Pocket City Game Reviews

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Solid app, please keep updating it. Update- Dear Dev: I’ve played this for a few days now; please make expansions because right now the game seems a little limited and unfinished - please do more w/it. Such a good start though. ——- This is great, I’ve been looking for mobile Sim City for some time now. Some crashes but no data loss (awesome). If you want that on a mobile app JUST BUY THIS GAME. IT IS WORTH IT. Some constructive criticism - The city peters out when you buy all the land so I would like to see land expansions, multiple item placement functionality (placing bus stops is awful), and a random pool of quests/objectives so you don’t go through the same ones every new city. Money counting in sandbox would be a nice option too. Also need filters for fire, health, and education to make it easier to evenly distribute those structures. Good features- Thank you for auto build after disasters because rebuilding that stuff would be tedious. I like how the roads “stick” when you’re laying them, the controls are pretty intuitive and good for mobile. Ideas for future- map builder mode? Otherwise it’s sleek, charming, and a total time stealer :)

I don’t even like city buildings - and this is amazing.. This game is straight refreshing. As the title says, I don’t even like city building games and this is probably the best iPhone game I have ever played. What the heck? I downloaded it because the reviews seemed exceptional and I instantly poured 2 hours in it. No micro transactions, I didn’t realize how FUN and FREE that makes a game feel. It’s easy to learn but you can make it as easy or complex and fast-paced as you like. I just can’t believe it. It’s like they actually made a game with quality, fun, and their customers in mind and not just profits. It’s more than worth the $4 and I will actively seek out other games by this company and happily give them my money. Thanks for making an amazing game. I can think of so many times I wish I had had this game. As for recommendations, if anything, I’d love to see different, even unlockable “aesthetics”. For example buildings/parks/monuments with different decor like Asian, European, American or other themes so you can make visually different looking cities. I hope that makes sense... I do really like how the maps are randomly generated though.

Best Choice for your child or yourself. This app is what a city building game should be. I played SimCity perhaps 20 years ago when in my 20’s, and learned a lot with it. Now, I wanted my child to have a similar experience. This is the only city building game I could find in the AppStore that delivers that experience without the cancer of InApp Purchase. A child should be able to play a game, and learn from it, without being routinely, intentionally, maliciously frustrated, for the sole purpose of getting dollar after dollar after dollar tricked out of his or her parents. This city building app is just as feature rich and thoughtful as the version of SimCity I used to play (I believe it was SimCity 2000), and it is everything that the current version of SimCity for iOS is not. When searching the AppStore for city building Apps, as far as I am concerned, this App should be at the top of the list, if not the only one on the list, with all the others banned as the ripoff-schemes they are.

Surprisingly good. I will admit that I went in with low expectations given current trends of mobile games but i decided to give this game a try. It’s a fun little city builder that doesn’t make you wait hours to build a single building, instead you can build multiple city blocks in the same amount of time and its just really fun to watch your city grow from a townhall to a bustling metropolis that can be largely self sufficient. Rewards come in at a good albeit fast pace, but not a bad thing just lets you get to more of the content sooner. The game isn’t really hard. It’s actually pretty easy but in its own way, that’s good. It’s a good game to relax with and shut off your mind and just tap away at your screen to build your city or upgrade your zoning to make your city better. There are disasters that can hit your city but they aren’t a major issue since you get relief money to rebuild. It’s fairly priced for what it offers and you might be surprised at how easy it is to lose track of time playing. I really do suggest this game if you want something that doesn’t make you watch endless hours of ads or slapping you in the face with monetization.

Fantastic app (with a few bugs left). This is what SimCity should have been. Fantastic city builder good for a few minutes or a few hours. I like the leveling system which keeps you from getting ahead of yourself and gives you specific goals to work toward. And _NO_ IAP! Thank you so much for an honest, premium game! Lots of little touches to keep it from being a mere clone with a quirky sense of humor. There’s even a sandbox mode. Hard to believe this game comes from a one-man studio. At launch there are still a few problems. The graphics are a bit soft as you zoom in, even at highest settings. Not so much as to be a bother, but you notice it. I’ve had two crashes but no data loss, so not a big deal. Have had an issue with power plants not plugging into the grid properly when incorporating highways into my city design (you still need normal roads, but the game doesn’t always register the connection even then.) This dev has been actively engaged with his user base, so I feel certain these very minor bumps will get ironed out. Don’t let it worry you — this game is worth way more than the asking price. If you like city builders (and old school SimCity in particular) then you need to own this game.

Sorry, my mistake, this game IS great! - Won’t rotate on iPad Pro.. I take back my complaint about not rotating. After looking closer (and seeing a Pocket Tactics article on the game) there is an option to change between portrait and landscape in settings. A bit unconventional but it works for me. Now having played a bit I will agree this is a great, great game. Spiritual successor to the great city builders. Retracted review: Looks like a great game but I can’t get it to rotate to play normally (landscape) on iPad Pro. Starts out okay but instantly spins 90 degrees and becomes essentially unplayable. I hope this is fixed because this isn’t a “phone game” in my opinion and I don’t plan on taking my iPad out of its stand and off my desk to play one game that really looks like a landscape game.

Best Mobile City Sim. No contest.. I paid less than five dollars for this game when it released. At the time it was the nicest, least grindy, most intuitive, most complete city simulator on the market that wasn’t either way expensive, or overrun with microtransactions. Since that time it has only gotten better, the developer is not only continuously adding more content completely free of additional charge, but doing so without adding any cost to the base game. On top of that, the developer is regularly active in the Pocket City subreddit and actively responds to bugs and suggestions posted there. I would recommend this game to anyone who has ever enjoyed a city sim game, and would buy it multiple times myself if I could.

A great game, easy to pick up and put down. Okay so I have waited until I got “decently far” in this game( as much as you can with a sim city style game ) and I have to say I love it. Really truly have had a blast with it. The one saving grace for me was when I found out you can purchase more than one piece of land at a time from the old man by clicking more than one. I have been playing hard mode and this is where the game shines. If you’re looking for a casual sim city style game with updates buildings and graphics, skip easy or normal or whatever it is and go straight to hard. Your choices matter, your faults are not overly punished and you can back up and take a second look without feeling like you need to nuke your town orbit. The sheer ease of the normal or easy mode lets you learn everything about the game before going full in which is great! I’m alittle confused about the balance of some of the qualifiers. Like having a 86% fire safety rating when you have 30 fire stations are completely leveled. But still. Great game. Great pick up and put down casual gaming on the go. What phone games should be…not a console…lookin at you Fortnite….

Good game, easily fixed. This is a really good game. Honestly worth the 5 bucks, in my opinion. I really like how instead of a sim city city builder, it has more classic elements, like zoning, and a sudo-budgeting system. The problem is that this game seems almost TOO simplistic. For 5 dollars, it seems we don’t get enough. Some suggestions I’ve thought up of by just playing: 1. Power line/Water pipes It would be so nice to build one or two water towers and supply your water via water pipes, instead of having to sacrifice one zone space so that water reaches farther in your city. 2. High/low density zoning I know you can already upgrade zones, but it would be better to plan it out in more detail, and it would be more realistic 3. More space I feel that the space given, while sufficient in the beginning, really runs out making it super hard to level up later in the game. Another thing that ties into this is choosing a starting space. It seems odd, but imagine how much easier it would be if while selecting a city block, you could choose where to start your city, instead of having to skip it because the plot given was in a corner surrounded by mountains That’s really it that I could think of, but my point is this Is a really good game, but with a few quality of life changes, this could be a great game, maybe even exceptional

Great Game! But Slight Lags.. Such a fun game! There’s no waiting for energy to recharge, no endless in-game purchases to actually progress, and the visuals are great. It’s honestly hard to put my phone down, and I find an hour has passed without even realizing it. The only issues I have with this app is the lag. When you zoom out on the city it glitches, but that’s understandable. The one thing I wish would be addressed is when you’re building, it sometimes freezes and won’t let you place anything. This is often the reason I finally close out of the app, as it become frustrating having to continuously exit the build mode to get it to work, usually for it to happen multiple other times immediately after. Hopefully this gets addressed in a future update, but I will definitely keep playing and would recommend it to anyone!

Battery Drain, Missing Options. This game drains your battery like crazy. Even when you turn on the supposed battery-saving features it doesn’t do much. Also, there ought to be a way to turn off the constant “Level Up” announcements and the “Quests” dialogue. It’s such a constant and annoying interruption to game play having to constantly tap the level up box, then wait for the whole animation to finish , then tap on the item you’ve gained, and then tap on the Quests tab, tap on each new quest, and finally tap the skip button to exit the dialogue, which takes almost as long to appear as the dialogue itself. It’s extremely hard to lose yourself in a game with all of that visual noise happening every 30 seconds. Can’t we turn off the level up banners and dialogue? I’ve played the game enough that I have the dialogue memorized!

Maybe expand this game instead of reinventing it?. First off I absolutely love playing this game. I spent endless hours in past decades playing SimCity, SimCity 2000 and SimCity 3000, before EA bought Maxis and totally lost its way. Their modern games full of overblown design, microtransactions and terrible… you know, *simulation* are garbage. Pocket City is by far the best modern game I've found in the spirit of the old games. But I want more. I know the developer has been working for the past few years on Pocket City 2, which looks promising but is maybe overshooting the target. I really don't want something radically different from Pocket City "1"… I just want more of it! I'd love to see more buildings, more quests, and maybe a bit more true simulation logic — stuff from SimCity 2000 that's lacking here, like property values being affected by proximity (e.g. don't put residential next to an airport or steel mill), properties being abandoned when demand goes negative, etc. This basic game engine is perfect just as it is… it just needs more content added!

Worth the buy. Long story short, this game keeps you entertained if you like city building sorta like SimCity or things of the sort. When you grab a full understanding of the game it becomes a lot simpler. I’d like a bit more challenge to this but it’s excellent as it is. The quality of the game begins to lag when you have large amounts of content and despite the option to have potato quality (excellent choice of word for how the game looks haha) the game still has trouble handling itself. Nothing big that takes away from the game itself. Maybe some more end game content as starting fresh has many options to go by however when you begin snowball and the levels start coming along, I feel there’s not much for me to spend my money on or even splurge a bit with.

Lovely City Building Game. I had been looking for a decent mobile city building game comparable to Cities: Skylines, and this is the one that comes the closest to it so far although a bit more simplified. Quite fun, and relaxing to play at your own pace without limitations by dumb microtransactions. Quite great. I see that it is also being updated which is always a good thing. A couple of improvements I would suggest here. First, when I zoom in I can notice the drawing’s resolution could be better. Kind of pixelated. This is no big deal though. The biggest deal however, would be the random building orientations. It feels a little awkward to me whenever I assign a zone and the buildings come out facing the opposite way as the road they are attached to. If only they would just automatically face whichever direction the road is, or at least let me change the orientation myself, and the special buildings only have one fixed orientation so it forces you to rebuild the roads around it. Nonetheless, despite these details I can gladly recommend this game to anyone looking for a classic city builder.

