Venture Towns

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Venture Towns is a single player tactical city builder game with a business theme. It was developed by Kairosoft Co.,Ltd and was released on May 22, 2022. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

Venture Towns is a town simulator similar to Kairosoft's previous games.

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76%Audience ScoreBased on 196 reviews

gameplay2 positive mentions

Addictive and enjoyable gameplay with lots of content and replayability.
Variety of buildings and combos to discover, giving some depth to city building strategy.
Smooth and simple mechanics that appeal to fans of Kairosoft and city-builder games.

Requires constant internet connection for authorization, limiting offline play and causing frustration.
Difficulty balancing economy—progress can be very slow and money hard to accumulate, leading to negative cash flow.
Lack of features such as moving or rotating buildings after placement, and unclear game goals or guidance.

graphics
9 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
33%
34%
33%
The graphics are generally praised for their nostalgic simplicity and quality, but some users experience choppiness and slowdown after extended play or progressing to new levels. Lowering graphic settings to performance mode can improve smoothness, though issues with blurriness and reduced speed persist for some players.
- “Great graphics and sound, even better city-building concept.”
- “Love the simplicity of graphics.”
- “Hours of gameplay and nostalgic graphics.”
- “Android 4.4.2 with HTC Sense 6.0... even running on low graphics the game is a little choppy.”
- “But after finishing a town, the graphics and speed of the next became really blurry and slow.”
- “I love the game but after you start over the graphics dull and it runs slow making it less enjoyable, please fix.”
story
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
60%
60%
The story aspect is largely seen as lacking, with users finding it unstructured, incoherent, and lacking clear goals or events. While the gameplay remains engaging over time, the absence of a meaningful storyline or purpose is a common criticism. Some users express interest in more thematic content or narrative elements similar to other simulation games.
- “Second best 1€ spent on game (Game Dev Story was awesome).”
- “What I like here is a lot of gameplay even after the 15th year end. Love it! Would love to see more maps to play, maybe even options to edit land and hills.”
- “Give us Game Dev Story 2 or another sports sim!”
- “It's fun and very addictive, but it lacks structure, cohesion, and most importantly, story and purpose.”
- “Honestly, nothing happens; goals, events, and storyline are nonexistent.”
- “Give us Game Dev Story 2 or another sports simulation!”
replayability
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
50%
50%
The game offers good replayability due to its variety of maps, though some users feel it falls short of expectations given its premise centered on replayability.
- “Good replayability because of the different maps.”
- “This is unacceptable for a game whose premise is replayability.”
gameplay
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The gameplay is highly addictive and engaging, offering hours of entertainment without becoming dull. Its nostalgic graphics enhance the overall experience, keeping players captivated.
- “I've now built up an entire collection of them because of the addicting gameplay that keeps you busy for hours and never gets boring.”
- “Hours of gameplay and nostalgic graphics.”
music
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The music settings are easily accessible through the system options, allowing users to adjust music and sound effects conveniently.
optimization
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game's optimization is effective and easily improved by switching graphics settings to performance mode, resulting in smooth gameplay.
- “All you have to do is change your settings for graphics to performance mode and it solves it all.”