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City of Brass cover art

City of Brass

Uppercut Games Pty Ltd · 2018-05-04

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ActionIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 04, 2018 (Xbox One), May 04, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 08, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), May 04, 2018 (PlayStation 4)

A first-person action adventure, inspired by Arabian Nights, from senior BioShock developers.

0
playing now
78%
positive of 827 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
68/100
critic score (8 outlets, IGDB)
40/100
IGDB user rating (16 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 11:00 UTC (census sample)

City of Brass is a single-player first-person dungeon crawl video game, set in a procedurally generated, Arabian Nights-themed city of interconnecting corridors, courtyards and rooms. Players assume the role of a thief, fighting to reach a treasure hidden in the heart of a mythical city filled with traps and enemies. It was developed by Australian independent video game studio Uppercut Games and was announced on 6 July 2017 as being in development for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. The Windows version was released on Steam via its Early Access program on 18 September 2017.

Health check

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  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 37% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 21k–50k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 827 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2020-12-14)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 12 of 26 observed days · $18.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

102026-08-12 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$1.992017-09-182026-08-292017-09-18 — best price $19.992017-12-21 — best price $19.992018-09-24 — best price $19.992018-12-17 — best price $19.992019-02-18 — best price $19.992019-06-10 — best price $19.992019-09-16 — best price $19.992019-12-16 — best price $19.992020-02-24 — best price $3.992020-07-09 — best price $19.992020-11-02 — best price $19.992020-12-22 — best price $1.992021-03-01 — best price $1.992021-06-14 — best price $19.992021-11-23 — best price $1.992021-12-16 — best price $1.992022-03-15 — best price $19.992022-06-13 — best price $1.992022-07-28 — best price $19.992022-11-21 — best price $19.992023-02-02 — best price $1.992023-03-16 — best price $1.992023-06-30 — best price $1.992023-10-17 — best price $1.992023-11-21 — best price $1.992024-01-11 — best price $19.992024-03-14 — best price $1.992024-05-20 — best price $19.992024-08-05 — best price $1.992024-11-04 — best price $19.992025-01-02 — best price $19.992025-05-28 — best price $19.992025-08-04 — best price $19.992025-11-06 — best price $19.992026-01-26 — best price $19.992026-05-04 — best price $19.992026-06-15 — best price $19.992026-08-29 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

54
achievements tracked
77.6%
earned "First blood"
6.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

13 supported languages: English, French, German, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Turkish, Traditional Chinese, Spanish - Spain, Italian…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,5161%54
Xbox One (Xbox)9481%54
PS4 (PlayStation)2490%16
PS4 (PlayStation)1882%16
Switch (Nintendo)130%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

3DFPSActionFantasyAdventureDifficultSwordplayRogue-likeAtmosphericPerma Death

Census log

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

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