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Thriving City: Song

White Star Studio · 2024-05-29

Steam

CasualIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Apr 21, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 29, 2024 (Mac)

In 960 AD, the new Song Dynasty needs you! As magistrate, build a prosperous city from scratch. Develop bustling streets filled with businesses and entertainment, while navigating hidden crises of political strife and foreign invasions. How will you lead through these challenges?

Thriving City: Song is a 2024 Casual, Indie, Simulation, and Strategy game priced at $18.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (81% of 3352 reviews) and an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners.

140
playing now
81%
positive of 3.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$12.34
steam price (US)

140 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Thriving City: Song is a city-building simulation game set in ancient China with rich historic, story, and strategy elements. As the mayor, you'll need to help the townspeople settle down, cultivate the land and expand the city. More than that, however, you must ensure your people live in peace and prosperity: by providing food and other necessities, lending the people your ear, preventing disasters, and lowering the crime rate. How to respond in the face of crisis is down to you. When the emperor issues a national mandate, an enemy state invades your homeland, or conflicts between factions th(Storyline via IGDB)

Trailer

Thriving City: Song trailer thumbnail

Thriving City: Song Gameplay (PC)

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Health check

Quietly active
  • · 140 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 169 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~21/week).
  • · Review velocity down 42% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (847 reviews).
  • · Top 4% of 29,098 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 68k–152k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,376 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $12.34 at Steam (2025-11-06)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $18.99 · on sale 8 of 15 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
67667620232026Week of 2023-04-01: 676 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 171 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 333 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

192152026-09-15 14:00 — 146 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 16 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 79 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 156 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 35 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 96 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 136 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 48 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 109 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 182 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 48 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 65 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 192 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 140 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 37 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 183 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 157 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 19 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 122 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 172 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 24 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 85 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 140 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.8k84Apr 2023Aug 2026Apr 2023 — avg 1,826 · peak 3,758Jun 2023 — avg 216 · peak 520Aug 2023 — avg 127 · peak 302Oct 2023 — avg 99 · peak 231Dec 2023 — avg 93 · peak 226Feb 2024 — avg 239 · peak 611Apr 2024 — avg 152 · peak 403Jun 2024 — avg 410 · peak 1,362Aug 2024 — avg 114 · peak 282Oct 2024 — avg 115 · peak 256Dec 2024 — avg 95 · peak 218Feb 2025 — avg 96 · peak 247Apr 2025 — avg 87 · peak 246Jun 2025 — avg 107 · peak 261Aug 2025 — avg 105 · peak 267Oct 2025 — avg 84 · peak 237Dec 2025 — avg 158 · peak 395Feb 2026 — avg 123 · peak 278Apr 2026 — avg 108 · peak 284Jun 2026 — avg 104 · peak 241Aug 2026 — avg 111 · peak 257
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$18.99$12.342023-04-212026-09-282023-04-21 — best price $17.092023-06-29 — best price $17.092023-07-25 — best price $17.092023-09-21 — best price $17.092023-11-09 — best price $15.192023-11-22 — best price $15.192023-12-22 — best price $16.142024-02-06 — best price $15.192024-03-14 — best price $15.192024-03-25 — best price $15.192024-05-29 — best price $14.242024-06-27 — best price $14.242024-07-15 — best price $15.192024-08-26 — best price $15.192024-11-07 — best price $13.292024-11-27 — best price $14.242024-12-14 — best price $14.242025-01-26 — best price $13.292025-03-13 — best price $13.292025-04-30 — best price $13.292025-06-12 — best price $13.292025-06-27 — best price $13.292025-07-22 — best price $13.292025-09-15 — best price $13.292025-11-06 — best price $12.342025-12-18 — best price $12.342026-02-11 — best price $12.342026-03-19 — best price $12.342026-05-04 — best price $12.342026-06-17 — best price $12.342026-07-25 — best price $12.342026-09-28 — best price $12.34
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

002026-10-01 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 22:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
47%
earned "Clever Try"
8.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam WorkshopDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

3 supported languages: Simplified Chinese, English, Traditional Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2023-04-21 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2520%88

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

DramaCasualBuildingStrategyHistoricalManagementSimulationAgricultureCity BuilderStrategy RPG

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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