Should be better - you can’t fail. Almost there in most categories, not there but almost there. High Traffic areas isn’t shown by how many cars, you have to go to the view. I can build power at one end of the map and supply power to all over. The helicopter police and fire makes it too easy. No real neighborhood ratings… if res built by indust it doesn’t matter. Doesn’t auto stop when attempting to build a street into another territory you don’t own. I really feel like it’s not a challenge to really to win… no way to fail kind of game. You stall the game if you forget to do things but don’t really fail or have to start over. I dislike the remember aspect of the game, you build a bank but if you don’t remember to upgrade then it hurts. You don’t remember to upgrade a zone and it hurts. Hate remember this and that’s. I’m getting bored of playing only after 8 hours of playtime. I feel like devs on many phone apps including this one try so hard to accommodate too wide of an age group that gameplay is vague and easy. Like everyone gets a trophy just for opening the app… rather then making good choices in the game that lead to good results. I don’t feel like I’ve had to make a single critical choice that could jeopardize gameplay or require me to start over. In the end this will probably be shelved for when my kid wants to see me play a game and waste time on the phone on a plane

Excellent, So Far. I am not one to review games very often, but this game has caught my eye. Like many others, I have been looking for a mobile SimCity like game that didn’t swallow my hard earned cash through IAP, and then pocket city showed up in my recommend. This may be the best $4 I have ever spent on a mobile game. Gameplay is extremely smooth and easy to understand. There is not grinding, waiting, or paying like any similar city builder on mobile. That in my book is almost worth $4. My only major complaints are that: 1. The lag. The lag is horrible (Granted I am using an older phone). And 2: I really would like a much larger map or more complex gameplay, like different zone types, like In older sim city games. However as it stands, I don’t think it is easy to find a similar experience with a city builder on mobile, and this is a must have for classic sim city fans looking to get their fix, without getting ripped off by EA.

SimCity, but 100x better.. When I downloaded SimCity, I was hooked. The only downside was that it clearly wanted you to pay. “Not enough materials!” “Would you like to speed up the production time?” “Special Offer just for you!” Are some things that made it clear it was a game about paying. But this game is different than that SimCity garbage. The No In-App purchases is amazing. It moves quickly, no waiting for materials, and it takes some of the good stuff from SimCity, like Pollution Areas, Firefighters, Police, and more! If you like SimCity but don’t wanna sink all of your savings into it, get this game. Spending 4 bucks on a game better than a free one you have to spend 20 on In-App Purchases just to make the game fun, I think is worth it. But who am I to judge? Try it for yourself! It’s only $4! (P.S. sorry for the long review, but I’m trying to make a point about how good the game is.) But after all... that’s just an opinion. A GAME OPINION. Thanks for reading.

One suggestion/request. If you haven’t played this game, DO IT! It’s a lot of fun! Although I’m having a learning curve knowing where to place power/water sources. I’m sure I’ll figure it out with time. I would LOVE it though it in sand box mode you would have the ability to have no disasters and/or maybe no need for power/water. Maybe you can toggle on and off what you want in sandbox mode? The reason I’d like this is I went into sandbox after a tornado came in and I was frustrated figuring out where the towers needed to be. I was hoping to get to relax and go back to my main later. Then I realized I wasn’t free to place things wherever without resources. Ok. That’s fine. More practice for me. Then.... just as I was placing my fourth building a frEAKING TORNADO CAME AND WRECKED THE LITTLE I HAD AND I JUST LEFT THE APP. So yeah... please help.

*APPlause*. I almost never write reviews on the AppStore. However, in this case I fully back this game. I like that this game does not hold your hand. Playing on expert mode it took me about 5+ cities to balance out the supply and demand to maintain a successful city. Very rewarding gameplay. Planning the transit system seems to be essential. The only thing this game lacks is just more things to do. Have had a few cities now over level 100. I just wish there was more to do. I think this game is absolutely worth 5 stars, and moreover worth the money. Hopefully more content will be added. And honestly, for a more complete game I’d be happy sending at least $20 dollars to support this app. Very well developed. Hope to see it continue. If anyone has any idea how to support this game elsewhere, please let me know.

Finally! Something similar to the REAL Sim City. For anyone who was disappointed in the Sim City Built It that looks and feels nothing like the true Sim City, this game is a much needed relief on the AppStore. This is close as it gets to the real thing. Currently the game is more simple then the true thing, but I hope the game continues to grow and add more buildings and features. Everything else is just as good as the real game and sometimes even better. There are quests and missions that help you level up and get more buildings while also growing the city and making it better. The best part is that it really is a once and for all payment, no micro traction’s after the fact. No waiting on loading or slow downs so far. Just sit down and binge play for hours!

Lags on iPhone 13 Pro. UPDATE #2: iOS 15.4 resolves the lag issue, and I can confirm that it does. Unfortunately, my city is still gone that I poured hours into. Maybe this game is something I come back around to in the future, but after re-downloading to test the developer’s response about 15.4 resolving the lag I re-uninstalled. I just don’t feel like starting over. I’ll keep this at 2 stars as it should’ve been 1 star after discovering no cloud save ability the hard way. Thank you to the developer, for the response. UPDATE #1: I guess I’ll be removing it after all. I tried removing the game and reinstalling it, only to find that my previous city is now gone forever. Was fun while it lasted. ORIGNAL: Purchased this game on my iPhone X a few weeks ago, and loving it! Unfortunately, I just upgraded to the new iPhone 13 Pro and the game is unplayable. It lags like crazy! The cars are staggering along the roads, and the worst part is zooming in and out. Zooming is delayed by a second or 2 and jumps all around. I’m going to try some things, but if those don’t work I’ll have to remove it. Sad day in my city as the pocket mayor will just have to move on. 😞

NO MICRO TRANSACTIONS? Take notes EA.. After Sim City was completely sabotaged and destroyed by EA, and the original non micro transaction version of Sim City was pulled from the mobile market, we desperately needed a classic city builder that went back to its roots. A sim that wasn’t about having to wait for cool downs, or having to pay to get building materials... we wanted a game that was about city management, rather then micro transactions. Not only is this a fantastic city building game, the design, UI, building mechanics are all well made and very well thought out. You can tell this was made from the heart of its developers. Something that EA doesn’t care about. I honestly didn’t hesitate to purchase this game when I saw the review online. I will always give my money to game studios that care about what they do and want to make a great game, designing it around fun and functionality, rather then a greedy corporation that specifically designs its game mechanicals to get the most money from you. I have not and never will again give EA another cent of my money. Take notes EA. I just want to thank the developers for giving gamers what they really want. We notice.

Refreshingly great game!. In a world of In-app purchases, pay to unlock, pay to speed up and arbitrary gems and coins, it’s SO nice to have found a fun, casual, well-paced city building game without all the paywall nonsense. I started the game last night and smoothly progressed through 50 levels without growing frustrated or having to wait 6 hours for a building to be built. Don’t let the fun and simple graphics fool you, there’s a deep layer of controls in place akin to Sim City. You control your taxes, toggle maps to see where you need to improve, land management functions, etc. The quests keep things interesting while not intrusively forcing you to complete them. An all around fun game to play for 5 minutes or 5 hours. Get it.

Addictive and Mind-Blowing!. (PS: Read this before buying this game for some either spoilers, reviews, or suggestions for the developer.) First of all, this is an amazing game! It’s like SimCity but even better! SimCity says, “Not enough materials! Would you like to purchase to complete this action?” This game is NOTHING like that. $3.99? WORTH IT. No In-App purchases, no paying, none of that stuff. This a game where you can embark on a building game that is realistic and should be #1 on everything. Take that, SimCity! I know, SimCity is kind of good, despite all the paying and all that, but you should download this to get rid of your building worries. This is super addicting and you can even upgrade buildings to make them look even cooler! This is for the developer, if you read the essay I wrote for people that download and buy, thank you and have a great day!: Okay developer, we need to talk about the suggestions. 1. Maybe we can upgrade the upgraded even more. 2. We can make the police, fire department, and hospital cars go just a little bit faster to not make playing this game a little bit exciting? Last but not least, 3. Maybe make destroying rocks and mountains a little bit easier for non-sandbox modes? It is up to you to help and fix these suggestions and prove me and all the fans of this game share it to even more people! Sorry if I gave you PRESSURE! ~Rolly Bulletgold

Finally no “crafting”!. I’ve been looking for a builder that simply let you build, and this is it! You can play the game and open buildings and services as you go, or sandbox mode and have instant access to everything. There are no additional purchases, and the building take literal seconds to build. No waiting three hours to make a nail so you can wait eight hours to build a board and then 36,000 hours for the house to build! It’s truly wonderful, thank you for that, dev! Having said that, the build menu takes up entirely too much space on the screen, I think. I would prefer to play in landscape, but the menu covers more than half my screen and I can’t really see where I want to build. It’s slightly better in portrait, so portrait is where I stay. But that’s a personal opinion, overall this is a fantastic game and I feel like the cost of the app is incredibly reasonable.

Good Simulator. It’s a fun game but it has UI issues that are easily resolved like double clicking to undo a build selection instead of having to scroll through menus every time. During the start it would be nice if there was more variety instead of just a small park for what felt like 15 levels. These things keep it interesting. Clicking on specific function buildings like the police/fire/hospital/bus (when creating more of the type)... should highlight the positions of those buildings because they all blend in. I also wish there was more open space. It feels like the app is basically a measure of how efficiently you can squeeze everything in a small space. I like missions, they keep things fun, and some of the animations are... cute. Also, it’s a single purchase. None of that speed a build for real $$$ like sim city.

Realistic (DEVELOPERS PLS READ). This game is so realistic. I thought at first it was a little too realistic, but this game is not all that complicated, though you can control tax levels. :p. I love this game. It is so much fun. And the random disasters keep you on your toes. Plus, the random fires and crimes are awesome as well. I love the element of surprise to all of it. It is simple and fun to grow your own city, and the conversations between the little NPCs are funny to observe. TO THE DEVELOPERS: Sometimes the game crashes. This crash occurs whenever you have construction going, and you try to view a quest to either start or complete it. It is annoying, but not too bad. Plus, the FPS needs to be fixed. The frame rate is really bad sometimes, especially once your city gets big. Bad frame rate causes crashes. Pls fix this.

Good but gets old fast.. The game has the feel and mechanics of Sim city. It is fun to build and everything is simple and straightforward. There are a lot of things though, that make the game just so-so and I quickly grew bored of it. For starters, there isn’t enough going on to keep your interest for an extended amount of time. You build, you wait for funds, you build, you wait for funds. The ever increasing property cost forced me to quit purchasing property altogether and just concentrate on what I already had. Increasing the cost of all of the other property on the map every time you buy a plot is just plain stupid. This means that a plot you paid 50k for in the beginning will cost you 300k later. It’s silly. I stop buying property at 150k and just work with what I have. Once I max out the city, I move on to another zone. And that is the nuts and bolts of the game folks. After about an hour or so of play, you have seen all there is to see and you look for something else.

A superb city builder without the freemium tag. You Tired of Freemium city builders where your constantly waiting for timers, Constantly need to buy to get anywheres? This is your game! Once you pay its all open to play in ether sandbox or the regular mode. you will unlock & level freely, heck later on you will find something that makes the already speedy building speedier! Pros ✅ Offline playable ✅ No iAP or hidden costs ✅ No timers ✅ Fun & very addicting will keep you play & planning for hours ✅ Comical criminals 🤣 Cons To me there isnt any I love this game! its a premium city builder finally! 😍 Though I do have a few wants 🌀 While there is a good amount of varity I wish for more different buildings, More dfferent styles. 🌀 More recreational buildings like a pool or zoo or a amusement park etc 🌀 larger 8 tile or more versions of the fun things/parks/beaches 🌀 Day night cycle/Weather cycle 🌀 more map sizes 🌀 different landscape depth possible? like the city could be down near sea but the town is up in the mountain area its all flat which is ok just a idea 😀 🌀 Taller buildings like skyscrappers 🌀 godzilla or a monster disaster 😆 🌀 more different events maybe a event maker mix fierworks with racing event etc 🌀 Ground Paths 🌀 seperate houses we can place

Spectacular!. This is the mobile city building game I have wanted for so long. Also generally sets the bar for what I look for in a good mobile game altogether. Easy to jump right into and get going quickly, easy to put down if you need to stop for a moment, no micro transactions, fun mini quests (price is a bit too low in my opinion). Would love to see some additional complexity as well as bigger, more interesting maps, but wow is this still amazing. Really great work from this solo developer. Hope you build either on top of this franchise with expansions or produce sequels that offer more features in the future. If you offer a more complex sequel I would definitely set the price a bit higher, I feel like I got way more than I paid for and would be willing to kick some cash your way for a kickstarter or something.

