Citybound AlternativesOnly apps categorised as City Building Games

The best City Building Game alternative to Citybound is Tiny Glade. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Cytopia or Simpsons Tapped Out. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Citybound and many of them are City Building Games so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting City Building Game alternatives to Citybound are Cities: Skylines, SimCity, Micropolis and Islanders.

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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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Citybound alternatives page was last updated Feb 24, 2025
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  1. Tiny Glade icon

    Tiny Glade

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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.

    36 Tiny Glade alternatives

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Steam
    • SteamOS
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    Tiny Glade Features

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  Single player
    3.  No registration required
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  Building game

    Tiny Glade VS Citybound

     

    • Tiny Glade is the most popular commercial alternative to Citybound.

    • Tiny Glade is Paid and ProprietaryCitybound is Free and Open Source
  2. Cities: Skylines icon

    Cities: Skylines

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    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.

    29 Cities: Skylines alternatives

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    • FI flagFinland
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Steam
    • Playstation
    • Nintendo Switch
    • Xbox
    Cities: Skylines screenshot 1

    Cities: Skylines Features

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  Moddable

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    SimCity

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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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    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • ReactOS
    SimCity screenshot 1

    SimCity Features

    1.   Game Series
    2.  Single player
    3.  Player vs Player
    4.  Texture Baking

    SimCity VS Citybound

     

    • SimCity is the most popular Android Tablet alternative to Citybound.

    • SimCity is Paid and ProprietaryCitybound is Free and Open Source
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    Cytopia

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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.

    29 Cytopia alternatives

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    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Cytopia screenshot 1

    Cytopia Features

    1.  Endless gameplay
    2.  Works Offline
    3.  Building game

    Cytopia VS Citybound

     
  6. Simpsons Tapped Out icon

    Simpsons Tapped Out

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    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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    • Freemium • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
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    Micropolis

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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...

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    Micropolis screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    The online version and theFacebook app are unavailable. The source code and the Java version are available from Google Code.

    Micropolis VS Citybound

     

    • Micropolis is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Citybound.

    • Micropolis is Free and Open SourceCitybound is also Free and Open Source
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    Islanders

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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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    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Steam
    • Playstation
    • Nintendo Switch
    • Xbox
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    Islanders Features

    1.  Endless gameplay
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Single player
    4.  Works Offline

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    SimCity BuildIt

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    Build, craft, and control! SimCity BuildIt is an all-new SimCity game designed just for mobile.

    33 SimCity BuildIt alternatives

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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    SimCity BuildIt Features

    1.  Building game

    SimCity BuildIt VS Citybound

     
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    Megapolis

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    The #1 citybuilder game in more than 20 countries with over 10M downloads! One million play every day!

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    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • Windows Phone
    • iPad
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    Megapolis Features

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    Deep Sea Tycoon

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    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.

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    • US flagUnited States

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    • Windows
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    Discontinued

    The game's page is no longer available at the official website. It is however available via Archive.org: https://web.archive.org/web/20140207232644/http://www.anarchyent.com/deepseatycoon/index.asp

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    Rebuild

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    Gather survivors of the zombie apocalypse and manage resources while defending against undead attacks. Reclaim the city one square at a time and put your survivors to work scavenging for food, building houses, rediscovering technology and of course killing zombies.

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    • CA flagCanada

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Kindle Fire
    • Steam
    Rebuild screenshot 1

    Rebuild Features

    1.   Game Series
    2.  Zombie Game

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    OpenCity

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    OpenCity is a free open source 3D city-building game. In the game, the player builds a city by marking land as commercial, industrial or residential zones. Those zones depend on each other to grow. The player is also required to supply the city with power and connect the...

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    OpenCity screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    The prroject seems to be abandoned. There are no more news since 2011.

    OpenCity Features

    1.  OPENGL
    2.  Workshops

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