Town Tycoon
Town Tycoon is a cozy isometric town life-sim meets idle tycoon.
Walk around a little town and get hired at different jobs — cafe, creator studio, tech lab, music studio, restaurant, bakery & more. Play quick mini-games to earn, then buy the businesses and hire teams to automate them.
Develop the city, build rental houses & parks, and "Retire & Go Viral" (prestige) for permanent boosts that carry across runs.
NEW — ⚓ Harbor district: cast a line off the dock and reel in your catch (rare ones drop 💎 diamonds!), run your own open-air 🐟 Fish Market, and grab a 🚲 bike to get around the growing town faster.
Play actively with mini-games, or let your teams idle — it's up to your mood.
🎮 Features
- 7 jobs across 3 city districts, each with its own production chain
- Hands-on mini-games: timing, rhythm, button-mash, a fishing reel & a weighing scale
- 🎣 Go fishing off the harbor dock — rare catches turn up diamonds
- Hire & automate teams · buy & upgrade businesses
- Grow a city with new districts, rentals & parks · 🚲 buy a bike for faster travel
- Prestige system for endless progression
- Free to play
Controls: WASD / click to move · E to interact · Space for mini-game bonuses
🍡 A Mallow Games release.
Development log
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Where do you "hire a team"? A little construction crane icon shows but I don't see any construction cranes.
Good question! The 🏗️ icon is the Build / Hire button in the bottom toolbar — it's not an in-world crane. 🙂
To hire a team: go inside a business you've applied to, buy the business at the front desk first (💰), then tap 🏗️ Build / Hire → Hire to add staff. They'll work the stations automatically and earn for you, even while you're away!
Oh I see the Build/Hire button now. Thank you. The crane icon is confusing, not sure it needs to be there.
Good catch — thanks! 🙏 Swapped the crane for a 🛠️ and renamed it "Hire / Build", and the tip now points right to it. Live in the next update!
I'm enjoying this a lot, great work! One question - does the energy ever go down? Seems I have to use the bed to get to day two, but it doesn't allow me to, because I'm full on energy always. So I'm perpetually in Day1 and can't reach the goals for other days.
Thanks so much — really glad you're enjoying it! 🍡
Two quick things:
• Energy only drops when you play the station mini-games by hand it refills over time (fastest resting in bed at home). Always full just means your hired teams are doing the work for you (idle income) — totally fine!
• The Day 1→7 rewards & daily quests follow REAL calendar days, not in-game sleep. The bed restores energy but doesn't skip the day — just pop back tomorrow and Day 2 unlocks. You're not stuck, it's the daily login streak. 👍
Ah! Got it, thanks. Good luck with the game!
Oh, and staff cap increase when expaning the business is not working...it''s always 10
Good question! That's actually by design — only the Creator Studio can be expanded (buy land plots for a bigger team). The other businesses cap their team at 10 once you own them. 🍡
So, I buy a business like the Café, I hire people, and I THINK: as soon as I leave the building there is no more income from it? is that right? Casue if yes, I think there is somehting wrong.
You're right — that's a bug in the feel. Owned businesses should keep earning when you leave the room. Fixing it now so all your teams earn everywhere, not just the one you're in. Thanks!
Update's live — your businesses now keep earning everywhere, not just the room you're in! Thanks again for flagging it 🍡 (full notes in the latest devlog)
Thanks for playing! 🍡 This is an early build — drop any bugs, balance feedback, or ideas below. What job's your favorite?