Designer City: Empire Edition

Name: Designer City: Empire Edition
Rating: 4.9 (879 reviews)
Author: Sphere Game Studios

Design and build your empire

Free · In‑App Purchases

879 Ratings
Ages

4+
Years
Category

Simulation
Developer

Sphere Game Studios
Language

EN
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Size

158
MB

Embark on a journey to construct a historic town that evolves into a thriving metropolis and ultimately transforms into an expansive empire spanning millennia. Immerse yourself in this free-to-play offline city-building game, devoid of wait times and restrictions! To establish a flourishing empire in this free historical city builder, entice inhabitants by erecting houses, villas, and opulent mansions for their residence. As with any construction game, provide employment opportunities by constructing businesses and industries once they've settled in. Erect expansive markets, libraries, educational institutions, and military structures to ensure the safety of your empire. Enhance the well-being of your citizens by introducing various amenities such as bars, restaurants, theaters, stadiums, and other entertainment facilities. Create grand sporting arenas and amphitheaters to host spectacular events. Commence with a modest Roman city and expand to include diverse civilizations, encompassing ancient Egyptian, Aztec, Byzantine, Persian, Norse, Chinese, Korean, and Japanese cultures. Unleash your creativity in this laid-back tycoon simulation game. Empire City, a delightful casual offline city-building game, grants you absolute autonomy to design and construct your town without the hindrance of wait times. Plan and evolve your city as you desire, shaping your ideal metropolis and bringing your remarkable empire to fruition. Enjoy the game offline or online, as no internet connection is required to play Empire City. Ensure your residents dwell in an unpolluted environment by thoughtfully zoning your city and adorning it with waterways, trees, parks, and iconic structures from ancient civilizations. Manage power and water supplies, implement effective waste removal, and cultivate the land to produce food for your city. Contented citizens will contribute to your income, empowering you to further enhance Empire City. Revel in the freedom to construct your empire according to your vision. Note: Designer City Empire Edition is completely free to play, with some entirely optional in-game items requiring payment, such as the purchase of game currency.

Ratings & Reviews

4.9

out of 5

879 Ratings

Best Game ever to come to Apple store
11/15/2020

gh£nny
I’ve been looking for building games that are specifically Roman era and I finally found the best one. It doesn’t take too long to build up the buildings, and I love that you can pick from multiple designs. I do wish we can do more with the military aspect(maybe for future update) Like defending territories from raids, and the guard towers are actual working buildings. it would be cool to also raise up an army to capture neighboring preset village or something like that. Anyways these are just some thoughts I had while playing the game. Cant wait for future updates so glad I found this one.

Developer Response
Thank you for your review, we appreciate your feedback
Best Game ever to come to Apple store
11/15/2020

gh£nny

I’ve been looking for building games that are specifically Roman era and I finally found the best one. It doesn’t take too long to build up the buildings, and I love that you can pick from multiple designs. I do wish we can do more with the military aspect(maybe for future update) Like defending territories from raids, and the guard towers are actual working buildings. it would be cool to also raise up an army to capture neighboring preset village or something like that. Anyways these are just some thoughts I had while playing the game. Cant wait for future updates so glad I found this one.
Developer Response 01/05/2021
Thank you for your review, we appreciate your feedback
I love this app!
10/19/2021

Fanofscrabble
I have played all four of the games: Designer City, Designer City 2, Space City and Empire City. I can’t tell which is my favorite. Building is easy. You can play these games without spending real money. You can reach high levels. I have many times. I wish there was another theme city! I don’t care for Merge City!
I love this app!
10/19/2021

Fanofscrabble

I have played all four of the games: Designer City, Designer City 2, Space City and Empire City. I can’t tell which is my favorite. Building is easy. You can play these games without spending real money. You can reach high levels. I have many times. I wish there was another theme city! I don’t care for Merge City!
Good game, but has a few issues
10/25/2021

Moa bird
So I really like the this game. It has the two things I like, ancient history and city building. Its a fun simple game that has a lot of replay value.But it does have issues but there sorta minor. Now the first issue is that the walking animation for people is gone. Idk if it’s a glitch or something else. But that’s a really minor issue.Now the second issue is that the game won’t allow me name or rename my city. Which I feel like ruins the vibe. I hope you fix this cause I really like this game. I hope this review is helpful.
Good game, but has a few issues
10/25/2021

Moa bird

So I really like the this game. It has the two things I like, ancient history and city building. Its a fun simple game that has a lot of replay value.But it does have issues but there sorta minor. Now the first issue is that the walking animation for people is gone. Idk if it’s a glitch or something else. But that’s a really minor issue.Now the second issue is that the game won’t allow me name or rename my city. Which I feel like ruins the vibe. I hope you fix this cause I really like this game. I hope this review is helpful.
Improvement ideas
Jan 31

Weedoozer
Fun, but if you’re OCD, these changes would be helpful to not drive you nuts …1. Needs more designs for services. Each building needs fire, police, church and education to be near, but there is no match for many buildings. It looks stupid to have a Chinese buildings with Greek buildings. It doesn’t make sense. 2. If you pull something out of your warehouse, auto take from the warehouse if you have more than 1 building. It’s a pain to find an item, place it and then find it again for each item.

Developer Response
Buildings don’t need coverage, but they do benefit from it. As for styles, the mix is up to each player—some enjoy blending cultures, while others keep them separate. Your warehouse suggestion isn’t practical—if you have thousands of an item, auto-taking could be chaotic. The game already remembers your last position in the warehouse, making it easy to place multiple items.
Improvement ideas
Jan 31

Weedoozer

Fun, but if you’re OCD, these changes would be helpful to not drive you nuts …1. Needs more designs for services. Each building needs fire, police, church and education to be near, but there is no match for many buildings. It looks stupid to have a Chinese buildings with Greek buildings. It doesn’t make sense. 2. If you pull something out of your warehouse, auto take from the warehouse if you have more than 1 building. It’s a pain to find an item, place it and then find it again for each item.
Developer Response Feb 3
Buildings don’t need coverage, but they do benefit from it. As for styles, the mix is up to each player—some enjoy blending cultures, while others keep them separate. Your warehouse suggestion isn’t practical—if you have thousands of an item, auto-taking could be chaotic. The game already remembers your last position in the warehouse, making it easy to place multiple items.

Added a new city advisor screen to quickly see all the problems in your city. New stats tab in city info screen. Improvements to upgrading/downgrading paths and roads. Upgrade an entire road with a single tap. Heatmap improvements. Added a buildings log to the city advisor - see everything you've recently built and removed. Warehouse capacity increased to 200. Performance improvements. Number formatting now matches your language. We've added difficulty levels to the chess mini-game so you can play at whatever level you are. Many fixes and improvements.