Idle City: your own city

Some games want you glued to your phone for hours, and then there are idle games: you set up the economy, go about your day, and it keeps running. Idle City belongs to the second kind. You become the city manager and grow your town right inside a Telegram chat.

The game is bilingual, with every command in Russian and English. The bot greeting marks the version as beta, so mechanics may change.

The start: city hall and the tutorial

After launch you read and accept the project rules. Then open city hall with /menu, the main screen from which everything else is managed.

If you do not know where to begin, run /tutorial. It walks through the basics, and tips are also available with /help.

What a city is made of

The economy splits into separate activities, each with its own command.

• Farm (/farm): growing resources on land.
• Fishing (/fishing): gathering from the water.
• Mine (/mine): digging underground.
• Workshop (/w): turning resources into more valuable items.
• Research center (/rc): upgrades that open new options.
• Island (/island) and pet (/pet): extra elements for variety.

Market, shop and trading

Resources can be sold and bought. Use /sell and /buy, plus /sell_all and /buy_all for bulk actions. The shop opens with /shop.

A separate trading section (/trading) and lots (/lots) show offers from other players. Prices come from the game and from demand, so compare offers before dealing.

Bonuses, mail and promo codes

You can claim a gift every day with /b. Mail (/mail) brings messages from the game, and /promo accepts promo codes published in the project community.

Boosters (/boosters) speed up growth, and loot boxes (/lootbox) hand out random rewards. If you like predictability, keep in mind that a loot box's contents are unknown in advance.

Ratings and ranks

Players are compared in the rating (/rating), and /me shows your rank. Stats (/stats) help you see where your city grows fastest.

The referral system (/ref) gives bonuses for inviting friends. Invite people who will actually like the game.

Premium, donations and sensible spending

The game has a premium section (/premium) and voluntary donations (/donate). Those purchases speed up progress, but you can play without them, just more slowly.

Idle games are built so time turns into habit, and habit into spending. Set a monthly limit ahead of time and keep to it. Children should buy things only together with an adult.

Handy little extras

Big numbers in these games get clumsy fast. /abbr shows abbreviations, /get_all prints numbers without them, and /c converts values. Change the language with /lang, and find options in /settings.

There is even a tic-tac-toe mini-game (/xo) and a mood indicator (/mood). /restart starts your city from zero, so press it deliberately.

The project has a blog and chats in Russian and English where updates and promo codes are announced. Check the official channels in the bot profile rather than links from strangers.