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City Builder

Cow Corp. · 2018-05-27

Steam

CasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: May 27, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

You're a government worker who is building a city one building at a time. Place parts of your building to build the tallest building ever created in this fun filled endless stacker!

City Builder is a 2018 Casual, Indie, and Simulation game priced at $0.99, with an estimated owner base of 0 to 20,000 and a Mixed review sentiment (69% of 87 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-10-01

69%
positive of 87 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$0.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 21% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 39% of 23,082 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.2k–5.2k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 87 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.37 at Steam (2022-10-26)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3320182026Week of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$1.99$0.372018-05-282025-03-202018-05-28 — best price $1.592018-10-10 — best price $1.992019-02-04 — best price $0.512019-02-25 — best price $1.992019-06-25 — best price $0.512019-08-12 — best price $1.992019-10-28 — best price $0.512020-01-02 — best price $1.992020-01-24 — best price $0.492020-03-02 — best price $1.992020-06-08 — best price $0.492020-07-09 — best price $1.992020-11-16 — best price $0.492020-12-01 — best price $1.992021-02-01 — best price $0.492021-02-15 — best price $1.992021-05-17 — best price $0.492021-07-08 — best price $1.992021-11-24 — best price $0.492021-12-13 — best price $1.992022-02-07 — best price $0.492022-11-09 — best price $1.992022-12-12 — best price $0.372023-01-05 — best price $1.992023-03-06 — best price $0.372023-03-23 — best price $1.992023-05-24 — best price $0.372023-07-27 — best price $1.992023-10-09 — best price $0.492023-11-28 — best price $0.992024-06-27 — best price $0.492024-12-04 — best price $0.992025-03-13 — best price $0.492025-03-20 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

IndieCasualSimulationCity Builder

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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