Urban Empire is a city-building strategy game where you manage a mayoral family across five eras starting in the 1820s. You'll zone districts and build infrastructure, but the focus is on navigating a town council—proposing policies, debating rivals, and occasionally bribing or blackmailing opponents to pass your agenda. Each era introduces period-specific challenges and technologies that reshape what your city needs. You can expand democratic participation or consolidate power through backroom deals. Success depends less on efficient road layouts and more on reading the political room, timing your proposals, and managing relationships with council factions. The game spans 200 years, so decisions early on ripple through later generations. If you've wanted city management where zoning laws require actual persuasion, this delivers that blend.
