Sliding Seas vs Close Cities
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sliding Seas
Build and decorate your own tropical island paradise by matching and merging land. Collect VIP characters, complete puzzles, and enjoy a relaxing match-3 experience with daily missions and events. Escape to a world of fun with over 1000 levels.
- Match and merge land to create islands
- Decorate and grow your home island
- Collect cute VIP characters
- Multiple game modes
- Daily missions and weekend events
- Offline play support
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Be the mayor of your own tropical world! Pick cute buildings to decorate your island and hang out with cool VIP characters that you collect. Sliding Seas is the cutest and most relaxing match-3 puzzle game on mobile! SO MUCH FUN: • Easy to play, hard to master - endlessly fun and addictive! • Unique gameplay - match and merge land to make islands • Lots of game modes - ocean rescue, penguins, turtles, pirates and treasure • A world of your own - grow and decorate your home island • Earn rewards and prizes with daily missions and weekend events • Unlock cute VIP characters as you play • Awesome power-ups and spectacular combos • Supports offline play • Over 1000 levels, with more added all the time Sliding Seas is free to play, though some in-game items can be purchased for real money. If you don't want to use this option, simply turn it off in your device settings. Need to get away and relax? Escape to paradise with Sliding Seas!
Close Cities
Build beautiful cities on diverse worlds by solving unique puzzles. This relaxing game guides you through 160 levels with a simple tap or drag interface, requiring no architectural knowledge. Conquer each world's challenges and travel through time with its calming soundtrack.
- Build cities on empty maps
- Solve 160 unique puzzle levels
- Intuitive tap and drag controls
- No architectural knowledge needed
- Travel through different worlds
- Relaxing music and pace
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Close Cities is a relaxing puzzle game in which you will have to build cities in different worlds over time. Find a road and start there. Solve all 160 levels and become a Close Cities legend! UNIQUE PUZZLES You will start each level with an empty map that you will have to fill with beautiful cities. Choose the right road, choose the area and tap or drag with your fingers! DOES NOT REQUIRE KNOWLEDGE OF ARCHITECTURE Close Cities offers a fun experience even if you don't know the difference between a square and a bevel. The game's tutorial will show you everything you need to know at a relaxed pace. CONQUER ITS 160 LEVELS Each world has its king and 16 levels that you must solve to build his empire. TRAVEL THROUGH TIME During the course of the game you will discover different worlds over time with relaxed music to let you go.
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Verdict
Sliding Seas and Close Cities both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 92% of Sliding Seas's written reviews are positive against 69% of Close Cities's. Sliding Seas also leads on ratings volume (3.6K vs 362). On price, rating, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Sliding Seas sells 16 one-off in-app purchases and Close Cities sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Sliding Seas against 4.8 for Close Cities. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sliding Seas has 3.6K ratings behind it against 362, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 92% of Sliding Seas's written reviews are positive against 69% of Close Cities's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sliding Seas | Close Cities |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (3.6K ratings) — better | 4.8 (362 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 91.7% of reviews — better | 69.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3.6K — better | 362 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 574 MB | 158 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mugshot Games Pty Ltd | Juan Manuel Altamirano Argudo |
Customer experience
Sliding Seas
Close Cities
Bugs and requests
Sliding Seas
Reported bugs
2 issues- Some levels feel impossible without using boosters
- Occasional crashes or loss of progress after updates
Requested features
5 requests- Add more levels and content updates
- Implement an endless/survival mode
- Allow replaying of completed levels
- Improve contrast between ocean tile colors
- Add option to skip survivor arrival animation
Close Cities
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Sliding Seas
- Handful of Diamonds$1.99
- 2 Hours Unlimited Lives$2.99
- Beginner's Bundle$3.99
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- Moonflower Bundle$3.99
- Unlimited Event Tickets$3.99
- Pile of Diamonds$5.99
- Modern Mayor's Bundle$5.99
- Luxury Rescue Boat$5.99
- Rescuer's Bundle$6.99
- Large Power-Up Bundle$7.99
- Diamond Trader Bundle$9.99
- Mayor's Mansion Bundle$9.99
- Penguin Lodge$9.99
- Bucket of Diamonds$9.99
- Super Bundle$14.99
- Mega Bundle$29.99
Close Cities
- Hints - Small Pack$0.99
- Hints - Medium Pack$2.99
- Remove Ads + Hints$2.99
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- Hints - Big Pack$5.99
