# City Mania: Town Building Game — Town Building Game

> A city-building simulation game with character collection and building fusion mechanics. (iPhone/iPad app by Gameloft.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/city-mania-town-building-game/id1146355499 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Gameloft](https://appshunter.io/developer/282764297)
- Category: Games
- Price: Free
- Rating: 4.70/5 from 13,121 App Store ratings · 50 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 9.0 · 443 MB
- Languages: Arabic, English, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian and 5 more
- Released: 2017-04-26
- Data updated: 2026-06-10
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/city-mania-town-building-game/id1146355499/reviews.md

## What is City Mania?

Welcome to the best new city-builder game in town!
Now is your chance to be the owner of the awesomest city ever! Build, expand, customize -- the decision is in your hands!
But don’t stop there: Recruit dozens of quirky characters, add them to your collection and watch as they populate the streets and bring your city to life!

Build the BEST. CITY. EVER.
- Craft hundreds of unique, gorgeous buildings and expand from a peaceful little town to a big bustling metropolis.
- Don’t forget to decorate your city with famous landmarks like the Eiffel Tower, Space Needle or the Colosseum to give your inhabitants something to be proud of.

The Place to Be
- Meet and collect tons of funny characters with their own unique personalities, like a donut-munching policeman or an uber-macho construction worker (whose real skill is the suggestive eyebrow raise).
- Already built a fire station? Great! But who’s going to drive the fire truck? Assign your Bizzies to jobs, where they can collect experience and reward you with valuable resources.

Fusion Is the Way to Go
- The future: age of smart forks, exploding hover boards, even selfies! But now the 21st century lives up to its promise, with the ability to merge buildings into advanced skyscrapers and unlock specializations.
- Unlocking each allows you to develop your city in different directions, such as Sustainability, Commerce, Education and Entertainment.

The Grass Is Always Greener…
- But is it really? Find out by visiting your friends' cities. You can always “borrow” some ideas, right? … Sshhh, we won’t tell anyone…
- In case you find yourself short on some crucial resources, make sure you visit the Marketplace to earn some extra cash or find that missing upgrade item.
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End-User License Agreement: http://www.gameloft.com/en/eula

## Key features

- Build and expand cities
- Collect and assign characters
- Merge buildings into skyscrapers
- Unlock specializations
- Decorate with landmarks
- Visit friends' cities
- Trade in the marketplace

## What do users think of City Mania?

Overall sentiment: neutral

**Pros**

- 🚀 Fast and efficient gameplay
- 👍 Unique and creative city-building features
- 🎨 Charming art style and character designs
- 💡 Interesting trait mixing and character progression

**Cons**

- 🐛 Frequent crashes and server connection issues
- 📺 Intrusive and disruptive ads
- 💰 Lack of free in-game currency and premium content being too expensive
- 🔧 Difficulty in reorganizing and managing the city layout

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Inability to watch ads to earn rewards
- Random items appearing in storage
- Abandoned buildings not being resolved
- Certain buildings being unable to be selected or moved

**Most requested features**

- Ability to store and sell unwanted buildings
- More options to earn in-game currency without ads
- Improved city layout and building placement tools
- Better balance between free and premium content

## Recent user reviews (10 of 50)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/city-mania-town-building-game/id1146355499/reviews.md

### 1/5 — Annoying black screen ADs!

*2023-01-20, version 2.0.1*

Very 5 minutes an ad would pop up, no biggie. Until you try to find the skip or exit button a counter, something. It’s a glitch and no matter where you tap it stays on the screen. So now I have to close the entire game, reopen it just to play another 5 minutes and see another blank/black screen. I’ve tried offline as-well, no use. I had high hopes and was looking forward to playing. Oh-well, I guess on to another developer who doesn’t have these glitches. Note: under their customer service website it lists known issues(most of which are significant), with no eta on fixes/solutions. Re-assure your client/customer base on fixes to come and offer a pay for AD-FREE services!

### 3/5 — Random items added to storage

*2023-01-13, version 2.0.1*

I love this game. However, I have expanded my storage on the game and I have random items show up in my storage, items that I am not even on the level to create those specific items and the game doesn’t use the items until I am at the correct level where I can create those items and so it takes up 10+ of my storage slots so I cannot store the items I want to store. Additionally the sellers marketplace never works so I cannot even sell the items. I paid money for extra storage and it was pointless.

### 4/5 — The need for police/fire stations etc everywhere is annoying

*2022-10-25, version 2.0.1*

I love this game, but the thing that has been really irking me is that I keep losing tenants because of the need for police stations / fire stations ETC. I’ve spend maybe almost $90 on the game today and I can’t stand the fact that it’s so hard to organize my city in a way that makes everyone happy. Please take into consideration to take that feature away. It’s super stressful LOL. Thank you

### 4/5 — Good. But needs more

*2022-09-08, version 2.0.1*

I’m not giving this 5 stars because why hasn’t this game been addressed in 2 years? It’s a good game, but when the same events and all happen over and over, nothing new seems to be updated, eventually you get bored being there is nothing to look forward too. I loved this game.. but where is the creators and all to continue to monitor the game and continue to work on it?.

### 2/5 — Could be a great game - lots of issues though

*2022-08-23, version 2.0.1*

I just started and so far I really like this game. Although, the server issues with watching Adds is very annoying. Hard to progress without them. As well as not being able to sell any items - I try and it keeps spinning and then won’t even let me X out of it. I have to completely get out of the game. Without being able to sell items my storage is filling up! Hopefully they’ll fix all of that. 

