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Neongarten
Developer Moonroof Studios
A minimalist cyberpunk city builder inspired by Islanders and Luck Be a Landlord. From the Steam store page
76 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy) · newest Sep 6, 2026 · last updated Oct 9, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
85
LovedLoved
53 positive · 9 negative
95% range 75–92%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 53 | 9 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 3 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
55 of 64 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
85% recommend · 53 yes, 9 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 62 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (66 of 76 positive).
Some reviewers note the game lacks depth and feels repetitive after a few hours. [1][2][3] A few players criticize the heavy reliance on RNG and limited content. [4][2][3]
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- [4]
I'm putting this down as Not Recommended off the back of it being marketed as a strategy puzzle game. On that basis, it is on the same level as a slot machine. To summarize, if you enjoy slot machines and numbers, this is a game for you, have fun, but if you are looking for a logistics based space management organization game, this is a big miss, and will mostly aggravate you more than anything. In more detail, …
- [12]
Neongarten is a clever but cozy block-stacking strategy roguelite where you build a cyberpunk city on a 3D grid. I've spent hours with the prologue, demo, beta, and now full release, and still love this game. Gameplay + Story You have eight (8) weeks to develop a cyberpunk city while paying an ever-increasing weekly tax bill to the Corporate Council. Each "day," you place one of three possible buildings on the grid …
- [6]
A very satisfying puzzle game with a beautiful aesthetic, fitting music and addictive gameplay. Ideas for potential improvements: - Endless mode (probably the already most suggested feature lol) - More songs added to the playlist (I would happily attempt to contribute pro bono!) - Maybe even some kind of story mode? The gameplay is already quite varied with each run feeling like it's own thing and so many different …
- [7]
I love this game. It's small, but tight, with a huge selection of buildings and unlockable that will keep you going and going, because fortunately there are plenty of winning strategies here - you never feel shoehorned into any singular style of play, and so you are free to experiment with synergies and combos until you find something that clicks and soars. It's superbly fun.
- [1]
So...overall, I'm conflicted on how I feel about this game. It's a good game. With a good puzzle-styled system that's fun to play. It has great flavor, and is hard enough that you won't be able to beat it in one go. However, I feel something is missing. A story mode. A challenge mode. I appreciate all the items it does have, and at least you can push yourself to unlock new buildings by completing certain challenges, …
Summarised from 34 of the 76 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 13, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
Neongarten sits at 85% positive across 62 opinionated reactions from 3 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Reactions
60 of 76 · most liked firstSo...overall, I'm conflicted on how I feel about this game. It's a good game. With a good puzzle-styled system that's fun to play. It has great flavor, and is hard enough that you won't be able to beat it in one go. However, I feel something is missing. A story mode. A challenge mode. I appreciate all the items it does have, and at least you can push yourself to unlock new buildings by completing certain challenges, but it feels pretty bare bones, especially for a $10 game. You get the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm putting this down as Not Recommended off the back of it being marketed as a strategy puzzle game. On that basis, it is on the same level as a slot machine. To summarize, if you enjoy slot machines and numbers, this is a game for you, have fun, but if you are looking for a logistics based space management organization game, this is a big miss, and will mostly aggravate you more than anything. In more detail, here's what's good: - The game looks great; the neons are pretty and the colors…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm giving this game a tentative thumbs down. I really want to like it - it's smooth, aesthetically pleasing, and fun... but it's just missing that depth. It's marketed as a puzzle game, but there's no puzzle, just RNG. I think there are three key difficulties: - No endless mode. - The only challenge is RNG: your draw number is too few and too randomized to make it interesting. Because of this, there's no way to meaningfully differentiate runs from each other. - Perks do nothing. To be…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →There seems to be some confusion over what this actually is, and some of the reviews seemed to have missed the point This is not a city builder, in the same way that chess is not a military simulation. There is very little strategy, it's mostly tactical. You get some options each turn and you try to pick the best one. Potentially you can try to leave space for certain buildings and hope they come up and that you will still be able to place them when they do. You have some power to influence…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'll look this game back up in six months because I really like the premise but it should not have been released in its current state. Its currently a challenge to get a specific build running but overall I just HATE how it gives you a score at the end of day 50 which is completely meaningless. There are no leaderboards and you cant even continue after day 50 with ever increasing tax targets. Plus only having three levels is just rubbish and there are so few buildings per "faction" that its…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →[Fanatical] Best of Platinum Collection - Build your own Bundle (Winter 2025). 3 for $9.99, 5 for $14.99, 10 for $28.99 - Amnesia: The Bunker - Botany Manor - Disco Elysium - DOOM - Dungeon Tycoon - DYSMANTLE - Edge of Sanity - Endless Alice - Fallout 3 - Game of the Year Edition - Fallout 76 - Fallout New Vegas: Ultimate Edition - Gestalt: Steam & Cinder - LEGO® Bricktales - Mini Settlers - Neongarten - Paradise Killer - REVEIL - RoboCop: Rogue City - SteamWorld Build - SteamWorld Dig…
neutral · AI labelView post →Neongarten is a clever but cozy block-stacking strategy roguelite where you build a cyberpunk city on a 3D grid. I've spent hours with the prologue, demo, beta, and now full release, and still love this game. Gameplay + Story You have eight (8) weeks to develop a cyberpunk city while paying an ever-increasing weekly tax bill to the Corporate Council. Each "day," you place one of three possible buildings on the grid and then collect protection money revenue from the city. Each block has…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I am utterly addicted to this game. I've been playing the demo almost every day and now... my life is over...
