Looking for a solarpunk city building game
I want a city building game, where I can build a working, car-free city. I want lots of pedestrians, cargo bikes, bicycles, public transport with trams, trains, subways and some buses. I’d like renewable energy as well for my electricity.
Which game can you recommend?
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Workers and Resources: Soviet Republic could be your jam! https://store.steampowered.com/app/784150/Workers__Resources_Soviet_Republic/
I have not tried it on Linux. It is a very detailed city builder with a wide variety of public transport.
There are different game modes, one where you start in the 60s (I think) and need to research solar and wind power. Another where all tech can be available.
+1 this game’s transport systems go DEEP and the best cities are walkable. 400hrs and i’m still not an expert.
there’s mods for solar and wind farms aswell :)
It works on Linux
Lost a lot of hours trying make a totally walkable city. Workers and resources is great. Playing on realistic mode is a very long game though. Be prepared to hear complaints from your wife
Same, I really enjoy starting from scratch and building self sufficiency. It’s my favorite city builder for the depth!
it should be possible to do something like this with Cities Skylines 2 but it’s not because they never finished the game
Surviving Mars… A chance to start again with pedestrians and trains.
Good game but the balance was utterly borked. Either needed to constantly spam import from Earth or the game wouldn’t function. Or you needed mods with auto resource factories to fix this problem.
I got it, but didn’t like that your colonies couldn’t be self-sustaining. Certain resources could only be gained by importing them from Earth, including critical ones.
Nah. That’s only while the colony is young.
That’s just how colonies work.
Long term, totally go self sustaining. In the latest version you can declare independence from Earth and go it alone, but you gotta have the colony ready for it!
Okay, sounds like they updated the game a lot. Last time I played about the only thing you could get an infinite amount of was water. All other Mars-sourced resources, including concrete, were limited. Eventually your resources would run out, you couldn’t afford anything from Earth anymore, and your colony would collapse and die. Forum threads even said this was the normal loop. Granted, this was a few years ago.
I haven’t tried yet for myself, but Transport Fever series is another similar to Cities Skylines. TF2 had been heavily discounted on Steam recently, with #3 announced (2026 release).
Transport Fever is a logistics simulation game. It is not a solar punk city builder. Brilliant game though.
