Townscaper (2020)

Oskar Stålberg

Android · Mac · Nintendo Switch · PC (Microsoft Windows) · Xbox One · Xbox Series X|S · iOS

3.08 from 165 ratings

887 members have it in their collection · 10 playing now · 375 backlogged · 44 wish listed

How long? Main story 1h · with extras 0h · 100% 0h (from 4 logged playthroughs)

Townscaper is an experimental passion project. More of a toy than a game. Pick colors from the palette, plop down colored blocks of house on the irregular grid, and watch Townscaper's underlying algorithm automatically turn those blocks into cute little houses, arches, stairways, bridges and lush backyards, depending on their configuration.
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Details

Developers
Oskar Stålberg
Publishers
Raw Fury
Genres
Indie, Simulator
Themes
Sandbox
Steam
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Release dates

  • Jun 30, 2020 (Worldwide) Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows)
  • Aug 26, 2021 (Worldwide) Nintendo Switch
  • Oct 01, 2021 (Worldwide) Android
  • Oct 20, 2021 (Worldwide) iOS
  • Nov 30, 2021 (Worldwide) Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S

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Rating distribution

5 stars
15
4 stars
42
3 stars
64
2 stars
30
1 star
14
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Community All Reviews Statuses

V1CGaming

Review V1CGaming 1/5 · Apr 28, 2023

What you get from Townscaper depends on what you’re willing to put into it. It’s a city-creation tool with a few surprises up it’s sleeve, but nothing beyond that. It’s simple and adapts to anything you can throw at it. If you find creative games aimless, though, this is perhaps the worst of them.

Shirochwan

Review Shirochwan 4/5 · Mar 25, 2023

Créer une petite ville au milieu de l'eau

On ne peut pas à proprement parler de jeu pour Townscaper. Ce serait plutôt un petit utilitaire de création d'architecture alambiquée et colorée.

Peu importe à quel point votre bâtiment est biscornu, Townscaper trouvera un moyen de le faire tenir ! Il ajoutera des échelles, des grues, des escaliers, des fenêtres. Tout ce que vous avez à faire c'est faire …

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On ne peut pas à proprement parler de jeu pour Townscaper. Ce serait plutôt un petit utilitaire de création d'architecture alambiquée et colorée.

Peu importe à quel point votre bâtiment est biscornu, Townscaper trouvera un moyen de le faire tenir ! Il ajoutera des échelles, des grues, des escaliers, des fenêtres. Tout ce que vous avez à faire c'est faire glisser pour créer ou retirer des morceaux de constructions, l'ensemble se transformera de lui même. Avec sa patte graphique façon Professeur Layton, ou Les triplettes de Belleville, vous arriverez forcément à un résultat esthétiquement plaisant. Au final, vous n'avez qu'une petite influence sur la création, le choix des couleurs et la forme globale. Mais cela suffit à créer des îlots vraiment uniques, que ce soit une lagune à venise ou un caillou en bretagne.

C'est calme, reposant. On en aurait voulu plus. Malheureusement le créateur a abandonné le projet pour se concentrer sur la plus belle de ses constructions: sa petite fille :)

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SailorBrite

Review SailorBrite 1/5 · Dec 23, 2022

A building sim but not a game

It doesn’t do anything. I can see why it was so cheap on the Switch. I had to look up some videos to make sure I wasn’t missing anything and I’m not. You build stuff but there’s not really much control over what you build. Roads or buildings, that’s it. There’s nothing to play, not even little villagers you can …

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It doesn’t do anything. I can see why it was so cheap on the Switch. I had to look up some videos to make sure I wasn’t missing anything and I’m not. You build stuff but there’s not really much control over what you build. Roads or buildings, that’s it. There’s nothing to play, not even little villagers you can watch walking around. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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lil_pushkins

Review lil_pushkins 4/5 · Feb 25, 2022

So Norwegian! Necessitates at least playing around, there's more there than appearances suggest.

BMO

Status BMO Mar 18, 2021

Oh man, Townscaper is coming to Switch and mobile. Get ready to see a lot more designs posted!

BMO

Status BMO Dec 22, 2020

I'm just getting started, but I am loving Townscaper so far. It's about as low stress as a city builder can get, and is aesthetically really appealing to me. There's not much to Townscaper beyond building cute little cities, but it's certainly welcoming.

Image of a town from the game Townscaper

Image of a town from the game Townscaper

Image of a town from the game Townscaper

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I'm just getting started, but I am loving Townscaper so far. It's about as low stress as a city builder can get, and is aesthetically really appealing to me. There's not much to Townscaper beyond building cute little cities, but it's certainly welcoming.

Image of a town from the game Townscaper

Image of a town from the game Townscaper

Image of a town from the game Townscaper

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cemakkartal

Status cemakkartal Jul 1, 2020

I've been following this project on Twitter for a while and it's finally available as an Early Access game. Hope it's as good as it was in the videos.