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Unique take on a tower puzzle builder. We were thinking there would be more city night neon night lights, and some good eye capture for a city from Blade Runner® and music resembling NEON/CYBERPUNK anything. There is nothing... not even the music... NEON or CYBERPUNK about this game Just not there. Name does not go with this game at all. Music is stale and repetitive. We simply had no interest to keep playing after a few runs. Why name it NEON GARTEN and leave the NEON out of it? Leave…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The shape rotator's Luck Be a Landlord. That game is fun despite its simplicity; this is a great extrapolation. If this had good gamepad support it would reach a whole new level. Who knows how high we could build. Edit: Gamepad support has been improved. It's still clearly secondary but it's usable!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I throughly enjoyed this game. For less than the price of a movie ticket, popcorn, and a drink, I got over 10+ hours of entertainment. 3.5 hours during the demo all last night, and 7.5 today on launch day. This game is fun, and I really hope to see more updates. One thing I'd love to see is a way to sort through buildings in Creative mode, such as by faction or rarity. Or even a perk that gurantees a faction each turn. Either way, I'm excited for what this game will bring.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A very satisfying puzzle game with a beautiful aesthetic, fitting music and addictive gameplay. Ideas for potential improvements: - Endless mode (probably the already most suggested feature lol) - More songs added to the playlist (I would happily attempt to contribute pro bono!) - Maybe even some kind of story mode? The gameplay is already quite varied with each run feeling like it's own thing and so many different ways to build for profit with the variety of building combinations, but I…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →fantastic game, best indie game of the year as of april
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Love Love Love! Dopamine goes brrrrr every night - who knew taxation could feel so invigorating! Synergies galore in this Cozy Dystopia - Suffocation of citizens never looked so aesthetic and chic! Buy Buy Buy
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Neongarten (in development), a minimalist cyberpunk "neighbourhood-builder" with rougelike elements, releases on Steam. cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/20199504 > [Steam store page](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3211750/Neongarten/)
neutral · AI labelView post →I love this game. It's small, but tight, with a huge selection of buildings and unlockable that will keep you going and going, because fortunately there are plenty of winning strategies here - you never feel shoehorned into any singular style of play, and so you are free to experiment with synergies and combos until you find something that clicks and soars. It's superbly fun.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A recent Steam review on Neongarten made my day: "The shape rotator's Luck Be a Landlord... this is a great extrapolation." There's a good chance I end up stealing that phrase. It's great to hear that the game delivers the experience I was trying to design.
positive · AI labelView post →What is it with promising Indie games only getting a single update before the devs disappear?
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game scratches the itch for me like none other right now. I can best describe it a geometric puzzle where you figure out optimal placements of buildings with different areas of influence, abilities, types, and faction affiliation to meet income goals every 8 rounds or days until you reach the 65th day. With additional choices of boons after each 8 round goal being met as well as few "shanties" being added that can block placement strategies or be exploited by other buildings. Examples…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →satisfies the desire for clever city-building + big numbers. has a satisfying kinesthetic quality + it's beautiful to look at. (I say this having played ~30 hours in the demo with the old, simpler art style. it was functional, but the current stuff looks so juicy in comparison!!) the soundtrack is trim + solid—every song is choice + your favorite will return with good frequency. overall it's a great time + I come away happier every time I play it. also this is the first game to make me excited…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Okay, that game, pretty well done. Enjoyed. Neongarten.
