City Tales - Medieval Era
Fair · Strategy · 2026
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $22.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 13.2h 23.2h to 100%
- Value
- $1.74/hr
- Reviews
- 89% of 627 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at $18.05 or less.
Buy now or wait
Last cut ended 9 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
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About the game
City Tales is a medieval city builder, allowing you to unleash your creativity and shape vast cities that break outside a traditional grid. Plan each district for your citizens needs and aid your companions in their tales, creating a city to be proud of!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, AMD Radeon RX 470 / Nvidia GeForce GTX 960, 12 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
Across all 14 discounts in the 17 months tracked, the median cut is 35 percent, about 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 9 days ago.
Value puts it in the top 7 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 93 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 93 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Ostriv ($24.99, scores 66) beats it on value, while it beats Farm Manager 2021 ($19.99, scores 51).
More about City Tales - Medieval Era
Critics scored it 77. Players sit 12 points higher at 89 percent, which usually means a game that plays better than it reviews.
Steam's global achievement data puts about 12 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. On a 13.2-hour game, the hours short of it still count in its price per hour. 4 of the 354 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written May 2025 to August 2026.
The drop-off
95% start to 12% finishA normal fall-off for a game this long. Steam global achievements
Players
- Players online
- 16 when we last checked, on Oct 4, 10:54 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
City Tales: Medieval Era presents an inviting take on the city-building genre by focusing less on rigid efficiency and more on the joy of watching a medieval settlement come to life. Developed by Irregular Shapes and published by Firesquid, the game places players in the role of a ruler tasked with transforming undeveloped land into a thriving community. While many modern city builders emphasize survival mechanics...
2 more reviews
Ah, I adore this game - some really unique mechanics with companions (who are also part of the story!) having to build up different resources and production buildings. It has the nice organic feel of the layout too like in Manor Lords, rather than a rigid grid system. Very much enjoying so far!
This game has easily climbed its way to be one of my favorites in the city building genre! I know a lot of people like freeform city building, but this method with storyline quests and companions really appeals to me. I like having freedom of choice in how to build my city, but having some direction to follow (with a fun story to boot) is really good. The art style and the graphics are so beautiful, and the menu...
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Cite this score
City Tales - Medieval Era scores 64/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/3265070/city-tales-medieval-eraReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 28, price as of Oct 19. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.