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Tycoon City: New York

Deep Red Games Ltd. · Atari · 2008-03-12

Steam

Simulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Feb 24, 2006 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Here's your chance to make it big in the Big Apple... New York City, the city that never sleeps! Go for broke building your own Manhattan empire, creating and customizing over 100 types of major businesses: run a hot nightclub, oversee a media conglomerate, open a lucrative Broadway theater - the choices are endless.

Tycoon City: New York is a 2008 Simulation game priced at $1.49, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (43% of 290 reviews).

0
playing now
43%
positive of 290 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
73/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
73/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$1.49
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Tycoon City: New York is a 2006 city-building game that was developed by Deep Red Games and published by Atari. The game first released on February 21, 2006, and players are tasked with developing New York City, specifically the island of Manhattan. Players are asked to build many of the city's most recognizable landmarks such as the Empire State Building, the Chrysler Building, the Statue of Liberty, Rockefeller Center and the United Nations Headquarters.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 14 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 27% of 16,638 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 12k–23k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 290 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$1.49-85%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.90 at IndieGala Store (2015-11-27) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 18 of 26 observed days · $0.59 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520162026Week of 2016-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-15 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 3 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 3 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 3 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 3 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 5 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 4 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 3 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$15.82$1.392015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $4.992015-06-18 — best price $15.822015-11-02 — best price $9.992016-03-04 — best price $9.992016-06-24 — best price $13.362016-10-24 — best price $2.492017-01-10 — best price $9.992017-04-20 — best price $2.492017-10-24 — best price $9.992018-01-01 — best price $9.992018-05-22 — best price $9.992018-08-30 — best price $2.492018-12-01 — best price $9.992019-02-25 — best price $9.992019-05-20 — best price $9.992019-08-30 — best price $2.502019-11-21 — best price $2.492020-01-20 — best price $2.492020-04-06 — best price $2.492020-06-23 — best price $2.492020-09-16 — best price $2.502020-12-01 — best price $9.992021-03-01 — best price $2.492021-05-18 — best price $9.992021-08-19 — best price $9.992021-11-30 — best price $9.992022-02-05 — best price $9.992022-05-28 — best price $9.992023-09-04 — best price $3.992024-10-21 — best price $3.492025-07-10 — best price $9.992026-03-28 — best price $1.992026-10-12 — best price $1.492026-10-14 — best price $1.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1722026-06-01 — 11 pageviews2026-06-05 — 9 pageviews2026-06-09 — 15 pageviews2026-06-13 — 17 pageviews2026-06-17 — 8 pageviews2026-06-21 — 8 pageviews2026-06-25 — 12 pageviews2026-06-29 — 8 pageviews2026-07-03 — 6 pageviews2026-07-07 — 10 pageviews2026-07-11 — 9 pageviews2026-07-15 — 8 pageviews2026-07-19 — 2 pageviews2026-07-23 — 9 pageviews2026-07-27 — 7 pageviews2026-07-31 — 3 pageviews2026-08-04 — 3 pageviews2026-08-08 — 4 pageviews2026-08-12 — 5 pageviews2026-08-16 — 10 pageviews2026-08-20 — 10 pageviews2026-08-24 — 6 pageviews2026-08-28 — 7 pageviews2026-09-01 — 13 pageviews2026-09-05 — 5 pageviews2026-09-09 — 6 pageviews2026-09-13 — 10 pageviews2026-09-17 — 5 pageviews2026-09-21 — 8 pageviews2026-09-25 — 3 pageviews2026-09-29 — 5 pageviews2026-10-03 — 7 pageviews2026-10-07 — 7 pageviews2026-10-10 — 7 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

ManagementSimulationCity Builder

Census log

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

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