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New Cycle
New Cycle is a city building game with focus on survival. After an apocalyptic series of solar flares, human society has been thrown into disarray. Establish a settlement and develop it all the way from humble beginnings to industrial metropolis.
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “Resource management and city building” (33 of 69 reviews) and “Immersive post-apocalyptic visuals” (12); the most common complaint is “Minor bugs and broken systems” (17). What reviewers agree on ↓
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-29 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
What reviewers agree on
33 of the 69 reviews raise this.
“This is probably my favorite builder ever. Very well done. Unfortunately it stops working early on. Resources just stop working & the whole thing starts to collapse. Hopefully they fix it soon.”
“I’ve only played a few hours, but so far i'm really happy with the game. The atmosphere is great, the building mechanics are fun and approachable, and the freedom in how you manage the game is amazing. I haven't played…”
“Its great but there still isn't a game that will scratch my Banished itch. This game is a very easy and casual city builder. If that's what you enjoy you will love this game. If you're looking for a game like Banished…”
12 of the 69 reviews raise this.
“I’ve only played a few hours, but so far i'm really happy with the game. The atmosphere is great, the building mechanics are fun and approachable, and the freedom in how you manage the game is amazing. I haven't played…”
“I thought it's going to be an overwhelming experience, but after playing a little, I realized that’s not the case with this game. New things are unlocked gradually, so you don’t need to understand everything at once. I…”
“I am somehow mixed about the game, but overall I will comment positively. Its mechanics are good and easy control, the story stands good and the visuals appealing. I would not compare it to far more complex city…”
9 of the 69 reviews raise this.
“The game is really good, the developers are still working on it and bringing further updates constantly. They like to listen to the community and do work on their side to gather even more feedbacks by professionals. I…”
“I thought it's going to be an overwhelming experience, but after playing a little, I realized that’s not the case with this game. New things are unlocked gradually, so you don’t need to understand everything at once. I…”
“I personally love this game, its been in my top ten games since its release. Every additional update has been well worth the investment the developers put into it. I personally believe some games have earned the right…”
9 of the 69 reviews raise this.
“I’ve only played a few hours, but so far i'm really happy with the game. The atmosphere is great, the building mechanics are fun and approachable, and the freedom in how you manage the game is amazing. I haven't played…”
“I've only played for a few hours but I'm really happy with the game. It feels like a mix of Cities: Skylines and a survival builder where resource management actually matters. The atmosphere is great and I love the…”
“After about 4h of gameplay, I’ve had a good first impression of New Cycle. What I liked: The city-building mechanics feel intuitive and easy to pick up Managing resources and population growth is satisfying The overall…”
8 of the 69 reviews raise this.
“An interesting city-builder with great potential. Took me 19h to play through the campaign in its current state and enjoyed every minute of it. There's a great many resources to manage and you have to take great care in…”
17 of the 69 reviews raise this · 12 of them still recommend the game.
“Very rough at the moment. A ton of bugs like random noises, clipping, crashing, MASSIVE frame stuttering and more. In my humble opinion I think Bug fixing & HUGE optimization efforts are needed before adding anything…”
“This is probably my favorite builder ever. Very well done. Unfortunately it stops working early on. Resources just stop working & the whole thing starts to collapse. Hopefully they fix it soon.”
“I’ve only played a few hours, but so far i'm really happy with the game. The atmosphere is great, the building mechanics are fun and approachable, and the freedom in how you manage the game is amazing. I haven't played…”
16 of the 69 reviews raise this · 8 of them still recommend the game.
“This is probably my favorite builder ever. Very well done. Unfortunately it stops working early on. Resources just stop working & the whole thing starts to collapse. Hopefully they fix it soon.”
“Biggest issue I have with the game is that it is not challenging, and also not really fun. Everything is ok, kind of like Frostpunk, with the exception that the later is fun and addicting, and New Cycle is not.”
12 of the 69 reviews raise this · 9 of them still recommend the game.
