List of city-building video games

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This is a comprehensive index of city-building games, sorted chronologically. Information regarding date of release, developer, platform, setting and notability is provided when available. The table can be sorted by clicking on the small boxes next to the column headings.


Legend

Video game platforms
AMI Amiga
AMI32 Amiga CD32
AQUA Mattel Aquarius
ARC Acorn Archimedes
BBC BBC Micro, Acorn Electron, BBC Master
C64 Commodore 64
CDTV Commodore CDTV
CPC Amstrad CPC
DESQ DESQview
DOS MS-DOS
DROI Android
DS Nintendo DS
EPOC32 EPOC32
FMT FM Towns
GBA Game Boy Advance
GBC Game Boy Color
INT Intellivision
JAVAME Java Platform, Micro Edition
iOS iOS
iPhone iPhone
iPod iPod
LIN Linux
MAC Mac
MAIN Mainframe computer
MOBI Mobile phone
N64 Nintendo 64
NeWS NeWS
NX Nintendo Switch
OS2 OS/2
OSX macOS / OS X
PC98 PC-9800 series
PS1 PlayStation / PSone
PS2 PlayStation 2
PS3 PlayStation 3
PS4 PlayStation 4
PS5 PlayStation 5
PSP PlayStation Portable
SAT Sega Saturn
SNES Super NES / Super Famicom
SYB Symbian OS
Tk Tk
UNIX Unix
VC Virtual Console (Wii)
Wii Wii
WIN Microsoft Windows
WIN3X Windows 3.x
WIN9X Windows 9x
X01 OLPC XO-1
X11 X Window System
X360 Xbox 360
XOne Xbox One
XSX/S Xbox Series X/S
ZX ZX Spectrum

List

Year Game Developer Setting Platform Notes
1964 The Sumerian Game Mabel Addis Historical MAIN Text-based game based on the ancient Sumerian city of Lagash.[1]
1969 The Sumer Game Richard Merrill Historical MAIN Adaptation of The Sumerian Game.[1]
1975 Hamurabi David H. Ahl Historical MAIN Expanded version of The Sumer Game. Published later as part of BASIC Computer Games.
1978 Santa Paravia en Fiumaccio George Blank Historical MAIN, 9+ other platforms
1981 Kingdom[2] David Allen[3] Historical BBC A conversion of the game "Hamurabi", it was included as part of welcome package to BBC Microcomputers.
1982 Utopia Don Daglow Contemporary AQUA, INT
1989 SimCity Maxis Contemporary AMI, MAC, 27+ other platforms First title in the SimCity series.
1990 ActRaiser Quintet Fantasy MOBI, SNES, VC 2D platform game mix.
1990 Moonbase Wesson Sci-fi AMI, DOS
1991 Utopia: The Creation of a Nation Celestial Sci-fi AMI, DOS, SNES, ST
1992 Caesar Impressions Historical AMI, DOS, ST First title in the City Building series.
1993 Lunar Command Wesson Sci-fi DOS Updated version of Moonbase.
1993 SimCity 2000 Maxis, Full Fat Contemporary AMI, DOS, GBA, MAC, N64, PS1, PSP, SAT, SNES Sequel to SimCity.
1993 The Settlers (a.k.a. Serf City: Life is Feudal) Blue Byte Fantasy AMI, DOS First title in the series.
1993 Stronghold: Kingdom Simulator Stormfront Fantasy DOS, FMT, PC98, WIN, LIN, OSX Hybrid with RTS elements.
1994 Outpost Sierra Sci-fi MAC, WIN3X Sci-fi version of SimCity.
1994 The Horde Toys for Bob Fantasy 3DO, DOS, SAT, FMT, PC98 Action strategy; town-builder modes.
1995 Caesar II Impressions Historical MAC, WIN Sequel to Caesar.
1995 Lincity Various Contemporary CROSS Open source clone of Sim City.
1995 SimIsle: Missions in the Rainforest Intelligent Contemporary DOS, MAC, WIN3X
1995 SimTown Maxis Contemporary MAC, WIN, WIN3X
1996 Afterlife LucasArts Fantasy DOS, MAC, WIN9X
1996 Holiday Island Sunflowers Contemporary WIN9X
1996 The Settlers II: Veni, Vidi, Vici Blue Byte Fantasy DOS, DS, MAC Sequel to The Settlers. Nintendo DS port was released in 2007.
