About Smart City Plan
Smart City Plan is a city builder developed and published by the independent studio Ambiera and released in 2020. It takes the classic formula of old-school city building games and modernizes it with fresh ideas about sustainability and technology. You start with an empty piece of land and a few roads, mark out areas where citizens can build their homes, shops and companies, and watch a small settlement grow into a busy metropolis. The game runs in real time, but you can pause or speed it up at any moment, so you are always in control of the pace.
Zoning is the heart of the game. You can designate commercial, industrial, agricultural and office areas, along with three types of residential zones, and balance them so that people have jobs, services and pleasant places to live. As your city expands, you need to take care of pollution, noise, crime, waste, water and energy, and the right mix of infrastructure buildings keeps everything running smoothly. An assistant guides you through the basics, which makes the first steps easy even if you have never played a city builder before, while experienced mayors can dive straight into deeper planning.
Transport is one of the strongest features. You can build bus lines, trams, trains, subways and even a futuristic hypertube, and an intelligent road and rail building method helps you solve traffic problems. Beyond construction, you decide policies on energy and water usage, insulation and taxes, and you can write laws about speed limits, pollution, anti-corruption and more. Smart city technologies let you turn the city literally green with living walls on buildings, and you can attract special industries such as space companies, build bridges, stations and even space ports.
Smart City Plan is a single-player game that suits players who enjoy calm planning, numbers and the satisfaction of a well-organized city. Tracking financial data and analyzing problems is part of the fun, and the unlockable sandbox mode lets you place every building exactly where you want it once you have mastered the systems. With its tiny download size and light hardware needs, it is also a great option for older computers and laptops. If you have fond memories of classic city simulations and want something simple to start but rich to master, this is a fine choice for your next metropolis.
Key Features
- City builder – Old-school style, modernized.
- Zoning – Seven zone types.
- Public transport – Trains, trams, buses, subways, hypertube.
- Policies and laws – Taxes, energy, pollution and more.
- Smart city tech – Green living walls.
- Special industries – Even space companies.
- Sandbox mode – Place every building freely.
- Pause and speed up – Single-player.
PC Version and Compatibility
The game runs on Windows. The minimum setup is Windows 7 or newer, a 2 GHz dual-core processor, 1 GB of RAM, hardware-accelerated graphics with dedicated memory and only 120 MB of free disk space, with a minimum screen resolution of 1024x786. These very light requirements mean the game runs on almost any desktop or laptop, including older office machines and small notebooks. Languages: English, German, French, Spanish and Russian.
Global Activation & What You Receive
This GOG key unlocks the full game Smart City Plan. It is a Global key that can be activated worldwide. Sign in to your GOG account, open gog.com/redeem, enter the code and the game is added to your library, where you can download it directly or through GOG Galaxy.
Why Buy This Game?
Why buy it? It is a modern old-school city builder with seven zone types, trains, trams and a hypertube, detailed policies, green smart city tech and a sandbox mode.
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