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Games like Model City

If Model City is your kind of game, the closest matches are Digit Factory, Match Village and Tile Tales Builder — picked from the ranked list below. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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About Model City: Welcome to Model City, a calm relaxing small game where you can't lose or do anything wrong.

2020IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDWindows · macOSby GTGD
Model City — Steam game cover

Players who liked Model City also play

Steam players who put hours into Model City also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Digit Factory

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Model City fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Model City.

    《Digit Factory》 is a game that allows you to give full play to your creativity and enjoy the fun of thinking. Design your own pipeline to perform calculations on various combinations of numbers. In the endless demand, find a design that responds to changes with the same. Come , challenge your mind!

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation5.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Match Village

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Model City fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Model City.

    Match Village is a minimalist puzzle and strategy game about merge buildings to create villages on colorful islands.

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Tile Tales Builder

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Model City fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Model City.

    Build your village tile by tile in a relaxing game that blends puzzles with strategy. Carefully place each building to maximize your score based on the map's affinities. Simple, calming, and addictive.

    2025StrategyIndieCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Mini Motorways

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Model City fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Model City.

    Mini Motorways is a strategy simulation game about designing the road map for a growing city. Build a traffic network, one road at a time, to create a bustling metropolis. Redesign your roads and place your motorways to get everyone where they need to go. How long can you keep the city moving?

    2021StrategySimulationCasual9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Turn on the light

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Model City fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Model City.

    Turn On The Light is a minimalist puzzle game.

    2020IndieCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Townscaper

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Model City fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Model City.

    Instant town building toy. Place housing blocks and watch them transform, piece by piece, into idyllic ocean-side towns, pastoral gardens, or sweeping cities on the sea.

    2021IndieSimulationCasual5.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. .projekt

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Model City fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Model City.

    Minimalistic puzzler about silhouettes from creator of Evo Explores

    2018IndieCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Can't Live Without Electricity

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Model City fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Model City.

    Can't Live Without Electricity is a 3D relaxing puzzle game in which you supply electricity by connecting houses to power plants.

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation3.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Model City at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Model City on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Model City.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Model City on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Model City.

    You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Model City on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Model City.

    A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Model City on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Model City.

    This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Placid Plastic Duck Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Model City on Steam right now. Shares Simulation and Casual with Model City.

    The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.

    2022SimulationCasual1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Peggle Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Model City on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Model City.

    Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.

    2007Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Model City on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Model City.

    shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Model City on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Model City.

    The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Model City.

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Model City.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Model City.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Model City.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Model City.

    A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  6. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Model City.

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Model City.

    NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!

    2019IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Travellin Cats in Paris

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Model City.

    Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

More from GTGD

Other recommendable Steam games by GTGD, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Choo Choo Survivor

    WHY THIS

    Another title from GTGD, the studio behind Model City. Shares Indie and Simulation with Model City.

    Drive your train to safety while shooting down endless hordes of zombies blocking your way. Upgrade your weapons and abilities and become absurdly powerful!

    2023ActionIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Gamer To Game Developer Series 1: More Than a Gamer

    WHY THIS

    Another title from GTGD, the studio behind Model City.

    Welcome to the new GTGD S1, a Unity 2017 multiplayer tutorial for game developers. This training course is of intermediate difficulty so you should first be familiar with the basics of coding in Unity. This tutorial will teach you the key elements of the Unity 2017 multiplayer system.

    2014EducationSoftware Training24.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Gamer To Game Developer Series 2 Learn Unity 2D

    WHY THIS

    Another title from GTGD, the studio behind Model City.

    Welcome to Gamer To Game Developer Series 2 LEARN UNITY 2D, relaunched for Unity 2021 / 2022. In this series you will learn how to use the Unity 2D tilemap dynamically so that you develop a neat 2D construction system for making Terraria like games and you will learn to code in C#.

    2014EducationSoftware Training49.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Guild Commander

    WHY THIS

    Another title from GTGD, the studio behind Model City. Shares Indie and Simulation with Model City.

    In Guild Commander you manage your guild to victory! Deploy your guild members and save your world from the Necro Lord!

    2015StrategyIndieSimulation9.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Gamer To Game Developer Series 3: Make A Game

    WHY THIS

    Another title from GTGD, the studio behind Model City.

    Welcome to Gamer To Game Developer Series 3, an in-depth set of video tutorials where you will learn to code an awesome single player FPS system from scratch in Unity. If you want to learn how to make a game the smart way then you've come to the right place.

    2016EducationSoftware Training49.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Weekend Drive

    WHY THIS

    Another title from GTGD, the studio behind Model City. Shares Indie with Model City.

    Giants, zombies, aliens, dinosaurs, a fully destructible city with fun vehicles (including helicopter!) and weapons at your disposable, yes Weekend Drive is way ahead of the curve! Get set for a fun unique full on action first person shooter experience!

    2019ActionIndieEarly Access4.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Home By The River

    WHY THIS

    Another title from GTGD, the studio behind Model City. Shares Indie and Simulation with Model City.

    This is a resource gathering, crafting RPG, where you build your home from scratch and make whatever design you want. You start with a dead polluted land that you transform into a beautiful homestead by a river. Play single player or LAN Co-op.

    2023IndieAdventureSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Zero Distance

    WHY THIS

    Another title from GTGD, the studio behind Model City. Shares Indie and Casual with Model City.

    Take the role of an Arabian freedom fighter defending against the hordes of Zion who have enslaved the super powers of the world! Seamlessly play top down or FPS. Defeat all 20 waves to win! Upgrade your weapons and abilities between waves to become powerful.

    ActionIndieRPGSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Model City

How much does Model City cost?
Model City is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Model City?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Model City are Digit Factory, Match Village, Tile Tales Builder.
Who developed Model City?
Model City was developed by GTGD.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Model City.

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