TheoTown on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

Build and manage your dream city in this captivating simulation game. Create unique urban landscapes and enjoy compatibility with the mobile versions. Unleash your creativity and shape the metropolis of your dreams.

TheoTown is a city builder, simulation and pixel graphics game developed by Lobby Divinus and published by blueflower.
Released on June 05th 2019 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 24 languages: English, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Polish, Dutch, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Spanish - Spain, French, Italian, Indonesian, Portuguese - Brazil, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Czech, Afrikaans, Catalan, Lithuanian, Malay and Serbian.

It has received 3,183 reviews of which 2,997 were positive and 186 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.0 out of 10. 😍

The game is currently priced at 8.79€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified TheoTown into these genres:

City Builder Simulation Pixel Graphics Strategy Indie Sandbox Building Casual Management Multiplayer Moddable Adventure Retro 2D Isometric Life Sim Automobile Sim 2.5D Political Sim Exploration

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

OS *: Windows 7
Processor: Intel Pentium
Memory: 1024 MB RAM
Graphics: Intel Integrated Graphics
Storage: 200 MB available space

MacOS

OS: 10.10 Yosemite
Additional Notes: Apple Silicon is supported.

Linux

Processor: Intel Pentium
Memory: 1024 MB RAM
Storage: 200 MB available space

User reviews & Ratings

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March 2025

At first i want to dismiss this game as a "meh" but surprisingly Quality-of-Life filled SimCity clone (but easier for general audiences), especially with the heavily pixellated graphics that wouldn't pass in the 90s as the player zooms further. Then... Not only there's lots of user-made plugins... But there's the "manual build" mode... The land is your canvas, and the city is your art. Not to mention this game is friendly on potato and Steam Deck.

Jan. 2025

---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☑ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☑ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☑ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☑ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☐ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Game Size }--- ☑ Floppy Disk ☐ Old Fashioned ☐ Workable ☐ Big ☐ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive ☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it ☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data ---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Just press 'W' ☑ Easy ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☐ Significant brain usage ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls ---{ Grind }--- ☑ Nothing to grind ☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks ☐ Isn't necessary to progress ☐ Average grind level ☐ Too much grind ☐ You'll need a second life for grinding ---{ Story }--- ☑ No Story ☐ Some lore ☐ Average ☐ Good ☐ Lovely ☐ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- ☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee ☐ Short ☑ Average ☐ Long ☐ To infinity and beyond ---{ Price }--- ☐ It's free! ☐ Worth the price ☑ If it's on sale ☐ If u have some spare money left ☐ Not recommended ☐ You could also just burn your money ---{ Bugs }--- ☑ Never heard of ☐ Minor bugs ☐ Can get annoying ☐ ARK: Survival Evolved ☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ---{ ? / 10 }--- ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☐ 7 ☑ 8 ☐ 9 ☐ 10

Aug. 2024

I've played for hundreds of hours at work on my phone before buying on steam for my pc at home and it's amazing. Simple moving over from Cities Skyline with control similarities, it has all the same mechanics plus more. I love having riots. I love having the airports and military base and all the aspects of the game without having to pay insane dlc prices, plugins another add on. I feel Skylines mods are just annoying to do this is quick and simple. It's everything Cities Skyline is and isn't in a great way and in a different unique style that I appreciate more.

June 2024

TheoTown: A Masterpiece of Creative Freedom TheoTown stands out as a remarkable city-building game, especially considering the development team consists of only two developers. Primarily developed by one person since 2015, TheoTown has evolved into an impressive game. The initial graphics work by theotheoderich, along with contributions from many others over the years, has significantly contributed to its success. Initially designed for Android, the UI may appear somewhat outdated . However, hotkeys effectively address this limitation, allowing players to move away from the mouse once they become accustomed to them. At first glance, the pixel art style and graphics engine might seem antiquated, but this simplicity empowers players with immense creative freedom through the use of plugins . Plugins: The Heart of TheoTown Plugins are the cornerstone of TheoTown, offering players unparalleled customization. Creating plugins is surprisingly straightforward, requiring only isometric designs and simple JSON files. Alternatively, the Plugin Creator tool is available for those not familiar with JSON, allowing them to utilize their isometric designs easily. Players can introduce virtually anything imaginable into the game , ideally using isometric pixel art. Limitless Possibilities The possibilities are truly limitless, ranging from banks with financial systems to virtual museums showcasing personal collections. Players can even replicate real-world buildings or entire cities on a scale of their choosing. The complexity of a plugin directly correlates with the required skills and knowledge. While creating a plugin for a pack of buildings is relatively simple, developing a plugin featuring pirate ships engaging in battles demands expertise in both graphic design for animation frames and logic programming for functionality. Despite varying levels of complexity, TheoTown welcomes anyone with a passion for game modding. The game's supportive community encourages creativity and innovation, fostering a thriving environment for plugin development. A Game Like No Other TheoTown stands as a testament to the power of creative freedom in gaming. With its intuitive plugin system and supportive community, TheoTown empowers players to shape their cities in ways that few other games can match. If you're seeking a city-building experience with boundless possibilities, TheoTown is an essential addition to your Steam library.

April 2024

I might be addicted. A purchase I definitely don't regret. A game that is easy to learn and quite challenging to master. I can definitely see myself pouring hundreds of hours into TheoTown. Only issue is that the Online Regions with Sandbox off can easily be exploited with custom plugins that add buildings with maximum populations of 100,000,000,000... Apart from that, the game is close to perfect. Sorry if this review is really detailed.

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8.79€

9.0

2,997

186

Online players

118

Developer

Lobby Divinus

Publisher

blueflower

Release 05 Jun 2019

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