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The Block

The Block

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 :)

Released Dec 16, 2022 Developer Paul Schnepf Publisher Future Friends Games Platforms Windows · Mac CasualCity BuilderMinimalistRelaxingWholesome
View on Steam ↗ $2.99 (US · as of 2026-09-28)

What players say

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71.4%positive185 reviews
Not recommended · 0 found this helpful

“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…”

— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played
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Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-09-28. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$2.99current · sampled 2026-09-28 23:18 UTC
$2.99lowest since tracking began2026-09-28
US2.99 USD
EU2.99 EUR
UK2.49 GBP
Australia4.50 AUD
Canada3.89 CAD
Japan350 JPY
Brazil10.49 BRL
China15.00 CNY

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

Brazil≈$2.0 Japan China Canada US Australia UK EU≈$3.4

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Latest official news

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Dec 16, 2022
The Block is OUT NOW!

Hey everyone, Great news! The Block is OUT NOW! ‘The world’s smallest citybuilder’ is here to help you relax and unwind over the holidays. I made a "The Block in 90 seconds" video if you still needed

Nov 28, 2022
The Block is launching on 16th December!

Alright!! I’m so happy to announce that we finally have a release date for The Block. The world’s smallest citybuilder is launching December 16th. A Christmas gift from me to you! I’ve been tinkering

Jun 13, 2022
Demo out now, new trailer, Future Friends!

Hi folks! Just wanted to give a little update on what's happening with my new tiny zen city builder, The Block! :) As you might have seen already, we've got a demo live in the Steam Next Fest RIGHT NO

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Facts & details

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GenresCasual, Indie
Player tagsCasual · City Builder · Minimalist · Relaxing · Wholesome · Building · Cute · Isometric · Colorful · Clicker · Pixel Graphics · Stylized (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , French * , Italian * , German * , Spanish - Spain * , Arabic * , Bulgarian * , Czech * , Danish * , Dutch * , Finnish * , Greek * , Hungarian * , Japanese * , Korean * , Norwegian * , Polish * , Portuguese - …
Official sitehttps://twitter.com/__hyperparadise
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7, 8 or 10 Processor: Something Dualcore should do Memory: 1024 MB RAM Graphics: Nvdia 10XX and above Sound Card: Doesn't matter, just hum along :)