City Tales - Medieval Era
Relaxed medieval city builder with flexible districts and companion stories
Irregular Shapes · Published by Firesquid · Released Jan 29, 2026
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 90% of 620
- Recent reviews
- Very Positive
- 83% of 12 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 8
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- 5 months ago
- Apr 17, 2026
Free demo available, 2 playing it now: get the demo.
Metacritic: 77/100 (critic reviews)
What is City Tales - Medieval Era?
A single-player medieval city builder where you choose one of two maps and shape districts without a rigid grid. You place buildings to meet residents' needs, manage resources and production, and assign companions to production roles as their stories unfold.
For you if...
- +you like shaping districts around different residents' needs
- +you prefer building at a relaxed, forgiving pace
- +you enjoy companion stories alongside resource management
Not for you if...
- −you want resource shortages to threaten your city
- −you prefer direct control over every residential plot
What players say
90% of 620 reviews are positive · 83% of 12 in the last 30 days
Players praise the approachable pace, district planning, and companion stories. Common complaints are limited challenge and waiting for production during later quests. Some players report crashes or slowdown as their cities grow.
Screenshots and trailer
City Tales - Medieval Era system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 10/11
- Processor
- Ryzen 3 1300X/Intel Core i3 9100
- Graphics
- AMD Radeon RX 470 / Nvidia GeForce GTX 960
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 12 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 10/11
- Processor
- Ryzen 5 1600X / Intel Core i5 8400
- Graphics
- AMD Radeon RX 580 / Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060
- Memory
- 16 GB RAM
- Storage
- 16 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 12
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 47
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing
Steam Deck: Playable
- Default controller config not fully functional
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
- Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Full audio: English. Text only: French, German, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Ukrainian, Spanish - Spain.
Tags
- Simulation
- City Builder
- Building
- Relaxing
- Economy
- Management
- Resource Management
- Inventory Management
- Story Rich
- Logic
- Medieval
- Procedural Generation
- 3D
- Top-Down
- Singleplayer
- Base Building
Recent updates
- Apr 17, 2026 · Villager View Update: new POV and camera mode
- Mar 13, 2026 · Our first major update since full release is here: welcome the Architect Update!
- Feb 19, 2026 · Patch Notes 1.0.0.8
- Feb 16, 2026 · Patch Notes 1.0.0.7.
- Feb 10, 2026 · Hotfix 1.0.0.6
2 DLC available.
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