SimCity 3000 Unlimited

 PC
  • Publisher: Maxis
  • Release Date: May 16, 2000
User Score
8.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 73 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 58 out of 73
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 73
  3. Negative: 4 out of 73
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  1. Super12
    Mar 17, 2002
    10
    Where can I buy: SIMCITY 3000 UNLIMITED in FRANCE????
  2. MannyB.
    May 3, 2005
    3
    To me i just didn't like it, the original sim city is better.
  3. JeffA.
    Jul 20, 2001
    10
    This game is sweet! It is tons better then the first two.
  4. Kirase
    Jan 1, 2012
    6
    First i felt overwhelmed by the lot of new features this game delivered. It took me a complete "learning" game session and one not too well designed city to understand all new aspects of this game. At the same time it became obvious that one of the main aspects of the game -money- completely fails its role. Once your city fulfills a few minimum requirements you will always automaticallyFirst i felt overwhelmed by the lot of new features this game delivered. It took me a complete "learning" game session and one not too well designed city to understand all new aspects of this game. At the same time it became obvious that one of the main aspects of the game -money- completely fails its role. Once your city fulfills a few minimum requirements you will always automatically get certain contract business buildings. From that point on you will have enough money to easily expand your city to for example 200k citizens and you will just get more and more with every new zone you place on the map soon having too much money to spent. Feels close to cheating and somehow pointless and boring.… Expand
  5. Recanto
    Feb 13, 2013
    10
    Amazing game wich gives hours of fun.
  6. Isten
    Feb 26, 2014
    8
    Provides hours of entertainment....and then you start to use cheats and it provides hour more.

    Skip Simcity 4, its terrible DRM and "improvements" to gameplay and just by this for the classic SimCity experience we all know an love.
  7. Andjelico
    Nov 22, 2014
    8
    Awesome game for them who likes to build cities. There is so many ways to create an awesome city, and the graphics are good. I like to listen the songs in this game too, while building your own city!
  8. Review123
    Aug 5, 2017
    6
    The Game Is Good, But Is Getting Old, These Days I Going To Call THis Game "boring''
    Good Things:
    Gameplay
    The Game Is Hard

    What Is Ruining:
    The Graphics
  9. cezar88augusto
    Feb 26, 2022
    8
    SimCity 3000 was my first game about city management. I have the CD to this day. In the period it was released, it was considered one of the best games. This game guaranteed me hours of fun!

Awards & Rankings

57
#57 Best PC Game of 2000
47
#47 Most Discussed PC Game of 2000
64
#64 Most Shared PC Game of 2000

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
77

Generally favorable reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 9
  3. Negative: 1 out of 9
  1. Gamezilla!
    92
    No matter how you look at it, "SimCity 3000 Unlimited" is a city full of fun.
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  2. IGN
    91
    With all the options available to players, the added building sets, the scenarios, the create-your-own building feature, all the goodness from SimCity 3000, some tutorials thrown in for new players to even out the package, and the literally unlimited amount of cool stuff available on SimCity Exchange, it's certainly worth picking up.
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  3. Happy Puppy
    70
    Like "SimCity 2000" and "SimCity 3000," this version can be extremely challenging and requires more micromanaging than even New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani would want.
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