positive · AI labelView post →Always a pleasure to work with Niklas and with @locquest.bsky.social. Seriously, if you want to have your game translated by pros in an ethical way, work with LocQuest. You won't regret it. And go stack lots of things in Neongarten! #gameloc #translatorsinthecredits
neutral · AI labelView post →Thank you to everyone who came out to watch my first play session of the full release of Neongarten! @jgalecki.bsky.social, you put together one hell of a game!
positive · AI labelView post →Have you ever wanted to play a turn-based city builder that’s drenched in a stylish cyberpunk aesthetic and boasts intricate tactical depth? One with a dark sense of humor and killer hip-hop inspired soundtrack? If so I'd suggest picking up Neongarten. Its a polished gem of a game that neatly transplants the 'one more turn' aspect of games like Luck be a Landlord onto the creative expression and synergy-crafting of something like a slay the spire. Really fun to experiment and find out which…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I haven't played much of the steam version yet but I played a lot of the game on itch! Smart design using adjacency rules in 3 dimensions. Satisfying to watch the money spray from the buildings. Cute art and fun worldbuilding. Recommend!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My friend and co-host, @jgalecki.bsky.social, has a game out today! Its a turn-based city builder inspired by Luck be a Landlord and Islanders, and its great! If you want to hear more about it, listen to us chat about its development & mechanics on the podcast. Neongarten is available Now on Steam!
neutral · AI labelView post →🌆 Neongarten is coming April 22 on Steam and GOG! ✨ Build your neon empire in this captivating strategy game, where each turn brings new challenges and opportunities. 🎥 Watch the release date trailer & wishlist now to get notified at launch: store.steampowered.com/app/3211750/...
neutral · AI labelView post →This is a fun little city-builder/puzzle game. Imagine Sim City, but as a 3D tile-laying game. Each building you place will generate income (sometimes negative income if you're not careful!) and will have effects on other buildings. Some synergies are obvious, others less so. One issue I have is that the building pool is so vast you may never see the building you need to complete your build, which can be frustrating. But even then, I have to recommend this a a relaxed strategy experience that's…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Dev troubleshooted a problematic visual bug in a rapid and courteous manner Great little puzzler, highly recommend. Hours played do not reflect my time played on the demo! This was a definite purchase on release for me from how great the demo was
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →There's not too much to say about Neongarten other than it's a really fun and super chill city building puzzler, and one that is criminally underrated and deserves WAY more attention! It's the perfect game you can just jump into for a good half hour to an hour and see how dosh you can make from your cyberpunk megabuildings. It can be a tricky game to start out with, as getting those really good combos and set ups is tough, but as you learn how everything synergises together, the more money you…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not quite polished enough, a bit overpriced, I've played a lot of free game jam games that are better. I played it for 75 min, and that's about the most I can get out of it. As far as I can tell it never tells you the controls (like rotating a 2x1 building). The balance isn't really well thought out (you unlock new buildings but this doesn't add fun just less clarity). UI seems a bit rough. No windowed mode or other common Quality of Life features. It's a game that with 10-20% more polish and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very fun. Love the background music. Bit hard to keep track of all of the multipliers but definitely fun!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Another Cleveland developer's game is published! Go check out Neongarten and while you're at it check out Josh's other great games too!
neutral · AI labelView post →A chill neon city builder. very cozy. Personally i think the Sound track could use a few more tracks, seams like you hear the whole thing in a run.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Yes. https://youtu.be/MAdJ4KjC3iI
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Neongarten (in development), a minimalist cyberpunk "neighbourhood-builder" with rougelike elements, releases on Steam. [Steam store page](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3211750/Neongarten/)
neutral · AI labelView post →Neongarten is a puzzle game with rogue-like elements, that looks like a vertical city builder. It's easy to understand, but the unlocks greatly increase the complexity and the need to think carefully in three dimensions. "Cute cyberpunk" seems a contradiction in terms, but that is what this is.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good: - The style is very appealing - Building details adapt to the available space Bad: - I get fuzzy (low-res) textures and no way to increase resolution - My computer works itself up like it's trying to run a triple A on Ultra. Something is horribly wrong here and it makes me want to not run the software.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →https://youtu.be/w7cquJfv6g0 Title stacking requires a clear readable UI and communication which is not up to par in this puzzle game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very fun game that is surprisingly addicting. Fun to play a round or two during break sessions.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A fun little roguelite puzzler. Even when you fall short, you end up with a pretty little block, which is part of the fun. The Black ICE mods add additional challenges, frequently upending your usual strategies. Each run isn't too terribly long, so it's nice little timewaster when you are between bigger things. Loved it from the Prologue version and the full version delivers. Fair warning, the Government buildings are really odd and require a lot of thinking about how you want to pull them…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I feel the older I get the more I appreciate opening up a quick burst puzzle game for short play sessions. There's something so satisfying about games like Neongarten and Orb Tower, or even older stuff like Luxor that just gets those brain chemicals all giddy in me.
