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Not really diamond in the rough, but definitely deserves more attention.
By far the best city-building sim on Android imo.
TheoTown is nice, it's VERY similar to simcity, you manage your income, but the downside is that it's in alpha. If you want to play it it's here : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=info.flowersoft.theotown.theotown Oh, and it's 100% free :)
Have you tried TheoTown? It's free, and you can disable the ads from the options if you really want.
Linkme: TheoTown
> Let's see any good city builders. You know the ones that probably don't exist? No timers, paywalls or required gifting to friends?
I guess you're looking for something similar to Cities:Skylines (which is only available on PC and consoles)? Maybe TheoTown would be okay, at least if you add some mods. It still focuses on management however.
In my opinion TheoTown is miles ahead, it captured the Style of old SimCity games and even has mod support. It's still not super challenging, but way better from a game play perspective than Pocket City. Don't know why this sub seems to ignore it.
Theotown. It's basically a free cell phone version of SimCity 2000. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=info.flowersoft.theotown.theotown
Project Highrise. A modern SimTower game that costs us$3.99. Available both on cell phone via the google play store (I'd post a link but google play is being stupid and doesn't want to give a share option) and on PC via Steam.
If anyone is confused about why the Play Store is suddenly Polish, this link should use your local settings. The one you gave, OP, has a specifier at the end for Polish (I'm guessing, because of the 'pl')
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=info.flowersoft.theotown.theotown
Besides that, looks like an interesting game. I'll be sure to check it out after work
Theotown is the usual answer to questions like this. It's a pretty good Sim City clone and (at least when I last played it) completely devoid of microtransactions and time-gates.
There's also OpenTTD, which is an open-source port of Transport Tycoon Deluxe. It's a bit fiddly on a touchscreen device but well worth the effort.
I miss all the dead genres: First Person Shooters (w/ little to no story), 2d and early 3d platformers, Anything with LAN, Real-time Strategy, Pt-Click Adventures, Zork games, Original jRPGs.
And speaking of which, if you miss Sim City 2000, you should check out TheoTown on the Android. It is a spitting replica down to the graphical style.
TheoTown ^(Android) is a solid SimCity-styled game. Free to download, no IAP. There are ads, but you can disable them in the options if you want. The game is also under heavy development and the devs frequently add new things to the game.
I asked the devs of Cities:Skylines if there was any chance of an android version when they had their AMA a while ago. It doesn't look like we'll be getting one from them :(
The closest I've found is theotown. It's no SimCity, but it's something. TheoTown
You can try TheoTown.
TheoTown - City Simulator | 4.6 ⭐️ | Free with IAP | 68MB |
> TheoTown is a city-building game in which you can build and manage your own simulated city or city state. Take on the role of a city builder and manage multiple cities💪! Create a town and ...
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I really enjoy playing TheoTown. It's a city building simulator for Android that mirrors the gameplay style of Cities: Skylines. Best played on a large screen or a tablet, but
Build and create your world ✔
Not a pay-to-win game ✔ (You might end up watching ads to buy some cool stuffs. Ads won’t interrupt you while playing.)
Try TheoTown (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=info.flowersoft.theotown.theotown). It is the only city builder I can play on mobile.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=info.flowersoft.theotown.theotown
I used to play Theotown a lot, it was a solid game IMO, admittedly I haven't played it for a long time as I don't play many games on my phone.
I really like Theotown. People like to complain because of the IAPs, but they are majorly just cosmetic. The only real wait time is later in the game when you're building skyscrapers and such. But the longest wait time is like, 2 minutes? Maybe 3? Hardly anything compared to some games that make you wait 12-72 hours on a single building.
Updates come out semi-regularly, and there are also plug ins created by players that you can install and play with.
Theotown has been my go to city building game, I'm not sure if this will scratch your itch or not, but if you enjoy city building games, you should atleast give it a try
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=info.flowersoft.theotown.theotown
Not sure what Sim City mobile is like, but if you like the older 2000/3000 style Sim City games, there' TheoTown which is quite similar to them.
Edit - just read up on it again, seems like they've been adding micro transactions and blocking certain features behind pay/time walls. Pity as it was a brilliant game to start with.
If you haven't tried it before, TheoTown is your best bet for an android city-builder. It gets updated all the time and the graphics may not be the best, but they remind me of SimCity 2000.
