Fit check
Is City of Brass worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Action players who want first-person combat with a sword and whip
- Rogue-lite fans who enjoy repeated runs through changing environments
- Arabian Nights fans who want genies, magic, traps, and an ornate city
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players who prefer a fixed route and stable level layouts instead of changing procedural environments
- Players seeking a low-pressure adventure, since time limits and frequent deaths are part of the run structure
- Players looking primarily for climbing, puzzle-solving, or multiplayer shooting
Our take on City of Brass
The game replaces a fixed action-adventure route with repeated attempts through a changing city. Its central play pattern combines sword and whip attacks with movement and trap manipulation, while time pressure and frequent deaths shape each run.
What is City of Brass?
Play as a thief in an Arabian Nights-inspired city, using a scimitar and versatile whip during first-person action encounters.
Movement includes sprinting, crouching, sliding, leaping, and vaulting, while hazards such as pits, blades, projectiles, unstable paving, and poison gas threaten progress. These dangers can also be manipulated against enemies. Genies trade benefits for loot or grant powerful advantages. Procedurally generated areas create changing but logical routes across repeated attempts, with time running out and death ending each run. Update 1. 5 adds the Revenant, a crossbow-wielding playable character, along with new weapons and relics to discover.
How City of Brass plays
- 01Sword And Whip Combat
- The scimitar and whip support attacks, enemy manipulation, and interaction with dangers in the city.
- 02Environmental Hazards
- Pits, blades, spears, arrows, unstable paving, and poison gas create threats that can also affect enemies.
- 03Changing City Layouts
- Procedural generation produces a different but logical arrangement for repeated runs.
- 04Genie Exchanges
- Genies can barter benefits for loot or grant a powerful advantage.
- 05Revenant Character
- Update 1.5 adds a playable character who uses a crossbow, plus new weapons and relics.
City of Brass compared to similar games
Sundered: Eldritch Edition is a chaotic metroidvania with roguelite structure, whereas City of Brass uses first-person combat, a whip, and environmental traps in a procedurally generated city. Abyssus combines roguelite play with multiplayer shooting and hand-crafted levels; City of Brass instead centers on its sword, whip, hazards, and Arabian Nights setting.
City of Brass: platforms & release
Is City of Brass worth it?
It is worth it if: action players who want first-person combat with a sword and whip. Skip it if: players who prefer a fixed route and stable level layouts instead of changing procedural environments.
Where can I download City of Brass?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens City of Brass's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is City of Brass on?
Windows only.
