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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!

In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “Deep, flexible management mechanics” (25 of 83 reviews) and “Frequent updates and developer care” (17); the most common complaint is “Shallow, repetitive management systems” (15). What reviewers agree on ↓

Released Aug 24, 2021 Developer Binogure Studio 🐺 Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux ManagementSimulationBuildingEconomySandbox
View on Steam ↗ $19.99 (US · as of 2026-10-25)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.

91.8%positive1,908 reviews

What reviewers agree on

Praised
Criticised
Bar length = how many of the 83 reviews raise the point On criticised points, the pale part = reviewers who still recommend the game Select a point to see the exact counts and what reviewers wrote.

Counted across 83 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 91.8% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12

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 data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.

638all-time peak
0 50 100 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 No data collected for this period No data collected for this period 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 2026-10-26.

87achievements
36.0%median completion
1.0%rarest: It is alive! ALIVE!
97.9% of players 95.5% of players 93.4% of players 93.3% of players 93.0% of players 80.2% of players 79.2% of players 77.4% of players 75.6% of players 71.3% of players 70.5% of players 69.5% of players 67.5% of players 67.3% of players 64.2% of players 62.5% of players 60.1% of players 59.9% of players 57.6% of players 55.4% of players 52.8% of players 52.7% of players 51.6% of players 50.9% of players 50.6% of players 49.6% of players 48.1% of players 47.4% of players 45.2% of players 44.9% of players 44.4% of players 43.6% of players 42.5% of players 41.6% of players 40.3% of players 39.9% of players 39.9% of players 39.4% of players 38.7% of players 38.5% of players 37.8% of players 37.6% of players 36.2% of players 36.0% of players 34.4% of players 33.3% of players 33.2% of players 32.7% of players 30.4% of players 30.2% of players 29.2% of players 29.0% of players 28.9% of players 28.2% of players 27.4% of players 26.9% of players 26.9% of players 26.5% of players 26.0% of players 25.8% of players 97.9% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
97.9%I want more! — Unlock one platform
95.5%It is an INDIE game — Release one game
93.4%Let's create a new game! — Unlock a new game genre
Rarest badges of honor
1.0%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.

$19.99current · sampled 2026-10-25 20:53 UTC
$8.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-25
US19.99 USD
EU18.50 EUR
UK15.99 GBP
Australia29.50 AUD
Canada19.99 CAD
Japan2,300 JPY
Brazil39.99 BRL
China59.00 CNY

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

Brazil≈$7.2 China Canada Japan US EU Australia UK≈$21

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-10-26). Relative comparison only.

$0 $25 $50 07-25 08-11 08-30 09-17 10-05 10-25

Latest official news

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

Oct 23, 2026
Franchises and More Lifelike Competitors

Hi everyone! I hope you're doing well and that everything's going the way you want! Obviously, on my end, things are a bit of a mess, but that was expected. Adding franchises is no small feat. Anyway,

Oct 21, 2026
Patch v1.29.0-rc3

Changelog - rc3 Franchise The history panel has now a toggle to shows the franchises. Misc When you start a new game, City Game Studio will spawn only 2 to 4 competitors. Then more are going to spawn

Oct 16, 2026
Gears, Optimizations, and Fewer Bugs

Hi everyone! I've made good progress on franchises. Even if you won't notice anything visually, there are lots of changes under the hood. And since all this adds load to your CPUs, I had to take the t

Oct 14, 2026
Patch v1.29.0-rc2

Changelog - rc2 Franchise Franchises are now computed live, then cached in the savegame. Added a new `franchise_id` attribute to every game. Migrated old savegames to compute franchises. Misc Optimize

Oct 09, 2026
Data Before Pixels

Hi everyone! All good over here. The visual side of franchises is done, but I still have my work cut out for me. Because I want to make your old saves compatible with these changes! So let's go, I'll

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.

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
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