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River Towns

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River Towns

Solve puzzles by placing buildings and creating vibrant cities in River Towns. Each district has its own style and shapes, making every level a new challenge. Help to restore and rebuild our River Towns.

Puzzle City Builder Strategy Logic Casual
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In River Towns, you place differently shaped buildings and make them fit into a limited area. Combine unique districts into a vibrant living city and help restore our River Towns. 

Puzzle a River Town

Each of the three districts has its own set of shapes which are shuffled randomly. This makes every game you play a new and unique puzzle to solve. The different district's unique and vibrant architecture combines into beautiful little towns along the river. As the town grows, more townspeople move in and bring life back into this old and broken world.

Earn Points

Buildings also belong to differently colored districts which score bonus points when connected into large clusters. Getting a good score on each level awards stars, which restores the world and also unlocks more levels.

Each Level is Different

The beginning of each town starts with you restoring this part of the dried up river and surrounding it with buildings. Throughout the game you encounter other objectives, such as gold to collect, trees to regrow and old monuments to rebuild. This turns the difficulty and possibility of collecting points completely upside down.

Progression

With every city you piece together, the world becomes a little more verdant. When you complete a level, you will receive a gold, silver or bronze marker, depending on your score. Once you have enough points, you can move on to the next world.

Level Editor with Steam Workshop integration

Create and customize your own levels with the Level Editor! Design and build your own unique levels, experiment with different district layouts, and challenge yourself or others to solve your creations. Upload your own creations to the Steam Workshop and play your friends' levels

Leaderboard

Think you're the ultimate town planner? Compete for the top spot on the Leaderboard! Every level is a chance to earn points and climb the ranks. Optimize your placements, build the largest clusters, and challenge yourself to achieve the highest scores!

Features

  • Piece together beautiful towns along the river

  • Earn points in various ways

  • Enjoy many unique levels with ever-changing mechanics

  • Restore nature and rebuild the monuments of the old, broken world

  • Share your towns with photo mode

  • Compare your score with your friends

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System requirements Windows

Windows

Minimum

Minimum:
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: Windows 10 64-bit version
  • Processor: Quad-core Intel or AMD, 2.5 GHz
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: DirectX 11 or 12 compatible graphics card
  • DirectX: Version 11

Recommended

Recommended:
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
Game details Languages, features & support
Publisher
Metaroot, Stray Fawn Publishing
Brazilian rating
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Steam Germany rating
0
Achievements
10
Features
Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Workshop, Camera Comfort, Custom Volume Controls, Playable without Timed Input, Steam Cloud, Steam Leaderboards, Family Sharing
Languages
English*, French*, German*, Japanese*, Russian*, Simplified Chinese*, Spanish - Spain*, Korean*, Portuguese - Brazil*
*languages with full audio support
Compatibility & accessibility Steam Deck, controllers & access features

Can I Play This?

Steam declarations and Valve's Steam Deck compatibility result. Missing data is shown as unknown, never unsupported.

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Windows: unknown
macOS: unknown
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Steam Deck
playable
Valve compatibility test
The on-screen keyboard may need to be opened manually.
Input
Controller support: unknown

Developer-declared accessibility on Steam

Features not declared by the developer are not labeled unsupported.

camera comfort custom volume controls playable without timed input
Structured language support (9)
LanguageInterfaceFull audioSubtitles
EnglishYesYesYes
FrenchYesYesYes
GermanYesYesYes
JapaneseYesYesYes
RussianYesYesYes
Simplified ChineseYesYesYes
Spanish - SpainYesYesYes
KoreanYesYesYes
Portuguese - BrazilYesYesYes
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Value Score

Fair Value — 56th percentile.

Price-to-player ratio ranks in the 56th percentile. Priced as Market at $9.74.

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Genre Benchmarks

Player Count Top 33%
Value Ratio Top 44%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is River Towns worth buying right now?
Wait — $14.99. Wait for upcoming sale in ~12 days for potentially better pricing.
When does River Towns go on sale?
Wait for upcoming sale in ~12 days for potentially better pricing.
Is River Towns free to play?
River Towns costs $14.99 on Steam.
What genre is River Towns?
River Towns is a Casual, Indie, Strategy game.
Who developed River Towns?
River Towns was developed by Frogsong Studios and published by Metaroot.
What platforms does River Towns support?
Available on Steam for Windows.

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