What you want already exists on other gaming platforms =D But I would like to see some on Android that I can take around with me. Too bad cash grab clones drown everything out. You can try Theotownhttps://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=info.flowersoft.theotown.theotown&hl=en. I remember back way back when I was a little kid SimCity Societies was hella fun, but that was back in the java days.
Here's the link to the game since only an image was posted. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=info.flowersoft.theotown.theotown
Here a few random suggestions since you didn't mention if you have a genre preference. TheoTown, Dream Town Story, Dream House Days, Tiny Tower, RGB Express, WordHero, Soccer Pocket Manager Retro, Chef Wars.
Similar to Sim City, TheoTown. Free with some IAPs for extra buildings. Also OpenTTD has some of that feel to it, but it's more about roads, rails, etc., like a Transport Tycoon game. They are both still being worked on.
I think you'd get a lot of the building/management feel from RollerCoaster Tycoon as well. This is a port of the original, classic game. It's $6 premium purchase, no ads, no timers, no BS. The IAPs are for three completely optional expansions, which range between $2 and $6. This came out recently and is still being actively improved, actually had an update today. Note: avoid the one called "RollerCoaster Tycoon 4 Mobile," the one you want is the one linked, called "RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic."
I've found Theotown has gotten to the point where it's up to some of the old Sim City's quality:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=info.flowersoft.theotown.theotown
For a simcity-like game, check out TheoTown
There is Theo Town. Its very similar to classic sim city.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=info.flowersoft.theotown.theotown
For those interested: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=info.flowersoft.theotown.theotown
No IAP, ad-supported, average review rating is 4.4 based on over 500k installs.
(EDIT: added in some details from comments below).
TLDR:
- Most similar to SimCity 3000
- Isometric view, not 3D
- Optional map loading in other games (the Sims, SimCopter, etc.)
- Arbitrary polygonal buildings and districts
- Better traffic simulations
- "Democratic" elements where Sims suggest how to build the city and fill out the map, which you can pass, amend, or veto.
- Being able to measure distances and draw your own guide lines on the map.
- "Ghost" objects (roads, zones, buildings), allowing you to build sections of a city without committing it to the map until you are ready to do so.
Personally, I like isometric graphics more than 3D, but I like the idea of being able to load a city map (one that I have built) in a 3D game like SimCopter or TheSims.
Although I grew up playing SimCity 2000, and that one is just my favorite as far looks and sound, and the simulation itself, I too would go with SimCity 3000 as my ideal game.
Also, I have always wanted the idea to draw straight-line roads between arbitrary points on the map with out it having to follow the grid, so that I can mark off arbitrary polygonal districts. The old SimCity games used a grid because of memory resources: each tile could only be set to one of 256 values, and each of those 256 values needed to be mapped to a specific tile graphic.
But on modern computers memory resources are almost a non-issue, so the grid must exist, but only to guide the structure of the city. If I were to program it, I would still use a square matrix data structure in memory, but each cell would allow you to position a building or road at an arbitrary angle, and would only contain a pointer to an object with an arbitrary polygonal footprint indicating whether the polygon was partially or wholly placed on that cell.
I would also like some map measuring tools, like measuring distances and placing visible, gemotric guide lines, so I it is easier to see where to lay roads, zones, and buildings before committing them to the map. It might also be nice to have "ghost" objects, that is, you can construct a portion of the city out of "ghost" objects, keeping track of how much these objects would cost, then with the press of a button, the ghost objects become real and are committed to the map and the cost is subtracted from the treasury.
I would also like to see more detailed traffic simulations. I would like to really see how many people travel a given path every day, shown as a heat map. And I would like to see how adding in trains or bus stations can modify the heat map before building them.
I have always wanted a slightly more "democratic" element to it as well, so the Sims living in the city could propose and vote on certain neighborhood layout plans, and as mayor you could pass, amend, or veto them. I understand this is getting pretty complicated, but I think this would help take some of the tedium out of the game, by allowing the game to suggest how to fill out the map. It would be even cooler if there were like competing groups of citizens with mutually exclusive goals for resource usage, and you would have to choose which groups to appease.
Just FYI, there is an Android game I've been playing called "TheoTown" which is about half way between SC2K and SC3K (so SimCity 2500). There are tons buildable items, but no advisors, newspapers, and no humor (it's made by a small group some German guys, so...), and the map is always flat, no terrain, but they give you a choice of 3 map sizes. They have done a very good job making it easy to play on touch screens.
You could try SimCity Build It, but it's an IAP and timer riddled piece of shit.
