Cities: Skylines
Top 5 Best City Building Games
Rising largely from the ashes of the aforementioned failure of 2013’s SimCity entry, Cities: Skylines was able to capitalize on a disgruntled market that had gotten nothing but a bad case of the grizzles from EA’s bungle. It was met with near-universal praise upon its release, with The Escapist going so far as to bestow upon it a perfect 5/5 rating. I myself have only ever gotten one five star rating, and that was on a scale of one to ten, so it’s definitely not quite as much of an achievement.
Though Skylines may never quite reach the height of its rival – SimCity is a staple of the gaming canon, and all it will take is another new title for all to be forgiven and forgotten, don’t try to convince yourselves otherwise – it was able to deliver a punishing blow that placed it at the top of the heap for the time being. It is, by most accounts, the best modern city building simulator you can play, and that is a well-deserved accolade.
