Concrete Jungle

ColePowered Games

About this game

A follow up to the puzzle hit Megacity! Concrete Jungle is a new take on the city building genre that swaps micro-management for a more strategic and puzzle-orientated style of city planning.

You have a deck of selected cards which you can use to place buildings. Each building will affect it's surroundings in different ways. The aim of the game is to clear city blocks by gathering the required number of points from your residents, giving more room to build. As the city grows, bigger and better new buildings can be added to your deck!

As you get opportunities to hone and refine your deck, residents will demand more from you. You'll find yourself inadvertently creating zoning puzzles- playing against your own past planning decisions.

Alternatively engage in competitive city planning against challenging AI or local players. Take it in turns to place buildings in the same city and battle over the affection of your citizens!

* Over 200 cards available and no micro-transactions!
* 8 Playable characters each with their own skill trees, unique cards and play style.
* Hilarious fully voice-acted story mode!
* Competitive city planning featuring challenging AI in 'Versus' mode.
* Local competitive/co-op multiplayer for up to 4 players or AI.
* Gorgeous vibrant, detailed isometric graphics.
* Rich and atmospheric soundtrack featuring Xerxes, D.P. Kaufman & Mokhov.
* Achievements & leaderboards.
* Tablet or large screen phone recommended.

Ratings and reviews

Not played multiplayer, but the single player stuff that challenges you to master its systems are excellent, it falters a little during the mandatory to progress 'duels' vs another character with AI which seems to be extremely predictable and consequently easy to game. But honestly, that it's introducing you to the format of player vs player is probably to be applauded, it's just not how I want to get access to stuff. Playing uphill in versus doesn't feel appealing.

Looks gorgeous and plays reasonably well but has a bunch of shortcomings, such as having to save progress manually. That has never been a thing with mobile games, for good reason. But I guess the mobile port was rushed because a lot of text is also smaller than it would need to be. It's also a shame that some levels rely heavily on luck, with a NPC opponent placing buildings randomly.

One of my absolute favourite games and I am quite picky. The mechanics are lovely, the characters diverse and it is complex yet a simple interface. Makes the brain tick. But please please please make it multiplayer and turn-based like e.g. Through the Ages or something. Sharing this game with friends would make it absolutely perfect!

What's new

-Fixed a bug that caused completed campaign levels to record the most recent score as the personal best score.
-AI bugs with placing towers (would sometimes try an illegal move).
-Fixed a bug where the game would not maximize its window on startup.
-Missing link icons on some cards.
-Fixed some dialog errors on levels 7, 11 and 14 when using languages other than English.
-'Medical School' was distributing +6 points instead of +5 as listed on the card.
-Many more bug fixes.