Tag: city-builder

High-flying RPG city builder Airborne Empire has launched on Steam, and it’s testing my balancing skills in more ways than one

High-flying RPG city builder…

My flying city in Airborne Empire is tilted at a 1 degree angle. That’s not a big deal: it’s…
‘Brutally honest’ city builder Microlandia gets brutally honest crime simulation: ‘It’s a spectrum of consequences that can become a death spiral every single day’

‘Brutally honest’ city builder…

Most city-builders are creative toolsets with an optional management sim attached, canvasses for the imagination with a budget you…
I played a whopping 23 city builders in 2024, and here are my 5 favorites

I played a whopping…

Just like last year, 2024 was a busy year for city builders. Some of the most anticipated city builders…
Best City Builder 2024: Manor Lords

Best City Builder 2024:…

Break out the lute, because Manor Lords was our favourite city builder of the year. For more awards, check…
For all you mayors managing your budgets, here are 5 city builders from 2024 with great discounts in the Steam Winter Sale

For all you mayors…

Got plans over the holidays? Hopefully they include getting a little bit of rest, opening up some presents, and…
I’ve lost weekends to crushing dissenters and seals in Frostpunk 2 and that’s why it’s my personal pick for game of the year

I’ve lost weekends to…

Personal Pick (Image credit: Future) In addition to our main Game of the Year Awards 2024, each member of the…
Manor Lords’ dev is experimenting with a new trading system that allows for ‘deliberate economic strategies’, including establishing monopolies on resources

Manor Lords’ dev is…

Medieval city-builder Manor Lords had a quiet 2025, as its developer adjusted to the game’s enormous success following its…
Frostpunk 2 player manages to cram 1 million citizens into their city and only suffers half a dozen game crashes, ‘I wouldn’t fully call it stable!’

Frostpunk 2 player manages…

Like any good city-building simulator, players have been testing ways to push Frostpunk 2 to its limit pretty much…
Tiny Glade won’t stop delighting me with new discoveries

Tiny Glade won’t stop…

After becoming the most wishlisted cozy game on Steam before its launch, castle doodling game Tiny Glade has flooded…
I thought my first build in Tiny Glade was impressive, but then I started looking at what other people were doing and now I’m not convinced I’m doing it right

I thought my first…

When I completed my first build in Tiny Glade, I felt an immense sense of satisfaction. The lack of…