New Citizen

New Citizen is a multiplayer roleplay simulation set in Bornwood, an open-world American city. You can patrol as a police officer, respond to medical calls, work civilian jobs, buy a home, or take part in crimes such as robbing the Southern Town bank. Other people in the city are players, and your actions have consequences.

Bornwood

The city has four districts—Downtown, West Bornwood, Eastern District and Southern Town—as well as a prison, trailer park, coal mine, quarry and woodlands. Its map includes 105 points of interest. A day-and-night cycle, changing weather, street scenes and 33 crime zones shape what happens around you. The city also contains 23 shops, 31 homes to buy or rent, and 41 cars across 12 model lines.

Police work

Join the Bornwood Police Department or the Southern County Sheriff's Office. Police shifts begin with roll call, and you can take calls through an MDT that includes a call board, live map, person and plate lookups, warrants, reports and BOLOs. Calls include pursuits, stolen vehicles, DUI drivers, traffic stops, burglary alarms, disturbances and welfare checks.

You can question and search people, issue warnings and citations, make arrests, escort suspects and book them at Police HQ or Bornwood Prison. Police have 60 actions available through one menu, and the game records officer actions in an audit log. Jail time continues in real time while a prisoner is offline.

Emergency services

You can qualify as a paramedic, take an ambulance and respond to medical calls. At a scene, you can check a patient's responsiveness, breathing and pulse, perform CPR, apply pressure, place them in the recovery position and use a monitor that reflects their condition. Players who go down need CPR; without help, they die and wake in the hospital, which charges a $200 bill.

You can also join Fire Rescue and operate a fire engine, including its pump, attack lines, intakes and water tank. Fires are not yet available to fight. The four emergency departments—Bornwood Police, the Southern County Sheriff, Fire Rescue and EMS—have 32 ranks and 20 subdivisions in total.

Civilian work and homes

Five civilian jobs have guided tutorials: garbage collection, freight, parcel delivery, mining and working at the bank counter. You can collect street bins, load and deliver freight, carry parcels to the Trailer Park, mine coal and other materials, or open customer accounts at the Southern Town Bank. Paychecks arrive every 15 active minutes, with different default amounts for each job; bins, parcels and ore also pay.

You can buy or rent one of 31 homes, from trailer units to large houses, and keep cars in a nine-bay garage. The city has 93 wardrobe pieces, 138 emotes, 60 achievements and 24 guided tutorials. Its 23 shops include clothing stores, hardware, a pawn shop, food stands and City Hall licensing.

Crime and consequences

You can rob pedestrians, shop registers and the Southern Town Bank. Stolen cash must be washed before it can be used, and a moving black-market dealer sells weapons. Five guns and a taser are available; licensed shops sell the X24, Mac-10 and taser, while long guns come from the black market. The Gilded Spade casino offers roulette, blackjack and slots using in-game bank money only.

Cars have 24 damage zones, and serious crashes can leave them unable to start. Hunger and thirst limit stamina, falls and gunshots can injure you, and wounds bleed. Cash carried on you can be lost or stolen, while bank money is safe. Hardcore RP servers use full crash and NPC damage and allow falls to kill; Sandbox servers reduce crash and NPC damage and make falls non-lethal.

Multiplayer and hosting

New Citizen is multiplayer only. You can join official servers in Australia, Europe and North America, or host a community server using the dedicated server files and hosting kit. Servers support Hardcore RP and Sandbox modes, and hosts can tune settings such as the economy, factions, weather and population.

Staff have tools for managing players and reports, while Gamemasters can use an editor to move or remove objects, teleport, and spawn missions, scenes, NPCs, vehicles and street incidents. Three server-wide events—LAWLESS NIGHT, CITY BLACKOUT and GRIDLOCK—change conditions across Bornwood.