Cities: Skylines Alternatives

The top-rated alternative to Cities: Skylines is SimCity. It's paid, but CSM - Cities: Skylines Multiplayer and Citybound are free. People also recommend Tiny Glade, Cytopia, Cities XL (Series) and Megapolis. There's no shortage of City Building Games like Cities: Skylines, with more than 25 alternatives for Windows, Android, iPhone, iPad and Linux.

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  1. Build your own unique city as the new mayor. Create residential, commercial, and industrial zones. Build parks and recreation spots. Respond to crime and disasters. Watch your city come alive!

    26 Pocket City alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  2. Cities in Motion (CIM) is a city-based mass transportation simulator for the PC. Players operate their own transportation company, building a public network with a variety of vehicle types, including buses, trams, and subway trains.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Steam
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  3. 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

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    • Android
    • iPhone
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  4. Bit City icon
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    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

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

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Steam
    • Playstation
    • Nintendo Switch
    • Xbox
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  6. open-ended online city-building computer game, in which thousands of players build and develop a large inhabitable world.

    12 StarPeace alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

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

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    • iPhone
    • iPad
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    Dino Island (also known as Dino Tycoon) is a PC business simulation game developed by Hasbro Interactive and published by Monte Cristo and PopTop Software.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  10. Deep Sea Tycoon is a 2003 video game developed by Anarchy Enterprises and published by Unique Entertainment. This game involves you building an underwater city in 3D. It has a sequel, Deep Sea Tycoon 2, developed by Pixel after Pixel.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
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