An icy hell descended on Britain, plunging all living things into an eerie kingdom of cold and snow. It would seem that people have no chance of survival in such conditions, but no - the notorious human thirst for life helped them adapt here too. At a temperature of -100 degrees, they began to build huge steam generators, serving as a source of heat and energy at the same time, and around them to build other buildings and all the associated infrastructure. Of course, survival in such a new world required people to make fundamental changes in their ideological system and abandon many values and moral attitudes that had become irrelevant and even dangerous. And all these troubles - economic, technological, legislative, moral, research - fall on the shoulders of the player.
16. Life is Feudal: Forest Village
14. Grand Ages: Rome (Great Epochs. Rome)
A game from Haemimont Games, released in 2009 and combining the features of not only a city planning simulator, but also a traditional real-time strategy, the setting of which is dedicated to the era of the Roman Empire.
The player will have to build and develop cities, go on epic military campaigns, fight barbarian tribes, in general, do everything to ensure that the empire expands and prospers.
Grand Ages: Rome has two single-player modes and one online mode. The "Career" mode will allow the player to go through four dozen exciting missions, including both construction and military operations, during which the player will be able to take control of eighteen various types combat units of the Roman army.
The next mode, “Free Play,” allows you to develop your empire on one of the selected maps without any specific tasks.
Finally, " Online game» contains 6 additional modes with certain conditions that allow you to test your skills as a city ruler and commander in confrontation with other players.
13. City Life (2008)
A 2008 construction simulator from Monte Cristo, with excellent detail and animation for its advanced age (10 years anniversary, after all). It’s very nice that a game that is an ideal representative of the genre of city-planning simulators for low-end PCs is able to demonstrate such majestic and picturesque city panoramas.
However, the wonderful visuals are not the only advantage of City Life. The classic mechanics of city planning, where the player is asked to take care of an average town and gradually turn it into a large, prosperous metropolis, is successfully complemented by a deeply developed economic and social model. For example, the game contains several various groups population, each with its own needs and sociocultural characteristics that must be taken into account so as not to provoke social conflicts that threaten to turn into a full-scale civil war.
The very convenient construction tools, arranged according to a modular principle, are also pleasantly pleasing. It is easy to use, while providing great freedom for creativity in the implementation of the most daring and unexpected architectural and construction plans.
12. Cities XL Platinum
Cities XL Platinum is another representative of the classic series of city planning simulators. The time-tested formula of SimCity 4 is juxtaposed here with what could later be seen in SimCity 2013. Namely, the division of cities into roles corresponding to each type of development.
In addition, almost the entire planet is available for building a settlement in Cities XL Platinum, which makes the landscapes more diverse. Tired of the usual green background? The snowy Alps or the hot sands of the desert await you. This brings much more variety to the routine life of virtual mayors.
The technical part of the game is also pleasing: the picture is beautiful, the sounds are high-quality, the views of the cities are pleasing to the eye. But owners of weaker PCs should definitely think twice before purchasing Cities XL Platinum, because the project’s optimization is not the best.
11. Lethis - Path of Progress
Skyscrapers from the future and the present and Roman landscapes are certainly interesting, but city planning simulators are not limited to this. The rise of the indie industry allowed the genre to move further, far beyond the usual settings. For example, the authors of Lethis - Path Of Progress moved the action of their game into a world made in the style of steampunk.
In this world, a very valuable resource was discovered, and as a result, the player’s state experienced incredible economic growth. As you might guess, this growth must not only be tamed, but also directed in the right direction, building up 20 campaign missions with Victorian houses.
Of course, the game world is not the only feature of Lethis - Path Of Progress. All micromanagement here is turned inside out. Are you used to the fact that the main ones are “warehouses”, where all your production stores resources? Well, you can safely forget about this, because here all the services for the citizens themselves are looking for ways to their homes. Both the road layout and signs indicating the direction are intended to regulate the flow of artists and bakers with buns. The picture is completed by pleasant graphics and music, which create a true atmosphere of relaxation.
10. Tropico 5
The fifth part of a very unusual city-planning simulator on PC, where the player will have the opportunity to become the dictator of a tropical island for a long time and lead it through several eras, developing and rebuilding everything on it at his own discretion.
