About the Game
Immerse yourself in the world of Ancient China and build your dream cities on one of the hand-crafted maps. It will sit where stunning nature and fantastical setting mix with urban planning. Watch the season change as your settlement grows from a few buildings with peasants to a bustling city worthy of the Emperor's visit.
After your appointment as the Governor of this land, people’s lives are in your hands. You must fulfill the Emperor’s wish and bring prosperity to the city. Making decisions is no funny business; as there are more people, your citizens' needs grow bigger. As the governor, you must deliver their requests or face unhappy residents.
Create efficient production chains and provide for your city. The infrastructure prepared for your city will run everything smoothly. Seek out perfect spots to extract natural resources and place your food production on the ideal plot of land. If you succeed in planning everything out, even the most catastrophic weather conditions and harshest winters won’t be able to destroy your city.
The Emperor's blessing allows you to join the trade routes and cooperate with other settlements for resources and materials. You can send out caravans and trade with friendly cities around you.
Worshiping the right gods is always a tricky business, so building positive relationships with all of them may benefit your citizens. Gods' blessings and miracles are powerful gifts that will help your cities grow bigger.
Unfortunately, the supernatural has a darker side, demons bring sorrow and fear into the hearts of your citizens.
Jump into the beautiful world of Celestial Empire! Plan, develop, and grow magnificent cities, which will bring your pride and joy on every stage of your governing journeys.
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Version Information
Steam Patch Notes
Official update history
Fixed a warehouse issue that, under certain circumstances, prevented deliverers from picking up or delivering resources. Newly constructed warehouses could also fail to function correctly.
Fixed an issue where, when three or more production buildings were placed in a row and the Watermill improvement was active, one or more buildings would not receive the improvement's effects properly.
Fixed an issue where the additional deliverers granted by Ao Guang's perk would not be correctly applied after loading a saved game.
Fixed a crash that could occur when the player attempted to load a corrupted save file.
Fixed a crash that could occur during the first game launch while PSO generation was in progress.
Fixed GPU crashes related to hardware-based machine learning features.
Added Blessings for buildings that previously did not have them.
Added visual feedback when a Card cannot be placed or added to a slot.
Fixed Well range updates.
Fixed an issue where red Blessings with no valid target buildings could appear when the Blessing pool was empty.
Fixed Card slot visibility on the Market during selected festivals.
Fixed Card loading in Spiritual Buildings.
Fixed the number of slots in Fisherman buildings, Tin Extractors, and Gold Extractors.
Manuscripts are now visible in the statistics panel.
Statistics no longer contain spoilers.
- Fixed a crash occurring after purchasing Nuwa’s production improvement when residential buildings were located nearby.
- Fixed a crash that could occur when deleting or connecting canals.
- Fixed a crash when loading a game.
- Fixed workforce counting.
- Fixed festival loading issues.
- Fixed a bug occurring when exiting the statistics window.
Improvements
- Balanced the final quest
- Improved the visual behavior of water wheels from upgrades
- Minor trade changes (UI, Trade Deals)
- UI scaling fixes
- Visual tweaks to the gods relationship tree
Fixed
- Fixed NPCs freezing in houses
- Fixed lingering warnings after using water wheels
- Fixed game hang after loading a city (if the issue still occurs, please contact us)
- Fixed a crash related to the epidemic
- Fixed incorrect display of needs satisfaction in houses
- Fixed an issue with clicking the coal switch from the upgrade in a production building
Note!
- If the game fails to start after the update, the most common cause is an error while downloading content. The solution is to verify the game files in the Steam app.
Improvements
- Improved the behavior of the monitor selection option.
- Updated Codex entries.
- Visual improvements to upgraded water wheels.
Fixed
- Fixed the missing button to build walls after unlocking them in the tech tree.
Note
- If the game fails to start after the update, the most common cause is an error while downloading content. The solution is to verify the game files in the Steam app.
Improvements
- Added the ability to pet the panda in FPP mode.
- Updated Codex entries.
- Added monitor selection to the graphics settings.
- Increased the number of slots for autosaves.
- Added a warning window for low disk space when saving the game.
Fixed
- Fixed a bug where workforce was deducted after removing the Blessing orb.
- Fixed a bug where blessings did not activate after loading a game (affected production buildings).
- Removed a blocker after offering gifts at the monument (construction would not finalize).
- Made fixes to the improvement that adds oxen to farms.
- Fixed an issue where a giant farmer character could occasionally appear.
Note
- If the game fails to start after the update, the most common cause is an error while downloading content. The solution is to verify the game files in the Steam app.
Improvements
- Updated Codex entries.
- Adjusted the balance of vials affecting trade.
- Added a VFX effect during cottage healing.
- Minor visual tweaks.
Fixed
- Fixed an issue with building-group buttons assigned to slots on the bottom bar that occurred after loading a save.
- Further animation fixes.
Stability
- Fixed a crash when upgrading the large Blessings Building (crash fix).
- Potentially fixed the cause of hangs during loading that could end with exiting to desktop.
- Addressed several other crash causes (crash fixes).
Note!
- If you encounter launch issues after the update, the most common cause is a content download error. The solution is to verify the game files in the Steam app.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Improvements
- Minor UI tweaks.
- Added several animations to production in FPP mode.
- Improved the VFX effect when applying the Blessing.
Fixed
- Achievements from the Prologue are now granted after loading a save.
- Loading a save from the Prologue unlocks missing buildings.
- Fixed incorrect workforce calculation when removing a Blessing from a slot.
- Removed an issue where selection highlights could persist on Lumberjacks.
Stability
- Fixed a crash where the game could freeze and crash after loading and playing for a few minutes.
Improvements
- Added a VFX effect when placing a Blessing in a building.
Fixed
- You can now upgrade craftsmen’s houses to the scholars’ level when continuing a playthrough from the Prologue.
- Added missing resources to trade rights in saves continued from the Prologue.
- Made several minor adjustments to festival mechanics.
- Fixed a bug occurring when upgrading buildings with Planning Mode enabled.
Stability
- Removed a number of crash causes (crash fixes).
Current Release
Build 23529791
Uploaded Jul 09, 2026
System Requirements
How to Install
China_Builder_06.exe to play
Troubleshooting tips
• Run Redist/_CommonRedist installers if game won't start
• Add folder to Windows Defender exclusions
• Run as administrator
Download
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23.5 GB
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