Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to SimCity™ 4 for Apple Silicon
The classic city simulation game
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier. SimCity™ 4 for Apple Silicon launched in 2023; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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SimCity, but with Permitsfree▲855A free city-building game in your browser. You are the mayor. You know what the city needs. Now get it past the zoning board, the neighbors, the appeals court and the next election.
20h ago · permit.petercai.com · its alternatives →
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This is a little game implemented over a week of tinkering and targeting Emacs. The point is both to have fun with this kind of simulations, and also explore the "functional core / imperative shell" approach to architecture. I also developed a tile and tile effect definition DSL, which makes this even easier to extend. From this point of view it's a success: easy testing, easy extension, Gameplay-wise the simulation is too simplistic, and needs input from people interested in this kind of toys. The original Micropolis/SimSity is the last time I built a virtual city.
Feb 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Build the metropolis of your dreams (iOS and Android)
2014 · ea.com · its alternatives →
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A isometric city builder in JavaScript. Contribute to victorqribeiro/isocity development by creating an account on GitHub.
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Craft and grow your own village
2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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This is a weekend project that spiraled out of control. I was originally trying to get Claude to play a ROM of the SNES SimCity. I struggled with it and that led me to Micropolis (the open-sourced SimCity engine) and was able to get it to work by bolting on an API. The weekend hack turned into a headless city simulation platform where anyone can get an API key (no signup) and have their AI agent play mayor. The simulation runs the real Micropolis engine inside Cloudflare Durable Objects, one per city. Every city is public and browsable on the site. LLMs are awful at the spatial stuff, which…
Feb 2026 · hallucinatingsplines.com · its alternatives →
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TinyCity is a city simulation game inspired by SimCity for MicroPython - chrisdiana/TinyCity
Jan 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A modern take on the classic city builder
2015 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN community! We want to share AI-town, a deployable starter kit for building and customizing your own version of AI simulation - a virtual town where AI characters live, chat and socialize. Inspired by great work from the Stanford Generative Agent paper (https://arxiv.org/abs/2304.03442). A few features: - Includes a convex.dev backed server-side game engine that handles global state - Multiplayer ready. Deployment ready - 100% Typescript - Easily customizable. You can fork it, change character memories, add new sprites/tiles and you have a custom AI simulation…
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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First new release in 14 years, now in real-time 4K 🛩
2020 · xbox.com · its alternatives →
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It all started as an experiment to see if I could build a game making heavy use of Deno and its SQLite driver. After sharing an early build in the „What are you working on?“ thread here, I got the encouragement I needed to polish it and make a version 1.0 for Steam. So here it is, Microlandia, a SimCity Classic-inspired game with parameters from real-life datasets, statistics and research. It also introduces aspects that are conveniently hidden in other games (like homelessness), and my plan is to continue updating, expanding and perfecting the models for an indefinite amount of time.
Dec 2025 · microlandia.city · its alternatives →
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Exists▲132Generate your own 3D worlds and team-deathmatch in minutes
2025 · exists.ai · its alternatives →
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I built a desktop Mars colony survival game called Underhill, in homage to Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars trilogy. Land on Mars, build solar panels and greenhouses, and try not to pass out during dust storms. Eventually your colonists split into factions: Greens who want to terraform and Reds who want to preserve Mars. There’s Chill Mode for players that just want to build & hang, and Conflict Mode that introduces the Red v. Green factions. Reds sabotage, the terrain slowly turns green as the world gets more terraformed. Feedback welcome, especially on performance and gameplay!
Feb 2026 · underhillgame.com · its alternatives →
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2020 · victorribeiro.com · its alternatives →
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San Fran Sim▲300An isometric startup-tycoon game. Ship features, squash bugs, survive the burn rate — and keep the kombucha stocked. Play free in your browser.
Jul 2026 · sanfransim.com · its alternatives →
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Free Real-World Intelligence: Give Your AI Real-Time Access to the Physical World. Grassland lets developers give their software an API for accessing real life environments regardless of economic, geographic or political barriers.
2019 · grassland.network · its alternatives →
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Explore City▲84Turn any city into a strategy game map and explore it
2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Interactive map of Silicon Valley & your favorite startups.
2020 · figma.com · its alternatives →
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Check game compatibility & performance on the new M1 Macs 🎮
2020 · applesilicongames.com · its alternatives →
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Become the ultimate bridge constructor
2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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