

Pete Davison writing for the Adweek named Airport City a "solid game with a decent amount of depth", although pointing out that the game has few flaws which mar the experience, such as no cross-platform play between Facebook and mobile versions. Pocket-lint 's Ian Morris called Airport City "the stupidest, most annoying game we've ever played on Android" that manages to be quite addictive with something to do all the time, and "perfecty possible, and enjoyable" to play for free despite its repetitive nature. Seasonal events either reflect real world events, such as Halloween, Christmas, and Easter, or fictitious, such as a UFO crash landing near the city or loosely based on the events from Adventures in Wonderland novel. New content for the game involves the addition of new aircraft, buildings, destinations, and collectible items to bring back from those flights, taking the form of either expansion packs or limited time special events released roughly every month. Another group-based activity is airline alliances that players can create to complete missions together with team members and to compete against other alliances. Gameplay Īirport City tasks the player with expanding a small airport into a major one, while developing a nearby town to support the airport operations with passengers from residential buildings and taxes from commercial properties.Īs both city and airport grow, the space program becomes available that challenges the player to launch space missions either solo or together with other players. The game features mobile cross-platform play, allowing players on any supported device to cooperate and compete with each other.Īs of September 2019, Game Insight has reported over 75 million Airport City registered players worldwide across all platforms.

The game was released for Google Play on February 11, 2012, and for iOS on August 16, 2012, followed by Amazon Appstore on October 26, 2012, and Microsoft Windows on April 3, 2014. Airport City was first launched on the Facebook social media platform on September 1, 2011. City-building game, construction, management simulationĪirport City is a free-to-play city-building simulation game developed and published by Game Insight.
