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title: "Rio Grande Games Underwater Cities"
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price: "RM103"
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# Innovative card-driven action mechanics Build thriving underwater habitats Deep resource & engine management Rio Grande Games Underwater Cities

**Brand:** rio grande games
**Price:** RM103
**Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock

## Summary

> 🌊 Build the future beneath the waves—don’t miss the next evolution in strategic board gaming!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** Rio Grande Games Underwater Cities by rio grande games
- **How much does it cost?** RM103 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Currently out of stock
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## Key Features

- • **Immersive Sci-Fi World:** Experience a rich narrative and detailed components that transport you beneath the waves to humanity’s next frontier.
- • **Quick Yet Deep Gameplay:** Enjoy a medium-weight game with 1-2 hour playtime—perfect for busy professionals craving meaningful strategy.
- • **Card-Driven Action Combos:** Leverage unique card-slot matching to unlock powerful bonuses and outsmart your competition every turn.
- • **Dive into Futuristic Strategy:** Master the art of underwater city-building with complex, rewarding gameplay that challenges your tactical mind.
- • **Sustainable Resource Management:** Balance kelp farms, desalination plants, and labs to fuel your aquatic empire’s growth and longevity.

## Overview

Rio Grande Games' Underwater Cities is a medium-weight, card-driven strategy board game where players construct and manage underwater metropolises. Combining worker placement with engine-building mechanics, it challenges players to optimize resource management and card-slot combos to build kelp farms, desalination plants, and labs. Designed for 14+, it offers immersive sci-fi themes and engaging gameplay lasting 1-2 hours, making it a top choice for strategic game enthusiasts.

## Description

In underwater cities, by Vladimir suchy (designer of last will and Pulsar 2849), the players build and develop underwater metropolises by constructing kelp farms, desalination plants, laboratories, and tunnels to connect them. The heart of the game is a clever mechanism using a combination of action slots and development cards. The players take turns playing cards into action slots, sometimes for the action of the slot, sometimes for the action of the cards. If played strategically, the players can receive a bonus for the card matching the slot. Balancing these strategic choices is the key to building the best underwater habitat, allowing humanity to thrive.

Review: Quick med-weight worker placement game - This is a great game, especially with the enhanced boards you get from the Discoveries expansion. This is a worker placement mechanic using cards, as well, so has some deck builder aspects and engine builder during the 3 production phases. it has limited turns, so is relatively quick (1-2hrs)
Review: A Great Game that never gets old. - A really great game! Not cut-throat competitive, but there still is a winner at the end. Interesting concept - takes a couple hours to play.

## Features

- BUILD A FUTURE BENEATH THE WAVES: Establish thriving underwater habitats in response to Earth's overpopulation crisis. Design networks of cities, tunnels, and essential structures to support life below the surface.
- ENGAGING CARD-DRIVEN MECHANICS: Match action slots with cards to trigger powerful combos—or prioritize strategy when the match isn’t perfect. Every turn is a meaningful decision between efficiency and opportunity.
- DEEP STRATEGY & RESOURCE MANAGEMENT: Gather resources to construct kelp farms, desalination plants, and labs that power your aquatic civilization. Plan carefully to expand and sustain your underwater empire.
- IMMERSIVE SCI-FI WORLD & THEME: Dive into a rich, futuristic setting with detailed components and a compelling narrative backdrop. Build humanity’s next great civilization on the ocean floor.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B07N25CNBS |
| Best Sellers Rank | #398,804 in Toys & Games ( See Top 100 in Toys & Games ) #10,696 in Board Games (Toys & Games) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (265) |
| Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
| Item Weight | 4.1 pounds |
| Item model number | RGG564 |
| Language | English |
| Manufacturer | Rio Grande Games |
| Manufacturer recommended age | 14 years and up |
| Product Dimensions | 10.63 x 6.5 x 2.75 inches |
| Release date | March 15, 2019 |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Quick med-weight worker placement game
*by R***N on December 19, 2025*

This is a great game, especially with the enhanced boards you get from the Discoveries expansion. This is a worker placement mechanic using cards, as well, so has some deck builder aspects and engine builder during the 3 production phases. it has limited turns, so is relatively quick (1-2hrs)

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A Great Game that never gets old.
*by T***M on April 7, 2025*

A really great game! Not cut-throat competitive, but there still is a winner at the end. Interesting concept - takes a couple hours to play.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great strategy game!
*by A***R on December 6, 2023*

Fun game that combines elements from several of my favorite games. Not as much engine building as Terraforming Mars, but the worker placement aspect makes up for that. Great game, but takes several hours to play, especially if you have 4 players.

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*Last updated: 2026-03-04*