Urban Empire
Historical city management strategy with council politics across centuries
Reborn Games · Published by Kalypso Media Digital · Released Jan 20, 2017
- Reviews
- Mostly Negative
- 34% of 2,462
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 0
- daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Unsupported
- Last update on Steam
- 9 years ago
- May 31, 2017
Metacritic: 62/100 (critic reviews)
What is Urban Empire?
Urban Empire is a single-player city management and political strategy game set across five eras beginning in the 1820s. You guide a mayoral dynasty, plan districts and infrastructure, address residents’ needs, and seek city council support for policy decisions as technologies and social issues change.
For you if...
- +you like managing a city alongside council politics
- +you want to guide a city through historical change
Not for you if...
- −you want city building without council debates
- −you dislike managing districts and residents’ needs
What players say
34% of 2,462 reviews are positive
Players say it can be fun, but some criticize its unpolished mechanics and report startup problems.
How many players finish Urban Empire?
9.0% of Steam players have unlocked «Better belated than never.», the achievement for finishing the main story.
Share of everyone who owns the game on Steam, including those who barely played it. Updated weekly.
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Urban Empire system requirements
Minimum: GeForce GTX 560, 6 GB RAM, 4 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Urban Empire?
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- OS
- Windows 7 SP1 / 8.1 / 10, 64bit
- Processor
- Intel i5-2400 / AMD FX-6350
- Graphics
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 / AMD HD 6850 2GB
- Memory
- 6 GB RAM
- Storage
- 4 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 7 SP1 / 8.1 / 10, 64bit
- Processor
- Intel Core i5 4690K / AMD FX8320 or newer
- Graphics
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 / ATI/AMD Radeon R9 290 3GB or newer
- Memory
- 12 GB RAM
- Storage
- 4 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
Does Urban Empire have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Urban Empire run on Steam Deck?
Unsupported No: Valve rates it Unsupported on Steam Deck.
- Not supported on SteamOS
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 74
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
- Languages
- Full audio: English, French, German, Russian, Simplified Chinese.
Does Urban Empire use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 25, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
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Recent updates
- May 31, 2017 · Urban Empire Update v1.2.1.1 + Free DLC
- May 31, 2017 · Urban Empire Update v1.2.1.1 + Free DLC
- Jan 26, 2017 · Urban Empire Hotfix v1.1.6.5 (27/01/2017)
- Jan 26, 2017 · Urban Empire Hotfix v1.1.6.5 (27/01/2017)
- Jan 23, 2017 · Urban Empire Hotfix (23/01/2017)
