Tag: city-builder

Cities: Skylines 2’s new developer breaks cover on its plans for the sequel’s future, revealing a patch that will include changes players ‘have been requesting for a long time’

Cities: Skylines 2’s new…

A decade after it famously beat SimCity at its own game, Finnish developer Colossal Order waved goodbye to the…
This ‘physics-based survival city builder’ stuffed all my favorite words into its title so I’m automatically psyched

This ‘physics-based survival city…

All Will Fall—going by the full legal name “All Will Fall: Physics-Based Survival City Builder” on Steam—is nearly all…
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…