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Citystate II

Citystate II

Create your own Nation, build cities and bring prosperity to your people. Citystate II is a unique city-builder featuring realistic economics and complex political options. Slums or skyscrapers, experiment and bring about your vision of the ideal society.

Released Sep 23, 2021 Developer Andy Sztark Platforms Windows City BuilderEconomySimulationBuildingManagement
View on Steam ↗ $24.99 (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.

73.7%positive1,011 reviews
Recommended · 8 found this helpful

“great economic & political mechanics, only 'con' would be the lack of road elevation and curves etc. but the dev's new game looks to implement this”

— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“This is a cool city-building game. The economy is deep, you can choose laws ranging from gun freedom to healthcare. Trade and the way you can shape your economic focus are also quite nice. I would say the only downside is the lack of building variety. There are only one or two…”

— a player, Steam review · 19 hrs played
Not recommended · 11 found this helpful

“I really like the game. However, I can currently not really recommend buying it. It is great fun to play for the first 5-10 hours. For me afterwards the gameplay became dull and repeating. You build a new disctrict, build new public trransport and manage police and everything…”

— a player, Steam review · 14 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 13:34 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

14playing at last check
1624-hour peak
292all-time peak
0 100 200 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 163 avg · Sep 2021

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.

30achievements
8.9%median completion
0.5%rarest: Futurologist
53.8% of players 40.7% of players 38.7% of players 36.4% of players 34.0% of players 31.5% of players 26.6% of players 25.7% of players 22.8% of players 21.6% of players 14.4% of players 13.5% of players 13.2% of players 10.7% of players 9.0% of players 8.9% of players 7.7% of players 7.6% of players 7.2% of players 6.6% of players 5.5% of players 5.4% of players 4.4% of players 3.9% of players 3.0% of players 2.7% of players 1.5% of players 0.8% of players 0.7% of players 0.5% of players 53.8% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
53.8%Small Town — Reach 10,000 Population
40.7%Graduation with Honors — Completing the tutorial with a positive cash flow
38.7%Small City — Reach 50,000 Population
Rarest badges of honor
0.5%Futurologist — Unlock all buildings
0.7%Big Nation — 10 cities in the Nation
0.8%Communist Dictatorship — Our Nation is a Communist Dictatorship

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$24.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$24.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-11
US24.99 USD
EU24.99 EUR
UK19.99 GBP
Australia29.99 AUD
Canada29.99 CAD
Japan2,490 JPY
Brazil49.00 BRL
China149.00 CNY

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

Brazil≈$9.6 Japan Australia Canada China US UK EU≈$28

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

$0 $25 $50 07-11 07-14 07-17 07-20 07-23 07-26

Latest official news

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

Sep 24, 2025
Citystate Metropolis - Q1 2026

I’m very excited to announce that the Steam page for Citystate Metropolis is now up! Curved roads, procedural buildings, grid-less zoning and true traffic simulation are on the menu. Check out the tra

Dec 03, 2022
Patch 1.4.3b

Quick patch, primarily to fix the population freezing at 1. When hitting 150k population most systems would stop to work. It was impossible to unlock the new school building. Fixed zoning cubes turnin

Dec 02, 2022
Update 1.4.3 - Large school, Large hospital, New skyscrapers

NEW Added a large hospital with a capacity of 800. (2.5x the default stage 2 hospital). Unlocks with 200,000 city population and 95 health score. Added a large elementary school with a capacity of 5,4

Oct 17, 2022
Patch 1.4.2b

Bug fixes Very large cities were running at low FPS. Fixed an issue with the pathfinding methods of service and emergency vehicles and decreased their spawning rate. Floating building: When a public h

Oct 13, 2022
Update 1.4.2 - Waste Management & German Localization

NEW Added Waste Management. Garbage disposal facilities become required above 7,500 population. 3 options: A landfill (cheap but very low capacity), an incinerator (heavy pollution, high capacity) and

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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.

GenresSimulation, Strategy
Player tagsCity Builder · Economy · Simulation · Building · Management · Sandbox · Political Sim · Strategy · Political · Politics · Funny · Realistic (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Includes level editor · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, Spanish - Spain, French, Portuguese - Brazil, Japanese, Thai, Simplified Chinese, German
Achievements30
Estimated owners100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://www.citystategame.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7/8/10 Processor: Dual Core 3.2 GHz processor Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: GTX 660 or equivalent DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 4 GB available space