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City of Brass cover art

City of Brass

Uppercut Games Pty Ltd · 2018-05-04

SteamPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

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.

City of Brass is an Action and Indie game released in 2018, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (78% of 828 reviews).

0
playing now
78%
positive of 828 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
68/100
critic score (8 outlets, IGDB)
40/100
IGDB user rating (16 ratings)
4
Nexus mods (54 downloads)
4.06★
PlayStation Store rating (162 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$19.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 13:00 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

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 15 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 42% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (88 reviews).
  • · Top 16% of 28,202 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 21k–50k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 828 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$1.99-90%
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 25 of 41 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
646420172026Week of 2017-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 22:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 09:00 — 2 players2026-10-05 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 15:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-15 13:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
180Jul 2017Jan 2024Jul 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Sep 2017 — avg 4 · peak 24Nov 2017 — avg 1 · peak 6Jan 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Mar 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6May 2018 — avg 18 · peak 130Jul 2018 — avg 7 · peak 41Sep 2018 — avg 4 · peak 16Nov 2018 — avg 3 · peak 11Jan 2019 — avg 7 · peak 40Mar 2019 — avg 2 · peak 9May 2019 — avg 2 · peak 9Jul 2019 — avg 4 · peak 18Sep 2019 — avg 2 · peak 15Nov 2019 — avg 3 · peak 11Jan 2020 — avg 4 · peak 16Mar 2020 — avg 2 · peak 14May 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5Jul 2020 — avg 3 · peak 12Sep 2020 — avg 2 · peak 6Nov 2020 — avg 2 · peak 7Jan 2021 — avg 3 · peak 9Mar 2021 — avg 3 · peak 14May 2021 — avg 2 · peak 6Jul 2021 — avg 2 · peak 10Oct 2021 — avg 1 · peak 7Dec 2021 — avg 2 · peak 6Apr 2022 — avg 1 · peak 5Jun 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6Sep 2022 — avg 1 · peak 4Nov 2022 — avg 2 · peak 8Mar 2023 — avg 2 · peak 8Oct 2023 — avg 1 · peak 5Jan 2024 — avg 2 · peak 5
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$1.992017-09-182026-10-102017-09-18 — best price $19.992018-05-04 — best price $19.992018-11-27 — best price $19.992019-02-18 — best price $19.992019-07-09 — best price $19.992019-12-03 — best price $19.992020-02-24 — best price $3.992020-08-10 — best price $19.992020-12-17 — best price $2.992021-03-01 — best price $1.992021-06-24 — best price $1.992021-12-09 — best price $1.992022-03-15 — best price $19.992022-06-20 — best price $19.992022-10-10 — best price $19.992023-02-02 — best price $1.992023-05-18 — best price $1.992023-09-05 — best price $1.992023-11-21 — best price $1.992024-01-29 — best price $19.992024-05-03 — best price $1.992024-08-05 — best price $1.992024-11-27 — best price $1.992025-05-09 — best price $1.992025-08-04 — best price $19.992025-12-04 — best price $19.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-06-15 — best price $19.992026-09-11 — best price $1.992026-10-04 — best price $1.992026-10-10 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

26222026-06-02 — 9 pageviews2026-06-06 — 7 pageviews2026-06-10 — 45 pageviews2026-06-14 — 16 pageviews2026-06-18 — 9 pageviews2026-06-22 — 13 pageviews2026-06-26 — 7 pageviews2026-06-30 — 10 pageviews2026-07-04 — 12 pageviews2026-07-08 — 12 pageviews2026-07-12 — 16 pageviews2026-07-16 — 13 pageviews2026-07-20 — 9 pageviews2026-07-24 — 12 pageviews2026-07-28 — 10 pageviews2026-08-01 — 5 pageviews2026-08-05 — 8 pageviews2026-08-09 — 13 pageviews2026-08-13 — 11 pageviews2026-08-17 — 10 pageviews2026-08-21 — 16 pageviews2026-08-25 — 12 pageviews2026-08-29 — 7 pageviews2026-09-02 — 12 pageviews2026-09-06 — 4 pageviews2026-09-10 — 7 pageviews2026-09-14 — 8 pageviews2026-09-18 — 6 pageviews2026-09-22 — 10 pageviews2026-09-26 — 11 pageviews2026-09-30 — 15 pageviews2026-10-04 — 6 pageviews2026-10-08 — 9 pageviews2026-10-11 — 5 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

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…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2018-05-04 (Steam store data)

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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Similarity via IGDB.

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