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Big City Life: Where Your Legacy Starts in The Guild – Europa 1410
The Guild - Europa 1410 will allow players to build a legacy and shape the future of four distinct medieval cities: Wroclaw, Nuremberg, Graz, and Kuttenberg. Players can influence the city through business, politics, lawmaking, and construction. A new trailer showcases the game's cities and environments.
Combine the Powers of Zeus and Hades in the New God-Sim Rogue-like Pandora’s Toybox: demo out now!
Indie developer BetaLab and publisher 2P Games have released a Steam demo for their upcoming god-sim rogue-like, Pandora's Toybox. The game challenges players to ascend to godhood as Epimetheus, blending city-building with divine strategy. The demo allows players to experience the core mechanics, including assembling a Divine Council and managing a growing civilization.
The world is in your hands: God-Sim Rogue-like Pandora’s Toybox launches on Steam on May 14/15!
Indie developer BetaLab and publisher 2P Games announced that the god-simulator rogue-like Pandora's Toybox will launch on Steam on May 14/15 for $9.99. The game blends god-simulation, rogue-like strategy, and city-building mechanics, allowing players to influence the development of a living world. A playable demo is currently available on Steam.
Who Wants To Be King?! – Open Beta | Alpha Beta Gamer
Who Wants To Be King?! is an open beta city-building tower defense game set in 865, where players must build and defend their Viking settlement against invasions. The game requires strategic construction of buildings for resources and defense, with a run ending if the Castle Core is destroyed. Players can sign up for the beta to defend against Viking attacks.
While you wait for Subnautica 2, here's a moody Bioshock-esque strategy game in which you can put Big Daddies on crabs
Tides of Tethys is an upcoming underwater strategy roguelite with city-building elements, drawing comparisons to Bioshock. Players manage modular outposts and guide bathynauts on procedurally generated ocean floors, dealing with aquatic threats and resource management. While the demo shows promise with its atmospheric visuals and unique mechanics like turning crustaceans into steeds, the user interface and initial slow pace present some challenges.
holoVillage Our Cozy Days Achievements Guide - How to 100%
This guide details how to achieve all 39 achievements in holoVillage Our Cozy Days, an action RPG with city-building elements. It covers tasks such as building a home, reaching new areas, defeating bosses, and completing various reports and chapters to reach 100% completion.
Free Play Days – MLB The Show 26, Anno 117: Pax Romana, The Survivalists and Age of Mythology: Retold
Xbox is offering Free Play Days for several titles including MLB The Show 26, Anno 117: Pax Romana, and The Survivalists for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, Premium, and Essential members until April 26. Age of Mythology: Retold is available for all Xbox players during the same period. Players can download and play these games and purchase them at a limited-time discount to keep progress and achievements.
Masters of Albion Achievements Guide - How to 10% on Steam
This guide details how to achieve 100% completion in Masters of Albion by completing over 50 achievements. The city building and god sim game, currently in Early Access on Steam, has received a mixed player reaction. The guide covers various tasks, from combat and crafting to fulfilling orders and managing population.
Medieval sandbox sim Noble Legacy just got much more realistic, but it's the new town pets I'm most excited about
Studio 369 has released a major update for its medieval sandbox simulation game, Noble Legacy, titled 'Life, Death, and Industry.' This update significantly enhances immersion with new simulation systems, including temperature and cleanliness management, improved villager AI, and the introduction of town pets that can assist in defense. The update also expands town size, introduces new building options, and refines combat mechanics, with further survival elements planned for future patches.
Monsters are Coming! The Road Since Launch
Monsters are Coming! has received its 'Road of Fortune' update, introducing new systems like Luck and Critical Hits, a new Hero, and Mobile Towers. Simultaneously, the game's first paid DLC, 'Power Corrupts,' has launched, featuring a new Corruption mechanic, a new Hero, and a new biome. The developers also announced that the game will be released on Xbox Series X|S later this year.
Tactical Roguelike Kingdom Loop Coming Soon to PC. Build, Fight, Survive!
