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SimCity™ 4 Deluxe Edition cover art

SimCity™ 4 Deluxe Edition

EA - Maxis · Electronic Arts · 2010-07-20

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SimulationStrategy

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

Releases: Jan 30, 2004 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 10, 2014 (Mac)

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.

SimCity™ 4 Deluxe Edition is a 2010 Simulation, Strategy game priced at $19.99, with an owner estimate of 500,000 .. 1,000,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (82% of 9852 reviews).

249
playing now
82%
positive of 9.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
IGDB user rating (31 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

249 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

SimCity 4 is a city-building simulation video game developed by Maxis, a subsidiary of Electronic Arts. The game was released in January 2003 for Microsoft Windows and in June 2003 for Mac OS X. It is the fourth major installment in the SimCity series. SimCity 4 has a single expansion pack called Rush Hour which adds features to the game. SimCity 4: Deluxe Edition contains the original game and Rush Hour combined as a single product.

Trailer

SimCity™ 4 Deluxe Edition trailer thumbnail

SimCity™ 4 Deluxe Edition ( TRAILER 1 )

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Health check

Healthy
  • · 249 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 397 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~50/week).
  • · Review velocity up 13% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 16,650 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 396k–792k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 9,897 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00
GOG$4.99-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.00 at Fanatical (2020-09-21) · bundled 11×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 80 of 130 observed days · $3.99 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
10210220182026Week of 2018-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5182132026-09-15 12:00 — 252 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 332 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 259 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 306 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 518 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 295 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 235 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 362 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 340 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 313 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 334 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 332 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 214 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 332 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 416 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 222 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 339 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 363 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 251 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 355 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 501 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 310 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 249 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
981212Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 795 · peak 2,269Dec 2012 — avg 917 · peak 5,128May 2013 — avg 437 · peak 1,308Oct 2013 — avg 212 · peak 397Mar 2014 — avg 286 · peak 532Aug 2014 — avg 339 · peak 650Jan 2015 — avg 646 · peak 1,574Jun 2015 — avg 331 · peak 756Nov 2015 — avg 280 · peak 611Apr 2016 — avg 316 · peak 570Sep 2016 — avg 364 · peak 990Feb 2017 — avg 387 · peak 754Jul 2017 — avg 362 · peak 661Dec 2017 — avg 402 · peak 720May 2018 — avg 339 · peak 524Oct 2018 — avg 333 · peak 587Mar 2019 — avg 361 · peak 662Aug 2019 — avg 360 · peak 612Jan 2020 — avg 415 · peak 704Jun 2020 — avg 471 · peak 758Nov 2020 — avg 509 · peak 956Apr 2021 — avg 469 · peak 886Sep 2021 — avg 336 · peak 522Feb 2022 — avg 414 · peak 764Jul 2022 — avg 405 · peak 625Dec 2022 — avg 405 · peak 710May 2023 — avg 416 · peak 781Oct 2023 — avg 336 · peak 561Mar 2024 — avg 395 · peak 716Aug 2024 — avg 322 · peak 509Jan 2025 — avg 368 · peak 629Jun 2025 — avg 322 · peak 532Nov 2025 — avg 345 · peak 609Apr 2026 — avg 320 · peak 554Aug 2026 — avg 334 · peak 526
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
332026-09-222026-10-142026-09-22: 1 new positive2026-09-23: 1 new positive2026-09-26: 1 new positive2026-09-27: 2 new positive2026-09-27: 1 new negative2026-09-28: 2 new positive2026-09-28: 1 new negative2026-10-02: 2 new positive2026-10-03: 1 new positive2026-10-04: 1 new positive2026-10-04: 1 new negative2026-10-06: 2 new positive2026-10-07: 2 new positive2026-10-08: 2 new positive2026-10-12: 2 new positive2026-10-12: 2 new negative2026-10-13: 3 new positive2026-10-14: 2 new positive2026-10-14: 1 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$1.992015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $2.772015-03-31 — best price $2.482015-06-16 — best price $3.992015-09-01 — best price $19.992016-01-12 — best price $4.992016-06-08 — best price $3.992016-10-03 — best price $19.992017-02-23 — best price $4.492017-08-21 — best price $19.992018-01-05 — best price $19.992018-06-01 — best price $3.992018-10-30 — best price $16.992019-02-18 — best price $4.992019-05-21 — best price $19.992019-09-04 — best price $4.992019-12-07 — best price $19.992020-03-06 — best price $1.992020-06-29 — best price $17.152020-11-25 — best price $3.992021-03-19 — best price $19.992021-06-21 — best price $2.992021-09-14 — best price $11.812021-12-06 — best price $4.992022-02-28 — best price $3.742022-06-17 — best price $19.992022-09-01 — best price $3.742022-12-01 — best price $3.742023-03-10 — best price $4.972023-06-07 — best price $4.992023-09-12 — best price $19.992024-04-29 — best price $4.992024-12-04 — best price $19.992025-05-22 — best price $19.992025-10-24 — best price $4.802026-03-12 — best price $4.802026-07-15 — best price $4.002026-09-20 — best price $19.992026-10-14 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

196912026-05-29 — 113 pageviews2026-06-02 — 119 pageviews2026-06-06 — 115 pageviews2026-06-10 — 101 pageviews2026-06-14 — 140 pageviews2026-06-18 — 162 pageviews2026-06-22 — 142 pageviews2026-06-26 — 182 pageviews2026-06-30 — 150 pageviews2026-07-04 — 150 pageviews2026-07-08 — 129 pageviews2026-07-12 — 125 pageviews2026-07-16 — 144 pageviews2026-07-20 — 152 pageviews2026-07-24 — 132 pageviews2026-07-28 — 144 pageviews2026-08-01 — 118 pageviews2026-08-05 — 146 pageviews2026-08-09 — 149 pageviews2026-08-13 — 173 pageviews2026-08-17 — 145 pageviews2026-08-21 — 192 pageviews2026-08-25 — 175 pageviews2026-08-29 — 134 pageviews2026-09-02 — 133 pageviews2026-09-06 — 140 pageviews2026-09-10 — 131 pageviews2026-09-14 — 122 pageviews2026-09-18 — 91 pageviews2026-09-22 — 139 pageviews2026-09-26 — 141 pageviews2026-09-30 — 128 pageviews2026-10-04 — 191 pageviews2026-10-07 — 109 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerFamily Sharing

8 supported languages: Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Swedish

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

CasualEconomySandboxBuildingGod GameModdableStrategyIsometricRealisticManagement

Census log

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

Recent updates

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