These Are the Most Brutal City Builders Ever Made

Some city builders let you relax. These ten do not. In this ranking, we move from Timberborn's drought management to Oxygen Not Included's engineering chaos, looking at what makes each settlement collapse, why mistakes snowball, and which games punish poor planning the hardest. Games featured: Timberborn, Farthest Frontier, Endzone: A World Apart, Banished, Frostpunk, Against the Storm, IXION, They Are Billions, Dwarf Fortress, and Oxygen Not Included. Which game gave you your worst colony collapse? Drop your ranking in the comments, and subscribe to The Strategy Player for more systems-heavy strategy, simulation, and city-building games. Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:19 Timberborn 01:16 Farthest Frontier 02:18 Endzone: A World Apart 03:16 Banished 04:12 Frostpunk 05:10 Against the Storm 06:24 IXION 07:26 They Are Billions 08:25 Dwarf Fortress 09:33 Oxygen Not Included 10:33 Final ranking