Block'hood

Block'hood

Plethora Project · May 11, 2017 · City Builder, Simulation, Sandbox, Strategy, Indie

Buy Block'hood from MacGameStore at $1.09 — the cheapest of 12 stores we compare. The cheapest Block'hood key from a keyshop is $1.64 at Driffle INC.

PC
Mostly Positive74% · 1,25775Metacritic
Best price 89 Lowest tracked
$1.09-89%
$9.99⭐ lowest tracked
MacGameStore Buy at MacGameStore

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Where to buy Block'hood — official stores

MacGameStore
MacGameStore
Standard Edition · Steam
-89%
$1.09
$9.99
Buy
WinGameStore
WinGameStore
Standard Edition · Steam
-89%
$1.09
$9.99
Buy
Nuuvem
Nuuvem
Standard Edition · Steam
-80%
$2.99
$14.99
Buy
Steam
Steam
Standard Edition · Steam
$14.99
Buy
Humble Store
Humble Store
Standard Edition · Steam
$14.99
Buy
GOG
GOG
Standard Edition · DRM-Free
$14.99
Buy

Cheapest Block'hood keys — keyshops

Keyshops are third-party marketplaces — keys are resold and can be region-locked or a different edition. Check the listing's region & edition before buying.

Driffle INC
Standard Edition · Steam
$1.64
Buy
GAMIVO
Standard Edition · Steam
$1.79
Buy
Eneba
Standard Edition · Steam
$1.64
Buy
Gameseal
Standard Edition · Steam
$1.68
Buy
Kinguin
Standard Edition · Steam
$2.46
Buy
CJS CD Keys
CJS CD Keys
Standard Edition · Steam
$2.73
Buy

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Block'hood price by region

Block'hood costs £0.82 in the United Kingdom, €0.99 in Europe (EUR), $1.09 in the United States, $1.09 in Georgia (USD), CA$1.56 in Canada, A$1.61 in Australia, NZ$1.97 in New Zealand, zł4.36 in Poland and R$6.18 in Brazil right now.

Cheapest Block'hood offer in each region, in local currency
RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
United Kingdom £0.82 −89% £0.82 £1.24 8
Europe (EUR) €0.99 −89% €0.99 €1.45 10
United Statesyour region $1.09 −89% $1.09 $1.64 12
Georgia (USD) $1.09 −89% $1.09 $1.64 12
Canada CA$1.56 −89% CA$1.56 — 6
Australia A$1.61 −89% A$1.61 — 6
New Zealand NZ$1.97 −89% NZ$1.97 — 5
Poland zł4.36 −89% zł4.36 zł6.52 7
Brazil R$6.18 −89% R$6.18 R$9.23 7

Each row is a real price from that region's own stores, not a currency conversion, so the figures are not directly comparable. Switch regions in the header to shop the one you buy in.

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About Block'hood

✦ AI summary

Build thriving neighborhoods by combining 200+ blocks with interconnected resource systems where every building must feed others or risk decay. Balance ecology and experimentation across Story, Sandbox, and Challenge modes to create prosperous urban ecosystems or watch them crumble into dystopia.

Block’hood is a neighborhood-building simulator that celebrates the diversity and experimentation of cities and the unique ecosystems within them. Budding city planners will have access to 200+ building blocks to arrange and combine and to create unique neighborhoods and discover the implications of their designs. The game will embark on a story of ecology and understanding as additional resources are always needed to unlock new blocks, configurations, and combinations to create more prosperous neighborhoods. Throughout the design process, players will need to avoid the decay of their city blocks by making sure each unit doesn’t run out of resources and become a strain on the complimentary units around them.

Envision Your Neighborhood: Consider what Blocks are necessary for your neighborhood to thrive. There are no boundaries of what you can create with an expanding library of 200+ blocks.

Generate Resources:
Each Block you create has inputs and outputs and by understanding how each block is dependent on other blocks, you can create a productive network. Optimize your production and generate abundant resources for the dozens of intricate symbiotic relationships in your neighborhood

Avoid Decay: If blocks don't receive the inputs they need, they will decay over time and slowly become abandoned or destroyed. Once a block is abandoned or destroyed, you will have to remove it and avoid it from making other blocks decay further. Be careful as seeking an utopian neighborhood carelessly, can lead to dystopia.

Unique Modes: Neighborhood designers can enjoy the new Story Mode, Sandbox Mode, and Challenge Mode with modes for unique and engaging experience for players of all types.

Block'hood — game info

Platforms
Windows, macOS, Linux / SteamOS
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included
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What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

✦ AI summary

Block'hood features brilliant gameplay and visual design with an innovative environmental building concept that players find creative, but the game suffers from significant technical issues including save bugs, broken missions, and apparent lack of polish or recent developer support. While some players still recommend it for its core ideas and enjoy it casually, the unfinished state and lingering bugs make it feel abandoned, leaving players hopeful for a potential sequel rather than confident in the current version.

Not recommended May 23, 2026
Could not save game in story mode requiring complete restart of game. As others, game feels unfinished and unpolished.
2 found this helpful
Recommended Aug 20, 2026
Be warned that this game has a lot of great potential, but it doesn't seem finished to me. The last patch was a long time ago, and I don't think the original developer is returning to update anything in it soon. This is a Sandbox game that tries to convey a story about building structures in balance with nature, and what happens when this balance is disrespected. The story is just okay. Some aspects are a big cringe to me. The original idea is good: balancing resources to get the stage at a sustainable point. Some resources are meant to be never used. For instance, how can you use "wilderness" to rebalance something else? The player ends up following a certain amount of the same recipes to get things working, but the number of synergies are small, and the stages end up being very close to each other. Besides, I think the full price is expensive for it. It's a good game to get in a sale.
1 found this helpful
Recommended Jun 7, 2026
I liked this a lot - the gameplay and visual design are brilliant. It genuinely feels creative and innovative, and chimes with my personal values around the environment. However, it's fair to say it feels unfinished in places and like it's full potential might not have been reached. I would still recommend it though.
1 found this helpful
Not recommended Oct 1, 2026
StoryMode is so buggy! Breaking blocks in Chapter5 (and maybe in Chapter 3) produces "repair the Apartment that's not existing" mission and/or decayed tiles to be recovered that cannot be seen, and this mode even cannot be saved! Additionally, I think when some blocks are in "not enough for full production but enough for not decaying" state, resource flow monitor is showing falsely.
Recommended Sep 27, 2026
It was a great little game, i played it for many years. Its buggy now but i hope one day they will make a block'hood 2
Recommended Sep 18, 2026
Bueno para niños, con mi hija lo hemos jugado y le gusta.

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