Games like Metabolis
Games like Metabolis include Banished, Prison Architect, Cities: Skylines II, Kingdoms and Castles, and Foundation. We matched them by the tags players give Metabolis on Steam (Simulation, Economy, City Builder, 3D Platformer, and 3D): closest matches first, and among equally close ones the better-known games.

Banished
Shared: City Builder · Simulation · Colony Sim

Prison Architect
Shared: Simulation · Colony Sim · City Builder

Cities: Skylines II
Shared: Simulation · City Builder · Economy

Kingdoms and Castles
Shared: City Builder · Simulation · Colony Sim

Foundation
Shared: Simulation · City Builder · Economy

Cities: Skylines
Shared: Simulation · City Builder · Economy

Fabledom
Shared: City Builder · Economy · Colony Sim

Planet Coaster 2
Shared: Simulation · City Builder · Economy

Dawn of Man
Shared: City Builder · Simulation · Colony Sim

Ostriv
Shared: Simulation · City Builder · Colony Sim

Manor Lords
Shared: Simulation · City Builder · Economy

Big Ambitions
Shared: Economy · Simulation · Sandbox

Supermarket Simulator
Shared: Simulation · Economy · Immersive Sim

Highrise City
Shared: Simulation · City Builder · Colony Sim

Songs of Syx
Shared: City Builder · Colony Sim · Sandbox

Settlement Survival
Shared: City Builder · Simulation · Colony Sim

House Flipper
Shared: Simulation · Sandbox · Relaxing

Tropico 6
Shared: Simulation · City Builder · Economy

Planet Coaster
Shared: Simulation · Economy · Sandbox

Anno 1800
Shared: Simulation · City Builder · Economy

Planet Zoo
Shared: Simulation · City Builder · Economy

Dwarf Fortress
Shared: Simulation · Colony Sim · City Builder

Farthest Frontier
Shared: City Builder · Economy · Colony Sim

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