Free Games Like SimCity (Series) Great City Building Games & Simulation Games like SimCity (Series)

The best free alternative to SimCity is Lincity-NG, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to SimCity and 18 is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to SimCity are CSM - Cities: Skylines Multiplayer, Cytopia, Micropolis and SimCity BuildIt.

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  1. Lincity-NG icon

    Lincity-NG

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    Lincity is a construction and management simulation game, which puts the player in control of managing a city's socio-economy. Its name is a play on the title of the original city-building game, SimCity, and it was released under the GNU General Public License.

    12 Lincity-NG alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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    • Almost everyone thinks Lincity-NG is a great SimCity alternative.

    • Lincity-NG is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to SimCity.

    • Lincity-NG is Free and Open SourceSimCity is Paid and Proprietary
  2. CSM - Cities: Skylines Multiplayer icon

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cities: Skylines
     

    • CSM - Cities: Skylines Multiplayer is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to SimCity.

    • CSM - Cities: Skylines Multiplayer is Free and Open SourceSimCity is 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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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...

    41 Micropolis alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    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
  6. SimCity BuildIt icon

    SimCity BuildIt

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

    34 SimCity BuildIt alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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    Comments about SimCity BuildIt as an Alternative to SimCity
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    If you are not willing to pay to play, forget about this game. You start with a low budget and hardly any way to improve that. It is a great game if you are willing to p2p.

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    • Some users think SimCity BuildIt is a great SimCity alternative, some don't.

    • SimCity BuildIt is the most popular Android Tablet alternative to SimCity.

    • SimCity BuildIt is Freemium and ProprietarySimCity is Paid and Proprietary
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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!

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • Windows Phone
    • iPad
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  9. Citybound icon

    Citybound

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Comments about Citybound as an Alternative to SimCity
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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
  10. Citytopia icon

    Citytopia

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    Design, build and grow your town into the most extraordinary Citytopia®. Open card packs to build and upgrade all aspects of the city, from buildings to vehicles to the roads themselves. Master the supply chain to transform your city into a thriving metropolis!

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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    Designer City

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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

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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  12. OpenCity icon

    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...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  13. Simpsons Tapped Out icon

    Simpsons Tapped Out

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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
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  14. GoCity icon

    GoCity

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    GoCity is a groundbreaking new location-based game that lets you build your own city on the map. You can buy real-world roads and grow your city along them. Explore the game world and expand your city to new areas by moving around in the real world.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
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