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BalanCity

BalanCity

BalanCity is a city building / balance physics game. It's a mixture between old school SimCity and Jenga. You must build the tallest towering city over a balancing platform while keeping your citizens happy.

Released Sep 21, 2016 Developer MeNic Games Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux PhysicsCity BuilderPuzzleCasualSimulation
View on Steam ↗ $7.99 (US · as of 2026-09-25)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.

81.0%positive909 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“I find the balancing element rather unique and stacking your city to be rather satisfying and relaxing. Perfect game for someone who wants to try a different style of puzzle game as it can be tricky sometimes with the special buildings you get from progress.”

— a player, Steam review · 15 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“BalanCity, developed and published by MeNic Games, is a physics-based city-building game that reimagines urban development as a literal balancing act. Instead of expanding outward across a flat map, players construct their cities vertically atop a narrow platform that teeters…”

— a player, Steam review · 16 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“i love the game but don needs to be removed due to the current sitatuion unless the devs support him”

— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2024-12 via SteamCharts.

289all-time peak
0 10 20 2017 2019 2021 2023 No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period 13 avg · Dec 2017

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-19.

28achievements
6.2%median completion
2.3%rarest: 2000+ Meteres
58.6% of players 38.2% of players 20.7% of players 13.4% of players 12.8% of players 9.0% of players 8.0% of players 7.9% of players 7.5% of players 7.3% of players 7.3% of players 6.7% of players 6.6% of players 6.3% of players 6.2% of players 6.1% of players 5.3% of players 4.7% of players 4.0% of players 3.9% of players 3.0% of players 2.9% of players 2.9% of players 2.8% of players 2.7% of players 2.5% of players 2.4% of players 2.3% of players 58.6% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
58.6%Tutorial Complete — Not afraid of being tutored.
38.2%Mayor Academy Complete — Graduated as a licensed mayor.
20.7%Nero Burning Rome — Set 50 fires at once on your city
Rarest badges of honor
2.3%2000+ Meteres — Hidden achievement
2.4%1000+ Meters — Reach over 1000 meters.
2.5%Hard Free Build Complete — Build all landmarks on Free Build with Disasters set on Hard.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-08-12. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$7.99current · sampled 2026-09-25 21:36 UTC
$7.99lowest since tracking began2026-08-12
US7.99 USD
UK5.59 GBP
Australia11.50 AUD
Canada8.79 CAD
Japan798 JPY
Brazil15.99 BRL
China31.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$3.1 China Japan Canada UK US Australia≈$8.1

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-25). Relative comparison only.

$0 $5 $10 08-12 08-21 08-30 09-08 09-16 09-25

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Aug 07, 2017
New Seattle Scenario! Weeklong Sale!

Hey, Mayors! We've have a really cool update this week alongside a juicy 90% discount. If you've always wanted to visit the cloudiest and most supersonic city in the USA, now it's time to get your cop

Aug 07, 2017
New Seattle Scenario! Weeklong Sale!

Hey, Mayors! We've have a really cool update this week alongside a juicy 90% discount. If you've always wanted to visit the cloudiest and most supersonic city in the USA, now it's time to get your cop

Jun 22, 2017
New Scenario - Shanghai! (plus pigeons) - SUMMER SALE!

Hey there BalanCity fans and players! It's been a while since I the last update but here comes a very solicited scenario: Shanghai , China! http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/imag

Jun 22, 2017
New Scenario - Shanghai! (plus pigeons) - SUMMER SALE!

Hey there BalanCity fans and players! It's been a while since I the last update but here comes a very solicited scenario: Shanghai , China! http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/imag

Mar 27, 2017
OST available and 80% discount this week!

http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25673821/64783c7299b817cbd358f14fa9dfb610893dea74.jpg Dear fellow BalanCitians! You can get BalanCity OST by Ariel Contreras-Esquiv

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.

GenresCasual, Indie, Simulation, Strategy
Player tagsPhysics · City Builder · Puzzle · Casual · Simulation · Strategy · Indie · Pixel Graphics · Family Friendly · Funny · 2D · Singleplayer (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, Spanish - Spain
Achievements28
Official sitehttp://www.balan.city
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows XP Processor: 1.8 GHZ Memory: 2 GB RAM Storage: 150 MB available space