In addition to the improvement and development of the island's territory, players have access to many other areas of activity that determine the direction and pace of development of the subordinate state: trade, science, diplomacy, religion, culture, and so on.
The game traditionally pleases with its wonderful graphic design, pleasant music in Latin style, and a rich, interesting story campaign, divided into fifteen episodes.
In addition, for the first time in the Tropico series, a multiplayer mode appeared, allowing you to play online with a group of two to four people at the same time.
9. Aven Colony
Perhaps one of the most unusual city planning simulators on our list. The fact is that a distant planet called Eiven Prime will have to be developed here, gradually turning it from an unfamiliar and deadly land on the other side of the universe into cozy home for colonists from Earth.
The Aven Colony game map is a huge open area divided into a large number of various biomes fraught with dozens of different surprises and dangers for newly arrived colonists. Therefore, you will have to be very careful when choosing a site for construction.
The strength and reliability of the settlements being built will be tested not only by the local destructive climatic phenomena, such as powerful thunderstorms and sandstorms, but also by representatives of the local megafauna, and even some of the most aggressive plant species.
The player will also have to protect the colonists from unknown types of diseases and hunger, fight crime, establish communications between settlements, provide them with air (the local atmosphere is very poor in oxygen) and electricity, monitor the morale and employment of their charges. In general, there will be a lot of things to do.
But if successful, the reward will be appropriate: immense gratitude and respect from the colonists, which will allow you to rise from the position of an ordinary colony manager to the post of president of a new galactic civilization!
8. SimCity 2013
Naturally, EA did not want to write off such famous brand, like SimCity, even after the failure of Societies. Therefore, in 2013, the last attempt to date took place to return the king of city planning simulators to his rightful place. Over the years since the game's release, many have already forgotten the hysteria that occurred due to problems with the servers. And, of course, time has only benefited the game.
And servers and their stability are truly the most important part of the latest incarnation of SimCity. The entire basis of the gameplay revolves around “specializations” for cities, which are now called upon to coordinate with each other. For example, one settlement is engaged in storing waste, while neighbors finance such a dump by making money from tourism.
At the same time, you can establish connections not only between your own cities, but also with the megacities of other players. This makes SimCity 2013 suitable even for playing with friends and planning a full-fledged ecosystem. In general, both the return to the foundations of SimCity 4 and the introduction of online functions benefited the successor of the series, making it fascinating and worthy of attention even today.
7. The Settlers 7: Paths to a Kingdom
A wonderful game from Blue Byte, combining elements of a city planning simulator and a military RTS and differing from all other games in our top by a rather high level of difficulty.
The Settlers 7 gives the player the opportunity to grow his own huge and powerful kingdom from a small, run-down village. Moreover, success can be achieved here in three different ways: military, commercial or scientific.
Each successful action in any of the selected fields will bring special points, the number of which will determine the winner. At the same time, as already mentioned, the game is distinguished by a serious level of complexity, achieved due to the presence of dynamic, incredibly smart AI, which takes into account the player’s actions and, depending on this, changes its own tactics.
The game has multiplayer, which allows you to play online against another player, or together with him against AI.
I want to note great design and The Settlers 7 graphics, as well as the presence of a level editor that allows you to create your own maps.
6. Banished
A game from the independent studio Shining Rock Software, warmly received by fans of city planning and city management, despite a very unusual, one might even say risky concept at the time of release - the inclusion of a tangible element of survival in the gameplay.
Today, Banished is rightfully among the top city-planning simulators, precisely because of its unusualness: the main resource here is not wood, gold, oil or stone, but people. Outcasts who, after long wanderings, decided to settle on a wild, uninhabited land.
It would probably be more correct to call Banished a simulator of the first settlers. The player will have to take care of the construction of the initial rough and uncomfortable dwellings and obtaining food, establishing trade with other settlements, arranging arable fields and distributing occupations (the game has an extensive craft system).
At the same time, there are no strict classes or specializations in the game: any action (production, mining, construction, etc.) can be assigned to any resident, provided that the necessary resources are available for this.
5. Surviving Mars
Another game that combines the principles of urban planning and survival on an alien planet. This time players are invited to build their own colony on Mars.
