Rank 01Why this
Also Base-Building and City Builder, like Project Highrise.
- $29.99 (Price checked Nov 3)
- Deck Playable
- 2019
Games like Project Highrise
- 27 games
- Updated May 4, 2026
Players who liked Project Highrise also play
The closest matches to Project Highrise: Rise of Industry, Prison Architect, Mad Tower Tycoon, Project Hospital, and Cities: Skylines. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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Rank 02- $29.99 (Price checked Nov 3)
- Deck Playable
- 2015
Rank 03Why this
Shares progression system with Project Highrise.
- $14.99 (Price checked Oct 31)
- Deck Playable
- 2020
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Project Hospital
Why this: Also City Builder and Economy, like Project Highrise.
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- Released: 2016
- Developer: SomaSim
- Price: $19.99checked Nov 3
- Steam Deck: Deck Playable
- 85% of 2,227 reviews
- Genres: Strategy, Simulation
- Metacritic 73
- Platforms: Windows, macOS
Players highlight
- Calming music and clean art style
- Infrastructure depth matters as much as aesthetics
- Nostalgia for simtower with modern depth
- Atmospheric
- Challenging
- Contemplative
More games like Project Highrise, sliced differently
Reviewers mention these as similar to Project Highrise
Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.
News Tower
Why this: Same cozy mood as Project Highrise.
Timberborn
Why this: Also Base-Building and City Builder, like Project Highrise.
Parkitect
Why this: Also City Builder and Economy, like Project Highrise.
Two Point Hospital
Why this: Same challenging mood as Project Highrise.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Project Highrise at current Steam store prices.
Game Dev Tycoon
Why this: Same cozy mood as Project Highrise.
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Kingdoms and Castles
Why this: Also Base-Building and City Builder, like Project Highrise.
House Flipper
Why this: Shares progression system with Project Highrise.
203 new reviews this week- Trending
Blueprint Tycoon
Why this: Also City Builder and Economy, like Project Highrise.
More from SomaSim
Other recommendable Steam games by SomaSim, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
City of Gangsters
Why this: Same atmospheric mood as Project Highrise.
1849
Why this: Also City Builder and Economy, like Project Highrise.
About Project Highrise
The closest matches to Project Highrise: Rise of Industry, Prison Architect, Mad Tower Tycoon, Project Hospital, and Cities: Skylines. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Project Highrise is your kind of game, the closest matches are Rise of Industry, Prison Architect and Mad Tower Tycoon — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, challenging and contemplative, and single out its infrastructure management and pathfinding puzzles. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Project Highrise is a strategy and simulation game developed by SomaSim and published by Kasedo Games, released in 2016 at $19.99. Players manage skyscraper infrastructure including pathfinding puzzles, tenant-needs balancing, and a progression system across scenario-driven designs. The game is playable on Steam Deck. Reviewers and players describe it as atmospheric, challenging, contemplative, and cozy, highlighting the calming music and clean art style as appealing features. Players appreciate the satisfying progression from small to massive towers, the strategic variety across residential and corporate scenarios, and the nostalgia it evokes for SimTower while offering modern depth, where infrastructure depth matters as much as aesthetics. It holds an 85% positive rating from 2,227 Steam reviews.
About Project Highrise: Project Highrise is a skyscraper construction and management sim...
Is Project Highrise worth buying?
Players recommend it
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 85% of 2,227 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Price: $19.99 (checked Nov 9).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 22 h when they wrote their review.
- Steam Deck Playable: works, with some rough edges.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Calming music and clean art style
- Infrastructure depth matters as much as aesthetics
- Nostalgia for simtower with modern depth
- Satisfying progression from small to massive towers
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“NO and HELL NO. On easy I can never get anything going at all because of two factors in every ####EN game i have tried. I've spent hours restarting and trying. FACTOR 1 MAINTENANCE cost are ridiculous. When starting it takes 4-6 offices to…”
People who play it also play: Rise of Industry, Prison Architect, Mad Tower Tycoon
Mobile version
Project Highrise is also on App Store. What the store pages declare:
- App Store in-app purchases: (checked 2026-11-04, source)
- App Store privacy label: no "Data Used to Track You" (checked 2026-11-04, source)
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Frequently asked about Project Highrise
Can I run it?
Does Project Highrise run on Steam Deck?
Project Highrise is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Project Highrise cost?
Project Highrise is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Project Highrise?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Project Highrise are Rise of Industry, Prison Architect, Mad Tower Tycoon.
Who developed Project Highrise?
Project Highrise was developed by SomaSim and published by Kasedo Games.