NewCity
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This product might be abandoned as it has not received an update for a while.[1]
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| Developers | |
|---|---|
| Lone Pine | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | Unknown |
| Linux | Unknown |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase |
| Microtransactions | None |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | Bird's-eye view, Free-roaming camera |
| Controls | Point and select |
| Genres | Building, Simulation, Strategy, Business |
| Vehicles | Automobile |
| Art styles | Stylized |
| Themes | Contemporary |
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NewCity is a singleplayer bird's-eye view and free-roaming camera building, simulation, strategy and business game.
The game was first released in early access on Steam on June 12, 2020, after a successful Indiegogo campaign.[2] On October 21, 2023, the developer announced that they were working on new features and that the game had been open-sourced.[3] Prior to March 27, 2020, the game was called New Cities.[4]
As of May 2025, no updates have been made to the Steam page or GitHub repository, hinting that the game might be abandoned.
General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steam | |
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Game data
- The configuration file is binary and not user-editable.
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\options.data[Note 1] |
| Linux | <path-to-game>/options.data |
- This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\saves[Note 1] |
| Linux | <path-to-game>/saves |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Steam Cloud | The game has Steam Cloud enabled, but Auto-Cloud is disabled and the game's code doesn't upload the saves either. |
Video
General video settings
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | |||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | The FOV slider adjusts the view from orthographic to perspective. | ||
| Windowed | |||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
| High-fidelity upscaling | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | When "uncapping" the framerate, the game is actually capped at 120 FPS | ||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | |||
| Ray tracing (RT) | |||
| Color blind mode | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Input
Input remapping settings
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Keyboard and mouse prompts | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | ||
| Full controller support | ||
| Controller remapping | ||
| Controller sensitivity | ||
| Controller Y-axis inversion |
| Controller types |
|---|
| XInput-compatible controllers | ||
|---|---|---|
| Xbox button prompts | ||
| Impulse Trigger support |
| DirectInput-compatible controllers |
|---|
| PlayStation controllers | ||
|---|---|---|
| PlayStation button prompts | ||
| Motion sensors support | ||
| Light bar support | ||
| Adaptive trigger support | ||
| DualSense haptic feedback support | ||
| Connection modes | ||
| Nintendo controllers |
|---|
| Other controller(s) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Additional button prompts |
| Additional information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Input prompt override | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
General audio settings
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | ||
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English |
Other information
API
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows | |||
| Linux |
System requirements
| Windows | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |||
| Operating system (OS) | 7 | 10 | ||
| Processor (CPU) | Intel i5 3rd gen Ryzen 5 1000 series | Intel i7 10th gen Ryzen 7 2000 series |
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| System memory (RAM) | 16 GB | 32 GB | ||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | 5 GB | 15 GB | ||
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti AMD Radeon HD 6870 | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 AMD Radeon RX 580 |
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| Linux | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |||
| Operating system (OS) | Ubuntu 18.04+ | |||
| Processor (CPU) | Intel i5 3rd gen Ryzen 5 1000 series | Intel i7 10th gen Ryzen 7 2000 series |
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| System memory (RAM) | 16 GB | 32 GB | ||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | 5 GB | 15 GB | ||
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti AMD Radeon HD 6870 | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 AMD Radeon RX 580 |
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Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%,%PROGRAMDATA%, or%WINDIR%might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details).
References
- ↑ Verified by User:jakobbouchard on 2025-05-21
- The Steam page reads "The last update made by the developers was over 3 years ago."
- ↑ New Cities | Indiegogo - last accessed on 2025-05-21
- ↑ NewCity: What I'm Working On - YouTube - last accessed on 2025-05-21
- ↑ Friday Facts #26: A Change of Perspective | NewCity - last accessed on 2025-05-21