Games Metropolis 3000
- City builder
- 9+
- Hours, with saves
- Phone upright or sideways
Metropolis 3000
an Etheria game
A city builder: zone, build roads, keep the power and water flowing, and grow a metropolis.
Play free in your browser Today's challengePhone, tablet or computer. No download. Your progress saves on this device, or in your free Etheria account.
What's new
6 November 2026: Every pop-up (sign-in, save, Add to Home Screen, toasts, level-up) now wears this game’s own look
About Metropolis 3000
Metropolis 3000 is a free city builder you play in your browser, in the spirit of SimCity 3000. You start with an empty field and a budget, and grow it into a metropolis: lay the roads, zone homes, shops and industry, then keep the power, water and rubbish flowing while the city climbs through its tiers.
It's an Etheria original, drawn from scratch, with its own Municipal Deco look and an advisory team that grows with your city. It runs on a phone, a tablet or a PC, with nothing to download.
At a glance
- Genre
- City builder
- Price
- Free, no ads
- Plays on
- Phone, tablet or PC, in the browser
- Download
- None
- Account
- Optional: cities save in the browser; a free account keeps them on every device
- Age
- 9+
- Modes
- Career, 18 timed Challenges, Daily map
- Players
- 1
How to play
- Career: any map, any size. The Mayor's Charter gives you three goals at a time, from 100 residents to a city that covers the map, and pays a grant for each.
- Challenges: eighteen hand-made scenarios with a target and a deadline, from Founding Day to a debt rescue and a disaster recovery.
- Daily: one map and one goal a day, the same for every player, with a streak to keep.
Watch the budget and your approval. Two years in debt, or a year below 20% approval, and the voters recall you. When you finish a map, send a friend a link to the same city with your time to beat.
Questions
- Is Metropolis 3000 free?
- Yes. It is free to play in your browser, with no download and no ads. Shards, Etheria's currency, only buy cosmetic looks.
- Is it like SimCity?
- It is a city builder in the spirit of SimCity 3000: zoning, roads, power, water, taxes and a budget, with goals, timed challenges and a Daily. All the art and names are our own.
- Can I play it on my phone?
- Yes. It works on phones, tablets and computers in any modern browser.
- Do I need an account?
- No. Your cities save in your browser. A free Etheria account is optional and keeps your cities with you on every device you sign in on.
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