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• Average user rating: 3.0 stars out of 3 reviews

The Bottom Line: Though not as polished as it could have been, SimCity 4 is still a complex and detailed strategy game that can entertain you for hours on end. Read review

Specs: Everyone, Maxis, Strategy, City Bulding, Modern, 1 Player

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  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.5 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: If you're new to the SimCity franchise, this package is a solid introduction. Read review

Specs: Everyone 10 and older, Maxis, Strategy, Strategy / tactics / wargame - city building

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  3.0 stars Good

  Overall score: 6.0 (3.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 1.0 stars out of 10 reviews

The Bottom Line: The addictive gameplay of the SimCity series is completely missing in this lackluster spinoff. Read review

Specs: Everyone 10 and older, Tilted Mill, Strategy, Miscellaneous - virtual life, 1 Player

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  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.5 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: A few flaws hold it back, but the latest Settlers game is the series' most charming to date. Read review

Specs: Everyone 10 and older, Blue Byte, Strategy, Strategy / tactics / wargame - city building

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  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.7 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: After an eight-year absence, the Caesar series returns with a slightly flawed but very engrossing game about ancient city building. Read review

Specs: Everyone 10 and older, Tilted Mill, Strategy, Strategy / tactics / wargame - city building, Historical, 1 Player

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  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.7 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Thanks to its rock-solid execution, Thrillville delivers an enjoyable batch of minigames in a lighthearted theme park environment. Read review

Specs: Everyone 10 and older, Frontier Developments, Strategy, Miscellaneous - kids / children's games & entertainment, 1-4 Players

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  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.3 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 5.0 stars out of 1 review

The Bottom Line: Rush Hour takes the next step by adding such useful features that you'll wonder why they weren't in the original release of SimCity 4. Read review

Specs: Everyone, Maxis, Strategy, City Bulding, Modern, 1 Player

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  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.1 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Though not as polished as it could have been, SimCity 4 is still a complex and detailed strategy game that can entertain you for hours on end. Read review

Specs: Everyone, Maxis, Strategy, City Bulding, Modern, 1 Player

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  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.6 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Children of the Nile has a lot of personality and some interesting gameplay, but it's weighed down by a few problems not found in some previous city-building games. Read review

Specs: Everyone, Tilted Mill, Strategy, Strategy / tactics / wargame - city building, 1 Player

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  3.0 stars Good

  Overall score: 6.6 (3.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 2.0 stars out of 2 reviews

The Bottom Line: CivCity: Rome could have been a classic, but it wound up just another city builder. Read review

Specs: Everyone 10 and older, FireFly Studios, Strategy, Strategy / tactics / wargame - city building, Historical, 1 Player

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  Overall score: 0.0 (0.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 2.5 stars out of 1 review

Specs: Everyone, Strategy, Strategy / tactics / wargame - tycoon

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  3.0 stars Good

  Overall score: 6.0 (3.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Cities XL tries to expand the city-building genre with new ideas, but the solo game is generic, and the online features aren't ready for a ground-breaking ceremony. Read review

Specs: Everyone, Monte Cristo Multimedia, Strategy

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  2.5 stars Average

  Overall score: 5.6 (2.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Glory of the Roman Empire aims low with a light take on the city-building genre. Read review

Specs: Everyone 10 and older, Haemimont, Strategy, 1 Player

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Specs: Strategy

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Specs: Everyone, Kritzelkratz, Strategy, City Bulding, Historic, 1-4 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.5 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Cleopatra adds more of just about everything, and makes Impressions' Pharaoh a more complex and interesting game, without disrupting the fine balance of the original. Read review

Specs: Everyone, BreakAway Games, Strategy, City Bulding, Historic, 1 Player

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  Overall score: 0.0 (0.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

Specs: Everyone, Collision Studios, Strategy

• CNET Editor rating:
  1.5 stars Poor

  Overall score: 3.5 (1.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 4.5 stars out of 1 review

The Bottom Line: The solid roots of a charming series are buried under an avalanche of bugs and other issues. Read review

Specs: Everyone, Blue Byte, Strategy, 1 Player

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  2.0 stars Mediocre

  Overall score: 4.9 (2.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: The screen size and button layout of the GBA prove to be limitations that this otherwise respectable port of SimCity 2000 cannot overcome. Read review

Specs: Everyone, Full-Fat, Strategy, Breeding/Constructing, 1 Player

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• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

Specs: K-A, Maxis, Strategy, Tycoon, 1 Player

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• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

Specs: Everyone 10 and older, Indi, Strategy, 1 Player

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Specs: Teen, Destineer, Strategy

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  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.2 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 4.5 stars out of 1 review

The Bottom Line: This is the most popular sim of all time, cranked up to a high-tech gloss and packaged with all the popular expansion sets. Read review

Specs: K-A, Maxis, Strategy, City Bulding, Modern, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.0 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 4.5 stars out of 1 review

The Bottom Line: If you can look past MetropolisMania's presentational shortcomings and few key gameplay flaws, what you'll find is an undeniably quirky, entertaining, and surprisingly addictive sim game. Read review

Specs: Teen, Indi, Strategy, City Bulding, Modern, 1 Player

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  Overall score: 0.0 (0.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

Specs: Teen, Monte Cristo Multimedia, Strategy