Designer City 4+

Love this game

I’ve tried loads of city builders in my attempt to find a replacement for Simcity 4. This is a pretty good one - it’s fun, quite engaging, attractive and you can lose hours (days/weeks/months) to it. You can play for free although I did buy diamonds for a couple of land expansions (which got quite difficult to save for in earlier versions but I think they have fixed that now). Eventually though your city will get a bit dull so you’ll probably do what I did and scrap it to build a new one from scratch (project ongoing).

My wish list would be more things to make it a bit more challenging - relief in the landscape, a proper transportation network / traffic to manage, more nuanced building impact / citizen happiness etc. But that’s because really I want to play simcity 4 on my iPad! It’s a pretty good game as it is. Maybe some nicer rocks, hills etc to place to make landscaping more interesting would be good though.

Absolutely beautiful! BUT…

***UPDATE 2022***
The latest update has re-locked some of my previously unlocked tiles, particularly the top & left sections of the map (the buildings & roads are still on the land, but to do anything I have to unlock them again). I have had to waste so many game coins re-unlocking the tiles; it’s very frustrating! I’d been saving them up for some of the nicer buildings. Please fix it asap. Once sorted I will happily change this review back to 5 stars.

***ORIGINAL REVIEW***
This game has been an absolute pleasure to play and relax to; challenging enough to be entertaining, but not so much that it makes you angry & lose interest. The design work is lovely, too. There are in-app purchases available; however, it’s possible to play it all for free, it doesn’t drag everything out too long either, which I think is absolutely lovely & refreshing. It’s basically like the original tycoon games; I’m really enjoying it & silently hoping they create more along similar lines. I actually loved the game so much that I bought some coins just as thanks to the creator; it feels weird that it’s a free app AND free to play without any manipulative catches AND high quality… But yeah, it’s definitely worth trying if you just wanna build & escape into your own little world for a while. 😊

Developer Response ,

We are sad you rated the game badly. This happens when you open the game in an older version that does not support the land size increase in the previous update. This is not a problem with the game. It is important to keep all of your devices updated.

Chilled out city-building

I love this game! Far more relaxed and straight forward approach to city building so you can build your dream city without worrying too much about killing everyone🤣works a lot like an idle game where you come back a few times a day once your cash has regenerated and you spend another 20-30 minutes on it. Great to play when you’re bored because if you’re not careful you can easily sink an hour or two into this!