Pick a building in the toolbar at the bottom and click or tap the map to build it. Every building needs a road that leads to the highway on the left edge of the map: drag to draw roads. Over water a road becomes a bridge.

Residents move into houses, work in shops and factories and pay taxes every month. Parks, shops and schools make them happy; factory smoke and too few jobs make them sad. Happy full houses grow bigger.

As the city grows it becomes a Village, a Town, a City and a Metropolis, and new buildings open up. Watch out for fires (build fire stations) and spring floods (build embankments on the shore). Don't stay in debt too long — the city would go bankrupt!

Mouse: left click builds, drag draws roads, right drag or the arrow keys move the map, the wheel zooms. Keys: R road, H house, S shop, F factory, P park, B bulldozer, Space stops time, Esc pause.

Phone and tablet: the game goes fullscreen. Tap to build, drag with one finger to move the map (or to draw a road with the road tool), pinch with two fingers to zoom. Big buildings ask for a ✔ before they are built.

🏆 Records

The fewest years and months to each title, and the biggest population.