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SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition

SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition — Genres, rating & game data

SimCity 4: Deluxe Edition is a city building simulator developed by Maxis. ###Deluxe Edition features Deluxe Edition features the base game and Rush Hour expansion pack. ###Gameplay The player becomes the mayor of a small town. Use terraforming to create a convenient building area or a unique land

SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition is a simulation game developed by Aspyr Media, 2010. It stands out for narrative-driven gameplay. Available in single-player and multiplayer mode. With an iRank Score of 81/100, it ranks as a highly rated title in our catalog.

About SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition

SimCity 4: Deluxe Edition is a city building simulator developed by Maxis.

###Deluxe Edition features Deluxe Edition features the base game and Rush Hour expansion pack.

###Gameplay The player becomes the mayor of a small town. Use terraforming to create a convenient building area or a unique landscape. Players are able to divide the town's areas into special areas: commercial, industrial, and residential. You also have to create a social policy, a transportation system and improve the quality of life for your residents.

The players are able to choose any area available for building a new city. It is possible to create several cities near each other.

###Game modes There are three game modes present in the game: God Mode, Mayor Mode, and Sim Mode.

In God Mode, the players build a new city and are able to inflict natural disasters upon it such as earthquakes or volcano eruptions. It is possible to choose the exact spot where the disaster will take place.

Mayor mode is endless. You take part in creating a city, maintaining it, and facing the typical city problems, such as the migration of its population or the drop in income per household. The game emulates the world's economy, financing, and city development.

While in Sim Mode, the player creates a sim, which will live in a player-built city. You can't control the sim apart from choosing where will they live. The sims go through their whole life. After death, their relatives will take their place.

How SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition was received

Of the 9,680 Steam player reviews, 82% are positive.

Players

  • Steam players9,680 reviews82%Very positive
  • IGDB community28 reviews78/100

Aggregated from public ratings on Steam, IGDB, Metacritic and OpenCritic. iRankGames does not host its own reviews.

iRank Score

81/100 ↗

Rating

👍 80%

164 votes

Type

Simulation, Sandbox

Released

2010

Updated May 2026

Developer

Aspyr Media

Publisher: Electronic Arts

Avg. playtime

~2h

Platforms

PC, iOS, Apple Macintosh

Official trailer for SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition

Screenshots of SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition

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