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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 :)
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-27.
“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 playedPrice tracking
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Latest official news
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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
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
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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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-27.
| Genres | Casual, Indie |
| Player tags | Casual · City Builder · Minimalist · Relaxing · Wholesome · Building · Cute · Isometric · Colorful · Clicker · Pixel Graphics · Stylized (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French * , Italian * , German * , Spanish - Spain * , Arabic * , Bulgarian * , Czech * , Danish * , Dutch * , Finnish * , Greek * , Hungarian * , Japanese * , Korean * , Norwegian * , Polish * , Portuguese - … |
| Official site | https://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 :)