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Technotopia
Developer Yustas
Welcome to Technotopia, a city-builder card game. Take on the role of an AI designed to build a perfect city. Build districts, meet the needs of diverse communities and maintain the delicate balance between factions vying for control over you! From the Steam store page
215 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Oct 31, 2026 · last updated Nov 4, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
84
LovedLoved
164 positive · 31 negative
95% range 78–89%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 164 | 31 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 8 | 0 | 4 |
| Lemmy * | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 1 | 0 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
356 of 418 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
85% recommend · 164 yes, 30 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 194 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (637 of 744 positive).
Players praise the art deco style and relaxing atmosphere. [1][2][3] Many note the short story length and limited replayability. [1][4][5] Some find the gameplay shallow and the board hard to read. [6][7][8]
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Representative posts
- [6]
As much as I want to say "its rough but there's something here" I really can't justify recommending this to anyone. The main mechanic is placing buildings into little tetrominos to earn extra points while balancing the need to expand outward and collect the random bonuses. Sounds cool enough? But that's about as far as the game takes it and there's so much to dislike about this game. The board is so obtuse and hard …
- [1]
Such a mix of strong and weak elements. Most have been mentioned in other reviews, so I'll be brief. The story takes about three hours to finish and is not difficult. Take that as good or bad, according to taste. Good: Most of the artwork has the right retro art deco futurism style, and the visual depth and details look good. The game keeps adding new structures you can build beyond the time it takes to finish the …
- [5]
Fun while it lasts, it lacks a lot of replayability as there are only so many events to find and after you complete the main story, you've seen the best it has to offer. additional story content would've elevated it as well, but for five dollars it was an excellent game and easy recommend, 8/10
- [2]
This game is beautiful. A logistically challenging metropolis building entertainment with a superbly designed art-deco cityscape. The gameplay is patiently enjoyable, and the constructive story shows the essence of balance. An aesthetically-pleasing brain teaser experience, I have warm associations with the "dorfromantic" game - cozy, but engaging. I recommend. PS: mute trailer: the harsh robot voice from the …
- [3]
This game cost me less than $2 on sale and now having played it, I'd have been more than willing to play the full paltry price. I absolutely love the Metropolis inspired art-deco style. But the art is not the only Metropolis reference- though here Futura (Iris in this game) is the attempted mediator rather than the antagonist.
Summarised from 34 of the 219 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
Players who liked Technotopia talk about beautiful art deco visuals and relaxing music; those who didn't talk about very short campaign with little replay value. Which matters more to you?
Reactions
60 of 215 · most liked firstTechnotopia, a city builder with card selection and roguelite mechanics and a Bioshockesque theme, released on Steam.
neutral · AI labelView post →Such a mix of strong and weak elements. Most have been mentioned in other reviews, so I'll be brief. The story takes about three hours to finish and is not difficult. Take that as good or bad, according to taste. Good: Most of the artwork has the right retro art deco futurism style, and the visual depth and details look good. The game keeps adding new structures you can build beyond the time it takes to finish the story. The story has strong elements of dystopian society and corruption. The…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As much as I want to say "its rough but there's something here" I really can't justify recommending this to anyone. The main mechanic is placing buildings into little tetrominos to earn extra points while balancing the need to expand outward and collect the random bonuses. Sounds cool enough? But that's about as far as the game takes it and there's so much to dislike about this game. The board is so obtuse and hard to read. Different factions have different colors, but they are NOT obviously…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I just expected more from a game with such a high score on steam, but i guess a lot of people rate based on price to quality ratio, sure you can't expect much from a 5$ game, but i will rate the game overall and not money worths value. To put it simple the game just falls short of expectations. There just is not enough of different mechanics, the basic game loop is simple. It is captivating and keeps you glued in its quite addictive, but that is about it. It's like those candy crush games but…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →All it knows is what it is not | KAMGUSTA's MINI REVIEW This is not a city-building game. I repeat, this is not a city-building game. It's neither a deck-builder game. It's more like a rogue-lite puzzle game. You try to build a perfect city, but you won't succeed. Then you restart with new buildings and objectives. You'll follow a written story with 4 acts. Soundtrack is nice. Graphics are just okay (colors of the buildings are easily mistaken). Gameplay is okay (you can't undo a move). That's…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is dead. It looks pretty and has tremendous potential, but the devs stopped working on it long before it was really a full game. The game system is very opaque- everything must be done with precision but there is very little information about what the effects of each action will be. I suppose that if I was being paid to chart out all the effects of every thing I could figure it out, but it's just not fun. And it's not going to be, because they've stopped development. Good thing I got…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I bought this game on a total whim. And it's fine. Very playable. I randomly came across it again today and it raised the question in my mind; how should you rate a perfectly fine but forgettable game? Well today I decided that not recommended is what I'm going with from now on. There are too many games these days for just "fine"
