city builder

Metropolis creation game

City builder refers to a genre of video games where players design and manage urban development, constructing buildings, infrastructure, and services while balancing resources and citizen needs: I spent the whole weekend playing that new city builder.

The term can also describe someone who contributes significantly to urban growth or civic development, though the gaming sense now dominates.

Related

roads · public transit · power grid · zoning · residential zones · land use · infrastructure · skyline · metropolis · mayor · expansion · urban sprawl · tiles · grid · settlement · skyscrapers · budget · traffic

Categories
Opposites
game genre/gameplay

city buildershooter

One who fires weapons

first-person shooter · war game · battle royale · fighting game · brawler

occupation/role

city builderwrecker

Vehicle that removes others

conqueror · invader · slum lord · urban blight

scale of management

city builderplatformer

Leap-based video game

adventure game · walking simulator · survival horror · stealth game

Family

city, builder, cities, build, builds, built, building, buildings, rebuild

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G