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Towns

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

Steam

IndieRPGSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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?

Towns is an Indie, RPG, Simulation, Strategy game priced at $4.99 and released in 2012, estimated to have 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and Mostly Negative reviews (27% of 2835 reviews).

1
playing now
27%
positive of 2.8k reviews
Mostly Negative
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
40/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
4
Nexus mods (6.1k downloads)
bronze
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$4.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 14:00 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
  • · 1 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 5% of 49,570 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 113k–227k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,835 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 7 of 11 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

502026-09-15 00:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 3 players2026-09-17 15:00 — 3 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 3 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 3 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 5 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 4 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 4 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 4 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 3 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 5 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 4 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.3k2Nov 2012Aug 2026Nov 2012 — avg 1,310 · peak 3,995Apr 2013 — avg 330 · peak 744Sep 2013 — avg 267 · peak 1,039Feb 2014 — avg 77 · peak 147Jul 2014 — avg 45 · peak 114Dec 2014 — avg 42 · peak 81May 2015 — avg 32 · peak 65Oct 2015 — avg 23 · peak 46Mar 2016 — avg 18 · peak 35Aug 2016 — avg 14 · peak 31Jan 2017 — avg 12 · peak 25Jun 2017 — avg 12 · peak 26Nov 2017 — avg 10 · peak 23Apr 2018 — avg 8 · peak 18Sep 2018 — avg 7 · peak 24Feb 2019 — avg 9 · peak 25Jul 2019 — avg 6 · peak 15Dec 2019 — avg 5 · peak 16May 2020 — avg 6 · peak 16Oct 2020 — avg 5 · peak 13Mar 2021 — avg 5 · peak 12Aug 2021 — avg 5 · peak 13Jan 2022 — avg 6 · peak 16Jun 2022 — avg 3 · peak 10Nov 2022 — avg 3 · peak 12Apr 2023 — avg 3 · peak 10Sep 2023 — avg 3 · peak 8Feb 2024 — avg 3 · peak 9Jul 2024 — avg 3 · peak 8Dec 2024 — avg 4 · peak 9May 2025 — avg 3 · peak 8Dec 2025 — avg 3 · peak 6Jun 2026 — avg 3 · peak 7Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 8
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

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

1612026-05-29 — 10 pageviews2026-06-02 — 3 pageviews2026-06-06 — 1 pageviews2026-06-10 — 6 pageviews2026-06-14 — 8 pageviews2026-06-18 — 3 pageviews2026-06-22 — 5 pageviews2026-06-26 — 10 pageviews2026-06-30 — 8 pageviews2026-07-04 — 3 pageviews2026-07-08 — 2 pageviews2026-07-12 — 7 pageviews2026-07-16 — 5 pageviews2026-07-20 — 2 pageviews2026-07-24 — 8 pageviews2026-07-28 — 6 pageviews2026-08-01 — 12 pageviews2026-08-05 — 4 pageviews2026-08-09 — 5 pageviews2026-08-13 — 6 pageviews2026-08-17 — 5 pageviews2026-08-21 — 4 pageviews2026-08-25 — 7 pageviews2026-08-29 — 6 pageviews2026-09-02 — 4 pageviews2026-09-06 — 7 pageviews2026-09-10 — 1 pageviews2026-09-14 — 8 pageviews2026-09-18 — 3 pageviews2026-09-22 — 7 pageviews2026-09-26 — 12 pageviews2026-09-30 — 6 pageviews2026-10-04 — 6 pageviews2026-10-07 — 5 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Spanish - Spain

Where its players are

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

Player tags

RPGIndieSandboxZombiesBuildingCraftingStrategySurvivalIsometricManagement

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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