1996 The Settlers II Mission CD Blue Byte Fantasy DOS Expansion to The Settlers II: Veni, Vidi, Vici.
1997 Constructor System 3 Contemporary PS1, WIN
1998 Anno 1602: Creation of a New World Max Historical WIN9X First title in the series. RTS mix.
1998 Knights and Merchants: The Shattered Kingdom Joymania Entertainment Historical WIN, LIN Hybrid with RTS elements.
1998 Caesar III Impressions Historical MAC, WIN9X, Not Sequel to Caesar II.
1998 The Settlers III Blue Byte Fantasy WIN9X Sequel to The Settlers II: Veni, Vidi, Vici.
1999 Alien Nations Neo Software Fantasy WIN, MAC Hybrid with RTS elements.
1999 Mobility Glamus Contemporary WIN, LIN
1999 Pharaoh Impressions Historical WIN9X
1999 SimCity 3000 Maxis Contemporary iPhone, LIN, MAC, WIN Sequel to SimCity 2000.
2000 Cleopatra: Queen of the Nile Impressions Historical WIN9X Expansion to Pharaoh.
2000 Cultures: Discovery of Vinland Funatics Software Fantasy WIN, iOS RTS mix.
2000 Master of Olympus: Zeus Impressions Fantasy WIN
2000 SimCity 64 HAL Contemporary N64 Spin-off of the SimCity series.
2000 SimCity 3000 Unlimited Maxis Contemporary LIN, WIN Re-release of SimCity 3000.
2000 StarPeace Oceanus Sci-fi WIN MMOG.
2001 Master of Atlantis: Poseidon Impressions Fantasy WIN Expansion to Master of Olympus: Zeus.
2001 The Nations JoWooD Vienna Fantasy WIN Sequel to Alien Nations. Hybrid with RTS elements.
2001 StarTopia Mucky Foot Sci-fi WIN
2001 Stronghold Firefly Studios Fantasy WIN Hybrid with RTS elements.
2001 The Settlers IV Blue Byte Fantasy WIN Sequel to The Settlers III.
2001 Tropico PopTop Contemporary MAC, OSX, WIN, WIN9X
2002 Cultures 2: The Gates of Asgard Funatics Software Fantasy WIN Sequel to Cultures.
2002 Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom BreakAway, Impressions Historical WIN
2002 Metropolismania Media Factory Contemporary PS2 First title in the series.
2002 Moonbase Commander Humongous Sci-fi WIN
2002 Stronghold: Crusader Firefly Studios Historical WIN Hybrid with RTS elements.
2002 Tropico: Paradise Island BreakAway Contemporary WIN, WIN9X Expansion to Tropico.
2003 Anno 1503: The New World Max Historical WIN9X, WIN Sequel to Anno 1602: Creation of a New World. RTS mix.
2003 Anno 1503: Treasures, Monsters and Pirates Max Historical WIN Expansion to Anno 1503: The New World.
2003 SimCity 4 Maxis Contemporary OSX, WIN Sequel to SimCity 3000.
2003 SimCity 4: Rush Hour Maxis Contemporary OSX, WIN Expansion to SimCity 4.
2003 Tropico 2: Pirate Cove Frog City Historical OSX, WIN
2004 Immortal Cities: Children of the Nile Tilted Mill Historical WIN
2004 Outpost Kaloki X NinjaBee Sci-fi WIN, X360
2005 Medieval Lords: Build, Defend, Expand Monte Cristo Historical WIN
2005 Stronghold 2 Firefly Studios Fantasy WIN Hybrid with RTS elements.
2005 Settlers: Heritage of Kings, The Blue Byte Fantasy WIN Sequel to The Settlers IV.
2005 The Settlers: Heritage of Kings - Expansion Disk Blue Byte Fantasy WIN Expansion to The Settlers: Heritage of Kings.