Good Bye Sims City. If you like playing Sims City but hate all the waiting to level up and everything else. Also the very big thing is all the money you can put into the game it’s ridiculous. This is the game that replaces it. I can get lost in it for hours at a time. Super fun. Has been my go to game when I feel stressed out. I would definitely pay for this. The only thing I would change and it’s stupid is more cities around me. I know eight is allot but I would like more. Plus some more room on the board would be good to. Plus maybe some upgrades that you can buy for your city that that you would be able to keep from city to city would be good. Thank you to the program developer for everything.

Great value, fun, immersive. Graphics and gameplay are solid. This city simulator comes to life at the street level, where citizens have humorous things to say. Tutorial is appropriate, not over bearing like some other sims. Thank you. Progression is well balanced. Levels rewards are spaced out at good intervals, so I dont unlock too much before I've got a good grasp of gameplay. The level system makes me think about my choices. I can't just race up in levels without good city planning. Paying upfront means better gameplay overall. Some other city simulators scale out time requirements for building construction with levels, so gamers are forced to continuously pay to play, which is a mechanic I despise. Not present in Pocket City! no microtransactions, just pure gameplay. This alone makes playing this game rewarding on a psychological level and feels like the developer really wanted to make a good experience, not just rake in dollars. The region system is thoughtful. Some, but not all, bonuses carry over. With each new city, I have to level it up, which I appreciate. Graphics are beautiful and remind me of classic city sims of the past, but with today's advances in 2d graphics, so it looks great and not immediately like some clone. I look forward to more releases from this developer. I recommend this game to fans of the genre.

Would rate 11/10!. You've heard of SimCity BuildIt. It is a really great game, but with two MAJOR flaws. #1: It's by EA. And anything by EA usually means you need to spend real money to get good at the game. #2: It needs internet connection, so you can't really play anywhere. Pocket City solves both these problems! First of all, there are no in-app purchases. Also, you can play offline! There are so many things you can build, like a park, hospital, and school. Plus, you can even destroy your creations with natural disasters! Luckily, you can rebuild it easily (if you have the money. I do have a suggestion though: a day-night cycle. I would LOVE to see a big city at night! Sorry for the long review, but it really is a great game, and it's only $3.99!

Great Game - Needs a couple additions and then it will be perfect. This is fantastic game, easy to play, and entertaining. I highly recommend it. The only reason I give it four stars is cause it does need a couple, hopefully easy, improvements. The expert level is next to impossible because it there is not enough city management information to make small changes. There is a counter for how many houses there are available, but no counter for jobs. So, if your city is lacking jobs, you don’t know how many commercial or how many industrial locations to add. It is easy to over add and then hemmorage money in zone maintenance costs. Likewise, there is no information on the cost of zone management per zone, nor any information on how much the police, fire, or leasure services cost. Without this information small changes in the hard or expert levels really throw off the decision making process. Add this information and I will give the game six stars if I could.

The best, thank you for not upwelling inside!. My son and I are both addicted, and half our friends have downloaded it now. It’s easy but challenging, and I didn’t realize how much my son was picking up about needed infrastructure and what makes a city work. Literally cannot wait for the next one! Requests for developer: It would be really fun if you could get even more detailed and pick what kinds of commercial buildings you want, and not have a road always attached to the beach or a park. For example, if you have a row of beach homes, it seems silly that they can’t have their own beach because it’s not connected to a road. Or a nice small park in the middle of a commercial zone (those shoppers need somewhere to lounge and don’t need a road!). Anyway, thanks for a fun time!

Great city builder! But..... The game is creat, runs smooth and under the right settings it’s even easy on your battery! This game gets a lot right but is lacking in overall depth, you build and you can upgrade but your city will always reach the inevitable “ map is covered in constructs “ where there’s no more room for growth and that’s it. If the maps where bigger and you could make different cities ( having condos for housing when your trying to do a country town really ruins the mood for me ) but it offers exactly what it promises for a simple city builder and as it is you could loose hours of your life trying to make a perfect city....just I want to loose hundreds of hours building entire counties with more options for what’s already in the game. ( do you want a sprawling mega city like Dubai in overwatch? Or have your city nuclear fallout themed? This game is a blank canvas full with potential, capitalize on it! )

A City Builder that Respects the Player. A fantastic bite-sized Cities: Skylines scaled down just enough to be fun on mobile without losing too much. It’s quick to start, making it nice to play if you’ve got a couple of spare minutes here and there and not overly simple for if you want to play for a longer period of time. It’s incredibly refreshing to see not one single ad or IAP. So many city builders have a premium currency and/or mandatory extended wait times for buildings to finish that it makes you feel like you’re playing the game on a schedule built by the developer. It’s good to see a city builder throw away the Sim City mold and let the player do as they will on their time and not beg them to connect to Facebook while they’re at it. There are some things that could be fine-tuned, like making it so buildings orient to face the roads but those are incredibly minor flaws. I’m hoping to see new additions to the game or possible challenges to keep things fresh, but as a whole the game is beautiful and absolutely worth the price.

Best City Builder on the App Store hands down. So thankful to finally have a city building game that isn’t destroyed by in-app purchases and pointless timers/resource gathering. Most city building games on the App Store I have to put down cause I run out of energy, need a material that I have to wait to farm or something else that is totally pointless and put into the game to force you to spend money. The only reason I have had to put down this game so far is cause I have to go to work and sleep. Seriously though, there is nothing to keep you from playing this game for as long as you want in a single session and I LOVE that! Has a great tutorial for people new to this style of game. UI is clean and helpful. Easy to navigate. Portrait and landscape modes available. Music is great. Love the save options for multiple cities. It’s very polished. I have been part of the beta and have seen many improvements come out. It’s obvious this developer cares about the app and the experience we have playing the game. If you like city building games, I guarantee you won’t find something better. Thank you to the developer for all the hard work you have put into creating this game!!

INCREDIBLE!!! (Updated). This game... When I saw it, I just wanted to download it!! It's like a dream of mine, a city building game that goes really fast, no in-app purchases, (cough cough- SimCity Buildit, a.k.a EA) , no wait times, no goods that take hours to produce in factories, (again, EA) This is a game I actually paid for it looked so good. Try it for yourself, and get the TURE building experience. Edit: I have played this game for a while, and I have kind of reached a road-block on what I can do. Here are the main things you need to improve on: • After playing a while, all of the buildings start "duplicating". What I mean is that there needs to be new building textures, definitely in the different building zones. (Residential, commerical, etc.) I don't want a townhouse next to another townhouse that looks exactly the same. • More road types. I don't just want one type of road. Look at City Skylines, where they roads with trees on the sides, 4 lane roads, etc. It really makes the city look better, and it could change the traffic as well, for example, the 4-lane roads could have less traffic than the regular roads. In conclusion, please just look at other games and implement their features. PLEASE, DO NOT MAKE IT PAY TO PLAY. Just add more features, please. - G6plays

The game is almost incredible. This game is super fun, it’s the best city builder out there. The only problem is that I feel like there should be more assets, like more power plant options, more special buildings, and just alternate forms of transportation. An underground subway would be awesome. Another thing is that the game starts to run slow really quickly, it would be nice if it could be more optimized, this is coming from an iPhone X user, so hardware shouldn’t be the issue (Although I noticed that once my phone heated up the game played much worse, and when I played the same, very populated city later, once my phone cooled down, performance was back to normal, I think the X might just thermal throttle). The first problem I noticed was that even with the textures set to ultra things still looked fuzzy and blurry, especially the pictures of the people when they talk for a mission. Other than more unique game elements, a need for better optimization, and blurry textures this game is fantastic and you should definitely buy it. It’s my all time favorite iOS game even given the fact that it’s 5$ and there are a few aspects which can be improved upon.

The game you’ve been looking for. If you are a fan of SimCity / Cities Skylines and games like that - THIS is the mobile game you’ve been looking for to scratch that itch. This may be the first game I have ever reviewed on the App Store and there is one major thing causing me to do so: No micro-transactions. For what this game IS, you’d think it would be infested with them but for the price of this game you get a really great (and for someone who rarely gets hooked on mobile games), really satisfying city simulator. I’ve been waiting for one for a while, and the others out there can’t compare. I highly suggest this game AND supporting the developers who are making outstanding decisions. One thing I have noticed that could be potential improvement - when building (a road specifically, but really when building anything), it would be nice if you had to double tap to confirm placement of an object / the start of drawing the road. I frequently find myself going to scroll to see where I’m going to draw my road - but end up drawing a road, and having to cancel and start again. Not an issue, I’ve developed a workflow for it - but this would be a usability boost useful for mobile in my opinion! Keep up the outstanding work 👍

Amazing. As far as city building apps go, this one is the most immersive, breezy, and most worth it. It makes so much more sense to just offer a game for a few dollars that moves quickly and offers challenges (crime, city management, natural disasters). I would love to see some more types of trees (specifically palm trees/ cacti that you can build to improve environment), and just more building options (maybe themes that are unlocked by certain monuments?) Ex: If you unlock the pagoda, and build it, it would be awesome if it also unlocked a new theme of buildings (and trees, parks, etc.) (in a different tab so that you can select between different themes for different zones in the same city). It would also make it more appealing to build multiple cities with their own landscape (like a whole city in the desert; something you can’t rlly do now bc all the houses have grass). Maybe add more levels to unlock these theme packages, or even if you have to do in app purchases, for an app this great. I really really appreciate the ease of building “zones” rather than having to wait hours, days, or weeks for something to get built, and I feel like having themes would be a great way to offer options without there being too many randomizations on one type/size building. Also I love Sandbox mode, great for if you want to just mess around and see what works well. Great app. 10/10, have already recommended to friends.

SIMCity Lovers read this. This game is really cool. It isn’t a forced in app purchase game, you spend the initial cost and the game doesn’t force you to buy extra in app purchases like most sim city building games available in the App Store. I applaud that. However it still leaves more to be desired from game play. It’s not quite as organic as sim city, as they only have one type of land building option for each city type. Example: there are commercial, residential and industrial zones. However they don’t have population density options like sim city. I’ve maxed my city out in construction but the population is under 20,000. Another way it is less organic is there aren’t ordinances and laws you can put in place. Ordinances can change the game play and make it much more interactive and less sandbox city builder and more being a mayor. The advisors don’t give you real goals or questions they are more like simple milestones or silly games. Its like a more childish version of sim city. Overall this game is fun! It’s not nearly as much to do and freedom as the original sim city on PC and earlier generations iPhones/androids. That has since been removed from App Store. But it is a fun game and the best city builder I’ve played on the App Store in years.

Well worth the price! It just needs more space for expansion. The developers of this game did it right. Instead of the typical cash-grab model that the "free" city-building sim games use, this game relies on the straightforward practice of charging you upfront for the game, but then they never hassle you again for money. No in-game IAPs (no paid currencies, no paid speed-up options…nothing). The game itself is really fun and they’ve tried to differentiate it from the other city-building sims. You can really play however you want, but they give you quests to work on if you want to pursue more objectives instead of working in a sandbox. No matter how you play it, I think you’ll find it to be a lot of fun. The only thing that I find to be limiting about the game is that there isn’t a whole lot of space for expansion. I hope they give us more room to work with in future updates, but even as it is, there is enough space to build a decent-sized city. Aside from the limits to city expansion, I have found that there is plenty of content to the game. This game is well worth the price if you’re a SimCity fan.

