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Citystate
Create a 21st century micro-nation and experiment with economic and political ideals. Futuristic skyscrapers or spreading slums, the Nation relies on your economic and city planning skills.
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 2026-10-16.
“A combination of simcity 3000 and Democracy 3. It does a pretty good job in combining those two, but keep in mind that this is a one man project. I think some critics went way overboard with their expectations on how in depth the game should be. Others accused it of being…”
— a player, Steam review · 19 hrs played“I'm glad I discovered this little gem. As a fan of political philosophy and economics, this game speaks to me. When It asked me to choose between the Austrians and the Keynesians, I knew I was going to like it. At its core, it's a city-building game. But the city-building is…”
— a player, Steam review · 63 hrs played“This is a neat little game with some interesting concepts like the political decisions you need to take through out the game. And its definitly fun for the first three to four hours or so, but the point where you basicly seen every game feature that the game offers is quickly…”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players, self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-21.
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.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Thank you!
Thank you, to all of you that purchased Citystate since its release in 2018. Despite a rough start back then, your feedback and contributions pushed me to improve the game again and again. Along the w
Update 1.2.4 - Army and Migrations
https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31859631/fdee443640cd35c5b0d281793221597f9bb579cb.jpg A new update just went live! We can now suppress the riots, build walls against
Update 1.2.3 - Space Expansion!
https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31859631/6b3a4f6d1745996352bbf5d22de83389d607e742.jpg A new update has just been released! Send spaceships from your city to explore
About the next updates - Space exploration and Army Control
Many have asked about new updates and the future of the game so here's exactly what I'm working on! https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31859631/d9e9c968fae8315cbe54755d
UPDATE 1.2.2 - REGION MODE
The region mode is finally up and running! The new region interface scale things up, all the City-states we create can now work together. The region system is also a great foundation for future update
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Casual, Indie, Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | City Builder · Simulation · Strategy · Indie · Politics · Casual · Political Sim · Building · Economy · Singleplayer · Management · Sandbox (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
| Achievements | 30 |
| Official site | http://www.citystategame.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: Intel Core i3-4030 Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Radeon HD 3200 DirectX: Version 12 Storage: 500 MB available space