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City Island - Building Tycoon - Citybuilding Sim

By Sparkling Society Games B.V. · iPhone & iPad

4.0 (37)4+FreeAvailable now

If you liked the early Sim City games, you will definitely love this 'sim city style' game! In City Island you will build houses for your citizens, decorations and community buildings to make them happy, and create jobs so you can earn money from your happy citizens. Build a business empire with a choice of 85+ unique buildings, like hotels, cinema

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About City Island - Building Tycoon - Citybuilding Sim

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If you liked the early Sim City games, you will definitely love this 'sim city style' game!
In City Island you will build houses for your citizens, decorations and community buildings to make them happy, and create jobs so you can earn money from your happy citizens.
Build a business empire with a choice of 85+ unique buildings, like hotels, cinema's, offices, bakeries, restaurants, and even oil platforms.
Catch some fish with your boats, make people happy by building parks, schools, churches, libraries, museums, and even a nice ferris wheel.
It is all about balance in this city game: happy people attract more citizens, who will need residences and jobs.

** Features **
- FREE game
- HIGH QUALITY graphics
- Intuitive gameplay
- 85 Unique buildings (residential, commercial, community, decoration)
- Attract citizens with parks, trees, and community buildings
- Build residences for your citizens
- Collect profit from your commercial buildings
- Upgrade your buildings
- Collect XP and level up to unlock new buildings
- Collect dozens of REWARDS while playing
- Expand your city to create more room for constructing more buildings, and making your city bigger and bigger
- Speed up construction/upgrade time
- Help your citizens
- Find pirate chests around your island, containing cash or gold
- Enter friend codes and gift codes to receive cash and gold
- The "City Advisor" will tell you what is needed in your city
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Developer
Sparkling Society Games B.V.
Release date
Sep 18, 2013
Latest version
1.5.2
Requires
iOS 7.1 or later
Price snapshot
Free GBP
Source checked
Oct 23, 2026

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Is City Island - Building Tycoon - Citybuilding Sim available on iPhone?

City Island - Building Tycoon - Citybuilding Sim is listed on the GB App Store. Availability varies by region and compatible device.

Is City Island - Building Tycoon - Citybuilding Sim free?

The recorded download price is free. In-app purchases, subscriptions, or additional content may cost extra. Source checked Oct 23, 2026.

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