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City 20

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73%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
73% User Score Based on 159 reviews

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About City 20

City 20 is a single player open world simulation game with a post-apocalyptic theme. It was developed by Untold Games and was released on September 23, 2024. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

Embark on a dystopian-tinged survival sandbox adventure where the world dynamically responds to your actions. Craft your own narrative through a series of choices, navigating harsh environmental conditions and organized factions, and delving into unsolved mysteries.

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73%Audience ScoreBased on 159 reviews
gameplay5 positive mentions
grinding5 negative mentions
  • Unique, immersive post-apocalyptic sandbox with a living world where NPCs have routines and needs.
  • Freeform gameplay with little hand-holding, allowing players to explore, craft, trade, and interact meaningfully with factions and NPCs.
  • Atmospheric art style and setting evoking a Soviet-era vibe; deep crafting and survival mechanics with lots of potential for future content.
  • Current combat system is clunky, underdeveloped, and frustrating, often causing unfair deaths and lack of strategy.
  • Frequent technical issues including crashes, save system problems, and bugs that hinder gameplay and progress.
  • Lack of tutorial and clarity leads to confusing gameplay loop; UI and base building systems are unintuitive and restrictive.

  • gameplay

    37 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    14% positive mentions, 78% neutral mentions, 8% negative mentions

    The gameplay features detailed survival, crafting, and emergent mechanics reminiscent of titles like Kenshi, offering a strategic and immersive experience. However, many users find it limited by repetitive, static world interactions, lack of guidance, and missing core content, reflecting its early access state. While the core loop shows promise, the game needs more polish, variety, and depth to fully realize its potential.

    • “Very detailed emergent gameplay.”
    • “Exploring, scavenging, deconstructing, repairing - the core gameplay loop is fun.”
    • “The survival sandbox mechanics are well implemented and there are many intricate systems to discover and experiment with.”
    • “- Barely any in-world interactions. There is so much trash and rubble around that it seems ripe to think of going up to a destroyed building, scavenging some of the rubble for material, or even moving it to make a neat little shelter, but most things in the world are just static objects, except for things you can disassemble (which doesn't even fully get rid of them, since another static object is replaced in its spot to repair the object you just broke; I have literally no idea why that mechanic is there).”
    • “I would recommend this for those who are interested in NPC living world mechanics rather than anything else, as gameplay is limited. Plus, you cannot live on your own that much—you can buy just some houses which are designed to be bought and building is permitted only within them, and even then only furniture building, which limits options even further.”
    • “Tried again after a few updates... played 20 minutes, a guy ran up to me, said I'm broke and proceeded to sun lock me to death. All I could do was block, swinging resulted in him punching me before I could wind up—straight to game over. What kind of combat mechanics are that?”

  • story

    29 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    10% positive mentions, 80% neutral mentions, 10% negative mentions

    The story offers an intriguing mystery and sandbox experience with emergent storytelling and player-driven choices, but it feels limited by a predetermined main plot, repetitive faction quests, and occasional quest design frustrations. NPC interactions and quest variety are currently shallow, and some quest chains may be hindered by glitches or lack of guidance. While exploration and crafting add depth, the narrative lacks larger overarching storylines and still feels incomplete.

    • “Nice idea, cool graphics, cool story.”
    • “I like that there's a mystery element, and hope to see more story, lore, and character background.”
    • “It seems like there's always something to do in this sandboxy world, but I would like to see more and bigger over-arching quest storylines.”
    • “There's also the frustration of retrieval quests that necessitate trashing your standing with one faction to please another.”
    • “I'm kind of dismayed to discover that it's more of a predetermined storyline.”
    • “One of the NPCs is apparently glitched and died on their own, and may be a lynchpin to an entire quest chain?”

