9 Games like Cities: Skylines on Mobile that you should try

What carries over from Cities: Skylines is a casual, approachable feel, a sandbox world and single-player focus. Both also lean on base building and an isometric view. The distance is in world — its own ground is open world exploration.

It comes from the same genre as Cities: Skylines and shares a casual, approachable feel, a sandbox world and single-player focus. To that it adds base building and an isometric view. They part company on tone and world: this one brings a relaxing pace and procedural generation.

The genre is the same as Cities: Skylines’s, and with it a sandbox world, single-player focus and base building. The common ground extends to an isometric view. Where the two diverge is tone and visuals: cozy, relaxing feel and pixel art.

The genre is the same as Cities: Skylines’s, and with it a casual, approachable feel, a sandbox world and single-player focus. Both also lean on base building. The distance is in visuals and tone — its own ground is a relaxing pace and a first-person view.

Same family as Cities: Skylines: a casual, approachable feel, a sandbox world and single-player focus. To that it adds base building. They part company on visuals and tone: this one brings cozy, relaxing feel and open world exploration.

On paper it is what Cities: Skylines is — a casual, approachable feel, single-player focus and resource management — though the resemblance is mostly at that level. The distance is in visuals and tone — its own ground is a relaxing pace and a top-down view.

The thread back to Cities: Skylines runs through single-player focus, base building and an isometric view. They part company on game mode: this one brings multiplayer gameplay.

The thread back to Cities: Skylines runs through deep simulation, a casual, approachable feel and single-player focus. Both also lean on an isometric view. The distance is in genre — its own ground is adventure storytelling.

What carries over from Cities: Skylines is a casual, approachable feel, single-player focus and an isometric view. The distance is in genre — its own ground is tower defense planning.