SimCity
SimCity is a city-building and urban planning simulation massively multiplayer online game developed by Maxis Emeryville and published by Electronic Arts. Released for Microsoft Windows in early March 2013, it is a reboot of the SimCity series, and is the first major installment since the release of SimCity 4 a decade before. A macOS version was released on August 29, 2013.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA, read 5 September 2026.
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- Released
- 2013
- Developer
- Maxis
- Platforms
- 1 systems
- Critics
- Not scored
- Steam Deck
- Unknown
- Download
- Not stated
The record
| First released | 5 March 2013 |
|---|---|
| Developer | Maxis |
| Publisher | Electronic Arts |
| Platforms | PC |
| Genres | Simulation, MMORPG |
Source. Catalogue facts from Wikidata Q917647, seeded 30 August 2026.
How long is SimCity? How long to beat it
Total play time for SimCity is about 73.9 hours to do everything, and around 24.8 hours to reach the end of the main story. These are player-submitted times from HowLongToBeat, not our own, shown with the number of players behind each.
| How you play | Hours | Players logged |
|---|---|---|
| Just the main story: straight through the critical path | 24.8h | 20 |
| Main + the extras: story plus the side content most people do | 44.2h | 22 |
| Completionist: everything: 100% the game | 73.9h | 4 |
Source: HowLongToBeat community submissions, read 2026-10-19.
Where SimCity sits on the grid
The grid places every game in the catalogue on measured axes rather than on an opinion. This is where SimCity lands on each map it has the data for, with the share of the catalogue it beats on each axis.
- Year
- 80ahead of 36% of the catalogue
- Reach
- 50ahead of 88% of the catalogue
Percentiles are against the games that carry a reading on that axis, not the whole catalogue: counting a game with no figure as a zero would flatter everything that has one. How the grid works.
What readers say about SimCity
Reviews written by people who have played it. These are separate from the GamingPickz Score and are never averaged into it: that score comes from thousands of Steam reviews with a sample-size correction, and a handful of unverified ratings would distort it rather than improve it.
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Common questions about SimCity
What platforms is SimCity on?
SimCity is available on PC. It first released in 2013.
Who made SimCity?
SimCity was developed by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts.
How long does it take to beat SimCity?
about 24.8 hours for the main story, 44.2 hours with the main extras, 73.9 hours to complete everything, from HowLongToBeat's player-submitted times. These are community medians, so your own run may be shorter or longer.