70/100
Players25 ratings: 80/100
Critics2 reviews

Where to get it

2014 · City-building · Simulation

SimCity: BuildIt

Welcome, Mayor! Be the hero of your very own city as you design and create a beautiful, bustling metropolis. Every decision is yours as your city gets larger and more intricate. Make smart choices to keep your citizens happy and your skyline growing.

Released: 15 December 2014
Platforms: Android iOS
Genres: City-building Simulation Strategy
Developers: —
Publishers: Electronic Arts
Series: SimCity
Modes: Single-player
Perspective: Bird view / Isometric
Themes: Business Sandbox
Country: United States Finland
Age ratings: ESRB E10+CLASS_IND L
Languages: Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish and 4 more

About

SimCity: BuildIt is a 2014 mobile city-building game developed and published by the American video game company Electronic Arts. The game is part of the SimCity franchise, and is available to download from the Google Play Store, Amazon Appstore, and the Apple App Store.

This game allows players to solve real-life situations like fire, sewage, pollution, traffic, parks, and helps deal with public problems. Players can connect and compete with other players for more connected gameplay.

Keywords

construction
management
online
city builder
microtransaction

Media

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Development

Development for the game had started after the release of the 2013 massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) SimCity in an effort to develop a game quicker than prior installments and at a much higher profit margin. BuildIt also utilises assets from SimCity. In December 2014, the game was released on the App Store and Google Play.

Reception

Review aggregator Metacritic indicated that Simcity BuildIt had received an average score rating of 76 out of 100, which indicates "mixed or average" reviews. In 2018, according to EA Mobile, SimCity: BuildIt became the most-played SimCity game ever. The game stayed in the top 10 in U.S. sim and strategy games on iOS platforms, in the top 100 for U.S. games overall, and in the top 150 games globally.

PCMag's Tony Hoffman had praised the game for its offline play and "well-integrated online features.", but criticized the over-indulgence of currencies. Paul Hatton at TechRadar had felt that the game's user interface (UI) was "incredibly easy to navigate". However, the reviewer had criticized the game's "cash-grab ploy".