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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.
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “relaxing but strategically deep city builder” (74 of 88 reviews) and “beautiful aesthetics with meticulous animations” (13); the most common complaint is “limited content and progression features” (5). What reviewers agree on ↓
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
74 of the 88 reviews raise this.
“A game made with love and passion. Already there its worth supporting. People who know Banished will feel at home here. No combat. Just management and economy. At the slowest speed. It takes about half an hour to build…”
13 of the 88 reviews raise this.
“A game made with love and passion. Already there its worth supporting. People who know Banished will feel at home here. No combat. Just management and economy. At the slowest speed. It takes about half an hour to build…”
“Honestly the best city-builder I've ever played! Neither too hard or too easy but needing a little time to figure it out, its economy system works great, and the villagers' ai is smart enough to avoid dumb frustrations…”
“Absolute gem of a game. It's relaxing, beautiful to look at and the creator put some real passion into it. I love coming back to it from time to time to build another small town: either a hub of efficiency or something…”
13 of the 88 reviews raise this.
“At the moment of writing this review i ony played for 16 hours but those 16 hours were pure enjoyment. I love the vibe and as a person that enjoys city building this is a must have. The game is made by a SINGLE…”
“One of the best or maybe the very best of the laid back city builder games on the market today. The Dev keeps making it better with frequent updates and his vision for the end game is wonderful to behold. Get the game,…”
“amazing game, only gets better with every update.”
5 of the 88 reviews raise this.
“Honestly the best city-builder I've ever played! Neither too hard or too easy but needing a little time to figure it out, its economy system works great, and the villagers' ai is smart enough to avoid dumb frustrations…”
“A nice relaxing city builder. Nothing too exciting or fast paced but a good side-monitor game.”
4 of the 88 reviews raise this.
“A game made with love and passion. Already there its worth supporting. People who know Banished will feel at home here. No combat. Just management and economy. At the slowest speed. It takes about half an hour to build…”
“Great game. Perfect UI and relaxing music in the background. The winter really feels like you are in medieval Ukraine :-)”
5 of the 88 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“I hate to say it, but in the crowded field of city builders, Ostriv is a toss up with a slight thumbs up. But, there are four unforgivable sins that Ostriv commits. 1) No roads. It's cute that the little people make…”
“it's a really nice game. Dev team still needs to handle the Iron deposits and make them available. Would be cool to have the possibility to upgrade the buildings.”
“I love this peaceful city building game, there is a lot the dev has done and i love that its keeps getting updates. Got the game a few years ago and still find myself going back to it regulary to enjoy the building and…”
5 of the 88 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Very good game but no one wants to work in the farm”
“Ostriv can be a fun game, probably the best city building game around WHEN it works. @ weeks ago I would have said buy at any cost, but then the update dropped. Now you do everything you can do and your animals still…”
“since getting windows 11 i cannot get this program to run. it opens up the loading screen, but then it quits. please fix this as i loved this game”
3 of the 88 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“I hate to say it, but in the crowded field of city builders, Ostriv is a toss up with a slight thumbs up. But, there are four unforgivable sins that Ostriv commits. 1) No roads. It's cute that the little people make…”
“Гра лайно, тільки візуально виглядає добре. В неї буквально нереально грати, бо як тільки допускаєш одну помилку і в тебе або зявляється нехватка ресурсів або не хватка харчів, ти вже нічого не зможеш зробити бо всі…”
“The game is missing some very important game play elements its fine if you like peaceful games but it not what im into”
Counted across 88 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 95.0% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“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 absolutely slaps 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 kinda raw…”
— a player, Steam review · 15 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Alpha 5 patch 9 hotfix 65
Fixed: Trade offers didn't replenish after the last update Saltworks needlessly notified about feed imbalance for oxen Could use any type of animal in saltworks (including sheep)
Alpha 5 patch 9 hotfix 64
The following describes features of the upcoming Alpha 6. It's not in the game yet. https://clan.akamai.steamstatic.com/images//35574224/5395664f3ac8f2ce145e9111e9362b0c94afbafd.jpg These recent weeks
Alpha 5 patch 9 hotfix 63
Fixed: "Empty" function was quite elusive after the last update Flipped lime kiln didn't render properly
Alpha 5 patch 9 hotfix 62
Added/changed: Added some info in help pages Added icons showing dwellings affected by smoke pollution when hovering polluting buildings https://clan.akamai.steamstatic.com/images//35574224/543936367c
Alpha 5 patch 9 hotfix 61
The following describes features of the upcoming Alpha 6. It's not in game yet. https://clan.akamai.steamstatic.com/images//35574224/46d5457432b5f0899485525c4061d7e1762b637f.jpg Right now working on t
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| 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 |
| 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