Kingdom Loop, a tactical roguelike with deck-building and city-building mechanics, is set to release on PC on April 28, 2026. Developed by RootGame and published by Ultimate Games S.A., the game will later launch on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch 2. It features turn-based combat with two distinct factions, humans and the undead, and emphasizes player decisions over randomness.
Kingdom's Return: Time-Eating Fruit and the Ancient Monster Review - Stultifying Formula
Kingdom's Return: Time-Eating Fruit and the Ancient Monster is a disappointing action RPG from Inti Creates, marred by monotonous design and shallow systems. Despite a promising premise and occasional glimpses of depth in its boss battles, the game suffers from repetitive combat, uninspired dungeon design, and underdeveloped city-building mechanics, making progression feel like a chore.
Hearthside: A Teeny Tiny Game Is Now Out on Mobile with City-Building Challenges
Short Circuit Studio has released its latest mobile game, Hearthside: A Teeny Tiny Game, a cozy merge city-builder. The game features a limited board where players combine tiles to form settlements, presented with calm medieval visuals and ambient sound design. While similar to the studio's previous titles like Teeny Tiny Town, Hearthside offers endless mode, strategic board variations, leaderboards, and achievements.
First Tropico 7 Gameplay Teaser Revealed – The Island Awaits Its President
Kalypso Media and Gaming Minds Studios have released the first gameplay teaser for Tropico 7, showcasing new features like terraforming and expanded archipelago islands. The dictator simulation game is set to launch in 2026 for PC, Xbox Series X|S, and PlayStation 5, and will be available on Xbox Game Pass.
Peter Molyneux’s Masters of Albion launches into Early Access next week
Peter Molyneux's studio 22Cans announced that their god game Masters of Albion will launch into Steam Early Access on April 22nd. The game blends city-building, simulation, and real-time combat, allowing players to manage towns by day and defend them from creatures by night. Molyneux, known for Populous and Black and White, returns to the genre after previous mobile ventures.
Retro Survival Horror Title Ground Zero Now Available
The retro survival horror title Ground Zero, developed by Malformation Games and published by Kwalee, is now available on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S. The game features retro-inspired visuals and tasks players with fighting, solving puzzles, and upgrading gear in a post-apocalyptic South Korea. The article also briefly mentions upcoming releases and updates for other games like Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves, Asterfel, Airborne Empire, Echoes of Aincrad, The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales, and Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles 2.
Peter Molyneux Returns to His Roots with Masters of Albion, Launching in Early Access on April 22, 2026
Peter Molyneux's studio 22cans has released the launch trailer for Masters of Albion, set to enter Early Access on April 22, 2026, for PC via Steam at $24.99. The game blends city-building, simulation, and real-time combat, drawing inspiration from Molyneux's previous titles like Black & White and Fable. Players will build and manage towns by day and defend them from threats by night.
Shiro Games and Funday Games Announce Northgard Battlegrounds
Shiro Unlimited and Funday Games have announced Northgard Battlegrounds, a city-building auto-battler set in the Northgard universe. The game combines auto-battler mechanics with base-building systems and is scheduled for a PC release via Steam in Early Access in 2026. Nicolas Cannasse, co-founder of Shiro Games, highlighted the game's fast-paced nature and strategic decision-making.
Regions of Ruin: Runegate Out Now on PC
Raw Fury and Gameclaw Studio have released Regions of Ruin: Runegate on PC. This hack-and-slash RPG tasks players with rebuilding a dwarven civilization by gathering resources, recruiting allies, and fighting enemies across a dangerous world. The game features exploration, combat, and character customization, with progress directly impacting the growth of the player's settlement.
Anno 117's first DLC will let you disregard history by building your Roman city next to a massive volcano
Ubisoft has announced that Anno 117: Pax Romana's first DLC, Prophecies of Ash, will be released on April 23. This expansion introduces the largest island in the series, Cinis, a volcanic landmass offering new resources like Obsidian and a temple to Vulcan. Despite a 'Mixed' Steam rating partly due to past AI art controversies and a cut campaign story, Anno 117 achieved the series' most successful launch.
