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City Game Studio: Your Game Dev Adventure Begins

City Game Studio: Your Game Dev Adventure Begins

Manage a game studio from the dawn of the gaming industry in 1976. Your journey starts with small indie titles and grows into a gaming empire. Develop, design, and conquer the industry. From humble beginnings to gaming legend – it’s your story, your studio, your legacy!

Released Aug 24, 2021 Developer Binogure Studio 🐺 Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux ManagementSimulationBuildingEconomySandbox
View on Steam ↗ $8.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

89.1%positive970 reviews
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“Really An Step Up From Game Dev Tycoon! Really Enjoying the game!....Hopefully Devs Provide us With new Updates to add some more exciting element into the Game Scenario :)”

— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“For me, this game is a replacement to Game Dev Tycoon ever since it stopped receiving updates and new mods. It simply got boring. I switched over to this game in hopes of this game receiving regular updates and mods. So far it has met and exceeded my expectations.”

— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“This game is just amazing. The content is very replayable and it is very well made. Props to the creator on making this awesome game. 11/10”

— a player, Steam review · 24 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 00:35 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

49playing at last check
5124-hour peak
638all-time peak
0 50 100 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 94 avg · Sep 2025

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

87achievements
35.1%median completion
0.9%rarest: It is alive! ALIVE!
98.0% of players 95.6% of players 93.4% of players 93.1% of players 93.0% of players 80.0% of players 78.7% of players 77.0% of players 75.6% of players 70.8% of players 70.0% of players 68.9% of players 67.2% of players 66.6% of players 63.5% of players 61.8% of players 59.6% of players 59.5% of players 57.0% of players 54.6% of players 52.1% of players 51.4% of players 50.8% of players 50.3% of players 50.2% of players 49.0% of players 47.3% of players 46.9% of players 44.8% of players 44.3% of players 44.1% of players 43.6% of players 42.2% of players 40.3% of players 39.4% of players 39.1% of players 38.7% of players 38.2% of players 38.2% of players 37.6% of players 37.3% of players 36.3% of players 35.4% of players 35.1% of players 33.3% of players 33.3% of players 32.2% of players 31.8% of players 29.7% of players 29.6% of players 29.0% of players 28.7% of players 27.3% of players 27.3% of players 27.1% of players 26.6% of players 26.5% of players 25.8% of players 25.5% of players 25.0% of players 98.0% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
98.0%I want more! — Unlock one platform
95.6%It is an INDIE game — Release one game
93.4%What's up Doc? — Create a postmortem for one game
Rarest badges of honor
0.9%It is alive! ALIVE! — Create a postmortem for 1000 game
1.1%Mistakes were made — Sign an exclusivity deal of 96 months for the Joycast
1.7%Worst game ever — Hidden achievement

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-25. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$8.99−55% right nowcurrent · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$19.99base price
$8.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-25
US8.99 USD−55%
EU8.32 EUR−55%
UK7.19 GBP−55%
Australia13.27 AUD−55%
Canada8.99 CAD−55%
Japan1,035 JPY−55%
Brazil17.99 BRL−55%
China26.55 CNY−55%

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$3.5 China Japan Canada US Australia EU UK≈$9.6

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Jul 24, 2026
The New Look of the Digital Store

Hey everyone! I hope you're doing well, that you haven't been too hot, and that you're enjoying your summer. Here, it's both, I've been working a fair bit and also hitting the beach when I have time!

Jul 23, 2026
SIMFEST 2026 !

Hey everyone! City Game Studio is part of the SIMFEST 2026 event and I'm super excited about it! A tycoon/simulation that has been updated for almost 10 years! Creates legendary games that everyone wi

Jul 22, 2026
Patch v1.28.0-rc2

Changelog - rc2 Digital store Interface rework, not final, still a work in progress. The feature list is going to get reworked Interface Improve the devkit panel Cheatcode You can now always win Game

Jul 17, 2026
Market Research, Simplified

Hey everyone! It's already Friday! Time flies at such a crazy speed, I barely notice it. Anyway, I didn't slack off this week! Let me tell you all about it right away. This week's recap I spent the we

Jul 15, 2026
Patch v1.28.0-rc1

Changelog - rc1 Market Research Remove the market research genre type Remove the market research platform type Add a new market research type, a unique one, that helps you research everything tied to

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresAdventure, Casual, Indie, Simulation, Strategy
Player tagsManagement · Simulation · Building · Economy · Sandbox · Game Development · Capitalism · Strategy · Moddable · Programming · City Builder · Character Customization (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Workshop · Adjustable Text Size · Camera Comfort · Custom Volume Controls · Adjustable Difficulty
LanguagesEnglish, French, Russian, Spanish - Spain, German, Portuguese - Portugal, Italian, Dutch, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Turkish, Korean, Czech, Ukrainian
Achievements87
Estimated owners200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttps://www.city-game-studio.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10, 11 Processor: Single Core Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: OpenGL 3.0 (1280x720) Storage: 512 MB available space Sound Card: Stéréo