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As of Jul 4, 2026stale (75d)Rating 4.11
Ratings 83,265
Price Free
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Released Dec 17, 2014
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| Games · Simulation | 2▲1 | 10▲1 | 17▼10 | 23 | 16▲9 | 12▲9 | 14▼4 | 15▲8 | 27▼2 | 16▲5 | 15 | 16 | 16▼4 | 33 | 17▼3 | 17▼12 | 22▼11 | 19▼1 | 19▼4 | 19▼2 | 20▼6 | 20▲20 | 29▼2 | 20▼1 | 21▼1 | 25▼13 | 44▼9 | 22 | 22 | 29▼11 | 22▼3 | 34▲1 | 26▲1 | 24▲4 | 25▼10 | 24▲19 | 24 | 29▼1 | 25▲1 | 25▲2 | 26▲6 | 26▼5 | 26▼10 | 26 | 27▲3 | 27▼3 | 38▲6 | 28▲4 | 29▲26 | 29 | 30▲14 | 30▼2 | 50▼3 | 31▼1 | 41▼3 | 31▼7 | 32▼4 | 55▲6 | 32▲2 | 32 | 52▼1 | 65▼24 | 33▼17 | 33▼8 | 34▲11 | 36▼2 | 34▲9 | 39▲1 | 37 | 37▲45 | 37▲21 | 50▼1 | 45▲1 | 61▲2 | 41▼1 | 41▼16 | 52▲2 | 41▼12 | 68▲5 | 63▼1 | 43▲6 | 45▼3 | 49▲13 | 55▼1 | 47▼3 | 49▼4 | 53▲1 | 50▲26 | 55▲2 | 53▲34 | 51▼17 | 51 | 58▼1 | 76▲20 | 52▲4 | 52▲3 | 54▼6 | 55 | 56▲20 | 62 | 98▼15 | 97 | 61▲20 | 79▼18 | 62▼26 | 62▲1 | 92▼25 | 63▲14 | 68▲1 | 63 | 63▼10 | 79 | 66▼15 | 78▼2 | 67▲29 | 71▼2 | 69▼17 | 81▼17 | 69▲4 | 70▼6 | 70▼27 | 70 | 71▼18 | 95▼60 | 75▼3 | 79▼4 | 78▼35 | 73 | 83▲12 | 92 | 80▼14 | 74▼21 | 75 | 90▼32 | 77 | 78 | 82 | 90▼17 | 84▲1 | 84 | 87▼28 | 90▼28 | 93▼30 | |||||||
| Games · Strategy | 5 | 15▲2 | 11▼2 | 11 | 12▲4 | 27▲6 | 13▼3 | 28▲18 | 15 | 15▲6 | 28 | 20 | 34▼5 | 16 | 26▼7 | 17▼5 | 19▼5 | 38▼4 | 46▼10 | 31 | 33▼11 | 21▲15 | 20 | 27▼10 | 39▼10 | 21▼5 | 21▼1 | 25 | 25 | 22▼7 | 28▼4 | 23▼1 | 24▼1 | 33▲4 | 24▼9 | 37▲15 | 27▼1 | 25▲1 | 47▼3 | 49▲2 | 34▲2 | 42▼8 | 37▼12 | 49▼3 | 29▲3 | 42▼9 | 27▲4 | 43▼2 | 44▲21 | 32 | 49▲15 | 59▼16 | 31 | 33 | 31▼2 | 31▼13 | 56▼5 | 32▲1 | 45▲5 | 37 | 32 | 32▼11 | 47▼19 | 50▼15 | 43 | 34▼1 | 77▲12 | 36▲4 | 47▲4 | 51▲40 | 54▲26 | 50▼3 | 38▲2 | 39▲2 | 44▼1 | 57▼12 | 41▼1 | 62▼16 | 54▲8 | 43▼1 | 51▲9 | 100▼50 | 45▲12 | 46▲1 | 59▼12 | 51▼4 | 50▼3 | 57▲21 | 50▲1 | 50▲27 | 55▼22 | 51 | 52 | 53▲13 | 78▼3 | 70▲5 | 61▼11 | 62 | 75 | 58▲2 | 69▼16 | 61 | 89▲5 | 61▼13 | 87▼22 | 89▼1 | 83▼11 | 76▲8 | 63▼2 | 69 | 89▲2 | 63 | 82▼4 | 67▼5 | 96▼23 | 67▼2 | 87▼10 | 69▼11 | 86▲4 | 78▼7 | 75▼21 | 74 | 84▲3 | 72▼39 | 72▼6 | 73▼1 | 73▼30 | 74▲24 | 76 | 89▼16 | 82▼15 | 82▼17 | 76▼23 | 79 | 82 | 82▼19 | 82▼1 | 95 | 84▼1 | 98▼25 | 92 | 99▼26 | 97 | 96 | ||||||
| Games (all) | 20▲1 | 78▼2 | 81▼27 | 81 | 92▼6 | 74▲21 | 78▲3 | 91▲3 | 90▼18 | 85▼9 | 83▲6 | 76 | 99▼6 | 94▲4 | 100▼24 | 90▲8 | 82▼43 | 97▲2 | 99 | 70▲27 | 98▼3 | 85▲14 | 82▼63 | 82▼37 | 86▼2 | 100▼1 | 67▲31 | 84▲14 | 82▼8 | 96▲1 | 94▼17 | 57▲12 | 90▼28 | 52▼7 | 40▲51 | 92▲3 | 86▼5 | 64▼9 | 29▲53 | 74▼29 | 50▼9 | 90▲9 | 86▼32 | 92▼15 | 98 | 89▼42 | 94▲2 | 91▼6 | 94▲5 | 76▲23 | 100 | 87▼24 | 100▼16 | 37▼19 | 94▼22 | 47 | 42▲31 | 89 | 82▼12 | 75▼31 | 78▲13 | 78▼33 | 82 | 84▼2 | 97▼9 | 84▼7 | 52▲48 | 85▲7 | 95▲5 | 100 | 60▲21 | 77 | 97▼15 | 80 | 62▲31 | 87 | 93▼30 | 100 | 77 | 85▲10 | 99 | 74▼15 | 93 | 78 | 99 | 74 | 74▼4 | 98 | 88 | 93▼35 | 100▼6 | 98▼43 | 96 | 99▼7 | 92▲2 | 92▼24 | 94▼50 | 95 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall (all apps) | 95▼64 |