3. Dawn of Discovery (Anno 1404)
Another game from Blue Byte with more or less focused on real story setting (Dawn of Discovery takes place in the 15th century), which goes beyond the usual city-planning simulators and provides ample opportunities in terms of diplomacy, trade, economics, and also, which is very atypical for the genre, pays a lot of attention to sea travel and battles.
Dawn of Discovery has an interesting story mode in which the player will have to travel the sea, discover new trade routes and uncharted islands, and then colonize them, building and populating them at his own discretion. Many story missions involve the already mentioned elements of diplomacy and trade.
Finally, there are various military vessels that allow you to abandon diplomacy and peaceful coexistence and resolve disagreements with other powers using force.
In addition to the story campaign, there is also a multiplayer mode and a free play mode.
Anno 2205 takes place in the distant future, where humanity has finally begun to explore territories beyond the surface of the Earth. The player will have to take control of a powerful corporation, which is engaged in complex scientific research, the extraction of rare and valuable resources, and the production of a wide range of different products and, among other things, develops new territories, in particular, places its own colonies on the Moon.
However, there are other similar corporations here, leading fierce rivalries among themselves. And the factor of fierce competition will need to be taken into account when making even the slightest decision.
Plans to populate the Moon will also be interfered with by local radicals who call themselves Orbital Watch and believe that the Earth’s satellite should remain inviolable. These guys don’t even shy away from open aggression and the use of weapons. So from time to time the player will have to take on the responsibilities of a commander, using his own navy to eliminate the threat.
1. Cities: Skylines
Today, the best city planning simulator on PC, according to player reviews, was released in 2015, that is, relatively new.
The game offers classic urban planning mechanics brought to perfection. The player gets the opportunity to literally create the city of his dreams from scratch, and then continue to take care of it and all its inhabitants in the role of mayor. His competence will include financial and tax system, transport, education, healthcare, emergency services and much more.
Also in Cities: Skylines the influence that many constant and random factors have on the city: pollution environment, traffic flow, employment and level of well-being, sanitary and hygienic conditions, social factor And so on. All this leads to the constant formation of various unique game situations, which are incredibly interesting to unravel.
Cities: Skylines has built-in special system, allowing you to easily add your own modifications to it, which will delight modding fans and allow the game, already rich in content and mechanics, to be made even more diverse.
Pending
2018 promises us a large number of interesting releases, including several urban planning simulators, both completely new and continuing the glorious traditions of great series. And therefore they seem to us at least very interesting and worthy of attention.
Tropico 6
Continuation of the successful series of city-planning games about the dictator of a tropical island, the fifth part of which also made it to our top. Traditional principle development of its own island over several eras will be supplemented here with a large number interesting ideas, not present in previous parts of the series.
For example, archipelagos will appear in the game for the first time. Wider opportunities await players in the field of transport and communications. It will be possible to steal the world's architectural masterpieces from other countries, sending your agents to hunt for them.
Anno 1800
Sometimes you don’t want to run around with a gun in some shooter, fight zombies, trying to save your life, solve intricate mysteries in order to achieve some goal. Sometimes you want to relax, use your brain and analytical thinking, and not just your reaction and good speed of pressing the keys.
In this case, urban planning simulators can come to our aid. Usually in toys of this genre you need to build your own metropolis and then manage all the processes that happen in it. The better you perform the duties of a mayor-builder, the faster your city develops and the higher the quality of life of its population. Usually, global goal There is no such thing in such toys - the construction process itself is your mission.
And who would refuse to feel like the ruler of an entire city, where they can set their own rules?
So for those who want to take the reins and also learn how to create entire megacities from scratch, we have selected the TOP, which includes the best city planning simulators of all time.
10. Banished
Banished is a simulator where you need to build a villageIn tenth position was a city planning simulator that appeared in open access 3 years ago. It ended up on the last line of the TOP because in terms of volume and gaming world it is the smallest. You won't see a huge metropolis here. You must build a village. But this doesn't make the game any worse.
According to the plot, you are given several exiles who must survive in the wilderness. The nature around is beautiful, there are also plenty of resources: from wood to water, animals, etc. So it’s quite possible to start settling in this place.
Your charges can engage in crafts, of which there are already 18 in the game. Here the characters can be farmers, hunters, blacksmiths, doctors, and so on - it all depends on what you order them to do.
