Townsmen VR
Skip · Strategy · 2022
Steam Deck UnsupportedThe verdict
WAIT.
It has sold at a fair price before.
Today
$39.99Skip
On its price record
$25.21Fair
- Length
- 11.2h 20h to 100%
- Value
- $3.57/hr
- Reviews
- 84% of 572 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at $25.21 or less.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
About the game
Townsmen VR uses the exciting possibilities of virtual reality to further enhance the classic city building game with entirely new gameplay experiences and interactive mechanics. It combines elements of a God-game simulation and a classic building game with the interactive possibilities of VR.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, Nvidia GeForce GTX970 / AMD Radeon R9 290 equivalent or greater, 3.5 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
59 discounts in the 9 years on record, a median of 50 percent off across all of them, roughly 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 24 percent on value. It is pricier than 99 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 85 percent. Among the games that feel like it, The Tenants ($7.99, scores 56) beats it on value, while it beats Townsmen - A Kingdom Rebuilt ($19.99, scores 30).
More about Townsmen VR
Of the 301 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 1 comes from a buyer who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written April 2020 to June 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 70 percent of the 200 reviews written there were positive, against 84 percent overall, and those are 47 percent of everything written about it.
The drop-off
44% start to <1% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
What players say
I've got a ton of VR experience and I have to say this one is up there. The game looks and runs really well and it's just a cozy experience. The biggest downside is that it's really slow and things take a long time to happen and it's hardly any challenge, but it's really satisfying to grow your town and watch things happen and the campaign is nice so far. A huge bonus is that it controls exactly like the Demeo...
1 more review
I've played dozens of VR games across multiple platforms, and this is the *first* one to get me into a genuine flow-state. Devs obviously invested a lot of time into R&D for the tutorial and UI, because It feels intuitive and seamless to navigate. (A rarity in VR titles) The only hiccup in playing is some unintended jank that occurs when scaling yourself. You have to be very mindful of where your hands are; it...
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No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Townsmen VR scores 44/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/749960/townsmen-vrReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 28, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.