eSoclife AlternativesOnly apps categorised as City Building Games

The best City Building Game alternative to eSoclife is RimWorld. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Dwarf Fortress or openage. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to eSoclife and 15 are City Building Games so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting City Building Game alternatives to eSoclife are Anno, Tropico, Banished and CaesarIA.

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  1. RimWorld icon
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    RimWorld follows three survivors from a crashed space liner as they build a colony on a frontier world at the rim of known space. Inspired by the space western vibe of Firefly, the deep simulation of Dwarf Fortress, and the epic scale of Dune and Warhammer 40,000.

    23 RimWorld alternatives

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    • CA flagCanada

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Steam

    RimWorld Features

    1.  Single player
    2.  Moddable
    3.  Base building
    4.  Endless gameplay
    5.  Strategy planning

    RimWorld VS eSoclife

     
    • RimWorld is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to eSoclife.

    • RimWorld is the most popular commercial alternative to eSoclife.

    • RimWorld is Paid and ProprietaryeSoclife is Free and Proprietary
  2. Dwarf Fortress icon
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    Dwarf Fortress is a single-player fantasy simulator. You can control a dwarven outpost or an adventurer in a randomly generated, persistent world. The world is procedurally generated with distinct civilizations spanning centuries of detailed history, multitude of towns, bodies...

    26 Dwarf Fortress alternatives

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    • FreeProprietary

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Dwarf Fortress Features

    1.  Single player
    2.  Building game
    3.  Infinite hierarchical depth
    4.  Terraforming
    5.  Battle simulation
    6.  Squad based

    Dwarf Fortress VS eSoclife

     
    • Dwarf Fortress is the most popular free alternative to eSoclife.

    • Dwarf Fortress is Free and ProprietaryeSoclife is also Free and Proprietary
  3. openage icon
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    Free (as in freedom) open-source RTS Age of Empires engine. Written from scratch in C++, Python, Cython, Qt/QML, OpenGL/GLSL, Vulkan, ...

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD

    openage Features

    1.  Single player
    2.  Multiplayer
    3.  Player vs Player

    openage VS eSoclife

     
    • openage is the most popular Open Source alternative to eSoclife.

    • openage is Free and Open SourceeSoclife is Free and Proprietary
  4. Anno icon
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    ANNO is a city-building and economic simulation video game series, with real-time strategy elements.

    23 Anno alternatives

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    • FR flagFrance
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad

    Anno Features

    Anno VS eSoclife

     
    • Anno is the most popular Android, iPhone, iPad & Android Tablet alternative to eSoclife.

    • Anno is Paid and ProprietaryeSoclife is Free and Proprietary
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    Tropico is a series of construction and management simulation computer games developed by PopTop Software and published by Gathering of Developers in April 2001. Feral Interactive has developed and published a number of the games.

    25 Tropico alternatives

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    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Wine

    Tropico Features

    1.   Game Series
    2.  Single player
    3.  Endless gameplay
    4.  Politics
    5.  Production Chains

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  6. Banished icon
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    In this city-building strategy game, you control a group of exiled travelers who decide to restart their lives in a new land. They have only the clothes on their backs and a cart filled with supplies from their homeland.

    46 Banished alternatives

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    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Wine
    • Steam

    Banished Features

    1.  Single player
    2.  Logistics
    3.  Production Chains
    4.  Medieval

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    CaesarIA is an open source remake of Caesar III game released by Impressions Games in 1998, it aims to expand the possibilities of the classical city-building simulators and to add new features showing the city life. Now the game work with Windows, Linux, Mac, Haiku and Android.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Wine
    • Steam

    CaesarIA Features

    1.  Multiplayer
    2.  Medieval

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    Unknown Horizons is a 2D real-time strategy simulation with an emphasis on economy and city building. Expand your small settlement to a strong and wealthy colony, collect taxes and supply your inhabitants with valuable goods.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    Unknown Horizons Features

    1.  Single player

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  9. Caesar icon
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    As a provincial governor charged with spreading the glory of Rome your mission is clear – build cities, foster trade and industry, make money. How you accomplish this is up to you. Gain wealth and power, make a career out of pleasing the emperor, battle barbarians and repel...

    30 Caesar alternatives

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    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows

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  10. The Settlers icon
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    The Settlers is a video game series. The first game in the series is The Settlers (1993). There are eight games in the series, including remakes. All the games were developed by the German studio Blue Byte, and were published by either Blue Byte or Ubisoft, the company that...

    18 The Settlers alternatives

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    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Steam
    • Uplay

    The Settlers Features

    1.   Game Series
    2.  Multiplayer
    3.  Single player

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  11. Stonehearth icon
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    Stonehearth is a game of exploration and survival in an epic fantasy setting. Build your town, care for your hearthlings, and defend against marauding invaders.

    46 Stonehearth alternatives

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    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Wine
    • Steam

    Stonehearth Features

    1.  Customizable Buildings
    2.  Building game

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    Europa 1400: The Guild (also titled Europa 1400 or The Guild) is a simulation game set in Europe from the year 1400 up to 1815. In it, the player tries to guide a family dynasty to power and wealth, starting from one character of limited means.

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    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Wine
    • Steam

    Europa 1400: The Guild Features

    1.   Game Series
    2.  Multiplayer

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