As you build and fortify your own town/city ... rest of the game follows suit, expanding your toolset and testing your abilities by starting off with small goals like building a water pump ...

Townscaper, from developer Oskar Stålberg, is a delightfully vibrant city builder that really lets your creativity flourish. As a sandbox-style game in the genre, you have the freedom to build up ...

With you now in charge, you’ll have to carefully manage the city’s denizens ... building game stalwarts. With the ability to create glistening swimming pols and water flumes this time around ...

and this unique city could inspire another addition to the game. One base builder in No Man's Sky shows off a raft house of their own design, though an issue affecting builds on water planets ...

There might be a plain field on which you can build tents ... this is a perfect Steam Deck game too. If you’re not into city builders, play this. It’s nothing like them.