Is micropolisJS free?

Yes. micropolisJS is free and does not ask you to register or hand over an email address before you can use it.

How long does micropolisJS take?

Clear your evening. We warned you. We file it under "Rabbit hole" — the original open-source SimCity, rewritten for browsers.

Does micropolisJS work on a phone?

micropolisJS really wants a mouse and a wide window. It will load on a phone, but the experience is built for desktop.

What kind of site is micropolisJS?

We list it under Sandboxes & Simulators — small worlds that keep running without you. It keeps the original's slow tempo, so a city takes real time to grow and you notice precisely which road you should not have built.

Sandboxes & Simulators

micropolisJS

The original open-source SimCity, rewritten for browsers

Visit graememcc.co.uk More Sandboxes & Simulators

graememcc.co.uk

Rabbit hole · Best on desktop

Free, no sign-up · online since 2013

What micropolisJS actually is

Graeme McCutcheon ported Micropolis, the open-source release of the first SimCity code, to JavaScript. You zone residential, commercial and industrial land, run power lines and roads, set the tax rate, then deal with fires, traffic and the occasional requested disaster.

Why it is worth your time

It keeps the original's slow tempo, so a city takes real time to grow and you notice precisely which road you should not have built.

Common questions

Is micropolisJS free?: Yes. micropolisJS is free and does not ask you to register or hand over an email address before you can use it.
How long does micropolisJS take?: Clear your evening. We warned you. We file it under "Rabbit hole" — the original open-source SimCity, rewritten for browsers.
Does micropolisJS work on a phone?: micropolisJS really wants a mouse and a wide window. It will load on a phone, but the experience is built for desktop.
What kind of site is micropolisJS?: We list it under Sandboxes & Simulators — small worlds that keep running without you. It keeps the original's slow tempo, so a city takes real time to grow and you notice precisely which road you should not have built.

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micropolisJS

The original open-source SimCity, rewritten for browsers

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Free, no sign-up · online since 2013

What micropolisJS actually is

Why it is worth your time

It keeps the original's slow tempo, so a city takes real time to grow and you notice precisely which road you should not have built.

Common questions

Is micropolisJS free?: Yes. micropolisJS is free and does not ask you to register or hand over an email address before you can use it.
How long does micropolisJS take?: Clear your evening. We warned you. We file it under "Rabbit hole" — the original open-source SimCity, rewritten for browsers.
Does micropolisJS work on a phone?: micropolisJS really wants a mouse and a wide window. It will load on a phone, but the experience is built for desktop.
What kind of site is micropolisJS?: We list it under Sandboxes & Simulators — small worlds that keep running without you. It keeps the original's slow tempo, so a city takes real time to grow and you notice precisely which road you should not have built.