Free browser game · City tycoon

Build a neon city.
Watch it come alive.

Cashmate is a free isometric city tycoon. Lay roads, open arcades, noodle houses and bath houses, set their prices — and watch little people swim, eat and play inside every building.

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  • No download
  • No sign-up
  • Saves in your browser
  • Phone, tablet or desktop
32
kinds of buildings
Up to 3
levels per building
20
original songs on 5 radio stations
8 h
your city keeps running while you're away

Build

Grow it block by block

You start with a downtown of 10 × 10 tiles, three homes, a sushi bar and a park. Draw roads, put buildings along them and buy the plots around you when you need more room.

  • 32 kinds of buildings: two kinds of homes, 22 kinds of shops, a park, a community hall, a clinic, a school, a library, a lantern pagoda, the City HQ and a central station.
  • Up to three levels: seven kinds of buildings reach level 3 once you have a City HQ, nine stop at level 2.
  • New buildings unlock as more residents move in.
  • Every building needs a road along one side, so plan your streets.
Three empty blocks around a crossing fill up: an Arcade and a Bath House rise from scaffolding and grow to level 3, small shops, homes and a park appear, and the tall City HQ goes up behind them.
Recorded in the game, sped up: three empty blocks fill up, and an Arcade and a Bath House grow to level 3.

Alive

A city that lives day and night

Look closer: there are people inside every building. They swim in the bath-house pools, eat at the Noodle House, play the arcade cabinets, sing karaoke, get their hair done and work out at the gym.

  • A full day passes every 24 minutes of play.
  • At dusk the windows light up and Hong Kong-style neon signs with real words switch on: 拉麵 over the noodle house, 卡拉OK on the karaoke bar, 浴池 on the bath house.
  • The signs really animate: letters light up one by one, bulb borders chase, signs blink and pictures swap.
  • Busy shops send up little coin counts as they sell.
  • Even the loading screen shows the people inside one building going about their day.
Night close-up of the city: neon signs with real words glow and animate, among them the Chinese words for bath house, karaoke, ramen and sushi on those four buildings, while people walk the lit streets and coin counts rise from busy shops.
Night in a grown city, zoomed in, in real time: the signs animate.

Manage

Run the shops

Every shop makes one thing — sushi, game plays, song rooms, soaks — and sells it to the homes nearby. Tap a shop to see what it earns, then set its price on a slider that marks the best one.

  • Half of your residents work, in shops within 10 tiles; everyone shops.
  • Shops in the same market share their customers, so spread them out.
  • Parks and halls make nearby homes happier, and happier residents buy more.
The shop inspector: income, upkeep, workers, stock and the price slider.

Progress

Goals with fixed coin rewards

Fifteen chapters lead you from your first road to a capital, and new chapters keep coming after that. Every goal shows its coin reward up front, and every finished chapter adds a bonus. Nothing is random and nothing is for sale.

  1. First steps
  2. Growing town
  3. Busy streets
  4. Room to grow
  5. City life
  6. Skyline
  7. Metropolis
  8. Every market
  9. Green city
  10. Full service
  11. Lean and busy
  12. Top of the range
  13. Every corner
  14. Grand districts
  15. Capital
Chapter 1 in a new city: the first road is drawn, its reward ready to collect.

Cashmate Radio

Five stations of original chiptune

Twenty songs written for the game, played by a little chip synthesiser right in your browser — no audio files, no streams. In the game the radio starts quietly with your first click; switch stations, skip songs, set the volume or turn it off any time.

Nothing plays until you press Listen. Press it again to stop.

  • Neon FM

    Bright synth-pop for busy streets

    Rooftop Sunrise · Neon Crosswalk · Coin Fountain · Billboard Hearts

  • Night Drive

    Dark synthwave for the late shift

    Midnight Overpass · Taillights in the Rain · Glass Tower Static · After the Last Train

  • Arcade 8

    Fast arpeggios for high-score runs

    High Score Avenue · Pixel Rush Hour · Turbo Tower Climb · Combo Boulevard

  • Lo-Fi Bits

    Chill-hop chip for slow evenings

    Window Seat Rain · Vending Machine Glow · Laundromat at Two · Slow Tram Home

  • Sakura Station

    Pentatonic chip from the tea-house quarter

    Tea House Rain · Lantern Bridge · Dragon Roof Wind · Paper Kite Garden

The radio in the game, one tap away at the top of the screen.

Fair to your time

Plays anywhere, waits for you

  • Phone, tablet or desktop

    Touch or mouse. On a phone you place a building as a ghost first and confirm it with ✓.

  • Saves itself

    Your city saves in this browser every 10 seconds and when you leave. Export it as a file in Settings to keep a copy or move it to another device.

  • Keeps running while you're away

    Close the tab and your city keeps running for up to 8 hours. When you come back, a summary shows what it earned.

  • Undo for every spend

    Built in the wrong spot? Undo a building, road, upgrade or land purchase within 10 seconds for a full refund.

The game on a phone on the second day of play, after three hours away: a Welcome back card lists the in-game coins the city earned, its best shops and the next goal, Upgrade a home to level 3.
Day two, back after three hours: what the city earned, in in-game coins.

Fair play

Free, and honest about it

Guides

Learn to play, one question at a time

Five how-to-play guides for city builders and idle tycoons, worked through with the game's own numbers.

All guides

FAQ

Questions, answered

Is Cashmate really free?

Yes. This version has no payments, no ads and nothing to buy.

Can I win or earn real money?

No. Coins are an in-game currency and have no cash value. They can't be cashed out, bought back or moved out of the game, and there is no crypto token. "Earning" in Cashmate always means in-game coins.

Where is my city saved?

In your browser's storage on this device — there is no account. The game saves every 10 seconds and when you leave. In Settings you can export the city as a file and import it again, to keep a copy or to move it to another device. Clearing this site's data in your browser deletes the city.

Does it work on my phone?

Yes. Cashmate runs in current browsers on phones, tablets and computers, with touch or a mouse. It draws the city with WebGPU or WebGL; there is nothing to install.

What happens while I'm away?

Your city keeps running for up to 8 hours: shops make and sell, upkeep is paid. When you come back, a summary shows what changed and what it earned.

What data do you collect?

Your city never leaves your device unless you export it. There is no account, no tracking and no ads, and the game loads nothing from other websites. The server counts visits without IP addresses, and the game sends play statistics without an ID only if you say yes — when you start your first city, or later in Settings, where you can also switch them off. Details are in the privacy policy.

Can I play with friends or trade?

Not yet: Cashmate is single-player today. Playing together is an idea for a later version, without a date.

How do I learn to play?

Just start: the goal card's first chapter teaches roads, homes, shops, prices and parks in a few minutes. Every rule and number is in the player guide, and the how-to-play guides show how to put them to work.

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