Cities: Skylines AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Simulation Games

The best Simulation Games alternative to Cities: Skylines is SimCity. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try CSM - Cities: Skylines Multiplayer or Citybound. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Cities: Skylines and 17 are Simulation Games so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Simulation Games alternatives to Cities: Skylines are Tiny Glade, Cytopia, Citystate and Designer City.

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  1. 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.

    36 SimCity alternatives

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  2. Tiny Glade icon
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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.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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    • Steam
    • SteamOS
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  3. 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.

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Windows
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  4. Citybound icon
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    Citybound is a city building game with a focus on realism, collaborative planning and simulation of microscopic details.

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    • Discontinued

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  5. Cytopia icon
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    Cytopia is a free, open source retro pixel-art city building game with a big focus on mods. It utilizes a custom isometric rendering engine based on SDL2.

    30 Cytopia alternatives

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    • Discontinued

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  6. Citystate icon
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    Combining the classic city building game experience with advanced macro-economics, Citystate aims to be the most realistic urban simulator ever made. Build the cities of a new Nation and bring about your vision of the ideal society.

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    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Steam
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  7. 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.

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Android
    • iPhone
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    • iPad
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  8. 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...

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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  9. 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.

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    • Discontinued

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    • Steam
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  10. 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.

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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  11. Dino Island icon
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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.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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