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

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Steam
    • SteamOS
     
  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...

    41 Micropolis alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
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    Comments about Micropolis as an Alternative to SimCity
    Guest
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    It is the original source code ported into Java.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Micropolis is Free and Open SourceSimCity is Paid and Proprietary
  3. Dino Island icon
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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.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

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

    38 Citybound alternatives

    Cost / License

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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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
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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.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  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!

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. Lego Loco icon
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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.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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