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Citystate

Andy Sztark · 2018-02-22

Steam

CasualIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 22, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Create a 21st century micro-nation and experiment with economic and political ideals. Futuristic skyscrapers or spreading slums, the Nation relies on your economic and city planning skills.

1
playing now
76%
positive of 814 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 23% of 9,594 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 20k–49k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 814 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2025-09-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

502026-08-11 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 21:00 — 2 players2026-08-14 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 04:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 20:00 — 3 players2026-08-16 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 20:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 03:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 03:00 — 2 players2026-08-21 18:00 — 2 players2026-08-22 10:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 02:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 18:00 — 4 players2026-08-24 09:00 — 3 players2026-08-25 01:00 — 3 players2026-08-25 17:00 — 4 players2026-08-26 10:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 02:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 18:00 — 5 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 16:00 — 3 players2026-08-30 08:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$1.492018-02-222026-04-172018-02-22 — best price $9.992018-11-21 — best price $13.492018-12-20 — best price $10.042019-06-25 — best price $11.992019-09-02 — best price $7.492019-10-28 — best price $10.492019-11-26 — best price $4.492019-12-19 — best price $7.492020-01-23 — best price $7.492020-02-17 — best price $4.492020-04-13 — best price $7.492020-06-25 — best price $3.742020-10-29 — best price $8.992020-11-03 — best price $3.592020-11-25 — best price $7.492020-12-22 — best price $2.992021-09-13 — best price $2.242022-01-27 — best price $7.492022-04-04 — best price $3.742022-06-24 — best price $3.742022-08-22 — best price $7.492022-09-26 — best price $2.992022-11-22 — best price $4.492022-12-22 — best price $2.992023-03-16 — best price $3.742023-06-29 — best price $4.492023-08-14 — best price $2.992023-11-21 — best price $5.992023-12-22 — best price $7.492024-01-08 — best price $5.242024-04-01 — best price $5.242024-06-27 — best price $7.492024-09-05 — best price $4.492024-12-19 — best price $7.492025-09-22 — best price $1.492025-12-18 — best price $2.992026-04-10 — best price $7.492026-04-17 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)7571%30

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

Player tags

IndieCasualEconomySandboxBuildingPoliticsStrategyRealisticManagementSimulation

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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