City Game Studio: Your Game Dev Adventure Begins

When it gets good

Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.

before it gets good opening up fully opened up

Based on all 1,947 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 14.9h for positive, 8.7h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.

Where players quit

Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (97.9% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

Story milestones aren't labeled yet; all achievements are listed below.

All achievements (87)

• I want more! Unlock one platform 100%
• It is an INDIE game Release one game 98%
• Let's create a new game! Unlock a new game genre 95%
• What's up Doc? Create a postmortem for one game 95%
• Your first fan Get your first fan 95%
• It is a nice place Open your first studio 82%
• Create a game engine Create a game engine 81%
• That is a good start Sell 100k copies of your game 79%
• It is about the game! Randomly generate a game name 77%
• My dream job Release 10 games 73%
• I want more! Unlock 5 platforms 72%
• Tiny crowd Get 1000 fans 71%
• It is alive! ALIVE! Create a postmortem for 10 game 69%
• Not bad Sell 500k copies of your game 69%
• Let's create a new game! Unlock 5 games genre 66%
• WoW!! Sell 1m copies of your game 64%
• I want more! Unlock 10 platforms 61%
• Game to market Market a game 61%
• It is time to expand Release 25 games 59%
• Small crowd Get 10 000 fans 57%
• Be generous Adopt a cat 54%
• I want more!!! Unlock 15 platforms 54%
• Let's create a new game! Unlock 10 games genre 53%
• Let's buy few buildings Open 5 studios 52%
• It is alive! ALIVE! Create a postmortem for 25 game 52%
• What an engine?! A competitor publishes a game using your engine 51%
• Give me more! Sell 10m copies of your game 49%
• I want more!!! Unlock 20 platforms 48%
• Game of the Year! Win a Game of the Year prize 46%
• Another one? Release 50 games 46%
• Regular Crowd Get 100 000 fans 45%
• GREEDY!!! Price maximum 45%
• I want more!!! Unlock 25 platforms 43%
• Your own console? Make your own custom platform 43%
• 100k units sold 100k units sold 41%
• Let's go! Publish a game on your own platform 41%
• Do we own a city? Open 10 studios 41%
• 500k units sold 500k units sold 40%
• 1m units sold 1m units sold 40%
• Hacker Spy on a competitor 39%
• So popular A competitor released a game on your custom platform 39%
• I want more!!! Unlock 30 platforms 38%
• Big crowd Get 500 000 fans 37%
• I want more! Sell 100m copies of your game 37%
• 10m units sold 10m units sold 35%
• It is alive! ALIVE! Create a postmortem for 50 game 34%
• Perfect game Get 100/100 34%
• Huge crowd Get 1 000 000 fans 33%
• Perfecter game Get 110/100 31%
• You are a game factory! Release 100 games 31%
• Smoking servers Can't handle more!! 30%
• Crack a game Congratulations, you are now a Cracker 30%
• You're breathtaking Make a custom platform in the 90s 30%
• Oh god! Sell 500m copies of your game 29%
• I WANT MORE! Unlock 45 platforms 28%
• Feature complete Full featured digital store 28%
• Create a FOSS game engine Create a FOSS game engine 28%
• Let's create a new game! Unlock 30 games genre 27%
• That's impressive Get 1 million players using your digital store 27%
• City Game Studio Finish the game 26%
• May I buy the moon please? Sell 1000m copies of your game 25%
• You are a legend Unlock a unique game genre 25%
• 100m units sold 100m units sold 24%
• I WANT MORE! Unlock 60 platforms 22%
• Generous! Price minimum 19%
• It is alive! ALIVE! Create a postmortem for 100 game 19%
• I WANT MORE! Unlock 75 platforms 17%
• It is yet another indie game Release 250 games 14%
• Create a famous game Your princess is in another castle 11%
• So big Make a AAA game in the 90s 10%
• It is an INDIE game :) Release 500 games 6.1%
• It is alive! ALIVE! Create a postmortem for 250 game 6.1%
• Create a famous game Hello, my friend. Stay awhile and listen 4.4%
• Create a famous game Words have the power to both destroy and heal. When words are both true and kind, they can change our world. 4.2%
• Create a famous game Wololo 3.9%
• Create a famous game YOU CAN'T CUT BACK ON FUNDING! YOU WILL REGRET THIS! 3.4%
• Create a famous game Science isn't about WHY, it's about WHY NOT! 3.0%
• Create a famous game Mayday mayday! 2.9%
• Create a famous game Round 1! FIGHT! 2.9%
• Game factory Release 1000 games 2.5%
• Create a famous game You're not alone 2.2%
• It is alive! ALIVE! Create a postmortem for 500 game 2.2%
• Create a famous game Veni vidi vici 2.1%
• Create a famous game A pitfall, watch out! 1.9%
• Worst game ever Obtain 5/100 (or less) 1.7%
• Mistakes were made Sign an exclusivity deal of 96 months for the Joycast 1.1%
• It is alive! ALIVE! Create a postmortem for 1000 game 1.0%