Metropolis 1998

Release Date: 2025 Early Access

Strategy, economic, indie games, city builder, simulation elements, 90s, singleplayer

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Metropolis 1998 is an economic strategy game, in which we play as a city mayor in the 1990s. The game combines pixel art visuals and isometric camera with extensive simulations of traffic and the citizens' lives.

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Metropolis 1998 is a city management economic strategy game developed by an American studio Yesbox.

Mechanics

Metropolis 1998 tasks us with managing a pixel art city. The player must organize traffic, take care of the economy, the people's needs and must properly balance their income and expenses.

The creators aimed to replicate the atmosphere of 1990s city builders while retaining modern gameplay improvements. Old-school visuals have been combined with realistic gameplay. The developers have prepared an advanced traffic simulation capable of tracking over 100,000 people/vehicles simultaneously.

The people are also extensively simulated, going to work, sleeping, resting, eating and performing other activities. Demand for goods is determing by adding up the needs of every individual citizen rather than dividing it into urban zones.

Players can also look inside each building, as well as switch between isometric and top-down camera.

Game modes

The game only supports singleplayer.

Technical aspects

The game's old-school visuals resemble 1990s city sims, such as SimCity 2000, SimCity 3000 and A-Train. The game features pixel art visuals and an isometric camera by default.