Excellent city building game with no extra drama. I’ve played other city building games before such as SimCity Build It and none of them compare to Pocket City. It’s just as it says on the tin. There are no long wait times, or any wait times really, for any action. You level up insanely fast and sometimes after doing nothing at all! Each level up is rewarded with money, XP, or a building. You have great incentive to keep playing through the quests that also give good rewards. You can control the flow of your income based on realistic concepts like sales, income, and property taxes. You can take out or pay off loans like an actual city would need to do. You can filter your view of your city to see what’s really going on with things like crime, traffic, environment, or zoning. Ultimately, one of the best, most immersive city building games I’ve ever played. Don’t regret this one at all!

Best game I have ever played.. I never write reviews because I have never truly been blown away by a game, that changed with this one though. It is worth paying for, I have spent hours on this game since downloading it, it’s one of those that is hard to stop playing. There are no adds because you pay for it, and that makes the experience a million times better. There are so many areas to explore and different achievements to unlock that really prevent this game from getting boring. I want to quit my job and play this full time, it has changed my life. I honestly lose myself in the game. I hope whoever else downloads this game has a life-altering experience as well.

Very nice game that I hope gets even better. This really is such a relief for mobile games in the genre. It’s surprisingly engaging, satisfying, and sometimes challenging. I’m so happy to pay a few bucks, because you get great content without the ridiculous hassle of advertising. I quite frankly don’t have complaints just some hopes for the app. I really really would love to see just further growth. More upgrading of areas (higher and varied buildings) more landmarks and sites, maybe a bigger map, and higher resolution. But that’s just the ideal version of the game, it’s wonderful as is! The dev has done a great job. Also I built an entire city filling the map, then got the mission to find the busker, where the heck is that fool?? Haha. Anyway, keep up the good work, hope that things continue to improve!

Hey EA, take some notes!. PocketCity is a fantastic game. I must give the developers props for not going the freemium route, because that would have destroyed a beautiful game. The game reminds me a lot of the early Sim City games, but with a lot more optimized changes for the better. The game is entirely played in portrait mode, which I found to be a super convenient option. No need to flip my phone around, just casual gameplay. Some big differences between PocketCity and SimCity that I’ve noticed so far: +As long as your buildings are connected to a road, they will be supplied with electricity AND water. So no more need for a sewage system or power lines. + Zones undergo construction immediately and dynamically take up space depending on how big the block is. + Buildings are unlocked via leveling up your city and completing quests. PocketCity is a breath of fresh air in a mobile market saturated with disgusting freemium garbage. Perhaps one of PocketCity’s best features is the sandbox mode, allowing players complete freedom over their currency and creativity. I’m eager to see how players will use their freedoms to evolve their little pocket cities into amazing and creative utopias! Thank you, developers for a truly wonderful premium experience. I will be recommending this game to all my friends and family, possibly even gifting it to them. I recommend this game for anyone looking for a truly premium city building experience that celebrates creativity!

Short and un-expansive, not like Sim City, not worth $4. Bought this game based on reviews and descriptions, but did not get anywhere near my moneys worth. The game is short. I finished the game in 3 hours. I maxed out the upgrades and filled the map expected the map to sheet bigger after I bought all the land but it doesn’t. The map area is TINY even when set to “large”. You have no room to create to your hearts content. You can’t build suburbs around a metropolis because there is no room. The game kept telling me I needed more commercial zones but I had no room to build anymore. The game is like the early sim city games based on zones but it would be nice to have more control over the population densities and whether it’s a small town feel or a city full of skyscrapers. While the graphics are enjoyable and the natural disasters add a fun twist, the game is seriously not worth 4 dollars and I feel ripped off after seeing that the game is maxed out and you get bored after a day.

Great city builder!. I wish I didn’t spend so much time playing this game, but it’s so hard to put it down sometimes as I try to reach that next self-set goal! 😱🤣 Kudos! It’s awesome that you don’t have to pay to speed things up. I would totally pay for some cosmetic features, tho. One reviewer mentioned themed types of buildings, that would be great. Probably silly, but I’d also love to see dirt roads. I am trying a more rural styled map right now and those black-topped roads out to farms or campsites or whatever are unsightly... or even like a cobblestone-type that would look cool for those wanting to decorate their cities while still being more subtle than the black for other areas. Feature-wise, the option to set like an auto-repeat on some building choices would be great. Like roads & zones & terrains & bus stops (!!!)... making them toggle tools so they can be used multiple times in a row without going back into the build menu (especially for those bus stops... did I mention the bus stops?! 😉).

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Good job!. One of the best mobile games I’ve played. So glad it has no ads or micro transactions.

Absolutely fantastic game, but.... This is an absolutely fun game and would highly recommend. No micro transactions and hours of fun. However I personally wish there was more to the game in the top end once you have a few regions you cannot spend quick enough or that they made another game this perfect for mobile and pay once style. It’s clear the game was designed for mobile and a lot of time and attention was put into every aspect.

Great fun, no up sell!. If you loved the early versions of sim city, or if you are just looking for a fun city building app with no needing to continually either pay more or repetitious activities then this one is for you. It’s easy to get started on building your city, laying out the streets, rail lines, schools and other setvices. Then you’ll gradually build up your city, dealing with issues like traffic or disasters, and a little crime along the way. All in all, this a fun game!

The one ultimate mobile city builder. This game is pure joy for those who have micro management cravings that are found in games such as sim city or skylines This game holds the fundamental elements of what makes the city builders a joy to play. However a few suggestions could be added - night life and and a clock - contribution to traffic like morning peaks hours and returning home Variation in special buildings One way streets

Finally a city building game that is free. We live in a world where free apps aren’t free, even paid games usually are not a one time purchase. This game is an exception. It is a one time purchase without micro transactions and wait times that mimic real building time. I have one complaint though. Even though you can get hours of fun I just don’t think there is enough content. In a short while you can own all the land and have unlocked 90% of the buildings. If the developers keep updating and adding more content then I would say to buy this game. I bough the game for $3 and for that price I couldn’t recommend it more but I just think it needs more.

Decent. Has a lot going for it.. Really fun game that does a lot of things well. The no micro transactions is great, the quests and leveling/rewards system is great too. The only thing that lets it down is the lack of content and the mechanics need tweaking a bit. For example, I’ve maxed out my map and upgraded all my zones and it’s not clear if I need to keep optimizing to be able to move up to another tier of buildings, like skyscrapers and such. I hit the limit in about two days. Hoping there is more to come from this developer!

Great game, and no in app purchases. This game is awesome. Was looking for a little city sim after playing Cities on desktop, and this fits the bill perfectly. It’s fun, cute and has a lot of depth if you really look into everything. Well worth the price!!

Worth the price. Great little game, very addictive and easy to play. I went through the tutorial, started a city on hard mode and finished a sandbox city and got a total of 9 hours gameplay before I started to get bored. Hard and expert difficulty levels aren’t really harder they are just slower as you have to wait longer to generate money to build so I don’t really see the point in playing through those. It would be good if the harder levels were harder in zoning requirements - like people didn’t want to live close to industrial areas and so it was harder to satisfy citizens with a bad design. The ability to place multiple things in one go without having to go through the menu and reselect it each time would be good(like laying down multiple bus stops). But overall a very enjoyable and cute little city builder.

Refreshing. In the day and age that we live in with ‘free’ apps that truly are not free, I have to say this is refreshing to buy a game that has no micro transactions or cool down timers, energy, or long wait times. This game takes me back to my childhood playing the old city builders and just enjoying the gameplay without the annoying pay or time walls. This was an insta-buy for me, and so happy I did as it is what I have been wanting for some time. A game I could sit down and enjoy playing on my device that didn’t have all the typical micro transactions that I really wish was outlawed in the App Store. Thank you for the pleasure that is this game to play! For the record, I would be ok with expansions or additional content based on the current business model. Again, thank you for a wonderfully made game, I will continue to watch for more from this developer.

A great little city builder. Nice to see no in-app purchases or micro transactions. I got what I paid for and am happy with the price. I also look forward to seeing this progress with updates etc. Kudos to the developer for doing the right thing.

Great city builder. It’s no SimCity, but it’s a simple yet fun city builder. Sandbox is great fun to muck around planning your city, while the normal game has quests to build up and unlock your cities even further with new buildings and research. My only suggestion for improvement would be to be able to choose which type of house/business/industry from a range of styles for both standard and upgraded zones. Apart from that, it’s worth the investment.

Great mobile game. Amazing to see a dev building a game like his without constantly trying to get me to buy gems or something similar. Awesome game that has been hours of fun. Well worth the price!

Very good but..... This is a great sim city style game with no micro transactions unlike that other game. (Which will not be named) but the game chugs to a halt in the later stages of building and when a disaster occurs, granted this may be due to the settings I have, but this factor has somewhat let down the game as a whole. But don’t get me wrong, this is a good game

Very Good City game but.... I wish they added more customisable options for buildings and zones, like rotating and choosing what building it is (so you can pick the type of house/shop), other then that I think this is a very good city building game which us worth the $8.

Game I’ve been waiting for!. This is basically sim city but made for the iPhone! It’s amazing, basically super addicted at the moment and loving every moment of it!

The Title Sim City should have made but didn't.. Sim City is over rated, costs too much, and has lost the simplicity which made it so flexible for the users. Oh well, at least Pocket City stood up and made the game we all wanted. Nine cities in a region. Each can support the other. Offline so you can play totally free, no in app purchases, what more could you want?

Omg. This game is amazing, I absolutely love it, there are so many things to do, I would recommend playing worth the like 5 bucks 👍

Very fun at first. Please make things more challenging! There has been little resistance with me upping taxes and spamming banks. I’m sitting pretty on so much money that nothing poses a threat. The obelisks only add to this. It’s hard to say what would make things harder. Upping the price of land only slows expansion. More disasters could make building less fun. Perhaps more demanding citizens where they’ll move out if they live next to industrial or bad traffic to force decisions. Anyway, this is a fun game, but loses its challenge too quickly

No micro transactions. Thanks for not going with micro transactions, or go timers or any of the other money grabbing rubbish models used by game developers these days . Good game , Has the potential for greatness.

Great game. Excellent city building game that is of high quality - definitely worth the money. My only feedback is that it would be nice to have even bigger maps. Currently I've unlocked all possible tiles and it still feels small. More building variations as well?

Everything you loved from times past - without the microtransactions. Fantastic little game - well worth the money. Sim games like these are great to teach kids and just kill time. The developer has created a perfect mix of pacing, options and flexibility to make sure you have a great time. Buy it. You wont regret it.

This Game is Awesone. I enjoy playing city builder games but most “free” ones are blocked behind paywalls and Microtransactions, the game is worth the money for the next to no wait time

Enjoyable but Poor Performance. I have just purchased this game and am really enjoying casually building up the city, micro wait times allow you to play as long as you want. The only thing that is a problem for this game is the poor performance when you city builds up, I often get lag between moving around the map, zooming in and out is very laggy and when playing the game for a period of time it freezes occasionally. I am running this on an iPhone 12 Pro Max, so lag should not be an issue but really is. Would love to see an update fixing this.

Relaxing but easy. Nice game but after a couple of days I feel I’ve kind of mastered it and have a full city map on the hardest difficulty no problem. So although nice, hopefully some future updates will provide more to think about with some more possibilities :)

Amazing as it is. I sincerely hope developers don't change anything. The game is amazing as it is. Build your own city, enjoy watching things happen on their own, it's just heaps of fun for people who like casual city building. Definitely worth the price if developers don't add monetizing schemes like mmorpgs and stuff do.

