Open world · Life simulation
Nouns City
A living city of 100 Nouns.
A 3D open world in the style of New York. Every one of the 100 Nouns has a job, a home and a daily routine: they commute, work, eat, chat and argue, and it all ends up in the Noggle Times. Meet them, help them out and explore from Chinatown to the beach.
- Genre
- Open world · Life simulation
- Price
- Free, no ads, no sign-up
- Plays on
- Phones, tablets and computers
- Controls
- Keyboard & mouse, touch or controller
- Players
- Single player
- Combat
- None: relaxed, nothing fails
- Saving
- Automatic, on your device
- Install
- Add to your home screen as an app
- Offline
- Plays offline once installed
What is Nouns City?
Nouns City is a free open-world game you play right in your browser. It is a living, New York–style city where every one of the 100 Nouns has a job, a home, friends, rivals and a daily routine. They wake up, commute, work their shifts, grab lunch, visit friends and head home, whether you are watching or not.
You arrive by ferry as a newcomer, a cousin of a Noun who already lives in town. From there the city is yours: meet the neighbours, help them with favours, take on odd jobs, ride the subway, borrow a car, go fishing at the pier or just sit on a bench and people-watch. There is no combat and nothing to fail. Timers only ever pay a bonus.
Everything that happens in town ends up in the Noggle Times, the city paper. Each morning it reports yesterday’s arguments, lunch dates, late arrivals and scoops, including the things you did.
Nouns City screenshots
Features
100 residents with real routines
Every Noun has a job, a shift, a home and needs like hunger, fun, sleep and company. They chat, argue, hug, make friends and sometimes run late for work.
21 neighbourhoods to discover
From Wallet Street and Neon Alley to Chinatown, Little Italy and Koreatown, out to Noggle Beach, Prospect Woods, the airport and the islands. A banner pops up each time you find a new one.
Subway, ferries, bikes and cars
Ride the Noggle Line subway, hop on the Harbor Ferry to the islands, rent a Noggle Bike, or borrow almost any car on the road and flick through nine radio stations. There is even a helicopter at the Downtown Heliport.
Jobs that pay coins
Go fishing, beachcomb, deliver pizza, busk in the square, pull barista shifts at Sunrise Coffee, load crates at the Riverside docks or chase high scores at the arcade.
Missions, gigs and collections
Follow 11 story missions from Welcome to Nouns City to The Key to the City, help the Mayor with the Nouns City Festival, pick up gigs from the job board and work through seven collections as you climb ten reputation levels, from Newcomer to Legend of Nouns City.
The Noggle Times
A newspaper written from what really happened in the simulation: the day’s top stories, the weather forecast, the numbers and who in town needs a hand.
Day, night and weather
A full day lasts about 48 minutes. Expect sunshine, clouds, rain, fog and the odd thunderstorm, and fireworks light up the harbour every night at 21:00.
Three ways to look
Switch any time between a third person camera, an isometric view that rotates in 90° steps and first person with mouse look.
How to play
- Open Nouns City and pick which Noun you are. You arrive as a cousin of that Noun.
- Step off the ferry and walk with WASD, the arrow keys, a click or the on-screen stick.
- Walk up to a Noun and press E to talk. Fill your City Directory by meeting everyone.
- Open the journal (L) for missions, gigs and collections, and the map (M) to set a waypoint or fast-travel to places you have found.
- Read the Noggle Times (N) each morning to see what happened in town yesterday.
Controls
Keyboard & mouse
- WASD / arrows
- Walk, or click the ground to walk there
- Shift
- Run
- Space
- Jump
- E or Enter
- Talk, shop, ride and interact
- V
- Switch camera
- Q / E · R / G
- Rotate · tilt the camera
- Mouse wheel
- Zoom
- M · L · N
- Map · journal · Noggle Times
- J or Tab
- City Directory
- T
- Wait an hour
Touch
- Left side
- Virtual joystick to walk (push all the way to run)
- Right side
- Drag to look around
- E button
- Talk and interact
- 🏃 · ⤴️
- Run · jump
Controller
- Left stick
- Move or steer
- Right stick
- Look around
- A · B · X · Y
- Interact · jump · run · camera
- RT / LT
- Drive and brake
- Start · Select
- Map · journal
Landmarks to look for
Meet some of the residents
Undead
Scorpion
Wall
Fire Hydrant
Rainbow
Bigfoot
Clippy
Mixer
Puffy
Camcorder
Juice Box
FoxNouns City questions
Is Nouns City free?
Yes. Nouns City is completely free to play, with no ads, no sign-up and nothing to buy.
Do I need to download anything?
No. It runs in any modern web browser. If you like, you can also install it to your home screen so it opens full screen like an app.
Does Nouns City work on phones and tablets?
Yes. On touch screens you walk with an on-screen joystick on the left and drag on the right to look around. It also works with a keyboard and mouse or a game controller.
Is there any fighting?
No. Nouns City has no combat. It is a relaxed life-simulation game about exploring, meeting the residents and helping them out, and nothing can fail.
Can I play Nouns City offline?
Yes. Install it to your home screen and, after your first visit, it keeps working without an internet connection.
How does saving work?
The game saves automatically in your browser as you play. Come back on the same device and you can continue where you left off.
How long is a day in Nouns City?
One in-game hour lasts two real minutes, so a full day and night takes about 48 minutes. You can press T to skip ahead an hour.
Can I drive cars?
Yes. Walk up to almost any car on the road and press E to borrow it. The driver happily hands over the keys, and there are nine radio stations to choose from.
Who are the Nouns?
The Nouns are voxel characters in square glasses from Nouns DAO. The characters are public domain (CC0), and the same 100 Nouns star in all the Noggles games.
Ready to play?
Free in your browser on phones, tablets and computers. No download, no sign-up.
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