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Games like AdvertCity

If AdvertCity is your kind of game, the closest matches are Dystopika, Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation and Homeseek — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and contemplative. 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 AdvertCity: A cyberpunk advertising tycoon game. Explore a massive procedural city, and plaster your adverts all over it. Float around cyberspace and post links online. Watch the economy of the city evolve with the effects of your decisions.

2015StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableWindows · macOS · Linuxby VoxelStorm, Armchair Software
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Ads shape corporate influence and public behaviorDual layered world of cyberspace and physical spaceNeon aesthetic and cyberpunk themeAtmosphericChallengingContemplative

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Steam players who put hours into AdvertCity 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. Dystopika

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with AdvertCity.

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

    A city-building sandbox for futuristic cities. No goals, no management, just creativity and dark cozy vibes.

    2024IndieSimulationCasual6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with AdvertCity.

    Second-strongest match for AdvertCity fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with AdvertCity.

    Build, scavenge, craft, and perform occult rituals to survive in a demon-infested, post-apocalyptic colony simulation. Will you survive Judgment day?

    2018StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Homeseek

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with AdvertCity.

    Third-strongest match for AdvertCity fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with AdvertCity.

    Homeseek is a post-apocalyptic survival strategy game set on a resource-strapped Earth at the turn of the next century. In a dried-up wasteland where water has become the new gold, every choice you make becomes life or death.

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Atomic Society

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with AdvertCity.

    Ranked #4 for AdvertCity fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with AdvertCity.

    Build a town in a post-apocalyptic world. Gather resources to expand and survive. Express your moral and ethical views by setting laws that affect how people live. What kind of society will you make?

    2021StrategySimulationDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Industries of Titan

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with AdvertCity.

    Ranked #5 for AdvertCity fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with AdvertCity.

    Create a sprawling industrial city. Compete with other rival corporations on Titan for resources, territory, and power. Seek victory via technology, influence, warfare, or the wealth extracted from your citizens. Stake your claim to the Industries of Titan in this innovative sim/strategy game!

    2023ActionStrategyIndie29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Dream Engines: Nomad Cities

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with AdvertCity.

    Ranked #6 for AdvertCity fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with AdvertCity.

    A survival city-building game with flying cities. Build, automate, and defend a flying city that travels between procedurally generated maps to survive in a wacky, nightmare-infested, post-apocalyptic world full of strange science and dreams.

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation29.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. After the Collapse

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with AdvertCity.

    Ranked #7 for AdvertCity fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with AdvertCity.

    ATC is a base building game set in a post-apocalyptic world featuring urban environments. Build a base across several layers with dozens of survivors. Fight other factions for the control of the remaining production centers and explore the world to find long forgotten resources and technologies.

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Myriads: Renaissance

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource allocation and an atmospheric mood with AdvertCity.

    Ranked #8 for AdvertCity fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with AdvertCity.

    Myriads: Renaissance is a turn-based strategy game with city-building and 4X mechanics. Set in a fantasy world made up of thousands of floating islands, you must grow your capital and expand your kingdom. Resist waves of powerful corsairs and construct defence towers to survive their incursions.

    2023StrategyIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

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

    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 AdvertCity on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with AdvertCity.

    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 AdvertCity on Steam right now. Shares Indie with AdvertCity.

    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. Placid Plastic Duck Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under AdvertCity on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with AdvertCity.

    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 ↗
  5. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under AdvertCity on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with AdvertCity.

    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 ↗
  6. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  7. The Test: Final Revelation

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under AdvertCity on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with AdvertCity.

    The third chapter in The Test Trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover who you really are as a person. The Final Revelation is upon us... but are you sure you TRULY want the answers you seek?

    2020SimulationRPG1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. The NOexistenceN of you AND me

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under AdvertCity on Steam right now. Shares Indie with AdvertCity.

    Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".

    2024IndieAdventureRPG1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

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

    Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. SuchArt: Creative Space

    WHY THIS

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

    Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. The Riftbreaker: Prologue

    WHY THIS

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

    The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.

    2020ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. The Last Sovereign

    WHY THIS

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

    Explore a world torn between armies of lust and purity in which everything is more complex than it seems, deciding the fate of nations through might, politics, and finance. Every decision matters in an intricate saga that tracks thousands of variables.

    2025StrategyIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Supermarket Together

    WHY THIS

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

    The multiplayer supermarket has arrived to your neighbourhood for free! Stock your shop space, unlock perks and franchises, hire employees or chase those pesky shoplifters. The more players, the more action!

    2024IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Fallout Shelter

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with AdvertCity.

    Fallout Shelter puts you in control of a state-of-the-art underground Vault from Vault-Tec. Build the perfect Vault, keep your Dwellers happy, and protect them from the dangers of the Wasteland.

    2017SimulationRPGFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Clicker Heroes

    WHY THIS

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

    Click your way through hordes of monsters, earn gold, and recruit quirky heroes with powerful skills. Progress even while you're idle, and watch the numbers climb into the absurd. It’s a never-ending journey of clicks, crits, and colossal damage.

    2015StrategyIndieAdventureFreeSteam ↗
  8. Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator

    WHY THIS

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

    Start your own Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria with Freddy Fazbear Pizzeria Simulator!

    2017IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about AdvertCity

Does AdvertCity run on Steam Deck?
AdvertCity is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does AdvertCity cost?
AdvertCity is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to AdvertCity?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside AdvertCity are Dystopika, Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation, Homeseek.
Who developed AdvertCity?
AdvertCity was developed by VoxelStorm, Armchair Software and published by VoxelStorm, Armchair Software.

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