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24 alternatives to Cities: Skylines

Build the city of your dreams.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Cities: Skylines launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Cities: Skylines▲76

   A modern take on the classic city builder

   2015 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   SimCity BuildIt▲79

   Build the metropolis of your dreams (iOS and Android)

   2014 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Big City▲76

   Build your own Bit City!

   2017 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Streetmix▲67

   DIY urban planning

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Banished▲89

   City-building strategy survival game

   2015 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Cities: Skylines - Mass Transit▲6

   Latest expansion for the award-winning city-building game

   2017 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   SubaraCity▲54

   City making puzzle game.

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Below▲80

   Explore. Survive. Discover.

   2015 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Block Craft 3D : City Building Simulator▲58

   Craft and grow your own village

   2015 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    City Lines▲69

    Solve puzzles to create beautiful cities

    2015 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Fallout Shelter▲180

    Build your own vault to survive the apocalypse!

    2015 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    BuildBox▲135

    Make amazing Mobile games and publish them everywhere.

    2015 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Construct▲14

    Build the games you imagine.

    2017 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Sky City VR▲68

    Explore an abandoned futuristic city to uncover a mystery

    2016 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Skyscrapers▲76

    Explore the tallest buildings in the world.

    2016 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Game Dev Story▲80

    Run your own game dev studio!

    2015 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Gamewheel▲73

    Empowering creators in the digital world

    2015 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Crashlands▲68

    Craft, battle, and quest your way through Crashlands!

    2016 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Block'hood▲77

    A neighborhood-building simulator

    2016 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Bricks VR▲80

    Build your own virtual reality

    2016 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Games on GitHub▲72

    A list of popular/awesome videos games, add-ons, maps, etc.

    2015 · its alternatives →

22. 22AB
    ActionStreetMap: Build a gaming environment of your own city in Unity3d▲60

    2014 · actionstreetmap.github.io · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Teleport: Startup Cities▲145

    Discover and budget your next move to 100+ startup cities.

    2015 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Concrete Jungle▲64

    A city planning deck building game!

    2015 · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →