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ShantyTown

97% positive of 473 Steam reviews

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Released
2026
Steam Deck
Verified
Platforms
Steam

Made by Erik Rempen. Published by Kinephantom Games.

About the game

ShantyTown is a relaxing diorama-building game about finding beauty in everyday chaos. Bring new locations to life, stack your urban buildings high, and fill each little nook and cranny with your own touch. Try your hand at shaping a cozy little town that is unique to you.

Tagged by players

  • Decorating
  • Soundtrack
  • City Builder
  • Cozy
  • Organizing
  • Experimental
  • Sandbox
  • Modern
  • Minimalist
  • Relaxing
  • Building
  • Stylized

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Very Positive

What players say

  • Recommended
    This is wonderful. It is full of soul. Odd little bits of personality. Rich details. What grabs me the hardest about it and shakes me about is the way every location you 'survey' (by actually building it) exists within a persistent larger world. You can't just fly your camera between them, but everything you've built is visible in the distance, exactly as you built it, as part of a growing collection of unique…

    11 h played when written. 6 found it helpful.

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  • Not recommended
    I WISH I COULD GET A REFUND if you only want to play sandbox mode, just know this game forces you to first complete the story. the sandbox creative mode is "locked" behind the story gameplay. if you dont complete each location and get all the task checked, the items will stay locked even in creative mode. this is a terrible game design imo. i play on mac. 64gb of ram. M series. very nice computer. this game crashes…

    9.4 h played when written. 3 found it helpful.

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