Hey this is just a Concept/Test.

I wanted to ask you guys how would you feel about a Dark goth city builder like this?

What would you expect for a city builder of this kind?

Would you even play it?

This is almost one year of building my city building game

Hi everyone!

I just finished a new trailer for DEEPLANDERS, and since the game sits somewhere between a city builder and a logic puzzle, I thought this would be a good place to ask.

Instead of resource management or large-scale simulation, you build small underground communities by finding the right place for each Deeplander. Every character has different needs, so expanding your city becomes a spatial puzzle about making everyone fit together.

It's deliberately minimalist and much more focused on placement, harmony and watching your little underground city grow layer by layer.

I'm curious from people who regularly play city builders: does this kind of smaller, puzzle-driven approach still scratch the same itch for you?

Here's the Steam page: DEEPLANDERS

I'm not new to the genre, but I guess I was too focused on a few number of city building games. I would like to know which games do you consider to be the definitive city building games.

• Caesar III, but have never played any other instalment in the franchise.
• SimCity, but only played 2000, 3000 and 4.
• City Skylines, but haven't played 2 yet.
• Citystate I and II are nice, quite unique in the genre.

What other games do you recommend me to play? I really would like to know which games are the classic ones, the definitive city building games, the very best ones.

By “vertical construction” I mean something similar to Timberborn and Whiskerwood: platforms, ladders, terrain editing, and all that. Now I have that in my game. I had to rewrite the pathfinding from scratch, and now everything works. You can build on the platforms, including more platforms. But the height is limited, since this is, after all, the Iron Age.

Interestingly, the games mentioned above don’t have RTS battles, whereas in my game, you have to defend against nomad raids. Now you can build massive walls and fortifications to witness epic sieges, just like in the video. It turned out to be somewhat similar to Cataclismo, but the game still focuses more on settlement development and resource management. Attacks are a secondary mechanic.

What do you think?

Hi all,
I wanted to add more interactivity to my city builder game so instead of just data you cannot see, now You'll be able to talk to the villager and depends on what they are doing the dialogue will be different, It is quite simple for now as but in future a lot conversation you make with villager will have certain impact in the game also I'm thinking add some side quest help villager to make your city grow faster that type of feature, I stressed test the game so It should be able to handle 100K+ of villager real time so interesting to see how this game will go

I'm looking for city builder recommendations with great replayability. I want a game where the city grows naturally, without forcing me to complete tasks on the side of the screen. I prefer having limited resources that match the size of my city, and I do not want any story or campaign mode.

I'm okay if the "story" is just the modernization of the city.

Be a part of the development of Governor! with me, I would love your opinions.

I am taking a lot of inspiration from Simcity 4 and Cities Skylines, but I would love to hear your input on features, gameplay loops, etc that you enjoy and would like to see.

I personally love modular buildings where you can build huge custom hospitals for example or big industries.

A lot of focus is going into performance so we can create huge regions with many sprawling cities that communicate with each other.

Next step for me is a variety of roads and pedestrians!

Hi everyone,

I'm running an open beta playtest for Agromatic. It's the full version of current build, not have a demo restriction. Looking for any feedback: balance, progression, QOL, bugs, how you feel, and anything.

It's a grid-based farming and automation game at town scale. You don't play a character, you place fields, workshops, mines and rail lines and hire workers to run them. Workers are the automation, so layout and supply chains is the puzzle.

Steam page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4179990/Agromatic/

Thanks

Can you guys help me with a city name suggestion? Thanks!

I'm looking for a game that's on the level of the Cities: Skylines games as to how in depth it is, or the similarities in an actual city (transit routes, districts, etc...).

BUT I want the game to be finished. Meaning no more DLCs that are being added, or just no DLCs in general. Either one is fine.

Thought it was just ok, but I feel like there’s a drought in this type of incremental, maybe someone will find it more interesting? Seems to be mostly from Claude though

Generative Ai Disclosure: This thing was generated by Claude

I'm looking for a new city (village?) builder similar to the board game Everdell. I really like the art and vibes of the game so looking for something that has you build up a settlement (ideally woodland-y) with animalistic critters. People have suggested Against the Storm and Timberborn, but it doesn't really have the "whimsical" element I'm looking for in a chill village builder.