positive · AI labelView post →It's ok. I've played 10 games from Normal to Dystopian (didn't beat dystopian yet). It's all about finding the right combinations. You don't get all the buildings either, you build up to getting them based on your score game by game. There's really not alot of information or guides about this game either especially for the Achievements, some just seem impossibly out of reach to get.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very fun, relaxing game with some very interesting combinations
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Only played once so far but immediately captivated, It claims Luck be a Landlord as some of the DNA, but it has no RNG other than what you have available to purchase, so while it feels similar in some ways also feels very different. The interface is clean, the graphics are nice and clear - some of the buildings look too similar to me, but that might improve as I play more, and the game does a good job of explaining what is going on. The thing you are building, this cubic bladerunner-esque…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great fun - a fairly straightforward puzzle game with enough moving parts to offer a fair amount of replayability. It's not something you'll play for months, but it's plenty of enjoyment for the cost.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It feels great to add up huge multipliers as you build up your building tower; great soundtrack too!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Absolutely loving every minute of it! If you want a cozy, casual, but amazingly in-depth and complex city builder, this is the game!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fantastic and chill builder puzzle, cannot recommend highly enough.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Neongarten releases in three days! To celebrate, my podcast (Pixelated Playgrounds) did an episode covering the game. It was fun to chat with @bsushi.bsky.social and do a deep dive on my own work. Check it out! www.pixelatedplaygrounds.com/bookclub/neo...
neutral · AI labelView post →Was relatively fun for the first few hours, but not worth the price range they demand for sure, not enough content/polish for that. It needs more work, probably in the building types and balance and to rethink some ideas. Currently there are too many maluses to combine building types as they come (e.g. industrial harms residential, each 'company' type harms the other 'company' types, and so on). But since this is a roguelite, the choices come at random and you 'have' to eventually combine…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a cool puzzle mechanic. Some of it's a little obtuse, but you figure it out. It's nice to look at.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this is a very fun game. It's tricky but not insuperable and involves understanding how the multipliers work. There are hundreds of combinations so there's always some interesting permutation to work. It is also turn based and a game typically won't take more than maybe 45 minutes so you can get it done while multi-tasking etc and won't spend days on it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A fun challenge - the normal mode was just the right amount of difficulty for me. It feels super satisfying to build out your city, layer by layer, and especially so when you get the perfect building to place. I loved the aesthetic overall, and my favorite buildings were the ones that provide light, e.g. the Laser Park, which makes the whole scene come alive.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun little game and definitely worth it when picked up on sale (~6€) The aesthetics are charming and the building combinations feel surprisingly organic. Like how parks increase rent, industrial buildings boost each other etc. This makes your city feel kinda unique. That said, progression is fairly limited beyond unlocking new things and there isn’t much to do outside of achievement hunting. Randomness can be pretty punishing at times, which can make some runs frustrating rather than…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is a total vibe. Vibrant lights paint muted little apartment buildings with splashes of color, and mix garishly on the brightly colored nightclubs and bars. The faint glow of the magenta tendrils, sticking out of a Hacker Hut, bobbing gently as you rotate the building that's about to be built beside it. Sure, it takes place in a dystopian not-so-far-off future that sometimes hits close to home, but it also feels... homey. A dystopian cozy game, if you will. Also, combos go zoom,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Simple enough pick 3 city builder with lots of fun little combos to discover and mess around with.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Neongarten is a compact yet deeply thoughtful city-building strategy game developed by Moonroof Studios and published by Goblinz Publishing, designed around the idea that small spaces and strict limits can produce surprisingly rich decisions. Rather than asking players to sprawl endlessly across a map, the game focuses on a single vertical city block, transforming urban development into a dense puzzle of placement, timing, and long-term planning. From the very first turns, it becomes clear that…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very nice Gameplay, becomes more interesting as we play more. The graphics are good, bgm is soothing and as we build higher, new types of buildings and combinations make it more fun. Recommended for chill neo-vibe loving gamers.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Neongarten is a quick and easy atmospheric puzzle game where you construct a cyberpunk city stack on a mysteriously vacated lot. On a very basic level you can just slam blocks down, watch the pretty lights, and chill out. The more you play, new mechanics, new blocks, and a greater depth of play reveals itself. Neongarten doesn't ask a lot from you in terms of time or thought, but delivers a smooth, satisfying way to spend some time watching the neon skyline rise.
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