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A survival city-building game with flying cities. Build, automate, and defend a flying city that travels between procedurally generated maps to survive in a wacky, nightmare-infested, post-apocalyptic world full of strange science and dreams.
270 hourly samples, with the daily peak drawn over them. Weekends are shaded.
63 months, July 2021 to September 2026. The highest number of people in the game at once, each month, on a time axis -- a gap in the record stays a gap.
The highest number of people in the game at once, each month. Four, because four is as far back as the source keeps anything finer than one figure a month.
28 days, each one the highest figure that day. The source keeps no hourly detail this far back. Weekends are shaded.
28 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 156 hourly samples from 13 Aug, which is as far back as the source keeps every hour. Weekends are shaded.
12 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 114 hourly samples. Each dip is a night. Weekends are shaded.
Dream Engines: Nomad Cities was released on 9 May, 2024.
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59 achievements in total.
49 developer announcements, Sep 2019 to Aug 2024 · times in UTC
Overseers, this update fixes of several issues that were accumulated since the 1.0 release of Dream Engines. Please let us know of any other issues you may have encountered when playing the game. Here's what was fixed: Fixed a UI problem…
SuncrashAnother patch fixing some issues, including a fix for a rare and elusive bug that managed to survive since the early days of the Early Access. Thank you all for reporting these issues and for your patience in waiting for their fixes. Fixed…
Patch notesPatch 3 has a few more bug fixes for issues reported by players: Fixed issue in campaign when playing with raids disabled where you couldn't take off after the raid story mission. Fixed description of the Overachiever hidden achievement to…
Patch notesA few fixes for issues that players encountered: Items you can't take with you now have a no-fly icon like they were supposed to. Fixed a bug with defense story missions when playing with raids disabled in the difficulty settings. These…
Patch notesFixed a couple of issues that were reported since launch yesterday. Thank you to all the players who reported these issues. Sulfuric Acidstone production recipe was incorrectly assigned to the Wood Warper and was not usable because it…
Patch notesCitizens and overseers, After a very long journey, the nomad cities are ready to spread their wings (so to speak) and fly! Six years in the making, out of which 3 years were in Early Access, the full release of Dream Engines: Nomad Cities…
SuncrashHey everyone, I have exciting news! We have a release date for Dream Engines 1.0. On May 9th we'll release the full version of the game. The release will include a big update with lots of new content, new mechanics and other changes. You…
SuncrashHey everyone, I'm writing this to let you know that after releasing 12 updates during the alpha & early access phases, Dream Engines is almost reade for its full release - the next version will be 1.0, marking the end of the Early Access…
SuncrashBuild 496 - fixed a major issue and a smaller bug Fixed a game-breaking bug that happened when disabling the take-off / landing animation displays, after loading a new map it wouldn't create enemy spawners which in turn broke the…
Patch notesHey everyone, major update #12 is now live. The City Council update adds a few new mechanics, some of which are random in nature to increase replayability and add some more interest to the game. It's been longer than usual since update #11…
SuncrashHey everyone, This is a short post to update you on the progress and timeline for the next major update. Usually I release a major update every 3 months, more or less, but this one will take a bit longer. Today, our first title - Judgment…
SuncrashHey everyone, major update #11 is now live. This update took a bit longer than usual, partly because of the holidays and some time off, and partly because some of the changes in this update were very wide (as in they affected a lot of…
SuncrashCitizens, Major update #10 - the Fortifications update is now live. This update focuses on city defenses and raiding enemies. It is now more important than ever to defend your city well, because the raiding enemies are smarter, and also…
SuncrashFixed - items that provided permanent bonuses (such as unlocks or free buildings) will now be automatically applied when chosen as an expedition reward (similar to crfating them in ruins). Fixed - moving the expedition center will no longer…
Patch notesCitizens, Major update #9 - the Expeditions update is now available. In this update we added a new Expedition Center building, where you can assemble and send expeditions to nearby areas of interest in search for valuable resources and…
SuncrashCitizens, It's been a while since our last update. Thank your for your patience and I promise it won't be much longer, just a couple more days so we can finish testing and some last minute tweaks. While you wait, I'm happy to offer you a…
SuncrashFixed an issue where costs and produced amounts of the "Acid Transformation" recipes were reversed and - converting Acidstone to Acidwood and then back to Acidstone would yield a net positive balance allowing for infinite crafting - which…
Patch notesFixed an issue with the Beaver tribe that allowed buildings to overlap.
Patch notesBalancing: Tweaked output of acid extraction. These were not meant to produce more acid than was used to create the acidstone / acidwood in the first place. I decided to keep it higher, making this recipe a renewable source for acidshards…
Patch notesFixed a bug with the new Beavers tribe where you couldn't demolish buildings/rails. Fixed some typos.
Patch notesCitizens, Major update #8 - the Economy update is now available to all players. The focus of this update is the city's economy in the middle and late stages of the game. This update adds new ways of controlling your economy, a lot of…
SuncrashCitizens, While we're working on the next major update, we've got a small boon for you - Steam trading cards. In case you're unfamiliar, these are collectable cards that you earn by simply playing the game on Steam, and you can then trade…
Suncrash- Fixed an issue where raid position would not update once they started moving. - Fixed the feedback form link so that it will automatically fill the build number.
