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SimCity
SimCity is a city-building simulation game, first released in 1989 and designed by Will Wright. SimCity was Maxis' first product, which has since been ported into various personal computers and game consoles, and spawned several sequels including...
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SimCity 4
SimCity 4 (SC4) is a city-building simulation computer game developed by Maxis, a subsidiary of Electronic Arts. It was released on January 14, 2003. It is the fourth installment in the SimCity series. SimCity 4 has a single expansion pack known as...
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SimCity 2000
SimCity 2000 (SC2K) is a simulation/city building computer game and the second installment in the SimCity series. SimCity 2000 was first released by Maxis in 1993 for computers running the Apple Macintosh and DOS operating systems. It was later re...
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SimCity 3000
SimCity 3000 (SC3K) is a city building simulation personal computer game and the third installment in the SimCity series. It was published by Electronic Arts (EA) and developed by series creator Maxis, a wholly owned subsidiary of EA. It was...
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Utopia
Utopia: The Creation of a Nation is a strategy video game. It was developed by Celestial Software and published by Gremlin Graphics (later known as Gremlin Interactive), in 1991 for Amiga, Atari ST and MS-DOS. It was later released for the Super NES...
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ActRaiser
ActRaiser (アクトレイザー, Akutoreizā) is a 1990 Super Nintendo Entertainment System action and city-building simulation game developed by Quintet and published by Enix (now Square Enix) that combines traditional side-scrolling platforming with urban...
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- 1990
Caesar
Caesar is a city-building computer game where the player undertakes the role of a Roman governor, building ancient Roman cities.
Released in 1992 on the Amiga, ported the next year to Atari ST, PC and Macintosh, the game was similar to SimCity. In...
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Mobility
Mobility is a computer game developed by Glamus as an initiative of DaimlerChrysler, with scientific data done by the Weimar Bauhaus University. It is similar to SimCity, in that the game involves successfully developing a town into a larger...
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- 2001
Traffic Giant
Traffic Giant is a computer game created in 2000 by Austrian software company JoWooD. It allows players to create a working public transportation system in a city using buses, streetcars, commuter rail, suspended monorail (much like the Schwebebahn...
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- 2000
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SimCity 64
SimCity 64 (シムシティー64) is a city-building video game developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo, and believed to be a part of the SimCity series, although Maxis was not involved in the development or release of the game. SC64 may have been...
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Caesar III
Caesar III is a video game developed by Impressions Games and published by Sierra Entertainment; the third installment of the Caesar series, part of Sierra's City Building Series. It was released in October 1998.
Cities in Caesar III try to...
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- 1998
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Lincity
Lincity is a free construction and management simulation game, which puts the player in control of managing every aspect of a city's socio-economy. Its name is a play on the title of the original city-building game, SimCity. Released under the terms...
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Anno 1602
Anno 1602: Creation of a New World (in the USA, Canada and Australia released as 1602 A.D.) is a game with both real time strategy and city building elements, developed by Austria-based Max Design company.
The game is set in the Early Modern period...
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- Feb 1, 2000
Metropolismania
Metropolismania is a PlayStation 2-only city-building game released on October 3, 2002 published by Natsume. The object of the game is to interact with NPCs in order to populate various towns. The game was released under a traditional CD-ROM format,...
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Immortal Cities: Children of the Nile
Immortal Cities: Children of the Nile is a city-building game set in ancient Egypt, developed by Tilted Mill Entertainment. The game was released November 2004 in the United States and February 2005 in Europe.
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Master of Olympus - Zeus
Zeus: Master of Olympus (also Master of Olympus - Zeus) is the fifth full title of the City Building Series developed by Impressions Games and published by Sierra Entertainment.
Like previous titles, Zeus focuses on the building and development of a...
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Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom
Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom is the sixth title in the City Building Series. BreakAway Games was contracted for Emperor after having previously worked on Queen of the Nile. Emperor is the last of the series to use the same 2D-sprite game...