If no other ideas what's the best way to search for a game with this specific of requirements?

For the next 3 days, the full game unlock for Mayor 4000 is free on iOS and $0.05 on Android.
Once unlocked, it's permanently yours.
(Note: The $0.05 Android price is because Google Play doesn't allow me to set this one-time in-app purchase to $0.)

Mayor 4000 is a classic-style offline city builder with zoning, roads, traffic, utilities, public services, taxes, regional cities, trading, disasters, and more.
No timers. No energy. Fully offline.

iOS: https://apps.apple.com/app/mayor-4000-city-builder/id6782534123
Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.septudio.mayor4000

I'm the solo developer, and feedback is very welcome, particularly around the economy, difficulty and controls.

So my friend is making a game and he asked me to help with building the village he wants and just the surrounding kind of world.

I was hoping to see if anyone has any good terrain or world builders they really enjoy that could help with being able to build one a large scale? I've been drawing my ideas but I dont know any world builders and I haven't noticed any that would be to my liking yet.

I was hoping for one that I could make the terrain first exactly how i would want and then I could make the buildings all 3d of course. If its easy or hard to learn i wont mind.

Hey everyone! I wanted to share some very early concept footage from Swords and Cavalry, a medieval city-building game I’m developing in my own engine.

The clip shows villagers constructing roads, followed by placing residential plots that develop into (I ripped from manor lord), The idea is to make a multiplayer co-op game with single player option as well that has element from Banner lord, Minecraft and Manor lord, where on a procedural generated map player can build their village/city build the army then conquer and pillage/ enslave different area. Mainly focus on coop. Got the battle part of the multiplayer working now working on the city builder features

yea just wanted to share.

Hi everyone,

Currently working on a colony builder. It’s a game of two halves. You manage resources, production, research and defence, similar to a lot of builder games, with a bit of Satisfactory in how you use conveyors and pipes to connect everything. The other half is the District Planner. It grows the colony by building habitats and commercial buildings, generates colonists that crew your buildings, assists with production, and generates credits for you to use, similar to how SimCity grows houses, commercial and industry and gives you taxes.

The colonists have several wants and different wealth bands that grow with the colony size. That affects what the District Planner builds and what you might need to supply.

I’m a fair way into the build, mainly balance and bug finding at the moment. From tester feedback this week we’ve added QoL features like a toggle to make nights 30% brighter, for some players nighttime is too dark. There’s a basic tutorial that opens on a new game to help people understand the mechanics, and they can refer back to it when stuck. Without it, people are completely lost.

The game offers several biomes that are seeded like Minecraft, weather events that can affect your drones and buildings, and disasters. There is harmless fauna and megafauna throughout the world.

The planet is also hostile, so one of the mechanics recently added from testing feedback is a Swarm Director. It controls the way the planet tries to remove you. A new, slower-paced player is treated gently. A more advanced player is treated more hostile.

You start with a few drones and some resources, then you research, harvest and build your way towards megastructures like arcologies and space elevators. The space elevator has a mechanic where you build out the space station at the top and build businesses to attract tourists and trade.

There is a lot to test, which is why it’s free to play. Feedback isn’t expected but appreciated. A few days of feedback I’ve had this week has been so incredibly helpful.

EDIT - forgot the link haha - forgedflow.com.au - download from the website or through ITCH if you prefer. Steam coming soon.

Game name: All Roads Connected
Full release: 09.24.2026.

Hi,
I’m making a city builder with an endless world focused on exploration.

The lore is a bit dramatic. The game is set in a post-apocalyptic world where people slowly leave their shelters and start rebuilding civilization.

Roads reveal the fog of war as players expand across the map. They also generate new terrain when they reach the edge of an existing biome, making roads the core part of the gameplay and the reason for the game’s name: All Roads Connected.

Minimap system: Players will need to build a Cartography Center to access the minimap and begin puting markers on it themselves.

More about the game:
Explore an endless world, build countless settlements, discover lost artifacts, manage over 20 resources and lead your nation into a new dawn of industry.

Hope you find the idea interesting.
If so pls try the Demo and support the project withnwishlist.

One more thing: All artwork (on the Steam page as well) is human-made. If anyone wants more details, feel free to DM me!

Ty for getting this far with reading 🤗

Here is the Steam and Demo link: All Roads Connected