City of Brass
Released May 2018
A first-person action adventure, inspired by Arabian Nights, from senior BioShock developers.
78% positive · 830 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Where to buy
Steam $19.99
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Evaluation
City of Brass launched on May 4, 2018 and received a strong run of free content updates over roughly the following year. The updates came in named waves: The Sultan's Armory (May 30, 2018), Fortune's Rivals (July 16, 2018), Hellion's Escape (September 5, 2018), Alchemist's Draft (October 15, 2018), Revenant's Bolt (January 17, 2019), and Blacksmith's Forge (May 21, 2019). When announcing the Revenant character in January 2019, the developer explicitly described it as "the final Rival for City of Brass." The Blacksmith's Forge update in May 2019 added new weapons across existing characters but introduced no new rivals or similarly named commitments. After that, developer activity dropped to occasional compatibility and crash-fix patches — the most recent being a pair of bug fixes in July 2023 addressing a crash and a CPU compatibility issue. No new content has been announced, no unreleased DLC is listed on the store, and the developer has made no statements suggesting further content is planned. The game's single DLC listing is the original soundtrack, which shipped on release day. The content cycle reached a clear conclusion with Blacksmith's Forge on May 21, 2019, following the developer's own declaration that the Revenant was the final planned character addition.
Evidence
Blacksmith's Forge (Update 1.6) shipped, adding 16 new weapons and throwable objects — the last major content update released
Developer explicitly stated the Revenant is 'the final Rival for City of Brass' when announcing the Revenant's Bolt update
Content
1 of 1 released · no outstanding content
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
Uppercut Games Pty Ltd
Achievements
54
Platform
Windows
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Unsupported
Players
Single-player
About this game
First-Person Arabian Nights Rogue-Lite!
Become a daring thief in City of Brass, a first-person action adventure from senior BioShock developers. Armed with scimitar and a versatile whip, you’ll lash and slash, bait and trap your way to the heart of an opulent, Arabian Nights-themed metropolis – or face certain death as time runs out.
Welcome to Update 1.5: Revenant's Bolt
Revenant's Bolt adds a new crossbow-wielding playable character - the Revenant!
Also look out for new Weapons and Relics to find.
This City Has Teeth!
Players will have to leap across pits, slide under blades, avoid spears or arrows, evade or employ sprung paving slabs, and skirt round poison gas traps – all the while manipulating these dangers to their advantage against enemies.
Deadly Magic, Mischievous Genies!
Incarcerated within the city are genies, most of them friendly, who will barter benefits in return for loot or grant wishes for a powerful advantage.Endless Death, Eternal Replayability!
The rhythmic interplay between sword and whip is carefully tuned along with sprinting, crouching, sliding, leaping and vaulting to give a fluid, balanced and natural feel to the movement and melee. Eternal replayability is granted by a design that encourages combinative gameplay within an ever-changing but logical procedurally generated world. Players will die in the City of Brass – often, and quite horribly – but they will always want to come back for just one more try…Are these done yet?
Last evaluated Jun 28, 2026
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