Patch notesCitizens, Just in time for the holidays, we're happy to present you with our latest Early Access build - The Overseer Update. This update focuses on one of the most requested changes since launch - pausing the game and giving you time to…
SuncrashCitizens, It's been a month since we released our last update which inlcuded modding and Steam Workshop support, and we now have a more elaborate Modding Guide available in our wiki. The guide now explains in more details how you can modify…
SuncrashFixed an issue accessing mods downloaded from the Steam workshop.
Patch notesCitizens, It's been just over 2 months since we launched Dream Engines: Nomad Cities in early access. Sadly, since that launch, it's been one crisis after another for us at Suncrash (one of which I told you about). It took a little longer…
SuncrashCitizens, This is an update on our development progress and plans for the near future. Since we released Dream Engines a bit less than a month ago, we already uploaded 4 updates, some larger and some smaller, all based on feedback we got…
SuncrashCitizens, Patch 4 continues to fix and improve based on all the great feedback we received from our early access players. If you have any feedback you want to share, please don't hesitate to post on the Steam Forums or come chat with us…
SuncrashPatch 3 is based entirely on things we learned through early access feedback. It fixes some significant bugs, and includes usability improvements and balancing tweaks. Changes in patch 3: Fixed a bug where every time Tiny activated…
Patch notesCitizens, A few days ago we released Dream Engines: Nomad Cities to the public, and ever since we've been scouring the web, Steam, and Discord listening to all you have to say. We're learning about the stuff that you love, and also the…
SuncrashMinor patches fixing bugs, adding rotate camera with keyboard option, and tweaking the default starting difficulty. The "Still Learning" difficulty now has ironman off by default. Minor tweaks to some "Forgiving" difficulty settings making…
Patch notesCitizens, It's been more than three years since we started working on the idea of "what if the land was so full of monsters that the only way to survive was building cities that can fly?". And now, we're finally ready to release Dream…
SuncrashCitizens, as promised in the FAQ that we posted a few days ago, we are now happy to share our Early Access roadmap. Please keep in mind that the development is flexible, and this roadmap may change. These are only the main changes we are…
SuncrashCitizens, We took some time to review all the questions you've asked about this game over the months since we announced it, and we've compiled a list of common questions and answers for you. With this, you should have a better understanding…
SuncrashHear ye, Hear ye, Good citizens, we have an important announcement to make. Dream Engines: Nomad Cities will be released next month, on July 14th! We marked the occasion with a new Early Access trailer. It wasn't an easy journey to get us…
SuncrashEsteemed citizens of the nomad cities, we have some news for you. Dream Engines: Nomad Cities' alpha program is coming to an end. Alpha 4 - The Swarms update that we recently released will be the last alpha build, and the next big update…
SuncrashHello everyone, please allow us to introduce ourselves. We are GameraGame, and we are pleased to announce that we will be the official publishing partner of "Dream Engines: Nomad Cities" in Asia. We are an experienced Chinese publisher that…
SuncrashOverseers, The swarms update mainly tackled combat, balancing and performance aspects related to it. We made the combat more fast-paced and with a better flow to it, mainly through the use of weaker, faster enemies that come in much larger…
SuncrashHey Overseers, It's been a crazy month for us, mainly working on a demo for the Steam Game Festival and analyzing the data and feedback. The demo was a specialized version with limited content, different balancing, and pre-generated maps…
SuncrashOverseers, The outskirts update is a significant change in how you play the game. It was mainly directly influenced by feedback we got from alpha players, that there's too much focus on walking around and fighting with your character, while…
SuncrashOverseers, The ruins update is our first major update since releasing the alpha of Dream Engines two months ago. In this update our focus was to address the main issues we identified in all the feedback our alpha players sent. I'd like to…
SuncrashCitizens, We’re very excited to announce that Dream Engines is finally entering its alpha phase! Head on to our website or discord to find out more about the alpha and how to participate. All alpha participants will get a steam key.…
SuncrashCitizens, Welcome to the last dev update before we start our alpha phase, more on that in the next couple of weeks. Don't forget to sign up to our newsletter so you can hear about it first. You can also follow us on Twitter and join our…
SuncrashCitizens, Gather around, we have a few new stories to show and tell, from our latest work on Dream Engines. Remember to sign up to our newsletter so you can be the first to hear when we start alpha testing. You can also follow us on Twitter…
SuncrashCitizens, I hope everyone is safe and healthy. I'd like to tell you about some of the stuff we've been working on lately, and invite you to sign up to our newsletter so you can be the first to hear when we start alpha testing. It's not far…
SuncrashCitizens, I have some interesting news for you. After a lot of deliberation we made a big decision - Dream Engines will feature a player-controlled character (a steampunkish mech, actually). This decision brings some significant changes to…
SuncrashLoyal citizens, hi there and welcome. Another month went by since our previous post in which I described Dream Engines' gameplay in more detail. Let me share some of what we’ve been up to since then. In this post I’ll tell you about some of…
SuncrashAhoy, citizens! I know you've been waiting for an update for a long time, my apologies for that. It's a real challenge for me to to take a step back from the millions of development tasks and find the time to write updates, but I'll try to…
SuncrashEverything Steam lists as add-on content for this game, newest first. Prices are left out on purpose: the store answers this page in one currency and it is not the reader's.
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| Dream Engines: Nomad Cities Soundtrack | Windows | 28 Jun 2021 |
What Steam runs, and with what. Straight from the app configuration.
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| Launch | Dream Engines.exe | windows |
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WinAppDataLocalLow | Suncrash/Dream Engines | *.game |
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