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Townscaper

Oskar Stålberg · Raw Fury · 2021-08-26

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CasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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.

Townscaper is a 2021 Casual, Indie, Simulation game priced at $2.39, with an owner estimate of 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 and a review sentiment of Overwhelmingly Positive (95% of 21644 reviews).

39
playing now
95%
positive of 22k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
64/100
IGDB user rating (71 ratings)
73/100
opencritic · fair · 75% recommend · from 16 critics
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$2.39
steam price (US)

39 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Townscaper is a city builder game by Oskar Stålberg. It was released for Windows and Mac in August 2021. A port to the Nintendo Switch was released in August 2021 when the Steam version left early access. The mobile version was released in October 2021. It was later ported to Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and web browsers in December 2021. It features low poly graphics and a simple, minimalist user interface for constructive primitive groups of buildings.

Trailer

Townscaper trailer thumbnail

Townscaper Launch Trailer

≈55,923 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 39 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 1% of 29,032 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 433k–974k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 21,644 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.39-60%
GOG$2.39-60%
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 108 of 156 observed days · $0.77 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

60142026-09-15 12:00 — 18 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 27 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 23 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 36 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 36 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 21 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 22 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 35 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 21 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 34 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 33 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 25 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 18 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 54 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 34 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 35 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 42 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 29 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 27 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 60 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 46 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 26 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 39 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
47934Jul 2020Aug 2026Jul 2020 — avg 479 · peak 1,077Sep 2020 — avg 118 · peak 201Nov 2020 — avg 103 · peak 208Jan 2021 — avg 168 · peak 330Mar 2021 — avg 104 · peak 209May 2021 — avg 97 · peak 255Jul 2021 — avg 78 · peak 125Sep 2021 — avg 268 · peak 714Nov 2021 — avg 123 · peak 413Jan 2022 — avg 174 · peak 408Mar 2022 — avg 103 · peak 207May 2022 — avg 164 · peak 415Jul 2022 — avg 94 · peak 208Sep 2022 — avg 80 · peak 384Nov 2022 — avg 82 · peak 170Jan 2023 — avg 85 · peak 160Mar 2023 — avg 66 · peak 134May 2023 — avg 86 · peak 195Jul 2023 — avg 93 · peak 165Sep 2023 — avg 55 · peak 111Nov 2023 — avg 61 · peak 122Jan 2024 — avg 64 · peak 122Mar 2024 — avg 70 · peak 150May 2024 — avg 82 · peak 400Jul 2024 — avg 80 · peak 144Sep 2024 — avg 64 · peak 151Nov 2024 — avg 47 · peak 108Jan 2025 — avg 49 · peak 97Mar 2025 — avg 44 · peak 90May 2025 — avg 36 · peak 66Jul 2025 — avg 41 · peak 79Sep 2025 — avg 37 · peak 75Nov 2025 — avg 40 · peak 87Jan 2026 — avg 40 · peak 94Mar 2026 — avg 40 · peak 81May 2026 — avg 34 · peak 81Jul 2026 — avg 45 · peak 103Aug 2026 — avg 37 · peak 100
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$5.99$1.622020-06-302026-10-142020-06-30 — best price $5.992021-10-27 — best price $5.392021-12-17 — best price $5.992022-02-14 — best price $4.532022-04-22 — best price $4.492022-07-14 — best price $4.192022-11-11 — best price $4.492023-01-12 — best price $4.012023-04-17 — best price $3.172023-06-12 — best price $3.212023-08-27 — best price $5.992023-11-03 — best price $5.992024-01-04 — best price $5.212024-03-18 — best price $5.992024-05-21 — best price $5.992024-07-22 — best price $5.092024-08-21 — best price $2.102024-09-20 — best price $2.272024-10-29 — best price $3.002024-11-27 — best price $2.602024-12-28 — best price $2.042025-01-24 — best price $2.992025-03-16 — best price $2.652025-05-23 — best price $5.992025-08-20 — best price $5.992025-12-03 — best price $4.492026-02-17 — best price $1.912026-04-08 — best price $5.282026-05-14 — best price $1.992026-07-11 — best price $5.182026-08-13 — best price $2.092026-09-03 — best price $2.692026-09-21 — best price $5.992026-10-09 — best price $5.992026-10-14 — best price $2.39
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

59252026-06-04 — 30 pageviews2026-06-08 — 41 pageviews2026-06-12 — 25 pageviews2026-06-16 — 30 pageviews2026-06-20 — 33 pageviews2026-06-24 — 29 pageviews2026-06-28 — 44 pageviews2026-07-02 — 45 pageviews2026-07-06 — 52 pageviews2026-07-10 — 36 pageviews2026-07-14 — 47 pageviews2026-07-18 — 45 pageviews2026-07-22 — 26 pageviews2026-07-26 — 30 pageviews2026-07-30 — 38 pageviews2026-08-03 — 35 pageviews2026-08-07 — 49 pageviews2026-08-11 — 34 pageviews2026-08-15 — 36 pageviews2026-08-19 — 28 pageviews2026-08-23 — 32 pageviews2026-08-27 — 25 pageviews2026-08-31 — 41 pageviews2026-09-04 — 25 pageviews2026-09-08 — 27 pageviews2026-09-12 — 36 pageviews2026-09-16 — 55 pageviews2026-09-20 — 44 pageviews2026-09-24 — 44 pageviews2026-09-28 — 42 pageviews2026-10-02 — 43 pageviews2026-10-06 — 28 pageviews2026-10-10 — 41 pageviews2026-10-13 — 46 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

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.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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