The Metropolismania 2 is the sequel to Metropolismania and uses the same city-building/maintaining concept as the original game. Played from a third-person perspective, players need to walk around, construct buildings, provide roads, and then screen the emails of possible inhabitants.
Citizens need to be kept happy by interacting with them - give them gifts, listen to their gossip and complaints. If their needs are not attended to (through schools, hospitals or entertainment), they will ditch the town. The goal is to make this a city people want to live in, by building commercial, utility, and entertainment industries.
The gameplay revolves around constructing buildings, managing roads, interacting with citizens, and balancing resources. Players can also add NPCs to their phone book, invite them to move, purchase food from various stores, own a house, buy furniture for it, and manage a local economy.