People have been going crazy for TheoTown
I'm not that experienced with city builders, but this one seems pretty good.
Might wanna give that a try.
If you're looking for something much simpler, you could try the Kairosoft games, quite a few of them have city building elements to them. Off the top of my head I can think of a few:
Venture Towns is a good one with a modern setting
Dungeon Village. This one is my favourite, but less emphasis on building
You should note that a few of the Kairosoft games get flak for being too similar, so you might want to go for the demo version before buying them.
What about TheoTown? I've played it a lot, and I think it's the closest you'll get on Android.
Check out TheoTown on the Google Play store.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=info.flowersoft.theotown.theotown
Take a look at TheoTown https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=info.flowersoft.theotown.theotown
This game is not as popular as it should be. A city builder for Android with no micro-transactions.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=info.flowersoft.theotown.theotown
A few games where Greed is not that much of a problem (Enjoyable without paying much)
Theotown - Like Simcity, good city building game with excellent traffic management options, and an active Plugin Community . Has IAPs for extra fun features, like fighting UFOs.
Townsmen - Good village building game, around US 5$ IAP to enable Fast-Forward and remove Advertisements
Dawn of Mars - good colony building game, higher level buildings take a long time so login for 5 mins everyday
Moonbase - like Simcity, good city building game with galactic trade/commerce, has minor IAPs
Portal Knights - Good Co-op RPG, WiFi only, No IAP
Windward - Excellent ship-based MMORPG, lots of private servers, No IAP, development seems to have stopped
~~Dungeon Quest~~ ~~- Good RPG~~ (is now P2W) with your alt character as "side kick".
Any classic game that is remade for mobile but is freemium, and bloated with IAPs and energy system timeouts makes me want to do terrible, terrible things to the devs.
I would happily pay £20 for a straight port of Sim City 2000, exactly as it was, just updated with touch controls.
There are still so few open world builders that aren't cynical cash grabs (shout out to Theo Town & OpenTTD for bucking the trend). Remember Godus? What clusterfuck that was. Imagine how good it could have been.
You should try Theotown!
TheoTown - City Simulator | 4.6 ⭐️ | Free with IAP | 69MB |
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TheoTown - City Simulator | 4.6 ⭐️ | Free with IAP | 68MB |
Battle Islands | 4.2 ⭐️ | Free with IAP | 77MB |
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TheoTown - City Simulator | 4.6 ⭐️ | Free with IAP | 67MB |
The Final Earth 2 - Sci-Fi City Builder | 4.7 ⭐️ | Free with IAP | 22MB |
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TheoTown - City Simulator | 4.6 rating | Free with IAP | 5,000,000+ downloads | Search manually
> TheoTown is a city building simulation game in which you can build and manage your own simulated city or city state. Take on the role of a city builder and manage multiple cities 💪! Create a town ...
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TheoTown - City Simulator | 4.6 rating | Free with IAP | 5,000,000+ downloads | Search manually
> TheoTown is a city building simulation game in which you can build and manage your own simulated city or city state. Take on the role of a city builder and manage multiple cities 💪! Create a town ...
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If you liked simcity, you gonna love theotown
TheoTown - City Simulator | 4.6 rating | Free with IAP | 5,000,000+ downloads | Search manually
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TheoTown - City Simulator - 4.6 rating - Free with IAP - Search manually
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TheoTown - City Simulator | 4.6 rating | Free with IAP | 1,000,000+ downloads | Search manually
> TheoTown is a city building simulation game in which you can build and manage your own simulated city or city state. Take on the role of a city builder and manage multiple cities 💪! Create a town ...
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TheoTown - City Simulator | 4.6 rating | Free with IAP | 1,000,000+ downloads | Search manually
> TheoTown is a city building simulation game in which you can build and manage your own simulated city or city state. Take on the role of a city builder and manage multiple cities 💪! Create a town ...
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TheoTown - City Simulator | 4.6 rating | Free with IAP | 1,000,000+ downloads | Search manually
> TheoTown is a city building simulation game in which you can build and manage your own simulated city or city state. Take on the role of a city builder and manage multiple cities 💪! Create a town ...
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TheoTown - City Simulator | 4.6 rating | Free with IAP | 1,000,000+ downloads | Search manually
> TheoTown is a city building simulation game in which you can build and manage your own simulated city or city state. Take on the role of a city builder and manage multiple cities 💪! Create a town ...
