SimCity (Series) AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Sandbox Games

The best Sandbox Game alternative to SimCity is Tiny Glade. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Micropolis or Citybound. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to SimCity and eight of them are Sandbox Games so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Sandbox Game alternatives to SimCity are Dino Island, Designer City, City Sandbox and Lego Loco.

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  1. 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.

    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

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  2. 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...

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    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.

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    Comments about Micropolis as an Alternative to SimCity
    Guest
    Positive Dec 11, 2015
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    It is the original source code ported into Java.

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    • Micropolis is Free and Open SourceSimCity is Paid and Proprietary
  3. Citybound icon
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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

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • International

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Discontinued

    The latest update is from November 2020.

    Citybound Features

    1.  Multiplayer
    2.  Building game

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    Comments about Citybound as an Alternative to SimCity
    DGMurdockIII
    Positive Jun 22, 2019
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    it still in develpment but open source and if it live up to what dev have set up to do will be very very good game

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    • Citybound is Free and Open SourceSimCity is Paid and Proprietary
    • Citybound is MultiplayerSimCity is not according to our users
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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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    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows

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    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.

    32 Designer City alternatives

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad

    Designer City Features

    1.  Sandbox
    2.  Building game

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  6. City Sandbox icon
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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!

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    Platforms

    • Windows

    City Sandbox Features

    1.  Building game

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    Lego Loco is a Lego-branded children's virtual world computer game released in 1998. It is a simple open-ended construction game with an emphasis on Rail Transport. The aim of the game is to construct a town in which Lego people can live.

    36 Lego Loco alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Windows

    Lego Loco Features

    1.   Game Series
    2.  Single player
    3.  Multiplayer
    4.  Endless gameplay
    5.  Works Offline
    6.  Sandbox

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  8. 3d.city icon
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    3d city builder game.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Three.js

    3d.city Features

    1.  Building game

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