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City Life 2008 cover art

City Life 2008

Monte Cristo · Focus Entertainment · 2008-09-29

Steam

SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Aug 01, 2008 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Construct the city of the 21st Century with City Life! City Life 2008 Edition is a next-generation City Builder. Its 3D game engine provides a level of detail and animation unprecedented in the City Builder genre, with total freedom of construction.

City Life 2008 is a 2008 Simulation and Strategy game priced at $9.99, with an owner estimate of 20,000 .. 50,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (81% of 255 reviews).

0
playing now
81%
positive of 255 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
50/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (5 downloads)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 23:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 18 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 28% of 16,804 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 10k–20k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 255 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$0.99-90%
GamersGate$1.00-90%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.91 at GamersGate (2023-02-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 47 of 62 observed days · $0.08 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520152026Week of 2015-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

602026-09-16 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 21:00 — 3 players2026-09-25 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 12:00 — 6 players2026-09-27 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 18:00 — 4 players2026-10-03 02:00 — 4 players2026-10-04 10:00 — 2 players2026-10-05 18:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 09:00 — 2 players2026-10-09 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 00:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 07:00 — 2 players2026-10-13 15:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 23:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
51Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 1 · peak 7Nov 2012 — avg 1 · peak 9Mar 2013 — avg 3 · peak 9Jul 2013 — avg 1 · peak 5Nov 2013 — avg 1 · peak 6Mar 2014 — avg 1 · peak 7Jul 2014 — avg 2 · peak 10Nov 2014 — avg 2 · peak 7Mar 2015 — avg 2 · peak 8Jul 2015 — avg 1 · peak 6Nov 2015 — avg 1 · peak 8Mar 2016 — avg 1 · peak 5Jul 2016 — avg 1 · peak 6Nov 2016 — avg 1 · peak 7Mar 2017 — avg 1 · peak 6Jul 2017 — avg 2 · peak 10Nov 2017 — avg 2 · peak 7Mar 2018 — avg 2 · peak 7Jul 2018 — avg 2 · peak 8Nov 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6Mar 2019 — avg 1 · peak 6Jul 2019 — avg 2 · peak 6Nov 2019 — avg 2 · peak 7Mar 2020 — avg 3 · peak 10Jul 2020 — avg 2 · peak 7Nov 2020 — avg 2 · peak 9Mar 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Jul 2021 — avg 2 · peak 6Nov 2021 — avg 2 · peak 6Mar 2022 — avg 2 · peak 13Jul 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Nov 2022 — avg 2 · peak 10Mar 2023 — avg 2 · peak 9Jul 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Jan 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6Aug 2024 — avg 3 · peak 9Mar 2025 — avg 2 · peak 8Jul 2025 — avg 2 · peak 6Jul 2026 — avg 2 · peak 7Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 8
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$11.13$0.912015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — best price $3.392015-03-07 — best price $7.492015-04-21 — best price $7.952015-09-03 — best price $2.492016-02-05 — best price $1.992016-07-04 — best price $9.992017-06-22 — best price $1.992017-11-22 — best price $1.992018-06-04 — best price $2.502018-09-20 — best price $1.992019-02-04 — best price $1.992019-07-09 — best price $9.992019-12-19 — best price $1.992020-06-25 — best price $2.492020-12-01 — best price $9.992021-04-15 — best price $9.992021-09-13 — best price $9.992022-02-03 — best price $9.992022-09-15 — best price $9.992023-01-05 — best price $9.992023-04-17 — best price $0.992023-09-07 — best price $3.092023-12-13 — best price $0.992024-03-14 — best price $0.992024-06-17 — best price $2.302024-10-30 — best price $9.992025-01-27 — best price $9.992025-06-05 — best price $9.992025-09-29 — best price $0.992025-12-25 — best price $0.922026-03-04 — best price $9.992026-06-15 — best price $9.992026-08-13 — best price $9.992026-08-28 — best price $1.002026-09-08 — best price $0.992026-10-04 — best price $0.992026-10-15 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, French, German

Player tags

StrategySimulationCity Builder

Census log

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

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