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Citystate

Andy Sztark · 2018-02-22

Steam

CasualIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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.

Citystate is a $14.99 Casual Indie Simulation Strategy game released in 2018, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (76% of 815 reviews).

2
playing now
76%
positive of 815 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 18 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 29% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (58 reviews).
  • · Top 9% of 29,339 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 20k–49k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 815 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 2 of 4 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
383820182026Week of 2018-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 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: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

802026-09-15 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 03:00 — 2 players2026-09-18 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 18:00 — 6 players2026-09-21 01:00 — 4 players2026-09-22 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 00:00 — 5 players2026-09-26 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 15:00 — 4 players2026-09-28 23:00 — 4 players2026-09-30 06:00 — 3 players2026-10-01 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 21:00 — 3 players2026-10-04 05:00 — 2 players2026-10-05 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 20:00 — 3 players2026-10-08 04:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 11:00 — 4 players2026-10-10 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 03:00 — 6 players2026-10-13 10:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 3 players2026-10-15 09:00 — 2 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).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
53.9%
earned "Small Town"
18.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

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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