Also, this urban planning simulator does not require a strategic plan - there is no specific scheme for the appearance of the necessary resources in certain areas, etc. - everything is random. The most difficult test for a gamer will be winter: this season in the game is really harsh. You will need to sew a lot of warm clothes, and you must also worry about the houses in advance - so that there are a lot of them, and so that there is something to heat them with.
You will also have to remember many details that will decide the fate of your charges.
Even though the toy looks like a small city-planning simulator, it is very difficult. And it was created by only one developer - Luke Hodorowicz. And this deserves respect.
9. Empire - Rise of the Middle- Kingdom
Popular series City planning simulators are sometimes created one of a kind, and sometimes they come out in entire series. Emperior - Rise of the Middle-Kingdom - represents exactly the second type. Its history began almost 25 years ago, and since then we have received ten wonderful game simulators in the series.
Emperior - Rise of the Middle-Kingdom tells about China, namely its Ancient era. And this, you see, does not happen often. Historical background This is practically where it ends: the entourage Ancient China creates the necessary atmosphere - the rest is almost identical to other simulators.
In the game, you need to constantly ensure that the city’s residents do not starve, that they constantly work, and that the gods whom the population worships receive their offerings on time and do not get angry.
In addition, in the game you will need to trade, fight if enemies suddenly attack, and also obtain the resources necessary for construction.
8. City Life
City Life is a city-planning simulator that is very reminiscent of the very famous game Sim City 4. Sometimes they can even insult you by calling this project a clone of the above. But no - this is wrong.
Firstly, all city planning simulators are somewhat similar. Secondly, City Life was created by French developers from the Monte Cristo company, and they released a full-fledged and independent thing.
The developers did a good job social levels population and their role in the life of the city. So it will be important to monitor the relationships between each group, avoiding conflicts between them. There are also many infrastructure processes that can be run in the game.
Well, how could we do without this - we need to make sure that the entire population is happy without spending a lot of money.
7. CivCity - Rome
Ancient Rome- a popular setting in the genre of city planning simulators Almost everyone knows about games like Civilization and Stronghold. So, for the sake of creating this game, the developers of both projects began to work together. This is how a city planning simulator appeared, which combines best sides the above games.
From Stronghold CivCity - Rome received huge garths, tasks related to the conduct of battle, as well as the appearance and style of locations. But from Civilization we got seven wonders of the world, seventy-five special units, a little more than a hundred buildings, about 70 different technological achievements that can be researched.
And although critics did not greet the new product very warmly, gamers rated this game positively.
6. Caesar
Not all city planning simulators offer huge maps and unlimited city sizes. There are ones like the game on the tenth line, or like this one - Caesar.
This city building does a good job of demonstrating to the public that you don’t have to worry too much about the plot or introduce huge changes with each new part of the series. So, for example, all the games after the second part received light cosmetic improvements, but the game still did not have fewer fans.
And the reason is that Ancient Rome is so captivating that you don’t want to stop managing your favorite city.
This toy has a small map, so once you reach a certain level of development, you will not be able to find a place to create new buildings. You will only monitor the condition of what has already been built. Also a minus was war and sometimes trade.
If you don't pay attention to these three components, you will definitely like the way the Caesar series works: here you can create a religion and have fun with the gods. Gamers also like to manage colonial settlements and so on.
5. Tropica
Tropica: Populate your island Sometimes city planning simulations deal with topics that are important to society. For example, in the game Tropica it is affected cold war and the relationship between two warring countries: the USA and the USSR.
You will become the ruler of a country on an island located off the coast of Latin America.
This city planning simulator combines politics, economics and construction. There is also a good storyline and an interesting multiplayer mode.
There are also situations that arise from time to time in order to affect the gameplay - they can suddenly change the course of your story.
Initially, you will settle in a vacant lot, which needs to be turned into a busy area. There are few financial resources, so it is necessary to manage them correctly. In some cases, you will build strange shacks - but all this is so that the population at least somehow exists.
You will receive your first profit from the sale of resources, of which you have a lot. Also, the source of income will be the USA or the USSR (depending on which of them you make friends with).
