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Urbek City Builder
Urbek is a city building game where you can build your own neighbourhoods: from nightlife district to industrial district. Don't exhaust your natural resources before you have an educated population to build more efficient structures.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
What reviewers agree on
44 of the 76 reviews raise this.
13 of the 76 reviews raise this.
“Nice visually and lightweight, good concept but poor execution and dumb mechanics/logic. Here instead of financial means you have a balance of production and consumption of labor/goods/services etc... Buildings require…”
“I basically collect city/town/settlement building games trying to scratch an itch, but Urbek is one I consistently come back to. It's unique and charming, with a lot of variety in how to approach it, and I love how…”
“Fun game, but a bit too easy for a city builder. As long as you follow the "what's next to upgrade"-philosophy of the tutorial, you can't really fail or go wrong. I mostly recommend this because it looks amazing walking…”
6 of the 76 reviews raise this.
“I basically collect city/town/settlement building games trying to scratch an itch, but Urbek is one I consistently come back to. It's unique and charming, with a lot of variety in how to approach it, and I love how…”
“Pretty good game, like the achievements there - makes game more interesting.”
“Awsome indie city builder. New biom, new challanges.”
5 of the 76 reviews raise this.
“I can't believe this game doesn't have more reviews. Great progression so far. UI doesn't overwhelm and introduces new buildings step by step. I haven't finished the tutorial yet but it seems that the complexity keeps…”
“One of the best city builders I've played, and I've played a lot. The sense of progression is really good and the gameplay loop stays interesting. I like how everything is really grounded in reality, none of the Simcity…”
12 of the 76 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“Nice visually and lightweight, good concept but poor execution and dumb mechanics/logic. Here instead of financial means you have a balance of production and consumption of labor/goods/services etc... Buildings require…”
8 of the 76 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“This is not comparable to most city builders because this is VERY easy. Still, very fun: you get a bunch of different neighborhoods that you'd otherwise have no control over, for example, you can create a religious…”
“Fun game, but a bit too easy for a city builder. As long as you follow the "what's next to upgrade"-philosophy of the tutorial, you can't really fail or go wrong. I mostly recommend this because it looks amazing walking…”
4 of the 76 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
Counted across 76 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 89.4% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13
“I realized I hand't reviewed this yet. It's an awesome game. Totally different mechanics, so no comparable on that front, but kinda the same feeling I got when I first played SimCity 2000 when it came out. It's a canvas that lets you play with stuff, make cool stuff happen,…”
— a player, Steam review · 557 hrs played“9/10 Good time sink. Modding support. Achievement tracking in the form of various "upgrade paths" makes development intuitive. Lots of easily unlockable maps. Good replayability. Deep, broad simulation taking into account happiness, resource harvesting, nightlife, tourism,…”
— a player, Steam review · 124 hrs played“Honestly, city builders re not my go to games but this one really hooked me. The game is great. If you play it in normal mode, expect to spend quite some time to develop your city. That time spent is enjoyable however as the game explains all the relevant metrics to you. The…”
— a player, Steam review · 9 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 2026-09-05.
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.
Update 1.9.2: new promenades and bridges
Hello urbekites A new version is released! In this new version I fixed some important bugs and added new constructions. Added Two new promenades. All 3 promenades can now be built on all maps. 6 new b
Coming soon: free update water-related
Hello urbekites I am preparing a free update related with water With new constructions and rain and snow effects: Rain and snow effects More bridges Coastal parks I've been testing with the effects, b
Check our new game: Rebel Roar
Hello Urbekitas, We are working on a new game Rebel Roar, this time it's a roguelike card game where you control anthropomorphic animals in a cyberpunk world, fighting against humans: Rebel Roar. What
Update 1.7.6 version
Hello Urbekites, Thank you very much for all the feedback, I improved a lot of mistakes and added other things you asked for. If you find mistakes or things to improve, don't hesitate to tell me, than
DLC trains available. New free update: Wellbeing
Hello Urbekites, After a lot of work the trains DLC is finally available https://store.steampowered.com/app/2696580/Urbek_City_Builder__Trains/ Also, a free update to the base game: welfare. It has ne
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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 |
| Player tags | City Builder · Building · Management · Simulation · Strategy · Sandbox · Resource Management · Economy · Voxel · Singleplayer · Political Sim · Agriculture (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, Spanish - Spain, German, Polish, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Portuguese - Portugal, Japanese, Korean, Italian |
| Achievements | 103 |
| Official site | https://urbek.tumblr.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 64 Bit / Windows 8 64 Bit / Windows 10 64 Bit Processor: Intel Core i5-2500k or equivalent Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 2GB or equivalent DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 2 GB available space