Also, not being able to sell back a building isn’t very helpful. I ended up purchasing more firehouses than needed. The only option to get rid of it though is to delete it. Why can’t it be stored and/or the ability to sell it back at a discounted amount?

### 1/5 — Cannot even perform basic functions

*2022-06-23, version 2.0.1*

I guess it makes sense the last update was over two years ago. There are an infinite amount of bugs in the game and it astonishes me that the game still maintains a 4.7 stars on the App Store. I have the newest iPhone with the most up to date iOS and still cannot perform basic functions of the game. I cannot even list items for sale on the market. Watching ads crashes the game. And micro transactions are false advertisements. I’ve paid for several things only to get nothing from the offer; or after paying only to find out it was a bait and switch and I got something completely different and I’d have screenshots to prove it. I truly enjoy playing this game so I wish it was updated to fix this bug riddled game that’s currently available. And fairly compensate those that have been negatively impacted by your bait and switch micro transactions.

### 4/5 — I love it but there needs to be another storage option and some tweaks

*2022-02-22, version 2.0.1*

This game is great, it is fun and it keeps you busy while playing. However, I have a few major issues with it. The game has several options for you to watch an ad and get a reward, this feature is often not working. I am not sure why it hardly works but it is quite disappointing. The other major issue is the lack of a building storage or resale option. For example, if I previously bought a small water tower and now I have a large one that more than provides for my city, there is no way for me to store or sell the small one. The only option is to bulldoze it or leave it there. I don’t think this is fair based on the fact that coins are hard to come by and it takes a while for you to be able to buy things. I believe there should be an option to sell and/or store it until you need it again later. Please also consider that it takes up space in your city and if you currently don’t have use for it in the city, it’s a waste. Additionally, I believe that as you level up your rewards should as well, for example if at level 5 I am receiving a 50 coin gift for upgrading a building, at level 20 I should be getting more coins as a gift, maybe 200 coins as a gift or so, I just believe your growth should reflect in your gifts as well. Overall, I absolutely love this game and think that it could be perfect with a few tweaks.

### 3/5 — GREAT GAME BUT NEEDS IMPROVEMENTS!!

*2022-02-03, version 2.0.1*

This is a fun game!! I play it on my phone a lot, but there are some cons about the game that I think can be improved. 

PROS: Great concept and love how much you can do in the game! Love the trait mixing and all the BIZZIES we can collect! Love that extra buildings and characters are given for daily logins too. 

CONS: We are given a Daily Crate to open, but when I hit the “Watch Video” button, nothing happens. It takes FOREVER to open a crate and sometimes I give up after clicking on the button hundreds of times without an ad coming up. Why not just give us a free crate to open without requiring to watch a video of it doesn’t even work.

Trait mixing: Let us know how long it will take to trait mix two characters before we start mixing. Maybe allow us to see what character will come from the mix before we start it to avoid duplicates, if that can be done. 

Cost of adding a second Awakening Spot of 180 cash is a little steep.

Fusions: Allow us to be able to move buildings that are in the process of being fused. It’s frustrating too that it takes FOREVER to get fusion materials.

Maybe allow Service  buildings to be fused, i.e, two small  power plants to a medium one so we aren’t forced to spend more money on larger ones when they are locked at the beginning.

Hope to see some improvements!!

### 2/5 — Cute sounds and art, ads make it unplayable

*2022-01-15, version 2.0.1*

If there was a choice to pay $2-3 and remove ads I would, but you can’t. I haven’t had a problem with the ads that you click to watch, but the ads that pop up every 5 minutes of play or so either crash the game or don’t have an x button to get out of them, so I have to close the game anyway. Just downloaded yesterday, but will be uninstalling because you have literally made it so it can’t be played longer than 5 minutes.

### 3/5 — Love it

*2022-01-11, version 2.0.1*

One of the longest games that have kept my interest! I have one issue though and that is the large refinery….. I cannot select them to makes items nor move them to rearrange them…. It’s a little annoying being that you do have to spend so much coins on the buildings and cannot even select them. Can we fix this bug I’ll rewrite a review and give five stars!!! This game is perfect other then that issue

## Frequently asked questions about City Mania

### What is City Mania: Town Building Game?

City Mania is a city-building simulation game where players can build, expand, and customize their own cities. You can craft unique buildings, recruit and assign quirky characters to jobs, and merge structures to unlock advanced skyscrapers and specializations.

### What are the key features of the game?

Key features include crafting hundreds of unique buildings, collecting and assigning dozens of quirky characters, merging buildings into advanced skyscrapers, unlocking specializations like Sustainability or Commerce, decorating with famous landmarks, visiting friends' cities, and trading resources in the marketplace.

### Is City Mania: Town Building Game free to play?

The game is free to download and play. However, it allows for the purchase of virtual items within the app, which means it operates on a free-to-play model with in-app purchases.

### What platforms is City Mania: Town Building Game available on?

The provided description does not specify the exact platforms. However, it is described as a mobile application, suggesting availability on iOS and Android devices.

### How do I get more resources in City Mania?

You can earn valuable resources by assigning your collected characters, called Bizzies, to jobs where they can gain experience. Additionally, you can visit the Marketplace to earn extra cash or find missing upgrade items if you are short on crucial resources.

## Version history (last 1 release)

### 2.0.1 — 2020-03-10

Greetings, Mayors! Here’s what the new update includes:
 - Time boosters
 - Additional bug fixes and improvements

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