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River Towns

Riverside town-building puzzles with shuffled pieces and connected districts

Frogsong Studios · Published by Metaroot, Stray Fawn Publishing · Released Mar 24, 2025

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Reviews
Very Positive
92% of 256
Recent reviews
Not enough recent
Players
0
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Playable
Last update on Steam
1 year ago
Apr 23, 2025
Minimum PC
DirectX 11 GPU
8 GB RAM
Full requirements

What is River Towns?

River Towns is a level-based puzzle game about restoring rivers and towns in a damaged world. Fit shuffled, differently shaped buildings into limited spaces and connect matching districts for points. Levels add objectives such as regrowing trees and rebuilding monuments, while higher scores unlock more levels.

For you if...

  • +you like untimed shape puzzles that reward careful planning
  • +you enjoy replaying short levels to improve your score

Not for you if...

  • −you want complex city management rather than shape placement
  • −you dislike restarting levels after unlucky piece draws

What players say

92% of 256 reviews are positive

Players praise the colorful towns and the challenge of earning high scores from simple rules. Some find the shape-and-color matching too limited for a city builder, while others say random piece draws make restarts frustrating.

How many players finish River Towns?

13% of Steam players have unlocked «World Three», the achievement for finishing the main story.

Share of everyone who owns the game on Steam, including those who barely played it. Updated weekly.

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River Towns system requirements

Minimum: DirectX 11 GPU, 8 GB RAM.

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Minimum

OS
Windows 10 64-bit version
Processor
Quad-core Intel or AMD, 2.5 GHz
Graphics
DirectX 11 or 12 compatible graphics card
Memory
8 GB RAM
DirectX
Version 11

Recommended

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system

Does River Towns have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Does River Towns run on Steam Deck?

Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.

  • Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
  • Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
  • All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
  • In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
  • Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Keyboard and mouse
Platforms
Windows
Achievements
10
Steam features
Workshop, Cloud saves, Family Sharing
Languages
Full audio: English, French, German, Japanese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil.

Does River Towns use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 25, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

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