Im looking for games that have a city/world building element as the main focus, but also have combat in them for you to loot resources and defeat enemies. Imagine a City Skylines but with combat. Age of Empires gets close but youre limited to that specific map so when youre done, its game over, you cant keep evolving and go after more enemies
There was a browser game called Ikariam that was exacly like clash, but just like clash theres the annoying pay to win mechanic where you just cant play for X hours because theres nothing you can do while an NPC farms resources or you upgrade something. Unlimited AoE or pve Cities would be so cool
Honestly im considering even Minecraft with some mod that spawns more mobs or adds different stuff to kill in between farming/exploring
You’re going to want to check the RTS (real time strategy) genre for these kind of games.
Civilization is great but is turn based and takes hours to complete but may scratch this itch.
Mob Rule is a bit old but very fun and along the lines of this with a gangster feel. It’s on GOG. Constructor is the newer version which I’ve not yet gotten to try fully.