The following paper addresses selected examples of the use of videogames as a causal tool in social participation in design. The discussion is based on the phenomenon of the growing culture of videogaming as a participatory culture. The cited examples show the potential causal role of games and related mechanisms as actors in a network of relationships between other subjects and objects of social dialogue during the planning and implementation of local spatial policy. Moreover, virtual space created in games seems to be a valuable experimental environment for testing different solutions with the participation of community members in an inclusive manner. The conclusions also provide potential perspectives for further development of the presented methods allowing for a more comprehensive dispersion of the whole process and the possibility to involve not only local activists, but all those who own a touchscreen phone.