# SimCity BuildIt

> Build your extraordinary city.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id913292932](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id913292932)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id913292932`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Electronic Arts
- **Category:** Simulation
- **Rating:** 4.10 / 5 (85,430 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.81.1
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-11
- **First published:** 2014-12-17
- **Size:** 318 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-03
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/simcity-buildit/id913292932)
- **Website:** [http://www.ea.com/iphone](http://www.ea.com/iphone)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://tos.ea.com/legalapp/WEBPRIVACY/US/en/PC](http://tos.ea.com/legalapp/WEBPRIVACY/US/en/PC)

## Description

Welcome, Mayor, to a sprawling city-building simulator where every decision shapes your metropolis. Design skyscrapers, parks, bridges, and rail networks while balancing traffic, power, and citizen happiness. Explore diverse districts, unlock landmarks, and guide your skyline toward a thriving future.

Team up or challenge rivals in Club Wars, trade with fellow mayors, and tackle weekly challenges that push your city to the top. Build trains, expand your rail network, and unleash dramatic disasters to test your strategy—all in this online city-building game with optional in-game purchases.

## Rankings

- #4,664 — Overall
- #7 — Be Creative
- #13 — Essential Simulation Games
- #2 — build
- #80 — best

## Review summary

Players praise the game’s core appeal and longevity, but report repeated, widespread problems: trains get stuck and won’t dispatch, performance lags and crashes, and updates are perceived as monetization‑driven and disruptive. Support is seen as weak, with hacks and unresolved glitches adding to frustration. Overall sentiment is mixed to negative, despite a loyal fan base and occasional positive notes about new features.

### Pros

- The game is generally enjoyable and well-liked, with positive sentiments like Great game, Awesome game, Excellent jeu, and Thx for the fun.
- Long-standing appeal and nostalgia; many players have invested years into building cities.
- The trains feature update is noted as an interesting addition by some players, adding new gameplay elements.
- Affection for the game is evident (❤️) and grateful messages reinforce continued player interest.

### Cons

- Train system bugs cause trains to get stuck, dispatch failures, and station lockups across multiple reviews.
- Lag, freezing, loading screens, and overall performance issues persist after updates.
- Updates and monetization changes are viewed as greedy or degrade the gameplay, with increased spending pressure and pay-to-win concerns.
- Poor support and response to issues; reports of ignoring communications and unresolved glitches/hacking.
- System overload from frequent updates and ads, leading to crashes, long loading times, and inability to play.

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