“Biggest issue I have with the game is that it is not challenging, and also not really fun. Everything is ok, kind of like Frostpunk, with the exception that the later is fun and addicting, and New Cycle is not.”
“Its great but there still isn't a game that will scratch my Banished itch. This game is a very easy and casual city builder. If that's what you enjoy you will love this game. If you're looking for a game like Banished…”
“Love this game so far. Great futuristic survival city builder. If anything it's too easy on normal. Developers like these really put 4A studios to shame. More of this; less DLC slop.”
12 of the 69 reviews raise this · 8 of them still recommend the game.
“A game shouldn't be released in such an early state. The UI is terrible, the performance is a disaster, and the constant stuttering makes it completely unplayable. It’s in Early Access, but it feels like an Alpha at…”
“An interesting city-builder with great potential. Took me 19h to play through the campaign in its current state and enjoyed every minute of it. There's a great many resources to manage and you have to take great care in…”
“I really like this game however nearly all the buildings look the same and it's massively hard to keep track of them all because of this, You can add tags to the buildings but Visually it's just a chore because you have…”
7 of the 69 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Its alright, but it feels like just another city builder that requires lots of buildings to juggle lots of different resources. The worlds coming to an end but nothings happening, I'll just keep amassing the never…”
“I am somehow mixed about the game, but overall I will comment positively. Its mechanics are good and easy control, the story stands good and the visuals appealing. I would not compare it to far more complex city…”
Counted across 69 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 79.3% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13
“The game if you took Frost Punk, and Banished and smooshed them together. Or, this is Banished 40k. Yes, it's still in development, but it's a solid game so far with a few annoying bugs but nothing that stops you having a blast. Developers are really on it with ideas and…”
— a player, Steam review · 27 hrs played“Excellent city builder, a lot of content and the developers keep updating it. Very well done so far. I waited 2 years to buy this game because I know it takes small companies a long time to develop games and publishers only care about large profit margins unfortunately. My only…”
— a player, Steam review · 80 hrs played“Wait for sale for sure. Full price there are too many issues to pay that, unless you want to support the company. 38 hours on record, here are the issues ive noticed in this short time, 1 disappearing roads, roads are horrible nothing connects it all just over laps each other.…”
— a player, Steam review · 39 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 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 2026-10-23.
Price tracking
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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.
Patch 26-510.09
Hello Everyone, We are releasing a minor update with some adjustments and fixes. \ A series of new rules and controls have been added for construction sequences. The system now checks the material and
Patch 26-510.08
Hello Everyone, We are sharing the details of this update, which includes a series of minor fixes and improvements, below. In particular, based on the rapid feedback we received from you, this update
Patch 26-510.07
Hello Everyone, Thank you for your enthusiasm for our new content and the latest version of the universe! We’re releasing a minor update to address a number of issues we’ve identified—primarily based
Alpha 26-510.02
Hello everyone, In this major update, the New Cycle Universe is revamping and upgrading some of its key assets and systems that we haven’t been able to dedicate time and resources to since the game’s
Patch 26-490.03
Hi everyone! We’ve implemented a series of improvements, including fixes and enhancements based on community feedback—particularly regarding end-game content, save/load functionality, and the latest c
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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 | Indie, Simulation, Strategy, Early Access |
| Player tags | City Builder · Strategy · Survival · Building · Colony Sim · Simulation · Realistic · Post-apocalyptic · Base-Building · Top-Down · Resource Management · Singleplayer (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, Simplified Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Spanish - Spain, Polish |
| Achievements | 55 |
| Official site | https://newcyclegame.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10/11 64-bit Processor: Intel Core i5-4590 @ 3.3 GHz | AMD FX 8320 @ 3.5 GHz Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce GTX 960 (4GB VRAM) | AMD Radeon R9 290 (4GB VRAM) or equivalent DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 12 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX-compatible using the latest drivers Additional Notes: Target Performance: >30FPS @ 1080p using medium graphical settings