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TheoTown - City Simulator | 4.6 rating | Free with IAP | 1,000,000+ downloads | Search manually
> TheoTown is a city building simulation game in which you can build and manage your own simulated city or city state. Take on the role of a city builder and manage multiple cities 💪! Create a town ...
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TheoTown - City Simulator | 4.6 rating | Free with IAP | 1,000,000+ downloads | Search manually
> TheoTown is a city building simulation game in which you can build and manage your own simulated city or city state. Take on the role of a city builder and manage multiple cities 💪! Create a town ...
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TheoTown - City Simulator | 4.6 rating | Free with IAP | 1,000,000+ downloads | Search manually
> TheoTown is a city building simulation game in which you can build and manage your own simulated city or city state. Take on the role of a city builder and manage multiple cities 💪! Create a town ...
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TheoTown - City Simulator | 4.6 rating | Free with IAP | 1,000,000+ downloads | Search manually
> TheoTown is a city building simulation game in which you can build and manage your own simulated city or city state. Take on the role of a city builder and manage multiple cities 💪! Create a town ...
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TheoTown - City Simulator | 4.5 rating | Free with IAP | 1,000,000+ downloads | Search manually
> TheoTown is a city building simulation game in which you can build and manage your own simulated city or city state. Take on the role of a city builder and manage multiple cities 💪! Create a town ...
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TheoTown - 4.5 rating - Free with IAP - Search manually
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TheoTown | 4.5 rating | Free with IAP | 1,000,000+ downloads | Search manually
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TheoTown - 4.5 rating - Free with IAP - Search manually
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TheoTown | 4.4 rating | Free with IAP | 1,000,000+ downloads | Search manually
> TheoTown is a city building simulation game in which you can build and manage your own simulated city or city state. Take on the role of a city builder and manage multiple cities 💪! Create a town ...
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TheoTown | 4.4 rating | Free with IAP | 1,000,000+ downloads | Search manually
> TheoTown is a city building simulation game in which you can build and manage your own simulated city or city state. Take on the role of a city builder and manage multiple cities 💪! Create a town ...
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TheoTown | 4.4 rating | Free with IAP | 1,000,000+ downloads | Search manually
> TheoTown is a city building simulation game in which you can build and manage your own simulated city or city state. Take on the role of a city builder and manage multiple cities 💪! Create a town ...
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TheoTown | 4.4 rating | Free with IAP | 1,000,000+ downloads | Search manually
> TheoTown is a city building simulation game in which you can build and manage your own simulated city or city state. Take on the role of a city builder and manage multiple cities 💪! Create a town ...
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TheoTown | 4.4 rating | Free with IAP | 1,000,000+ downloads | Search manually
> TheoTown is a city building simulation game in which you can build and manage your own simulated city or city state. Take on the role of a city builder and manage multiple cities 💪! Create a town ...
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TheoTown | 4.4 rating | Free with IAP | 1,000,000+ downloads | Search manually
> TheoTown is a city building simulation game in which you can build and manage your own simulated city or city state. Take on the role of a city builder and manage multiple cities 💪! Create a town ...
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Theotown.... The store page says it has IAPs but I believe it's just one in order to remove ads.
TheoTown is free https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=info.flowersoft.theotown.theotown
IAP are mostly cosmetic and to advance faster
Pocket City is a paid game, almost a simcity clone https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.codebrewgames.pocketcitygame
There's a demo version available for free https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.codebrewgames.pocketcity
Check out Theo Town. It's a pretty dope city builder. Closest thing that comes to SimCity in my opinion.
TheoTown is the closest game I've found to it since they pulled the app.
Adding a few games people seem to have forgotten about from the subreddit's top list.
TheoTown
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=info.flowersoft.theotown.theotown
Naroth
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.threed.jpct.games.rpg
Pocket Mortys
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.turner.pocketmorties
Don't Starve
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kleientertainment.doNotStarvePocket&hl=en
Final Fantasy IX
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.square_enix.FFIXww.android_googleplay
TheoTown. The best city-builder you could find, AND you can turn off adverts.
Here are the four I have for when you get the 'itch' for the classic Sim City
SimCity 1 Once in the game goto System -> Load Graphics -> Classic Graphics to get the graphics from the original game Also, press ENTER at the copy protection check
[FOR ANDROID] TheoTown this is a good, free clone
I hope that helps...
You should try TheoTown (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=info.flowersoft.theotown.theotown)
TheoTown - City Simulator - 4.6 rating - Free with IAP - Search manually
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