2005 The Settlers: Heritage of Kings - Legends Expansion Disk Blue Byte Fantasy WIN Expansion to The Settlers: Heritage of Kings.
2006 Anno 1701 Related Historical WIN Sequel to Anno 1503: The New World. RTS mix.
2006 Caesar IV Tilted Mill Historical WIN Sequel to Caesar III.
2006 City Life Monte Cristo Contemporary WIN, DS
2006 CivCity: Rome Firefly, Firaxis Historical WIN
2006 Dwarf Fortress Bay 12 Games Fantasy WIN, LIN, MAC
2006 Glory of the Roman Empire Haemimont Historical WIN
2006 The Settlers II 10th Anniversary Blue Byte Fantasy WIN Remake of The Settlers II: Veni, Vidi, Vici.
2006 Stronghold Legends Firefly Studios Fantasy WIN Hybrid with RTS elements.
2006 Tycoon City: New York Deep Red Contemporary WIN
2007 Anno 1701: Dawn of Discovery Keen Historical DS Hybrid with RTS elements.
2007 Anno 1701: The Curse of the Dragon Related Historical DS Expansion to Anno 1701: Dawn of Discovery. RTS mix.
2007 SimCity DS EA Japan, AKI Corporation Contemporary DS
2007 SimCity Societies Tilted Mill Contemporary MOBI, WIN Spin-off of the SimCity series.
2007 The Settlers II: 10th Anniversary - The Vikings Blue Byte Fantasy WIN Expansion to The Settlers II (10th Anniversary).
2007 The Settlers: Rise of an Empire Blue Byte Fantasy WIN Sequel to The Settlers: Heritage of Kings.
2008 A Kingdom for Keflings Ninja Bee Fantasy X360
2008 Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King Square Enix Fantasy Wii Hybrid with RPG elements.
2008 Hinterland Tilted Mill Fantasy WIN Hybrid with RPG elements.
2008 Imperium Romanum Haemimont Historical WIN Sequel to Glory of the Roman Empire.
2008 Micropolis Don Hopkins Contemporary CROSS Open source version of SimCity.
2008 SimCity DS 2 EA Japan, AKI Corporation Contemporary DS, Wii Aka SimCity Creator ww.
2008 SimCity Societies: Destinations Tilted Mill Contemporary WIN Expansion to SimCity Societies.
2008 Settlers: Rise of an Empire - The Eastern Realm, The Blue Byte Fantasy WIN Expansion to The Settlers: Rise of an Empire.
