Townsmen vs Tropico Reloaded
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.
Tropico Reloaded
Tropico Reloaded is a strategic nation-building game that may feel a little like one of those really in-depth city-building simulation games. However, playing the role of the leader of a banana republic rather than simply being the mayor, you have a wider reach and influence over your people - you can choose to rule with an iron grip or with benevolence - and also the ability to amass an army to defend your said republic from external invaders and internal dissidents. Of course, you can also choose to be corrupt and set aside some funds for your swiss bank account.The game's expansion, Tropico: Paradise Island allows you to not only bring natural disasters on your people but also build tourist attractions as you open up your country for others to visit and of course, to bring in tons of cash. This reloaded version even includes Tropico 2, which will see you ruling over a pirate island as the Pirate King.
Tropico lets players enjoy the fun of managing their own country in their own respective ways much like a simulation game would, and yet, there is also a strategic element to it as you'll need to lead your armies or pirate crew to defend your people from time to time. This game may appeal to fans of city-builders or people who have always imagine themselves leading a nation.