r/CityBuilders

Working on a medieval survival / fortify game (Forgebound — Amilcar Technologies). Early loop: you push farms past the palisade for food, then the first real night raid hits.

Design fork I'm stuck on:

• A) Raiders treat outside crops as free damage, so over-expanding is a real mistake.
• B) Farms can get hurt, but never fully wiped, so new players don't softlock into starvation.

Which reads fairer to you? How have other fort / settlement games handled "prosperity outside the walls"?

Store page if you want the broader pitch (not a wishlist ask): https://store.steampowered.com/app/3691400/

I've been working on improving WildRoot's first impression and recently finished a new trailer.

It's a cozy colony sim where you build a settlement in a mysterious forest, manage your colonists, and every season and setback creates a different story.

I'd really appreciate any feedback—especially on the pacing, music, and whether the trailer makes you want to learn more about the game.

Hey everyone!

I’ve been working on improving StoneEra’s world generation, with a focus on making the world feel more natural and varied while still keeping everything compatible with the voxel simulation and gameplay systems.

There’s still more work to do, especially on performance and polishing the generation, but I wanted to share the current progress and what has changed.

I posted a full dev update on Steam with more details and screenshots:

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/5057770/view/683014827293017914?l=english

I’d be interested to hear what you think about the direction, especially the terrain and overall world generation.

I’ve been working on the marketplace for Wars of Empire.

Instead of treating it as a single isolated building, I wanted it to feel like a small trading district that grows around a central structure, with stalls, awnings, goods, barrels, and different merchants filling the surrounding space.

The goal is to make important economic buildings visually communicate what they actually do, even when you’re looking at the city from a distance.

This is the current version.

Does this read clearly as a marketplace at RTS scale, or does the surrounding detail feel too busy?

Wars of Empire is currently in development and available to wishlist on Steam!

Ive been working on this for quite some time now and it took me really long to work out the style of the Town View. I know the buildings as they are placed now don't all make 100% sense but I'm hoping this paper/painted visual style is received well.

For those curios
Argosy on Steam

I've been working on this isometric city builder for the past year.

The game is inspired by the nostalgic era of classic isometric games, but I'm building it with modern technology and hardware. I'm trying to capture that classic visual feeling while taking advantage of what modern hardware allows.

I'm also not using a game engine. Since the focus is on the isometric look, I'm implementing the specialized rendering techniques, tricks, and optimizations that made this kind of game so interesting in the past. One nice advantage is that the game can be compiled to pretty much any platform.

The game also has a time-of-day cycle, so the city changes throughout the day, from night to sunrise, noon, and sunset. I really like how the same buildings can look and feel completely different depending on the time of day.

At this stage, I'd really like to get feedback specifically on the art style and visual direction. I'd love to hear what works, what doesn't, and what you'd change.

My goal with the game itself is pretty simple: I want it to be fun, simple, and relaxing. I'm not interested in the current trend of coin collecting, timers, scheduled upgrades, endless progression loops, or mechanics designed mainly to encourage in-game purchases.

I want the city to be something you can simply enjoy building and looking at, without constantly being pushed toward the next action.

So, regarding the art: does it give you the nostalgic isometric feeling I'm going for? What would you change or improve?

Thanks for taking the time to look at it, and I'd really appreciate any feedback.

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Updates:

• I'm not a native English speaker, so yes, I used AI to check the text.
• The game is still in an early stage and is far from release. There are many things left to add, especially multiplayer. I've always wanted to have dozens of cities interconnected online.

App Name: Battle of Folks

What it does:
Battle of Folks is a mobile RTS where you build and defend your settlement against increasingly difficult waves of enemies. Manage resources, research upgrades, build defenses, and control your hero and units to survive as long as possible.

Key Features:

• Hero with abilities, leveling and skins
• Base building, research, walls and defensive towers
• Wave-based combat with different enemies, special waves, day/night cycle and weather effects

Goal: None

Giveaway: None

Cost: Free to try, with the full game available as a one-time purchase.

Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.marcelkretzmann.battlefolks

Between expeditions you're back in town. Every building is paid for with what comes home from a card-battle expedition, and losing one takes your deck but never your city, so even a bad expedition still adds something to the streets.

The town also feeds the next expedition: buildings unlock upgrades you carry into the next one, like the church that strengthens your mantras. The city is how you get further each time.

Two of us are making it, 200 cards across five acts. Would a city that survives every defeat feel like your kind of city builder?

Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/5244390/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=citybuilders

Spent a few hours today to make these animated banners for my game's Steam description. What do you think of these?

If you are interested in this game, check out its Steam page. It's called The Gilded City, and is still actively in development, I will post more updates here and on Steam from time to time.

Looking forward to meet you in the Gilded Age!

I’ve been working on civilization-specific versions of the same economic buildings for Wars of Empire.

These are the current mill variations. The goal is to keep the building instantly recognizable as a mill, while still giving each civilization its own architectural identity and silhouette.

I’m trying to find the right balance between:

• consistent gameplay readability
• distinct civilization style
• enough variation without making them feel like completely different building types

Would love to hear which ones feel the strongest, and whether any of them still look too similar to each other.

The online regions name is deepwired

Hey everyone! I’m the developer of CottageCore, and here’s the announcement trailer :)

It’s a freeform village-building game where you can shape cottages and towers, customize their colors and materials, and attach floating houses to your towers. Villagers, animals and changing seasons bring the village to life, and there’s a Creative Mode for building at your own pace.

The public demo is planned for early November 2026, with the full release on April 14, 2027.

All art and music are human-made.

Trailer: https://youtu.be/f35t1kngUao
Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4941950/CottageCore/