FANTASTIC. This game was quite interesting and fun. I thoroughly enjoyed the challenges i faced whilst building my city. Particularly levelling up buildings, restructuring roads, and re evaluating the design of the city over and over which led to many hours of fun. The best part about the game is the once off payment, no micro transactions to upgrade or buy items. Although this is great, there is a slight downside that could potentially be updated. Once you get to master the game and buy up all the land, that’s it! The game is basically done for. There are no further maps to create a city beside your city. There’s no further upgrades. That’s where the game basically ends. I’m hitting level 87 atm > $15million > was >7000 population and to be honest the city literally continues to gain people and make money without me doing anything. Guys can we add more upgrades/challenges to the game and extend the map even further?! would be great

Like a dull microtransaction game without the microtransactions. A lot of the positive reviews of Pocket City talk about how great it is that it’s paid up front with no sneaky in-app purchases, and that is indeed a good thing. Problem is that the gameplay is still too much like those dull microtransaction games. Everything is based on arbitrary levelling up, rather than on building a well-designed city. Your choices of where to place things hardly matter because the simulation is so basic: build a dozen fire stations next to each other or spread them across the map... it doesn’t matter, either one works to satisfy the quest for 95% fire safety that levels you up. The economic model is broken: the game constantly expects you to build more shops than houses, which doesn’t make for a very realistic city. You earn so much tax money that you hit an arbitrary bank account limit within seconds, so money is never a limiting factor... unless the item you want to buy is more than your limit, in which case you have to wait until you level up and get a bigger bank account limit. SPOILER ALERT: you can easily level up by bulldozing then rebuilding the same block over and over and over and over and over... it’s not fun, but then again I didn’t find much opportunity for fun in this game.

Must buy!. No inapp purchase? Check! Simplicity? Check! Fun to play? Check! This is a must buy. Wish it had a tutorial on how to manage traffic and things like that but that’s a small thing compared to how well everything else plays. Thank you to the developer for making a game with no inapp purchases.

SO GOOD!!!. Finally a city building game where I don’t have to pay extra for everything! The graphics are great! LOVE IT!

HOT. I’m been playing this on an iPhone X v12.1.2 and it causes my phone to heat up significantly. I play other games which are much more intense and have no issues. I’ve deleted the app because it can’t be doing the phone any good. Am I the only one to experience this?!

Good game to play to waste time. Ever since you allowed the cities to be bigger the game has become even better as the cities have become flexible however there needs to be more upgrades to the infrastructures.

A basic Cities Skylines for iOS. Exactly what I expected and happy that I got it. Elements that make Cities Skylines popular are present here and fans will appreciate the effort here that is given whilst avoiding the micro transactions that plague such games on iOS.

Love it but. There’s a lot to love about the game, no in app purchases and it looks good. The thing that’s driving me nuts is the need for residential and commercial buildings are always so high that I’ve completely filled my map and nowhere to put any more. A few more challenges would be nice too!

Excellent game. I normally don’t write reviews for games, let alone play them or pay for them on my phone but I can say with certainty that this game was worth my money. It is engaging and there is no micro transactions which I love. You can tell this game has been made with love and the developer has put effort into making an enjoyable game.

better then sim city. I’ve always had a passionate hate for games that have heavy micros transactions and massive wait times. This was a refreshing new game that has me hooked. But there’s always room for improvements. It would be nice to have the option of putting pathways in and footbridges, it looks ugly and is an eyesaw when you have to connect a road to a park etc.

Great Game. I really like this game, it reminds me of the old simcity and simcity 2000 game play. But it runs into the same problem of those games, depth of game play after multiple cities. That said, having no in game purchases is great and I find my self returning to it after updates

It’s a relaxing game.. It’s basically like those micro transaction games, but because they don’t want money for XP or currency it’s paced better and more relaxing. I hope there is more like that. It’s not classic Simcity, but still fun.

No challenge!. This game is ridiculously easy. You can’t fail. Money comes in faster than you can spend it. You just build whatever it says. It’s probably impossible to fail. Disasters are toothless - you just click a rebuild button which you can always easily afford.

Best city game ever!. I downloaded and delete games constantly, and after reading the reviews for this game I took a chance and paid for it! And I don’t regret it at all! This is the best city building game I have ever played and I’ve played them all.. I’d even rate this higher than sim city, and I’m a die hard sims fan. Apart from a little lagging here and there (probably my phone, not the game) I can’t find any faults. I truly love it so much! Best game I’ve downloaded in a very very long time!!

FINALLY a great City Builder!. No micro transactions, wait times or credits to complete things! This is a pure city building game. Love it! Devs: please keep releasing content for this game! Keeping this game exciting would keep me playing forever. Love the simple design, beautiful graphics and enjoyable gameplay.

Fantastic!!! And no extra purchases!!. Brilliant little game. Fun and easy to understand with no stupid in-app purchases.

Has potential. The game at its core is fun although the mechanics and progression seem very basic and get old quick. I hope they plan on adding some more depth into the game. Please please please add a way to auto collect on already completed quests and maybe even consider having less quests in general, they become quite over bearing. Also shut Larry up too it gets annoying him popping up for a chat every time you want some more land, no one likes you Larry! All of that said the game is fun, I can see myself sinking many hours into this title & bonus points for having a flat fee option without micro transactions. Excited to see how this game gets updated in the future.

Good game. Great game and love there’s no in app purchases but I’ve purchased all the land and filled it all up. So now it’s kinda like what do I do now. Please make the map bigger

Great but Annoying. This great game is amazing, I’ve been hooked for about 30 minutes from purchase and I’ve ran into a couple of problems already, the residential areas have no way of being able to rotate buildings which makes your city look ugly. Other than that, game is pretty solid. $8 is kinda pushing it I’d say maybe the price should’ve been $4.99. Great game, addictive, creativity sparks in this game. PLEASE ADD ROTATING DEV PLS

Review update. Just found landscape mode so am adjusting my review! 5-star game all the way. Sit back and build/manage or get down into the weeds and optimize traffic flow

Such a hidden Gem. This game has so much charm! The sounds are as memorable as the age of empires Wololo.. please give this game the update it deserves, it’s only lacking more content. You can finish it in a week, but such a dope game

Great app and with a few more thing done it could be even better!. Having remembered what it was like to play SimCity (even when it used to be on iPhone), I’m really pleased with Pocket City! One thing I loved about SimCity that I’d love to see integrated here, was the socioeconomic zone differences based on the different aspects of the area - was very cool. Loved how the zones changed by themselves based on this too, the larger skyscrapers would automatically build when things were going well and vice versa. There were also larger and more impressive skyscrapers and stuff like that would be awesome to add here! Thanks developers! :)

Amazing. Well worth the money! Already addicted and can’t wait for new updates

Great game but percentages a little off. A great game to kill some time and no timers or waiting is wonderful. The required amount of hospitals, fire departments and commercial seems a little off though. I think the need for these should be less than the current numbers per population. Or make them upgradable to another level so that you can increase their capacity but not have to build anymore

Takes me back to the good old days. Really fun game reminiscent of sim city but with enough additions to make it feel fresh. A big thank you for not going down the freemium route. This work should be encouraged and supported. Well done to the developers.

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The best city builder. I can’t stop playing it. It’s really good. No ads. No microtransactions. Just a really solid game. Gotta love building an entire town and levelling up faster by summoning tornados and meteors while also having a block party 🥳

A delight. Loved this game. I download it because SimCity BuildIt was ridiculous, and I couldn’t be happier that I did. This game has had me playing for hours. It pays homage to what makes a city sim game great. I hope they release new expansions, I would buy them.

Super fun. Super fun game plZzzzzzz and freight trains🔥🔥🔥

Needs higher resolution graphics. The game itself is pretty good so far but the graphics are blurry on my iPhone 8+. They are really bad when you zoom in. Would expect this to be tack sharp just like UI is. Please update the textures/engine to allow got sharper in game graphics. Thanks.

game player. Good game and no IAP.

Lots of replay for a couple toonies. This game was featured in an apple category “city design” along with other SIMulation games, etc. This was the only game that didn’t “offer” micro transactions, meaning it was the only game I purchased. Like others, I regret nothing! I’ve been addicted all afternoon. Super fun and lots of replay-ability. Thanks!

Best Mobile Game. This is the best city simulation game out there. No ads OR in app purchases. 100% worth the $1 that you have to pay.

Fantastic, thoughtful, engrossing, beautiful. As the title says, the game is all these things. Buy it and have a ton of fun. Reach out to other players on social media for specialized tips and to show off your cities. I've been immersed in this for days, it's that good.

No micro transactions! Hallelujah!. Awesome game. I’d love to see a clone tool and the ability to speed up time to allow the user to speed up their city development.

Kinda boring. The actions you can do become tedious and boring

Fun game!. Fun game that eases you into the mechanics perfectly. Well designed and really appreciate no micro transactions (they’re the worse!). Kudos to the developers on a fun new take on the city building genre!

Love it. Nice relaxing play at your own pace game, pretty good strategy mechanics like traffic flow, pollution and city management like crime and fire fighting, access to schools and leisure activities, just an enjoyable relaxing experience, not nearly as intense as city skylines but definitely involves some preemptive planning! 4/5 stars because gameplay does seem to be getting a little repetitive, not as many landmarks / buildings / goods / services as I’d hope but they just released a second game that I’ll definitely have to check out! Hopefully some improvements made in that aspect, would even be willing to pay for dlc for bundles of new things to put in the city like city skylines does

Wow. De loin le meilleur de construction de ville auquel j’ai joué le fait qu’il n’ai pas de Micro transactions est génial

Love this game!. Easy enough for a small screen and hard enough to not lose interest! Graphics are cute and the sound effects are pretty asmr!

Buy this game, you won’t regret. I hate micro transactions, and had lost hope of finding a city building game where you don’t have to wait for every build or upgrade... but this game is perfect. It’s also clever, cute, and addictive. Enjoy!

Notch Cuts Off Content. This app does not adhere to apple’s design standards, has not been updated in 6 months (which still isn’t an excuse for not following updated design standards)… very disappointing and misleading photos, given there depict the game in a way that hides its incompatibility with design standards.

It’s aight. Wish there was more stuff, and we were able to make the city’s look the way we really want

Mediocre game. It’s not bad. If it didn’t make my device run warm, drain the battery fast and lag like crazy then it would be much better.

extremely glitchy. very glitchy navigating around the map and zooming in/out

Finally! An awesome game that won’t take all your money.. I love this game, it’s definitely addictive. A plus on this game is that you just buy the game once. It’s not like SIM city that wants you to pay for every single thing there is. This game, you just play it and enjoy! Great work on this game developers! :)

My opinion. So to be honest it’s a really good game I have played many before but this one takes the crown I love it so much disasters happen you get aid money and rebuild it all it’s super eazy to level up in if I had one bad thing to say is that you level up really fast but also thanks for the sandbox mode ;)

Fun and addictive game. If you have time to kill and like addictive games, buy it! It’s worth it

Great casual game!. I like how this game is simple and fun. It keeps me going for hours. I had lots of fun trying to improve traffic in my cities. The other cities in the same region are a great way to explore new ideas and get creative: you already have the buildings and you have more money coming in, so you can play differently with the zones and even try to recreate the city that you live in. I loved the jokes in the citizens balloons 😂 also love the Canadian references. Thanks for the game, it is fun, engaging and no buggy at all.

Perfect. The couch game I was looking for. I would have paid 20$ for this game. Let’s end the free to play era.

Hope for Mobile gaming. Certainly dumbed down from Sim City and Skylines, but it’s a pretty good mobile experience with no microtransactions. Considering the current state of mobile gaming, you can sure do a lot worse.

Super relaxing and fun to play.. Love this little city in my pocket!

Crazy addicting. What an incredible game! Only $4, thats it, no in app purchases, no ads, just pure unadulterated game play. No glitches, nothing holding you back from having pure construction bliss! What a game.