2009 Anno 1404 Related, Ubisoft, Blue Byte Historical WIN, OSX, DS, Wii Sequel to Anno 1701: Dawn of Discovery. RTS mix.
2009 Cities XL Monte Cristo Contemporary WIN
2009 Grand Ages: Rome Haemimont Historical WIN Sequel to Imperium Romanum.
2009 OpenCity Duong-Khang Nguyen Contemporary CROSS Open source. A development version is available.
2009 Tropico 3 Haemimont Games Contemporary OSX, WIN, X360 Successor to Tropico.
2010 A World of Keflings Ninja Bee Fantasy X360
2010 Cities XL 2011 Focus Home Interactive Contemporary WIN
2010 Settlers 7: Paths to a Kingdom, The Blue Byte Fantasy OSX, WIN Sequel to The Settlers: Rise of an Empire.
2011 Anno 2070 Related Designs Sci-fi WIN
2011 Cities XL 2012 Focus Home Interactive Contemporary WIN
2011 MegaCity ColePowered Games Contemporary iOS, X360, DROI Puzzler with city-building looks.
2011 Stronghold 3 Firefly Studios Fantasy WIN, OSX, LIN Hybrid with RTS elements.
2011 Tropico 4 Haemimont Games Contemporary WIN, X360, OSX
2012 SimCity Social Playfish, Maxis Modern BROW Defunct online, social SimCity spin-off.
2012 Stronghold: HD Firefly Studios Historical WIN Modest enhancement of Stronghold (2001). RTS mix.
2012 The Simpsons: Tapped Out EA Mobile Parody iOS, DROI Freemium title. Delisted 2024.
2012 Towns Xavi Canal, Ben Palgi Fantasy WIN, LIN, OSX RPG hybrid with few influences. Abandoned in 2014.
2013 SimCity Maxis Contemporary WIN, OSX Relaunch of Simcity Series.
2014 Banished Shining Rock Software Historical WIN
2014 Stronghold Crusader II Firefly Studios Historical WIN Hybrid with RTS elements.
2014 Tropico 5 Haemimont Games Contemporary WIN, OSX, LIN, X360, PS4[4]
2015 Anno 2205 Blue Byte Sci-Fi WIN Sequel to Anno 2070.
2015 Cities: Skylines Colossal Order Contemporary WIN, OSX, LIN, PS4, XOne, NX Based on the engine used for Cities in Motion 2.
2015 Cities XXL Focus Home Interactive Contemporary WIN
2015 Concrete Jungle ColePowered Games Contemporary WIN, OSX, iOS, DROI City-planning deck-builder. Sequel to MegaCity.
2015 Planetbase Madruga Works Sci-fi WIN, OSX, XOne, PS4 Survival city-builder.
2015 Valhalla Hills Funatics Software Mythology WIN, LIN, OSX, Cloud, XOne, PS4 City builder, RTS.
2016 Clockwork Empires Gaslamp Games Alternate History, Lovecraftian WIN, OSX Lovecraftian colony sim. Delisted 2019.
2017 Aven Colony Mothership Entertainment Sci-Fi WIN, PS4, XOne
2017 Block'hood Plethora Project Modern WIN, LIN, OSX Neighbourhood builder.
2017 Life is Feudal: Forest Village Bitbox Historical WIN Survival town builder.
2017 Kingdoms and Castles Lion Shield Fantasy WIN, OSX, LIN, XOne, XSX/S, PS4, PS5
2018 Frostpunk 11 bit studios Sci-Fi WIN, OSX, PS4, XOne
2018 Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation Suncrash Post-apocalypse, Demons WIN Colony sim & real-time tactics.
2018 Maia Machine Studios Hard sci-fi WIN, LIN, OSX Survival colony sim with a first person mode.
2018 Surviving Mars Haemimont Games Sci-Fi WIN, OSX, LIN, PS4, XOne
2019 Anno 1800 Blue Byte Historical WIN, XSX/S, PS5 Industrialization-age exploration building sim.
2019 Dawn of Man Madruga Works Historical WIN, OSX Prehistoric city builder. Eras: Paleolithic to the Iron Age.
2019 Islanders Grizzly Games Fantasy WIN, OSX, LIN Casual city builder with low-poly aesthetic.
2019 Outlanders Pomelo Games Contemporary iOS, WIN
2019 Rise of Industry Dapper Penguin Studios Historical WIN, LIN, OSX Tycoon sim with minimalist 3D graphics. Former name: Project Automata.
2019 Rise to Ruins Raymond Doerr Fantasy WIN, OSX, LIN Indie city-builder with survival and god game mix.
2019 Tropico 6 Limbic Entertainment Contemporary WIN, OSX, LIN, PS4, XOne
2020 Before We Leave Balancing Monkey Games Sci-fi WIN, OSX, NX, XOne, XSX/S, PS4, PS5
2020 Per Aspera Tlön Industries Sci-fi WIN City-builder about terraforming Mars.
2020 Airborne Kingdom The Wandering Band Sci-fi WIN, OSX, PS4, PS5, XOne, XSX/S, NX Steampunk flying city.
2021 Actraiser Renaissance Sonic Powered, Square Enix Fantasy iOS, DROI, NX, WIN, PS4 Big remaster of ActRaiser.
2021 Dice Legacy DESTINYbit Fantasy WIN, NX, XOne, PS4, XSX/S, PS5 Roguelike survival with dice rolls.
2021 Endzone: A World Apart Gentlymad Studios Post-apocalypse WIN, XOne, XSX/S, PS5 Post-apocalyptic survival city-builder.
