Top 20 City Simulation Game for Gamers to learn Management
If building and planning cities are what makes your day. Then this list of amazing city-building simulation games is for you. Now city building sims are a rather niche category that has been ignored by game developers for a long time. So in order to find and bring out the best of simulation games where you can build and control the world as if you own it.
Table of contents
- Top 20 City Building and Management Simulation Games
- 1) Cities: Skyline
- 2) Sid Meier’s: Civilization VI
- 3) Frost punk
- 4) Cliff Empire
- 5) Tropico 6
- 6) Anno 1800
- 7) Simcity 4
- 8) Surviving Mars
- 9) Factorio
- 10)Rim world
- 11) Aven Colony
- 12) Factory Town
- 13) The colonists
- 14) Banished
- 15) Valhalla hills
- 16) Urban empire
- 17) Rise of Industry
- 18) Planet base
- 19) Foundation
- 20) The settlers 7
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Top 20 City Building and Management Simulation Games
1) Cities: Skyline
The list of city Building gamed is incomplete without the prime leader of city simulation games: Cities Skyline. With amazing gameplay and intricate controls. This game has climbed the ladder of the top management simulation game ever. And with the ever-increasing expansions, DLC and updates the game is always fun to play for everyone.
Credits: Cities Skyline
2) Sid Meier’s: Civilization VI
Probably the most addictive game on the list. With the neverending gameplay combined with amazing fine-tuned controls in building your civilization, Sid Meiers Civilization VI is now one of the leading games in city management simulation. The actual gameplay is quite amazing. Check it out below:
Credits: Sid Meiers Civilization
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3) Frost punk
If starting your civilization is a frost-covered area makes you happy you will love frost punk. An amazing game with lots of hard choices to make. Where all resources are scarce you have to be the one to make the hard decisions. Must play for real-life simulation lovers.
Credits: 11bit studios
4) Cliff Empire
What can you do when the world ends? You are the survivors. After a nuclear war life on the surface became impossible. A 300m thick radioactive fog covered the Earth. Now to survive you need to build cliffs in the mountain region to restore life on Earth. An amazing approach to city building with a mix of futuristic elements.
Credits: Cliff Empire
5) Tropico 6
If you wanted to be a dictator than your dream has just come true. Introducing Tropico 6 the latest iteration of the Tropico series where your fantasy of becoming dictator comes true. So what can you do? Well, just about anything build anything and take over anything. It’s your world to rule.
Credits: Kalypso Media
6) Anno 1800
If you love old buildings and the transition to the industrial age. You must play this piece of art made by Ubisoft. A game that can make all the difference when it comes to living through the industrial revolution. The buildings the gameplay and the graphics all make the game a great play for gamers.
Credits: Ubisoft North America
7) Simcity 4
When you here the name SIMS you know it’s going to be good. This game is the city building and management king when it comes to gaming. Although now its turn old it’s still an amazing game to play. You can build amazing cities and have fun enjoying the true essence of building simulation games with SIMCITY. Make sure to get the latest version of the game.
Credits: EASimcity
8) Surviving Mars
Surviving Mars is a futuristic settlement builder meant for colonizing Mars and surviving the process. Build domes and infrastructure, research new possibilities and utilize drones to unlock more elaborate ways to shape and expand your settlement. Mars is waiting for you to conquer it. Are you ready?
Credits: Paradox Interactive
9) Factorio
What do you do when you are stuck on an unknown planet after crashing your spaceship. Build factories of course. You now have a planet with abundant resources and you using your skills need to make factories that will automate your work and let you survive leisurely. You will be mining resources, researching technologies, building infrastructure, automating production and fighting enemies. Use your imagination to design your factory, combine simple elements into ingenious structures, apply management skills and survive.
Credits: Factorio
10)Rim world
Manage your colonist’s moods, needs, individual wounds, and illnesses. Fashion structures, weapons, and apparel from metal, wood, stone, cloth, or futuristic materials. Fight pirate raiders, hostile tribes, rampaging animals, giant tunneling insects, and ancient killing machines. Watch colonists develop relationships with family members, lovers, and spouses. An amazing sci management sim for gamers.
Credits: Tynan Sylvester
11) Aven Colony
If you love great animation and gameplay. This game is for you. An amazing city builder game made by team17 studios the same creators who made the worms series. A futuristic tale of city-building and management in the future. If you love management simulations than this game is for you.
Credits: Team 17 Studios
12) Factory Town
Factory Town is a fun management game than you can play without any stress. An amazing and lightweight game for you to enjoy and build your town. Build, Expand, Automate, and Optimize your own fantasy village in the wilderness using marble-run chutes, railways, running water, magic currents, and conveyor belts. Its time to run your factory.
Credits: 82apps
13) The colonists
What happens when a futuristic game meets cute robo workers. You get the colonists. You take control of a team of self-replicating robots who have escaped from Earth and are searching the galaxy for a new home where they can fulfill their dream: to be human. A game that will remind you of the age of empires with the age system.
Credits: Mode 7
14) Banished
Banished as you can guess from the game is a survival game where you are a group of exiles survivors. You need to build shelter and collect resources to survive. The game is rather old but the gameplay is truly amazing and a must-play. A survival management simulation game for you to learn true survival out in the wild.
Credits: Shining Rock
15) Valhalla hills
If you love Vikings and want to go to Valhalla. Then this game is for you. You have been rejected and cannot enter Valhalla show them then Vikings cannot be underestimated. Work hard to defeat your enemies and perform sacrifices to enter Valhalla. Its Vikings time.
Credits: Daedalic Entertainment
16) Urban empire
In Urban Empire, you take control of a mayoral dynasty and lead your city and people through 200 years of history. Establish infrastructures, plan city districts, debate political decisions at the town council, bribe or blackmail your opponents, empower the democratic rights of your people or ignore them and reign supremely by yourself – the decision is yours!
Credits: Kalypso Media
17) Rise of Industry
If you wanted the entrepreneur version of city building then you got it. This game goes through the industrial as well as entrepreneur way of the city-building simulation game. An amazing approach to learning and city building. As a budding entrepreneur, you will build factories, construct efficient transport lines, move raw materials, produce finished goods, and arrange a trade with the world’s developing cities.
Credits: Kasedo Games
18) Planet base
This is space colony simulation game where you play the role of the base architect and manager, telling your colonists where to build the structures they will need to survive. You will have to ensure that they have a constant supply of oxygen, food, and water to stay alive. A great game to have fun and playthrough.
Credits: Madurga works
19) Foundation
A new game that is climbing the top of the steam charts for city-builder simulation games. A great game to explore the world and learn how to survive. If you wanted city-building and management simulation game with great gameplay and newest graphics. You can buy this game.
Credits: Polymorph Games
20) The settlers 7
An old series that is being resurrected by Ubisoft for simulation games. Although the game is great the response by the gamer community was not that great due to many reasons. The primary concern that the game was not up to the mark when compared to the previous games. Again the opinions vary a lot so this game could only get a rank 20 on our list.
Credits: Ubisoft UK
I hope you loved the simulation games that we showed you. If you know more simulation games with city building and management features let us know. We would love to add the best games to our list. I hope you liked the games.
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