Ancient China City Builder, Thriving City: Song is Available on Steam Early Access
Experience exquisite art style, story, and strategy in the cozy, city builder Thriving City: Song from indie developer White Star Studio and publisher IndieArk, inspired by one of Ancient China’s most influential dynasties, the Zhao Song Dynasty.
In Thriving City: Song players will become immersed in building and governing a bustling city as the town’s mayor. Expand and cultivate land as you control agriculture, commerce, civil affairs, and politics. Attract tourists and balance your city’s revenue by creating thriving markets and public buildings.
Of course, governing a city comes with unique challenges. Players will need to deal with faction conflicts, diseases, and natural disasters.
As the mayor, players must keep the townspeople happy and safe as they settle into their new city and experience the rise and fall of the Song Dynasty in the game’s in-depth Story Mode.
While in Early Access, players will have access to:
Up to 60 hours of content - With two tutorial levels to gain familiarity with the game’s main concepts and three levels of War Mode—including the story of the Northern Song Dynasty—players will have plenty to do.
Endless Mode - Those who wish to stretch their creative muscles can jump into Endless Mode and experience 18 maps with over 90 types of buildings.
Additional content - Throughout Early Access, players can expect four more levels added to War Mode, more game systems, and the addition of the Workshop.
Game Features
Two Game Modes: Story Mode and Adventure
Experience the History of the Song Dynasty: Learn more about the Song Dynasty by interacting with the game’s detailed world through reference museums and historical records.
Intricate Buildings and Characters: Build beautiful historic-looking buildings, including markets, Buddhist and Taoist temples, homes, and more.
Control Your Resources: Manage agriculture, industry, commerce, science, technology, civil affairs, politics, and more to create a thriving town.
Keep Townsfolk Happy: Use the game's Happiness System to monitor your townspeople and keep everyone positive during difficult times.
Prepare for Disasters: Use resources to prepare for many different types of disasters, including plague, invasion, devastating storms, and more.
Beautiful Art Style: Enjoy the game’s colorful and historical-inspired landscapes, buildings, townspeople, and more with the game’s unique art style.
Mesmerizing soundtrack: The Thriving City: Song soundtrack is beautiful and transports you to the Song Dynasty.
Thriving City: Song released on April 21 in Steam Early Access for $18.99 USD. The languages available at launch are English and Chinese, with more planned to be added later in Early Access. To join fellow mayors on their city-building adventure, jump into the discussion on the official Discord.
Thriving City: Song language selection menu
Full review of Thriving City: Song coming soon.
About White Star Studio
White Star Studio is a small Chinese game development team based in Shenzen with just four members. Their previous game was 云端之约 (Steam App ID:1422540), an AVG text adventure game. They have spent years working on Thriving City: Song and are excited to launch it.
About IndieArk
Founded in 2019 and based in Shenzhen, IndieArk is a Chinese video game publisher focused on seeking creatively and artistically outstanding indie titles and providing them with one-stop, full-package local publishing services.
