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229 games like SimCity

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01 SimCity BuildIt Cover

2014 · Android, iOS

SimCity BuildIt

82%

Welcome, Mayor! Be the hero of your very own city as you design and create a beautiful, bustling metropolis. Every decision is yours as your city gets larger and more intricate. Make smart choices to keep your citizens happy and your skyline growing. Then trad...

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SimCity

82% Starker DNA-Match
Shared DNA
Simulator Genre Strategy Genre Business Theme Sandbox Theme Single player Mode Bird view / Isometric Perspective Open World World design
Trade-offs

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02 Airline Tycoon 2 Cover

2011 · PC

Airline Tycoon 2

77%

A decade after the best-selling Airline Tycoon comes the long awaited sequel to the legendary tongue-in-cheek economic simulation that puts players in the role of CEO of an international airline! Airline Tycoon 2 will challenge players to run a modern airline,...

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SimCity

77% Sehr nah dran
Shared DNA
Simulator Genre Strategy Genre Business Theme Sandbox Theme Single player Mode Open World World design
Trade-offs

No description available from IGDB

03 Hotel Magnate Cover

2025 · Linux, Mac, PC

Hotel Magnate

75%

Have you ever wanted to design and manage your own hotel, motel, resort, or tent? With a ridiculous amount of customisation tools to wield, a host of facilities to build, and a wide variety of guests to impress, Hotel Magnate has it all. Let your inner hotel m...

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SimCity

75% Sehr nah dran
Shared DNA
Simulator Genre Strategy Genre Business Theme Sandbox Theme Single player Mode Bird view / Isometric Perspective Open World World design
Trade-offs

No description available from IGDB

04 Cities: Skylines Cover

2015 · Stadia, Linux, Mac

Cities: Skylines

74%

Cities: Skylines is a single-player city-building simulation game. Players manage all aspects of a growing city including zoning residential, commercial, and industrial areas, constructing infrastructure such as roads, public transit, and utilities, and balanc...

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SimCity

74% Sehr nah dran
Shared DNA
Simulator Genre Strategy Genre Business Theme Sandbox Theme Single player Mode Bird view / Isometric Perspective Open World World design
Trade-offs

No description available from IGDB

05 Hotel Architect Cover

2026 · PC

Hotel Architect

74%

Step into the chaotic 24/7 lifestyle of a hotel owner as you design and build grand hotels across the globe. Juggle the increasingly elaborate demands of disorderly guests, logistical nightmares and unexpected obstacles in Hotel Architect, the ultimate hotel c...

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SimCity

74% Sehr nah dran
Shared DNA
Simulator Genre Strategy Genre Business Theme Sandbox Theme Single player Mode Bird view / Isometric Perspective Open World World design
Trade-offs

No description available from IGDB

06 Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic Cover

Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic is the ultimate real-time soviet-themed city builder tycoon game. Construct your own republic and transform a poor country into a rich industrial superpower!

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SimCity

73% Sehr nah dran
Shared DNA
Simulator Genre Strategy Genre Business Theme Sandbox Theme Single player Mode Bird view / Isometric Perspective Open World World design
Trade-offs

No description available from IGDB

07 SimCity DS Cover

2007 · NDS

SimCity DS

73%

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 the AKI Corporation and EA Japan.

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SimCity

73% Sehr nah dran
Shared DNA
Simulator Genre Strategy Genre Business Theme Single player Mode Bird view / Isometric Perspective
Trade-offs

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08 SimCity Creator Cover

2008 · Wii

SimCity Creator

73%

SimCity Creator follows the basic SimCity formula that sees players managing a city and placing residential, commercial, and industrial zones for buildings in addition to facilities such as police stations, hospitals, seaports, and stadiums. Players are also a...

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SimCity

73% Sehr nah dran
Shared DNA
Simulator Genre Strategy Genre Business Theme Single player Mode Bird view / Isometric Perspective
Trade-offs

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09 SimCity 3000 Cover

1999 · Linux, Mac, PC

SimCity 3000

72%

SimCity 3000, released in 1999 as the third major installment in the SimCity series, continues its successful course as a city building simulation game. In SimCity 3000 new tools have been introduced to create and control the city build-ups. Recreate the world...

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SimCity

72% Sehr nah dran
Shared DNA
Simulator Genre Strategy Genre Business Theme Single player Mode Bird view / Isometric Perspective
Trade-offs

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10 Capitalism Lab Cover

2012 · PC

Capitalism Lab

68%

Capitalism Lab is the latest version in the Capitalism business simulation game series. It lets you build the business empire of your dream. You become a corporate CEO and face real-world challenges as you build a sprawling business empire covering retailing,...