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Versions observed at capture, newest firstv1.79.1Jun 23, 2026
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Update impact
Dated releases · rank and review signals, 14 days before → afterReview sentiment over time
Positive, neutral, and negative share by month, week, or versionPlayer reviews
Recent store reviews · rule-based labelsSampled 50
Positive 27 (54%)
Negative 17 (34%)
Mentions pricing 10 (20%)
5★19 (38%)
4★8 (16%)
3★6 (12%)
2★3 (6%)
1★14 (28%)
★★★★★positiveLlanos del arpa · 2026-07-16 · v1.80.1
Ciudad
Good play
★★★★★positiveHjhhalooo · 2026-07-16 · v1.80.1
One of those cozy games
I really love SimCity.
★★★★★positiveMolly Lara · 2026-07-16 · v1.80.1
Funn.
I can play for hours
★★★★★negativeMentions pricingYurmas Faghina · 2026-07-16 · v1.80.1
Rename it SimCity ReStartIt
This game is awesome! You have to restart it after checking the weekly assignments, trying to go to a different city, accessing any menu screen. But the ads work great! And now that they’re taking Kalshi money, you get these minuscule X’s to close out so you get trapped in loops for a good extra four ads! Brilliant, since no one is watching ads, except they’re now daily tasks and weekly assignments to watch ads!
★★★★★negativeJgqjh;Omaha;Ohio;irea · 2026-07-15 · v1.80.1
Dan
Game constantly freezes. Stop adding enhancement and fix the slow response time
★★★★★negative765325688765 · 2026-07-15 · v1.80.1
Ok game
The graphics are good. The up grade that was done in January still raising havoc. Just when you think things have stabilized they hit your city with a deficiency or a repair. Your city could be idol, they would still hit it. The spinning wheel of death is annoying. Happens 3-4 times a day. The only way to stop it is to reboot the tablet. Since the up grade, the motivation to play is gone.
★★★★★positiveScifitimm6 · 2026-07-15 · v1.80.1
Fun city building game
I enjoy playing this gams, as I do other city building games, because I get a great chance to be creative and have fun. This one has many variables and actions that are challenging and enjoyable.
★★★★★positive9DMRS · 2026-07-15 · v1.80.1
Great Game, But 1 Thing
the game is great, just wish there was a way to restart the game from the beginning.
★★★★★positivelewisb1981 · 2026-07-15 · v1.80.1
Decent
Same old same thing here
★★★★★negativeAll am so in bbbhhh · 2026-07-15 · v1.80.1
Latest update
Need more war cards.
★★★★★positiveMentions pricingDen Doe · 2026-07-15 · v1.80.1
Casual
Would like more if they gave more sim money without physical out of pocket payments!
★★★★★positivebenhowell 88 · 2026-07-15 · v1.80.1
Review
It kills your battery and makes your phone hot but it’s a great game
★★★★★neutralMentions pricingNandy-Styles · 2026-07-15 · v1.80.1
Update ruined game play
I built a city back in 2018 the game was challenging, entertaining and fair. However this new update is very pay-to-play. Unfortunately this sucked all the fun out of it.
