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News Tower

Sparrow Night · Twin Sails Interactive · 2025-11-18

Steam

SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 18, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 13, 2024 (Mac)

Develop your newspaper and become New York’s new media mogul! In this tycoon, build and manage your newspaper from printer to toilet. Create your editorial line and lead your journalists through unique 1930's stories and dig out the latest scoops!

126
playing now
94%
positive of 4.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
95/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
67/100
IGDB user rating (13 ratings)
20h
to beat · rushed 10h · completionist 58h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$24.99
steam price (US)

126 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 UTC (census sample)

News Tower is a newspaper management simulation video game developed by Rotterdam-based indie studio Sparrow Night and published by Twin Sails Interactive. The game entered Steam Early Access on February 13, 2024, for PC and Mac platforms, and was fully released on November 18, 2025.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 126 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,179 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~147/week).
  • · Review velocity up 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 13% of 6,703 Simulation games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 91k–204k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,543 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$14.87-40%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $14.49 at Fanatical (2026-06-01)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 84 of 119 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
69469420242026Week of 2024-02-01: 440 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 211 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 316 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 694 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 458 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 182 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

230852026-08-11 19:00 — 223 players2026-08-12 11:00 — 137 players2026-08-13 03:00 — 140 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 203 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 134 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 131 players2026-08-15 18:00 — 230 players2026-08-16 10:00 — 208 players2026-08-17 02:00 — 136 players2026-08-17 18:00 — 196 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 121 players2026-08-18 23:00 — 142 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 175 players2026-08-20 07:00 — 89 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 141 players2026-08-21 14:00 — 179 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 109 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 183 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 199 players2026-08-24 05:00 — 91 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 141 players2026-08-25 13:00 — 128 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 85 players2026-08-26 21:00 — 156 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 148 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 86 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 154 players2026-08-29 12:00 — 188 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 126 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$11.992024-02-132026-08-182024-02-13 — best price $17.992024-06-12 — best price $15.992024-07-22 — best price $15.992024-09-17 — best price $15.992024-11-18 — best price $14.992024-12-02 — best price $19.992025-02-17 — best price $14.992025-06-03 — best price $14.992025-07-17 — best price $14.992025-09-04 — best price $19.992025-10-23 — best price $14.992025-11-20 — best price $18.272025-11-29 — best price $24.992025-12-05 — best price $24.992025-12-17 — best price $19.992025-12-24 — best price $24.992026-01-02 — best price $24.992026-01-14 — best price $19.992026-01-24 — best price $24.992026-02-03 — best price $19.992026-02-14 — best price $18.312026-02-23 — best price $19.672026-03-01 — best price $19.882026-03-11 — best price $14.902026-03-24 — best price $19.672026-04-07 — best price $18.742026-04-13 — best price $15.492026-04-23 — best price $24.992026-05-06 — best price $18.742026-05-14 — best price $19.672026-05-21 — best price $24.992026-05-31 — best price $11.992026-06-11 — best price $14.992026-06-25 — best price $17.492026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-07-19 — best price $14.742026-07-27 — best price $17.242026-08-03 — best price $14.492026-08-16 — best price $24.992026-08-18 — best price $14.87
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3852026-05-20 — 14 pageviews2026-05-23 — 28 pageviews2026-05-26 — 21 pageviews2026-05-29 — 21 pageviews2026-06-01 — 14 pageviews2026-06-04 — 16 pageviews2026-06-07 — 35 pageviews2026-06-10 — 23 pageviews2026-06-13 — 23 pageviews2026-06-16 — 21 pageviews2026-06-19 — 13 pageviews2026-06-22 — 35 pageviews2026-06-25 — 19 pageviews2026-06-28 — 25 pageviews2026-07-01 — 11 pageviews2026-07-04 — 17 pageviews2026-07-07 — 23 pageviews2026-07-10 — 10 pageviews2026-07-13 — 14 pageviews2026-07-16 — 17 pageviews2026-07-19 — 7 pageviews2026-07-22 — 21 pageviews2026-07-25 — 16 pageviews2026-07-28 — 15 pageviews2026-07-31 — 24 pageviews2026-08-03 — 19 pageviews2026-08-06 — 11 pageviews2026-08-09 — 11 pageviews2026-08-12 — 5 pageviews2026-08-15 — 10 pageviews2026-08-18 — 15 pageviews2026-08-21 — 20 pageviews2026-08-24 — 16 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

302026-08-26 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 04:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

46
achievements tracked
37.5%
earned "Reckless"
0.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

8 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)8730%46

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DIndieEconomySandboxBuildingCraftingStrategyTacticalCapitalismHistorical

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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