Released Jan 20, 2017 $29.99 Mostly Negative Counts toward your Steam games

Urban Empire

By Reborn Games · published by Kalypso Media Digital

Strategy Simulation City Builder Political Sim Management Economy Historical RPG Singleplayer

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Reviews 1,903 Mostly Negative

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Owners 200K–500K estimated

Urban Empire is a game tagged Strategy, Simulation and City Builder by Reborn Games, released Jan 20, 2017. It has 1,903 Steam reviews (Mostly Negative). It has an estimated 200K–500K owners on Steam. The Steam games most like it include Industry Giant 2, Urban Protocol and Caesar™ IV.

Urban Empire is a ‘City Ruler’, pioneering a new breed of strategy game that combines city builder features with political scheming and adds profound social and historical events into the mix, creating a whole new gameplay experience.

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Steam data

Everything Steam lists for Urban Empire · record updated 1 day ago

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Overview

App ID352550

Release dateJan 20, 2017

Last change number37629731

Last record update1 day ago

App type: Game
Developer: Reborn Games
Publisher: Kalypso Media Digital
Steam profile: Counts toward game count and achievement totals · checked Nov 1, 2025
Technologies: Unity detected
Metacritic: 62
Links: YouTube Discord Website X Facebook Reddit TikTok Bluesky

Language	Interface	Full audio	Subtitles
English	Yes	Yes	Yes
French	Yes	Yes	Yes
German	Yes	Yes	Yes
Russian	Yes	Yes	Yes
Simplified Chinese	Yes	Yes	Yes

Windows

Steam Deck: Unsupported

Single-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

Prices

Price · US$29.99

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Lowest seen · US$29.99Oct 24, 2026

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Patches

Build	Branch	Updated
1799638	public	May 31, 2017

Packages & DLC

ID	Name	Games	Price (US)
61584	Urban Empire	1	$29.99

ID	Name	Price (US)
501540	Not on the store yet	—
557510	Not on the store yet	—
597870	Not on the store yet	—

Depots

ID	Name	Systems	Size	Download	Manifest
352551	—	All	2.58 GB	1,014.1 MB	6446499639994992846
352552	— German	All	2.58 GB	1,012.2 MB	9117698890347885078
352553	— Russian	All	2.58 GB	1,013.0 MB	5046339545906425149
352554	— French	All	2.58 GB	1,013.4 MB	7234795029966653830
352555	— Tchinese	All	2.58 GB	1,013.4 MB	6598100247310148524
352556	— Koreana	All	2.58 GB	1,012.8 MB	3835863201565899125
352557	— Polish	All	2.58 GB	1,012.8 MB	5226406219449625674
501540	— DLC 501540	All	22.3 MB	22.6 MB	301863495296271803
501541	—	All	85.8 MB	87.0 MB	3637775889664821691
557511	— DLC 557510	All	120.9 MB	121.1 MB	622134157287983227
597870	— DLC 597870	All	—	—	—

Branch	Build	Updated	Access
public	1799638	May 31, 2017	Open

Configuration

Install foldersteamapps/common/Urban Empire

Executable	Arguments	Systems	Description
LaunchUE.exe		Windows	Launch

Space per player95.4 MB

Filesup to 10

Save locations1

Root	Path	Pattern	Systems
WinAppDataLocalLow	REBORN/Urban Empire/Save	*.save	Windows

Achievements

Achievements740 hidden

Most unlocked71.8%By plaintive pleas.

Rarest0.4%Where secrets fester, profit I.

By plaintive pleas. Issue 10 appeals. 71.8%
Decree becomes reality. Pass 5 edicts. 65%
Industry revolutionized! Complete Era I. 60.6%
Up-and-coming district administrator. Create 5 districts. 56.4%
How very eventful. 50 events experienced. 55.1%
An outpost in the wilderness. Citizen count is 2500 or over. 49.9%
Stamps of approval. Endorse businesses 10 times. 44.2%
Nationality is born! Complete Era II. 38.3%
To coax a statesman. Issue 100 appeals. 35.2%
What I enunciate shall pass. Pass 50 edicts. 28.1%
I tell you no! Overrule 1 decisions. 23.5%
And they did move and multiply. Citizen count is 10000 or over. 23.2%
Values conflict! Complete Era III. 22.2%
Business-owner whisperer. Endorse businesses 100 times. 20.7%
Architect of territory. Create 25 districts. 19.9%
All tales must end Lose the game. 19.4%
Smash it all to tiny bits. Demolish 1 buildings. 16.4%
We bloom in dreams and stature. High personal growth as Sant' Elias. 13%

