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A brightly-lit spaceship speeds through an asteroid field.
After his city builder flopped in early access, Firewatch's Nels Anderson didn't give up: 'Smarter people than me … probably would've pulled the plug'

By Tyler Wilde Published

news Generation Exile hits 1.0 this week after over seven years of development.

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Skyscrapers glitter in the light of a setting sun.
This 'highly realistic' city-builder could be the first real competition Cities: Skylines has seen in over a decade

By Rick Lane Published

News Could City Masterplan do to Skylines what Skylines did to SimCity?

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A roman city
If you think the citizens in city builders are grumpy and needy, try pleasing a bunch of jealous Roman gods

By Christopher Livingston Published

Vis Major In city builder Nova Roma, the gods can make life easier for you—just don't turn your back on them.

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A large wododen castle on a cliff-face releases a cloud of balloons into the air in Timberborn.
Beaver-themed city-builder Timberborn has gnawed its way out of early access, and surprise! It has Factorio-style automation now

By Rick Lane Published

News Beavering away.

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A parade fronted by a marching band glides down a street in Cities Skylines: Race Day
You can play Cities: Skylines for free this weekend, ahead of the launch of its first expansion in 2 years

By Rick Lane Published

News Try Colossal Order's original city-builder before Race Day arrives.

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A citizen in a modern city
Cities: Skylines 2's new developer celebrates the occasion with a debut patch all about death, making citizens pop their clogs around the clock and removing immortality in easy mode: 'Previously, about 80% of them never died of old age'

By Rick Lane Published

News Fear the reaper.

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Beaver city builder Timberborn
Timberborn gets a 1.0 release date and new 'lore trailer' showing some very thirsty beavers

By Rick Lane Published

Mechanistry's city-builder leaves early access in March.

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A city-scene, with houses and tenements dusted by snowfall. Skyscrapers loom in the background, silhouetted by a setting sun.
Cities: Skylines 2's new developer breaks cover on its plans for the sequel's future, revealing a patch that will include changes players 'have been requesting for a long time'

By Rick Lane Published

News Better snow effects and a "streamlined" UI are coming to the sequel soon.

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A screenshot of a newspaper generated in Microlandia, with the headline "Petty Thieves Go Big" and an image of a police car.
'Brutally honest' city builder Microlandia gets brutally honest crime simulation: 'It's a spectrum of consequences that can become a death spiral every single day'

By Rick Lane Published

News "Cities are not clockwork, they are chaos machines with a mayor attached."

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Medieval peasants
Manor Lords' dev is experimenting with a new trading system that allows for 'deliberate economic strategies', including establishing monopolies on resources

By Rick Lane Published

News "You could, for example, attempt to monopolise Iron Slabs by hiring all Merchants on routes that export them."

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