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Citystate II

Andy Sztark · 2021-09-23

Steam

SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Sep 23, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Create your own Nation, build cities and bring prosperity to your people. Citystate II is a unique city-builder featuring realistic economics and complex political options. Slums or skyscrapers, experiment and bring about your vision of the ideal society.

Citystate II is a Simulation and Strategy game released in 2021, priced at $24.99, with a Mostly Positive review sentiment (74% of 1139 reviews) and an owner estimate of 100,000 .. 200,000.

3
playing now
74%
positive of 1.1k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$24.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 71 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~9/week).
  • · Review velocity up 15% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 14% of 16,694 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 23k–51k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,139 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $7.49 at Steam (2025-09-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 2 of 4 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
12212220212026Week of 2021-09-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1622026-09-15 16:00 — 5 players2026-09-17 00:00 — 6 players2026-09-18 08:00 — 9 players2026-09-19 15:00 — 11 players2026-09-20 23:00 — 16 players2026-09-22 07:00 — 4 players2026-09-23 14:00 — 7 players2026-09-24 22:00 — 8 players2026-09-26 05:00 — 6 players2026-09-27 13:00 — 13 players2026-09-28 20:00 — 8 players2026-09-30 04:00 — 3 players2026-10-01 11:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 19:00 — 4 players2026-10-04 03:00 — 12 players2026-10-05 10:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 18:00 — 7 players2026-10-08 01:00 — 6 players2026-10-09 09:00 — 5 players2026-10-10 16:00 — 9 players2026-10-12 00:00 — 5 players2026-10-13 08:00 — 6 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1637Sep 2021Aug 2026Sep 2021 — avg 163 · peak 292Nov 2021 — avg 41 · peak 136Jan 2022 — avg 20 · peak 54Mar 2022 — avg 18 · peak 55May 2022 — avg 22 · peak 58Jul 2022 — avg 35 · peak 83Sep 2022 — avg 22 · peak 52Nov 2022 — avg 18 · peak 44Jan 2023 — avg 25 · peak 61Mar 2023 — avg 18 · peak 41May 2023 — avg 15 · peak 37Jul 2023 — avg 22 · peak 56Sep 2023 — avg 15 · peak 36Nov 2023 — avg 12 · peak 29Jan 2024 — avg 16 · peak 50Mar 2024 — avg 10 · peak 22May 2024 — avg 9 · peak 21Jul 2024 — avg 11 · peak 27Sep 2024 — avg 13 · peak 49Nov 2024 — avg 16 · peak 47Jan 2025 — avg 12 · peak 33Mar 2025 — avg 8 · peak 19May 2025 — avg 7 · peak 18Jul 2025 — avg 7 · peak 18Sep 2025 — avg 32 · peak 170Nov 2025 — avg 12 · peak 32Jan 2026 — avg 13 · peak 28Mar 2026 — avg 10 · peak 24May 2026 — avg 8 · peak 21Jul 2026 — avg 9 · peak 18Aug 2026 — avg 9 · peak 20
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$7.492021-09-232026-04-172021-09-23 — best price $24.992021-11-10 — best price $24.992022-02-03 — best price $24.992022-04-04 — best price $24.992022-07-07 — best price $24.992022-08-29 — best price $24.992022-10-24 — best price $24.992022-11-29 — best price $24.992023-01-05 — best price $24.992023-01-30 — best price $24.992023-03-23 — best price $24.992023-04-24 — best price $24.992023-07-13 — best price $24.992023-08-28 — best price $24.992023-11-28 — best price $24.992024-01-04 — best price $24.992024-01-15 — best price $24.992024-04-08 — best price $24.992024-07-11 — best price $24.992024-09-19 — best price $24.992024-11-18 — best price $24.992025-01-02 — best price $24.992025-09-29 — best price $24.992026-01-05 — best price $24.992026-04-17 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
53.9%
earned "Small Town"
8.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsIncludes level editorFamily Sharing

8 supported languages: English, Spanish - Spain, French, Portuguese - Brazil, Japanese, Thai, Simplified Chinese, German

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5361%30

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

Player tags

FunnyMatureModernEconomySandboxBuildingPoliticsStrategyPoliticalRealistic

Census log

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

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