TinyCity
Shares rank 15 of 21 city builder games by recommenders
Commenters call this free, tiny city simulator for the Thumby console cool and nice work.
Commenters call this free, tiny city simulator for the Thumby console cool and nice work.
7 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 86%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 6 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Commenters call it cool
“This is cool thanks for sharing!”
Comment from 16 Jan 2026 in “Show HN: TinyCity – A tiny city SIM for MicroPython (Thumby micro console)” “Looks super cool, nice job!”
Comment from 15 Jan 2026 in “Show HN: TinyCity – A tiny city SIM for MicroPython (Thumby micro console)” Praised as nice work
“Looks super cool, nice job!”
Comment from 15 Jan 2026 in “Show HN: TinyCity – A tiny city SIM for MicroPython (Thumby micro console)”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Tax model double counts residential population
“the sim seems to double count residential population for taxes, industrial pop gets ignored”
Comment from 15 Jan 2026 in “Show HN: TinyCity – A tiny city SIM for MicroPython (Thumby micro console)”
Other city builder games people recommend
The four most recommended other city builder games, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SimCity 3000 | 23 | 2 | 92% | 5 | — | Approved |
| SimCity 2000 | 20 | 7 | 74% | 11 | — | Approved |
| SimCity | 20 | 12 | 63% | 9 | — | — |
| Cities: Skylines | 20 | 18 | 53% | 9 | — | — |
| TinyCityThis page | 6 | 1 | 86% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
3 of the 7 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“This is cool thanks for sharing!”
“Looks super cool, nice job!”
“the sim seems to double count residential population for taxes, industrial pop gets ignored”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.