Some of them are even on our best PC games list ... Play Rise of Kingdoms for free. The Kingdom Two Crowns series leans more towards tower defense than city-building, but there is an element ...

Building the city of your dreams using an army of beavers ... when the Sims 5 release date rolls around. Trove is a free PC game with building, sandbox, and MMORPG mechanics.

Microsoft is offering a free city-building sim, Romopolis, for a limited time until October 28. There are other free games in the Microsoft Store like Microsoft Mahjong, Solitaire, and Minesweeper.

On the critics’ side of the spectrum, the challenging city-building game scores high, even winning awards and nominations for best gameplay and PC game of the year. However, among the many ...