# SimCity 3k in 4k

10 Hacker News commenters recommended SimCity 3k in 4k and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Fans recommend this patch for preserving SimCity 3000 with good audio and macOS support. The main caveat is that premium buildings can quickly drain your budget.

## Why people recommend it

- Good audio and soundtrack (2 comments): "Sweeet well done, especially with the audio." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48298073)) "the soundtrack does a lot to set the mood" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48302855))

## What people warn about

- Premium buildings drain city budget (1 comments): "It's very easy to build the 'premium' version of a building (eg police HQ instead of police station) and utterly annihilate your city budget" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48303981))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [SimCity 3000](https://hackerapproved.com/p/simcity-3000.md): 23 recommend
- [SimCity 2000](https://hackerapproved.com/p/simcity-2000.md): 20 recommend
- [SimCity](https://hackerapproved.com/p/simcity.md): 20 recommend
- [Cities: Skylines](https://hackerapproved.com/p/cities-skylines.md): 20 recommend
- [Microlandia](https://hackerapproved.com/p/microlandia.md): 20 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "SimCity 3k in 4k", https://hackerapproved.com/p/simcity-3k-in-4k/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).