Games like Dream Engines: Nomad Cities
Games like Dream Engines: Nomad Cities include Factorio, RimWorld, Frostpunk, Kenshi, and Timberborn. We matched them by the tags players give Dream Engines: Nomad Cities on Steam (City Builder, Survival, Automation, Sandbox, and Procedural Generation): closest matches first, and among equally close ones the better-known games.

Factorio
Shared: Automation · Sandbox · Survival

RimWorld
Shared: Survival · Sandbox · Strategy

Frostpunk
Shared: City Builder · Survival · Strategy

Kenshi
Shared: Survival · Sandbox · RPG

Timberborn
Shared: City Builder · Sandbox · Automation

Dwarf Fortress
Shared: City Builder · Sandbox · Strategy

Manor Lords
Shared: City Builder · Strategy · Simulation

Endzone - A World Apart
Shared: City Builder · Survival · Strategy

Banished
Shared: City Builder · Survival · Strategy

Dyson Sphere Program
Shared: Automation · City Builder · Base Building

Frostpunk 2
Shared: City Builder · Survival · Strategy

Against the Storm
Shared: City Builder · Strategy · Simulation

Kingdoms and Castles
Shared: City Builder · Sandbox · Strategy

Infection Free Zone
Shared: City Builder · Survival · Strategy

Cities: Skylines
Shared: City Builder · Sandbox · Simulation

Space Haven
Shared: Survival · Strategy · Sandbox

Foundation
Shared: City Builder · Sandbox · Simulation

The Last Caretaker
Shared: Survival · Automation · Sandbox

Oxygen Not Included
Shared: Survival · Base Building · Sandbox

Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic
Shared: City Builder · Strategy · Simulation

Flotsam
Shared: City Builder · Sandbox · Automation

Going Medieval
Shared: Survival · City Builder · Strategy

Satisfactory
Shared: Automation · Base Building · Sandbox

Empires of the Undergrowth
Shared: City Builder · Strategy · Simulation