New iPhone Support. This game is good! I enjoy it a lot! When i updated my phone however from an iPhone 8-11. The notch at the top of the screen gets in the way of the info at the top of the screen. If this could be fixed so newer iPhone users can enjoy the game it would be amazing!

Really fun but needs work. Really fun but it’s stuck on landscape only mode on iPad. Makes no sense why… very fun otherwise and not micro transaction based.

Fun. Game is pretty fun, simple. My only complaint is it feels very short, I’ve already built on most of the available land. It’s been less than 24 hours.

So much fun and no in app purchases!. Title basically says it all, game is a blast, it’s simple and intuitive to control, the visuals are pleasant and best of all, NO MICROTRANSACTIONS 6/5 stars

Get boring quick. Funny in the first hours, but after that it become repetitive and to easy. Even at harder difficulty you overflow with cash to buy the same structure again and again. No chalenge.

Just...one...more...zone!. No “pay to win”. Easy to play. If you like city simulation, buy it! For a challenge, let disasters wreak havoc or, just relax in sandbox mode. Love it. Highly recommended!

Great Game!. The fact that there are no micro transactions is such a breath of fresh air. Reminds me of the 2012 Sims City... overall a great game.

Fun game, but far too easy and unbalanced.. I've "finished" this game twice now, once on "casual" mode and once on "expert" mode. At both difficulty levels the game is very unbalanced, and far too easy, to the point of it all becoming a rather rote exercise without much of any challenge. In fact, the game just gets easier and easier as it goes on, when really it should be the opposite. Transportation is possibly the only challenging part, but methods of transportation that are introduced early on in the game, such as rail lines and highways, are made completely unnecessary later on as policies are introduced. As you progress up levels, you gain points to put towards "policies", which are various upgrades to your city.. but the policies are far too powerful, allowing you to easily accumulate money, lower pollution levels, increase the population happiness, and lots of other things, which removes most of the challenge. As you progress you also get access to better buildings (that, for example, don't cause pollution), building upgrades, new transportation methods, and zone upgrades, all of which make the game easier than it was in the earlier levels. One example is the building upgrades: initially crime is a problem, and you have to strategically place police stations, which is great. But after you have access to upgrade the police stations, it seems like a couple stations are enough to police the entire map, so crime becomes a non-issue entirely. That's no fun! Even the "disasters" that affect the city aren't even a problem.. a tornado will wipe out part of your city, but with one click (and a bit of cash) everything just gets re-built exactly as it was before, so what's the point, exactly? There's a variety of weird balancing problems too; for instance, as my city progressed, it always recommended more and more commercial zones, which were impossible to satisfy (though it didn't seem to make much of a difference anyhow). Recreation demands also seem nearly impossible to fully satisfy, which affects the population's happiness, but again, there are policies to negate that later on. It's a good-looking and relaxing game, and it’s so refreshing to play a game without ads and micro transactions. But a challenging city-builder it definitely is not, and it's unfortunate, because there's so much potential here. As it is, though, i only bought it a couple days ago, have already “beaten” it twice, and now I don't really have any incentive to play it again or expand my cities to other regions. I see that Pocket City 2 is in development, so I'm looking forward to seeing what is in store for the sequel.. hopefully it can add in some additional complexity to keep me coming back for more.

Fun but easy and simplistic. Not expansive, no micro transactions, fun, kind of addictive but very simple and a bit repetitive. Still enjoyable as a phone game to pick up when waiting or stuck somewhere.

Worth it, great game!!. Definitely worth it! So much fun and very addictive!

Awesome game. One suggestion to make the game even better, make every road able to create a circuit for your electrical grid

Constant crashes. Maybe its just my phone but, everytime i try to place a building down, the game just crashes. Maybe its because i have an iphone 7 but idk

The best city building game. This game is very addictive and fun, you guys should add rotate button, polices in sandbox mode, and bigger maps options. Other than that it’s sooooo fun well worth my money

Really satisfying city builder. This game may not be the most complex city builder, but for a phone game with no micro-transactions, it stands out as one of the better games out there. With fairly simple controls, ui, and gameplay, picking this game up is easy, but the amount of content makes it hard to put down. As well, the natural disasters that can occur help spruce up the gameplay, while offering the ability to instantly repair all the damage done, making it not nearly as irritating as it could be.

Great!. I used to love the early Sim City games, this totally plays like them. Tons of hours of fun, no micro-transactions, no ads. It’s SIM City the way it should be. Enjoy!

Addicting, like really addicting.. For Christmas I had gotten an iPod touch and an App Store gift card. I was looking through the top paid games, found this, and decided to give it a spin after seeing No Micro-transactions. Played it for a while, and I would like to say, HOLY GUACAMOLE, THIS GAME IS FUN! I love all the things to build, characters and quests to do, and the events! Rating 4 stars only because it can get a bit repetitive, but still an amazing game! My city code is 5bvt if you want to download it.

Valuable game. I’ve had it for a while now and wish more games were as fun to play. Every time you play it’s a new game. Pay once heaven. No ads, no subscription, no jewels to buy. Great game and no technical issues on my end

WOW 🤩. this is the best game I have ever played in my life I hope to see great updates in the future and more games by you

Suspicious copying from clipboard. I’ve been really enjoying this game, but when I opened it up last it copied what I had pasted from Safari. There isn’t really any reason for the game to do this, so it makes me a bit wary.

Good but glitchy. I would enjoy this game a lot more if it weren’t so slow and glitchy. And by slow, I don’t mean the pace of the game, I mean the way the screen freezes after I try to move to another location, etc. And the fact that I paid money for this just makes the whole experience that more frustrating! No thanks. Not worth it.

Good Game. Can u guys add a rotation button please thx u

Not bad but.... I love city building games, and this one started out great. It plays well and the maps are nicely varied. However there is a very limited amount of variation in the game, and repeat play looses fun quickly.

Greatest city building game. I’ve been looking for years for a city building game on the app store that isn’t pay to win. I never reviewed an app before but this deserves all the praise it can get. If any developers are reading this, please keep working on this game, it’s super great and I know it’s got potential. No ads, no scam, no gimmick just a real fun game that gets addictive

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Continues to support app without micro-transactions. Other apps such as Sim City, TheoTown, and Bit City could all learn a thing or two from the developer and creator of Pocket City. I’m tired and bored of games with micro-transactions. When I check the in-app purchases, as soon as I see “pocket full, chest full, or gems,” I’m immediately turned off. I refuse to download or support such devious schemes with only a cash-grab in mind. Pocket City is an honest game clearly developed by someone with a passion to share his vision and enthusiasm with fellow gamers. This app was made with love and I wish more games on the App Store followed suit.

Has most of what made the original Sim City good. If, like me, you’re a much bigger fan of the original Sim City than you are it’s equals, you’ll love this game. The interface could use a little bit of work (you have to do repetitive actions too many times), but it captures the interplay between all the things you can do, while still being simple to play. Complex games, (where each action has multiple consequences, and there are many ways to get where you want), are rich and rewarding. Complicated games, like pretty much all the Sim City sequels, are painful. This one is a good one. Well worth the money.

ADDICTING. I enjoy games like this. I was pleasantly surprised that once purchased, there’s not a bazillion reasons to try and get you to pay $ to level up. You just play WITH NO ADS, no purchases, just playing! It’s wonderful. I have restarted a new city multiple times (challenging myself) to achieve 100% in all areas. I work all day, playing this game relaxes me and I am so glad I found it. I understand it may not suit everyone but personally, I find it addicting and end up playing for hours. If this company has other games that are similar I would love to know more. Thank you!

This game is awesome!. I just want to say that I love this game a lot and could play it endlessly :) if you pay close attention to the citizens happiness, the traffic congestion, etc then there’s no possible way to run out of ways to improve your city! And if you are really that bored then just start another city:) It is totally worth the buy! For the developer: I was thinking about how to help with traffic congestion and thought about the use of roundabouts. In real life, towns have been adding roundabouts to help traffic move a little smoother. Maybe that could be something to add in the future :) keep up the good work! Your app is lovely😁

Not as Broken as I thought. Bought this because it app of the day. It is hopelessly broken. If you play on hard, once you get to level 27, money stops. No matter what you do, no more money. Well, except for endless fireworks displays. Since the fireworks display event is also broken, you can keep hitting it repeatedly to level up and many levels give you more money. Casual level is just a battery drainer. It’s not that it’s too easy, it’s that there is no challenge at all. Just watch the city grow. Hard is broken, but at least it was challenging until level 27. Pass on this one. UPDATE: Yes, as pointed out, the income stopped because my town hall was destroyed. My fault for not noticing. The notice could be a bit bigger but other than that, once I built it back, things started working again. There is still a bug with the fireworks though. If you don’t have a townhall, you can put on as many fireworks shows as you want. This get you experience points and at some levels, you get cash when your city levels up. All in all it is not a bad game. I DO LOVE that there are no micro transactions, thank you.

Great, fun game, but I wish there was more!. I fell in love with a PC game called Cities:Skylines and that is what got me hooked on city sim games. It was incredibly complex, and I think that it's good that this game is simpler than that, but I also think that more would be great. I played 5 hours and reached level 96, and there is basically nothing left to do. I am basically relying on events to get to level 99 so I can do a space launch. In-app purchases for expansions would even be fine! I hate in app currency purchases, but a bigger map or more zone upgrades would be great! I could make another city, but maybe a commerce system for trading between cities would be cool too! All that said, I do love this game.

Great Game!. I’ve been playing this game since it was released, and so far, it has been very fun. There is so much to do, and so many ways to make your city look special. The gameplay is diverse and addicting, but there are a few flaws that I have taken note of. First of all, the income comes in so fast that you almost never have to worry about money. Some may think that this is a good thing, but I am worried that it will make the game boring after a few days of gameplay. Secondly, the rate at which your city grows is extremely fast. One way that this can be fixed is by making the construction time longer on buildings or by making the income slower. Overall, it has been a blast and I can’t wait to see what is to come.

Great game, wish there was more end game. Starting out it’s an interesting game play loop of balancing resources to buying out the rest of the map. On the harder difficulties it can get quite challenging although you learn fast how to balance taxes with your building scheme. Unfortunately at some point even on extreme difficulty the game does have a drop off where it starts to feel like easy mode before the “final buildings/upgrades” of the game. I honestly wish there were more structures in the millions of dollars rather than capped out at around a 100 thousand. The core gameplay mechanic of the game is good, just wish there was more to do once you have mastered this mechanic.

Refreshingly great game!. In a world of In-app purchases, pay to unlock, pay to speed up and arbitrary gems and coins, it’s SO nice to have found a fun, casual, well-paced city building game without all the paywall nonsense. I started the game last night and smoothly progressed through 50 levels without growing frustrated or having to wait 6 hours for a building to be built. Don’t let the fun and simple graphics fool you, there’s a deep layer of controls in place akin to Sim City. You control your taxes, toggle maps to see where you need to improve, land management functions, etc. The quests keep things interesting while not intrusively forcing you to complete them. An all around fun game to play for 5 minutes or 5 hours. Get it.

Decent and fun. I like this game. I can actually build a whole city without having to spend more money. I can go two days without playing it and it doesn't harass me with notifications. It's just available when I need it. I don't have to concentrate too hard to play it either; I can just let my mind relax which is helpful to my anxiety. I just wish, now that I've had it for awhile, that there were some new things. Maybe make the stores specific, instead of just "community" areas, maybe specify that they need a grocery store, electronics store, clothing store, etc. Instead of just one school, maybe divide it into two buildings, elementary and secondary. Maybe a library? Museum? Race track? Ice cream parlor?

