# Designer City: Empire Edition

> Design and build your empire

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1511050675](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1511050675)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1511050675`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Sphere Game Studios
- **Category:** Simulation
- **Rating:** 4.90 / 5 (911 ratings)
- **Version:** v1.26.5
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-26
- **First published:** 2020-05-15
- **Size:** 111 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-22
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/designer-city-empire-edition/id1511050675)
- **Website:** [http://www.spheregamestudios.com](http://www.spheregamestudios.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://www.spheregamestudios.com/privacy.htm](http://www.spheregamestudios.com/privacy.htm)

## Description

Embark on a journey to construct a historic town that evolves into a thriving metropolis and an expansive empire spanning millennia. This free-to-play offline city-builder has no wait times or restrictions, letting you zone, build houses, markets, libraries, academies, and military structures to attract residents and jobs. Start from a Roman city and expand to civilizations such as ancient Egyptian, Aztec, Byzantine, Persian, Norse, Chinese, Korean, and Japanese cultures, creating grand arenas and entertainment districts.

Plan, design, and upgrade your city with waterways, parks, and iconic structures while managing power, water, waste removal, and food production. Keep citizens content to generate income for further growth. Enjoy absolute creative freedom with a casual, relaxing tycoon experience—offline or online, with some optional in-game items available for purchase.

## Rankings

- #55,944 — Overall

## Review summary

Players praise Designer City: Empire Edition for its relaxing city-building feel, diverse historical designs, and a monetization-friendly progression. Ongoing updates are a plus. However, stability issues (crashes), inventory/warehouse glitches, and design coherence problems (style mismatches and service placement) are common downsides. Some early-launch bugs are noted as well. Overall, it\\'s a strong concept with room for polish and consistency improvements.

### Pros

- Relaxing, easy-to-learn sandbox-style city-building experience.
- Wide variety of detailed buildings with rich historical/European/Asian designs.
- Progression that doesn\\'t require real money; gold via achievements and accessible gameplay.
- Active development with frequent new buildings and content updates.
- Unique historical theme that stands out from typical city sims.

### Cons

- Crashes and stability problems reported on multiple devices (random crashes, boot-outs).
- Warehouse/inventory issues (loading freezes and friction with item retrieval).
- Design coherence concerns (mismatched architectural styles and limited alignment of services with buildings).
- Occasional launch/start bugs and early-use problems (audio-only launch, initial build issues).

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