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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 2026-05-12)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-12.

80.9%positive874 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 count fetched 2026-08-02 18:47 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

1playing at last check
289all-time peak
0 10 20 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 13 avg · Dec 2017

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

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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
Estimated owners200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy)
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