Model City

Model City is a relaxing sandbox city builder about shaping the conditions for a medieval town to flourish. Starting with an open meadow and a winding river, you plan roads and designate land for different uses while residents develop the town around your choices.

Guide the town’s growth

You zone affordable plots for homes, farms, workshops, markets and gardens rather than placing every completed private building yourself. When demand, road and water access, services and local land value align, townspeople develop the plots. Well-supported properties can grow from modest tier-one buildings into prosperous tier-three homes and businesses, forming neighbourhoods as the town expands.

Read the land

Different parts of the map have different strengths. Rivers provide water to nearby land, and roads connect new districts. Wells, watchtowers and healers improve the areas they serve, while gardens reduce local pollution and support advanced development.

Overlays show land value, roads, water, trade, safety, health and pollution, helping you see why a plot is thriving or what it needs.

Balance the economy

You manage coin, food and timber, set the town’s tax rate and plan monthly upkeep. Farms feed residents, workshops produce timber and markets support trade; as districts grow, demand across the town changes.

The monthly ledger tracks income, expenses, production, population, new construction and upgrades. Shortages can slow growth or leave buildings neglected, but they do not end your city. You can recover, adjust your plans and continue shaping the settlement.

Build at your pace

There are no enemies, battles, countdowns, victory checklists or game-over states. You can pause at any time, choose from three simulation speeds and inspect every plot in detail. Each saved city can become a long-running project.