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SimCity™ 3000 Unlimited

Maxis · Electronic Arts · 2024-03-07

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

CasualSimulationStrategy

Franchise: Sim, SimCity · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: 2001 (Linux), May 16, 2000 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

SimCity 3000 Unlimited brings you the classic strategy gaming of SimCity 3000 with all-new scenarios that open up a whole world of city planning and building possibilities! The thrills of the classic SimCity 3000 are here again!

SimCity™ 3000 Unlimited is a Casual, Simulation, and Strategy game released in 2024, priced at $4.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (84% of 783 reviews).

29
playing now
84%
positive of 783 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
86/100
IGDB user rating (18 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

29 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 07:00 UTC (census sample)

SimCity 3000 is a city building simulation video game released in 1999, and the third major installment in the SimCity series. It was published by Electronic Arts (EA) and developed by series creator Maxis. It was released for Microsoft Windows, Macintosh, and, through an arrangement with Loki Games, Linux.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 29 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 128 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~16/week).
  • · Review velocity up 21% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 10% of 29,354 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 16k–35k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 783 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.49-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Epic Game Store (2026-06-18)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 83 of 109 observed days · $1.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
17617620242026Week of 2024-03-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

8902026-09-15 16:00 — 39 players2026-09-17 01:00 — 47 players2026-09-18 08:00 — 31 players2026-09-19 16:00 — 60 players2026-09-20 23:00 — 71 players2026-09-22 07:00 — 24 players2026-09-23 14:00 — 38 players2026-09-24 22:00 — 55 players2026-09-26 05:00 — 48 players2026-09-27 13:00 — 55 players2026-09-28 20:00 — 63 players2026-09-30 04:00 — 38 players2026-10-01 11:00 — 30 players2026-10-02 19:00 — 79 players2026-10-04 03:00 — 72 players2026-10-05 11:00 — 35 players2026-10-06 18:00 — 62 players2026-10-08 02:00 — 62 players2026-10-09 09:00 — 36 players2026-10-10 17:00 — 72 players2026-10-12 00:00 — 68 players2026-10-13 08:00 — 32 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 50 players2026-10-15 07:00 — 29 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
15140Mar 2024Aug 2026Mar 2024 — avg 151 · peak 516Apr 2024 — avg 61 · peak 120May 2024 — avg 56 · peak 120Jun 2024 — avg 46 · peak 113Jul 2024 — avg 62 · peak 138Aug 2024 — avg 46 · peak 92Sep 2024 — avg 49 · peak 98Oct 2024 — avg 49 · peak 88Nov 2024 — avg 52 · peak 112Dec 2024 — avg 57 · peak 118Jan 2025 — avg 56 · peak 124Feb 2025 — avg 58 · peak 121Mar 2025 — avg 51 · peak 112Apr 2025 — avg 45 · peak 91May 2025 — avg 46 · peak 92Jun 2025 — avg 40 · peak 79Jul 2025 — avg 45 · peak 83Aug 2025 — avg 52 · peak 97Sep 2025 — avg 44 · peak 87Oct 2025 — avg 48 · peak 101Nov 2025 — avg 53 · peak 103Dec 2025 — avg 60 · peak 114Jan 2026 — avg 63 · peak 133Feb 2026 — avg 56 · peak 125Mar 2026 — avg 53 · peak 119Apr 2026 — avg 54 · peak 101May 2026 — avg 59 · peak 110Jun 2026 — avg 53 · peak 105Jul 2026 — avg 55 · peak 102Aug 2026 — avg 54 · peak 96
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$1.242016-07-142026-10-152016-07-14 — best price $4.992017-05-08 — best price $2.492018-01-22 — best price $2.492018-09-24 — best price $2.192019-05-15 — best price $2.492019-11-22 — best price $2.492020-05-27 — best price $2.492020-12-16 — best price $2.492021-05-28 — best price $2.492021-12-13 — best price $2.492022-03-21 — best price $2.492022-08-22 — best price $2.492023-01-06 — best price $2.492023-07-31 — best price $2.492024-01-16 — best price $9.992024-04-30 — best price $3.992024-07-19 — best price $9.992024-11-14 — best price $4.992025-01-24 — best price $2.492025-04-03 — best price $9.992025-06-03 — best price $9.992025-08-11 — best price $4.992025-10-28 — best price $4.992026-01-05 — best price $4.992026-02-12 — best price $4.992026-03-27 — best price $4.992026-06-17 — best price $2.492026-08-08 — best price $1.242026-08-28 — best price $4.992026-09-07 — best price $4.992026-09-17 — best price $9.992026-09-27 — best price $2.492026-10-07 — best price $2.492026-10-15 — best price $2.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

218752026-05-29 — 107 pageviews2026-06-02 — 94 pageviews2026-06-06 — 97 pageviews2026-06-10 — 77 pageviews2026-06-14 — 115 pageviews2026-06-18 — 128 pageviews2026-06-22 — 217 pageviews2026-06-26 — 163 pageviews2026-06-30 — 117 pageviews2026-07-04 — 129 pageviews2026-07-08 — 90 pageviews2026-07-12 — 95 pageviews2026-07-16 — 218 pageviews2026-07-20 — 135 pageviews2026-07-24 — 141 pageviews2026-07-28 — 120 pageviews2026-08-01 — 106 pageviews2026-08-05 — 109 pageviews2026-08-09 — 171 pageviews2026-08-13 — 154 pageviews2026-08-17 — 135 pageviews2026-08-21 — 165 pageviews2026-08-25 — 126 pageviews2026-08-29 — 115 pageviews2026-09-02 — 111 pageviews2026-09-06 — 137 pageviews2026-09-10 — 102 pageviews2026-09-14 — 98 pageviews2026-09-18 — 97 pageviews2026-09-22 — 106 pageviews2026-09-26 — 102 pageviews2026-09-30 — 108 pageviews2026-10-04 — 101 pageviews2026-10-08 — 96 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam CloudFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Dutch

Player tags

Retro1990'sCasualClassicStrategyIsometricSimulationCity BuilderSingleplayer

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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