City of Brass (video game)

This article is about the 2018 video game. For the novel by S. A. Chakraborty, see The City of Brass (novel). For other uses, see City of Brass.
City of Brass
Developer(s)Uppercut Games
Publisher(s)Uppercut Games
Designer(s)Ed Orman[3]
Artist(s)Andrew James[4]
EngineUnreal Engine 4[5]
Platform(s)PlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
ReleasePS4, Windows, Xbox One
May 4, 2018[1]
Switch
February 8, 2019[2]
Genre(s)Dungeon crawl[6]
Mode(s)Single-player[7]

City of Brass is a single-player first-person dungeon crawl video game, set in a procedurally generated, Arabian Nights-themed city of interconnecting corridors, courtyards and rooms. Players assume the role of a thief, fighting to reach a treasure hidden in the heart of a mythical city filled with traps and enemies. It was developed by Australian independent video game studio Uppercut Games[8] and was announced on 6 July 2017 as being in development for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.[9] The Windows version was released on Steam via its Early Access program on 18 September 2017.[7]

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  3. ^ Joe Donnelly (2017-07-06). "City of Brass is a BioShock-inspired Arabian Nights-meets-Indiana Jones rogue-lite". PC Gamer. Retrieved 2017-08-11.
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  9. ^ "Announcement Press Release". Gamasutra. 2017-07-06. Retrieved 2017-08-11.