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- Sep 9, 2002
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Master of Atlantis - Poseidon
Master of Atlantis - Poseidon (also known as Zeus Official Expansion: Poseidon) is a historical city building game expansion pack set in ancient Greece. It is the expansion pack to Master of Olympus - Zeus. Its most visible addition was the new...
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Pharaoh
Pharaoh is an isometric city-building game set in Ancient Egypt created by Impressions Games and published by Sierra Entertainment for Windows-based computers. It involves the construction and management of settlements and cities in ancient Egypt,...
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Caesar IV
Caesar IV is a city-building game set in ancient Rome, developed by Tilted Mill Entertainment. The game was released on September 26, 2006 in North America. The game features a three-dimensional game engine and individual modeling of game character...
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Moon Tycoon
Moon Tycoon is a city-building computer game released in 2001 by Anarchy Enterprises and Unique Entertainment. It is based on the creation of a lunar colony or city. Anarchy Enterprises described it as the "first 3-D Sim game ever", and noted that...
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- Oct 2, 2001
Travian
Travian is an award-winning German massively multiplayer online browser-based strategy game developed by Travian Games GmbH.
The game's developers drew roughly from Classical antiquity and particularly from the Roman Empire to create a predominantly...
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- 2004
Stronghold
Stronghold is a Dungeons & Dragons city-building real-time strategy computer game published by SSI and developed by Stormfront Studios in 1993. The game designers include Don Daglow, Mark Buchignani, and David Bunnett.
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- 1993
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Anno 1503
Anno 1503: The New World (known in North America as 1503 A.D.: The New World) is a game with both real time strategy and city building elements, developed by Austria-based Max Design company. It revolves around building and maintaining a 16th...
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- Apr 4, 2003
StarPeace
StarPeace is an MMORTS (Massively multiplayer online real-time strategy) PC game, in which players help build up the development of a massive world along with thousands of other players. Similar to SimCity 4, however StarPeace is fully online, and...
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- Dec 16, 2000
Outpost Kaloki X
Outpost Kaloki X is a city-building video game for the Xbox 360 that places the player in the role of a manager, tasked with building a financially successful fantasy space station. Outpost Kaloki X is available for download from Xbox Live Arcade...
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- Nov 22, 2005
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City Life
City Life is a real-time strategy game that lets the player create a modern city. It is the first modern city-building game to allow the player to work in full 3D environment. The game is by French developer Monte Cristo. It is published in France...
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- May 12, 2006
CivCity: Rome
CivCity: Rome is a city building strategy game by Firefly Studios and Firaxis. In terms of game logic, it includes elements from two well-known game series, i.e., Caesar (primarily) and Civilization, giving players the opportunity to build, run and...
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- Jul 24, 2006
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Tycoon City: New York
Tycoon City: New York is a 2006 city-building game where players are tasked with developing New York City, specifically the island of Manhattan. The game also allows players to build many of the city's most celebrated landmarks, including the Empire...
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- Feb 24, 2006
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Anno 1701
Anno 1701, also marketed as 1701 A.D., is a video game with both real time strategy and city building elements, developed by Germany-based Sunflowers Interactive Entertainment Software company. It revolves around building and maintaining an 18th...
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- 2006
Dwarf Fortress
Slaves to Armok: God of Blood Chapter II: Dwarf Fortress (Dwarf Fortress for short) is a computer game by Bay 12 Games for Microsoft Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X set in a high fantasy universe that combines aspects of roguelike and city-building...
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SimCity DS
SimCity DS (SCDS) is a city building and management computer game and the first Nintendo DS installment in the SimCity series. It was published by Electronic Arts (EA) and developed by EA Japan.
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Glory of the Roman Empire
Glory of the Roman Empire is a city-building game set during the height of the Roman Empire, developed by Haemimont Games. The game was released on 26 June 2006 in the United States. The game features a three dimensional game engine and individual...
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SimCity 4: Rush Hour
SimCity 4: Rush Hour is the expansion pack for SimCity 4 created by EA Games and Maxis, where the player builds a city from scratch.