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Looking for a card game cosplaying as a city manager with almost zero deck-building elements that has no win condition and is effectively designed for you to fail? Then Technotopia may be for you. I also only realized after writing this that it retails for $5. My bad. You're an AI created to make a "perfect city" that works equally for everyone: government, elites, merchants, workers. In gameplay it means the needs of the 1% elite (space, resources, etc) are identical to those of the 90%…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →2 winners • pick from 180+ Steam game titles. Prize sampler: Myst IV: Revelation + Technotopia (plus IMMORTALITY + Regular Human Basketball). Ends Monday, May 25 @ 10PM ET. Enter: thealabaster.one/giveaways?ut... Reply with your pick. #GameGiveaway #IndieGames #PuzzleGames
neutral · AI labelView post →So this is the good bones of a game that doesn't exist. There are so many quality of life features, a story that needs way more than its got, a reason to care about "quest" progression... And it has none of this. I would say that this game feels more like an early access alpha version. You make a mistake? It's made for life. Cards take 2-3 clicks to get them to respond. Movement is cludgy. It's hard to tell what numbers are + or - because of the font. Honestly, I'm not sure how it made it to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I beat this game in five hours while barely understanding it's economic and influence systems. For all it's talk about different factions and making combos out of placing certain buildings in certain places, in the end I beat the game by stringing random buildings together in straight lines until I encircled all four goals. If you're going to design your city-building, deck-building roguelite game around color coded factions, make sure the faction colors pop. Don't make one of the factions the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I cant. While the story is interesting the gameplay is not. The only thing youll do for hours are using cards to build buildings and occasionally get a choice to support one faction of 4.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I stumbled upon a [recent game called Technotopia](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2825110/Technotopia/) in Art Deco style. It's not my type of game, but i liked the optics very much!
positive · AI labelView post →Note that this game is not really a city builder, so much as it's basically a hybrid between 3D turn-based Tetris and a deck-based roguelike. It's a decent time waster with an interesting plot premise, suitable soundtrack and very beautiful Art Deco aesthetic (although the characters are largely forgettable). However, the main issue is that the game is far too short — it basically consists of a single gameplay loop wherein you keep building until the city becomes unsustainable; the level then…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A very hesitant recommendation. A cute little quick puzzle-y tile placement game. Cleared the story in under four hours, but there's not enough meat on those bones to really want to replay it after that. Quick note on the story: It feels really wild to be an AI optimist in 2024/5. The idea of an AI running a city is a literal nightmare in real life, and honestly kind of in this game as well if you think about it for more than two seconds. That said, I enjoyed it. Worth spending a few bucks…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is one where I would give a neutral review if Steam allowed it. It's certainly not a bad a game at all. There were no bugs or jankyness with it; it does what it is designed to do very well. It's a very low stakes puzzle game, and the only incentive to "get good" is to get the last few elusive achievements. I didn't really understand what I was supposed to be doing for the first 3-4 hours, but I was progressing through the story anyway. It has a sneaky, game over-then start the next game…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun while it lasts, it lacks a lot of replayability as there are only so many events to find and after you complete the main story, you've seen the best it has to offer. additional story content would've elevated it as well, but for five dollars it was an excellent game and easy recommend, 8/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Despite the devs not working on this, this game is still just the bare bones of a game that doesn't exist. The gameplay is both confusing and unforgiving. It's a puzzle game that you play for the story (the moral of which is pleasing everyone is hard lol), which makes the unforgiving and quick games repetitive and boring. Stay away from the game unless it's very on sale
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Deckbuilder City Builder Expect a fairly small depth at first and overall a chill vibe even when stakes are high
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is beautiful. A logistically challenging metropolis building entertainment with a superbly designed art-deco cityscape. The gameplay is patiently enjoyable, and the constructive story shows the essence of balance. An aesthetically-pleasing brain teaser experience, I have warm associations with the "dorfromantic" game - cozy, but engaging. I recommend. PS: mute trailer: the harsh robot voice from the trailer doesn't appear in the game, the in-game voice character is much more…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I like tile laying games, so this is fairly enjoyable to me. the art style is nice. it took me about 1.5 hours of casual play to beat the entire story campaign and get about half of the achievements I was upset at first, but it turns out the "story line" is basically just a long tutorial, more or less. or maybe they want you to read the words, I don't know, but you keep doing free-play and unlocking things after it ends and the credits roll, so no problem.