Indie · August 6, 2019

Cliff Empire (2019)

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Message for survivors on the Earth's orbit! After a nuclear war life on the surface became impossible, and a 300m thick radioactive fog covered the Earth. Our scientists in the past decade predicted such course of events and used all available potential to build cliffs in the mountain region to restore life on Earth. We are looking for bold active people to manage the process of restoring life on Earth. Join! - develop in parallel the economics of several independent cities - trade between your cities and the orbital station - a dynamic climate change that will test the strength of your cities' economies. - choose between ecological and harmful power supply - 48 additional university research to improve the city structure - over 120 structures for constructing the city - 15 goods for trade and consumption - possibility of switching between the 3D and the orthographic camera, as well as a free camera for walking around the city. - additional 15 quests that open access to the orbital station and huge location in Late game - sandbox mode - tower defense more The compact gameplay involves the construction of three small cities in each randomly generated level.

Indie releases from 2019

38 Indie titles launched in 2019 — top 6 by review volume.

Peer Indie titles

Comparable titles in the same genre and review-volume band — ranked by Steam positive percentage.

Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • City Builder · 172
  • Strategy · 165
  • Simulation · 161
  • Futuristic · 157
  • Sci-fi · 155
  • Economy · 148
  • Singleplayer · 145
  • Colony Sim · 139
  • Resource Management · 138
  • Management · 136
  • Building · 126
  • Sandbox · 122
  • Tower Defense · 113
  • Base-Building · 112
  • Difficult · 106

Position in Indie

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume4.3k Steam reviewsTop 57% in Indie
Positive rating87% positiveGenre average: 87% — this title sits in top 60%
Engagement hours10 h averageTop 57% for session depth among Indie

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (12)

  • English volume_up
  • Ukrainian
  • Simplified Chinese
  • French
  • Italian
  • German
  • Czech
  • Japanese
  • Traditional Chinese
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Polish
  • Korean

Full audio (2)

  • English
  • Thai

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

10h

short (5–15 hours)

Median

5h

Typical completion time

Achievements

20

Steam unlocks available

Reception Metrics

Steam community

87%Very Positive · 4.3k reviews

3.7k positive · 554 negative

Curator recommendations

4.1k

Release & Availability

Release dateAug 6, 2019
DeveloperLion's Shade
Base price$8.99
DLC / Add-ons1 released
PlatformsWindows, macOS
Estimated owners1M–10M
External linksOfficial site · Support

Features & Capabilities

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Editions & Packages

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