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  1. 0 A.D. icon
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    0 A.D. is a free, open-source, cross-platform real-time strategy (RTS) game of ancient warfare. In short, it is a historically-based war/economy game that allows players to relive or rewrite the history of Western civilizations, focusing on the years between 500 B.C. and 500 A.D.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
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    Tiny Glade is a relaxing free-form building game. Tap into the joy of making something pretty with no management, no combat, or wrong answers — just kick back, doodle some castles, and turn forgotten meadows into lovable dioramas.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Steam
    • SteamOS
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  3. Cities: Skylines is a modern take on the classic city simulation. The game introduces new game play elements to realize the thrill and hardships of creating and maintaining a real city whilst expanding on some well-established tropes of the city building experience.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Steam
    • Playstation
    • Nintendo Switch
    • Xbox
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  4. SimCity icon
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    SimCity is a series of city-building simulation games, where you are given the task of founding and developing a city, while maintaining the happiness of the citizens and keeping a stable budget.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • ReactOS
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  5. Dwarf Fortress icon
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    Dwarf Fortress is a single-player fantasy simulator. You can control a dwarven outpost or an adventurer in a randomly generated, persistent world. The world is procedurally generated with distinct civilizations spanning centuries of detailed history, multitude of towns, bodies...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  6. CaesarIA icon
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    CaesarIA is an open source remake of Caesar III game released by Impressions Games in 1998, it aims to expand the possibilities of the classical city-building simulators and to add new features showing the city life. Now the game work with Windows, Linux, Mac, Haiku and Android.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Wine
    • Steam
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  7. Engage in a minimalist strategy game with stunning pixel art, as a ruler on a mission to expand and defend your realm from night creatures.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Steam
    • GOG.com
    • Playstation
    • Nintendo Switch
    • Xbox
    • Humble Bundle
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  8. Banished icon
     19 likes

    In this city-building strategy game, you control a group of exiled travelers who decide to restart their lives in a new land. They have only the clothes on their backs and a cart filled with supplies from their homeland.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Wine
    • Steam
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  9. Unknown Horizons is a 2D real-time strategy simulation with an emphasis on economy and city building. Expand your small settlement to a strong and wealthy colony, collect taxes and supply your inhabitants with valuable goods.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  10. Tropico icon
     12 likes

    Tropico is a series of construction and management simulation computer games developed by PopTop Software and published by Gathering of Developers in April 2001. Feral Interactive has developed and published a number of the games.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Wine
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  11. Lincity-NG icon
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    Lincity is a construction and management simulation game, which puts the player in control of managing a city's socio-economy. Its name is a play on the title of the original city-building game, SimCity, and it was released under the GNU General Public License.

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  12. Caesar icon
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    As a provincial governor charged with spreading the glory of Rome your mission is clear – build cities, foster trade and industry, make money. How you accomplish this is up to you. Gain wealth and power, make a career out of pleasing the emperor, battle barbarians and repel...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  13. From the writers of The Simpsons, comes the city building game that lets you create your own living,breathing Springfield!When Homer accidently causes a meltdown that wipes out Springfield,it’s up to you to clean up his mess.we mean, help him rebuild.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
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  14. Stronghold icon
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    Stronghold Crusader is a RTS game from the series from Stronghold.

    In Stronghold Crusader the player can play as either the legendary Richard the Lionheart or the formidable Saladin. A mix of real-time strategy and city-building games, the game's desert setting requires str.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Wine
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  15. Darfall icon
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    Darfall is a strategy survival city-builder with RPG elements. You lead your hero with a band of warriors to defend your settlement, explore the corrupted land and craft new items. Expand your settlement and defeat the darkness coming from everywhere.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Steam
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  16. Townscaper icon
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    Townscaper is an experimental passion project. More of a toy than a game. Pick colors from the palette, plop down colored blocks of house on the irregular grid, and watch Townscaper's underlying algorithm automatically turn those blocks into cute little houses, arches...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Steam
    • Nintendo Switch
    • Xbox
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  17. Micropolis icon
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    Micropolis is a open city-building simulator game and is based on the original source code of SimCity , which was donated to the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) project by Electronic Arts as free and open source software under the terms of the...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
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  18. eCity icon
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    eCity is a city simulation game where you are challenged to solve different engineering issues. Eight scenarios are available including topics such as:

    • energy distribution
    • pollution
    • networking
    • transportation
    • natural disasters
    • etc,

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Desura
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  19. Islanders icon
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    ISLANDERS is a minimalist strategy game about building cities on colorful islands. Explore an infinite number of ever-changing new lands, expand your settlements from sprawling villages to vast cities and enjoy the relaxing atmosphere.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Steam
    • Playstation
    • Nintendo Switch
    • Xbox
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  20. Frostpunk icon
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    As the ruler of the last city on Earth, it is your duty to manage both its citizens and its infrastructure. What decisions will you make to ensure survival? What will you do when pushed to breaking point? Who will you become in the process?.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Steam
    • GOG.com
    • Playstation
    • Xbox
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  21. Stonehearth icon
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    Stonehearth is a game of exploration and survival in an epic fantasy setting. Build your town, care for your hearthlings, and defend against marauding invaders.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Wine
    • Steam
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