Megapolis is a pretty traditional citybuilder in mind. Players construct various types of buildings inside their fledgling city so that they can fulfil various objectives that continually pop up at the side of the screen, and are subsequently rewarded with soft currency and experience points. Xp unlock additional forms of building, while soft currency is used to purchase the vast majority of buildings on offer. Soft currency can be collected from the taxes that “infrastructure” (commercial) buildings produce at regular intervals.
There are several twists on the usual CityVille-style formula in Megapolis, however, and they’re mostly for that better. For starters, there is no energy system artificially throttling play sessions, which means that players can savor the game for as long as they will just like the whole time. Monetization instead comes from the sale of premium items, which are more efficient at producing salary of currency and population, and taking advantage of hard currency to purchase special “resource” items to construct larger-scale building projects such as a water treatment plant or river bridge. Players have an alternative solution means of acquiring a number of these premium items, which would be to ask friends or invite individuals to play, so it is possible for more “social” players to have enjoyable, non-limited experience without having to spend a penny.