Acclaimed Video Games
The top 1,000 most recommended games across 827 critic lists from 134 publications.
Updated: October 26, 2025
Most Acclaimed City Building Games of All Time
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#1 SimCity 2000 (1993) (#74)
Maxis | DOS, MAC, AMI | City Building | ~21h | 43 lists
#2 SimCity (1989) (#126)
Maxis | DOS, MAC, 5, SNES | City Building | ~15h | 34 lists
#3 ActRaiser (1990) (#515)
Quintet | SNES | Action RPG / City Building / Platform | ~5h | 13 lists
#4 SimCity 4 (2003) (#604)
Maxis | MAC, WIN | City Building | ~9h | 6 lists
#5 Cities: Skylines (2015) (#753)
Colossal Order | 3 | City Building / Construction & Management | ~28h | 7 lists
#6 SimCity 3000 (1999) (#877)
Maxis | MAC, WIN | City Building | ~9h | 5 lists
#7 Frostpunk (2018) (#925)
11 bit studios | WIN | Survival / City Building | ~11h | 4 lists
#8 Anno 1602: Creation of a New World / 1602 A.D. (1998) (#934)
Max Design | WIN | Real-Time Strategy / City Building | ~24h | 4 lists
#9 Anno 1800 (2019) (#964)
Ubisoft Blue Byte | WIN | Real-Time Strategy / City Building | ~15h | 1 lists
#1
#74
SimCity 2000
1993
#2
#126
SimCity
1989
#3
#515
ActRaiser
1990
#4
#604
SimCity 4
2003
#5
#753
Cities: Skylines
2015
#6
#877
SimCity 3000
1999
#7
#925
Frostpunk
2018
#8
#934
#9
#964
Anno 1800
2019
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