Urbek City Builder
2022 video game
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Urbek City Builder is a city-building video game developed by Estudios Kremlinois and published by RockGame. The game also has a puzzle aspect.
Gameplay and description
Unlike many entries in the city builder genre, Urbek does not use money,[2] or "random elements" such as disasters.[3]
Buildings have varied requirements including resources and relative placement. Buildings can upgrade to other types of buildings depending on these relative placements.[4] Relative placements can also have negative impacts on buildings, such as pollution affecting housing.[1] In addition to direct placement of some buildings, the game also uses a zone mechanic.[1]
Graham Smith of Rock Paper Shotgun suggests the building requirements gives the game a puzzle game aspect.[2] Luke Plunkett of Kotaku explains how the puzzles also arise from the number and spacing of buildings.[4]
Urbek uses voxel graphics.[2][4] Details can be inspected up close by exploring a city in a first-person view.[2][5]
The game includes a tutorial made up of text dialog boxes.[6]
Reception
Smith praised the voxel art, suggesting Urbek has better graphics than many indie games in the genre.[2] Frances Addison of KeenGamer found the building design appealing.[5]
Smith compared the addition of the puzzle aspect to Concrete Jungle.[2]
Plunkett wrote that despite the apparent complexity of some of the game mechanics, the gameplay felt more relaxing than other city builders,[4] other reviewers found a similar atmosphere.[3][5]
Addison also wrote about creativity in the gameplay and suggested "the core of the game is putting your city together just as you want it to be".[5] Plunkett similarly suggests that the game has "malleability" allowing for creativity by the player.[4]