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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

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.

11
playing now
73%
positive of 624 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$13.49
steam price (US)

11 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 11:00 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

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 32% of 18,269 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 12k–28k copies

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

Current store prices

GOG$14.99-50%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$14.99-50%

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 31 of 52 observed days · $3.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

1122026-08-12 03:00 — 3 players2026-08-12 19:00 — 4 players2026-08-13 11:00 — 2 players2026-08-14 03:00 — 3 players2026-08-14 19:00 — 4 players2026-08-15 10:00 — 5 players2026-08-16 02:00 — 5 players2026-08-16 18:00 — 3 players2026-08-17 10:00 — 6 players2026-08-18 02:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 18:00 — 9 players2026-08-19 09:00 — 4 players2026-08-20 01:00 — 3 players2026-08-20 17:00 — 4 players2026-08-21 09:00 — 3 players2026-08-22 01:00 — 3 players2026-08-22 16:00 — 6 players2026-08-23 08:00 — 9 players2026-08-24 00:00 — 7 players2026-08-24 16:00 — 9 players2026-08-25 08:00 — 3 players2026-08-25 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-26 16:00 — 10 players2026-08-27 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 16:00 — 8 players2026-08-29 04:00 — 7 players2026-08-29 19:00 — 6 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 11 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$11.992021-07-142026-08-302021-07-14 — best price $26.992021-11-01 — best price $29.992021-12-01 — best price $29.992022-02-03 — best price $29.992022-06-11 — best price $25.492022-10-05 — best price $29.992023-01-05 — best price $29.992023-04-03 — best price $29.992023-05-18 — best price $23.992023-08-07 — best price $29.992023-11-21 — best price $23.992024-01-11 — best price $22.492024-04-04 — best price $29.992024-07-25 — best price $29.992024-09-16 — best price $29.992024-10-18 — best price $19.492024-11-14 — best price $20.992024-11-27 — best price $17.992025-01-03 — best price $29.992025-02-13 — best price $29.992025-03-20 — best price $29.992025-05-10 — best price $19.492025-06-04 — best price $29.992025-07-28 — best price $29.992025-08-27 — best price $17.992025-09-29 — best price $16.492025-10-16 — best price $20.992025-11-06 — best price $20.992026-01-03 — best price $29.992026-01-23 — best price $20.992026-02-28 — best price $14.992026-04-05 — best price $29.992026-05-27 — best price $29.992026-07-09 — best price $11.992026-08-25 — best price $14.992026-08-30 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

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

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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