Games Like Islanders Similar City Building Games like Islanders

Islanders is described as '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' and is a city building game in the games category. There are more than 25 games similar to Islanders for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Android, iPhone, iPad and Android Tablet apps. The best Islanders alternative is Tiny Glade. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Cytopia or Micropolis. Other Islanders like games are Cities: Skylines, SimCity, Simpsons Tapped Out and Citybound.

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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...

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Islanders alternatives page was last updated Sep 30, 2024
  1. Tiny Glade icon
     8 likes

    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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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Steam
    • SteamOS

    Tiny Glade Features

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

    Tiny Glade VS Islanders

    Is Tiny Glade a good alternative to Islanders?
     
    • Tiny Glade is the most popular Windows & Linux alternative to Islanders.

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

    • Tiny Glade is Paid and ProprietaryIslanders is also Paid and Proprietary
  2. Cities: Skylines icon
     35 likes

    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.

    28 Cities: Skylines alternatives
    Cities: Skylines screenshot 1

    License model

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Steam
    • Playstation
    • Nintendo Switch
    • Xbox

    Cities: Skylines Features

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  Moddable
    Cities: Skylines iconIslanders Icon

    Cities: Skylines VS Islanders

    Is Cities: Skylines a good alternative to Islanders?
     
    • Cities: Skylines is the most popular Mac alternative to Islanders.

    • Cities: Skylines is Paid and ProprietaryIslanders is also Paid and Proprietary
  3. SimCity icon
     49 likes

    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.

    35 SimCity alternatives
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    License model

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • ReactOS

    SimCity Features

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

    SimCity VS Islanders

    Is SimCity a good alternative to Islanders?
     
    • SimCity is the most popular Android, iPhone & Android Tablet alternative to Islanders.

    • SimCity is Paid and ProprietaryIslanders is also Paid and Proprietary
  4. Cytopia icon
     3 likes

    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
    Cytopia screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Cytopia Features

    1.  Endless gameplay
    2.  Works Offline
    3.  Building game
    Cytopia iconIslanders Icon

    Cytopia VS Islanders

    Is Cytopia a good alternative to Islanders?
     
    • Cytopia is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Islanders.

    • Cytopia is Free and Open SourceIslanders is Paid and Proprietary
  5. Micropolis icon
     8 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...

    39 Micropolis alternatives
    Micropolis screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    Discontinued

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

    Micropolis iconIslanders Icon

    Micropolis VS Islanders

    Is Micropolis a good alternative to Islanders?
     
    • Micropolis is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Islanders.

    • Micropolis is Free and Open SourceIslanders is Paid and Proprietary
  6. Simpsons Tapped Out icon
     1 like

    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.

    28 Simpsons Tapped Out alternatives
    Simpsons Tapped Out screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone

    Simpsons Tapped Out Features

    Simpsons Tapped Out iconIslanders Icon

    Simpsons Tapped Out VS Islanders

    Is Simpsons Tapped Out a good alternative to Islanders?
     
  7. Citybound icon
     7 likes

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

    36 Citybound alternatives
    Citybound screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Citybound Features

    1.  Multiplayer
    2.  Building game
    Citybound iconIslanders Icon

    Citybound VS Islanders

    Is Citybound a good alternative to Islanders?
     
  8. CSM - Cities: Skylines Multiplayer icon
     3 likes

    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.

    26 CSM - Cities: Skylines Multiplayer alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cities: Skylines

    CSM - Cities: Skylines Multiplayer Features

    1.  Multiplayer
    2.  Mods
    CSM - Cities: Skylines Multiplayer iconIslanders Icon

    CSM - Cities: Skylines Multiplayer VS Islanders

    Is this a good alternative to Islanders?
     
  9. Cities In Motion (series) icon
     8 likes

    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.

    22 Cities In Motion (series) alternatives
    Cities In Motion (series) screenshot 1

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    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Steam

    Cities In Motion (series) Features

    1.   Game Series
    2.  Cities
    Discontinued

    The series Cities in Motion is no longer developed, but it can be still downloaded from Paradox Store. Its successor is Cities: Skylines icon Cities: Skylines

    Cities In Motion (series) iconIslanders Icon

    Cities In Motion (series) VS Islanders

    Is this a good alternative to Islanders?
     
  10. SimCity BuildIt icon
     10 likes

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

    33 SimCity BuildIt alternatives
    SimCity BuildIt screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad

    SimCity BuildIt Features

    1.  Building game
    SimCity BuildIt iconIslanders Icon

    SimCity BuildIt VS Islanders

    Is SimCity BuildIt a good alternative to Islanders?
     
    • SimCity BuildIt is the most popular iPad alternative to Islanders.

    • SimCity BuildIt is Freemium and ProprietaryIslanders is Paid and Proprietary
  11. The Settlers icon
     2 likes

    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...

    17 The Settlers alternatives
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    License model

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Steam
    • Uplay

    The Settlers Features

    1.   Game Series
    2.  Multiplayer
    3.  Single player
    The Settlers iconIslanders Icon

    The Settlers VS Islanders

    Is The Settlers a good alternative to Islanders?
     
  12. Megapolis icon
     2 likes

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

    23 Megapolis alternatives
    Megapolis screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • Windows Phone
    • iPad

    Megapolis Features

    Megapolis iconIslanders Icon

    Megapolis VS Islanders

    Is Megapolis a good alternative to Islanders?
     
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