City Island 3: Building Sim
What is City Island 3?
City Island 3: Building Sim is a city building game in which you start with one house and expand it into a village, city, and metropolis. You build on islands with different settings, such as a tourist island, a volcano island, a swamp, and a desert, and manage people, jobs, and happiness. It is free to play and can be played offline.
Pricing. City Island 3: Building Sim is free to download on the App Store.
Good for
- Players who enjoy village to metropolis city building games
- Playing on a tablet during short or offline sessions
- Decorating islands with parks, trees, railways, and boats
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Why this app is in A tier
City Island 3 scores 85 out of 100: rating 90, rating count 77, App Store search rank 95, update recency 77. The four parts are averaged with no weights, and A tier follows from that score within this list. The full explanation, as data.
Description
If you love exotic village to city building games, then you'll love the City Island 3 - Building Sim! Join over 25 million players and start playing this popular city builder game today! Start on an exotic island with some cash and gold and from there begin building a city. Just start with constructing one house, expand that to a village, then create a city and try to expand it to metropolis. If you liked our previous sim games: City Island 1 & 2, you will definitely love our third citybuilder game! This time you will have your own archipelago to build your cities! You can unlock a building and build it on an exotic tourist island paradise, on a vulcano island, a swamp, a desert and more! Really cool city building allows you to construct cities, villages, compounds or a metropolis. Build it as you like, but keep a close eye on balancing the amount of people, jobs, happiness points. Keep your citizens happy with beautiful decorations, earn pirate chests, and create jobs so you can earn money and gold from your happy citizens. People in your own city will provide quests and feedback on how well you are doing! Furthermore, you can decorate your village city by placing walking pat
Compare in City Building Games
| Measure | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Tier | A | A | B |
| Score | 85 / 100 | 85 / 100 | 84 / 100 |
| Rating | 4.5 ★ | 4.6 ★ | 4.7 ★ |
| Ratings | 3.1K | 23.1K | 4.7K |
| Last update | 200d ago | 19d ago | 34d ago |
| Price | Free download | Free + IAP | n/a |
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Questions about City Island 3
Is the game free?
The App Store listing shows a free download price, and the description calls it a free-to-play game. In-app purchases: Not stated on the App Store.
Does it need an internet connection?
The features list says no internet is required and the game can be played offline at any time and anywhere.
What can I build and do in the game?
You can build houses, villages, cities, and metropolises, place over 300 decorative items, unlock transport to new islands, complete quests, and collect pirate chests, gold, and cash.
Is City Island 3 free?
City Island 3 is free to download.
What is City Island 3 good for?
City Island 3 is built for players who enjoy village to metropolis city building games, playing on a tablet during short or offline sessions, decorating islands with parks, trees, railways, and boats. It sits in the city building games list on AppTierList.
Is City Island 3 worth it?
City Island 3 is A tier, ranked #20 of 40 city building game apps with a score of 85 out of 100, from a 4.5 App Store rating across 3,141 ratings. It is in the list's top tiers; 19 apps rank above it.
How does City Island 3 compare to Elvenar?
City Island 3 is A tier at 85; Elvenar is A tier at 85. They score the same. City Island 3 is free to download, Elvenar is free to download, with in-app purchases.
How often is City Island 3 updated?
City Island 3 was last updated on 2026-04-03, 200 days ago.
All the facts
- List
- City Building Games
- Tier
- A (Excellent)
- Score
- 85 / 100
- Rank in list
- #20 of 40
- Ranking certainty
- settled
- Price
- Free download
- App Store rating
- 4.5 out of 5
- Number of ratings
- 3,141
- Current version
- (200 days ago)
- App Store data read
- App Store category
- Games
- Good for
- Players who enjoy village to metropolis city building games, Playing on a tablet during short or offline sessions, Decorating islands with parks, trees, railways, and boats
- Requires
- iOS 13.0 or later
- Size
- 178 MB
- Age rating
- 4+
- Languages
- 22
- Maker
- unclaimed
- As data
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