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2018PCSteam Deck playable75 % positive13.90 €

You found a tiny nation from scratch and grow it step by step. Its appeal lies in testing your own political ideals and watching how they reshape your city.

  • Economy and management
  • Sandbox with your own goals
  • Choices with consequences

The closest matches for Citystate are This Grand Life 2, Democracy 4 and The Political Process. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Citystate special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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This Grand Life 2

89 %Match

2025PCSteam Deck playable87 % positive17.49 €

Brings what grabs you about Citystate: a sandbox with your own goals, economy and management as well as choices with consequences.

A money-centered life sim where you guide flawed characters with allergies and addictions through careers, small businesses, real estate and stocks, or deliberately roleplay a penniless hobo.

Democracy 4

Choices with consequences

A deep political simulation where you run a country as president or prime minister, setting laws and taxes while balancing voter groups, the economy and your coalition to win re-election. Its web of cause and effect makes every decision meaningful.

The Political Process

Choices with consequences

The Political Process is a turn-based political simulator where you create your own character, run for office, and write legislation. You climb the political ladder step by step while balancing budgets and managing the consequences of your decisions.

TheoTown

Sandbox with your own goals

TheoTown is a relaxed city-building simulation where you grow your own metropolis step by step. You plan roads, neighborhoods and infrastructure and watch your city come alive.

SimCity 2000

Economy and management

A classic city-builder where you plan and run a metropolis with roads, rail, subways, power and public services. You juggle budget, traffic and citizen happiness, in open sandbox play or in disaster scenarios.

Urban Empire

Choices with consequences

A city-builder strategy game where you lead a mayoral dynasty through 200 years, mixing urban planning with council politics, scheming and tough decisions.

Big Ambitions

Pure single-player experience

A business sim in which you start with nothing in New York and rise to become a major entrepreneur by opening shops and growing companies. You build your empire freely while also managing your character's daily life.

SimCity

Sandbox with your own goals

Will Wright's genre-founding city builder: you lay out zones, roads and power and watch your city thrive or struggle with budgets, crime and disasters. An open-ended sandbox with no fixed goals that launched a whole genre.

SimCity 3000

Economy and management

A classic city-building sim where you plan zoning, traffic, power, finances and services for a growing metropolis. Trading with neighboring cities and famous landmarks like the Empire State Building or Big Ben add flavor.

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