6 next-gen city-building games to play in 2022

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City-building games have truly evolved massively since their early days, which initially focused more on the 4X model of expansion. Later, titles such as SimCity and Cities Skyline branched off from their early predecessors and truly managed to get users to dive into a metropolis where they had to micro-manage entire neighborhoods and witness the population grow into a Shangri-La under their watchful eyes.

Whether one is looking to re-populate a planet through 4X gameplay or transform a small village into a grand metropolis through careful micro-management skills, the reasons to play a city-building game can be manifold. The list below chalks down some of the best city-building titles of modern times, which were released after 2016:

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A free-to-play real-time multiplayer strategy game with pretty heavy city-building gameplay elements, Game of Thrones: Winter is Coming is based on the popular HBO television series.

As a lord, players have to build their own city from scratch in the wintery lands of Westeros. As the city grows in influence and power through court intrigue, politics, and trade, players can go ahead and fortify it further, enroll in a formidable army and cement their position as a military powerhouse in the lands of Westeros.

King of Avalon is a very addictive MMO city-building game available for mobile devices as users get a taste of all the classic elements of the old-school 4X games where resource gathering and research are key gameplay elements.

King of Avalon features plenty of resource gathering and power tussling in a fantasy world that takes online players into the age of King Arthur as they compete to be the indomitable force in the region.

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