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Ostriv
Ostriv is a city-building game that puts you in a role of a governor of an 18th century Ukrainian town to challenge your creative skills and management abilities.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“An absolutely gorgeous, quite complex village simulation game. Ostriv feels both relaxing (even slow, at times) and challenging due to all the micromanagement involved. Get ready to keep track of EVERYTHING! For me, I finally started to get a knack of it on my third run. The…”
— a player, Steam review · 75 hrs played“tbh didn´t notice at the time that it was in EA game. it´s for people who like banished or manor lord (etc...), but ostriv has a different vibe. these little gardens behind their homes, the scaling which makes ur small village a town but not not a huge city... I really enjoyed…”
— a player, Steam review · 61 hrs played“This game [b] absolutely slaps [/b] if you’re into city-builders. The atmosphere? Top-tier. It pulls you into city management just as hard as the big dogs in the genre. You actually feel like you’re building something meaningful, not just placing random blocks. Yeah, it’s still…”
— a player, Steam review · 15 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:57 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Alpha 5 patch 9 hotfix 59
Most of the time was spent on Alpha 6 this time, so this update is not a big one. A couple more buildings have crept into the list of upcoming buildings. Religion is going to be a bit more than just a
Alpha 5 patch 9 hotfix 58
This update introduces a new little building which may become useful in later game. Let me know what you think about this kind of specialized market stalls when you try it. Added/changed: Minor UI imp
Alpha 5 patch 9 hotfix 57
Fixed: "Looking for job" numbers were inconsistent Rare crash related to fulling mill Visual artifacts on fences with multisampling disabled A few cases of wrongfully blocked path in coastal buildings
Alpha 5 patch 9 hotfix 56
Fixed: Pavement around buildings disapeared in the last update
Alpha 5 patch 9 hotfix 55
Here I'm gonna touch a subject of an explosion of complexity in case of adding another kind of freedom for a player. In the previous post I mentioned a new feature for some of the free-form buildings
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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.
| Genres | Indie, Simulation, Strategy, Early Access |
| Player tags | Early Access · Strategy · City Builder · Simulation · Historical · Colony Sim · Management · Base-Building · Building · Survival · Resource Management · Sandbox (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, Ukrainian |
| Estimated owners | 200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://ostrivgame.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7, 8, 10, 11 Processor: Quad-core Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Anything with OpenGL 4.3 support Storage: 600 MB available space Additional Notes: As your town grows it'll require more system resources