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Urban Empire

Reborn Games · Kalypso Media Digital · 2017-01-20

SteamGOG

SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jan 20, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Urban Empire is a ‘City Ruler’, pioneering a new breed of strategy game that combines city builder features with political scheming and adds profound social and historical events into the mix, creating a whole new gameplay experience.

Urban Empire is a Simulation, Strategy game released in 2017, priced at $29.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Mostly Negative review sentiment (34% of 2463 reviews).

2
playing now
34%
positive of 2.5k reviews
Mostly Negative
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
67/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
59/100
IGDB user rating (13 ratings)
2
Nexus mods (94 downloads)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$29.99
steam price (US)

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

Beginning in the 1820s, establish your city through five different eras, each with its own threats and opportunities. Master the challenges of the centuries, face political struggles, experience world-changing events and pioneering inventions, and create your own unique Urban Empire!(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 23% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (36 reviews).
  • · Top 9% of 16,694 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 62k–148k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,462 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Humble Store$2.99-90%
Steam$2.99-90%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at WinGameStore (2024-05-16) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 193 of 194 observed days · $1.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
232320172026Week of 2017-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-15 14:00 — 3 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 3 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 5 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
3640Mar 2016Apr 2026Mar 2016 — avg 0 · peak 3Jun 2016 — avg 0 · peak 5Sep 2016 — avg 0 · peak 5Dec 2016 — avg 1 · peak 9Mar 2017 — avg 33 · peak 99Jun 2017 — avg 20 · peak 53Sep 2017 — avg 18 · peak 101Dec 2017 — avg 24 · peak 64Mar 2018 — avg 12 · peak 31Jun 2018 — avg 12 · peak 32Sep 2018 — avg 16 · peak 62Dec 2018 — avg 10 · peak 30Mar 2019 — avg 7 · peak 27Jun 2019 — avg 8 · peak 20Sep 2019 — avg 7 · peak 31Dec 2019 — avg 8 · peak 20Mar 2020 — avg 8 · peak 27Jun 2020 — avg 6 · peak 18Sep 2020 — avg 7 · peak 26Dec 2020 — avg 6 · peak 18Mar 2021 — avg 5 · peak 18Jun 2021 — avg 4 · peak 14Sep 2021 — avg 4 · peak 15Dec 2021 — avg 4 · peak 12Mar 2022 — avg 3 · peak 10Jun 2022 — avg 3 · peak 9Sep 2022 — avg 3 · peak 11Dec 2022 — avg 3 · peak 8Mar 2023 — avg 3 · peak 8Jun 2023 — avg 3 · peak 7Sep 2023 — avg 2 · peak 10Dec 2023 — avg 3 · peak 9Mar 2024 — avg 2 · peak 9Jun 2024 — avg 2 · peak 7Sep 2024 — avg 2 · peak 8Dec 2024 — avg 3 · peak 7Apr 2025 — avg 2 · peak 7Jan 2026 — avg 2 · peak 7Apr 2026 — avg 2 · peak 6
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$39.99$2.222016-07-192026-10-142016-07-19 — best price $33.992017-06-06 — best price $29.992017-10-18 — best price $13.992018-02-07 — best price $23.572018-07-05 — best price $29.992018-11-09 — best price $29.992019-02-14 — best price $7.502019-06-12 — best price $25.492019-09-25 — best price $7.492020-01-14 — best price $26.942020-04-20 — best price $25.492020-07-23 — best price $5.992020-10-05 — best price $25.382021-01-06 — best price $29.992021-04-01 — best price $29.992021-06-16 — best price $29.992021-10-04 — best price $7.492022-01-03 — best price $29.992022-04-06 — best price $26.992022-07-16 — best price $29.992022-10-25 — best price $9.992023-02-06 — best price $24.922023-05-10 — best price $7.202023-08-18 — best price $7.202023-11-16 — best price $26.282024-02-06 — best price $29.992024-04-29 — best price $7.502024-07-23 — best price $7.492024-10-23 — best price $29.992025-01-12 — best price $29.992025-04-16 — best price $7.992025-07-11 — best price $25.192025-10-13 — best price $2.692026-01-15 — best price $25.192026-04-20 — best price $3.002026-07-31 — best price $2.222026-09-17 — best price $2.642026-10-14 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
71.9%
earned "By plaintive pleas. "
7.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, French, German, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,2321%74

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

RPGEconomyPoliticsStrategyPoliticalHistoricalManagementSimulationCity BuilderSingleplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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