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SimCity

68% Sehr nah dran
Shared DNA
Simulator Genre Strategy Genre Business Theme Single player Mode Bird view / Isometric Perspective
Trade-offs

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11 Norland Cover

2024 · PC

Norland

62%

Norland is a medieval kingdom sim that generates stories. Manage your noble family and face with class society, crime, slave revolts, religious conflict, economic issues, personal relations, treachery, secret murders, and spectacular battles.

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SimCity

62% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
Simulator Genre Strategy Genre Sandbox Theme Single player Mode Bird view / Isometric Perspective Open World World design
Trade-offs

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12 The Sims 3 Cover

2009 · Mac, PC

The Sims 3

58%

In The Sims 3, you can create Sims with unique personalities, fulfill their desires, and control their lives within a customizable living neighborhood. Unlock all-new Karma Powers and unleash them on your Sims: help your Sim get lucky with the power of "love c...

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SimCity

58% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
Simulator Genre Strategy Genre Sandbox Theme Single player Mode Bird view / Isometric Perspective Open World World design
Trade-offs

No description available from IGDB

13 The Sims 2 Cover

2004 · Mac, PC

The Sims 2

58%

In The Sims 2, your Sims will be more lifelike, more responsive, and more complex than ever before. You'll be able to control your Sims over their entire lifetimes, taking them from their first steps to their golden years. Guide them through "Life's Big Moment...

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SimCity

58% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
Simulator Genre Strategy Genre Sandbox Theme Single player Mode Bird view / Isometric Perspective Open World World design
Trade-offs

No description available from IGDB

14 Animal Crossing: New Leaf Cover
57%

The charming community-building franchise returns for with Animal Crossing: New Leaf. The Nintendo 3DS entry into this popular franchise introduces a number of options new to Animal Crossing, including the ability to become the head of the village and boost it...

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SimCity

57% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
Simulator Genre Business Theme Sandbox Theme Single player Mode Bird view / Isometric Perspective Open World World design
Trade-offs

No description available from IGDB

15 Stardew Valley Cover

2016 · Android, Linux, Mac

Stardew Valley

55%

Stardew Valley is an open-ended country-life RPG! You’ve inherited your grandfather’s old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrow...

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SimCity

55% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
Simulator Genre Strategy Genre Business Theme Sandbox Theme Single player Mode Bird view / Isometric Perspective Open World World design
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16 Factorio Cover

2020 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Factorio

55%

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 to keep it work...

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SimCity

55% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
Simulator Genre Strategy Genre Sandbox Theme Single player Mode Bird view / Isometric Perspective Open World World design
Trade-offs

No description available from IGDB

17 The Sims Cover

2000 · Linux, Mac, PC

The Sims

52%

The Sims is a life-building simulation with emphasis on intimate details of individual characters rather than expansion of an entire society or civilization. You are in control of nearly every aspect of the lives of the individuals who make up your chosen popu...

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SimCity

52% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
Simulator Genre Sandbox Theme Single player Mode Bird view / Isometric Perspective Open World World design
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18 Animal Crossing: New Horizons Cover
52%

Escape to a deserted island and create your own paradise as you explore, create, and customize in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Your island getaway has a wealth of natural resources that can be used to craft everything from tools to creature comforts. You can...

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SimCity

52% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
Simulator Genre Sandbox Theme Single player Mode Bird view / Isometric Perspective Open World World design
Trade-offs

No description available from IGDB

19 Don't Starve Together Cover

2016 · Android, Linux, Mac

Don't Starve Together

50%

Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve. Discover and explore a massive procedurally generated and biome-rich world with countless resources and threats. Wheth...

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SimCity

50% Mutiger Treffer
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Simulator Genre Strategy Genre Sandbox Theme Single player Mode Bird view / Isometric Perspective Open World World design
Trade-offs

No description available from IGDB

20 Game Dev Tycoon Cover

2012 · Android, Linux, Mac

Game Dev Tycoon

48%

In Game Dev Tycoon you replay the history of the gaming industry by starting your own video game development company in the 80s. Create best selling games. Research new technologies and invent new game types. Become the leader of the market and gain worldwide...

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SimCity

48% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
Simulator Genre Strategy Genre Business Theme Single player Mode Bird view / Isometric Perspective
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

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