Games Like Pocket City Similar City Building Games like Pocket City

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

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Pocket City alternatives page was last updated Sep 8, 2024
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  1. Cities: Skylines icon
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    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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    Application types

    Platforms

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

    Cities: Skylines Features

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  Moddable
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    Cities: Skylines iconPocket City Icon

    Cities: Skylines VS Pocket City

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    • Cities: Skylines is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Pocket City.

    • Cities: Skylines is the most popular commercial alternative to Pocket City.

    • Cities: Skylines is Paid and ProprietaryPocket City is also Paid and Proprietary
  2. SimCity icon
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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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    Application types

    Platforms

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

    SimCity Features

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

    SimCity VS Pocket City

    Is SimCity a good alternative to Pocket City?
     

    • SimCity is the most popular Android, iPhone & Android Tablet alternative to Pocket City.

    • SimCity is Paid and ProprietaryPocket City is also Paid and Proprietary
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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
    Cytopia screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Cytopia Features

    1.  Endless gameplay
    2.  Works Offline
    3.  Building game
    Cytopia screenshot 1
    Cytopia iconPocket City Icon

    Cytopia VS Pocket City

    Is Cytopia a good alternative to Pocket City?
     

    • Cytopia is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Pocket City.

    • Cytopia is Free and Open SourcePocket City is Paid and Proprietary
  5. Micropolis icon
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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...

    40 Micropolis alternatives
    Micropolis screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    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 iconPocket City Icon

    Micropolis VS Pocket City

    Is Micropolis a good alternative to Pocket City?
     

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

    • Micropolis is Free and Open SourcePocket City is Paid and Proprietary
  6. Islanders icon
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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.

    28 Islanders alternatives
    Islanders screenshot 1

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    Platforms

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

    Islanders Features

    1.  Endless gameplay
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Single player
    4.  Works Offline
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    Islanders iconPocket City Icon

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  7. Citybound icon
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    Citybound

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

    37 Citybound alternatives
    Citybound screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Citybound Features

    1.  Multiplayer
    2.  Building game
    Discontinued

    The latest update is from November 2020.

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  9. CSM - Cities: Skylines Multiplayer icon
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    CSM - Cities: Skylines Multiplayer

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    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

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cities: Skylines

    CSM - Cities: Skylines Multiplayer Features

    1.  Multiplayer
    2.  Mods
    CSM - Cities: Skylines Multiplayer iconPocket City Icon

    CSM - Cities: Skylines Multiplayer VS Pocket City

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  10. SimCity BuildIt icon
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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
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    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad

    SimCity BuildIt Features

    1.  Building game
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    SimCity BuildIt iconPocket City Icon

    SimCity BuildIt VS Pocket City

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    • SimCity BuildIt is the most popular iPad alternative to Pocket City.

    • SimCity BuildIt is Freemium and ProprietaryPocket City is Paid and Proprietary
  11. Megapolis icon
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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!

    24 Megapolis alternatives
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    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

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

    Megapolis Features

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    Megapolis iconPocket City Icon

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  12. City Sandbox icon
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    City Sandbox

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    Construct your own towns and cities in this creative 2D building game! City Sandbox lets you develop awesome 2D societies, building-by-building, in any way you like!

    18 City Sandbox alternatives
    Townlandia, a default save included in the game.

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    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows

    City Sandbox Features

    1.  Building game
    Asteroid turn meteorite, one of a handful of disasters in the game.
    The build system allows individual placement of over 120+ decorations and structures.
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    A city destroyed by a quake.
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  13. OpenCity icon
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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...

    18 OpenCity alternatives
    OpenCity screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    OpenCity Features

    1.  OPENGL
    2.  Workshops
    Discontinued

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

    OpenCity iconPocket City Icon

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    TheoTown

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    Do you want to build your own city? In TheoTown you can watch your own city growing. Declare zones for residential, commercial or industrial buildings and build road to connect them. Make your city more attractive by building parks, schools and so on.

    12 TheoTown alternatives
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    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Kindle Fire
    • Steam

    TheoTown Features

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    2.  Moddable
    TheoTown iconPocket City Icon

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