Utopia

About

"Utopia" is a city-building simulation game featuring procedurally generated islands, with over 30 unique buildings, roads, biomes, and production centers. Players must strategically place buildings to earn points, improve their island, and unlock new structures, while ensuring the happiness of their islanders and achieving missions. The game offers a free play mode with each round being unique, and the game ends when players are out of buildings to place.

Genres & Tags

Play Modes

Single-Player Play through the game's story or campaign solo

82%

Audience ScoreBased on 66 reviews

graphics3 positive mentions

gameplay3 negative mentions

Utopia offers a relaxing and casual gameplay experience, making it a great option for players looking to unwind.
The game features a variety of building placements and strategies, providing a sense of progression as players unlock new structures.
At its low price point, Utopia is considered good value for those who enjoy city-building games, especially fans of Islanders.

The game suffers from repetitiveness and a lack of depth compared to its inspiration, Islanders, leading to a grindy experience.
Players have reported frustrating issues with the building unlock structure, which can hinder progress and require restarts.
There are concerns about the game's simplicity and lack of challenge, making it feel dull for some players.

story
14 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
21%
57%
21%
The story in "Utopia" revolves around completing various missions on islands to unlock unique buildings and progress through the game. While the campaign and mission modes are enjoyable, players find the building unlock structure frustrating, as it can lead to mandatory restarts if objectives are not met, even after achieving high scores. Overall, the game offers a stress-free experience but lacks the refined structure seen in similar titles like "Islanders."
- “The campaign and mission modes are fun.”
- “In Utopia's case, the islands come in menu missions with a final mission at each stage that requires you to complete specific objectives to unlock a unique building and complete the level.”
- “Utopia can be a stress-free experience outside of each stage's final mission objectives.”
- “Islanders is the better game and has a better structure, but Utopia is a cheaper alternative. Outside of each stage's final mission objectives, it can waste your time if you end up building a required structure before it appears in the objective list.”
- “I personally enjoyed the game for 9 hours, but its building unlock structure was frustrating and caused issues in completing each stage's final mission.”
- “Due to the final stage's objectives being mandatory, if you fail to complete the objective, you'll have to restart. In some cases, the objective will appear after you've already built a unique building, such as the treasury, causing you to restart even though you've reached a high score.”
gameplay
8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
63%
38%
The gameplay features a focus on strategic building placement, with players primarily deciding where to position hubs for different building types and how to arrange them on a grid. While it shares surface similarities with other games, it offers unique intricacies and a diverse range of buildings that enhance the overall experience.
- “The gameplay bears surface similarities, but whereas Islanders constantly has you figuring out best building placements, in this game the only decisions you make are a) where you put the hub for specific type buildings; b) how you fit said buildings on the grid around it.”
- “Oh, I'm sure there's more gameplay intricacies and buildings and so on.”
- “Such gameplay, much diverse.”
graphics
8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
38%
38%
25%
The graphics are generally praised for their quality and neat art style, with users noting that the game runs smoothly without bugs and is not graphically demanding. While some mention a chaotic user interface and have mixed feelings about the overall graphics style, the consensus is that the visuals are satisfactory, especially considering the game's price.
- “Has great graphics and controls; for this price, it's totally worth getting if you want to relax.”
- “+ Neat art style.”
- “Runs great, no bugs that I could see, and isn't demanding graphically.”
- “I have some notes on the quality of the graphics style and the chaotic UI as well, but hey - it's not terrible and sometimes even does its job fairly well.”
- “Runs great, no bugs that I could see and isn't demanding graphically.”
music
6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
50%
17%
33%
The music in the game is described as relaxing and engrossing, contributing positively to the overall experience. However, one recurring sound loop is noted for its unfortunate resemblance to "Call Me Maybe," which some players find distracting.
- “I can't get the music out of my head; it's too relaxing and this game is too engrossing.”
- “The soundtrack is amazing!”
- “The music is so captivating that I find myself humming it long after playing.”
- “The only thing is that one of the sound loops always reminds me of that song 'Call Me Maybe', which is a horrible thing to remind people of.”
- “Help, I can't get the music out of my head; it's too relaxing and this game is too engrossing.”
stability
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game demonstrates excellent stability, with users reporting no noticeable bugs and minimal graphical demands, contributing to a smooth gameplay experience.
- “Runs great, no bugs that I could see and isn't demanding graphically.”
grinding
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Many users find the grinding aspect of the game to be overly repetitive, which detracts from their overall enjoyment.
- “It's too repetitive and grindy for me to enjoy.”
- “It's too repetitive and grindy for me to enjoy.”