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The City Must Grow

A new city will be established on a flat plain and its administration has been given to you. In order to keep the administration in your hands, the city needs to develop continuously.

8 December 2021

The City Must Grow is an indie developed by Tunaic Games, released 8 December 2021 on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What The City Must Grow is

The City Must Grow is an indie game developed by Tunaic Games and released in 2021. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Your role in this game is to determine where the buildings and structures in the city can be built. Time and moves in the game are turn based. Each move is given random zoning type to mark on the map. After you mark zones, you move on to the next cycle and observe the developments in the city. You can unlock more advanced types of buildings and structures by completing in-game objectives. Completing objectives also allows you to open different map view tools that will make management easier. There are four main types of zones you manage; residential, agricultural, commercial and industrial. You need to constantly try to manage the distance between the zones, the density and the balance…
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are sandbox. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

The City Must Grow launched on 8 December 2021, within three weeks of Halo Infinite, Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker, Solar Ash and Battlefield 2042.

Released around the same time: Halo Infinite, Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker, Solar Ash, Battlefield 2042.

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When did The City Must Grow come out?
The City Must Grow was released on 8 December 2021 for Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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