Citalis
Skip · Strategy · 2016
The verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 0, under the fair line, at $0.65.
- Length
- 2h
- Value
- $0.33/hr
- Reviews
- 49% of 228 positive
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Buy now or wait
It is 67% off today.
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
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How to read this
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About the game
Citalis is a fast paced city simulation game where you must carefully manage your city to avoid crime and disasters such as floods and droughts - all whilst making a profit!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, OpenGL 2.1 or OpenGL ES 2+ capable graphics card/drivers. Runs on Windows, macOS.
The value story
It has been discounted 106 times in the 10 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 65 percent, about 5 weeks apart. Today's $0.65 at 67 percent off still sits 33 percent above the floor, so a deeper cut exists in its history.
It is cheaper than 85 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 98 percent. The games it most resembles do better on the same math. AdVenture Communist (free, scores 13) and Sixty Four ($2.99, scores 41) both outscore it.
What players say
In its current state, I cannot recommend this game. I thought this game was about building a city and expanding the floating islands while growing the city. But it's a whole lot simpler than that. Basically you have 3 districts: business, residential and recreation. These three need to be filled with resp. businesses, houses and trees while maintaining a balance between them. That's all there is to it. Nothing more...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Citalis is a novel approach to citybuilding without the need for positioning, roads, etc. This can work. Citalis falls flat though; It has boring mechanics like the arbitrary need for "beauty" and water - which are not resources, they're build-it-once and forget. And it has pointlessly punishing mechanics like the need to "lock" a water resevoir before it overflows, when the water is never consumed so it's just a...
I am 32 years old. My ex-wife and I have a daughter together, and we adopted our son together. Both are now 4 years old. When we were going through our separation, I felt lost and unhappy. I was self-destructive. One day, I was so angry with everything spiraling out of control that I punched a concrete wall in a moment of overwhelming emotion. This resulted in breaking my fifth metacarpal in my right hand-the hand I...
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Cite this score
Citalis scores 0/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/539440/citalisReviews 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 30, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.