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Towns cover art

Towns

Xavi Canal, Ben Palgi · SMP · 2012-11-07

Steam

IndieRPGSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 07, 2012 (Linux), Nov 07, 2012 (Mac), Nov 07, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The game brings a fresh new take on the city building/management genre by introducing many RPG features. In Towns you manage a settlement on top of an active dungeon. Instead of playing the hero who delves deep into the dungeon, how about playing the town that houses and caters to the hero's needs?

3
playing now
27%
positive of 2.8k reviews
Mostly Negative
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
40/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
bronze
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Towns is a 2012 simulation video game. Towns was initially developed by the three-person group SMP, consisting of Xavi Canal, Alex Poysky, and Ben Palgi. In February 2014, development was passed on to Florian Frankenberger. The game's influences are cited as Diablo, Dungeon Keeper and Dwarf Fortress on the official website. It was released on Steam Greenlight on November 7, 2012, as a beta product, causing some who purchased the game to complain that it was not made clear that the game was unfinished. The game was among the first ten games approved from Steam Greenlight to be sold in the Steam store.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 21 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 19% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 13% of 18,216 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 113k–227k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,836 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.24 at Steam (2019-10-28) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 9 of 15 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
191920172026Week of 2017-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

512026-08-11 17:00 — 2 players2026-08-12 09:00 — 3 players2026-08-13 01:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 17:00 — 3 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 16:00 — 3 players2026-08-16 08:00 — 5 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 4 players2026-08-17 16:00 — 3 players2026-08-18 08:00 — 3 players2026-08-18 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-20 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-21 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 3 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 05:00 — 4 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 5 players2026-08-25 13:00 — 5 players2026-08-26 06:00 — 3 players2026-08-26 22:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 3 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 5 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 4 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 5 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$2.242015-01-012026-07-092015-01-01 — best price $7.492015-10-12 — best price $11.242015-11-25 — best price $4.492016-02-05 — best price $4.492016-06-23 — best price $7.492016-11-23 — best price $7.492017-06-05 — best price $5.992017-11-22 — best price $7.492018-05-14 — best price $7.492018-10-30 — best price $7.492018-12-20 — best price $4.492019-05-06 — best price $7.492019-10-28 — best price $2.242019-12-19 — best price $4.492020-04-06 — best price $7.492020-10-29 — best price $7.492020-11-25 — best price $5.992021-02-11 — best price $4.492021-12-22 — best price $2.992022-05-02 — best price $3.742022-09-05 — best price $11.242022-11-28 — best price $11.242023-01-09 — best price $14.992023-03-23 — best price $14.992023-07-13 — best price $14.992023-11-28 — best price $14.992024-06-10 — best price $14.992024-08-05 — best price $14.992024-11-11 — best price $14.992024-12-18 — best price $14.992025-03-20 — best price $14.992025-06-02 — best price $14.992025-08-04 — best price $14.992025-10-06 — best price $14.992026-01-05 — best price $14.992026-03-26 — best price $14.992026-07-09 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1512026-05-29 — 10 pageviews2026-06-01 — 1 pageviews2026-06-04 — 2 pageviews2026-06-07 — 6 pageviews2026-06-10 — 6 pageviews2026-06-13 — 4 pageviews2026-06-16 — 4 pageviews2026-06-19 — 6 pageviews2026-06-22 — 5 pageviews2026-06-25 — 8 pageviews2026-06-28 — 10 pageviews2026-07-01 — 10 pageviews2026-07-04 — 3 pageviews2026-07-07 — 5 pageviews2026-07-10 — 5 pageviews2026-07-13 — 9 pageviews2026-07-16 — 5 pageviews2026-07-19 — 5 pageviews2026-07-22 — 3 pageviews2026-07-25 — 2 pageviews2026-07-28 — 6 pageviews2026-07-31 — 3 pageviews2026-08-03 — 1 pageviews2026-08-06 — 4 pageviews2026-08-09 — 5 pageviews2026-08-12 — 11 pageviews2026-08-15 — 3 pageviews2026-08-18 — 5 pageviews2026-08-21 — 4 pageviews2026-08-24 — 3 pageviews2026-08-26 — 8 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Spanish - Spain

Player tags

RPGIndieSandboxZombiesBuildingCraftingStrategySurvivalIsometricManagement

Census log

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

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