Evolution of CITY BUILDER Games 1981 - 2020

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List of CITY BUILDER Games included in the video:
Yellow River Kingdom
Utopia
SimCity
Act Raiser
Moonbase
Utopia: The Creation of a Nation
Caesar
D&D Stronghold Kingdom Simulator
SimCity 2000
Lunar Command
The Settlers (a.k.a. Serf City: Life is Feudal)
Outpost
SimIsle: Missions in the Rainforest
SimTown
Caesar II
Afterlife
Holiday Island
The Settlers II: Veni, Vidi, Vici, The
Constructor
Anno 1602: Creation of a New World
Caesar III
The Settlers III
SimCity 3000
Lincity
Pharaoh
Cleopatra: Queen of the Nile
Master of Olympus: Zeus
Cultures Discovery of Vinland
StarPeace
The Settlers IV
Tropico
StarTopia
Mobility
Master of Atlantis: Poseidon
Stronghold
Cultures 2 The Gates of Asgard
Moonbase Commander
Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom
Metropolismania
SimCity 4
Tropico 2: Pirate Cove
Anno 1503: The New World
Outpost Kaloki X
Immortal Cities: Children of the Nile
The Settlers: Heritage of Kings
Medieval Lords: Build, Defend, Expand
Stronghold 2
Tycoon City: New York
City Life
Glory of the Roman Empire
CivCity: Rome
Dwarf Fortress
The Settlers II 10th Anniversary
Caesar IV
Anno 1701
The Settlers: Rise of an Empire
SimCity Societies
Imperium Romanum
SimCity DS 2
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King
Micropolis
City Life 2008
Hinterland
A Kingdom for Keflings
Grand Ages: Rome
Anno 1404
OpenCity
Cities XL
Tropico 3
The Settlers 7: Paths to a Kingdom
Cities XL 2011
A World of Keflings
Cities in Motion
Tropico 4
Cities XL 2012
Stronghold 3
Anno 2070
SimCity
Anno Online
Cities in Motion 2
Godus
Banished
1849
Clockwork Empires
Tropico 5
Stronghold Crusader 2
Cities: Skylines
Lethis Path of Progress
Cities XXL
Anno 2205
Planetbase
Valhalla Hills
Earth Space Colonies
Project Automata (Rise of Industry)
Urban Empire
Block'hood
Life is Feudal Forrest Village
Kindgdoms & Castles
Aven Colony
Surviving Mars
Project Aura
Frostpunk
Cliff Empire
Depraved
Stonehearth
The Universim
Atomic Society
The Colonists
Foundation
Second Earth
Dawn of Man
Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic
Tropico 6
Factory Town
ISLANDERS
Anno 1800
Constructor Plus
TheoTown
Seeds of Resilience
They Are Billions
Atmocity
Ostriv
Clans to Kingdoms
Buoyancy
Flotsam
Neolithic
The Settlers
Ancient Cities
Seed
The Architect Paris
Metropolisim
Citybound
Ymir
Builders of Egypt
Industries of Titan

[SergiuHellDragoonHQ]

Which City Builder game is you favorite?

[brickisland]

Cities Skyline released in 2015. Nothing has come close since.

[TJusnow]

Sim city 3K, Sim City 4, Cities: Skylines are the absolute best.

[Meesmoth]

For this current decade (2010s), both SimCity 4 and Cities: Skylines remain the best, plus their modding community is so much active, allowing more freedom to the players on what kind of Cities to build depending on their choice.

[japanalchemist]

Looking back at Sim City 4 in the middle of all these other issues you realize how much that game was advanced !

[reddtiger]

Cities: Skylines is still a favorites, which has had quite a few DLC’s to keep it fresh. There was one worthy of note, though it relates more into moving people/goods... Chris Sawyer’s Transport Tycoon.

[Davivd]

It's interesting to hear all the different sound tracks. That made the feel of each game really stand out hearing them all side by side. I liked the City Life soundtracks the most. It's also interesting to watch the progression of games and then there are a few games thrown in that look like they should have been released 20 years earlier.

[benbilmem]

5:30 is Stronghold, not Master of Atlantis: Poseidon

[tobir]

Civ City: Rome was so underrated. I loved the home upgrade mechanics and haven't seen something that memorable since.

[alessandrobortolossi]

I'm so glad that CitySkylines has become the worthy successor of SimCity 4, but still I cannot forget its background musics, that fusion jazz rocks!

[joey]

6:30 A very beautiful memory thank you.

[neoDarkSquall]

"Oh that's a nice evolution of gra- DWARF FORTRESS 2006"

[kystaff]

Simcity 2000 was way before its time. City Skylines is the best now. My favorite has been Tropico - the soundtracks alone are worth it!

[jakethegreatimsocoolyounee]

I like the part when he shows us city building games

[thepronoob]

Cities skylines: Comes out in 2015 and looks like a game that came out in 2021
TheoTown: Comes out in 2019 and looks like a 1990's game

[theraginginfernape]

City Skylines is the pinnacle of city games because they actually let you have freedom and variety in every game. Also MOD COMPATIBILITY!

You can go medieval, modern, futuristic, rural, you name it from the all these factors. City building isn't just about kingdoms and tribes.

[imdxrkboy]

When you notice that Little Big City 1 is not in this list:
*UNCOMPLETE*

[ZebbeSebbe]

I remember playing Pharaoh when I was a kid. Good times, now the anxiety gets to you when you realize how old you actually are.

[David-uxwn]

Tropico 3! The music and overall silliness made it truly fun and enjoyable. Even back then it wasn't that great of a city builder. But it was sooo much fun!

[mattiamontanari]

Caesar 3 will always have a special place in my heart, and it’s still my favourite