These are the BEST City Builders To Release In 2026!

We're halfway though 2026, so I'm recapping some of the best strategy games that have released this year. These are the best city builder games of 2026 so far, covering ancient cities, floating empires, seaside settlements, mountain kingdoms, underwater survival, and ambitious new takes on the genre. Check out the other Best of 2026 (so far) videos: City Builders:    • These are the BEST City Builders To Releas...   Automation Games:    • Video   Base Builders:    • Video   Tycoon Games:    • Video   Management Games:    • These are the BEST Management Games of 202...   Strategy Survival Games:    • Video   Colony Sim:    • I'm Calling It: These Are The BEST Colony ...   Check out all the games below: 00:00 - Intro - 01:12 - Nova Roma - https://store.steampowered.com/app/24... 04:07 - Airborne Empire - https://store.steampowered.com/app/24... 06:19 - The people of Sea, Sun & Salt - https://store.steampowered.com/app/36... 09:26 - Laysara: Summit Kingdom - https://store.steampowered.com/app/18... 11:40 - Life Below - https://store.steampowered.com/app/29... 13:43 - Microcivilization - https://store.steampowered.com/app/18... 16:09 - Humanica - https://store.steampowered.com/app/21... 18:08 - Mandate Order - https://store.steampowered.com/app/17... 20:11 - Amberspire - https://store.steampowered.com/app/33... 22:22 - DarkSwitch - https://store.steampowered.com/app/31... 24:14 - Outro - #CityBuilder #BestOf2026 #CityBuilders2026 DISCLAIMER: You should assume that all games played on this channel are free preview/review copies OTHER DISCLAIMER: I'm partnered with Humble, and will receive a percentage of game sales. Enjoyed the video? If you give it a like it helps out the channel! Welcome to channel if you're new here, I'm Orbital Potato and play a bunch of strategy, simulation and sci-fi games here on YouTube. I usually cover these games in the Lets Play format, but also make videos analysing specific game mechanics and looking at new releases. If you feel so inclined, consider subscribing, I would love to have you along for the ride! Beauty Flow" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... "Limit 70" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...