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game cost me less than $2 on sale and now having played it, I'd have been more than willing to play the full paltry price. I absolutely love the Metropolis inspired art-deco style. But the art is not the only Metropolis reference- though here Futura (Iris in this game) is the attempted mediator rather than the antagonist.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Nice puzzle game. 100% (story+ach.) in 18 hours roughly by playing normally. 80% of ach. can be achieved by finishing the story. ---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☐ Good ☑ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☑ Kids ☐ Teens ☑ Adults ☑ Grandma ---{ PC…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →At face value, the game introduces you to the idea of an AI that is building the perfect city. But the top-down, boardgame aesthetic is just a facade for a story entirely told through text. Once you finish the story, there is literally no reason to go back to "building" the city. There is no WIN condition, only a LOSE condition. You never actually build the best city. But if you want to tell your friend who might also own the game that you managed to get so far, then more fun for you. This is a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Grabbed it on sale, but would have paid the full price in retrospect of 100%ing the game. Simple but engaging gameplay loop though the story itself is not very long.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →can't get past the tutorial, freezes on a black screen
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →the game doesnt continue after the tutorial, it literally doesnt continue loading so yeah
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Technotopia, a city builder with card selection and roguelite mechanics and a Bioshockesque theme, released on Steam.
neutral · AI labelView post →I also bought, played, beat, and 100%'d Technotopia today. Great game, just sad that it's so short, but reasonably priced at $4.50.
positive · AI labelView post →Interesting little city builder, yeah it is fairly basic and is all about keeping up the balance of four different flavours of happiness, but it builds upon itself really well. Often games like this will have a campaign that introduces a new mechanic every level or so, but the fundamentals of Technotopia never really change as you get deeper into the run, you just get more confident in placing buildings. There are things to be unlocked for sure, but they are all variations of 'surround this…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →An interesting game, but I can't change anything in the graphic section, all I can click on which does nothing is Fullscreen, which clicking it just makes a clicking sound and lights up the box.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great Little Gem! From star to finish a high quality experience, from writing and art to music and vibes. Wasn't particularly long but it also wasn't particularly expensive. Certainly worth a buy.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Tetris but Art Deco
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Terribly unstable, and has been for a long time. With each update, I come back to it, but alas.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Somewhat interesting at the start, but very shallow game
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Yet another cozy city builder, based on the draw of cards, except on a larger scale than something like Sky Settlers, for example. You draw three cards at a time, each of which represents a building for a faction you can build. Make certain arrangements of the same building and you get extra points. These point tallies are then subtracted from at the end of each week until one of them reach zero - and the run is over. The story and goals are fairly engaging and a lot more interesting than…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →about to lose another game of TECHNOTOPIA. 😅 I always end up giving the labor faction too many concessions. also, I love those voxel smokestacks. #GameSky 🎮
positive · AI labelView post →Alawar have quietly released some real 'bang for your buck' games in recent times and this is one of them. A roguelite, deckbuilding citybuilder with politics, factions and a light puzzle element. And it all works. It looks great. A slick, glossy cyberpunk canvas and the cities glow as they grow. It is only at a macro level, there is no 'under the hood' city development and the main aim is to build as far as a node or a campaign progression point. But it works. I enjoyed the different…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really enjoyed Technotopia. It isn't a game you play forever, but it is very fun to play. The story is as simple as good: It enables a frame for the gameplay but leaves you with leeway to decide yourself what you prioritise and when or even if you continue the story. Sometimes I got lost in building some specific arrangement of buildings or completing a task, that I forgot to pay attention to balancing out the factions. However, this i the charme of the game: You are free to build how you…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →What a fun little game! It has an absolutely gorgeous art style, good music, and enjoyable gameplay. The story, though short, is very entertaining. Can be a bit confusing at first, but after a couple of tries, you’ll get the hang of it. Highly enjoyable for a couple of evenings!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm not an achievement hunter, but if I enjoy a game enough I will play for a few hours after "finishing" to see if I can get the achievements. I think ill probably stop going for the "Make 6 of X decision" achievements and call it there on this game. A. It significantly unbalances your run making it harder. b. Its entirely random, you get a choice once a week and unless you are having a particularly good run your hitting game over by week 10. So deciding on a solo faction run will probably…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's short, easy to follow, and fun to play. It's a pretty relaxing game with some fun mechanics. Not overly complicated, and doesn't overstay its welcome.