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SimCity™ 4 Deluxe Edition
SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition includes the bestselling SimCity 4 and the all-new SimCity 4 Rush Hour Expansion Pack. Create the most massive region of cities ever, with a farming town, bedroom community, high-tech commercial center, and industrial backbone.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-08-31 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
65 of the 99 reviews raise this.
“Was a great game, until it stopped loading. DO NOT BUY THIS GAME IT WILL STOP WORKING”
“Better than Cities Skylines 2 in 2026! So much more depth, and even though it's not the 'cutting edge 3d' visuals, it has a whole lot more charm. Download the "4 GB Patch" (NTCore website) and the NAM Lite Mod (Search…”
“Still the GOAT city builder 23 years later (in 2026). When modded with Nam and CAM. Playing on mac (emulating Windows/Steam/SC4 with Parallels). The actual mac version is rubbish as many mods don't work with it. A…”
9 of the 99 reviews raise this.
“I know it says 40 hours playtime but I've been playing SC4 since 2003 when it released. Actual playtime is 1k+ hours. Is the game abandoned by the developer? Yes. Does it still receive support? Yes. In fact, the modding…”
“Best Sim City ever made! Well, it's a classic! In 2026 it's still as fun as the first time I played this game! Also, it's very impressive that we still have a ton of mods and creators suporting the game and making it…”
“still by far the best city builder and with all the modes out there you can do even more!!”
8 of the 99 reviews raise this.
“23 years and counting... still nothing comes close to beating the charm and soundtrack of this game.”
“I still have this game's original box set at my mom's house with my other classic box set games like Counter Strike Source. GOATED city building game, I played this game for hours as a kid at my mom's house. The…”
“A total classic game in the city-building games universe!! Very relaxing soundtrack, really challenging and frustrating at the begging but once you learn how the system works you really enjoy creating a mega-city”
6 of the 99 reviews raise this.
“Possibly the greatest city builder ever made, very hard to find a similar sim game today with such pretty visuals and details. It is [b] IMPERATIVE [/b] that you download the community patches to make it run fine since…”
“Better than Cities Skylines 2 in 2026! So much more depth, and even though it's not the 'cutting edge 3d' visuals, it has a whole lot more charm. Download the "4 GB Patch" (NTCore website) and the NAM Lite Mod (Search…”
“23 years and counting... still nothing comes close to beating the charm and soundtrack of this game.”
6 of the 99 reviews raise this.
“A classic and works very well. I never had the expansion packs as a kid so this is a pretty cool experience to play the complete game”
“good game to play when theres nothing to do runs very well. I cannot make a functional town but im getting closer and closer”
“Works great on windows 11 and is smooth as a butter! All you can do is what you like. At least this Simcity has gone into worse treatment then it's successor. Overall, EA isn't really gamers nor creators best friend.”
24 of the 99 reviews raise this · 9 of them still recommend the game.
“Possibly the greatest city builder ever made, very hard to find a similar sim game today with such pretty visuals and details. It is [b] IMPERATIVE [/b] that you download the community patches to make it run fine since…”
“Was a great game, until it stopped loading. DO NOT BUY THIS GAME IT WILL STOP WORKING”
“DO NOT BUY THIS GAME, it crashes every 30 mins because its too old and 32 bit. when you create more cities, it crashes even faster!”
6 of the 99 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“I really tried to enjoy this game but I just can't. It is somehow feels both too easy and too frustrating due to UX. It's in the little things: the never ending demand for Agricultural Zones, no low-budget high-rise…”
“A total classic game in the city-building games universe!! Very relaxing soundtrack, really challenging and frustrating at the begging but once you learn how the system works you really enjoy creating a mega-city”
“Got me stressing”
5 of the 99 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“how to make SimCity™ 4 Deluxe Edition run stable on modern systems 1. force the game to run on only 1 CPU core. (early 2000's games were developed and optimized around single core CPU systems, not multi core ones)…”
“[h3] 5.5 hours on Steam, 550+ on Windows XP [/h3] 23 years later, SimCity 4 remains the best citybuilder ever made. It’s outrageously detailed, loaded with humour, and runs (albeit badly) on every machine created this…”
“i like this game, its kind of hard to get running on windows 11, but there were good tutorials on steam community”
5 of the 99 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“I really tried to enjoy this game but I just can't. It is somehow feels both too easy and too frustrating due to UX. It's in the little things: the never ending demand for Agricultural Zones, no low-budget high-rise…”
“I would recommend this game its fun has cool art that still holds up, is complex but not overwhelming in things to do. UI works but looks dated. Music is pretty stylish and cool. The Bad, the game didn't crash for me…”
“good time spender hard to use”
4 of the 99 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“Game crashed and lost ten hours of progression. what kind of game doesn't autosave progress in 2026 ??? NOT ONE GAME IN THE WORLD EXCEPT THIS ONE. Unbelievable... So that's it for me, I won't be plaing in a long while.”
“I would recommend this game its fun has cool art that still holds up, is complex but not overwhelming in things to do. UI works but looks dated. Music is pretty stylish and cool. The Bad, the game didn't crash for me…”
Counted across 99 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 82.2% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“To get this game to work, including high resolution, high FPS, and AUTOSAVE: - go to https://community.simtropolis.com/forums/topic/762953-performance-and-graphics-list-index-of-all-critical-mods-to-install/ - install all critical mods, from top to bottom. Take your time, read…”
— a player, Steam review · 24 hrs played“SimCity 4 is still one of the best city builders ever made, even after 20+ years. It offers deep, satisfying simulation where traffic, wealth levels, education, pollution, and regional connections all matter. You build interconnected cities across large regions, watching…”
— a player, Steam review · 31 hrs played“This took me back to my childhood but it crashes all the time”
— a player, Steam review · 49 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | City Builder · Immersive Sim · Base-Building · Building · Sandbox · Economy · Management · Strategy · God Game · Simulation · Isometric · Casual (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Family Sharing |
| Languages | Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Swedish |
| Official site | http://www.simcity.com/product/simcity4 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
OS *: Windows XP Processor: PIII 500 or equivalent Memory: 256MB Graphics: 32MB supported Direct3D capable video card with DirectX 7.0 or greater compatible driver DirectX®: DirectX 8.1 Hard Drive: 1.6GB Supported 3D Accelerator Hardware: SimCity 4 Deluxe / Rush Hour requires a 32MB 3D Direct3D chipset, and a display that is at least 800x600 in size, and supports 16 or 32-bit color. It is recommended to always install the latest certified drivers for all your hardware Supported Graphics Chipsets Cards with these chipsets are officially supported by the SimCity 4 hardware graphics driver: nVidi