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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.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-12.
“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“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“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 playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-08-02 18:47 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
New Seattle Scenario! Weeklong Sale!
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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
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
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
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.
| Genres | Casual, Indie, Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Physics · City Builder · Puzzle · Casual · Simulation · Strategy · Indie · Pixel Graphics · Family Friendly · Funny · 2D · Singleplayer (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, Spanish - Spain |
| Achievements | 28 |
| Estimated owners | 200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.balan.city |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows XP Processor: 1.8 GHZ Memory: 2 GB RAM Storage: 150 MB available space