At a first glance, you might not think that Dawnfolk is a city builder. With its tile-based approach and minimalist art style, it perhaps resembles a cozy puzzler more than a Cities Skylines rival. However, you’d be wrong. Built by a single developer, Dawnfolk takes a more streamlined approach to city building while retaining a lot of the deep strategic gameplay fans of the genre love, and it’s just launched on Steam.

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