Amazing game!. I genuinely never wrote reviews for apps. This game/app was so amazing that I had to! I LOVE the fact that there are no in-app purchases. I miss that from back when the App Store first was released. The attention to detail is astounding. The little bits of dialogue that appear from the characters on the street adds a nice touch to the game. The progression is quick, but not too quick. It’s just enough to make me want to keep going. Look, I’m one of those types of people to pay for an app, play with it for a few days, and then delete it off my phone. This time, I’m keeping it. 😎 I haven’t done this since games like Fieldrunners, Enigmo, or Motion X Poker. Totally worth the $5! Thank you! -Justin

A game worth the cost. Here’s the deal, this game (as of right now) is $3.99. You’ve gotta ask yourself, what does the world have to offer you for $3.99? A coffee? A gallon of gas? Half a lunch? For $3.99 I don’t expect to much, but this game delivers more than I’d expect for a small amount of money. Will you find yourself playing this for weeks on end? Probably not. Will you never get bored of this game? You probably will. But, for at least a few days, this game keeps you engaged and wanting more and more. I played for hours and hours day one followed by an hour or so everyday for the first week. Now I just check in and do this and that as for the most part I’ve “beat” the game. This game doesn’t ask you to spend more money via micro transactions time and time again. For $3.99 it gives you everything it’s got. If you’re flipping through these reviews over and over again trying to decide if this is worth the $3.99 they are asking for like I did before finally pulling the trigger. Go ahead and do yourself a favor, stop wasting your time thinking about it and buy it. It’s worth it.

Well worth the $4~ asking price. Good actual game. No in app purchases that I’ve seen. I was skeptical for 4 dollars but it is actually one of the best city building games I’ve ever played on mobile. I’ve got insanely tired of every game being about waiting for timers or spending more money every day. This is like an indie steam game. About opposite of most other games on the App Store. It’s got good controls for mobile, I just wish the feature set was a little more filled out. No water line management, subway, etc. Hopefully some more in depth features will be added in the future or in a sequel.

Wow. Welp I’m just gonna day I don’t review often, but this game amazed me. I love the extremely short build times that allows you to grow your city to a decent sized metropolis in just one afternoon. I was reluctant to buy it because it was 2 dollars, but playing I could see it being more. The overall premise is simple that allows you to get the game, spend maybe 5 minutes learning the tutorial, and then take that and grow it exponentially. I’ve had the game for maybe 3 days now and I’ve almost maxed out my first city. If you are reading this and you have an extra 2$ ( don’t know why you wouldn’t) I highly recommend this game.

Best Mobile City Sim. No contest.. I paid less than five dollars for this game when it released. At the time it was the nicest, least grindy, most intuitive, most complete city simulator on the market that wasn’t either way expensive, or overrun with microtransactions. Since that time it has only gotten better, the developer is not only continuously adding more content completely free of additional charge, but doing so without adding any cost to the base game. On top of that, the developer is regularly active in the Pocket City subreddit and actively responds to bugs and suggestions posted there. I would recommend this game to anyone who has ever enjoyed a city sim game, and would buy it multiple times myself if I could.

Great game but needs lots more features. An excellent city simulator that harkens back to the days of SimCity. And the buy-once model is a refreshing change (no in app purchases! Thank you!). That being said, the game gets boring after you’ve built on all available land. The tasks slow down substantially after level 80 or so and you’re stuck waiting around for new tasks. Most of which are boring (hunt around for a character doing a certain thing). The gameplay also grows stagnant. Why don’t zones get continuously denser as population increases and land gets scarce? Where is the feedback on how well our mass transit is doing (not just a map of traffic… let’s see hard numbers on how man riders etc). The game quickly becomes a matter of just balancing the budget (but sometimes there’s nothing you can really do but raise taxes and chase off a third of your population). The budget is very much feast or famine… either you’ll be raking in huge piles of cash (and have nothing to spend it on), or losing it all rapidly. All in all a fun game but the developer needs to work on making the game more robust as the levels increase. Currently it’s superficially fun but that wears off rather fast.

Pretty good app, still some improvements. Hey! I have played this game twice, maxing out each city on beginner. From first impressions, the dialogues can become a nuisance such as the quests(which do have a skip button) and the prompt that comes up when buying land. I would like to see an option in the setting to disable the prompts from showing up. My second suggestion would be to have more land or more upgrades. I ran into an issue in my last city on beginner where the only way to get past lvl 76 was to place buildings and delete them for XP or trigger the storms, which will take a while to get to lvl100 Finally, this suggestion sort of ties into the last one, but would it be possible to have more land, for example and buying 100% of the original land, you can spend 1 million to buy an expansion, then spend the normal 300k to expand. However this may cause processing issues as once you max out your original land lag spikes start to happen. Anyways, it’s very well made, would definitely recommend spending the money to buy this game.

hm. well I want to start off by saying this game is very fun but I have the same issue with this game as I did with rebuild 3 and that is that it gets boring fast, too fast. I know games deteriorate in enjoyability after a while but I’ve only had it for about a week and this game costed money! the leveling system is well done and feels nice and that’s what I praise most about this game, which should be saying a lot. the worst thing about this game is the random disasters, now I like this feature so things remain interesting but when stuff gets destroyed you should be able to tell what got destroyed so you can easily replace it and move on. I shouldn’t have to memorize my whole city’s tile set to prepare for disasters 24/7. this game is good, but so much more can be done and I expect a lot more from a building game in 2018.

1 achilles heel rendering this game unplayable. when I first opened this game I was pretty impressed by it. it's pretty and it's smooth to play but then I found a major issue with this game: It does not run in background or when afk. The whole point of simulation is to see how things run over time without actually having to see every second of it. but there is no speed up, and since the game doesn't run in background you literally have to have the app open staring at essentially nothing and wait for money to go up so you can keep building. if you play sandbox mode with unlimited money then well... there is just no point in playing at all. The fact this game doesn't allow city to keep running when app is off makes this game unplayable. imaging waiting for 2-3 minutes just so you can build 1 single unit housing.

Love it but 1 issue. I love this city builder. No micro transactions that have ruined the freemium genre. Some complain about the zoning & the lack of building variety but I think the simplicity works better. I’ll agree with other reviewers that the map is small but I don’t consider it a deal breaker. Only 1 real major complaint that I’ve seen in other reviews is the game does lag after city starts to become decent size & you gain levels. It is very noticeable after you have unlocked a lot of buildings & start projects. Even 1 building project can severely increase lag & occasionally crash. It doesn’t make it unplayable as I’ve seen in some games but it is irritating

The BEST game you could imagine. This game is so perfect for people who are creative and like strategy. The fact that you actually have to supply power, water, and houses to people makes it feel so real. I love that you can build anywhere you want and make your city however you’d like it. There are some things that I feel could be added though. Maybe add some skyscrapers and monuments that are big and that really stand out. Also you guys could maybe add an amusement park. I think some better decorations for the city would be nice too like different shades of trees and stuff and more stuff in leisure, fun, and outdoors :) The game is amazing though and I’ll never get bored if it tbh

Fun! But. I really enjoy this game as it offers lot of opportunities to build and design your own little city. Once you pay for the app there are no other micro transactions which is phenomenal! I would however like to see more constant updates and additions to the game: perhaps like seasons, more land purchases, added challenges, more terrains, colonies, or something. This is a solid game but I was able to reach level 110 in under like 5 days of playing. I’m not saying make the game more difficult but rather continue to support the app and make changes and additions. Hope to see it

Classic City Builder With No IAP and No Timers!!!. Finally, a city builder on iPad with no IAP or timers! This is an homage to the classic city-building games so many of us grew up with and loved. My first impressions are very positive. Gameplay has been streamlined a bit for mobile and it’s perhaps not as deep as some city builders on PC (no separate infrastructure for power lines and water pipes for instance) but I can live with that because the city-building experience is spot on! The aesthetic feels current and deliberate, opting for a modern “flat graphic” style instead of going with something more like the games of the past that would end up feeling more dated today. Also, the game DOES support landscape orientation but you have to enable that from the settings menu. I also appreciate the ability to customize performance to reduce battery usage and improve performance on older devices. It’s clear the developers love the genre and have put a lot of thought and care into the title. I bought this on pre-order because I wanted to support developers who believed in premium apps with no IAP or timers. I’m recommending it because it’s fun and scratches my city-building itch very nicely.

Great but repetitive. Pocket City is a great city building game, taking aspects from the PC version of Sim City. Although the game costs $5, it’s worth it, due to leaving out in-app purchases, something that has ruined much of the genre by making it pay to play. The only thing I would complain about is the repetitiveness. The gameplay, even when not on sandbox mode, tends to get very repetitive and somewhat boring. You quickly reach a point of making thousands a second, making money, little of an issue and leveling up is fairly easy. Although it has these issues, the game is a true interpretation of what a city building game should be and has potential to become an even better game.

This is one of the best games I’ve ever spent money on!. I seriously can’t say enough good things about this game. It’s FUN!! The economic dynamics aren’t too terribly complicated and the way they ease you into things with the quests is just perfect! It’s the perfect pace and not too overwhelming while keeping the game stimulating and fun. And then once you get the hang of it, it’s even more addicting! There are a few game elements I still don’t have a solid grasp of (highways, and sky railways, for example) but it’s not enough to dampen the fun. I LOVE. THIS. GAME. A huge thank you to the developers. I actually came here to see what else they’ve made so I can throw more money at them. I am so grateful that pay-once-and-play games still exist on mobile!

Great game, simple. One extreme issue.. Huge issue with the game heating up my iPad while playing, a few minutes pass where the heat becomes noticeable. Can you fix that? So far I have gotten to where I can use the extra zone textiles. I hope there will be more added to this game, it is lacking some of the variety of structure in building a city, also be having to figure out how you set up sections of highway since power or water does not run with it. It is alright since it doesn’t have ads and no iap. But I can tell that you might spend time to make a city if you are a beginner, but you tend to get the ball rolling fast if you had to deal with sim city build it for a while. So I hope they add more to it.

❤️❤️❤️❤️. Pocket City is amazing. That’s for sure. I love the new regions, and building on islands is so much fun. Policies are cool too. This upgrade really added to the game. But no matter what it’s great. Building cities, completing tasks, AND without the usual pay to play thing in these games. A must have for all future architects! One little thing that bothers me is that everything needs a road to have electricity because then I have to circle roads around my pretend private beach homes and act like it wouldn’t be a horrible way to live. Maybe we could add some road-less WiFi towers? The game’s still awesome, this is just a suggestion. Don’t let my review stop anyone from getting it. Just pitching a few made on the spot ideas. Super game!

Great game for 2 bucks. No micro transactions. Great game could use some more efforts in animation but style and gameplay is very good. Thought more buildings and a much bigger area to build a city. Also maybe add in a way to rotate certain buildings. Also money feels way to easy to make and the progress of the game is a bit fast. Maybe make certain things take more time. Other than that wonder building game. Update after a few hours of play time. Needs more land and much bigger area to build a city much much bigger. But other than that good game. To many mini quest though. Like put 5 of these down and then bam xp. Kind of lame. Also the sky train thing is so counter active it hurts more than helps.

Worth the money. This game caught my eye when it was available for pre-order and I got it, instantly fell in love with it. Amazing game w/ no IAP but of course with every game there are some minor bugs. One bug is when I go to zoom in it zooms in all the way and when I zoom out it zooms out all the way. Others aren’t as frequent but sometimes happen. Other than that there is nothing else wrong with it except the crimes and fires are a bit repetitive, for example whenever there is a mugging it happens in the same place, I cannot wait to see what the developer brings to this game!

Amazing, Fun, and easy to understand.. This game is well worth the prize of admission. I don’t like buying mobile games and I don’t play them much, but this game is fantastic. It’s easy to get into and not overly complicated. I grew up with SimCity back in the SNES days and current games like City Skyline. This game gave me nostalgia. The upgrade system or unlocks are pretty Easy and take time. Gives you the sense of accomplishment. I play it on Hard mode due to Casual is really easy and you can expand the city fast. I like a little challenge and micro management of my money. Anyways, enough ramble. Buy this game if you like Strategy and SimCity style gameplay. 10 stars is how much I enjoy this game.

