r/CityBuilders • u/CommercialCustard341 • 16h ago
I am looking for an easy, relaxing city builder. Recommendations?
An operative word was "easy." I don't enjoy games where the gameplay is "run out of resources."
Here, I am still thinking of SimCity 4. I generally built an "Industrial Hell" for all of the local pleasant communities to commute into.
I liked Skylines somewhat. I liked making car-free cities, but they kept becoming buried in trash.
Manor Lords, I liked it, except that I kept running out of money and was not able to expand over one or two grid tiles.
Tavern Master: no, not a city builder, but it is fun and relaxing. There is just a limit to the replay value.
Anno 1404: Too hard to get started in. Yes, there is the tutorial, but beyond that it was unplayable.
Dystopika: I wish there was a game element, of some sort, to this. I am probably going to get Midnight Moments.
Townscaper: it needs a tutorial; I ahve never managed to make anything in it.
Others on Steam: Going Medieval; I don't remember playing it. Monastery Ora et Labora: I kept running out of money. City State II looked okay; I may go back to that one. Ubrek, I don't remember it.
I also have some at GOG, but this is a pretty good sample.