Iron Village, (in development, demo available), a "town by a new railway line" city-builder, releases a demo update with many QoL updates and new progression content
High-flying RPG city builder Airborne Empire has launched on Steam, and it's testing my balancing skills in more ways than one
Island Master, a stylized island city-builder in the vein of Kingdoms & Castles, released on Steam
Songs of Syx, the complex and expansive fantasy city-builder, releases V68 in beta and the dev discusses the road to a 1.0 release
Airborne Empire, an open world RPG flying-city builder, released in early access on Steam
Crowncity (in development), a colourful 2.5D city-builder set in the late medieval Holy Roman Empire, releases demo on Steam
Builders of Egypt, a 3D city-builder set in ancient Egypt with beautiful graphics, released on Steam (demo available)
Captain's Call, a colony builder with a focus on story events and follower management, released on Steam
Stormbridge (in development), roguelite city builder where you build a horizontal bridge city that needs to "outrun" an impending storm, releases demo on Steam
Ancient Chinese RPG The Bustling World is, in fact, all of the genres, from city builder to life sim
I played a whopping 23 city builders in 2024, and here are my 5 favorites
Uber Urban (in development), a Simcity 2000/3000 style citybuilder, releases a devlog with a brief overview of core transportation types
Best City Builder 2024: Manor Lords
Developer of Iron Village (in development, demo available), a "town by a new railway line" city-builder, releases a new devlog, outlining their experience with playtesting at a indie game conference
Against the Storm looks charming and cosy, but it's actually the best and most fiendish city builder I've played in years
Twas The Night, a town-builder focused on developing Santa's North Pole base, released on steam (demo available)
I've lost weekends to crushing dissenters and seals in Frostpunk 2 and that's why it's my personal pick for game of the year
Tiny Glade's winter update finally lets me turn my castles into that scene from National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Times Of Progress is an elegant, focussed city builder set during the Industrial Revolution
Dystopika, a creative cyberpunk city-builder, releases their 1.2 update with new visual effects, items and QoL updates
