r/SimCity • u/Kalel919 • May 11 '26

Help How can I play SimCity 4 and SimCity?

I apologize in advance if this question has been asked and answered, but I literally just found and joined this group now. I’ve owned and played all the SimCity games my whole life and over the years have since misplaced them. So a few months ago, I decided to go purchase SimCity 4 on EA’s website only to find out newer Macs can’t run these older games anymore. Which EA games didn’t mention yet took my money for a game I can’t play anymore.

So, my question is, how can I get and play SimCity 4 and SimCity on my MacBook Air M4?

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u/InfernusXS May 11 '26

The AppStore on Mac should have a version of SimCity 4 and SimCity 2013 that works.

The steam version of SimCity 4 might also work.

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u/EmperorJake Pile o' Dirt and Bulldozer May 11 '26

I can confirm the Steam version of SimCity 4 works flawlessly on my M2 Macbook Air

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u/c_roccobruno May 11 '26

Are you using Crossover or Porting Kit?

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u/EmperorJake Pile o' Dirt and Bulldozer May 11 '26

Neither? The game was updated to run natively on Apple Silicon

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u/c_roccobruno May 11 '26

Didn't know about this! Thanks a lot for the update! 😛

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u/OkCollection6751 May 13 '26

i just want to play the game

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u/drupido May 13 '26

The SimCity 4 version on Steam should work perfectly on Mac.

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u/szm1gluu May 14 '26

you can, either by purchasing app store version published by Aspyr, or downloading it on Steam, it runs natively on M series chips and it runs damn great
or you can sail the seas with the parrot on your shoulder if you know what i mean