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Tile Cities

yevhen8 · 2022-05-05

Steam

CasualStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: May 06, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Tile Cities turns city-building experience into a simple relaxing puzzle game and does so with style

Tile Cities is a Casual and Strategy game released in 2022, priced at $2.99, with Very Positive reviews (94% of 576 reviews) and an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners.— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

2
playing now
94%
positive of 576 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$2.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 25 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (107 reviews).
  • · Top 12% of 29,255 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 12k–26k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 576 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.89 at Steam (2024-12-13)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 8 of 17 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
10610620222026Week of 2022-05-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-15 19:00 — 4 players2026-09-17 03:00 — 2 players2026-09-18 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 18:00 — 5 players2026-09-21 02:00 — 2 players2026-09-22 09:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 17:00 — 4 players2026-09-25 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 15:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 23:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 14:00 — 4 players2026-10-02 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 13:00 — 4 players2026-10-06 21:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 04:00 — 2 players2026-10-09 12:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 19:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 03:00 — 2 players2026-10-13 10:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$2.99$0.892022-05-052026-08-242022-05-05 — best price $2.992022-07-07 — best price $2.992022-08-28 — best price $2.992022-10-09 — best price $2.992022-11-29 — best price $2.992023-02-13 — best price $2.992023-03-23 — best price $2.992023-05-01 — best price $2.992023-07-13 — best price $2.992023-08-24 — best price $2.992023-11-28 — best price $2.992024-01-04 — best price $2.992024-02-05 — best price $2.992024-03-21 — best price $2.992024-06-24 — best price $2.992024-07-11 — best price $2.992024-08-26 — best price $2.992024-10-28 — best price $2.992024-12-04 — best price $2.992025-01-02 — best price $2.992025-02-03 — best price $2.992025-03-20 — best price $2.992025-04-21 — best price $2.992025-06-02 — best price $2.992025-07-10 — best price $2.992025-08-21 — best price $2.992025-10-06 — best price $2.992025-10-20 — best price $2.992025-12-01 — best price $2.992026-01-05 — best price $2.992026-02-09 — best price $2.992026-03-26 — best price $2.992026-04-27 — best price $2.992026-06-08 — best price $2.992026-07-09 — best price $2.992026-08-24 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

9
achievements tracked
83.4%
earned "Perfect fit!"
19.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

13 supported languages: English, Ukrainian, French, Dutch, German, Czech, Polish, Swedish, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Romanian, Italian…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)9237%9

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

Player tags

2DCasualPuzzleBuildingRelaxingStrategyTop-DownManagementMinimalistCity Builder

Census log

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

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