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257 games like SimCity 4

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01 Planet Zoo Cover

2019 · PC

Planet Zoo

72%

Build a world for wildlife in Planet Zoo. From the creators of Planet Coaster and Zoo Tycoon comes the ultimate zoo sim. Construct detailed habitats, manage your zoo, and meet authentic living animals who think, feel and explore the world you create around the...

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SimCity 4

72% Sehr nah dran
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Simulator Genre Strategy Genre Business Theme Sandbox Theme Single player Mode Bird view / Isometric Perspective Sandbox Game feel Open World World design
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02 Cities: Skylines Cover

2015 · Stadia, Linux, Mac

Cities: Skylines

66%

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 4

66% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
Simulator Genre Strategy Genre Business Theme Sandbox Theme Single player Mode Bird view / Isometric Perspective Sandbox Game feel Open World World design
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No description available from IGDB

03 Academia: School Simulator Cover

2021 · Mac, PC

Academia: School Simulator

66%

Academia : School Simulator is a management game that lets you design, construct, and manage the high school of your dreams! As the school Principal, watch your students as they get bullied, find love, flunk exams, and basically just try to get through the rol...

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SimCity 4

66% Spannender Match
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Simulator Genre Strategy Genre Business Theme Sandbox Theme Single player Mode Bird view / Isometric Perspective Sandbox Game feel Open World World design
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No description available from IGDB

04 Animal Crossing: New Leaf Cover
64%

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 4

64% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
Simulator Genre Business Theme Sandbox Theme Multiplayer Mode Single player Mode Bird view / Isometric Perspective Sandbox Game feel Multiplayer Game feel
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05 Factorio Cover

2020 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Factorio

62%

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 4

62% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
Simulator Genre Strategy Genre Sandbox Theme Multiplayer Mode Single player Mode Bird view / Isometric Perspective Sandbox Game feel Multiplayer Game feel
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No description available from IGDB

06 Stardew Valley Cover

2016 · Android, Linux, Mac

Stardew Valley

61%

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 4

61% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
Simulator Genre Strategy Genre Business Theme Sandbox Theme Multiplayer Mode Single player Mode Bird view / Isometric Perspective Sandbox Game feel
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No description available from IGDB

07 The Sims 2 Cover

2004 · Mac, PC

The Sims 2

61%

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 4

61% Spannender Match
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Simulator Genre Strategy Genre Sandbox Theme Single player Mode Bird view / Isometric Perspective Sandbox Game feel Multiplayer Game feel Open World World design
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No description available from IGDB

08 Junkyard Simulator Cover

2021 · PC, PS5, Series X|S

Junkyard Simulator

60%

In Junkyard Simulator you play as owner of scrap yard, which with his own hands is trying to create the largest junkyard in the area. The way you do it depends on your decision! Do you want to manually search and collect the best scrap?

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SimCity 4

60% Spannender Match
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Simulator Genre Strategy Genre Business Theme Sandbox Theme Single player Mode Sandbox Game feel Open World World design
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No description available from IGDB

09 Animal Crossing: New Horizons Cover
59%

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 4

59% Spannender Match
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Simulator Genre Sandbox Theme Multiplayer Mode Single player Mode Bird view / Isometric Perspective Sandbox Game feel Multiplayer Game feel Open World World design
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10 Don't Starve Together Cover

2016 · Android, Linux, Mac

Don't Starve Together

58%

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 4

58% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
Simulator Genre Strategy Genre Sandbox Theme Multiplayer Mode Single player Mode Bird view / Isometric Perspective Sandbox Game feel Multiplayer Game feel
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No description available from IGDB

11 Anno 1800 Cover

2019 · PC, PS5, Series X|S

Anno 1800

57%

Anno 1800: Lead the Industrial Revolution! Welcome to the dawn of the Industrial Age. The path you choose will define your world. Are you an innovator or an exploiter? A conqueror or a liberator? How the world remembers your name is up to you.

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SimCity 4

57% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
Simulator Genre Strategy Genre Business Theme Multiplayer Mode Single player Mode Bird view / Isometric Perspective Multiplayer Game feel
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12 Software Inc. Cover

2015 · Linux, Mac, PC

Software Inc.

