# Android city building game that doesnt require ingame purchases or waiting hours for stuff to finish

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [December 24, 2013, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/android-city-building-game-that-doesnt-require-ingame-purchases-or-waiting-hours-for-stuff-to-finish/677094 "2013-12-24T17:55:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2013, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/android-city-building-game-that-doesnt-require-ingame-purchases-or-waiting-hours-for-stuff-to-finish/677094/1 "2013-12-24T17:55:20Z")

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Are there any? I’m playing The Tribes and The Simpsons Tapped Out, but what I’d really like is something like Caesar 3 was on the pc, where you just build stuff and dont have to wait hours or pay money to finish. Paying for the app up front is fine.

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**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2013, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/android-city-building-game-that-doesnt-require-ingame-purchases-or-waiting-hours-for-stuff-to-finish/677094/2 "2013-12-24T20:43:14Z")

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Moving from IMHO to Game Room.

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**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2013, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/android-city-building-game-that-doesnt-require-ingame-purchases-or-waiting-hours-for-stuff-to-finish/677094/3 "2013-12-24T22:08:53Z")

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Epic City Builder 2 on the Amazon App store looks like a SimCity 2000 style clone. The couple reviews it has say that it doesn’t have in-app purchases.

If you download any app from the Amazon App Store today (free or paid) you’ll get a $5 credit at the store. So Epic City Builder 2 is 99¢ but you can easily get it for free just by downloading some free app first.

Edit: Most of the other builders all looked to be “free” apps supported by in-app purchases.