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Oskar Stålberg · Raw Fury · 2021-08-26

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CasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 26, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 01, 2021 (Android), Jun 30, 2020 (Mac), Oct 20, 2021 (iOS), Jun 30, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 30, 2021 (Xbox One)

Instant town building toy. Place housing blocks and watch them transform, piece by piece, into idyllic ocean-side towns, pastoral gardens, or sweeping cities on the sea.

44
playing now
95%
positive of 22k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
64/100
IGDB user rating (71 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$2.39
steam price (US)

44 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Build quaint island towns with curvy streets. Build small hamlets, soaring cathedrals, canal networks, or sky cities on stilts. Block by block. No goal. No real gameplay. Just plenty of building and plenty of beauty. That's it.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 44 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 522 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~65/week).
  • · Review velocity down 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (2,769 reviews).
  • · Top 2% of 9,562 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 432k–972k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 21,607 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$1.98-67%
GreenManGaming$2.02-66%
Humble Store$2.09-65%
Gamesplanet$2.28-62%
WinGameStore$2.39-60%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.39-60%
GOG$2.69-55%
Microsoft Store$4.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.62 at GameBillet (2024-08-30) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 86 of 121 observed days · $1.07 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.7k2.7k20202026Week of 2020-06-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2,717 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 691 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 372 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 381 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1,946 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 452 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 543 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 378 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 266 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 298 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 264 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 311 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 233 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 846 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 663 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 307 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2,728 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 555 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 376 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 223 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 267 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 191 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 209 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 224 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 191 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 182 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 30 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

74202026-08-06 21:00 — 46 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 34 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 47 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 53 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 31 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 56 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 42 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 28 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 51 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 33 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 24 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 25 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 37 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 23 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 41 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 23 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 37 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 49 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 34 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 21 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 37 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 34 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 28 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 31 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 42 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 36 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 50 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 62 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 44 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$5.99$1.622020-06-302026-08-302020-06-30 — best price $5.992021-10-18 — best price $5.992021-12-04 — best price $5.992022-01-17 — best price $5.422022-02-25 — best price $4.792022-05-04 — best price $4.492022-07-14 — best price $4.192022-09-26 — best price $4.192022-12-23 — best price $3.592023-03-09 — best price $4.192023-05-01 — best price $3.412023-06-15 — best price $5.992023-08-27 — best price $5.992023-10-16 — best price $5.032023-12-20 — best price $5.992024-02-15 — best price $2.162024-04-04 — best price $5.992024-06-02 — best price $4.492024-07-22 — best price $5.092024-08-18 — best price $2.292024-09-03 — best price $2.492024-09-29 — best price $2.452024-11-09 — best price $2.102024-11-30 — best price $2.052024-12-28 — best price $2.042025-01-20 — best price $2.992025-03-10 — best price $2.372025-04-07 — best price $2.392025-06-20 — best price $5.092025-09-02 — best price $2.492025-12-03 — best price $4.492026-02-11 — best price $2.392026-03-27 — best price $2.692026-04-24 — best price $2.132026-06-06 — best price $4.492026-07-17 — best price $4.952026-08-13 — best price $2.092026-08-30 — best price $2.69
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

002026-08-26 19:15 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 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 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportFamily Sharing

25 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Japanese…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox Series, Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)37,66058%10
Switch (Nintendo)1370%0

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

CuteIndieShortCasualSandboxBuildingColorfulRelaxingStylizedSimulation

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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