15 Games To Play If You Love Sim City
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17 Games To Play If You Love Sim City
Before there was The Sims, there was Sim City. If you remember that game and loved it, here's what to play these days! Before there was , there was Sim City. The franchise was started by Maxis back in 1989 and has since gone on to spawn multiple titles, including beginning the popular Sims franchise. The entire purpose of Sim City is to design your city, meaning you get to control where schools, hospitals, parks, roads, landscapes, and more are located within your city. You can't necessarily "beat" the game, but you must try and maintain balance while still keeping residents happy in addition to making an accessible and livable place for your citizens. If you love Sim City and want more to play, here are some other games you should consider checking out. Updated May 29, 2022 by Ryan Bamsey: Building cities and towns is one of the most fun experiences you can have in gaming. The Sim City series brought this experience to mainstream audiences, and we now have a bustling market full of compelling games that allow you to create the locations of your dreams - whether it's replicating the place you grew up or building a colony on a different planet. THEGAMER VIDEO OF THE DAY Ostriv
If you fancy a break from the grid-based restrictions of many city-builder games, you might want to try Ostriv. This game lets you create very organic-looking villages where citizens are individually simulated, and it's a compelling experience. Ostriv is a very beautiful, calming game set in the rustic countryside of Ukraine, the homeland of the game developer, yevhen8. While the game is in Early Access and updates have slowed down due to the current world climate, as it stands, Ostriv is a full, enjoyable experience. Kingdoms Reborn
Kingdoms Reborn is a game that has you building up a colony and attracting new residents to your settlement, trading with others, and becoming as prosperous as possible. You progress through a series of ages, gradually developing your technology level as you go. Most simulation games on the market are designed with single-player in mind, but Kingdoms Reborn is a game that thrives when you play it with friends. You can play cooperatively, sharing your resources and sending gifts, or competitively, cornering the global market or even using force to take lands from your friends. Anno 2070
Like Sim City, Anno 2070 is another game where you build cities and try to maintain a flourishing economy. Anno 2070 also has real-time elements. It is part of the popular Anno series, but this game is one of the best in the series. It takes place in the year 2070, as the title suggests, in a world where global warming has completely decimated the polar ice caps. Due to an excess of flooding, many of the old cities have been deconstructed, and new islands have taken their place. It is your job to settle those islands and create new sustainable civilizations. Kingdom Two Crowns
For those who enjoy a good challenge, Kingdom Two Crowns offers one not just through building a kingdom from dust and despair but also through protecting what you've built from the ravaging forces known as The Greed. The player controls the monarch atop their noble steed, distributing coins to whichever citizens or buildings they deem necessary. Any Kingdom player knows that the key to victory is proper resource management; how you spend your gold coins will mean the difference between prosperity and eventual destruction. Players must consider defensive measures (archers, outer walls, and weaponry) and money-making opportunities (farming, hunting, and fishing). If you can play the long game, then your monarch just might succeed. Towns
If you enjoy RPG games in addition to Sim City, then you might want to check out Towns on Steam. The game introduces some RPG elements into the play as you must manage a settlement on top of an active dungeon, which you can also explore. The developers have cited other RPG games, such as Diablo as their inspirations. Another fun aspect of this game is you can choose a biome you want to start your settlement in, whether it be grass, snow, or otherwise. However, it should be noted that Towns is an unfinished game that was abandoned by its developers. That said, it's still playable and fun to experiment with if you're looking for something different.
