Shirt a Phobia

Sample Page

SimCity: BuildIt is a 2014 mobile city-building game developed and published by the American video game company Electronic Arts. The game is part of the SimCity franchise,[1] and is available to download from the Google Play Store,[2] Amazon Appstore,[3] and the Apple App Store.

This game allows players to solve real-life situations like fire, sewage, pollution, and traffic and helps deal with public problems. Players can connect and compete with other players for more connected gameplay.[4]

A screenshot showing a level 15 city in the game

Development and release

Development for the game had started after the release of the 2013 massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) SimCity in an effort to develop a game quicker than prior installments and at a much higher profit margin. BuildIt also utilises assets from SimCity.[5] In December 2014, the game was released on the App Store and Google Play.[6]

Reception

Review aggregator Metacritic indicated that Simcity BuildIt had received an average score rating of 76 out of 100, which indicates “mixed or average” reviews.[12] In 2018, according to EA Mobile, SimCity: BuildIt became the most-played SimCity game ever. The game stayed in the top 10 in U.S. sim and strategy games on iOS platforms, in the top 100 for U.S. games overall, and in the top 150 games globally.[13] PCMag‘s Tony Hoffman had praised the game for its offline play and “well-integrated online features.”, but criticized the over-indulgence of currencies.[14] Paul Hatton at TechRadar had felt that the game’s user interface (UI) was “incredibly easy to navigate”. However, the reviewer had criticized the game’s “cash-grab ploy”.[15]

References

  1. ^ “SimCity BuildIt – Free Mobile Game – EA Official Site – Electronic Arts EA.com › games › simcity-buildit”. ea.com. January 13, 2017.
  2. ^ “SimCity BuildIt – Apps on Google Play”. play.google.com. Retrieved February 21, 2023.
  3. ^ “SimCity BuildIt:Amazon.co.uk:Appstore for Android”. www.amazon.co.uk. Retrieved February 21, 2023.
  4. ^ ARTS, ELECTRONIC (January 22, 2018), SimCity BuildIt, ELECTRONIC ARTS, retrieved February 11, 2018
  5. ^ Bains, Callum (March 7, 2023). “SimCity launched a decade ago, and it was so disastrous it killed the series”. PC Gamer. Future plc. Retrieved March 12, 2023.
  6. ^ O’Brien, Lucy (November 25, 2015). “Bring London to Your City in SimCity BuildIt”. IGN. Retrieved May 30, 2026.
  7. ^ “SimCity BuildIt for iPhone/iPad Reviews”. Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved December 15, 2014.
  8. ^ “SimCity BuildIt – IGN”. IGN.com. November 25, 2015. Retrieved October 24, 2017.
  9. ^ “SimCity BuildIt review – iPhone reviews Pocket Gamer”. pocketgamer.co.uk. December 18, 2014.
  10. ^ Ford, Eric (December 23, 2014). “‘SimCity BuildIt’ Review – Actual City Planning Has Timers Too”. TouchArcade. Retrieved October 5, 2018.
  11. ^ “SimCity BuildIt (for iPad) Review”. PCMAG. September 5, 2017. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
  12. ^ “SimCity BuildIt for iPhone/iPad Reviews”. Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved December 15, 2014.
  13. ^ “SimCity BuildIt – The Best Construction Game”. August 15, 2019. Archived from the original on August 20, 2019. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
  14. ^ Hoffman, Tony (September 5, 2017). “SimCity BuildIt (for iPad) Review”. PCMag. Retrieved May 30, 2026.
  15. ^ Hatton, Paul (March 9, 2025). “I can’t remember a time when SimCity didn’t exist – now I’m hooked on the app version”. TechRadar. Retrieved May 30, 2026.