Wait, how did Lego beat Minecraft to making a city builder?
Lego Skylines arrives before Minecraft's own city builder, sparking a question: why did Mojang not beat Lego to this category?
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Tag: city builder
Game Reviews5.5/10
Omerta: City of Gangsters Review — A Great Setting, a Thin Execution
A criminal empire rises in 1920s Atlantic City, built shop by shop, fight by fight — a tale of greed and ruin.
Game Reviews6.9/10
The Narrator Never Shuts Up in Spacebase Startopia, and That’s the Problem
Spacebase Startopia review: Realmforge's 2021 station sim juggles management, empire building and RTS while VAL the AI narrator talks nonstop. 6.9/10.
Game Reviews7.8/10
Airborne Kingdom Review: A Flying City Chained to the Ground
Airborne Kingdom review: a flying city-builder where every building adds weight, drag, and coal debt. Score 7.8/10, plus notes on the free tundra DLC.
Game Reviews7.7/10
Tropico 6 still holds up as a island-management sim, seven years on
Tropico 6 review: run a Caribbean archipelago as El Presidente across four eras. A solid 7.7/10 management sim with fully simulated citizens.
Game Reviews8.3/10
Anno 1800 Review: The City You Build Is the Thing You Ruin
Anno 1800 review: Ubisoft's Victorian city-builder pits industrial growth against an attractiveness rating that punishes your factories. Score: 8.3/10.
Game Reviews8.3/10
Before We Leave Review: A Cozy, Non-Violent City-Builder Where Space Whales Eat Planets
Before We Leave review: a cozy, non-violent city-builder where Peeps rebuild civilization from a bunker and launch into space. Score: 8.3/10.
Game Reviews8.4/10
Frostpunk’s volcanic winter is a management game about the cost of keeping people alive
Frostpunk review: a frozen 1886 city-builder where every coal budget is a moral choice, six scenarios deep, from the makers of This War of Mine.
Game Reviews7.8/10
SimCity on the SNES: Will Wright’s City Builder, With Nintendo Holding the Blueprints
SimCity on the Super NES brought Will Wright's city builder to consoles in the early 1990s, with Nintendo advisors, disasters and a gamepad. Score: 7.8/10.
Game Reviews8.2/10
SimCity 2000’s console port asks more of players than the PC original did
SimCity 2000 on SNES reviewed: nine power plants, underground pipes, brutal budgets, and the query tool that made Maxis' city-builder a lasting template.