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Cliff Empire

Cliff Empire

After a nuclear war life on the surface became impossible. A 300m thick radioactive fog covered the Earth. We are looking for bold active people to manage the process of restoring life on Earth. Join!

Released Aug 6, 2019 Developer Lion's Shade Platforms Windows · Mac City BuilderStrategySimulationFuturisticSci-fi
View on Steam ↗ $17.99 (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.

87.3%positive4,264 reviews
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“great low key game to pass the time, no stress”

— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“This game is a fun futuristic city builder. Where you first build outwards, and then upwards. It's probably around 30 hours to finish.”

— a player, Steam review · 139 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Always love coming back to this game to replay - Would recommend to anyone that enjoys city builders.”

— a player, Steam review · 60 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 00:39 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

12playing at last check
2724-hour peak
3,083all-time peak
0 500 1k 2019 2021 2023 2025 840 avg · Aug 2019

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.

20achievements
11.3%median completion
2.4%rarest: Defender
59.0% of players 34.5% of players 32.9% of players 26.1% of players 25.9% of players 20.6% of players 16.2% of players 15.4% of players 14.2% of players 14.1% of players 11.3% of players 7.9% of players 6.3% of players 6.2% of players 5.0% of players 3.7% of players 3.3% of players 2.9% of players 2.7% of players 2.4% of players 59.0% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
59.0%Great build — Build 10 buildings at once
34.5%Well, you're a builder — Hidden achievement
32.9%Fireman — Save 20 buildings from fire
Rarest badges of honor
2.4%Defender — Survive 20 waves of Marauders
2.7%Trading hub — Hidden achievement
2.9%Conqueror of heights — Hidden achievement

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.

$17.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$17.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-11
US17.99 USD
EU15.49 EUR
UK13.99 GBP
Australia24.50 AUD
Canada20.49 CAD
Japan1,800 JPY
Brazil50.99 BRL
China65.00 CNY

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

China≈$9.6 Brazil Japan Canada Australia EU US UK≈$19

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

$0 $10 $20 07-11 07-13 07-16 07-19 07-22 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.

Jan 21, 2025
Mac version 1.42 available in Beta

I hope it works! It took a few days to make it run properly. We had a very limited opportunity to test the build. So we would appreciate any feedback if it works as expected.

Dec 29, 2024
Update 1.42 + 1.42f1

Overall logistics acceleration. Drone movement is now less slowed down by weather conditions. Vertical movement of drones has been accelerated twice (should speed up all logistics, especially on locat

Dec 24, 2024
Update 1.41

Minor update with bug fixes and improvements. The Mac version will be delayed a bit. Added a warning indicator above the building, it appears if there are no raw materials or production is stopped due

Oct 31, 2024
Update 1.40 +Hotfix1

In addition to fixing issues that have accumulated over the past half a year, I'm pleased to introduce New Cliffs, new defense options, and some balance changes! It could be DLC, but why not make it a

Apr 19, 2024
Update 1.39

Just increased the max speed from 6x to 7x. MacOS version is also available.

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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.

GenresIndie, Simulation, Strategy
Player tagsCity Builder · Strategy · Simulation · Futuristic · Sci-fi · Economy · Singleplayer · Colony Sim · Resource Management · Management · Building · Sandbox (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , Ukrainian, Simplified Chinese, French, Italian, German, Czech, Japanese, Traditional Chinese, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Korean, Turkish, Portuguese - Brazil, Thai *
Achievements20
Estimated owners500,000 – 1,000,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://www.lionsshade.com/cliff-empire
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 or newer Processor: 2 GHz Dual Core Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Hardware Accelerated Graphics DirectX: Version 9.0 Storage: 1 GB available space