Steam City
Your Steam game library as a 3D city
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What is Steam City?
Steam City is a free visualization tool that transforms your public Steam profile data into a unique 3D pixel-art city. Enter your Steam ID (profile URL, vanity name, or 64-bit ID) and watch your game library transform into buildings where each game becomes a structure in your skyline. The tool requires no registration unless you want to claim your building.
The city uses playtime hours to determine building characteristics: more playtime hours create taller buildings, so your 8,000 hours in Dota 2 becomes a skyscraper dominating your skyline. Building width reflects playtime volume with chunkier bases for favorite games. Lit windows indicate games you actively play while dark windows show games collecting dust in your library. Your unplayed percentage becomes your shame score.
Key features include exploring a shared world city with 1,000+ players where you can fly through, find friends' buildings, and see claimed players walking near their structures. You can customize your character, walk through your city in first-person POV mode, view live visitors, and compete on global leaderboards ranked by gaming shame, most unplayed games, biggest libraries, and most hours wasted. Additional features include AI roasts that roast your gaming profile, 1v1 profile battles challenging friends, shame reports showing money wasted on unplayed games, and shareable stat cards.
Steam City is designed for Steam gamers who want to visualize their library, compare profiles with friends, discover other gamers around the world, and get a humorous reality check on their gaming habits. It's perfect for anyone curious about their unplayed backlog or wanting to showcase their gaming statistics creatively.
The tool was inspired by Git City (which visualizes GitHub profiles) and adds new elements like mountains, a lake, a Golden Gate-style bridge, and parks. Recent updates include first-person free flight mode and improved height scaling for smaller libraries.
Steam City pricing
Pricing model: Freemium
Steam City is completely free with no paid plans. The tool has no registration fees, subscription costs, credit cards, or hidden charges. You can generate unlimited cities, explore the shared world, use AI roasts, compete on leaderboards, customize your character, and access all features including shame reports and profile battles entirely for free.
Steam City pros
- Free visualization tool with no cost or subscriptions
- No registration required to generate your city
- Enter Steam ID via profile URL, vanity name, or 64-bit ID
- 3D pixel-art city visualization is unique and visually appealing
- Building height directly reflects playtime hours for each game
- Building width shows total playtime volume for chunkier favorite games
- Lit vs dark windows clearly show played vs unplayed games
- Shame score calculates unplayed percentage automatically
- Shared world city with 1,000+ players to explore together
- First-person POV walking mode for immersive city exploration
- Live visitor feature shows when others drop into your city
- Character customization with building cosmetics
- Global leaderboards rank by gaming shame and other metrics
- AI roast feature provides humorous gaming profile criticism
- 1v1 profile battles let you challenge friends competitively
- Shame reports reveal money wasted on unplayed games
- Shareable stat cards for showcasing your gaming statistics
- New environmental features include mountains, lake, bridge, parks
- Improved height scaling works well for smaller libraries
- Discord server available for sharing cities and reporting issues
Steam City cons
- Only works with public Steam profile data
- Requires Steam ID input with no account login option
- Building claiming requires registration otherwise anonymous
- Shame score may be embarrassing for some users
- Limited to Steam games only, no other platforms
- AI roast humor may be too harsh for sensitive users
- No mobile app available, web-only interface
- Shared city may have performance issues with 1,000+ players
- No export options for your city visualization
- Advertising in world may distract from experience
Frequently asked questions about Steam City
How do I generate my city?
Enter your Steam ID on the homepage using your profile URL, vanity name, or 64-bit ID. The tool will immediately generate your unique 3D city without requiring registration. You can claim your building later by registering if you want.
What determines building height?
Building height is determined by playtime hours for each game. More playtime hours create taller buildings, so games with thousands of hours become skyscrapers while games with minimal playtime become small structures.
What do lit and dark windows mean?
Lit windows represent games you actively play, while dark windows indicate games that are collecting dust in your library. This visual distinction helps you see which games you engage with versus your unplayed backlog.
How is my shame score calculated?
Your shame score is calculated from your unplayed percentage. The higher your unplayed percentage (games in your library that you haven't played), the worse your shame score becomes, providing a humorous reality check on your gaming habits.
Can I explore other players' cities?
Yes, you can explore the shared World City where 1,000+ players have built their cities. Fly through the environment, find your building, locate friends' buildings, see claimed players walking near their structures, and compare cosmetics with other gamers.
What is the POV mode?
POV (Point of View) mode is a new first-person free flight feature that lets you walk through your city immersively. You experience your Steam library visualization from a ground-level perspective rather than just viewing it from above.
How do profile battles work?
Profile battles are 1v1 challenges where two Steam profiles compete across five categories to determine one winner. Challenge your friends to see who has the larger backlog, more unplayed games, or other competitive gaming metrics.
What does the shame report show?
The shame report reveals how much money you wasted on games you never played. It calculates the total cost of unplayed games in your library, sharing the pain of your purchasing decisions that didn't result in gameplay.
Do I need to register to use Steam City?
No registration is required unless you want to claim your building. You can generate your city, explore the world, use all features, and access everything by simply entering your Steam ID without creating an account.
Can I customize my building?
Yes, you can customize your character and build with various cosmetics. The character customizer lets you personalize your appearance, and you can add cosmetics to your building to make it unique compared to other players' structures.