Cosy but not too cosy historical city builder games

Anno 1800 is on sale on Steam. I love a historical city builder, but I don't want anything too complicated. I've read the Anno games are very complicated and have a steep learning curve, so perhaps I shouldn't buy it. I want a game with enough options for it to be fun and slightly challenging. I do want people populating the place, so I'm not buying Tiny Glade even though it looks very pretty, because it's only about the aesthetics (like townscraper). Any recommendations for a historical city/town builder or even a historical dynasty/family builder which is medium-cosy? Graphics are kind of important to me - I don't really like cartoony anime-style 2D or pixel art games - it just kind of needs to look pretty. I do want it to be historical, if possible. Lemme know! Thanks!