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Colossal Order and Paradox Interactive split with Cities: Skylines going to a new developer
Colossal Order and Paradox Interactive have ended their partnership on Cities: Skylines, with it moving onto a new developer.
Category: City Builder
The excellent city-builder Timberborn is approaching the 1.0 release
Timberborn is a city-builder full of beavers, in a world where humans are long gone. It's properly great, and now it's finally about to hit the big 1.0.
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Roman city-builder Nova Roma from the devs of Kingdoms & Castles arrives in January
From Lion Shield who created the rather great Kingdoms & Castles, their next game Nova Roma has been confirmed for Early Access release on January 22, 2026.
Surviving Mars: Relaunched arrives November 10 with two expansions planned
Paradox Interactive have announced that Surviving Mars: Relaunched is now set to blast off on November 10th with a discount for owners of the original.
Build a living city on rails in Steel Artery: Train City Builder
Set in a steampunk fantasy world with many different races, Steel Artery: Train City Builder is an interesting looking take on a city-builder.
Frostpunk 2 gets full controller support and should work better on Steam Deck / SteamOS
11 bit studios have published a major upgrade for Frostpunk 2, adding in full proper controller support with an adjusted UI to match.
Airborne Empire an open-world city-building RPG gets a Linux / Steam Deck freezing fix
Airborne Empire is an interesting hybrid that mixes city-building, with open-world exploration and the latest update should fix it up on Linux / Steam Deck.
Paradox announced the updated, expanded, and remastered Surviving Mars: Relaunched
Sci-fi fans are eating good lately. Surviving Mars: Relaunched was announced by Paradox Interactive with Haemimont Games back for it.
You've built cities with people, beavers, on top of giant creatures - and now you'll do it with Crows
Crowded was just announced as a new city-builder but it's all about nesting, since your people are Crows.
Open source re-implementation of Caesar III levels up in the new release
They don't make them like they used to right? Caesar III is a classic and you can play it with plenty of enhancements with Julius.
Frostliner announced recently is basically Snowpiercer as a survival city-builder
Okay, now this is cool. Frostliner puts you in charge of a train in this survival city builder on rails that's practically Snowpiercer.
City-building on the back of a giant creature, The Wandering Village 1.0 is out now
The Wandering Village from Stray Fawn Studio is a really unique city-builder that takes place on the back of a giant moving creature.
POLDERS is a "quintessentially Dutch" city builder inspired by Townscaper
Reclaim the land from the sea in POLDERS, what the developer says is a "quintessentially Dutch" city builder inspired by Townscaper.
Craftlings refreshes the classic Lemmings with mini city-building
I had fond memories of playing tons of Lemmings on the Amiga, and now Craftlings is rekindling my love of it but with a city-building twist.
The Wandering Village 1.0 due in July with a price rise coming real soon
Stray Fawn Studio just announced that The Wandering Village, a city-builder on the back of a giant walking creature, will fully release on July 17th.
City-building on the back of a huge creature, The Wandering Village gets a big Story Update
The Wandering Village is such a sweet idea for a city-builder, taking place on the back of a huge walking creature. It's in Early Access with Linux / Steam Deck support and a big new update just arrived.
11 bit studios are remaking the original Frostpunk in Unreal Engine 5 with Frostpunk 1886
11 bit studios have announced today that their popular city building survival strategy game Frostpunk from 2018 is getting a remake in Unreal Engine 5.
Peaceful nature simulation city-builder Of life and Land launches May 16
Of life and Land has been in Early Access for just over a year now, and it's about to cross over the finishing line as Metaroot and Kerzoven have announced the 1.0 launch for May 16th.
Folkways DLC for the excellent village builder dotAGE released - here's a little interview with the developer
dotAGE is a very unique turn-based village builder that blends in roguelike survival elements. It's one that you should definitely add to your list, and a new DLC expansion is out now so I took the chance to speak to the developer a bit.
Dawnfolk is a must-play if you like chilled unique city-builders
If you like your games that try to break the mold, you should definitely check out the recently released Dawnfolk from Darenn Keller.
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