Urban Empire

Critic reviews

• GDGame Debate

  Stuart Thomas · Feb 04, 2017

  6.0

  The stronger Scenarios can't rescue Urban Empire from being disappointingly average however. A few quality of life tweaks here and there could have achieved a great deal in making Urban Empire a more engaging experience. With little noticeable cause and effect you're stuck prodding buttons until you hopefully stumble on solution, which sadly flies in the face of strategy as we know it.

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• IIGN

  Leif Johnson · Jan 28, 2017

  6.4

  Urban Empire's premise of focusing on the political tumult that's usually behind city planning is a good one, and the emphasis on four families allows for some lightweight roleplay in how you guide your city to greatness. Unfortunately, the personal approach tends to stumble as each game more or less plays out like the last, and the constant juggle of votes makes for an experience that's more exasperating than exciting.

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• WWccftech.com

  Chris Wray · Jan 27, 2017

  6.0

  Urban Empire aims to offer an interesting mix of political intrigue with city-building creativity and management. However, it doesn't give anywhere near enough information or allow enough freedom to make it as compelling as the idea could have been.

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• GGameSpot

  Daniel Starkey · Jan 26, 2017

  6.0

  Urban Empire is a trying game, but there's beauty in how it captures the many obstacles that plague political life, but it’s still marred by instances of poor execution and an unwieldy user interface. Still, if you've ever wanted to know what a more realistic, less tongue-in-cheek rendition of SimCity would be like, you could do a lot worse.

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• GGGame Grin

  The_Apothecary · Jan 30, 2017

  7.0

  For now, I would strongly recommend this game for those that enjoyed Cities: Skylines and other similar simulators such as Tropico. For the almost £30 asking price however? You are better off getting Cities: Skylines if you wish to simply focus on a producing a productive and interactive city. In a few more patches this game could be something great.

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• GRGame Reactor

  Bengt Lemne · Jan 29, 2017

  6.0

  Unfortunately it gets repetitive, and fails to capture the joy and creativity found in the best city builders, while it also gets bogged down by a less than stellar user interface and lots of micromanagement. That may sound overly negative, but there is also some fun to be had here and it is certainly quite addictive.

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