{"id":124653,"date":"2022-04-12T15:36:54","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T13:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=124653"},"modified":"2022-04-12T15:36:54","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T13:36:54","slug":"six-unique-city-building-pc-games-you-cant-afford-to-miss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/124653-six-unique-city-building-pc-games-you-cant-afford-to-miss","title":{"rendered":"Six unique city building PC games you can\u2019t afford to miss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ever since I first played Age of Empires II, I have been hooked on playing real-time strategy and city builder games.<\/p>\n<p>The genre has come a long way since the 2000s, so I&#8217;ve listed some of the best city builders that are guaranteed to keep you entertained for hours on end.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">1. Airborne Kingdom<\/h3>\n<p>In <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/982290\/Airborne_Kingdom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Airborne Kingdom<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0you build a flying metropolis to house your ever-growing population.<\/p>\n<p>However, if you want your city to survive and eventually thrive, you&#8217;ll need to keep factors like air drag, lift, and tilt in mind to ensure it stays afloat.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to relax and live out your architectural fantasies, you can also enter Creative Mode, freeing you from resource limitations and time constraints.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oB9RqfM5yOk\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">2. Dorfromantik<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/1455840\/Dorfromantik\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dorfromantik<\/a><\/strong> is a peaceful and relaxing experience in which players create expansive villages by placing down hexagonal tiles.<\/p>\n<p>However, you only have a limited number of these hexagonal tiles, and the session ends once your tile stack is empty.<\/p>\n<p>Completing quests rewards you with more unique tiles, expanding your collection for future play sessions and allowing you to play longer.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7kKWXi_23d8\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">3. Frostpunk<\/h3>\n<p>In <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/323190\/Frostpunk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Frostpunk<\/a><\/strong>, you must rule over the last city on Earth after a new ice age has engulfed the world.<\/p>\n<p>Heat is essential to your citizens\u2019 survival, and you must make difficult choices such as implementing strict laws and managing resources effectively to brave the apocalyptic winter.<\/p>\n<p>As one of my favourite city-builders, I cannot recommend Frostpunk enough.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UxTxUL_8VkA\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">4. Northgard<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/466560\/Northgard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Northgard<\/a><\/strong> is set in a Viking world filled with mythical threats like giants and valkyries \u2014 plucked straight from the pages of the Norse sagas.<\/p>\n<p>You can choose from various Viking clans, each with its own unique characteristics and playstyle.<\/p>\n<p>To achieve victory, you can use warfare, trade, exploration, or reputation, with each victory condition giving you a different ending.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mDN8PHOYnKc\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">5. Surviving Mars<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/464920\/Surviving_Mars\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Surviving Mars<\/a><\/strong> tasks the player with building the first functioning human colony on the Red Planet and surviving the process.<\/p>\n<p>Players have to manage their colonists just as well as their resources, as each individual comes with different strengths and needs that influence their behaviour.<\/p>\n<p>For example, if you aren\u2019t careful, you can drive your scientists to alcoholism if you work them too hard.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/v6E8sYbRiO4\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">6. Townscaper<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/1291340\/Townscaper\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Townscaper<\/a><\/strong> is unique since it doesn\u2019t really have an end goal \u2014 instead, you just build island towns to your heart\u2019s content.<\/p>\n<p>The layout in which you decide to place the blocks will affect the appearance of your house.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, if you build ten blocks stacked on each other vertically, you\u2019ll get a lighthouse-looking building, while a U-shape might get you a stream running through the middle of your house.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QtVkteAS15M\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/124649-e3-2022-is-cancelled-watch-these-shows-instead\">E3 2022 is cancelled \u2014 Watch these shows instead<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are six unique city builders that you can relax into over the coming Easter holiday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":249,"featured_media":124656,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,3],"tags":[26024,391,8130],"class_list":["post-124653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","category-pc","tag-city-builders","tag-indie-games","tag-strategy-games"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/249"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124653\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/124656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}