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Thriving City: Song

White Star Studio · 2024-05-29

Steam

CasualIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

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.

105
playing now
81%
positive of 3.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$18.99
steam price (US)

105 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 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)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 105 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 9% of 9,617 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 67k–151k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,352 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 16 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

227222026-08-07 00:00 — 37 players2026-08-07 10:00 — 151 players2026-08-07 18:00 — 66 players2026-08-08 02:00 — 114 players2026-08-08 10:00 — 188 players2026-08-08 18:00 — 79 players2026-08-09 02:00 — 135 players2026-08-09 10:00 — 210 players2026-08-09 18:00 — 70 players2026-08-10 02:00 — 99 players2026-08-10 10:00 — 164 players2026-08-10 19:00 — 46 players2026-08-11 03:00 — 102 players2026-08-11 11:00 — 149 players2026-08-12 07:00 — 138 players2026-08-13 14:00 — 167 players2026-08-14 22:00 — 26 players2026-08-16 06:00 — 185 players2026-08-17 13:00 — 198 players2026-08-18 21:00 — 26 players2026-08-20 04:00 — 122 players2026-08-21 12:00 — 170 players2026-08-22 20:00 — 44 players2026-08-24 03:00 — 90 players2026-08-25 11:00 — 139 players2026-08-26 19:00 — 45 players2026-08-28 03:00 — 80 players2026-08-29 11:00 — 170 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 105 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$18.99$12.342023-04-212026-08-082023-04-21 — 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 $12.342026-08-08 — best price $18.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

002026-08-26 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 03:34 — 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

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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