4. Cim City
The first part of the game is already 30 years old! City planning simulators became famous as a genre thanks to this toy. It appeared about 30 years ago, and gradually won its place on the shelves of gamers of that time. However, the game gained real popularity after the release of part 4 - at that time Sim City 4 had become a very complex strategy with many details. It also had a beautiful visual component.
The game has 3 modes that can be changed - you can even be a god in one of them, with the power to modify any area on which you will later build. You can also send Godzilla against those you don't like or who don't obey orders. And then watch the characters die.
There is a mayor mode in which you will prove yourself as a real owner of the town. You will decide what to install and where, with whom to interact, etc.
3. ANNO
Anno appeared in 1998, and takes fans of the series to the islands in the Pacific Ocean. You can trade, establish diplomatic relations with others, and even fight battles - although the game is more focused on the economy and everything connected with it.
Your colonies must be constantly developed in order to capture the islands in the neighborhood - otherwise, at one moment you can look around, and other territories will be occupied. And you will have to huddle in a very limited space on the island.
2. Settlers
This game differs from others in that the units do everything themselves - you just provide them with the required number of buildings that you need, and also give them the required amount of resources.
Economics also plays a huge role - this urban planning simulator is provided “from start to finish” with all the possibilities for economic development in any direction.
1. Stronghold
Stronghold: Build a medieval stronghold! In this medieval strategy, the main place in the game belongs to the city building, which has many advantages. There are a lot of elements here that cannot be described so easily - they are all part of the development of a medieval settlement. You will have to pay attention to the economic component: build houses, sawmills and quarries, store food, and also protect all this by erecting various fortifications.
So choose a city building simulator and create the metropolis of your dreams!
For anyone who loves to watch a small, unprepossessing village transform into a thriving metropolis solely through quality player control, we've put together this selection of the best city-building simulators on PC.
Here are single and multiplayer projects in the browser and client. Only the most interesting ones for 2018!
1. Forge of Empires - a popular browser strategy
"" is an absolutely classic browser game about building settlements. Stands out against the backdrop of numerous competitors interesting feature with eras.
Forge of Empires video games
This is a high-quality, although not the newest, product with a nice picture. Moreover, constant presence is not required for successful development.
- Game website: https://ru.forgeofempires.com/
2. Frostpunk is the coldest strategy
Frostpunk is a game that will make you want to dress warmer after finishing it. This is a deep single-player "society survival simulator" in a frozen future world.
Frostpunk video games
The game has excellent graphics, an atmospheric soundtrack and unique gameplay. And we bet you won't be able to pass it the first time?
- Game website: http://www.frostpunkgame.com/
3. Northgard – Viking wars on a new continent
Northgard is another cold strategy. The game takes place on the new Scandinavian continent, where several Viking clans arrive.
Northgard video games
The game has a great atmosphere! Viking huts, beautiful landscapes, mythology. And a bunch of nice Easter eggs too.
- Game website: http://northgard.net/
4. Throne: Kingdom at War – a beautiful browser strategy
"" is another great strategy in this collection, downloadable from the browser. High-quality graphics and a community of several million people.
Video games Throne: Kingdom at War
This colorful strategy engages players with a variety of activities - there are daily quests, global events, and interserver wars. Cool!
- Game website: https://plarium.com/ru/
5. Life is Feudal: Forest Village – survival in a medieval world
“Life is Feudal: Forest Village” is a game from the creators of the MMO of the same name, offering control of a group of people exploring a new island.
Video games Life is Feudal: Forest Village
The developers are extremely positive towards those who like to create mods, providing them with tools for their own maps, resource management and AI.
- Game website: https://lifeisfeudal.com/?game=3
6. Tropico 5 - the difficult everyday life of an ordinary dictator
"Tropico 5" - managing a tropical island where ordinary people are forced to live in shacks and eat pineapples for lunch, but El Presidente has an excellent guarded palace.
Video games Tropico 5
Worker uprisings, military coups and gay dictatorship. By the way, a sequel is coming out in 2018.
- Steam page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/245620/
7. Banished – a complex medieval simulator
“Banished” is a cozy simulator of the development of a medieval town, forcing you to monitor a bunch of factors at the same time and once again go crazy because nothing works out.
Banished video games
Grow fish, plant cabbage, build new houses for residents and once again start all over again. And enjoy the cool picture. I can't even believe it's indie.