2021 Nebuchadnezzar Nepos Games Historical WIN, LIN Set in Ancient Mesopotamia.
2021 Patron Overseer Games Historical WIN Survival city-builder.
2021 Stronghold: Warlords Firefly Studios Historical WIN Hybrid with RTS elements.
2021 Surviving the Aftermath Iceflake Studios Post-apocalypse WIN, NX, PS4, XOne, XSX/S Survival city-builder. Sequel to Surviving Mars.
2021 Townscaper Oskar Stålberg Fantasy WIN, OSX, MOBI Indie city-builder with a specially intuitive gameplay and interface.
2022 Floodland Vile Monarch Post-apocalypse WIN Survival city-builder.
2022 Ixion Bulwark Studios Sci-fi WIN, PS5, XSX/S
2022 Urbek City Builder Estudios Kremlinois Contemporary WIN, PS4, PS5, XSX/S, NX Puzzle aspects with voxels.
2023 Against the Storm Eremite Games Dark fantasy WIN Roguelike.
2023 Aquatico Digital Reef Games Historical WIN
2023 Cities: Skylines II Colossal Order Contemporary WIN, XSX/S, PS5 Sequel to Cities: Skylines.
2023 Pharaoh: A New Era Triskell Interactive Historical WIN Remake of Pharaoh.
2023 The Settlers: New Allies Ubisoft Düsseldorf Fantasy WIN, NX, PS4, PS5, XOne, XSX/S Reboot of The Settlers series.
2023 Stranded: Alien Dawn Haemimont Games Sci-fi WIN, XOne, PS4, PS5, XSX/S Survival sim.
2023 SteamWorld Build The Station Sci-fi WIN, NX, XOne, XSX/S, PS4, PS5 Steampunk city-builder.
2024 Bulwark Evolution: Falconeer Chronicles Tomas Sala (Person) Fantasy WIN, LIN, XOne, PS4, PS5, XSX/S Open world builder.
2024 Frostpunk 2 11 Bit Studios Alternate history WIN, PS5, XSX/S Sequel to Frostpunk.
2024 Olympics Go! Paris 2024 Nvizzio Creations Contemporary WIN, iOS, DROI Sports game mix. Based on 2024 Summer Olympics.
2024 Summerhouse Friedemann Allmenröder Contemporary WIN, OSX Open-ended sandbox game.
2024 Tiny Glade Pounce Light Historical WIN, LIN Medieval, cosy diorama builder.
2024 Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic 3Division Historical WIN City builder with a focus on a communist economic system.
2025 Anno 117: Pax Romana Ubisoft Mainz Historical WIN, PS5, XSX/S Sequel to Anno 1800. RTS mix.
2025 Builders of Egypt Strategy Labs Historical WIN Ancient Egypt setting. Covers full pharaonic Egypt history.
2025 Foundation Polymorph Games Historical WIN Medieval indie city-builder.
2025 Kaiserpunk Overseer Games Alt-Historical WIN Grand strategy mix.
TBA Flotsam Pajama Llama Games Post-apocalypse WIN Survival town builder on water.
TBA Infection Free Zone Jutsu Games Post-apocalypse WIN Survival city-builder.
TBA Manor Lords Slavic Magic Historical WIN, XOne, XSX/S City-building & real-time tactics.
TBA The Wandering Village Stray Fawn Sci-fi WIN, LIN, OSX, XOne, XSX/S Mobile city-builder.
TBA Timberborn Mechanistry Fantasy, Futuristic WIN, macOS Beaver colony.

See also

References

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  4. ^ "9 Ways To Dictate Like A Pro In Tropico 5 on PS4". 10 February 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
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