# City Island 5: Building Sim — user reviews > 1,258 indexed App Store user reviews of City Island 5 by Sparkling Society Games B.V., rated 4.70/5 from 10,310 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/city-island-5-building-sim/id1176872889/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/city-island-5-building-sim/id1176872889.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 8,224 · 4★ 1,325 · 3★ 368 · 2★ 164 · 1★ 229 ## What do users think of City Island 5? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 🚀 Addictive gameplay - 🎨 Great graphics - 👍 Relaxing experience - 🎉 Entertaining - 🌆 Variety of buildings and islands **Cons** - 💰 Expensive in-app purchases - 🕰️ Slow progression without spending money - 🔍 Difficult to earn in-game currency - 🤖 Excessive ads - 🐛 Crashes and bugs **Commonly reported bugs** - Game crashes on startup - Ads prevent gameplay - Disappearing in-game currency - Inability to access saved progress **Most requested features** - Ability to delete/move roads - Automatic money collection - More variety of buildings and landscapes - Easier way to earn in-game currency - Nighttime and day/night cycle ## Newest reviews (17 of 1,258) ### 3/5 — Too many pop up advertisements *2026-07-31, version 5.9.0* Always has been a very good game but now it if frustrating for the very reason that there’s too many pop up advertisements. Sad you have allowed it to take hours of fun away from your faithful players! ### 4/5 — 🥰 *2026-05-12* Супер ### 4/5 — 楽しいけど広告多い! *2026-05-06* ゲーム自体は凄く楽しいが、広告多過ぎて楽しさ半減。 報酬受取りの広告は見るの当然ですが、何気ない画面タッチでいきなり頻繁に広告が入るのはイライラします。 ### 4/5 — Fun game *2026-04-13, version 5.4.0* Really enjoy playing this game. It hard to get enough $ & keys to move on though ### 3/5 — Great at first, but… *2026-03-07, version 5.4.0* I loved this game at first. Nice graphics, original concept and good managing challenge. But unfortunately, long unuseful events one after the other killed my interest. ### 5/5 — Ja-do-re mais *2025-12-27, version 5.4.0* Il faudrais que on se fasse rembourser quand on supprime et je voudrais qu’ont supprime les chose qu’ont a mal Fiat voilà sinon « 5/5 »💦😅 ### 5/5 — Game hay *2025-12-23, version 5.4.0* Tôi nghĩ thêm buổi đêm để cho đa dạng ### 5/5 — reseña *2025-12-17, version 5.4.0* me gusta mucho, es entretenido ### 5/5 — Game hay *2025-12-12, version 5.3.1* Game này khá hấp dẫn ### 2/5 — Werbung *2025-11-24, version 5.3.1* Schade dass das mit dem Werbung gucken um Belohnungen zu erhalten nicht ein einziges Mal störungsfrei funktioniert ### 5/5 — 良い *2025-11-24, version 5.3.1* 広告も無いし､街を作るのが楽しい とても楽しいからおすすめです！ ### 5/5 — suka banget main ini *2025-11-24, version 5.3.1* kerennn bangetttt ### 3/5 — Love the Game, but overkill with Adds *2025-11-09, version 5.2.2* Love the Game, but overkill with Adds ### 5/5 — Siu *2025-11-05, version 5.2.2* Game chơi vu ### 5/5 — Awesome game *2025-10-27, version 5.2.2* This game is amazing I’ve been hooked. ### 2/5 — Needs to have more free options *2025-10-12, version 5.2.0* Game gets stagnate quick. Too many limitations if you’re not willing to spend your $$$$ ### 5/5 — Road to reward *2025-10-09, version 5.2.0* Love this edit feature called Road to award ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Disappointed *2026-06-09, version 5.7.0* The game starts fun, but everything needs coins and it is almost impossible to get more coins. ### 1/5 — Muita propagandaaa *2026-01-10* Chega um momento do jogo q todos os prédios praticamente precisam pagar, fica tudo muito caro e não da pra jogar ### 1/5 — Durduk yere reklam *2025-10-31, version 5.2.2* Oyunu severek oynuyordum. Durduk yere karşıma reklamlar çıktığı için sildim. Örneğin level atlıyorsun reklam çıkıyor ne alaka? ### 1/5 — Advertising *2025-09-13, version 5.1.0* I don’t like that ads that pop up in the game.. I don’t have a choice rather than not playing the game. ### 1/5 — Annoyed Ads *2025-08-23, version 5.0.1* Don't play this game. It's ad-free at first, but the higher you level up, the more ads you get. It becomes so frequent that it makes the game unplayable. ### 1/5 — Lost my account 2 times I quit! *2025-08-13, version 5.0.1* Had to restart twice second time k owned 4 islands and had them all nice and planned out and was making 10m a day (only 3-4 islands where set had just bought the 4th 2( where fully done 3rd almost) then I accidentally deleted it and lost it again and yes I went to the settings to try and restore it but it didn’t show! So I have this 2 tries but 3rd strike and ur out! Also make it a little more difficult besides populations and money maybe power and water or sewage maybe at least just have buildings to show they don’t have to do anything - so please new players beware of losing your accounts!! ### 1/5 — 動画ばかり *2025-08-08, version 5.0.1* とにかく何をするにも動画を見なくてはならない。 メダルをコインに変換で動画 チケットに動画 ルーレットに動画 ゲームをプレイするより 動画を見る方が長いゲーム 課金課金は当たり前 ### 1/5 — 広告おおい *2025-07-28* 最初は楽しいけどそのうち課金しないと何も出来なくなります。 広告のかなり多いので楽しくないです。 ### 1/5 — ストレス溜まる *2025-07-02* 最初はスムーズにプレイしてましたがLv17,18あたりから広告がストレスになりました。それまでは広告を見るのは選択出来ましたが、いつからか物件をタップするだけで広告が勝手に流れるように…。(毎回ではないが) だいたいがよく見るやつ。マージだのロイヤルだのってやつ。 私はもうプレイしないけど、それが苦にならない方がプレイすればよろしいかと思う。 ### 1/5 — 広告最多 *2025-07-01* 広告が多すぎて進まないし、開いてもすぐ広告流れるから全然サクサク楽しめない。星5にしてる人たちは謎。 ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Great game *2026-08-24, version 5.10.0* This is one of my favorite games. I’ve played this game for years now there is so much to do and so much to build if you put time into it. There are very little ads and the controls are simple I highly recommend. ### 5/5 — :) *2026-07-13, version 5.8.0* ❤️❤️❤️ ### 5/5 — Good *2026-04-13, version 5.4.0* Very goad gami ### 5/5 — City island 5 *2026-03-14, version 5.4.0* The game has a big wheel that you can spin. You need 25 tokens to spin the wheel and every time you spin it you will get a prize. The game has a bit more billdings than city island 6 5 stars! Its a good choice if you want to build a city. ### 5/5 — Muito bom pra passar o tempo *2026-02-28* Excelente ### 5/5 — Good game but…. *2026-01-27, version 5.4.0* I like this game just don’t like the ads ### 5/5 — Is HD version available？ *2026-01-14, version 5.4.0* I am playing islamd 4，the graphic is great，but buildings are very simple，not so much kind to choose，no bridge，no railway，no bus stop ### 5/5 — Seru *2026-01-07, version 5.4.0* Seru aja ### 5/5 — Good *2025-12-31, version 5.4.0* Chơi cũng vui ### 5/5 — . *2025-12-29, version 5.4.0* Đồ họa đẹp --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-12.*