city sim
noun1
Video games Synonym of city-building game.
- Caesar II stands a step above common city sims by adding the war element to game play.1996, "Et tu, Build Rome!", InterAction, Spring 1996, page 32
- Most modern city sims content themselves with jazzing up some core element, offering a simpler, more accessible experience, or transplanting the production to an unconventional setting.2006 September, “City Life”, in Computer Gaming World, page 98:
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- This is exactly the kind of playfulness I expect from Tropico—it may be a city sim, but it’s never been about building by the book.2010 September, Evan Lahti, “Totalitariani-sim”, in PC Gamer, page 84: