Build a city from humble beginnings into an industrial metropolis. Manage supply chains, meet your citizens’ needs, and keep essential services running in a deep economic simulation that rewards good planning without demanding perfection.

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Planned Release Date: Jan 15, 2027

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About This Game

CityZen is a cozy city builder with a deep, interconnected economy. Grow a small settlement into an industrial metropolis as you build supply chains, provide essential services, and meet your citizens’ needs.

Good planning helps your city thrive, but there’s room to learn along the way. A short-staffed factory can keep working at a slower pace, and households can tolerate a late delivery. Experiment with layouts, work through bottlenecks, and improve your city without having to perfect every detail.

Watch your city come to life, day and night

Work shifts, household needs, changing weather, and the day/night cycle all play a part in your city’s daily life. Workers travel to their jobs, shops supply households, and the seasons influence your harvests. From the morning commute to the evening lights, watch the city you’ve built at work.

Keep your growing city running

Supply homes and industry with power and water, provide essential services, and keep traffic moving. As your city grows, adapt your infrastructure to handle busier roads and greater demand. Balance industrial expansion with the pollution it brings and the needs of nearby neighborhoods.

Build production chains from the ground up

Connect farms, harvesters, factories, and shops to turn raw resources into the goods your city needs. Follow supplies through your economy, find opportunities to improve production, and trade with the global market. Export your surplus and import supplies to support your next expansion.

  • Build interconnected industries, from harvesting raw resources to producing finished goods and services.

  • Import and export commodities through the global market.

  • Plan road networks and work through traffic congestion and delivery bottlenecks.

  • Manage power, water, essential services, and industrial pollution.

  • Keep households supplied with the goods and services that make them happy.

  • Experience simulated work shifts, day and night, seasonal weather, and household needs.

  • Learn and experiment with forgiving systems that reward good planning without demanding perfection.

CityZen is created by a very small team, and we hope you have as much fun building your city as we have making the game. We’d love to hear your feedback, questions, and suggestions. Use the 🐞 button to report issues or suggestions directly in-game.

System Requirements

    Minimum:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS: Windows 10 64-bit (20H2+)
    • Processor: Quad-core Intel or AMD, 2.5 GHz or faster
    • Memory: 16 GB RAM
    • Graphics: DX12 Compatible GPU, Shader Model 6.6+
    • DirectX: Version 12
    • Storage: 2000 MB available space
    Recommended:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS: Windows 11
    • Processor: Quad-core Intel or AMD, 3.0 GHz or faster
    • Memory: 32 GB RAM
    • Graphics: DX12 Compatible GPU, Shader Model 6.6+
    • DirectX: Version 12
    • Storage: 2000 MB available space