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Microlandia

Information Superhighway Games · 2025-12-03

Steam

Simulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 03, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 03, 2025 (Mac), Dec 03, 2025 (Linux)

Build a cozy little city on top of a brutally honest economy. Every citizen is simulated, one by one: they work, pay rent, get sick, go broke and turn to crime. Set taxes and policy, win elections, and survive a newspaper that blames you for everything.

89%
positive of 146 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$8.99
steam price (US)

Microlandia considers the good, the bad, and the sometimes uncomfortable aspects of living in the city through an elaborate socioeconomic simulation that draws on real-world data obtained from open sources such as World Bank Open Data, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, and data published by the OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development). Its simulation is based on mathematical models generally used for socioeconomic research, with a depth rarely seen in a video game, allowing for levels of realism capable of explaining to players the impact of their decisions. However, t(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 32 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 26% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 64% of 6,748 Simulation games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.9k–6.6k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 146 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.79 at Steam (2026-04-07)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $8.99 · on sale 12 of 16 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
131320252026Week of 2025-12-04: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-11: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-18: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-08: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-15: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-29: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-05: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-12: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-26: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-05: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-09: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-04-09: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-16: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-04-16: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-30: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-07: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-14: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-21: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-05-21: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-28: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-04: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-11: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-11: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-18: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-25: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-02: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-09: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-16: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-23: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-30: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-06: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-13: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$8.99$2.792025-12-032026-08-062025-12-03 — best price $6.992026-01-02 — best price $3.492026-01-16 — best price $6.992026-02-15 — best price $4.192026-03-01 — best price $6.992026-03-19 — best price $4.892026-03-26 — best price $6.992026-04-07 — best price $2.792026-04-13 — best price $6.992026-04-17 — best price $7.992026-05-18 — best price $3.192026-05-25 — best price $7.992026-06-25 — best price $4.492026-07-09 — best price $8.992026-07-23 — best price $4.492026-08-06 — best price $8.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

9
achievements tracked
31.7%
earned "Thin Blue Line"
11.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

11 supported languages: English, Spanish - Spain, Spanish - Latin America, French, German, Italian, Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Portugal, Turkish, Simplified Chinese, Japanese

Census log

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

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