SimCity (Series) Alternatives

One of the most popular alternatives to SimCity is Cities: Skylines. It's paid, but Lincity-NG and Cytopia are free. Other popular alternatives are Tiny Glade, Citystate, CSM - Cities: Skylines Multiplayer and Pocket City. You're spoiled for choice with City Building Games like SimCity: we list more than 25 alternatives for Windows, iPhone, Android, iPad and Linux.

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  1. Voxel Turf icon
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    Voxel Turf is a free-roaming voxel-based city building (and destroying) game, inspired by Minecraft, Simcity and the Grand Theft Auto series. The objective of this game for the player is to do whatever, and I mean whatever, they want.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  2. Megapolis icon
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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
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • Windows Phone
    • iPad
    • GB flagUnited Kingdom
    Megapolis screenshot 1
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  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

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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  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.

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    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  5. Citytopia icon
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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!

    33 Citytopia alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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  6. OpenCity icon
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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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  7. Islanders icon
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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.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Steam
    • Playstation
    • Nintendo Switch
    • Xbox
    • GB flagUnited Kingdom
    Islanders screenshot 1
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  8. 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

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Android
    • iPhone
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  9. 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
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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  10. The Settlers icon
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    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...

    18 The Settlers alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Steam
    • Uplay
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  11. GoCity icon
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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

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    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
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