There's a lot to be excited about for Cities builders fans. The recently announced Cities: Skylines 2 (opens in new tab).

Take a look at what's coming this week: on Wednesday, April 5, three (actually possibly four) new city builders will hit Steam. That's a lot of builders packed into the same day. They all have different styles and represent the city building genre in different ways, from survival to puzzle to strategy to tower defense.

In my estimation, the most interesting of the city builders to hit Early Access on April 5 is Bitfall Studios' TerraScape (open in new tab). It has the look and feel of Dorfromantic (opens in new tab), with captivating visuals and procedurally generated maps made with hexes. Also, the game progresses on cards, not tiles. Each card in the deck depicts a particular type of building, such as a sawmill, cottage, farm, tavern, etc., and you build your city by playing them on the map.

"Each building has certain conditions, such as other buildings, natural resources, and suitable terrain," says the official Terrace Cape website (opens in new tab)." Meeting as many of these conditions as possible will earn you a bonus score, but beware: there are negative effects as well. As you play cards and earn points, you level up and unlock new decks.

Unfortunately, the teaser trailer for "TerraScape" (opens in a new tab) is incredibly short, but at least it won't be long before you can play it yourself. Looks great.

Also opening in Early Access on Wednesday, "Grimgrad" looks like a more traditional medieval survival city builder, but it definitely has its own spin on the genre. As you build settlements and try to protect villagers from disease, bad weather, and predators, a larger force is at work: in Grimgrad, you must also battle the gods.

Your citizens may encounter creatures and gods from Slavic folklore. You may erect idols in your town to worship these deities and try to raise their spirits and gain the blessings of the elements, such as fertility, harvest, and livestock. You will also have to make decisions when you encounter the gods, and if you make the wrong choice, it could have a negative impact on your village.

If, like me, you often end up creating dead citizens when playing Survival City Builder, there is no better place to plan your next city: NecroCity (opens in a new tab), which will be available in Early Access on April 5, is an undead game in which players build, manage, and expand their kingdoms.

But there is no rest for the wicked: you must also defend the city from pesky living warriors and adventurers who want to wipe you out. Establish new outposts and spread the bureaucratic glory of the undead kingdom throughout the land. Summon workers, mine the bones, capture the souls, and defend Ziggurat at all costs. Set traps, hire ghosts and skeletons, and use magic.

NecroCity appears to be a much more action-oriented tower defense type game than your typical city builder, but I must admit that I enjoy playing the occasional bad guy and have never (intentionally) managed a city of the dead before.

A fourth city builder candidate to appear on Wednesday is 9 Eyes Game Studio's "Forests, Fields, and Fortresses" (opens in new tab), although it may broaden the definition of the genre. It is billed as a "mix of puzzle and board game" in which players "take on the role of ruler, organize the land, and ensure the prosperity of their people."

There are two modes to try: puzzle mode, in which you play through manually created levels and solve them while earning the required amount of gold, and adventure mode." The game begins with a randomly created field and an endless supply of pieces of territory. Earn enough gold before the fields fill up, complete a successful game season, and move on to the next season," the Steam store page reads.

"Forests, Fields, and Fortresses" has a charming pixelated board-game style that is relaxing. But whatever you're looking for in an urban builder, April 5 seems like a good day to find it.