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Games like ShantyTown
Erik Rempen · 2026 · Windows, macOS
Steam: 97 % positive of 539 reviews, as of Oct 18
ShantyTown is a relaxing diorama-building game about finding beauty in everyday chaos. Bring new locations to life, stack your urban buildings high, and fill each little nook and cranny with your own touch. Try your hand at shaping a cozy little town that is unique to you.
24 games that play like ShantyTown and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Townscaper, Town to City and Tiny Glade.
Best matches
Plays and looks like ShantyTown
These games are close to it by gameplay and by look, so they appear in both lists below.
By gameplay
Plays like ShantyTown
Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.
Townscaper
95 % positive of 21,028
Town to City
97 % positive of 7,202
Tiny Glade
97 % positive of 19,845
SUMMERHOUSE
94 % positive of 2,910
Gourdlets
94 % positive of 1,735
Go-Go Town!
93 % positive of 1,828
Small Spaces
93 % positive of 177
Pan'orama
89 % positive of 1,155
Hozy
80 % positive of 5,142
Dorfromantik
96 % positive of 27,597
ISLANDERS
94 % positive of 16,316
ISLANDERS: New Shores
96 % positive of 1,312
More matches
- Cloud Gardens95 % positive of 2,214
- My Dream Setup90 % positive of 5,077
- TheoTown94 % positive of 3,309
- URBO93 % positive of 572
- Garden Galaxy97 % positive of 2,391
- Pocket City92 % positive of 252
- Paralives89 % positive of 21,880
- ContractVille82 % positive of 3,827
- Tile Cities94 % positive of 537
- Whisper of the House96 % positive of 5,884
- Settlemoon87 % positive of 266
- Tiny Town VR91 % positive of 1,093
By look
Looks like ShantyTown
Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.
Raft
93 % positive of 346,359
DAVE THE DIVER
96 % positive of 129,331
DREDGE
95 % positive of 43,966
Pile Up!
80 % positive of 788
Tiny Bookshop
96 % positive of 7,940
Spiritfarer®: Farewell Edition
95 % positive of 46,417
Havendock
85 % positive of 1,399
Moonglow Bay
69 % positive of 583
Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault
81 % positive of 4,235
Solarpunk™
81 % positive of 4,744
I Am Future: Cozy Apocalypse Survival
86 % positive of 4,036
ISLANDERS
94 % positive of 16,316
More matches
- Escape From Duckov84 % positive of 104,847
- Luma Island83 % positive of 9,533
- Kind Words 2 (lofi city pop)93 % positive of 492
- Flotsam76 % positive of 2,746
- Ylands63 % positive of 8,040
- Coral Island88 % positive of 21,728
- Collector's Cove87 % positive of 181
- Go-Go Town!93 % positive of 1,828
- The Gardens Between93 % positive of 2,689
- My Time at Portia91 % positive of 43,270
- Outbound73 % positive of 2,229
- ISLANDERS: New Shores96 % positive of 1,312
At a glance
What games like ShantyTown have in common
- They came out between 2017 and 2026, none of them after ShantyTown (2026).
- Best rated by Steam players: Garden Galaxy (97 % positive of 2,391).
How these matches work
Matches come from embeddings of Steam descriptions, player tags and screenshots, computed offline. “Plays like” compares what the games are about and how players tag them; “Looks like” compares their screenshots. The share of positive reviews is based on Steam user reviews.