19th / 20th Century City-building Game Recommendations

[thehef 0]

Hello. New member & first-time poster... I haven't played a city-building game since the original SimCity was all the rage. Ya, the original. So ya... A Long Time Ago. I'd like to try one that can start in the 19th century or early 20th, and have some sort of evolutionary aspect to it. Like moving through the industrial revolutions, through the WW eras, into the 50's & 60's & beyond, and that has era-appropriate homes, businesses & other buildings, transportation, etc. If such a thing exists, I'd hope that I can make the settings easy and the funding plentiful so I can essentially ignore the political and budgetary aspects, and basically concentrate on zoning, placing transportation and key buildings, and high-level planning, having an effect & large influence on the evolution of the city, but not micro-managing it. (No interest in wildly futuristic stuff, major disasters, paranormal activity.) Presiding over the city layout and how it evolves over time is of primary importance. Graphics are important, but they don't have to be the absolute cutting edge, so a somewhat older game could be in play... This all may be asking too much, but I'm wondering what is out there that might come closest, as a starting point.

Note that while I've done some searching & investigating both here on Simtropolis and elsewhere, it's difficult to find specific answers (for instance, a few games can start in the some of the eras I'm looking for, but I can't find info on how they evolve and for how long, or if they're essentially just stuck in that era). And determining what - that was posted years ago - is still relevant. So that's why I'm posting here now 

Thanks in advance.

[boformer 3,169]

I haven't played Train Fever/Transport Fever, but those start in the late 19th century, with fitting and assets and gameplay, and you play to modern times. I guess the main aspects of those is transport management, so maybe that's not your thing. I'm not sure if there is something like a sandbox mode.

If you like tropical settings with a bit of humour, I can recommend Tropico. The latest version Tropico 6 starts in the colonial era > world war > cold war > present.

While Cities: Skylines comes with contemporary buildings and vehicles, you could easily mod it to look like an early 20th century city. Of course you would loose the gameplay aspect.

[thehef 0]

Thanks for the helpful reply. I will check into the T-Fever games... Forgive my ignorance, but what is mean by this?

11 hours ago, boformer said:

with fitting and assets and gameplay

 

This certainly sounds cool re Tropico & I wish other games incorporated it:

11 hours ago, boformer said:

starts in the colonial era > world war > cold war > present

 

11 hours ago, boformer said:

While Cities: Skylines comes with contemporary buildings and vehicles, you could easily mod it to look like an early 20th century city.

Does that ^^^ mean that while the buildings & vehicles would look like early 20th century, the game engine would still "think" that it is in modern times?

11 hours ago, boformer said:

Of course you would loose the gameplay aspect.

Again, forgive my ignorance, but what do you mean?

[CorinaMarie 29,771]

11 hours ago, thehef said:

New member & first-time poster...

Hiya and welcome to Simtropolis.

I don't have any answers for you, but I'm glad to see you've joined us. (I only play SC4 myself.)

[mutton noir 170]

A trailer for Transport Fever 2 was posted on YT
 

 

  Edited April 25, 2019 by Cyclone Boom  
Added video. ;)