City-building

Unlike base building, this includes public transportation, roads, sanitation, electricity generation and distribution, water treatment and distribution, education, health care, police, other emergency services, and usually buildings besides these public services are made only by designating blocks as available for specific types of buildings, usually split to residential, commercial and industrial.

Not to be confused with City Building Series.

Common:
* Public transportation (roads [bus], railways, airways, etc.)
* Logistics
* Energy, water, food, etc. production
* Emergency services (police, firefighters, medical, etc.)
* Cultural services (entertainment, libraries, sports, etc.)
* Education
* Waste management
* Energy distribution
* Water distribution
* Taxation
* Trading

Parent groups

Construction & management simulation, Constructions

Related groups

Activities
Base building

Other
Builders

Game genre
God game

Games by year

The first City-building video game was released in 1980.

Kalypso Media, Maxis, Electronic Arts and Paradox Interactive published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows	74
Linux	69
Mac OS X	22
MS-DOS	8
Mac OS Classic	8
PS4	6
X360	5
BeOS	4
Solaris	4
Unix	4
Nintendo DS	4
Amiga	3
OS/2	3
Switch	3
SNES	3
BSD	3
Xbox One	3
Wii	3
Atari ST	2
NEC PC9801	2
Saturn	2
PS2	1
Apple II E	1
Amiga AGA	1
Atari 400/800	1
C64	1
TRS-80	1
BBC	1
Android	1
Archimedes	1

Most common companies

Kalypso Media	13
Maxis	12
Electronic Arts	11
Paradox Interactive	11
Ubisoft	10
Sierra	7
Square Enix	5
Heart Shaped Games	4
Imagineer	4
DUX Software	4
French Rice Games	4
Team17	3
Focus Home Interactive	3
SMP	3
Winged Pixel	3
Gaslamp Games	3
ThreeGates Studio	3
Devolver Digital	3
Crystalware	3
NinjaBee	3