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The Block

69% positive of 173 Steam reviews

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Released
2022
Steam Deck
Playable
Platforms
Steam

Made by Paul Schnepf. Published by Future Friends Games.

About the game

The Block is the world's smallest city builder. Place randomly generated buildings on a square and build up a tiny but perfectly formed city block! It's a very small game - more of a tiny little toy with no goals or challenges - hence the very small price :)

Tagged by players

  • City Builder
  • Wholesome
  • Isometric
  • Minimalist
  • Building
  • Incremental
  • Short
  • Relaxing
  • Base Building
  • Nature
  • Sandbox
  • Medieval

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Very Positive

What players say

  • Not recommended
    Overdone minimalism does The Block a huge disservice. Sold as a tiny toy, it would be more accurately described as an early prototype that simply does not have the level of polish expected of a commercial release, no matter how modest. Check out the developer's more satisfying The Ramp toy instead, or Townscaper for a truly relaxing and creative small city building experience. Positive Nice colors Nice logo …

    17 min played when written. 0 found it helpful.

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