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Silicon City

Silicon City is a mediocre city builder with unintuitive UI design, tedious downtimes during gameplay, and frustrating performance issues on the larger maps.
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52%Game Brain Score
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64% User Score Based on 33 reviews
Critic Score 50%Based on 2 reviews

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Silicon City is a single player city builder game. It was developed by Polycorne Games and was released on October 13, 2021. It received neutral reviews from critics and mostly positive reviews from players.

"Silicon City" is a retro-style city building game where players act as mayor, constructing a city from empty land using grid-based gameplay. Build residential areas, public services, shops, parks, and manage traffic to ensure citizens' needs are met and the city prospers. The city and its citizens evolve procedurally, providing a unique experience each playthrough.

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  • The game features a unique simulation of individual citizens, each with their own lives and even social media interactions, adding depth to the gameplay.
  • It has a charming art style and nostalgic feel reminiscent of classic city builders, making it enjoyable for fans of the genre.
  • The developers have shown responsiveness to feedback and have fixed critical bugs quickly, indicating a commitment to improving the game.
  • The game is plagued by performance issues, including lag and crashes, especially when managing larger cities, making it frustrating to play.
  • Progression is slow and tedious, often requiring players to leave the game idling, which detracts from the overall experience.
  • Many bugs remain unaddressed, and the lack of updates since October 2023 raises concerns about the game's future development.
  • optimization
    8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The optimization of Silicon City has been widely criticized due to persistent performance issues that hinder gameplay, making it difficult for players to enjoy the experience. While the developers have acknowledged these problems and are receptive to feedback, many users express frustration over the lack of fixes and new content, leading to a recommendation against playing the game in its current state.

    • “They've also acknowledged the performance issues and are working on them and have been very receptive to criticism and feedback.”
    • “Hopefully, they can fix the performance issues and make the game better.”
    • “Silicon City is a mediocre city builder with unintuitive UI design, tedious downtimes during gameplay, and frustrating performance issues on the larger maps.”
    • “Performance issues were never fixed and new content that was promised was never added.”
    • “Silicon City is also buggy and is plagued with performance issues.”
    • “Would not recommend to anyone at this stage as long as there are performance issues.”
  • graphics
    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The graphics of the city-builder are characterized by a simple, nostalgic art style reminiscent of 90s games, which some players appreciate for its charm. While it may not innovate significantly in visual design, the integration of modern elements, like a social media platform for city management, adds a contemporary twist to the overall experience. Despite the simplicity, effective resource management remains crucial for success in the game.

    • “A solid city-builder with a nice art style - it doesn't break any major new ground, but it does what it is supposed to.”
    • “The graphics and some of the gameplay feel more like older city builder games.”
    • “First, the graphics are very simple, giving the player a sense of builder games from the 90s, but the usage of a Twitter-like social media platform as a way to keep an eye on the city makes it feel a bit more modern.”
    • “Don't let the simple graphics fool you, however... there is definitely a need for good resource management or you'll find yourself bankrupt quickly.”
  • stability
    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Silicon City suffers from significant stability issues, with users reporting frequent bugs and performance problems, particularly when managing larger cities with 15-20 zones. The game's graphical user interface (GUI) is also problematic, exhibiting erratic behavior such as extreme zooming with single clicks.

    • “Silicon City is also buggy and is plagued with performance issues.”
    • “I played through a couple of different cities, but once I got to the point where I had about 15-20 zones, the game would get very buggy and eventually the GUI would just flip out.”
    • “The GUI is buggy; for example, trying to zoom in with a single click sometimes zooms the game in as far as it will go.”
  • story
    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The story aspect of the game is engaging, particularly highlighted by the quest feature that allows the city to make requests, enhancing the overall experience. However, the tutorial suffers from spelling errors and a slow start, which may detract from initial impressions.

    • “Although the tutorial is riddled with some spelling errors and can feel like a slow beginning, as soon as I entered the classic mode I was charmed by the game, especially the quest feature implemented that allowed my city to make requests to me, which made my run significantly more fun.”
    • “The story feels disjointed and lacks depth, making it hard to stay engaged.”
    • “Character development is minimal, leaving the plot feeling flat and uninteresting.”
    • “The narrative is predictable and fails to offer any surprising twists or emotional impact.”
  • gameplay
    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Gameplay in Silicon City features periodic challenges and competitive leaderboards, enhancing player engagement. While the park features and management mechanics are praised for their potential and interactivity, the game suffers from an unintuitive UI, tedious downtimes, and performance issues on larger maps, leading to a mixed overall experience.

    • “Periodic challenges focus on various aspects of the gameplay, and leaderboards fuel a sense of competition.”
    • “The game has a lot of amazing potential. I already love the park features, management mechanics, and the amount of interactive stuff you can do with your city!”
    • “Silicon City is a mediocre city builder with unintuitive UI design, tedious downtimes during gameplay, and frustrating performance issues on the larger maps.”
  • grinding
    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Players find the grinding aspect of Silicon City to be tedious and simplistic, with frustrating downtimes and performance issues, particularly on larger maps. The unintuitive UI and numerous spelling errors further detract from the overall experience, making the gameplay feel laborious.

    • “Silicon City is a mediocre city builder with unintuitive UI design, tedious downtimes during gameplay, and frustrating performance issues on the larger maps.”
    • “It's a very simplistic and tedious city builder that doesn't run very well and is full of spelling errors.”
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Silicon City is a city builder game.

Silicon City is available on PC, Mac OS, Windows and Linux.

Silicon City was released on October 13, 2021.

Silicon City was developed by Polycorne Games.

Silicon City has received neutral reviews from players and neutral reviews from critics. Most players liked this game for its gameplay but disliked it for its optimization.

Silicon City is a single player game.

Similar games include NewCity, Citystate II, Highrise City, Cities: Skylines 2, Fabledom and others.