Games like Towns?

[Witch ~]

Since the devs abandoned the game, does anyone know a game similar to Towns or RimWorld?

[BlueSteelAU]

they haven't abandoned the game
hearthlands,gnomeria,stonehearth to name a few

[Mavven]

Yes, abandoned: http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/217154/Alphafunded_Steam_game_Towns_abandoned_by_devs.php

[YetiChow]

Originally posted by Mavven:

Yes, abandoned: http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/217154/Alphafunded_Steam_game_Towns_abandoned_by_devs.php

Heheh, that is WELL out of date. Since that article was published, the developers have come back to have another go at some of the mechanics they never originally got a chance to implement. They've already released two MAJOR updates (including tutorials, terraforming, big optimisations, container management and more), plus a couple of minor patches in between, and they've greatly improved the game's compatability between different operating systems.

After speaking with the developers, I can tell you with 100% certainty that the game is ACTIVELY being developed right now. The most recent information is here:

http://www.townsgame.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=1420

To add another few games similar to Towns to the list: the Majesty games, Clockwork Empires, and the series of ancient-civilization themed games by Impressions (Zeus: Master of Olympus; Pharoah: Ruler of the Nile etc.). Majesty (1 and 2) and the Impressions games are finished titles; Clockwork Empires is still deep in development but it has a very detailed weekly development blog. Ditto for Stonehearth and Hearthlands; I haven't looked into Gnomoria's development news enough to say whether it's given the kind of regular updates that would allay apprehensions about the Early Access model.

[YetiChow]

Originally posted by Cyborgt:

Well, I found a previous thread with some decent suggestions; even if its not quite the thread I thought I remembered. You can find it here: http://steamcommunity.com/app/221020/discussions/0/558755529585705093/

Keeping the part of the post relevant to the topic; since the rest was in regard to a trolling post; and since it memory serves people prefer me not to edit their posts.

But Cyborgt's link does, indeed, point to another discussion of games with similar mechanics and attractions that might interest Towns players. Those looking to use this as purely an excuse to sling mud, go find somewhere else to set up your soapbox.

[Witch ~]

jesus, thanks for that long list :D

[VooDooDad]

I can HIGHLY reccomend Stonehearth. The devs are more interactive with their community than any I've seen. Here's the link to their site. http://stonehearth.net/ . When you buy the alpha you'll get a steam key. For now they're wisely only using steam as an update service, which is a very good thing in my opinion.

[Ramsis]

If you have the money might I suggest RimWorld? It's one hell of a game already despite being in Alpha atm.

[Tytalus]

Gnomoria is fantastic and very well supported - I'd give it a full recommendation. Its basically Dwarf Fortress Lite (where the Lite means a good interface and good complexity rather than insane complexity).

Prison Architect and Banish are also good builders with different themes

[PipPopPuddinPop]

Gnomoria is a lot of fun. It's also one of the few early access games which haven't been left to die.

[AlP]

Definitely Gnomoria or Dwarf Fortress.

[=Skleebz=]

stoneharth ftw

[Keller]

To the OP, try banished.

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KeeperRL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCjUM-qygBg

[Dr@g0n]

Even if the game was abandoned I got my money out of it, I mean to say I mastered the game and can create just about anything, I can get about 5-10 townies every 5-10 minutes, I really wish for more, such as a schematic option if the game is actually not abandoned. And revamp the stock piling to way more then 10, maps are really tiny i hate building ledges above roads for containers.
EDIT: As well, get pharoah, its a great civ building game with great defense based combat(no heroes needed). The game is limited on maps(around 10-20, with each lasting around 5 hours).

[Keller]

Oh and Hinterland is fairly old, but you may like that one as well.

By far though, one of the better ones is "banished". All my friends on here that have the game love it and play it quite frequently.

Another serious contender (though an older game) is Acropolus

You can pick it up here:

http://www.gog.com/game/zeus_poseidon