Citystate
Andy Sztark · 2018 · Simulation, City Builder, Strategy, Politics, Indie
PC
Mostly Positive76% · 789
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About Citystate
Notes from the developer:
- This is not a puzzle game, in Citystate there is no right combination to build a successful Nation. This is a sandbox, old school style in which most building tools are unlocked at the start. There are no mandatory guided steps, aside from a brief independent tutorial.
- Micro-management is minimal in Citystate; you won't need to build public facilities or set up bus lines. Instead, the game focuses on macro-management and economics, encouraging you to explore the big picture and experiment with political ideologies.
- The game mechanics are based on today’s global economy. The effect of policies aim to mirror real-world nations and their inherent differences. Citystate is often politically incorrect and possibly biased.
- The game is specifically designed for mature audiences.
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Technical description:
Citystate is a city-builder and a political sandbox in which you plan, build and rule a micro nation from scratch. Design your map, your flag, name your State and pass the first policies! Experiment with political orientations and city-planning strategies to make your Nation strive toward success.
- + Realistic urban growth patterns, land value based dynamics.
- + Low income, middle income and upper income residential buildings.
- + Industrial zones, evolving from basic factories to high tech industries.
- + Commercial zones, evolving from small stores to malls, and tall office towers.
- + Arcologies, government buildings, parks and special unlockable buildings.
- + Real-scale skyscrapers.
- + 3 road types, monorail, airport and seaport.
- + One demand bar per social class.
- + Trade capacity / Infrastructures.
- + GDP growth rate.
- + Credit rating / Bonds.
- + Tourism
- + Demographics (population growth, poverty rate, income inequality,...).
- + Freedom Index (free market) VS Civil Rights Index (progressive).
- + Education, Health-care and Justice budgets.
- + 26 forms of government, from communist dictatorship to libertarian anarchy.
- + Slums and urban decay.
- + Illegal immigration, army and riots.
- + Large maps up to 4x4 miles (6.4x6.4km).
- + Region mode with 20 available maps.
- + Flag Creator.
- + Resource management.
- + Sandbox mod (unlimited money).
- + Space expansion with 20 planets to colonize.
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
✦ AI summary
Players appreciate this city-building game's core fun factor and find it engaging despite its simplicity, though opinions vary on difficulty. The main criticisms center on its high price for limited content, overly basic mechanics, restricted building options (particularly the limited transit system), and dated graphics that some find jarring. A few players suggest the game might be worth playing at a lower price point or waiting for an improved sequel.
My communist state fails every time. 10/106 found this helpful
Pricey, unhandy, very simplistic, and you can only build monorail which also isn't any good... if it'd cost around 5 bucks, perhaps it'd be worth it.1 found this helpful
Way too shallow/simplistic looking. Lets see if 2 is any better1 found this helpful
ts so fun bro
This game is more fun then I expected! Considering the age of the game I found the graphics a little jarring but honestly its more then good enough, would be nice if they added a few things like different types of transit and a few other minor tweaks. 7/10
either the game is really hard or i am incredibly stupid, i am assuming its the latter. Anyway, good fun - I enjoy it
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