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Urbek is a city building game where you can build your own neighbourhoods: from nightlife district to industrial district. Don't exhaust your natural resources before you have an educated population to build more efficient structures.

Release DateJul 13, 2022
Price$ 18.99  Top 15%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)91.6% (very positive) Top 20% / 91.7%  Top 20%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)86.6% Top 10% / 86.7%  Top 10%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)1.1K  Top 15% / 1.2K  Top 15%
Curators66 reviews  Top 10%
Median Play Time15.4 hours  Top 10%
Play Time per Dollar49 minutes  Top 30%
Followers16.3K  Top 10%
Owners± 105.1K  Top 15%
Copies Sold± 97.4K  Top 10%
Gross Revenue ($)± 1.3M  Top 10%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Urbek City Builder steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

This graph shows Urbek City Builder's Steam rating and reviews between July 2022 and December 2023. Steam's rating is in a very narrow range going from 91.3% (July 2022) to 92.8% (November 2022).

With 1.2K reviews Top 15%, Urbek City Builder could be an indie success or even a small AAA success. The chart suggests a long tail distribution, which could mean that the game was promoted at laucnch but that there were no more marketing, update or major discounts after that point.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Urbek City Builder and the proportion of players they represent.

This doughnut chart shows Urbek City Builder's review languages. The most popular language is English (54%), followed by Simplified Chinese (10%). There is a healthy diversity in the review languages, with 24 different languages represented. The game is translated in 11 languages, which is nice.

Time Played

Chart displaying Urbek City Builder percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the number of hours played in Urbek City Builder, comparing positive and negative reviews. The time in game is excellent, with 38 hours in the 80th percentile.

The negative reviews play time is 5 times lower than the positive reviews median play time.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • fun to play
  • slow tutorial pacing
  • good UI
  • charming voxel art
  • emphasis on placement optimization
  • multiple different paths for developing a city
  • hits a sweet spot between realistic management and abstract puzzle
  • balanced resource management
  • compelling building optimization
  • refreshing and addictive gameplay
  • missing vital overlays
  • annoying council auto-popups
  • no window resize
  • lack of abandoned building information
  • repetitive walkthrough-style tutorial
  • balance issues with buildings
  • inconsistent gameplay and genre
  • missing expected buildings and mechanics
  • annoying bugs and glitches
  • missing essential features like layer overlays and pausing buildings

These advantages and disadvantages are not meant to provide a fair assessment of the game, but to help developers identify potential improvements. The game's score of 91.6%  Top 20% should be considered while evaluating them.

Please keep in mind that this list was AI-generated with only a statistical sample of Urbek City Builder's review data that Steam provides. Additionally, remember that not all issues need to be fixed, sometimes the best approach is to communicate better to manage the player's expectations.

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