Choose how you want to build
For rank progression, grow the world population to rise from junior toward Tycoon and unlock bonuses along the way.
Place your company headquarters with the nearest city in mind: it gives that city a growth bonus. Higher company ranks unlock headquarters expansions that add more bonuses.
For freer construction, turn off all costs. You can also start at Tycoon rank to receive all bonuses and landmarks immediately.
Sandbox lets you move forward or backward in time, found new cities, and place industries freely.
Sandbox city controls let you configure cargo types, change city size, freeze growth, adjust the distribution of building levels, and reweight city needs.
Ranks and sandbox controls
- How do population, ranks, and headquarters bonuses connect?
- World population determines your rise through the ranks and unlocks bonuses. Headquarters boosts growth in the nearest city, while expansions unlocked at higher ranks add bonuses.
- What can I change with the cost and sandbox controls?
- You can turn off all costs or start at Tycoon rank with all bonuses and landmarks. Sandbox lets you found cities, freely place industries, travel through time, and adjust city cargo types, size, growth, building-level distribution, and needs.