TheoTown

Buy95%

Very Positive · 5k player reviews · Medium confidence

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

Steam Deck Playable
  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

Lobby Divinus · City Builder · Jun 5, 2019

Player review score
95%
Very Positive
Price
$9.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
54
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
24
Full audio0 of 24
Subtitles0 of 24

Should I buy TheoTown?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 27 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 17 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Difficulty: 6 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Multiplayer: 7 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 5k player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
50% of themes are praise38% are divided12% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
27 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
In short, great pixel modern city-builder, customizable gameplay, Simcity 4 inspired game, with very active community.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
17 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Because of the pixel art style, this game runs flawlessly on literally anything.
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
6 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
TheoTown is very easy to play and easy to understand with different game mode options to allow different difficulty levels and gameplay styles.
Monetization
Players who bring up Monetization mostly praise it.
5 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Dev is super chill and interactive with their playerbase, doesn't fill their (already cheap) game with microtransactions and DLC, and keeps a multiplayer mode running on top of that!

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Gameplay27 reviews
Graphics17 reviews
Difficulty6 reviews
Monetization5 reviews
Divided opinion
Optimization
100% still recommend
Interface
67% still recommend
Linux compatibility
100% still recommend
Players complain
Multiplayer
71% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Cross-Platform Multiplayer
  • Multi-player
  • Single-player

Controller

Steam lists no controller support.

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud

Platforms

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

Valve device support

Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachinePlayable

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$9.99

The lowest we've tracked is $6.49.

6 points recordedtoday · $9.99

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