# Cityscapes: Sim Builder — user reviews > 549 indexed App Store user reviews of Cityscapes by Playstack Ltd, rated 4.70/5 from 11,446 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cityscapes-sim-builder/id1631153096/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cityscapes-sim-builder/id1631153096.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 9,721 · 4★ 1,049 · 3★ 371 · 2★ 110 · 1★ 195 ## What do users think of Cityscapes? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 🚀 Smooth gameplay - 👍 Charming graphics - 💡 Challenging city management - 🚀 No in-app purchases - 👍 Reminiscent of classic city builders **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs - 🔍 Unclear mechanics and instructions - 🔍 Inconsistent building demands - 🔍 Difficulty balancing city needs - 🔍 Restrictive map layout **Commonly reported bugs** - Buildings not recognizing nearby resources - Timed challenges not registering completion - Inconsistent save data across devices - Overlapping UI elements and controls - Persistent fire/pollution issues in cities **Most requested features** - Sandbox mode for free-form building - Improved zoom and camera controls - Clearer feedback on building effects - Ability to delete or move roads - Streamlined UI for managing city services ## Newest reviews (16 of 549) ### 2/5 — TOO much "Required" to start... 🤷🏼 *2026-07-11, version 1.3.91* This game started off promising but man, the constant interruptions kill it. Every time you try to do anything, it forces you through these long unskippable tutorials and cutscenes. You can’t just jump in and play freely. Instead you have to sit through this annoying stupid wizard yapping at you before anything opens up. No free play, no skipping ahead, just forced hand-holding that feels like it never ends. If you want a game that actually lets you play instead of babysitting you through nonsense, go find something else. Not worth the hassle. ### 4/5 — why don't have 60hz？ *2026-07-11, version 1.3.91* ehhh ### 3/5 — Not able to get in the app love it fix it please *2026-07-02, version 1.3.91* When I try to touch it and get into the app it doesn’t even get into the app developers please fix it but is awesome but I am worried that I never going to get to play it again ### 2/5 — It doesn’t load *2026-06-27, version 1.3.91* I’ve played this game before and it was amazing, now I installed it again and it just won’t open, the loading is like forever ### 2/5 — 게임은 너무 재미 있는데 *2026-06-25* 어제부터 갑자기 접속이 안 돼요ㅠㅠ 로딩 화면에서 넘어가지 않네요.ㅠㅠ 에러 확인 부탁드립니다 ### 3/5 — It takes forever to load!! *2026-06-23, version 1.3.91* So I just got this game and I can’t play because it takes forever to load and I got this game and I want you to fix it ### 4/5 — Super mais beaucoup de bug *2026-06-11* Franchement très sympa mais grosse frustrations sur les récompenses en temps limité qui bug une fois sur deux, empêchant ainsi d’obtenir des boosters bien utiles. ### 3/5 — Great game but crashes *2026-06-10, version 1.3.91* Love playing this game but it's always crashing now and kicking me out of the game ### 4/5 — Fix water issue *2026-06-10, version 1.3.91* Love the game! Only issue is that the water pumps/towers are never full regardless of whether they are in a max water area. Either fix it or add a tutorial to explain how to max out the water ### 4/5 — Update *2026-06-09, version 1.3.91* I really like playing this app but I wish they would add more updates to it like new cities and additions ### 2/5 — Fun at first, but seriously tedious *2026-06-09, version 1.3.91* I really liked the first few worlds I played, but every level is exactly the same. Same buildings, same “conversations” with the townspeople, same exact goals every single time. Maybe you have a beach and can put down one of the beach buildings, but really nothing changes. It doesn’t get more challenging; the only real challenge is at the beginning of each level, when you’re first starting out and the money is low. And, after the first few levels, there’s not even a lame storyline for the level anymore, like there are for the first ones. It’s just “raise the city level” and complete (the exact same) projects as they arise (e.g., build or upgrade an education/water/power/park/fire/police/transportation building, build X number of buildings). You’re doing the exact same thing every time. ### 3/5 — Frustrating *2026-06-06, version 1.3.91* Level up just for the game to crash over and over. Idc about the storyline ### 2/5 — Cityscapes *2026-05-29, version 1.3.91* 2 stars, I’ve been playing for a few weeks. Mostly multiplayer which I do rank. But I will say, this game has serious and very frustrating issues starting around lvl 55. The building simply do not communicate. I’ve contacted support, typical answer that doesn’t work. I’ve grown to hate this game for just how stupid the mechanics are. The game is only fun for a short bit. Then it turns into you working with a very bad employee All in all. The game needs some work. I do not write reviews. But I’m so frustrated with this game I’m sitting here writing a stupid review. It’s more responsive than a civ 7 but damn it’s frustrating. Simply because the information in the game about what’s needed is not correct ### 3/5 — Fun… but the crashing gets old *2026-05-18, version 1.3.91* Change all of the graphics to the absolute lowest settings and the crashing will