- Game website: http://www.shiningrocksoftware.com/
8. Surviving Mars – lack of oxygen on the Red Planet
“Surviving Mars” is an attempt to colonize Mars without growing potatoes, but with a staff of characteristic and very stupid settlers.
Video games Surviving Mars
Mine resources, build houses and relax in a bar. And most importantly, try to keep as many people as possible, even if they are very annoying.
- Steam page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/464920/
9. Kenshi - cool samurai of the future
“Kenshi” is an unusual, destroyed world of a post-apocalyptic future, where armored fighters try to survive and destroy each other along the way.
Video games Kenshi
This is a sandbox with complete freedom of action. Be good or evil, farm or fight, and just survive as long as possible.
- Game website: https://lofigames.com/
10. Vikings: War of Clans – browser-based strategy with excellent graphics
" " - another one beautiful game in the browser, already launched by more than a million players.
Video games Vikings: War of Clans
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Computer simulators are always interesting. You can easily feel like an airplane pilot, a car driver, a train driver, a mechanic, a farmer, a sports coach, etc. In addition to professions, there are other types of simulators, for example, managing a company, creating games, developing Vehicle, there is even an elevator simulator! Well, what about construction? There is also such a genre, and today we will talk about it - construction simulators on PC.
SimCity 2013
Today's list opens with SimCity 2013. This game is a continuation of the legendary SimCity Societies, which at one time failed miserably. Despite this, the developer still decided to create a sequel and for good reason, because a new game Many people liked it.
What is interesting about this construction simulator on PC? Well, let's start with the fact that the graphics here are good. The second point is the wide possibilities for construction. The player can literally build exactly the city he wants. Do you want to build a city for tourists? Please. Or maybe you are interested in an industrial metropolis with a bunch of factories and enterprises? No problem! The entire construction process and what it will look like future city, completely depends on the player’s imagination.
It is also worth noting the online game mode with friends. In SimCity 2013 you can literally make friends between cities. You can build a road or any other connection from your settlement to your friend’s settlement, which will allow you to play together in the future.
SimCity 4
Another very interesting construction simulator on PC is SimCity 4. This game should not be confused with the previous one, since they are still different. SimCity 4 is far from a new game. It first appeared back in 2003, but is still very popular.
In this simulator, the player will have to do approximately the same work as in the previous case - build a city from scratch! At the same time, it will be necessary to carefully approach the issue of planning and dividing the future metropolis into zones (commercial, financial, industrial, etc.).
One of the main features of the game is complete freedom of action. The player can build the future city as he sees fit. The choice of buildings is simply huge. Even modern construction simulators do not have such a number of types of buildings.
Naturally, in addition to the construction of buildings, it will be necessary to address the issue of constructing roads, water pipelines, electricity networks and much more. In a word - everything is like in life.
Cities: Skylines
The next game on PC is the construction simulator Cities: Skylines. Essentially, this is the same simulator as the previous two, only much better in all aspects. The game was released in 2015, and its graphics are quite decent even by today's standards.
In Cities: Skylines, the player will have to take on several tasks at once. The first is building a city from scratch. It is very important to do everything thoughtfully from the first minutes of the game, otherwise problems with the development of the settlement may arise in the future.
The second task is the construction and development of the city’s infrastructure, as well as social needs.
The third task is to become the mayor of a ready-made city to ensure the development and prosperity of your settlement.
At first glance, the above tasks sound simple, but do not relax, since the level of realism in the game is high. It is necessary to constantly please the residents, build the necessary facilities and monitor public sentiment, otherwise everything can “collapse” in an instant.
Cities: Skylines is perhaps the best construction simulator on PC. Absolutely everything is here: big choice buildings, ample construction opportunities, high level realism, extensive opportunities for city development and much, much more.
Construction Simulator
Building cities is, of course, interesting, but what about a construction equipment simulator? No problem. For example, Construction Simulator. This is a whole series of games where the player has the opportunity to control one of 15 construction machines, produced by MAN, Still and Liebherr. The detail, elaboration, physics and characteristics of the equipment are very accurately transferred to the game, so that the feeling of realism will be 100%.
In the game you will have to dig pits for the construction of houses, pour a foundation from a concrete mixer, install rafters, build a roof, transport consumables and much more. In short, Construction Simulator is a real construction project on a computer.
