# City Lights 3D

> Bring light to the darkness

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1665180676](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1665180676)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1665180676`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** M8 Games
- **Category:** Simulation
- **Rating:** 3.70 / 5 (652 ratings)
- **Version:** 4.4.1
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-08
- **First published:** 2023-02-02
- **Size:** 266 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-25
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/city-lights-3d/id1665180676)
- **Website:** [https://m8games.co/](https://m8games.co/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://m8games.co/privacy/](https://m8games.co/privacy/)

## Description

City Lights 3D is a relaxing city builder where you grow a metropolis by lighting it up. Start with a dark city and bring it to life by dragging and placing lights across streets and buildings. Each illuminated area unlocks new zones and paves the way to brand-new cities. This title blends building, puzzle, and idle elements into a smooth, casual experience.

Features include drag-and-drop light placement, idle progression, bright 3D graphics, simple controls, and satisfying progression. Build cities not by stacking structures, but by lighting them, for a unique, calming city-building game you can enjoy at your own pace.

## Rankings

- #71,922 — Overall

## Review summary

City Lights 3D offers a fun, engaging concept with an appealing city lights aesthetic, but the experience is dominated by advertising and monetization issues. Players report frequent, long, and forced ads, ads that persist even after buying No Ads, plus frequent freezes/crashes and a pay-to-progress economy where upgrades are costly and earnings are slow. Many reviewers suggest waiting for improvements or choosing a different title.

### Pros

- Fun, engaging core gameplay.
- Visually appealing city lights theme.
- Ad-free option is available via IAP.

### Cons

- Ads are extremely frequent, long, and often forced, disrupting gameplay.
- Ad-free IAP often fails to remove ads.
- Frequent crashes and freezes that disrupt play.
- Pay-to-progress economy with expensive upgrades and slow earnings.

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