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News Tower

News Tower

Develop your newspaper and become New York’s new media mogul! In this tycoon, build and manage your newspaper from printer to toilet. Create your editorial line and lead your journalists through unique 1930's stories and dig out the latest scoops!

Released Nov 18, 2025 Developer Sparrow Night Publisher Twin Sails Interactive Platforms Windows · Mac ManagementSimulationStrategySandboxIndie
View on Steam ↗ $17.49 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

96.7%positive2,178 reviews
Recommended · 14 found this helpful

“This game is pure relaxation for me. It's engaging but never hectic, it has challenges but no great moments of pressure. Once you've figured it out, everything falls into place and yet the game never gets boring, not least because of all the (historically real) news items and…”

— a player, Steam review · 118 hrs played
Recommended · 13 found this helpful

“I'm sure there are more than a few of us who are playing this because we are or were in the newspaper business at one time. I spent pretty much the first half of my professional career in newspapers as a copy editor (parts of typesetter, assembler, and photo engraver were all in…”

— a player, Steam review · 107 hrs played
Recommended · 9 found this helpful

“Great game! Captivated me at the demo stage, so I had to buy it. It has a great variety of game systems so you will not get bored for quite some time, without getting too numbers-driven. ALSO the game has a great UX! I can't imagine how much effort and time went into polishing…”

— a player, Steam review · 21 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 13:48 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

247playing at last check
25124-hour peak
3,613all-time peak
0 1k 2k 2025 2026 1.1k avg · Dec 2025

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

46achievements
0.9%median completion
0.0%rarest: Where Is Everybody?
37.1% of players 25.6% of players 17.4% of players 11.9% of players 10.9% of players 8.3% of players 6.2% of players 6.1% of players 6.0% of players 5.9% of players 5.2% of players 5.2% of players 4.6% of players 4.5% of players 4.5% of players 3.3% of players 3.1% of players 2.8% of players 2.1% of players 1.9% of players 1.8% of players 1.5% of players 1.2% of players 0.9% of players 0.9% of players 0.6% of players 0.6% of players 0.6% of players 0.5% of players 0.4% of players 0.4% of players 0.4% of players 0.4% of players 0.3% of players 0.2% of players 0.2% of players 0.1% of players 0.1% of players 0.1% of players 0.0% of players 0.0% of players 0.0% of players 0.0% of players 0.0% of players 0.0% of players 0.0% of players 37.1% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
37.1%Reckless — Trigger at least 10 Risks
25.6%Making Enemies — Become Hated by any faction
17.4%Combo Kingpin — Print a newspaper with at least 12 combos
Rarest badges of honor
0.0%Where Is Everybody? — All employees are away on assignments, training or injury
0.0%Paper Trail — Get sued at least 30 times
0.0%One Million Papers — Reach at least one million sales with a single edition

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$17.49−30% right nowcurrent · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$24.99base price
$17.49lowest since tracking began2026-07-20
US17.49 USD−30%
EU17.49 EUR−30%
UK13.99 GBP−30%
Australia25.83 AUD−30%
Canada22.74 CAD−30%
Japan2,030 JPY−30%
Brazil52.49 BRL−30%
China60.20 CNY−30%

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$8.9 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia UK EU≈$20

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $25 $50 07-11 07-13 07-16 07-19 07-22 07-26

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Jul 20, 2026
SimFest & "Setting The Record Straight" Update

DEAR NEWSBEARERS! three major announcements for News Tower! First of all, News Tower is joining SimFest 2026 ! For the occasion the game will be at a -30% discount ! Great timing to grab it for yourse

Apr 23, 2026
Roadmap Post-1.0 & Leaderboard Contest Wrap-up

DEAR NEWSBEARERS!In the last few weeks, we addressed the current state of the game by releasing updates and fixes, but we’ve also been looking toward the future of News Tower. Today, we'd like to show

Apr 21, 2026
The Press Rolls On Update Goes Live!

DEAR NEWSBEARERS!Today, we’re happy to share The Press Rolls On Update with you all.The test period has come to an end, we want to thank everyone who took part. Your feedback, player data and bug repo

Apr 07, 2026
Difficulty Setting: Community Test

GREEETINGS NEWSBEARERS! Dear Newsbearers,With News Tower now officially in 1.0 for some months now, we wanted to take a moment to talk about what comes next.A full release is a huge milestone, but for

Feb 24, 2026
More print! More sales! More fixes!

GREETINGS NEWSBEARERS! The smell of spring is in the air, trees are gathering their strength, preparing for a coming bloom... But we do not care much about that! What we want is more print! More sales

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresSimulation, Strategy
Player tagsManagement · Simulation · Strategy · Sandbox · Indie · 2D · Resource Management · Economy · Building · Time Management · Capitalism · Tactical (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Cloud · Steam Leaderboards · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese
Achievements41
Estimated owners100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttps://sparrownight.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 64-bit Processor: Intel Core i3 6100 or AMD FX-4350 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: Discrete GPU 1GB VRAM DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 3 GB available space Sound Card: any