Best Strategy Games with Tycoon Elements
In construction strategy games, players are allowed to relax and unleash their creativity, as the main task is to create their own city that will bring stable income for a long time and is unlikely to be affected by most natural disasters due to its small size. However, it is important to remember that the "calm" will not last forever: sooner or later, the city will grow, and maintaining its normal condition may become more expensive and significantly more complex.
The universes of city-building strategies range from ancient times and the Middle Ages to the distant future: the Anno series, which covers a vast number of real historical periods and eras, is best known to genre fans.
This list includes all the strategies where building a peaceful city is the main task.
Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Tactics, Roguelike, Survival
October 17, 2018
Players:
8.8/10
Steam:
91/100
Metacritic:
87/100
RimWorld is a sci-fi survival simulator on an alien planet with real-time strategy elements and a top-down view. Under your control is a small group of people who...
Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, City Building, Sandbox, Exploration, Historical, Cooperative (co-op), Simulation
April 16, 2019
Players:
8.3/10
Steam:
78/100
Metacritic:
81/100
Anno 1800 is a new game in the real-time management strategy series Anno. The events unfold at the dawn of the industrial age, during the times of great...
Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Futurism (Future), City Building, Simulation
November 2, 2015
Players:
8.6/10
Steam:
69/100
Metacritic:
72/100
Anno 2205 is a futuristic real-time management strategy game. Like previous games in the series, the new game focuses on the economic component, thanks to which...
Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Online, Exploration, Cooperative (co-op), Historical, Medieval era
July 26, 2009
Players:
8.1/10
Steam:
76/100
Anno 1404 — real-time exploration strategy for multiple players in a medieval setting. Classic city building...
Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), City Building, Simulation
November 17, 2011
VGTimes:
8.6/10
Players:
7.9/10
Steam:
54/100
Metacritic:
83/100
Set in the near future, this economic city-building strategy depicts a world reshaped by climate change and rising sea levels. Players settle islands, build cities...
Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Third-person view, Top-down view, Sandbox, Simulation, City Building
September 24, 2009
Players:
10/10
Steam:
90/100
Metacritic:
77/100
A city-building strategy game about ruling a tropical island during the Cold War. The player takes the role of El Presidente and chooses whether to govern as a...
Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Third-person view, Sandbox, City Building, Simulation
August 30, 2011
Players:
6.6/10
Steam:
91/100
Metacritic:
78/100
Tropico 4 is a continuation of the banana republic dictator simulator. You will take on the role of the newly elected El Presidente. The main task is to make candy...
Strategy, DLC, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Top-down view, Simulation, City Building
May 18, 2017
Players:
8/10
Steam:
82/100
Cities: Skylines — Mass Transit is an add-on for the city-planning simulator Cities: Skylines. The add-on introduces many new types of public transport into...
Strategy, DLC, Warships / Submarines, In real time, Business / Management, Third-person view, Isometric, Sandbox
December 1, 2007
Players:
8.7/10
Anno 1701: The Sunken Dragon — The main difference from the main game is a campaign of eleven missions in which you have to help your friend Finn Hallqvist...
Simulation, Strategy, Warships / Submarines, In real time, First-person view, Third-person view, Isometric, Historical, Medieval era
July 28, 2009
Steam:
52/100
Metacritic:
67/100
East India Company is a real-time strategy game about maritime trade and the struggle for control of routes between Europe and the Far East in the 17th century...
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