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New Cycle

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.

Released Jan 18, 2024 Developer Core Engage Publisher Daedalic Entertainment Platforms Windows City BuilderStrategySurvivalBuildingColony Sim
View on Steam ↗ $14.99 (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.

80.6%positive2,398 reviews
Recommended · 22 found this helpful

“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
Recommended · 4 found this helpful

“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
Not recommended · 28 found this helpful

“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 played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 01:23 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

25playing at last check
6024-hour peak
3,758all-time peak
0 1k 2k 2024 2025 2026 1.2k avg · Jan 2024

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.

55achievements
33.2%median completion
0.6%rarest: Fence Knitter
88.7% of players 83.2% of players 81.4% of players 77.5% of players 68.0% of players 67.6% of players 64.4% of players 62.7% of players 62.6% of players 62.4% of players 61.7% of players 60.9% of players 55.1% of players 50.4% of players 46.8% of players 46.5% of players 45.3% of players 45.0% of players 44.7% of players 42.9% of players 42.8% of players 41.6% of players 41.0% of players 39.5% of players 38.4% of players 35.0% of players 33.7% of players 33.2% of players 32.4% of players 32.1% of players 27.8% of players 27.4% of players 26.9% of players 26.5% of players 24.3% of players 23.1% of players 10.4% of players 10.1% of players 8.7% of players 5.4% of players 5.2% of players 4.5% of players 3.9% of players 3.6% of players 3.6% of players 3.5% of players 3.1% of players 2.8% of players 2.8% of players 2.8% of players 2.5% of players 2.1% of players 2.1% of players 1.9% of players 0.6% of players 88.7% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
88.7%Acceptants — Welcome outsiders into your community
83.2%First Cycle — Survive 1 Year
81.4%A Palmful — 5 new people join the community at once
Rarest badges of honor
0.6%Fence Knitter — Build every type of fence
1.9%Crossing Into the Last Hope — Place any pedestrian crossing
2.1%Birth of Skyscrapers — Build 20 units of Low- or Mid-Rise Block housing

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.

$14.99−50% right nowcurrent · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$29.99base price
$14.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-16
US14.99 USD−50%
EU14.99 EUR−50%
UK12.49 GBP−50%
Australia19.97 AUD−50%
Canada19.99 CAD−50%
Japan1,950 JPY−50%
Brazil34.99 BRL−50%
China49.50 CNY−50%

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

Brazil≈$6.9 China Japan Australia Canada US UK EU≈$17

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

$0 $25 $50 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.

Mar 25, 2026
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

Mar 14, 2026
Road & Highway Update!

Hello everyone! We're happy to relase another update, this one focuses on innovations in city planning & placement tools that are easier to manage and more suitable for expansion, new road components

Jan 25, 2026
Hotfix 26-450.05

Hi all, Thank you for the positive reactions to our latest update! We follow up with a small hotfix, see the details below: \ In some cases, raw materials and products that have not yet been ‘develope

Jan 23, 2026
Big Farming update!

Hello everyone! As part of our new policies aimed at more frequent content releases, we are back with a rather mid-sized patch: This update, which includes a series of changes to the core production m

Nov 27, 2025
Hotfix 25-400.03

Hello everyone! Another day, another patch: Main Updates We have made a series of significant improvements to ensure both instant rendering costs and the seamless processing of large workloads that ca

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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, Early Access
Player tagsCity Builder · Strategy · Survival · Building · Colony Sim · Simulation · Realistic · Post-apocalyptic · Base-Building · Top-Down · Resource Management · Singleplayer (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, Simplified Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Spanish - Spain, Polish
Achievements55
Estimated owners100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttps://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