You never place a building here. A tribe walks across an island and settles three hearths by itself; your only tool is a hand from the sky that scoops up sand, water or lava and pours it somewhere else. Then a wave comes in from the south, and whatever ridge you heaped up is the town wall.

The first island takes a few minutes. After it there is the rising sea: the towns you keep grow, every wave lifts the water for good, you tap a town to walk its people uphill before the sea cuts them off, and the score is everyone who reaches the altar on the ridge. The sea changes every day.

It is free in the browser and plays on a phone, no account. A question for people who play city builders: did the flood feel fair, and what should a second island throw at your towns?

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Requires Python to be installed.

Haven't tried it yet, but it seems to be relatively stable with a few bugs here and there.

Haven't played in a while, pleased to see how well it runs a large colony now!

I've been away from gaming for a long time, but I think maybe it's like what Hobbes said about ice cream: you don't know you don't like ice cream until you've tried every kind.

What ancient city builders OR civilization sims would you recommend? Because I hate cars and love history in equal measure.

Running on Linux Mint with Steam installed.

Edit: Nebuchadnezzar is the winner because it's a modern version of the older games y'all are recommending and because it's exactly those babylonian cities I was hankering for.

Thanks! I added a bunch of stuff to my wishlist.

Just had this insane youtube pull, it seems to be totally obscure but looks incredible. Am I the only one who didn't know about this?

Combolands is a mini citybuilding roguelike! Place buildings, stack combos, and master deep strategy in short bursts.

You don't want them to ruin all your hard work, after all.

And it looks like it'll be co-op.

Now that's some prime YouTube fodder.

British cities are a game design nightmare by Chris Spargo (YT)

If you've been waiting for a football strategy game that focuses on everything outside the playing of football, then your World Cup runneth over with Copa City.

There's even an alpha you can try out now.

Build utopia one outpost at a time.

Well, your favourite out of seven, anyway.

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Life Below is a city builder set under the ocean but you're growing a coral reef to house sea creatures needing shelter.

The To The Stars devs are back with a game about building intricate trade routes so that you can heap the altars of various gods with a particular commodity.

Steel Artery - Official Launch Trailer

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