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Dream Engines: Nomad Cities cover art

Dream Engines: Nomad Cities

Suncrash · 2024-05-09

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

IndieRPGSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jul 14, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A survival city-building game with flying cities. Build, automate, and defend a flying city that travels between procedurally generated maps to survive in a wacky, nightmare-infested, post-apocalyptic world full of strange science and dreams.

Dream Engines: Nomad Cities is an Indie, RPG, Simulation, and Strategy game released in 2024, priced at $13.49, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (73% of 624 reviews).

7
playing now
73%
positive of 624 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
6
Nexus mods (185 downloads)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$13.49
steam price (US)

7 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 UTC (census sample)

Advanced society is long gone, the world is overrun by the Dream Plagues. The only survivors are small nomadic tribes that don’t attract too much attention. And now, the discovery of a long-abandoned project of the ancients lights a new hope - the flight-capable Nomad Cities.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 7 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 32 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (195 reviews).
  • · Top 14% of 49,602 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 12k–28k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 624 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $11.99 at Steam (2026-07-09)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 60 of 88 observed days · $18.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
14614620212026Week of 2021-07-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1112026-09-15 07:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 3 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 11 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 9 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 6 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 4 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 8 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 4 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 4 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 8 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 4 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 4 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 5 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 4 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 9 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 7 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 7 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 7 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 7 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2164Jul 2021Aug 2026Jul 2021 — avg 216 · peak 516Sep 2021 — avg 34 · peak 76Nov 2021 — avg 13 · peak 32Jan 2022 — avg 17 · peak 48Mar 2022 — avg 13 · peak 56May 2022 — avg 11 · peak 24Jul 2022 — avg 14 · peak 32Sep 2022 — avg 16 · peak 66Nov 2022 — avg 8 · peak 20Jan 2023 — avg 9 · peak 33Mar 2023 — avg 7 · peak 18May 2023 — avg 9 · peak 27Jul 2023 — avg 7 · peak 20Sep 2023 — avg 6 · peak 14Nov 2023 — avg 9 · peak 22Jan 2024 — avg 6 · peak 16Mar 2024 — avg 5 · peak 14May 2024 — avg 63 · peak 192Jul 2024 — avg 15 · peak 42Sep 2024 — avg 12 · peak 35Nov 2024 — avg 7 · peak 23Jan 2025 — avg 13 · peak 30Mar 2025 — avg 9 · peak 28May 2025 — avg 9 · peak 20Jul 2025 — avg 19 · peak 59Sep 2025 — avg 7 · peak 16Nov 2025 — avg 6 · peak 18Jan 2026 — avg 8 · peak 23Mar 2026 — avg 5 · peak 20May 2026 — avg 6 · peak 17Jul 2026 — avg 6 · peak 17Aug 2026 — avg 5 · peak 12
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$29.99$13.492021-07-142026-10-142021-07-14 — best price $26.992021-11-06 — best price $26.992022-01-05 — best price $25.492022-05-05 — best price $26.992022-09-21 — best price $23.992023-01-05 — best price $29.992023-04-06 — best price $23.992023-06-16 — best price $25.492023-10-20 — best price $23.992024-01-04 — best price $29.992024-04-04 — best price $29.992024-08-01 — best price $29.992024-09-27 — best price $29.992024-11-05 — best price $29.992024-11-26 — best price $20.992025-01-03 — best price $29.992025-02-15 — best price $17.992025-04-03 — best price $29.992025-05-24 — best price $29.992025-07-14 — best price $16.492025-08-27 — best price $17.992025-10-06 — best price $29.992025-10-24 — best price $29.992025-11-29 — best price $29.992026-01-19 — best price $29.992026-02-28 — best price $14.992026-04-14 — best price $13.492026-06-01 — best price $14.992026-08-12 — best price $29.992026-09-01 — best price $14.992026-09-07 — best price $14.992026-09-13 — best price $14.992026-09-19 — best price $14.992026-09-25 — best price $14.992026-10-01 — best price $14.992026-10-07 — best price $29.992026-10-13 — best price $29.992026-10-14 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

59
achievements tracked
29.2%
earned "Village"
2.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultySave AnytimeStereo SoundSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

6 supported languages: English, French, German, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Japanese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2021-06-28 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2100%59

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

Player tags

RPGSandboxCraftingStrategySurvivalSteampunkAutomationManagementRogue-liteSimulation

Census log

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

Players also track

Star Control®: OriginsSurvivalistThe Long Journey HomeSol 0: Mars ColonizationPlanetbaseForce of NatureDawn of ManCHANGE: A Homeless Survival Experience

Similarity via IGDB.

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