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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 simulation, strategy and city builder game developed by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts.
Released on March 07th 2024 is available only on Windows in 6 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Dutch and Swedish.

It has received 537 reviews of which 465 were positive and 72 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.1 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 4.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified SimCity™ 3000 Unlimited into these genres:

Simulation Strategy City Builder Casual Singleplayer Classic Retro Isometric 1990's

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Windows

OS *: Windows XP / Vista / 7 / 8 / 10
Processor: 1.8 GHz
Memory: 512 MB RAM
Graphics: 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 9.0c
DirectX: Version 9.0c
Storage: 500 MB available space

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Feb. 2025

I never thought I'd say this but thank you EA for releasing SimCity 3000 in a playable state on Steam. I played this game so many times at home and at the after-school club. There was always a competition about who could have the best city and if someone had a skyscraper in their city they had bragging rights. Of course, most of us didn't have any skyscraper in their city. We were all bad but the game was just so much fun so it didn't really matter Funny enough, no one was talking about Mario or Zelda. Nintendo has never really been big except for Pokémon where I live. It was mostly Counter Strike , SimCity 2000 and SimCity 3000 and of course a lot of PlayStation games there was popular when I was growing up

Nov. 2024

SC3K was my first game in the SimCity series and it got me hooked. This was from the golden age of Maxis before EA came around. I'm so glad to see this on Steam after feeling pretty much lost. I believe it was only available on GOG for years. I love getting these old games on my Steam library. Also has an amazing score. I'd say SimCity 4 has better music overall, but the quality they put into it is amazing. Not sure if this will bring in any new players with its age, but if you played this back in the day it brings back a lot of memories. SC4 is the best city sim in my opinion with better mods and CC options available on Simtroplis, but SC3K still holds up.

Oct. 2024

Back to basics classic city-simulating. Nostalgia is a powerful draw, but the fact remains that this was a game made by a studio with people who poured their heart, souls, and creativity into the project. Going from Simcity 2000 to 3000 was a monumental leap and despite it's limitations compared to modern city building offerings, the game holds up exceptionally well with layered complexity beneath the surface. The music (particularly the jazzy numbers) is a bright red cherry on top of a great late 90's early 00's experience.

June 2024

A game where I can demonstrate my inability to manage a budget without my wife getting mad. Good to see I haven't gotten any better at this game since childhood.

May 2024

Sim City 3000 Unlimited/World Edition is a great classic. Back when Maxis actually made good Sim games. One could argue that Sims in the City and Sim City 4 are the peak of of the Sim City games, but thats where they started to really go after players wallets. Now with this, you do not need EA Origin to play. Thank the Heavens! But you still have a couple tweaks to do if you want some "Modern Flair" enhancements. By default you have only the [4:3] 640x480 through 1280x1024 resolutions. - start the game and get to the main menu. navigate the options if you desire and youll find your stuck with low resolution modes. - exit the game back to desktop. This can be easily fixed by going to GOG for their Official Version of the SC3U.exe which has all the resolution tweaks in it. - Go to this Official GOG Forum Link Link - https://support.gog.com/hc/en-us/articles/360018687573-Simcity-3000-Unlimited-widescreen-support?product=gog Youll find the download link in the middle of the paragraph, which will be the GOG version of the EXE in a RAR archive. - Go to your install location, i.e. [Steam\steamapps\common\SimCity 3000 Unlimited\Apps]. - locate the original sc3u.exe and put that in a new folder called bkup so you can always fine it if you run into a problem. - Place the GOG version of the exe in your where the old exe was. - Start the game again, go to the preferences menu and This will get you ALL of your GPU & Display's supported Resolutions. i.e. I was able to set it to 2560x1440p. Looks amazing compared to the 1280x1024. Now one issue resides on resolution above 1280x720p. The fast/warp speed scrolling. This is only a problem if you use Right-Click on your mouse to drag the screen. There is a couple oddball fixes that dont always work. None have worked for me at least. - Run the game at the desktop resolution with a high/widescreen resolution patch [GOG exe]. Ensure that the game has been modified to run in high/widescreen resolutions. In the game's video options, set the resolution to the desktop resolution. You dont really need to use R-Click, you can just use Left-Click and it will snap to center where you click on screen. This is the only issue besides reported issues of memory leaks after X amount of play time. This varies depending on the PC from what it sounds.

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4.99€

8.1

465

Online players

Developer

Maxis

Publisher

Electronic Arts

Release 07 Mar 2024

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