57%

Construct and design buildings for optimal working conditions. Hire people to design and release software, so you can defeat the simulated competition and take over their businesses. Manage and educate your employees to make sure they are skilled and satisfied...

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SimCity 4

57% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
Simulator Genre Strategy Genre Business Theme Multiplayer Mode Single player Mode Bird view / Isometric Perspective Multiplayer Game feel
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13 The Sims 3 Cover

2009 · Mac, PC

The Sims 3

53%

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 4

53% Spannender Match
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Simulator Genre Strategy Genre Sandbox Theme Single player Mode Bird view / Isometric Perspective Sandbox Game feel Open World World design
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No description available from IGDB

14 Untitled Goose Game Cover

2019 · Mac, Switch, PC

Untitled Goose Game

51%

It's a lovely morning in the village and you are a horrible goose. Untitled Goose Game is a slapstick-stealth-sandbox, where you are a goose let loose on an unsuspecting village. Make your way around town, from peoples' back gardens to the high street shops t...

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SimCity 4

51% Mutiger Treffer
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Simulator Genre Sandbox Theme Multiplayer Mode Single player Mode Bird view / Isometric Perspective Sandbox Game feel Multiplayer Game feel Open World World design
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No description available from IGDB

15 Fortnite Cover

2020 · Android, Mac, Switch

Fortnite

50%

Fortnite is a free-to-play online game where you and your friends fight to be the last one standing in Battle Royale, join forces to make your own Creative games, or catch a live show at Party Royale.

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SimCity 4

50% Mutiger Treffer
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Simulator Genre Sandbox Theme Multiplayer Mode Single player Mode Sandbox Game feel Multiplayer Game feel Open World World design
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No description available from IGDB

16 Mount & Blade: Warband Cover

2010 · Linux, Mac, PC

Mount & Blade: Warband

50%

In a land torn asunder by incessant warfare, it is time to assemble your own band of hardened warriors and enter the fray. Lead your men into battle, expand your realm, and claim the ultimate prize: the throne of Calradia!

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SimCity 4

50% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
Simulator Genre Strategy Genre Sandbox Theme Multiplayer Mode Single player Mode Sandbox Game feel Multiplayer Game feel Open World World design
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No description available from IGDB

17 Minecraft: Java Edition Cover

2011 · Linux, Mac, PC

Minecraft: Java Edition

49%

Minecraft focuses on allowing the player to explore, interact with, and modify a dynamically generated map made of one-cubic-meter-sized blocks. In addition to blocks, the environment features plants, mobs, and items. Some activities in the game include mining...

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SimCity 4

49% Mutiger Treffer
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Simulator Genre Sandbox Theme Multiplayer Mode Single player Mode Sandbox Game feel Multiplayer Game feel Open World World design
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18 Terraria Cover

2011 · Android, Stadia, Linux

Terraria

49%

Terraria is a 2D sandbox action-adventure game with platforming and role-playing elements. Players create a character and are placed in a procedurally generated world where they mine resources, craft equipment, build structures, and fight enemies. Progression...

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SimCity 4

49% Mutiger Treffer
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Simulator Genre Strategy Genre Sandbox Theme Multiplayer Mode Single player Mode Sandbox Game feel Multiplayer Game feel Open World World design
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No description available from IGDB

19 The Sims Cover

2000 · Linux, Mac, PC

The Sims

48%

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 4

48% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
Simulator Genre Sandbox Theme Single player Mode Bird view / Isometric Perspective Sandbox Game feel Open World World design
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20 Garry's Mod Cover

2004 · Linux, Mac, PC

Garry's Mod

48%

Garry's Mod is a physics-based sandbox game built on Valve's Source engine. In its base mode, there are no objectives. Players can spawn non-player characters, ragdolls, and props, then manipulate them using a physics gun that can pick up, rotate, and freeze o...

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SimCity 4

48% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
Simulator Genre Sandbox Theme Multiplayer Mode Single player Mode Sandbox Game feel Multiplayer Game feel Open World World design
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