City building games

Group Description

City Building are games which identify the primary gameplay as the construction, development, administration and management of a city, town or similar venues where the player takes the role of a governor, ruler or similar roles to successfully achieve the aforementioned goals.

This managerial strategy hybrid was initially popularized by games such as the SimCity series and Caesar series and traditionally was identified with an isometric or top-down visual perspective. Gameplay also is usually real-time.

City building games usually are identifiable by one or more of the following traits:
  • Main gameplay map is the city or town itself;
  • The city or town mentioned are usually already owned or may only be developed by the player;
  • Any form of opposition usually is located off-map;
  • Manual strategic placement of roads, structures or other buildings;
  • Manual management of citizen demands;
  • Trade and taxation, usually micro economics;
  • Upgrading options for structures and buildings;
  • Manipulation and exploitation of surrounding resources.
Limitations
City building must be identified as the primary gameplay of the specified game. Not to be confused with common RTS (Real-Time Strategy) games or other strategy games, where building does occur but as a secondary part of gameplay (e.g. for warfare purposes, although still an important part of the gameplay). Thus, such games should be excluded from this game group (simply put, you play the game primarily for city building purposes).

Examples of aforementioned games not to be included: Age of Empires, Warcraft, Command and Conquer, Railroad Tycoon, etc.
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Game Titlesorted in descending orderYearPlatformPublisherMobyScore
Cities XL2009WindowsMonte Cristo Multimedia...
Empire Builder: Ancient Egypt2009Macintosh, WindowsMerscom LLC...
World of Zellians: Kingdom Builder2009Macintosh, WindowsGameInvest, S.A....
Westward IV: All Aboard2009WindowsSandlot Games...
Plan It Green2009iPhone, Macintosh, WindowsI-Play...
Cities XL (Limited Edition)2009WindowsMonte Cristo Multimedia...
Wonderburg2009WindowsBig Fish Games, Inc...
Westward Collection2009WindowsSandlot Games...
SimCity2009iPhoneEA Mobile...
Romopolis2009WindowsiWin, Inc....
The SimCity Box2008WindowsElectronic Arts, Inc.4.50
Children of the Nile Pack2008WindowsTilted Mill Entertainment, Inc....
SimCity Creator2008WiiElectronic Arts, Inc....
City Life DS2008Nintendo DSMonte Cristo Multimedia...
Forgotten Lands: First Colony2008WindowsBig Fish Games, Inc...
Westward II: Heroes of the Frontier2008Macintosh, WindowsReflexive Entertainment Inc....
SimCity Societies: Destinations2008WindowsElectronic Arts, Inc.4.29
Build-a-lot 2: Town of the Year2008Macintosh, WindowsBig Fish Games, Inc...
SimCity Creator2008Nintendo DSElectronic Arts, Inc....
Build-a-lot 3: Passport to Europe2008Macintosh, WindowsBig Fish Games, Inc4.38
Westward III: Gold Rush2008Macintosh, WindowsSandlot Games...
Children of the Nile (Enhanced Edition)2008WindowsTilted Mill Entertainment, Inc....
SimCity Societies2007WindowsElectronic Arts, Inc.2.82
SimCity DS2007Nintendo DSElectronic Arts, Inc.4.07
City Life Edition 20082007WindowsAkella...
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Selected Covers

Nintendo DS Front Cover
Front cover for SimCity DS
Windows Front Cover
Front cover for City Life Edition 2008
Nintendo DS Front Cover
Front cover for SimCity Creator
Windows Front Cover
Front cover for Plan It Green
Windows Front Cover
Front cover for The SimCity Box

Selected Screenshots

Title screen
Screenshot from City Life Edition 2008
Main menu
Screenshot from Plan It Green
Main Menu
Screenshot from SimCity
 
Game group created by Dewa Indra? Bronze Star Contributing Member (13206), additional games added to group by Cantillon Bronze Star Contributing Member (10011), MtFR (1400), marley0001 (380), Patrick Bregger (17071), WildKard (11879), Sciere Bronze Star Contributing Member (126964), Daedolon Bronze Star Contributing Member (2727), Multimedia Mike Bronze Star Contributing Member (16188), Sicarius Bronze Star Contributing Member (50193), MegamanX64 Bronze Star Contributing Member (13558) and Macs Black (58750)
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