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City idle
Experience a city-building game, where the citizens are fully simulated and every decision you make impacts their lives. From the Stone Age to the Iron Age and beyond, watch your civilization evolve and progress under your guidance.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.
“this is hands down one of the best idle games ever made. i have played nearly every idle game on the play store and steam and this has amazing progression and keeps you entertained at all steps of the game. 10/10 recommend to anyone thats trying to find a small game to pass the…”
— a player, Steam review · 356 hrs played“It is a fun free game to do, it takes a long time but I reminded it because it is making your brain think. Where other games do not.”
— a player, Steam review · 17 hrs played“Decent game but clearly abandoned.”
— a player, Steam review · 160 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. History through 2026-08 via SteamCharts; self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Fixed zooming issue
In some cases for smaller screens game had bad zoom behavior. This is now fixed and game should be in readable size for all kinds of screen sizes. Please let me know if you have any issues!
Fixed issue with sometimes game not loading correctly after a release.
Now it skips cache when loading the game.
Update
+ Construction sites now take pipes also from the factory + For markets added link to help page that details how markets operate. + When placing a building, shows grid for easier placement. + Fixed CT
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.
| Genres | Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Simulation · Strategy · Colony Sim · Exploration · Immersive Sim · 2.5D · Colorful · Cute · Pixel Graphics · Building · Economy · Crafting (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · In-App Purchases · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
| Official site | https://cityidle.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 or newer Processor: 2-core 1.7 GHz or better Memory: 500 MB RAM Storage: 200 MB available space