City Island 3: Building Sim

Name: City Island 3: Building Sim
Rating: 4.5 (3101 reviews)
Author: Sparkling Society Games B.V.

By: Sparkling Society Games B.V.

Build your own city!

Features & Capabilities

City Island 3: Building Sim is a popular free-to-play city-building game where you start on an exotic island and grow from a single house to a bustling metropolis. Join over 25 million players and explore an archipelago of islands—from tropical paradises to volcano, desert, and swamp settings—building, balancing jobs and happiness along the way.

With 300+ items to place, quests, decorations, parks, and transport, you’ll attract citizens, earn rewards, and expand your city across land and sea. The game features offline play, intuitive tasks, and continuous updates as you progress to larger cities and metropolises.

User Growth & Download Statistics

App Games Entertainment

By:

Sparkling Society Games B.V.

Rating:

4.50

(3,101) 5 new ratings

Version:

3.9.0 Last updated: 2026-04-03

Version code:

882191313

Creation date:

2015-01-28

Compatible devices:

Size:

178.28MB

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-04

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 34,497 ▼ 50

Other rankings

#40 in build keyword 12 ▼ 12

Other platforms

City Island 3 - Sim Builder (v3.8.2)

24,063,359 4.39

(372,526)

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Developed by:

Sparkling Society Games B.V.

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/city-island-3-building-sim/id952174948

Website:

http://www.sparklingsociety.net/

User Reviews

Users generally enjoy City Island 3's city-building, mayor-like control, and decorating across islands, with profits and progression giving a sense of advancement. However, recurring complaints center on heavy or disruptive ads, persistent crashes and white/black screen errors that can erase progress, slow progression and monetization gating, and a perceived lack of new content or inaccessible buildings. Some note UI/UX irritations like unclosable popups and oversized icons. Overall, the core concept and decorating aspect are praised, but stability, ads, monetization, and content updates are the key pain points.

Pros

Engaging city-building with creative control (placing items, decorating islands, acting as mayor).
Easy to earn money and progress to unlock more content.
Strong decoration and customization options for islands.
Social/family play aspect (can compete/build with others, e.g., siblings).
Ads are minimal for some players or there is an option to pay to remove ads.

Cons

Ads disrupt gameplay: immediate ads, ad loops, and white/flash screens interrupting play.
Frequent crashes and white/black screen issues that can erase or block progress.
Slow progression and perceived monetization gating (grind to advance, high costs for new islands).
Not receiving new content or buildings / perceived content stagnation.
UI/UX issues such as intrusive popups and oversized bottom icons hindering navigation.

Recent reviews

The new update to the game deleted my previous build. Not only that, but this new update is draining battery at an astronomical rate.

by @j*****, 2026-04-12

Have not been able to level for a week now. Can make gold unless we watch commercials. It may be to delete and move on.

by Ma*****, 2026-04-10

Love to place all the town items. Easy to make more money. Long suffering videos to watch but…….then screen goes white red X does not return back to screen. States game overload and you can fix it. Well no you cannot. Not happy with the white screen. Only goes away for a long time. I just have to stop playing at that point. The game at that time stops. Not fun.