Run Your City
Become mayor: lay out streets, build homes, schools and parks, and meet your residents' needs without emptying the treasury!
PlayFree, nothing to install. Open it once with the internet, then play it again offline.
Ages 9+Management and tycoonSandbox and buildingStrategyCity and jobs
About the game
In Run Your City, you become the mayor of a small town seen from above. You lay out roads and build homes, then shops, factories, water towers, wind turbines, parks, schools, a fire station, a health center and even a stadium. Every month, residents pay their taxes and show whether they are happy: a well-served home grows until it becomes an apartment building, while a forgotten home empties out. Across the 24 districts you meet forests to clear, pollution, residents' requests, fires, bridges, trash and breakdowns. The real fun is finding the right balance between a full treasury and cheerful residents.
How to play
Pick a building in the bottom bar, then tap a square of land to build it; slide your finger to lay several roads at once. With a mouse, just click. On the keyboard, the arrow keys move the frame, Enter or Space builds, the number keys pick a tool, V changes the speed and P or Esc pauses. Every home must touch a road. Reach the level goals before your term ends: 3 stars if you are ahead of time, 2 or 1 otherwise. You lose if your term ends first, or if the treasury stays empty for 3 months in a row. The game has 24 levels.
Who is it for?
Recommended from age 12.
Skills it builds: managing a budget, planning, setting priorities, thinking ahead
