New city builder games 2012

The title has players taking the ruler of a kingdom who has to fight to gain the precious resources needed for a prosperous future. The title is all about sending waves of enemies towards your kingdom in this game. Fortunately, it looks like nothing is locked away behind a series of research trees and milestones. However, with the game throwing as many enemies your way as possible, you might find that the kingdom can get overrun.

Developers stress the importance of keeping a close eye on where your soldiers are attacking, kill zones, and even places to retreat if you find enemies are gaining the upper hand. Instead, players will find this title entering the public through an early access phase on Steam. The Two Point Hospital games are always fun, lighthearted experiences. There are housing to take care of, professors to hire, and student needs to be mindful of. Players will build up campuses made specifically for certain professions.

For example, you might craft a school aimed for knights to a location where chefs can learn how to create the perfect giant pizza. However, right now, all we know is that the developers are pushing to get Two Point Campus out into the marketplace at some point this year.

Frostpunk was a huge hit when it was first released. Players had a tough strategy game as they attempted to build up a city in a harsh never-ending winter. The particular video game series has a focus on public transportation where players must create efficient routes and systems within different cities around the world.

Depending on how well you are able to craft a decent transportation system will determine the impact of your city growth. Likewise, there are cooperative and competitive game modes to enjoy the city building and management titles with friends. Instead of the common day cities or futuristic worlds, Banished follows an outcast group of citizens who must live in a remote community.

This small group will rely on players carefully managing the various resources for their survival. Starting from scratch, gamers can build up their community into a thriving city which can be maintained from the birth of children to accepting wandering citizens out in the world. Speaking of citizens, in Banished, as players grow their cities, citizens will age and eventually die which results as citizens being a precious resource to account for. The banana republic simulator not to be confused with the clothing brand goes into the fifth iteration, progressing into the direction of a full-on SimCity-style city building simulation.

For the first time in the series, Tropico 5 will also feature competitive and cooperative online multiplayer features where the players can compete or cooperate with other, potentially rival dictators. Aven Colony is a relatively new title at the time of writing this. The video game just released this July and pins players into crafting and maintaining a futuristic city.

Overall, the narrative around Aven Colony is based on a human colonization within an alien planet. Because of this, there are various hazards you will have to deal with such as freezing night temperatures, alien plagues, and keeping your residents happy.

Tropico 4 allows you to fill the shoes of the dictator of a small banana republic called Tropico, which is not unlike Cuba. The power to develop your city is at your fingertips as you manage an economy and handle dozens of projects to ensure the happiness and prosperity of your citizens.

You can rely upon a multitude of sources to generate wealth, including plantations, factories, or even tourism. If you want, you can even play the game like Kim Jong Il and turn your city into a dystopia.

This is a series where players take on the role of a leader, known as El Presidente, who is in control of a Caribbean island. If you're looking for a more laid-back city-building experience, this is one we highly recommend.

The colorful, cartoonish art style is appealing and there is less of a focus on combat than some of our other titles. You will need to fight for resources with the local Dwarven population and there are some monsters to contend with, but for the most part, you can focus on expanding your Nordic empire. Urban Empire is a city-building sim that takes a slightly different approach.

Rather than focusing on the building aspect, Urban Empire tasks you with furthering your civilization through diplomacy. You spend the bulk of your time competing for votes and favor among your citizen. You will build relationships as frequently as you destroy them, all the while researching ways to improve life in your empire.

This entry is for players keen to witness the unraveling of a " historical family drama" rather than participate in a true strategy game.

If space colonies are more your thing, Surviving Mars is a great option to feed the explorer in you. You will begin your journey on Mars, which is currently a barren wasteland. Luckily, the game provides all the tools required to make it habitable. This title is not for the faint of heart, however. You will be battling the deadly atmosphere, lack of oxygen, and infertile land, making your job all the more difficult. After you've established a livable settlement, you will start attracting humans to your colony.

It is now your job to ensure their survival and trust us, it's not easy. Get ready to micro-manage! In Aven Colony, players will face a barrage of alien abnormalities as they try to establish their otherworldly civilizations.

Alien plagues, extreme weather, and hostile species await you as you attempt to carve out your own little corner of space. Your job as overseer is to ensure the survival of your citizens.

This involves mining minerals for resources, building hospitals, and maintaining order. Once your city is stable, the game then introduces bigger goals to entice you further. This may include large-scale military operations or exploration missions. The Settlers have always been one of the longest-running hybrid video games in modern history and it oddly combines city-building with real-time strategy RTS and many other elements from other genres.

This depends on which Settler game we're talking about but The Settlers: Paths to a Kingdom is one of the rare gems in the franchise. It takes place in a medieval world, making it a unique title in this list as well for its ingenuity alone. It borrows mechanics from Civilization games where you get to pick a leader or faction and build your mere plot of land into your own empire through military actions, development, and many more aspects not present in other city builders.

Banished is one of the most unique takes on the city-building formula for this list since it delves into a setting that's practically unexplored in its genre: medieval era.

In that regard, you control a group of exiled travelers in Banished whereupon you're forced to build your village and eventually city from scratch after being banished by a feudal lord. This also makes Banished a survival title on top of a city-builder-- something you don't usually experience in city-builder games.

The game even makes it so that your primary resource is townspeople who get old, get sick, and even die, making managing them an important element of this game.

It's worth playing alone for its unique take. Continuing with our space theme, we have Madruga Works' Planet Base. All the usual suspects are here: base building, resource management, and citizen satisfaction. Where Planet Base sets itself apart is its varying types of planets.

The game allows you to choose between four different planets , each with increasing difficulty and different environmental hazards to contend with.

For instance, the frozen planet will pit you against sub-zero temperatures, while the Storm Planet will hit you with a deluge of storm effects.