Aven Colony
Aven Colony was released in 2017 to PS4, Xbox One, and PC - it is centered around humans colonizing an alien planet in order to survive. Players who enjoy science fiction elements may find themselves enjoying this game as they build mines and farms, eradicate alien bugs, and defend against unpredictable plagues. If desired, players can travel outward to fight alien spores, though they must maintain the meticulous balance that a space colony requires. Surviving Mars
If Aven Colony isn't your exact cup of tea, don't fret; there are several more space colonization games to try. Surviving Mars was released in 2018 and provides the harrowing challenge of creating and sustaining life on the planet Mars. Not only is there intricate building and the allocation of precious resources to worry about, but each individual colonist has their own stats that can be maintained and traits that impact how they act and work. The game also allows for a variety of difficulty settings, making it open to both beginner builders and hardcore players. Constructor Plus
Constructor Plus is for those who have played their fair share of Simulation and building games and want something not just new, but perhaps even wacky. Released in 2019, it has almost three times the amount of content that its predecessor had; Constructor Plus is all about crafting and maintaining a corrupt, larger-than-life town that offers plenty of comedic potential for players. Not only can you build ridiculous structures and oddities, but the town is full of wild people such as tripper-happy gangsters and even zombies. Those who want a more fantastical experience may find their joy in this game. Tropico 4
Tropico 4 is yet another city-based game, but this one is a little different than some of the others on this list because it focuses more on the management side of running a city in addition to the politics. The Tropico series is a popular franchise, and if you like Tropico 4, we recommend you check out its sequels, too. In Tropico 4, you become the ruler of an island banana republic. There are ten maps created for you, and you can choose whichever you would like. Then you can customize various aspects of your island, such as the type of vegetation and minerals found there. Your goal is to keep your citizens happy. Cities Skylines
Cities: Skyline is a single-player open city-building simulation. Players must work to maintain a city, simple enough. This includes everything from ensuring the pollution levels remain low to dealing with zoning, taxes, public transportation, the daily lives of citizens, and more. In the beginning, you start with a simple plot of land and an interchange exit from a highway. Then you must begin to slowly add on to what you have in terms of roads, creating jobs and essential services, and slowly the city will start to grow as people move in which unlocks new assets like public schools and transit. The game offers multiple expansion packs that add new buildings, zones, industries, and even radio stations to the game. Rollercoaster Tycoon
Rollercoaster Tycoon is not a city-building game, but it allows you to create and manage an amusement park. The game became so popular it spawned multiple spin-offs and sequels. The most recent release is available for Nintendo Switch. The main goal of the game is to create an amazing amusement park and that means you get to design roller coasters and in the earlier versions of the game, you could even "ride" your coasters with a first-person perspective. You'll have to watch how guests interact with them depending on their intensity and ensure you keep your park clean of all vomit! Frostpunk
Frostpunk is an excellent game for those who in their video games. Released in 2018 for PS4, Xbox One, and PC, the player is in charge of the last city on Earth, and must make sometimes difficult choices for both its infrastructure and its citizens. Anyone who enjoys dystopian and/or steampunk themes will no doubt enjoy Frostpunk, though its cold environment and colder atmosphere will make for an emotional experience. Prepare to sacrifice to ensure the survival of humanity's last civilization. Animal Crossing
Some gamers want tough challenges and tangible rewards; others just enjoy . is an extremely popular Nintendo franchise and while it isn't all that similar to Sim City, they do share some basic fundamentals. While you're not trying to create a city in this game, you are trying to create a village that you'd be happy to live in. You start off with a small home, and soon you can grow it into a multi-level mansion, so long as you pay your loans to on time. New animals will move into your town, too, as it grows, and you can start contracts to build other stores and areas in the game. Plus, it is your job to maintain cleanliness to ensure your town doesn't get overrun with weeds. The of this game is another great reason to invest, as sharing one's projects with others becomes a great motivator. Stronghold 3
Stronghold 3 is a real-time strategy video game that should please the most avid of Sim City fans. The game has more of a story and plot to follow than Sim City does, but you will still need to understand how to manage resources and care for a village. The plot of the story follows the Boy, a character from previous games. The Wolf has cheated death and is seeking revenge on The Boy. You and your allies will have to stand against him. You can play with an economic campaign or a military one. The economic campaign might suit Sim City fans more as it is less story-driven. Planetbase
Have you ever considered playing a building game that takes place in space? If so, then look no further than Planetbase. The game is a pretty remarkable one that involves trying to establish a livable human colony on another planet. If you enjoy playing Sim City but want a significant change in locale, then Planetbase is the perfect fit. You'll need to help a group of space settlers build a civilization while contending with environmental factors like natural disasters. You'll be able to add robots into the game to help with some of the tasks too. There are different planets with different environments as well. The Sims Franchise
Obviously, if you love Sim City, perhaps the next best franchise you can get involved in is The Sims. The Sims wouldn't exist without Sim City and although there is more focus on caring for the characters and people than the environment, there are also many opportunities to build. In The Sims, you won't necessarily be building cities (although in some games that is an option) but if you enjoy building things from the ground up, you can take your time creating beautiful Sim manors and homes. The games are loads of fun and should keep you entertained for hours. Plus they come with many to constantly add on