Best Free Games Like Cities: Skylines Top City Building Games & Simulation Games like Cities: Skylines

The best free alternative to Cities: Skylines is CSM - Cities: Skylines Multiplayer, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Cities: Skylines and 14 is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to Cities: Skylines are Citybound, Megapolis, Cytopia and SimCity BuildIt.

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  1. CSM is a multiplayer mod for Cities: Skylines. This mod aims to provide a simple client-server experience where users can play and build together in a single game. Initially, resources such as money, costs demand will be synced between clients.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cities: Skylines
     
  2. Megapolis icon
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    The #1 citybuilder game in more than 20 countries with over 10M downloads! One million play every day!

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • Windows Phone
    • iPad
     
  3. Micropolis icon
     9 likes

    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
     
  4. Create a thriving metropolis by building houses, condos, apartments and skyscrapers to attract residents. Construct businesses and industries for them to work. Add bars, restaurants, theaters, stadiums and more to keep residents happy.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  5. 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.

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    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
     
  6. Bit City icon
     1 like

    Grow a small town into a thriving metropolis in this city building simulation. Invest in upgrades and buy new vehicle types, buildings and landmarks to customize your city to your liking.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  7. Aquapolis icon
     1 like

    Build a thriving underwater city, reveal the truth and save the planet in amazing free to play game!.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Kindle Fire
     
  8. GoCity icon
     1 like

    GoCity is a groundbreaking new location-based game that lets you build your own city on the map. You can buy real-world roads and grow your city along them. Explore the game world and expand your city to new areas by moving around in the real world.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
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