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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 (www.pcgamer.com)
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Times Of Progress is an elegant, focussed city builder set during the Industrial Revolution (www.rockpapershotgun.com)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/23303263

Times of Progress steam store page (in development)

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Tiny Glade's winter update finally lets me turn my castles into that scene from National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (www.pcgamer.com)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/23304080

Tiny Glase steam store page

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Dystopika, a creative cyberpunk city-builder, releases their 1.2 update with new visual effects, items and QoL updates (store.steampowered.com)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/23303213

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autarkis, a scifi puzzle city builder set on floating islands, releases demo on Steam (store.steampowered.com)
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Antimatter (in development), a 4X style space strategy with colonization and city/spacestation building, releases a devlogs focus on their shipyards mechanics (store.steampowered.com)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/23229695

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Final Outpost: Definitive Edition, a survival strategy base-builder, releases demo on Steam (store.steampowered.com)
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Tile Cities 2, a casual puzzle city-builder, from the developer of Ostriv, released on Steam (store.steampowered.com)
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Evershire, a beautiful, minimalist town builder, with a focus on decoration, released in early access on Steam (store.steampowered.com)
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Foundation, the free-form medieval town builder with extensive decorative customization, release a demo on Steam (store.steampowered.com)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/23012400

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River Towns, a puzzle-game style city-builder with district mechanics set in a fantasy world, releases demo on Steam (store.steampowered.com)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/23012350

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Polismos, a city-builder set in ancient Greece with a public/private economic system, family population mechanics and in-depth historical maps, released on Steam (store.steampowered.com)
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Pico Topia, a casual, minimalist tile-based city builder with puzzle-like elements, released on Steam (store.steampowered.com)
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Here's a colorful medieval city builder that focuses on procedural designs and organic districts (www.pcgamer.com)
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Lords of Solgrund, a medieval city-builder inspired by the classic "Knights and Merchants" game released on Steam (store.steampowered.com)
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I want a citybuilder with less building. (feddit.nu)
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i love all these little diorama creators that have popped up recently, they make it very easy to create a city that looks good. But they only hold my interest for so long. i'm looking for something with more meat on it. Any recommendations?

as an example, i remember the first time i managed to keep a city of over a million people going in Sim City 4. at this point money was tight, so the building aspect took a back seat to actually managing the city. balancing the budget, fixing congestion, and so on. it was great fun and a very different challenge than i thought i was in for.

most citybuilders these days seem more focused on the building than the older ones. for example, when i got to the point in Cities Skylines where i thought i was entering the "management" phase, i unlocked a building that just removed an aspect of the game. it was like the game thought that planning the electric grid or schools was a chore that got in the way of building a city, and as a reward it removed those chores.

basically, i'm looking for a game where rather than physically growing the city through placing individual buildings, i help the city grow. like transport tycoon, except the city is the focus rather than the interconnections.

a key part of this, i think, is time. a city that is frozen in time and where clicking with a tool just builds things, like C:S or SC2013, doesn't make for interesting growth. a city designed around historical limitations feels more like something that needs to be managed. a game where buildings and roads take time to complete and modify requires more forethought.

workers and resources comes pretty close but the central planning aspect means that i still need to micromanage the buildings. if it was all about zoning, with special buildings being unlocked by the request system in older sim cities ("x seeks permission to build a stink generator downwind of your residential area") i would enjoy it more.

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Petit Royaume, a minimalist, hex-based creative-focused town builder, released in early access on Steam (store.steampowered.com)
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Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic, releases their charity "Help for Ukraine" DLC with various famous Ukrainian buildings and vehicles (store.steampowered.com)
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Synergy (in early access), the post apocalyptic city-builder with art inspired by Moebius, releases their 0.4 update with a new districts system, satisfaction system, research, QoL and balance updates (store.steampowered.com)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/22528364

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Harvest Village (in development), a town builder with a focus on item crafting, releases demo on Steam (store.steampowered.com)
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Roman Triumph: Survival City Builder, a Roman themed city builder with a big focus on city defence combat, releases a demo on Steam (store.steampowered.com)
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Iron Village, a "town by a new railway line" city-builder, release a new devlog focused on in-game progression (demo available) (store.steampowered.com)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/22155324

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Aztecs The Last Sun (in development), a city-builder where you build and manage the Aztec city state of Tenochtitlan between the 13th and 16th century, releases a devlog on key gameplay features (store.steampowered.com)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/21849817

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Mini Settlers, a minimalist city builder focused on logistics, release their Helipad and Overlay Update (store.steampowered.com)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/21811677

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Uber Urban, a Simcity 3000/2000 style city-builder, releases a major 0.5 update to their demo (store.steampowered.com)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/21723774

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