diff --git a/pkgs/games/lincity/ng.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/lincity-ng/package.nix
similarity index 82%
rename from pkgs/games/lincity/ng.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/li/lincity-ng/package.nix
index 851df1936a27..d00a778bb8d2 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/lincity/ng.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/lincity-ng/package.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
   libxml2,
   libxmlxx5,
   libxslt,
-  physfs,
+  physfs_2,
   pkg-config,
   xorgproto,
   zlib,
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@
   include-what-you-use,
 }:
 
+let
+  # https://github.com/lincity-ng/lincity-ng/issues/25
+  physfs = physfs_2;
+in
+
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "lincity-ng";
   version = "2.13.1";
@@ -31,7 +36,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "lincity-ng";
     repo = "lincity-ng";
-    rev = "lincity-ng-${finalAttrs.version}";
+    tag = "lincity-ng-${finalAttrs.version}";
     hash = "sha256-ACJVhMq2IEJNrbAdmkgHxQV0uKSXpwR8a/5jcrQS+oI=";
   };
 
@@ -75,11 +80,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     -I${lib.getDev SDL2_mixer}/include/SDL2
   ";
 
-  meta = with lib; {
+  meta = {
     description = "City building game";
     mainProgram = "lincity-ng";
-    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ raskin ];
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ raskin ];
+    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
   };
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 166052187334..07523fecf88a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1443,6 +1443,7 @@ mapAliases {
   Literate = literate; # Added 2024-06-12
   littlenavmap = throw "littlenavmap has been removed as it depends on KDE Gear 5, which has reached EOL"; # Added 2025-08-20
   llama = walk; # Added 2023-01-23
+  lincity_ng = lib.warnOnInstantiate "lincity_ng has been renamed to lincity-ng" lincity-ng; # Added 2025-10-09
 
   # Linux kernels
   linux-rt_5_10 = linuxKernel.kernels.linux_rt_5_10;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 3a1d306c71e2..c0cba39c6515 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -13499,11 +13499,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   legendary-gl = python3Packages.callPackage ../games/legendary-gl { };
 
-  lincity_ng = callPackage ../games/lincity/ng.nix {
-    # https://github.com/lincity-ng/lincity-ng/issues/25
-    physfs = physfs_2;
-  };
-
   liquidwar = callPackage ../games/liquidwar {
     guile = guile_2_0;
   };