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Ostriv

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2020

Should you play it?

Ostriv is a city-building game that puts you in a role of a governor of an 18th century Ukrainian town to challenge your creative skills and management abilities.

What works

  • Deep and realistic economic simulation
  • Organic, gridless building placement
  • High attention to historical and cultural detail
  • Relaxing atmosphere and soundtrack
  • Active development despite challenging circumstances

Things to keep in mind

  • Slow development pace due to solo dev in war zone
  • Steep learning curve for new players
  • Limited endgame progression and repetitive late game
  • Lack of multiplayer or social features
  • Some ui and quality of life improvements needed

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Let Them Trade

  • Farm Manager 2018

  • Sumerians

  • Pompeii: The Legacy

  • Farm Manager 2021

  • MEMORIAPOLIS

More fantastical

Games that feels like Ostriv but with more imaginative fiction

  • Fabledom

  • HammerHelm

  • Kingdoms and Castles

  • Celestial Empire

  • Foundation

  • Celestial Empire: Prologue

Less idle-friendly

Games that feels like Ostriv but with less of an idle filler feel

  • Banished

  • 1849

  • Nebuchadnezzar

  • Patron

  • Settlement Survival

  • New Cycle

Less leadership-focused

Games that feels like Ostriv but with less leadership over others

  • Factory Town

  • Super Loco World - Cozy Train Automation

  • Urbek City Builder: Prologue

  • Modulus: Factory Automation

  • Voxel Tycoon

  • Town to City

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Ostriv: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Fantasy, Thrill, Story. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Leadership, Story, Survival.

Last update: 21/08/2026