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City Tales - Medieval Era
City Tales is a medieval city builder, allowing you to unleash your creativity and shape vast cities that break outside a traditional grid. Plan each district for your citizens needs and aid your companions in their tales, creating a city to be proud of!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.
“One of the best RTS games I've ever played. It has a wonderful story that made the pacing of the game (unlocks/progression/city growth) absolutely perfect. The way your city can be shaped how you want it but still have this beautiful almost randomness to its growth is so cool;…”
— a player, Steam review · 44 hrs played“Unique little citybuilder, vaule for money. Simple to play, easy to understand. 100%-ed game in around 13+hrs. Recommended”
— a player, Steam review · 16 hrs played“Ah, I adore this game - some really unique mechanics with companions (who are also part of the story!) having to build up different resources and production buildings. It has the nice organic feel of the layout too like in Manor Lords, rather than a rigid grid system. Very much…”
— a player, Steam review · 30 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-08 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Villager View Update: new POV and camera mode
Hello dear Monarchs, Hear comes our latest update because what better way to understand what your citizens experience in your city than to step into their shoes? New Update Content This update brings
Our first major update since full release is here: welcome the Architect Update!
Hello Monarchs! First of all, a huge thank you for the warm welcome you gave City Tales: we have reached 90% positive reviews and are now close to 500 total reviews. Don't hesitate to share your feedb
Patch Notes 1.0.0.8
Patch Notes 1.0.0.8: Fixed Fixes some save game that were loading indefinitly;
Patch Notes 1.0.0.7.
Patch Notes 1.0.0.7. Bug fix Fixes Rownea Balanced Humors quest description Fixes advisor think it has one more quest after completing all his quests Fixes fair masterwork is never unlocked in no-stor
Hotfix 1.0.0.6
Hey Monarchs! A small Patch Notes focusing on the demo this time with bug fixes! Patch Notes 1.0.0.6: Bug fix Demo: Fixes Armageddon when a save has no version Removes broken devlog link Fixes unavail
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.
| Genres | Indie, Simulation |
| Player tags | Simulation · City Builder · Building · Relaxing · Economy · Management · Resource Management · Inventory Management · Narration · Story Rich · Logic · Medieval (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French, German, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Ukrainian, Spanish - Spain * |
| Achievements | 47 |
| Official site | https://firesquid.games/games/city-tales-medieval-era |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Windows 10/11 Processor: Ryzen 3 1300X/Intel Core i3 9100 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 470 / Nvidia GeForce GTX 960 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 12 GB available space