SimCity™ 3000 Unlimited

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 467 reviews of which 407 were positive and 60 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.1 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 2.49€ on Steam and has a 50% discount.

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

Simulation Strategy City Builder Casual Singleplayer Classic Retro Isometric

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Requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

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

Reviews

Explore reviews from Steam users sharing their experiences and what they love about the game.

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.

March 2024

I saw a review which indicated that it doesn't work on Linux and Steam Deck. Culprit is unfortunately WineD3D, which is provided by Proton and has issues with this game. To get this fixed, you need to use different DirectDraw translation layer. cnc-ddraw worked for me. 1. Grab latest cnc-ddraw, it has GitHub repository, really don't know how Steam handles external links in reviews 2. Extract ddraw.dll and ddraw.ini to <gamedir>/Apps/ directory. 3. Add WINEDLLOVERRIDES=ddraw=n,b %command% to game's launch options This should also work for Steam Deck.

March 2024

Sim City 3000 is one of the best games from my childhood. This is nothing more than that it was. It is just a dump of what that Sadly the game does not have good resolution support You can fix this by replacing the EXE file. https://support.gog.com/hc/en-us/articles/360018687573-Simcity-3000-Unlimited-widescreen-support?product=gog This is a sloppy dump of an old timer on Steam. Which is too bad, because they could have at least included the file above. The architect crashes on launch. The steam store has a picture on it from a different game entirely (Alpha Centari). I am happy that for preservation sake this is on steam, but I wish there would have been a little effort into getting this on steam. Perhaps they could make a deal with some of the modders. This was just dumped on Steam and took an EA employee a single afternoon to do. I find it hard to recommend, but also hard to not recommend, it's a classic, it's a fantastic game, but it needs mods to run on modern systems. Similar situation as RollerCoaster Tycoon 2.

March 2024

The 4 original Sim City games would benefit greatly from a Remastered collection. if you plan to play Sim City 3000, make sure to download the HD widescreen patch ( https://tetration.github.io/Simcity3000_Modding_Revival/scu3HD_patch.html ).

March 2024

POV: Its 2002, Your Pentium 4 machine boots up after 3 minutes of waiting. You can hear the hard-drive spin constantly. You dial-up your internet and check the icons on your stock Windows XP Wallpaper . But instead of Unreal Tournament, Quake 3, Red Alert, Vice City.... You choose a game were you can relax and build a city. This is that game

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Developer

Maxis

Publisher

Electronic Arts

Release 07 Mar 2024

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