From Press Release:
Leamington Spa, UK – May 07, 2026: UK-based publisher Kwalee and independent developer Galaxy Grove are excited to announce that cosy city builder Town to City will leave Early Access and launch into 1.0 this May alongside the major Tourism Update. Players can head to a brand-new destination when the update launches on May 26, 2026.
The update introduces new tourism mechanics, allowing players to plan tour routes between hotels and landmarks, and show off everything their idyllic town has to offer.
Players will also be able to build a variety of hotels, from cosy boutique stays to grand luxury resorts. Alongside the new tourism features, the update adds new quests and jobs, a brand-new town, improved townsfolk animations, and plenty of quality-of-life improvements and bug fixes.
Town to City launched in Early Access in September 2025 and currently holds an Overwhelmingly Positive rating on Steam.
About Town to City
Break free of the grid in Town to City: a cosy city builder that invites you to create a beautiful and bustling community. Freely place houses, shops, and amenities and natural elements to delight your residents and encourage new families to move in. As your population grows, so can your ambitions: create multiple towns that can grow alone or thrive together, helping the whole region develop and prosper.
In the campaign or sandbox mode, you’re free to build at your own pace, placing each flower bed with pixel precision or prioritising growing your economy and developing your town into a thriving city.
Shape Your City
Truly grid-less building sets you free to lay out your town however you like. Plan out carefully-ordered rows of houses and city districts, or grow outwards organically with residences, amenities, parks and plazas connected by winding streets and alleys.
Unleash Your Creativity
Beautify your settlement to your heart’s content with a plethora of customisation options. Set up lighting, plant flowers and wooded parks, and decorate houses and buildings to complement or contrast. With gorgeous voxel graphics as a base, it’s easy to create something beautiful you’ll want to capture with the in-game photo mode.
Nurture Your Community
As your town flourishes, you’ll need to meet the needs of your growing population. Provide amenities that will cater for everyone – from farmers and workers to artisans and the bourgeoisie – alongside specific requests by individual residents. Get to know each person as they arrive in town and watch them settle down to form new families in the homes you built for them.
Grow Your Economy
Assign workers to jobs, research new buildings and decorations, and boost your sleepy settlement into a bustling center of commerce. As you expand beyond the bounds of your first town, you’ll pursue new developments in farming and tourism by building new towns, all connected by trade and travel routes.
Key Features
- Full Campaign and Sandbox Modes
- Truly grid-less city building tools
- Town and citizen management
- Rich customisation
- Research Trees
- Photo Mode
- Beautiful Voxel art style
- Relaxing Soundtrack
About Kwalee
Kwalee is a multi-award-winning games publisher and developer based in Leamington Spa, UK. The company has built a growing catalogue of PC and console titles, including Wildmender, ROBOBEAT, Voidwrought, In Sink, Hordes of Hunger, The Precinct, Town to City, Don’t Stop Girlypop!, Grime II and Modulus: Factory Automation alongside upcoming releases such as Hark the Ghoul, Call of the Elder Gods,, Ground Zero, Retro Space, Lost Hellden, BPM Bitcrushed, Shift at Midnight, Welcome to Elderfield, Lily’s World XD, Rune Dice, Steam to Electric and more.
Founded by games industry icon and Codemasters co-founder David Darling CBE, Kwalee is supported by a global team of games experts, with studios in the UK, India, and remote locations worldwide. The company is actively seeking high-quality games to publish across all platforms and welcomes developers to get in touch.
Officially recognised as ‘Best Publisher’ at the TIGA Awards 2022, Kwalee is also a committed industry advocate—serving as an ambassador for the non-profit organisation Women in Games and regularly supporting charities such as Safe In Our World, GamesAid, and SpecialEffect.
About Galaxy Grove
Galaxy Grove, a game studio based in Utrecht, Netherlands, was founded by Joost van Dongen, an award-winning veteran of the gaming industry. Joost has an impressive portfolio, having contributed to titles such as Awesomenauts, Swords & Soldiers, Blightbound, Robo Maestro, Proun, Cello Fortress, and De Blob. With a dedicated team of 26, Galaxy Grove focuses on creating games with captivating atmospheres, striking visuals, and innovative, intuitive gameplay. Their previous titles, Station to Station and Town to City, have received widespread acclaim from both critics and players, with Town to City currently sitting at an impressive 98% positive reviews on Steam. They are currently working on railway management game, Steam to Electric
