this list!

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These can help you produce resources, train your survivors, or support other sections of your base.

Regardless, theres still a good amount of customizability when it comes to what facilities youre planning on building.

The game is focused on exploration, crafting, and combat, with a world that is procedurally generated.

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25Fallout 4

The base-building aspect of Fallout 4was new to the popular post-apocalyptic RPG franchise.

The game tasks you with reconstructing cities, defending those cities against monsters, and even curing plagues.

The RPG gives you a huge amount of freedom with how the cities can be designed.

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In the first game, you collect parts of each town piece by piece by exploring dungeons.

Every town piece has a single rule about how it should be placed.

All the best city-builders you should probably check out on Android.

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The gameplay was inspired by titles like Fallout as well asBaldur’s Gate.

The kingdom made by you is a reflection of your choices throughout the RPG.

However, Regions Of Ruin also has a lot of city and town-building aspects.

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Part of the goal of the game is to save the dwarven race from extinction.

You must rescue and recruit dwarves to join their town, which is the combat and RPG portion.

Then send NPCs out to collect resources to further expand the town.

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Dark Cloud town view with UI

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A split image showing cities from City Island 4, Pocket City and Townsmen

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