If you don’t want to build in the modern era (e.g. Cities: Skylines or its sequel), Irregular Shapes, a game from a French studio, can be a great alternative.

City Tales: Medieval Era is a city builder that offers a fresh take on the genre, inviting players to unleash their creativity by building large-scale medieval cities. Players design vast and organic medieval cities that evolve naturally. The game gives players complete freedom to plan, design and draw neighborhoods to create vibrant medieval towns with a hand-painted feel. In addition to building their cityscapes, players will manage an intricate economy with over 50 different types of resources and over 60 types of buildings designed with procedural technology that can construct unique buildings in real time. Each structure is built and upgraded based on the environment and other nearby structures.

Builders will grow their settlements from small to sprawling medieval cities, evolve their creations and build great wonders like cathedrals or live marketplaces in an accessible and relaxing village simulator where time doesn’t limit creativity. City Tales: Medieval Era also emphasizes narrative with a cast of companion characters who work with the player to build the city and whose story and growth the player can determine. The player’s choices shape how each story unfolds, adding a new layer of replayability and immersion to the city-building genre.

“We are very excited to finally unveil City Tales: Medieval Era, our first project since founding the studio in 2022. As passionate city-builders ourselves, we’re taking a step forward in the genre to create an innovative medieval game that puts creativity first while offering satisfying building and management systems. We can’t wait to see players building medieval cities next year,” said Irregular Shapes founder Remi Malet in the press release.

City Tales: Medieval Era will be released in Early Access on Steam sometime next year. No word on a console version.

Source: Gematsu