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Technotopia is a roguelite puzzle game with extremely light city-building elements. In Technotopia, simple rules give rise to simple yet satisfying gameplay. While there is not much pressure to perform well, the bar is placed as high as you set it. Meta-progression unlocks new building types that can influence the course of gameplay, though there is some lack in depth. The balance leans closer to an arcade puzzle game (with no leaderboard?) than a pure puzzle game. The art deco style is…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Nice and easy to follow. Semi-relaxing. The music is definitely worth listening to. Only downside is that there's no creative mode once you finish a round. And the developers appear to have abandoned the game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not what I expected at first but damn if it wasn't an addictive and fun lil game, for $5 bucks this'll get you at least 2 hours of dedicated time killing. Everyone complains about the looping music but I found it enjoyable its a pretty good loop. The art style is cute and fun, and fits the entire CyberNoir aesthetic they have going on. Managing the expenses can be daunting but I imagine that was the goal they aimed for when creating this game, it gets easier as you progress through the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Too shallow. Choices don't really feel like they do much. Not enough variety in just about anything.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A really nice puzzle strategy game, Inspired by tetris and in the wrapper of a city-building simulator.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Simplistic choice based/shape matching game, with strong artstyle. Good for evening or two on discount. Otherwise too short, even for asking price.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I want to give neutral but there is no such option gameplay story too short, mechanics are too simple. lack of drive to play anymore after finishing the story I only recommend it for discounted price, it is not a bad game, but it does not hook you up (some indies are good enough for that for about the same price)
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I want to start off plain....The game is Good, and if this games looks like it SPEAKS to you, just buy it. I say this as someone who got the game and 100% it. The game is a rouge-like "deckbuilder", the campaign is continuously overlayed across several "games/runs"....this means all games on a profile are "in the campaign" until you complete the campaign on that profile.....at which point it becomes a mission-less "keep building until you hit the 'lose' condition and see how long you can go"…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A pleasant and addictive city-builder puzzler with attempts at deck-building, roguelike and narrative. If you like meditative puzzles and like the visual style, you will like Technotopia. The game could have been something more if the authors had improved the plot, reworked the deck-building and fully implemented the ready-made roguelike elements. Alas, now it is just a puzzle. Deck-building lacks the most basic elements. Removing cards, discarding your hand for it to work. Most of the cards…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →For it's value, it's a great game. Their is a nice story and with the basic mechanics this will get you going pretty fast. It really is a rogue-like, puzzle builder. Each run, has a limited time, since the upkeep costs are going to crash you at some point, You get XP from each run and you move on. I won't catogorise this as a city builder, since it misses the depth's of classic elements, like citizen-tiers, professions and production chains. With the progressive unlocking of achievement…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a good game for 5 dollars. It's fun it has and replaybility? The story is fine and the design looks interesting enough. There's no bugs and the gameplay feels smooth. There's a level up mechanic that keeps the game feeling fresh for a while. It's not hard by any means but if you need something to relax too that still has a story this is your game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Technotopia, a city builder with card selection and roguelite mechanics and a Bioshockesque theme, released on Steam.
neutral · AI labelView post →Technotopia, city builder with card selection and roguelite mechanics and a Bioshockesque theme, releases demo on steam. [Technotopia | Teaser Trailer ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4lp952EXCE) [An Addictive Cyberpunk Bioshock Style Dystopia Building Roguelite](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eP3gDlr3yMM) - Technotopia [30 minute demo review] by Splattercatgaming
neutral · AI labelView post →Bought it on sale for about £1.28 (probably $2?) and it was well worth about 10 hours of gameplay. Fairly simple puzzle game, nothing that complex. It actually could have been much better if the system stacked more and became more complex but great what what it is. And if you like art deco meets futurism than you're in for a treat.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Look, the game itself is fine in terms of gameplay and story, nothing special honestly but it's decent time. My problem is that the main game lasted all of 2 hours that are just kind of okay. It's only 5 USD so if you really need to scratch a city/puzzle builder itch go for it, but I wouldn't recommend to anyone looking for an intense, difficult, or long experience.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →classic! there was a recent deco themed puzzle game I liked a lot called Technotopia. had this cool voxel design & I loved all the event card art. nice surprise to see a game dev go all in on this kind of look.
positive · AI labelView post →Technotopia is a city builder, that's kind of fun but not really. It looks cool, but it's not. I think I'll stick to Sim City lol
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very short game, can be easily completed within 1.5 to 2hrs. But it has a price tag that reflects that and the story/setting is interesting and the gameplay is fun.
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