U-Drive-It is a new add-on to Rush Hour, a mode where players can take control of cars, planes, and many other...
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The Settlers VI
The Settlers: Rise of an Empire (original German title: Die Siedler - Aufstieg eines Königreichs), a real-time strategy, is the sixth game in The Settlers series. It was developed by Blue Byte and published by UbiSoft, with a US release date of...
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SimCity Societies
SimCity Societies is a city-building simulation computer game developed by Electronic Arts (EA), part of the Sim games series. It is the fifth main SimCity game and the second not to have a numbered title. The game was developed by Tilted Mill...
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Cities Unlimited
Cities XL (formerly Cities Unlimited) is a city-building simulation computer game developed by Monte Cristo, which has prior development experience in City Life. It was originally scheduled for release in the first quarter of 2009, but was...
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SimCity DS 2
SimCity DS 2 is a city-building game for the Nintendo DS video game console. The follow up to SimCity DS, it was released in Japan on March 19, 2008. It was released in Europe, North America, and Australia under the name SimCity Creator in September...
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OpenCity
OpenCity is a free open source 3D city-building game. The entire game is written in standard C++ with OpenGL and SDL from scratch.
In the game, the player builds a city by marking land as commercial, industrial or residential zones. Those zones...
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- Jan 3, 2008
Micropolis
Micropolis is a city-building sim game developed by Don Hopkins. It 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...
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- Jan 11, 2008
SimCity Creator
SimCity Creator is a video game in the Sim game series by Electronic Arts. It was released for the Wii in September 2008.
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Imperium Romanum
Imperium Romanum (Latin for Roman Empire) is a video game for Microsoft Windows developed by Haemimont Games and published by Kalypso Media (Southpeak Interactive only licensed the game for a US release from Kalypso). The game is a city-building...
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Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King (小さな王様と約束の国 ファイナルファンタジー・クリスタルクロニクル, Chiisana Ōsama to Yakusoku no Kuni: Fainaru Fantajī Kurisutaru Kuronikuru, literally "The Little King and the Promised Kingdom: Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles"...
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A Kingdom for Keflings
A Kingdom for Keflings is a video game developed by NinjaBee for the Xbox Live Arcade which was released on November 19, 2008. It is the first Xbox 360 title to allow full avatar player control in the New Xbox Experience. The game has been described...
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- Nov 19, 2008
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Hinterland
Hinterland is a fantasy role-playing video game by Tilted Mill Entertainment. It was released on September 30, 2008 on the Steam content delivery system, and has since been made available at other digital distribution websites.
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Anno 1404
Anno 1404, also known as Dawn of Discovery in North America, is a real-time strategy and city-building game. It was developed by Related Designs and is published by Ubisoft. Anno 1404 is the sequel to Anno 1701 and is the latest installment in the...
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Metropolismania 3
Metropolismania 3 is an upcoming game developed by Media Factory for the PlayStation 3. It is sequels to Metropolismania and Metropolismania 2. The first games have had mixed reactions in North America and Europe, but were a success in Asia. So it...
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- Jul 12, 2009
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Grand Ages: Rome
Grand Ages: Rome (Previously know as Imperium Romanum 2) is a City-building and Real-time strategy developed by Haemimont Games and published by Kalypso Media. It was released in Europe on March 6, 2009 and in North America on March 17, 2009. It is...
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Moonbase
Moonbase is a 1990 city-building game set on the Moon. Developed by Wesson International, it was published for Amiga and DOS. An updated version, called Lunar Command, was published in 1993 by Mallard Software.
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Freesky Online
Freesky Online is a free browser based Role Playing game from IGG. Players are given control of an area of the world in which to build their empire. Gameplay is simple and it is designed so players won't be forced to dedicate large periods of time...
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- 2009
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Anno: Create A New World
Anno: Create a New World, also known as Dawn of Discovery in North America, is a real-time strategy and city-building game for the Nintendo DS and the Wii. It was developed by Keen Entertainment and is published by Ubisoft.
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