# Elysia: City Builder — A living Greek city builder

> A living Greek city builder (iPhone/iPad app by Birol Aksu.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/elysia-city-builder/id6804420589 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Birol Aksu](https://appshunter.io/developer/729548908)
- Category: Games, Simulation, Strategy
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 12+
- Requires: iOS 16.4 · 339 MB
- Languages: American English, German (Germany), Turkish
- Released: 2026-09-14
- Data updated: 2026-10-09

## What is Elysia?

Nothing here moves by magic.

Build a living Greek island city where every necessity travels on foot. Lay roads, raise homes, feed neighbourhoods, and watch named walkers carry water, grain, pottery, and more from one link of your supply chain to the next.

Every street layout has consequences. A broken route stops a real delivery. A labour shortage leaves a workshop quiet. Clear city notices show what failed, why it failed, and what you can change.

As your settlement grows from tents into a dense civic and sacred centre, the gods turn city planning into myth. Earn favour through sanctuaries and festivals, call heroes, trade across the Aegean, and defend the city when legendary beasts arrive.

Play the complete Bay of Elysia founding mission free, with no timer or interruption. After victory, keep building that city for as long as you like. The one-time unlock opens The Long Summer, a larger challenge in your existing city, and the voyage on to three more islands with six more episodes: the vine terraces of Naxos, the floods of Lerna and the two shores of the Strait. Your founding city is preserved. Random islands, free for everyone, offer open-ended building with your choice of size and goal.

Elysia is designed for touch and for focused sessions, while preserving the interlocking systems of a complete strategy game.

- Walker-driven roads and supply chains
- Evolving housing and visible production needs
- A campaign across four islands: Elysia, Naxos, Lerna and the Strait
- Greek gods, heroes, festivals, trade, and mythic threats
- A painted miniature island made for landscape play
- English, German and Turkish text; English and German voices
- Offline single-player play with local saves and manual city export

One purchase unlocks the full base game. There are no ads, energy meters, consumable purchases, resource packs, daily chores, or paid shortcuts.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Full Game | $9.99 | one-time |



## Version history (last 2 releases)

### 1.1.0 — 2026-10-06

Elysia 1.1: three new islands

- Set sail from Elysia to three new islands, each with two new episodes: the vine terraces of Naxos, the floods of Lerna and the two shores of the Strait, where the campaign ends with the Crown of the Aegean.
- New ways to build and survive: cisterns, dikes, ferry landings, a lighthouse and a fifth housing tier, the Estate. Hold the Dionysia on Naxos, and face the Hydra and Scylla.
- A fairer economy for new cities: trade with each neighbour has a monthly limit, prices fall as you sell, and large holdings cost upkeep. Cities founded in 1.0 keep their rules.
- Redesigned screens: Settings in four tabs, Objectives, City score, Saved cities, the Build drawer and the council table for the world beyond. On iPad the controls are larger and easier to reach.
- Random islands: choose a size and a goal, and share island codes.
- Elysia now speaks Turkish (text and subtitles; the voices stay English). Choose the language under Settings > Controls.
- Music, a left-hand layout, haptics and a graphics setting (Auto, Quality, Smooth).
- New and optional: share anonymous play statistics. Elysia asks once, after your first victory, and nothing is sent unless you agree. Turn it off or delete what was sent at any time under Settings > Privacy.
- Smoother walkers, steadier performance and less heat on long sessions, and many fixes.

The new islands are part of the one-time full-game unlock: if you already own it, they are yours.

### 1.0.0 — 2026-09-14

No release notes.

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