[POLL] What is your favorite city-building game of all time?

My all time favorite is SimCity 4. I put so many hours into that game. And probably spent an equal amount of time browsing the SimTropolis forums, looking for maps/buildings to download!

Banished is awesome but it's more of a village-builder.

The 2013 SimCity was actually not a terrible game, but the maps were way too small and the always-online requirement was just dumb.

I have Cities Skylines, but since getting it I really haven't been in the mood to play a city-builder. Someday, though!

Tropico 4 for me.

Sim City on SNES. Its extremely simple compared to most games in the genre, but I still had a lot of fun with it back in the day :)

Also been meaning to check out "Cities: Skylines" which looks very good.

Sim City 2000, Tropico and Stronghold all probably on par with each other for me. I never really "got" Banished, I wish I did because it looks like a labour of love.

I haven't played with a lot of praised titles - but I played with Pharaoh and loved it :)

Populous

Tropico!

Played most of these, got to say Tropico because of the diversity in Buildings. Tropico 4 with Modern Times is the best one of the series imo, but hard to pick since they are all good.

CnC generals

My favorite is The Settlers: Rise of an Empire.

I just dont like any of the current city building games, they always lack in some aspects. There is however one that got my attention, it is The Simpsons Tapped Out, although it is a Android/IOS game, it has some really good elements in there.

Caesar III will always have a place in my heart!

hard choice between simcity 4 and settlers 2
had good memories with pharaoh and anno too

about pool:
stronghold as city building game?
never thought abut that^^

Does Theme Park count? D

Simcity 4 + Addon
or Anno

Cities: Skylines (+ expansions)

"Tropico" series.

Haven't played those since I was 13 I guess, but I vaguely remeber I loved Zeus and Ceasar, not sure which was my favorite.

Cities Skylines.

Tropico 4!
simcity 4 is difficult for me...

Spent countless hours in SimCity 2000 + SimCopter =)

Simcity 2000 is the best I've played. Cities in Motion is pretty good. Tropico 4 is fun. I haven't played the newer versions of any of those

I voted for Anno but Tropico has a decent place for me too.

i'm getting some real pain in the ass with cities skylines, that traffic is so dumb

As a series, Tropico edges out the rest of the top candidates, even though all of the individual games leave a fair bit to be desired.

Since you've mentioned Settlers, might as well mention Cultures, which is the better version of that concept (minus the importance of paths).

Also worth mentioning is Patrician and The Guild.

Grand Ages Medieval is now a thing too.

Edit: Oh, and PLEASE don't lump Simcity Societies in with the 2013 abomination! Societies was a legitimate and fairly good spin-off, it doesn't deserve to be dragged through the mud like that. Its only major flaw was that it has Simcity in the name while a rabid fanbase (myself included) was waiting impatiently for a proper sequel. Were it named something else, or had it come out along with a proper sequel, not instead of one, and been clearly marketed as a spin-off, I'm sure it would be remembered today as a pretty decent game. In fact, with some modding it can become a great game, but because it was so hated no one cared enough to do it.