Among the features of the game, it is worth noting its high realism, open world, a large number of missions, non-linearity of events, more than 200 construction sites, original sounds recorded from real equipment, multi-user mode and much more interesting things.
Construction Machines Simulator 2016
Another construction equipment simulator on PC is Construction Machines Simulator 2016. This game is somewhat similar to the previous one, but still has its differences. Here, too, you will get behind the wheel of a wide variety of equipment, starting from an excavator, which will have to dig a foundation pit, and ending with a demolition machine for demolishing old buildings, and even a tower crane.
The technology in the game is well developed, with correct physics and appropriate characteristics. The number of buildings that can be built is also huge. At first, only simple houses will be available for construction, but as you progress, access will open to the construction of entire industrial plants and real skyscrapers.
The key features of the game are realistic gameplay, a wide selection of equipment, a career mode with many missions and tasks, pumping and repairing equipment, high-precision location detail, an open world and much, much more.
Present to your attention top 10 city planning simulators. The genre is very unambiguous at first glance, but even in its representatives one can always recognize individuality and a special approach to the seemingly unified concept of this category.
10. Pharaoh
The rating opens with an “old man” with a very loud name. Even though the game was released back in 1999 and cannot boast of a “cherry” in gameplay compared to more modern representatives, we should not forget that this series of games was at the origins of the genre and was deservedly popular.
9. The Settlers 2 (Gold Edition)
Remake cult game from Blue Byte Software. The case when something new is a well-forgotten old. The developers managed to preserve the uniqueness of the gameplay and refine it. And as a bonus, pack the resulting candy in a new wrapper with good graphics. Quite good city planning simulator on PC.
8. Tropico 5
An excellent simulator of a small island state. Rich economic structure, good graphics, pleasant soundtrack, majestic address to the player “El Presidente” - “Tropico” gives you the opportunity not just to go to an exotic country, but to feel your influence and responsibility for each of its inhabitants (a good worker is a satisfied worker) .
7. Banished
A relatively new game, it is developing confidently and is gaining more and more attention in gaming communities. The level of influence coverage is significantly less than that of other representatives of the Mayor simulators (you only have a small village at your disposal). However, the economic component is very deep and thought out. A worthy project developed by just 1 person.
Released back in 2006 city building simulator inferior to “SimCity: A City with Character” in graphics, but with all the familiar gameplay, the developers managed to create a very interesting system of relationships social groups, which could conflict with each other and require the player to take a new approach to the mechanics of placing zones during the development process.
5. Cities XL
The first “Giant” in our rating from the developers of “City Life”. "Cities XL" is not a continuation of "City Life" and raises the bar to new level, allowing you to create rich, noisy and incredibly beautiful city with an interesting and very advanced economy. The game instantly won the sympathy of gamers.
A very simple project at first glance, but captivating the player for many hours, once upon a time mobile devices, and eventually getting to the PC. Colorful and uncomplicated, there is nothing superfluous in it, while containing interesting production chains and a well-defined simulation of society.
3. ANNO 1404
The first whale in our urban planning top is “ANNO 1404”. It was the year 1404 that gained the greatest popularity for the entire series. Incredibly interesting and complex chains of production and consumption during any game only draw the player deeper into the gameplay process, not allowing them to relax and stop there. Decent play - decent swimming!
2. Cities: Skylines
The most colorful and fascinating representative of the genre today with its landscapes. Players have never seen such scope and possibilities before. Wide range of possibilities in the economic component, stunning graphics, detailed management of the transport network - everything that was possible was provided to you!
A legendary series that is considered the founder of the genre. His Majesty - "SimCity". This includes all games in the series, since its development has always been dynamic, a new game means new opportunities. Each new representative of the genre is always compared with “SimCity”. And the release of part 5, which pleased us, for which new content is steadily being released, introduced a serious innovation, allowing players to play in cooperative mode, providing new horizons for the development of the entire genre.
Other city building simulators
Among the games, we can highlight individual representatives who were not included in our TOP, but for their originality and uniqueness they are also worthy of special mention. You are probably already familiar with many of them:
- Stronghold Crusaders;
- Lethis;
- Dwarf Fortress;
- CivCity.