The Game Census
City Life 2008 cover art

City Life 2008

Monte Cristo · Focus Entertainment · 2008-09-29

Steam

SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

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.

1
playing now
81%
positive of 254 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
50/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 55% of 6,674 Simulation games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 10k–20k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 254 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GamersGate$1.00-90%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$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 29 of 46 observed days · $0.09 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

502026-08-12 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-12 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-17 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 22:00 — 5 players2026-08-20 14:00 — 3 players2026-08-21 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 21:00 — 2 players2026-08-22 13:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 05:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 20:00 — 3 players2026-08-24 12:00 — 4 players2026-08-25 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 20:00 — 3 players2026-08-26 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 13:00 — 2 players2026-08-29 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 20:00 — 2 players2026-08-30 12:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$11.13$0.912015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — 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 $1.002026-08-30 — best price $1.00
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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