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Which city builders actually get played?

41 city builders owned in at least 30 of the libraries read here, ranked by how many owners played past 20 hours. Across all of them it’s 10%.

S3 games
  1. #1Cities: Skylines32% of 212
  2. #2Against the Storm22% of 63
  3. #3Banished22% of 60
A8 games
  1. #4Timberborn24% of 33
  2. #5Manor Lords19% of 58
  3. #6Frostpunk 220% of 40
  4. #7Kingdoms and Castles19% of 36
  5. #8Frostpunk14% of 161
  6. #9Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic16% of 31
  7. #10Stronghold Crusader HD10% of 58
  8. #11Anno 180010% of 39
B12 games
  1. #12Endzone - A World Apart10% of 51
  2. #13Dorfromantik9% of 65
  3. #14Tropico 69% of 46
  4. #15Terraformers6% of 33
  5. #16Tropico6% of 34
  6. #17Stronghold HD7% of 46
  7. #18Surviving Mars8% of 143
  8. #19Tropico 3 - Steam Special Edition6% of 77
  9. #20Tropico 56% of 68
  10. #21Aven Colony3% of 30
  11. #22Tropico 3: Absolute Power3% of 31
  12. #23SimCity 4 Deluxe5% of 59
C11 games
  1. #24Tropico 2: Pirate Cove3% of 34
  2. #25Nebuchadnezzar3% of 36
  3. #26Tropico 46% of 108
  4. #27Settlement Survival3% of 38
  5. #28ISLANDERS4% of 53
  6. #29Mini Settlers0% of 31
  7. #30Fabledom0% of 32
  8. #31Cities XL Platinum0% of 33
  9. #32Stronghold Legends0% of 33
  10. #33Townscaper2% of 49
  11. #34SteamWorld Build0% of 34
D7 games
  1. #35InfraSpace0% of 35
  2. #36Valhalla Hills0% of 35
  3. #37Before We Leave0% of 36
  4. #38Townsmen - A Kingdom Rebuilt0% of 42
  5. #39Stronghold Crusader 20% of 57
  6. #40Stronghold Crusader Extreme HD0% of 58
  7. #41Knights and Merchants0% of 75

Counted from the Steam libraries read here, by the hours Steam has on each game; free games are left out, since Steam lists one as owned only once it has been played. A game owned in only a few libraries is pulled toward the kind’s 10% as if 60 more owners had played it like the typical one, so a lucky handful can’t top the list. S is the top 8%, A the next 20%, B the next 30%, C the next 25%, D the rest.