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Steam News27 July 20261mo ago

Patch v0.4 - Global Trade

New Features Global Trade Export Depot: Sells excess goods can be sold to the global market. Import Depot: Buys needed goods from the global market.

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What changed

0 fixes6 additions8 changes1 removal
  • Gameplay
  • Maps
  • Balance
  • UI and audio
  • Performance
addedMiningMine: A new mine building; mines harvest minerals from nearby deposits.
addedMiningMineral deposits: Finite deposits are now scattered across new maps.
addedMiningNew goods and services: New exportable goods and consumable services utilizing minerals and metals.
changedEconomyEmergency loan: An emergency loan is available for cities near bankruptcy.
changedEconomyBank: Collects interest on your treasury.
changedEconomyDifficulty slider: The difficulty can be changed in the gameplay settings. Easier difficulty settings will make cities more profitable across the board.

CityZen changes

addedMine: A new mine building; mines harvest minerals from nearby deposits.
addedMineral deposits: Finite deposits are now scattered across new maps.
addedNew goods and services: New exportable goods and consumable services utilizing minerals and metals.
changedEmergency loan: An emergency loan is available for cities near bankruptcy.
changedBank: Collects interest on your treasury.

New Features

Global Trade

  • Export Depot: Sells excess goods can be sold to the global market.

  • Import Depot: Buys needed goods from the global market.

  • Dynamic Market Pricing: Market pricing will change with goods bought and sold.

Mining

  • MineA new mine building; mines harvest minerals from nearby deposits.
  • Mineral depositsFinite deposits are now scattered across new maps.

  • Coal Power Plant: Burn coal for steady, weather-proof power independent of daylight and wind. Imports coal from the global market if needed.

  • New goods and servicesNew exportable goods and consumable services utilizing minerals and metals.

Economy

  • Emergency loanAn emergency loan is available for cities near bankruptcy.

  • Bank: Collects interest on your treasury.

  • Difficulty sliderThe difficulty can be changed in the gameplay settings. Easier difficulty settings will make cities more profitable across the board.

Interface

  • On-screen notifications: Some events will now appear as on-screen notifications.

Improvements and Enhancements

  • Building VisualsAdded slight building variations as well as fence variations.

  • Significantly improved traffic simulation: Car volume and overall congestion is directly related to the number of shipments/traffic over a given road, this means road layout now matters more than ever. Multiple roads may be necessary to service core areas with significant industry.

  • Traffic & traffic overlayA new traffic overlay to help tune traffic congestion.
  • Better demolitionRoad demolition is improved and prevents deletion of long roads.
  • New musicAdded two new music tracks.

Performance

  • Multi-threaded traffic sim: Traffic simulation has been moved off the main game thread, allowing for better multi-core performance.

  • Game thread optimizationRemoved many actor ticks, reducing overall CPU load when simulating large cities.

Notes

  • Caution: The game will attempt to retrofit existing saves with mineral patches, but may fail if the map is heavily populated.

Source

Steam News / 27 July 2026

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