stop. Can’t enjoy the little things, but can at least enjoy a good game on mobile. One of the games that attracted me to Apple Arcade. Smooth gameplay for the first few worlds. Then the constant crashing begins….. And it is absolutely terrible. I have redownloaded this game about 5 times over the last 7 months, for absolutely no reason. Nothing has updated or changed to make a difference. Not like I have an old IPhone either 🤷‍♀️ it’s an absolute shame that the crashing is so consistent, otherwise it would be an amazing experience. ### 4/5 — We need mods on this game *2026-05-09, version 1.3.91* Hi I just wanted to say that I used to play cities skylines but now I have an iPad so now I play cityscapes: sim builder and I want to have addons and maps that have scenario but it still is my favorite build a city game ### 2/5 — Clicking game that lacks strategy *2026-05-02, version 1.3.91* This game is fun at first, until you realize there is zero strategy other than placing buildings in the exact same configuration. Loses its appeal after the first level. Also loads of AI art throughout the app, which is too bad. If you’re going to use AI, you could make the building and face templates repeat less often. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Lost all progress upon logging in again *2026-05-26* So, I played the game last year and now when I log in again it asks me to start afresh from scratch, even though I am using the same account. Please help me get back my progress. ### 1/5 — Fix all the Bugs *2026-05-24, version 1.3.91* When I played the game after 3 minutes I was stuck in a soft lock. I had to resort everything! I didn’t even get to play the game at all before I was soft locked. ### 1/5 — Don’t bother *2026-05-11, version 1.3.91* This game is a complete waste of time. There is a reason it only has 11,000 reviews. You work hard on a city than it tanks. No reason. No explanation. The grid is to small. Seriously don’t bother. ### 1/5 — Crashing *2026-05-09, version 1.3.91* I love this game so much, but it’s been two weeks since it's start crashing out of nowhere. I can’t play more than 2 minutes because the game close in my face. ### 1/5 — Crashes *2026-05-09, version 1.3.91* Decent game that asks to share data constantly. It crashes any time I place a special building. Other reviews says it’s buggy and it is. ### 1/5 — Too much tutorial *2026-04-01, version 1.3.91* The tutorials were so much and so intrusive that they overshadowed any enjoyment and I gave up. ### 1/5 — Fun but *2026-03-31, version 1.3.91* Really difficult menu system resetting the map to a blank seems to be impossible you will have to deconstruct each building one by one and the roads for a clear map there is no easy clear map option. ### 1/5 — Forced to play story mode *2026-03-29, version 1.3.91* There’s no option to skip the tutorial/story mode and there are 16 levels to get through. I just wanted to play sim city again, not this tedious game ### 1/5 — Mobile grind with frustrating mechanics *2026-01-25* You can.t even go to the settings before you click through tutorial in the most frustrating way possible. ### 1/5 — Uses generative ai *2025-12-30, version 1.3.91* This is a nice little city builder that’s completely marred by the fact that generative ai is used for the art in this game. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Great game *2026-08-19, version 1.3.91* I am very impressed by this game! ### 5/5 — FUN GAME *2026-08-16, version 1.3.91* I AM REALLY NEW AT PLAYING GAMES A TYPICAL SCENARIO WHERE IM AN ADULT JUST TRYING TO UNWIND. THE CONTROLS ARE NOT TO STRESSFUL AND ITS AN EASY GOING GAME YOU CAN HAVE A GREAT TIME ### 5/5 — すごい面白い *2026-08-09* プレイするにあたってストレスがあんまりないのがすごいです😍 この手のゲームは操作性ストレスあると途端にプレイ意欲下がっちゃうのに、スマホでここまで緻密に遊べるなんてすごい。 思わず他にどんなゲーム作ってる会社なのかチェックしてしまいました笑 ### 5/5 — Good *2026-07-03, version 1.3.91* Has multiple options and is very fun but takes up significant battery ### 5/5 — 🤩 🤩 🤩 *2026-06-27, version 1.3.91* Better than SimCity! 😃 ### 5/5 — Fine I guess lol bubble surprise 🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️🥸🥸🥸🥸🥸🥸🥸🥸🥸🥸🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹 *2026-06-19, version 1.3.91* Fahhhhhhhhhhh interesting K-pop plssss ### 5/5 — This is a great game *2026-06-15, version 1.3.91* this game is really fun to play！It helps you learn about city management and think of ways to improve your city.It also helps you make decisions to keep your citizens happy.My only complaint is that you have to spend money every month to keep playing but that doesn’t effect the gameplay. ### 5/5 — Loving it *2026-05-26, version 1.3.91* I’m loving the game but it’s missing trains. When will more options for public transportation be added to the game? It’s a huge part of a quality city planning game for me! Buses don’t feel super sustainable to me personally. ### 5/5 — Mobile Cities Skylines *2026-05-21, version 1.3.91* It’s worth it ### 5/5 — Schön aber stressig *2026-04-19* Mir gefällt sehr viel am Spiel aber die Leute geben immer mehr Aufträge, der Platz ist sehr knapp,und da vergeht das Spielgeld sehr schnell und es ist dann sehr Stressig. Könnt ihr mir bitte sagen wie man es weniger Stressiger machen kann, oder falls es nicht geht, bitte macht es weniger Stressig denn es ist sehr schön an sich das Spiel. --- *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 2026-08-31.*