LOVE IT!!. I love this game!! If you’re a fan of building cities from scratch, this is THE game for you, hands down. I appreciate there are no ads or hard sells to spend money just to level up game play. In fact, no money is needed at all which helps make it more fun. My only gripe is I dislike the volcanos/natural disasters. They happen too frequently and become more of a nuisance, since you have to stop whatever you’re doing and push a button just to rebuild everything that was destroyed. Now a suggestion: I’ve started building mansions and estates more than just clusters of buildings. How about some pools, tennis courts, or other high end items that could add to creating million dollar properties? Thanks!

No penny-pinching. I never write reviews. But this game is SUCH a breath of fresh air that I can’t not say something. I love Sim City type games, so this one fit the bill PERFECTLY. But even better: NO MICRO-TRANSACTIONS. I couldn’t believe it! It’s actually a game in which I pay money upfront, and get the full thing, without being locked behind insane time barriers and confusing in-game currencies. The free to play model is absolutely awful, and these devs know it. I’m so sick and tired of all these other games that give me no choice but to pay in order to, you know, PLAY their game. If Pocket City was double in price I’d absolutely give it to them. Great game, great dev time, and great profit model. Other devs: take note. We notice things like this.

Really great and addicting. I love this game and was instantly hooked on it. It was well worth the money as well simplify for the fact that there are no in app purchases or annoying ads. How ever the only reason why it isn’t a 5/5 for me is because the to me it seems like the map is too small. If you are like me and bored for a day and spend a couple hours playing this you will have the entire map filled up pretty quickly and have no more room to build locations which haven’t been unlocked yet. I also feel like there could be a bigger variety of buildings to make. There is enough for the game to be worth the money already and I may be too critical but, I feel a map expansion and more buildings would really go a long way.

I’m obsessed. From the moment I downloaded till I went to sleep I didn’t stop playing. I reached level 89 and I was mostly done. I love this game, however if you let me complain a bit, I would like the space to be a bit more bigger. I know in SimCity it had this type of map too but I wish it could get bigger. I want to have more population, I also want to grant the demands for more commercial areas or industrials, but I can’t just demolish what I have built. Another thing is the money, I love getting a lot of money but it gets to a point that I don’t have anything to use it on, and I just keep getting more money. Apart from that, I really love the game. I have recommended to everyone I know.

Great game, can improve more. The game has been great to play and overall fun. However, there seems to be a couple of things that need fixing such as lag, the music stops after some time on a menu, and it also needs more customization options. I would like to see the ability to place anything facing the way I want as opposed to them having their own direction. All things aside, it is a good game and for the most part it seems to be well polished and for the price it is one could even dismiss the issues it has because it is not like you are paying a lot to play it.

Buy Now!. This is a great app! Love it! I absolutely am down with a one time fee to play the whole game instead of eventually being forced to put more and more and MORE money into the game! Totally worth the $2.99! Improvements: I have an iPhone X and this game drains my battery like crazy and my phone get really really really warm! Please address this issue I have all the graphics setting set to high but my phone should not be getting that warm I’ve played other graphic intensive games on my phone and it never got as warm as with this game! On the same not do not let this stop you from buying this app! I play the game just fine and am totally enjoying it! 😁

Worth the Money. First time I have been happy with spending money for a game. You pay for it and you get to play. There’s no other quirks waiting to surprise you. I have gotten sucked into this game for hours and last time I checked I was level 32 or so. It’s fun and has you think about what you’re doing. Also has a bit different type of graphics. In the settings you can choose how intense you want them to be which is great. I love the events and natural disasters. It’s nice you get to rebuild afterwards without it costing you. You should give this game a chance if you are into these types. It wont let you down.

This is what I’ve always wanted. This was an easy sell for me, the second I saw no in-app purchase I knew I had to get this game. I’ve always been a fan of city builders/simulations but having to fork over real cash to advance or wait AGES to get anything done made them hard to enjoy after awhile. The fact is that I can sit and play this game for hours straight is fantastic, with each city I built i kept figuring out ways to up efficiency and strategy. The only negative I can say is that I wish the quests were a bit more varied as you build more cities. By doing the same ones it can get a bit predictable but on the flip side that can help in terms of city set up when you know what is coming, so it can make for a better set up city in the end. I hope to see more updates in the future that expand game play, that is my biggest hope for this game! Overall, it’s worth the money, highly recommend! (P.s. definitely take a few seconds to zoom in and read what some of the people say, it’s hilarious!)

Could have been a 5 star game. This is a fun game but the fact that you have to build and bulldoze the same building dozens of times until you get the right size building you need has ruined the game for me. The developer could have easily made building type selectable, rather than it being random chance and an enormous time sink. There is no reason to spend 15 minutes crafting and destroying the same building over and over and over and over again until you happen to get the right one. This takes what is sold as a game with no wait times and replaced the wait times with a giant time waste when building. Can you play the game with whatever random building happens to show up? Sure, but you will never reach your goals.

Overall Enjoyable Sim City Game. Its hard to compare this game to Sim City (the game it was obviously created to compete with) however it managed to give me something to do for about a week before I managed to unlock everything on the hardest difficulty. One very strange thing about this title is that most of the buildings effect overall satisfaction to zones even though they aren’t even placed in the area. Schools and Universities Fire Departments, Police Stations, Hospitals and recreational buildings all work that way. In fact.. the only things that seem to matter where you put them is the Pollution and Traffic Control buildings.

Replaced my MiniMetro Addiction!!. I’ve literally played Mini Metro for years! Pocket City has been a life saver and mixed up my game play. It’s so relaxing and rewarding - ABSOLUTELY LOVE no in game purchases!!! I do have a gameplay wishlist though! (1) make highway bridges instead of just road bridges. (2) Add in boats/plains/trains that serve a purpose in transporting goods/people/etc. (3) Give ability to visit other user cities. (4) Add more levels, challenges, story lines for levels after 200. (5) Give better insight on what controls/increases/lowers things such as zone upkeep, etc. Overall an absolutely phenomenal game that I’m sure I’ll continue to play for a very long time to come!

Would rate 11/10!. You've heard of SimCity BuildIt. It is a really great game, but with two MAJOR flaws. #1: It's by EA. And anything by EA usually means you need to spend real money to get good at the game. #2: It needs internet connection, so you can't really play anywhere. Pocket City solves both these problems! First of all, there are no in-app purchases. Also, you can play offline! There are so many things you can build, like a park, hospital, and school. Plus, you can even destroy your creations with natural disasters! Luckily, you can rebuild it easily (if you have the money. I do have a suggestion though: a day-night cycle. I would LOVE to see a big city at night! Sorry for the long review, but it really is a great game, and it's only $3.99!

Limited upgrades. I bought this game based off the reviews and I have to say for the price I expected a little more. The game feels very incomplete, unable to control the actual buildings you put in. You just define a zone as residential or commercial or industrial and the games throws in some nice looking buildings and some super ugly buildings. I’m also amazed that there is no rotation of the map, that or I have been unsuccessful and finding out how to rotate the map. Speaking of rotating you also cannot rotate buildings you just build them... I’d advise anyone who like city building games to save their money, this one is not worth it. As for my title of limited upgrades I am disappointed that you can’t upgrade residential buildings to skyscrapers. I like creating zones, having a “city” with downtown area and then a suburb or even a rural area... maybe updates will come but I’m not holding my breath.

AMAZING. Okay, I’ve only played for about 30 minutes and I already love the game. It’s not like the other games that make you wait HOURS or DAYS for a house to finish building . No, it takes NOT EVEN TEN seconds to build a house. I’m astonished at the fact that there are no ads, you don’t have to buy ANYTHING with real money (besides the game), and the citizens have short conversations which I think is pretty cool. One of the citizens said, “I hope no one finds this body” or something like that. Anyway, this game is DEFINITELY worth the purchase and I swear you will not regret it. You also get an option for sandbox mode which basically just means you get to do whatever you want without having to unlock it.

Great app, but basic and buggy. Worth the money. Has lots of variety and different modes, but lacks precise controls, and there are a multitude of bugs. When you zoom out, no matter the quality, sometimes skyroads go in front of buildings, basically the render order is ignored, and the town hall changes colors to the default. Traffic is illogical, and goes down empty roads to nowhere. The traffic map is red in areas of no cars and green in areas where traffic is heavy, and inconsistant in general. I’ve experienced water pump issues too, but I’m not sure about the root cause. If you can overlook the simplicity of the game and a few bugs, it is a great city simulator.

Fun game for about 4-5 hours. This is a fun game for about 4-5 hours then you hit a ceiling and the only way to expand is build the same building over and over again. Unlike sim city where you have coverage areas for crime, health, fire in this you could build all fire departments in one area and your fire safety still goes up which is stupid. Buildings dont evolve aside from one zoning upgrade. Even if demand for commercial goes through the roof buildings stay the exact same size. I consulted reddit page and discovered basically you get capped and cant expand further without bizarre hacks like building 20 pyramids in a row?! Stupid. All in all its a fun game for about 4-5 hours until you realize there is no strategic depth. Other sim games are pure cash grabs so im still looking for a good solution.

Wonderful!. It is wonderful because... Money: It is easy to get money because you can set the taxes, and the taxes come in quickly. You can also choose to play with unlimited money. Buildings: It is easy to set the zones by dragging your fingers and the buildings then come up very quickly. You can upgrade zones to increase density. You can also tap a button while on a special building to create multiple buildings Roads: It is easy to set out the roads. You can also build highways, train tracks, and bus depots and bus stops. You can zoom in to see cars and where the traffic is. Comments: The residents of your city make informative and funny comments! Land: On regular mode you must buy land to keep expanding your city. The cost of land is achievable and you can expand quickly. On sandbox mode, all land is available from the start. In-app purchases: There are NONE! The best part about this game is that you pay a small amount up front, and then can actually enjoy it without being forced to spend your real-life money. GET. THIS. APP.

I’m a little disappointed..... I was really excited about this game with all the great reviews. If I’m wrong correct me but so far I haven’t found a way to move things around without having to totally destroy them...which is annoying and kind of makes me not want to play it. I feel like I spent 4 dollars on a game that is extremely limited and I’d like to be able to personalize it more. I’m going to keep the game on my phone and try to be open minded and maybe hope for an update that fixes this. Just add a way to move things and a way to be more creative while playing and I’ll be super happy and I bet more people will love this game and download it. The idea is good and I like it just wish there was more room for creativity it’s a bit too cut and dry.

One of THE best city sim’s on the market!. For a $3 game, WOW! A great amount of content, amazing visuals, nice voice acting and sound effects, ugh just so good. i look forward to seeing what the Devs add ! i really wish we were able to rotate buildings, sometimes it just looks a bit odd. but i understand that would require 3 more diff sprites for each building, which may not seem like much, but it’s a good amount of work especially with the quality visuals this game has. The road and traffic mechanic is very well done, i mean i spent 5 hours binge playing it yesterday and by the time i realized it- my whole day was gone! worth the buy. Fantastic City Simulator.

Good game but could be better. Good game but could be better. This is the best city building game out there that does not require waiting or in app purchases. That alone makes the game good and worth getting. You then add in the quests, events, and other cool unique things in the game like looking for a person doing yoga. Lol. It becomes really fun. With that being said. I knew what the graphics looked like when I got it but really wish they would be a little better and actually 3d. Allowing you to zoom in and out and rotate the city. I also would like to see being able to select different building types. ie different themes of residential buildings. I still have no regrets getting the game and think its worth it. Hopefully the developers continue to add new content and grow the game.