  • graphics

    11 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    55% positive mentions, 18% neutral mentions, 27% negative mentions

    The game's graphics feature a unique and quirky art style inspired by Soviet-era cartoons and a 1980s aesthetic, creating a strong and atmospheric visual experience with elements like rain, darkness, and torches. While some find the style unusual or "off," many appreciate its beauty and the immersive, expansive world it helps bring to life. Overall, the graphics are solid and contribute significantly to the game's distinctive charm and mood.

    • “The graphics are okay, but there's good atmosphere with the rain, darkness, flashlight, and torches.”
    • “The art style is interesting and makes me think of old Soviet cartoons/animations.”
    • “There's something 'off' about the graphics.”
    • “This is Soviet Kenshi with a 1980s aesthetic, my god does it work and it's still in early access.”
    • “Spent most of the time gathering sticks, plants etc. Graphically the game looks solid.”

  • atmosphere

    6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    50% positive mentions, 50% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game's atmosphere is highly praised for its immersive and unique Eastern European post-nuclear vibe, effectively enhanced by elements like rain, darkness, flashlights, and torches. Reviewers find it evocative and engaging, contributing significantly to the overall experience despite average graphics.

    • “The graphics are okay, but there's a good atmosphere with the rain, darkness, flashlight, and torches.”
    • “It transmits a special sort of atmosphere that I am unable to describe in words, but I'll try nonetheless.”
    • “Overall, I think that the atmosphere is really spot on.”

  • grinding

    5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    Grinding in the game is described as tedious and time-consuming, especially activities like cooking and saving through sleeping. While gathering, crafting, farming, and looting are abundant and enjoyable, the repetitive nature of these tasks makes progression feel like a chore. Users suggest improvements such as more engaging combat and streamlined mechanics to reduce the grind.

    • “It happened last night, and I was like, 'Okay, I'll just save more often.' Then, just now after spending a lot of time tediously cooking apples (and the way cooking and campfires are set up currently is extremely tedious), I tried to sleep in order to save my progress.”
    • “Saving a game and sleeping is a tedious and unfulfilling chore.”
    • “There's hunting, light base building elements, crafting aplenty, looting, looting, looting, looting, and more looting, farming, bartering, buying/selling, and everything you do changes how those around you operate too.”

  • optimization

    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    33% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 67% negative mentions

    Optimization reviews are mixed, with some users experiencing significant stuttering and poor performance despite having good hardware, while others report no performance issues during gameplay.

    • “There are no performance issues that I've encountered during my time playing.”
    • “I want to like it, performance is so bad though that I can't really play it, and my machine is pretty good.”
    • “I experience a lot of stuttering and the game is unplayable for me. I tried to ask on Discord and the mod gave me some help, but the stuttering just came back again.”

  • stability

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The game in its early access state exhibits several stability issues, including frequent typos in dialogue, missing features like DLSS/FSR support and mouse smoothing options, incorrect resolution detection in windowed-fullscreen mode, and consistent freezes or lag during rotation and area loading.

    • “I understand it's early access but the game fails to detect my actual resolution when in windowed-fullscreen, and I'd run into consistent freezes or rather lag when rotating or loading a new area.”

  • music

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The music is minimal and largely consists of repetitive, depressing sounds, which some users find off-putting.

    • “And the music is barely present; just constant depressing sounds.”

  • replayability

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    Users highlight the game's strong replayability, emphasizing the enjoyment of experimenting with different choices to experience varied outcomes.

    • “Nevertheless, it has the potential for enormous replayability and experimenting with different choices.”
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8h Median play time
19h Average play time
4-44h Spent by most gamers
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City 20 is a open world simulation game with post-apocalyptic theme. Common tags for City 20 include indie, exploration, life sim, isometric, early access and others.

City 20 is available on PC and Windows.

On average players spend around 19 hours playing City 20.

City 20 was released on September 23, 2024.

City 20 was developed by Untold Games.

City 20 has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked City 20 for its gameplay but disliked it for its story.

City 20 is a single player game.

Similar games include KINGDOMS, Medieval Dynasty, Plains of Pain, Mirthwood, The Black Death and others.