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Fabledom's Once Upon A Time On Consoles...

Write your own fairytales in city builder Fabledom, now that it's available on PS5, Xbox Series, and Nintendo Switch.

Review

Gourdlets Review: Veg Out And Embrace The Day (Or Night)

A genuinely relaxing sandbox with no objectives, no currency, and plenty of veg to keep you regular. Here's a Gourdlets review to sway you.

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Minami Lane Review - Right Up My Street

You can't pick your neighbours, but at least you can create your street - come see Minami Lane on Steam, it's an absolute delight.

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Laysara: Summit Kingdom Early Access Is Miles Above Other City Builders

Aside from building a castle in the sky, you won’t get that much higher than in Laysara: Summit Kingdom, a city-builder that has you building your settlement in inhospitable environments. The gods aren’t accommodating here, but you could butter them up with a grand temple in their honour.

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Help Lead Nature Flourish In Of Life And Land Early Access

Help animal and plant life thrive in city builder Of Life and Land that has now launched in Early Access.

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SUMMERHOUSE Review - Catch Some Rays And Build Some Blocks

Build until your heart's content and without having to fear the dreaded planning permission docs in chill sandbox, SUMMERHOUSE.

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Fabledom Early Access Preview Is Absolutely Fableous

Rome wasn’t built in a day, and the same applies to your kingdom (town) in Fabledom, though I guarantee that any city builder fan will cram as much as they can into one day – there’s just so much going on here, you can’t help but take the

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Want A Taste Of Paradise? Wishlist Lo-Fi Rogue-lite Tranquil Isle For Steam

This recent influx of chill city builders really is welcome right now, and before the genre gets tired, Tom Daly (not the diver – different spelling) and indie publisher Future Friends (check out Summerhouse and Gourdlets) have revealed lo-fi builder: Tranquil Isle. Here’s the twist: Tranquil Isle may be a

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Become An Architect Of Chill In The SUMMERHOUSE Demo

As picturesque as you want a pixel art vista to be, SUMMERHOUSE is an upcoming zen builder for Steam from Friedemann and published by Future Friends. My detective skills have been on fire of late as I deduced that there was a recent VR festival due to loads of VR

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Recapture Long-Lost Summer Afternoons In The SUMMERHOUSE Demo

Consider yourself a builder but never have enough time? Make time in the SUMMERHOUSE (all caps) demo currently available on Steam, courtesy of Friedemann (one-third of Grizzly Games) and besties, Future Friends on publishing. So, it’s a small-scale building game, a ‘love letter to the feeling of long-lost summer

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Steamworld Build Review - Stay On Track And Dig Deep

Under the guidance of an alien core, some robot settlers set out to uncover ancient artefacts, live long, and prosper in SteamWorld Build.

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Laysara: Summit Kingdom Now Coming To Steam In Early 2024

One of the most highly anticipated city builders on Steam, Laysara: Summit Kingdom launches in Early Access.

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Dubai Builder: The Sheikh Has Given You Free Roam - Get Spending!

Dubai Builder? [insert camp scoff], ssshyeah, right… That’s me trying to pretend to be indifferent, but actually, this upcoming strategy from Games Incubator will be the next thing on the planning permissions list. The current Sheikh has asked you to oversee developments in the city, and with a modest

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Expand Your Horisons In These Doomed Isles Early Access

These Doomed Isles? What a dramatic title. There’s no hope, and we’re all, theoretically doomed? Kind of. This rogue-like from Triplevision Games and Fireshine Games (Hokko Life, Thymesia) isn’t entirely without hope, but you’ll be praying to the gods for support. Shame you’re the god

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SteamWorld Build - A City Builder That Works Well On PC AND Consoles?

Dungeon Keeper was one of my favourite pastimes. Not holding people against their will, but the superb Bullfrog game. Imagine my delight when city builder SteamWorld Build comes to PCs and consoles this year. Nothing to do with the PC platform, this is the highly anticipated release from The Station

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Thronefall Early Access: Build Your Own Kingdom, Then Defend It!

Thronefall is one of my favourite indie games of 2023 so far. Mixing up tower defence, city building, and instant pick-up-and-play ease of use, this is, and will be, one of my go-to titles for the foreseeable future. GrizzlyGames’ (featuring Jonas Tyroller and Paul Schnepf, creator of The Ramp) minimalist

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Sengoku Dynasty Gets A New Trailer

We’re getting closer and closer to the release of Sengoku Dynasty, and Superkami and Toplitz Productions are capitalising on our excitement levels by releasing a new trailer. Subarashii! A ‘multi genre blend of open-world RPG, city builder, life simulation and survival game’, players will cultivate a community set to

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Be An Immovable Mountain In Laysara: Summit Kingdom

City builder fan but tired of building on boring, flat land? White not build on steep, avalanche-fuelled mountains in the Laysara: Summit Kingdom demo?

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Goblins of Elderstone Planning Permission Granted Next Week On Steam

Goblins of Elderstone has frequented my inbox for a while, so it’s time for an update: it’ll be out of Early Access next week. Yay! Have you seen it yet? Perhaps you don’t even know anything about it. Well, that’s my job. First of all, it’

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Wickedy Wild Wild West Dynasty Early Access

Where in the Sam Hell am I? After that intro, it’s clear it’s the Wild West: life expectancy is 30-32 years old tops. After arriving in town, Dakota West (that’s you, Poppet) and his mother are attacked, leaving her dead. Cold, hungry and alone, he befriends a

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Rebuild Your Legacy In City Builder Super Fantasy Kingdom

A relaxing rogue-lite? That’s what it says here for the city builder Super Fantasy Kingdom – a strategic fantasy game where you have to rebuild your kingdom and defend it against hordes of enemies. Yeah, ‘relaxing’. Upon returning from a hunt, your kingdom is in flames, and your wife is

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Smaller Is Better? Tiniest City Builder The Block Picks Up The Mic

In all honesty, I’m not entirely sure how to address The Block, as there’s nothing quite like it. Sure, there are other city builders out there, and you could argue that the closest comparison would be Tinytopia, BUT… There aren’t any objectives in the game. Is it

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Get Wild In Wild West Dynasty Early Access

The fact that Wild West Dynasty isn’t out until next year shouldn’t phase you – it’s only a few months until Toplitz Productions and Moon Punch Studio’s latest adventure hits the PC. Initially Early Access, this is the definitive survival game as you start a new life

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The Block: The World's Smallest Citybuilder'

Smaller IS better, despite what you've heard. The Block, from the peeps who brought us The Ramp, is out now on PC.

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Go Berserk! It's Land of the Vikings Early Access

Not prepared to splurge on God of War: Ragnarok but have a berserker-like thirst for Viking-based games? Early Access Land of the Vikings might be the game for you, especially if you’re fond of city builders/RTS. Developed by Laps Games and published by Iceberg Interactive, Land of the