Developer · Publisher
Maxis
In the catalog, developer of 32 and publisher of 15 games; the atlas has read 1. A dot's size is its number of Wikipedia language editions, a measure of notability rather than sales.
| Genre | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
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| simulation 29 | SimEarth | SimAnt | SimCity 2000 | SimTower | SimCity 3000 | The Sims | SimCity 4 | The Sims 2 | The Sims 3 | SimCity | The Sims 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| strategy 2 | Spore | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| racing 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| music 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| sports 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| role-playing game 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| other 1 |
Games read
- SimCity 1989 · developer
Their mechanics
Demand meter, Disasters, Land value, Simulation tick, Traffic simulation, Zoning
Release years are each game's first release. Genres come from Wikidata through the atlas's taxonomy; a game sits in the lane of its first mapped genre.