★★★★★positiveBobolopolopolis · 2026-07-15 · v1.80.1
Long time player’s review
For a month this game crashed on opening, all devices. A few weeks ago it magically worked again. Second time this happened. There is no one to call for support. But it’s still a great game. And they increased the land area this time which is so appreciated. There are ads to watch to get certain things but it is always by choice. You are never required to watch an ad.
★★★★★negativeMentions pricingGator Hermit · 2026-07-15 · v1.79.1
Used to be a great game
The game’s developers keep adding complexity and more and more ways to try to extract money from the players. My friends are all leaving the game.
★★★★★positiveBuildingSlowly · 2026-07-15 · v1.80.1
Fun and Challenging
SimCity BuildIt is an Interesting game with varied challenges. The best improvements include simultaneous assignments and train deliveries. Assignment duplicates are problematic, causing frustration. A few bugs found recently, but they get fixed quickly. The game is supported by ads, which deliver in-game rewards. Earning coins for the current pass allows choice of rewards. This is good, except when collected from houses and need “conversion.”
★★★★★positiveMentions pricingSocalkdl · 2026-07-15 · v1.80.1
Much Improved
Have changed my original critique of this game due to improvements. The game has a slick appearance and is fun, if you are willing to be patient once you reach over 30K population. There is just enough strategy involved to keep it interesting. If you are the impatient type, this game can be a serious money dump. If you are willing to throttle back the impulse to raise your population quickly, and rely on small increases, you can manage to keep the Sims happy, and your bank coffers full.
★★★★★negativeMentions pricingBig Wel · 2026-07-15 · v1.80.1
2.0 update
Total screw up of the entire game! There are so many complaints after the update that I can’t even write them all down in this review… You have cut our cities capacity and more than half, it has stopped the ability to build our other cities, you made the game, totally unplayable and in pleasurable. Really interesting with all our cities in a mess. You’re still asked for money in all category to update. Wow you continue to make money on this game. The players have suffered and I’m quite sure I’m not the only one that complain. I personally spend over $1500.00 a year on this game. Of which I played since 2016… whoever made decision to do these updates should go back to the old ways where everyone was happy playing. Have you folks have not learned from the Bud Light fiasco a few years ago when they made changes and lost all their value, volume, customers, and a full from being number one in the world. I know my complaint will probably follow on deaf ears at the corporate level, but hopefully someone will understand our mayors pain and perhaps I’ll get you’ll get back to me.
★★★★★positiveCatLady46 · 2026-07-15 · v1.80.1
Building Fun
If you like building and designing the city of your dreams, this is a great game. Lots of fun and there are plenty of adventures to take part in so that it never gets boring.
★★★★★neutralMentions pricingTJOSDCA · 2026-07-15 · v1.80.1
The Goal is for SimCity to make a corporation tons of money
And it’s also a real life time and money suck
★★★★★negativeMentions pricingAugh!!! Is this taken · 2026-07-15 · v1.80.1
Used to Be a Game… Now It’s a Cash Grab
I’ve played this game for years and used to genuinely love it, but the recent updates have completely ruined the experience. What used to be a fun city-building game now feels like a constant push to spend money just to make basic progress.
Tasks that were once achievable through normal gameplay now require huge amounts of resources or take an unreasonable amount of time unless you pay. It feels less like a strategy game and more like a paywall at every step.
What’s most disappointing is that longtime players who have invested years into building their cities are the ones being hurt the most by these changes. Instead of improving gameplay, the updates have made the game frustrating, slow, and honestly not fun anymore.
I don’t mind supporting games I enjoy, but this now feels like a cash grab rather than a balanced game. Unless the developers rethink these recent changes, I can’t recommend this game anymore.
★★★★★negativedalemac · 2026-07-15 · v1.80.1
Never gets fixed
Is anybody ever gonna fix the crashing and lag problems in this game?
★★★★★negativeMrrobh · 2026-07-15 · v1.80.1
Was great til Services 2.0…
Services 2.0 killed the game for any longtime players. Played for 9+ years with minor issues until Services 2.0 rolled out - my progress reset, I wasted millions in resources trying to fix, buggy game play gets worse with each season and update, and many more. Support absolutely worthless on all fronts. Dont get me started on the feedback forum: 800+
player comments and not one issue raised has been fixed in the months since rollout.
Adds more and more currencies vs fixing gameplay issues. At minimum, developers need to add ability to earn regional currencies, expand regional zones, and knock it off with the new currency for each season.
★★★★★positiveMentions pricingLoudmouth123 · 2026-07-15 · v1.80.1
Pricing
Prices are a little high for what you get, but the game is fun overall I enjoy it. Even with the deals they’re pricing I find is very much inflated.
★★★★★positive@-@ *-* :0 · 2026-07-14 · v1.80.1
SimCity
It is super fun! There are no ads unless you choose to and it teaches you about responsibility, and commitment and also shows you how you can build your own city. I have been playing this since 10 and my city has grown so much! It really helps kids be more responsible etc and the other examples I’ve listed