8BitMMO vs Townsmen
8BitMMO
8BitMMO is quite a different sort of 2D MMORPG mainly because it is a giant sandbox set in a persistent streaming world and partly because of its eye-catching retro look. Being a sandbox game, you can literally build anything you like be it your own city or a magnificent castle; a simple humble home or an expressive voxel art. You can even build dungeons for other players to raid in! To make things more interesting, the game also has a fun zombie mode in addition to the plethora of hats, clothings and other accessories to customize your character with, and the tons of enemies you can battle against alone or with a group of friends. You don't need to worry about griefers as well, since the game has a robust anti-griefing system in place to prevent the same, bad thing that had happened to you in Minecraft's multiplayer game to occur again.8BitMMO is completely free-to-play and is still under active development by its one full-time developer (hats off to you my friend), so if you'd like to show your support, be sure to buy some of the stuff in the game's in-game shop or simply submit your feedback and ideas. Either way would help!
Townsmen
Townsmen by HandyGames gives you a chance to build your own thriving empire starting from a small village.From your castle, you get to run your empire and build a stable economy for your citizens. With a huge variety of buildings, players can extract resources, harvest a huge variety of crops and strengthen their empire defenses with guard towers, canons and more. Bandits are always on the lookout for looting your empire so a strong defense is a key to a strong empire in this game. Moreover, seasonal disasters will also pose a challenge to your citizens, testing your disaster management skills.
With a huge variety of management challenges, Townsmen is one of the best city simulations out there.