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Highrise City cover art

Highrise City

Fourexo Entertainment · Deck13 · 2023-09-04

SteamGOG

SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Mar 24, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Highrise City offers a new spin on City Simulations & Tycoon games expanding the economy and resource management aspect. Experience a modern take on the genre enriched with a complex resource based economy system.

Highrise City is a Simulation and Strategy game released in 2023, priced at $29.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Mostly Positive sentiment (77% of 1303 reviews).

9
playing now
77%
positive of 1.3k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
1
Nexus mods (369 downloads)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$29.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 9 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 34 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 32% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (296 reviews).
  • · Top 13% of 16,607 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 26k–59k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,303 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $8.99 at GOG (2026-08-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 41 of 76 observed days · $21.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
23923920222026Week of 2022-03-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 239 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1402026-09-15 00:00 — 5 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 3 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 5 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 4 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 4 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 6 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 7 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 7 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 3 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 7 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 8 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 3 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 14 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 10 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 6 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 14 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 4 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 8 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 8 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 6 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 9 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1795Apr 2022Aug 2026Apr 2022 — avg 85 · peak 321Jun 2022 — avg 20 · peak 61Aug 2022 — avg 8 · peak 26Oct 2022 — avg 10 · peak 31Dec 2022 — avg 11 · peak 30Feb 2023 — avg 10 · peak 31Apr 2023 — avg 10 · peak 37Jun 2023 — avg 40 · peak 94Aug 2023 — avg 18 · peak 36Oct 2023 — avg 101 · peak 324Dec 2023 — avg 27 · peak 73Feb 2024 — avg 17 · peak 42Apr 2024 — avg 32 · peak 117Jun 2024 — avg 17 · peak 49Aug 2024 — avg 58 · peak 186Oct 2024 — avg 16 · peak 42Dec 2024 — avg 13 · peak 40Feb 2025 — avg 9 · peak 23Apr 2025 — avg 14 · peak 36Jun 2025 — avg 8 · peak 24Aug 2025 — avg 8 · peak 20Oct 2025 — avg 7 · peak 20Dec 2025 — avg 6 · peak 16Feb 2026 — avg 7 · peak 17Apr 2026 — avg 5 · peak 13Jun 2026 — avg 5 · peak 17Aug 2026 — avg 5 · peak 14
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$29.99$8.992022-03-242026-10-142022-03-24 — best price $21.242022-06-23 — best price $21.242022-08-22 — best price $19.992022-10-27 — best price $24.992023-01-23 — best price $19.992023-03-23 — best price $24.992023-07-04 — best price $24.992023-09-12 — best price $24.992023-11-28 — best price $29.992024-01-05 — best price $23.992024-02-22 — best price $29.992024-03-21 — best price $29.992024-04-24 — best price $29.992024-07-23 — best price $20.992024-08-22 — best price $29.992024-10-16 — best price $29.992024-11-26 — best price $17.992025-01-02 — best price $29.992025-02-05 — best price $14.992025-03-13 — best price $14.992025-04-03 — best price $14.992025-06-26 — best price $14.992025-09-11 — best price $29.992025-10-16 — best price $29.992025-11-25 — best price $11.992026-01-05 — best price $29.992026-02-20 — best price $29.992026-04-07 — best price $11.992026-06-25 — best price $11.992026-08-30 — best price $8.992026-09-04 — best price $8.992026-09-09 — best price $8.992026-09-14 — best price $29.992026-09-19 — best price $29.992026-09-24 — best price $8.992026-09-29 — best price $8.992026-10-04 — best price $8.992026-10-09 — best price $29.992026-10-14 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

47
achievements tracked
58.6%
earned "New Sheriff In Town"
8.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam WorkshopFamily Sharing3 DLC

13 supported languages: English, French, German, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Turkish, Spanish - Spain, Italian, Dutch, Polish…

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2022-03-24, latest 2024-08-05 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4230%47

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

Player tags

3DModernEconomySandboxBuildingColorfulStrategyCinematicDiplomacyColony Sim

Census log

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

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