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Terra Nil review: City builder lets you leave the world a better place

Simulation-style city builders like SimCity have tended to mirror US urban living. Terra Nil, the latest of a new and very different wave of builder games, puts nature first, says Jacob Aron

By Jacob Aron

3 May 2023

Terra Nil

Terra Nil always lets you leave the world better than you found it

Netflix

Free Lives

PC, Android, iOS

WHEN I was a child, my neighbour and I would often while away the weekend playing SimCity 2000 on his computer. We would work together to build a sprawling metropolis before destroying it by selecting from a tempting menu of disasters, which you could use to wreak havoc on your creation.

I have been a fan of the city-building genre ever since, but a 2013 interview forever changed the way I view the games. Speaking to …

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