All 74 achievements

Dualism! Complete Era IV. 12.9%
I'm a choo-choo train. Max out railroad station. 11.6%
A seasoned statesman. 500 events experienced. 10.9%
So happy pigs might fly. Maximise average citizen happiness. 10%
Experimentor extraordinaire. Invent all the inventions in the campaign. 9.8%
Trade potential maximiser. Max out port. 9.5%
Justice weighs us all. Max out courthouse. 9.4%
Better belated than never. Achieve an end-of-time victory. 9%
Lay these lands with door and stile. Create 50 districts. 9%
Long live academia. Max out university. 8.5%
In pursuit of immortality Max out central hospital. 8.1%
Electromagnetic euphoria. Max out electric power plant. 8.1%
Radio-wave revolutionary. Max out radio tower. 7.9%
What one perceives, one may impart. Max out exhibition center. 7.9%
With us, the world is most secure. High security as Von Pflizen. 7.6%
From water issueth life. Max out water treatment plant. 7.5%
Thomas More would be ecstatic. Max out labour rights. 6.9%
Where one proceeds, the rest will race. Citizen count is 50000 or over. 6%
John Stuart Mill would wear a grin. Max out women's rights. 5.9%
A society replete. Max out all institutions. 5.4%
What I build I will destroy. Demolish 25 buildings. 5.4%
Thoughts echo in word and deed. Pass 250 edicts. 4.9%
Peter Pan would laugh. Max out children's rights. 4.7%
Entrepreneurs deserve boundaries. Max out business law. 4.6%
Embrace a man who seeks the truth; doubt he who claims to find it. Beat the game with the Sant' Eliases. 4.5%
O rapturous somersaulter. High fun as Shuyskys 4.3%
Life without art is a desolate husk. Beat the game with the Shuyskys. 3.6%
Thomas Paine would celebrate. Max out civil rights. 3.5%
Bigots will be livid. Max out LGBT rights. 3.4%
Blackmail is my favourite vice. Blackmail 5 political parties. 3.4%
The earth still breathes. Max out nature law. 3.1%
A once thriving homeland. Destroy 1 districts. 3.1%
All play and no toil makes Bobby spoiled. Do not ban child labour before winning a game. 3%
Most bear-hugged business benefactor. Endorse businesses 1000 times. 2.7%
Disintegration station. Demolish 100 buildings. 2.5%
Liberté, egalité, fratemité! Beat the game with the Kilgannons. 2.4%
On land, we do proliferate. High physical environment as Kilgannons 2.4%
Noblesse oblige. Beat the game with the Von Pfilzens. 2.3%
Debate expounder. Issue 1000 appeals. 1.9%
Your conclusions overruled! Overrule 25 decisions. 1.8%
Swarelia 51 finished. Complete the 'Swarea 51' scenario. 1%
Buffeted by fate and time. 2500 events experienced. 1%
Terrain laid to waste. Destroy 5 districts. 1%
Great War Effort now complete. Complete the 'Great War Effort' scenario. 0.9%
To twist most devious deeds. Blackmail 25 political parties. 0.9%
Felicitations, Mr. President. Achieve a political victory. 0.8%
To win as every family. Beat the game with all the families. 0.6%
A victory for science! Achieve a scientific victory. 0.6%
A striking extremity. Achieve a remarkable city victory. 0.6%
Downsizing done. Complete the 'Downsizing' scenario. 0.6%
Early bird special. Beat the game in Era IV. 0.6%
Your rulings overturned. Overrule 100 decisions. 0.6%
Money, money, money. Achieve an economic victory. 0.5%
Your populace ousted. Destroy 20 districts. 0.5%
Grandmaster of the universe. Beat the game with all families and victory styles. 0.4%
Where secrets fester, profit I. Blackmail 100 political parties. 0.4%