Mobile has had fair share of city builders, from the skyscraper-based Project Highrise to the card-game hybrid Concrete Jungle, but the ambitious Pocket City looks to be condense the familiar complexity of SimCity and its style of games into an iOS/Android-friendly package.

In classic genre fashion, your god’s eye mayoral view places all the functions of a city at your fingertips, from designating residential and industrial zones, to managing taxes, to constructing recreation areas and developing parks, to handling crime and dealing with disasters.

Zoning will be crucial to keeping your citizens happy and your city functioning, while completing missions for different citizens and their issues earns you XP to unlock new buildings and further diversify your growing urban sprawl.

Pocket City will be available on July 31st for 31st and can currently be pre-ordered for $4.99 on the App Store.