Underplayed Gems

Desktown (2025)

Desktown cover
Developer
Deskteam
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Casual, Indie, Simulation
Rating
4.0 of 5, 24 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 2.9 hours
Where to get it
Steam

How it feels

A laid-back city-building sandbox where you casually construct and decorate at your own pace.

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What players say

Players enjoy it as a cozy idle game that rewards typing, making it a decent work companion. Many mention rough early bugs like a black screen on launch, a broken satellite word-list, and one achievement that fails to trigger. Performance is heavy for an idle game, eating 15-20% CPU at rest.

Screenshots

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