How to Download ShantyTown

1. Click on the ShantyTown download button below.
2. Choose "Install" to install the game on the windows steam client.
3. Follow the on-screen prompts
4. Let it download the Full Version.
5. Once a game is downloaded, use the Windows Steam Client to play the game.

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This guide describes how to use Steam Proton to play and run Windows games on your Linux computer. Some games may not work or may break because Steam Proton is still at a very early stage.

1. Activating Steam Proton for Linux:
Proton is integrated into the Steam Client with "Steam Play." To activate proton, go into your steam client and click on Steam in the upper right corner. Then click on settings to open a new window. From here, click on the Steam Play button at the bottom of the panel. Click "Enable Steam Play for Supported Titles."

Alternatively: Go to Steam > Settings > Steam Play and turn on the "Enable Steam Play for Supported Titles" option.

Valve has tested and fixed some Steam titles and you will now be able to play most of them. However, if you want to go further and play titles that even Valve hasn't tested, toggle the "Enable Steam Play for all titles" option.

2. Choose a version
You should use the Steam Proton version recommended by Steam: 3.7-8. This is the most stable version of Steam Proton at the moment.

3. Restart your Steam
After you have successfully activated Steam Proton, click "OK" and Steam will ask you to restart it for the changes to take effect. Restart it. Your computer will now play all of steam's whitelisted games seamlessly.

4. Launch Stardew Valley on Linux:
Before you can use Steam Proton, you must first download the Stardew Valley Windows game from Steam. When you download Stardew Valley for the first time, you will notice that the download size is slightly larger than the size of the game.
This happens because Steam will download your chosen Steam Proton version with this game as well. After the download is complete, simply click the "Play" button.

Windows Pc Requirements

Minimum:

• OS: Windows 10+
  
• Processor: Dual Core CPU, Intel i5 or better
  
• Memory: 8 GB RAM
  
• Graphics: 512MB VRAM, OpenGL 3.0 support
  
• DirectX: Version 12
  
• Storage: 2 GB available space
  
• Additional Notes: Have Fun!

No maximum requirements!!

Linux Requirements

No minimum requirements!!
No maximum requirements!!

Mac Requirements

Minimum:

• Storage: 2 GB available space
  
• Additional Notes: Have Fun!

Recommended:

• Storage: 2 GB available space

ShantyTown is a relaxing diorama-building game about finding beauty in everyday chaos. Bring new locations to life, stack your urban buildings high, and fill each little nook and cranny with your own touch. Try your hand at shaping a cozy little town that is unique to you.

This game is inspired by my love for densely built cities around the world—the kind of places where every wall, alley, and rooftop tells a story.

You’ll be encouraged to build upwards, fill the smallest gaps, and find clever ways to place light sources or decorations to bring your creations to life.

You’ll step into the role of a surveyor, building and photographing 20 distinct locations, each with its own mood and identity. Be it the warm glow of the Hotpot Casino, the charmingly cramped spaces of the Marshlands Pipe, or the solitude of the Lighthouse, every space gives you a new perspective.

How you place things together is entirely up to you.

Upgrades are available for larger structures like buildings and gates, but they’ll need a bit of care to reach their full potential. By providing light, utilities, and decorations, places like shops, apartment blocks, or gates can evolve into detailed spaces. Completing an upgrade unlocks new objects and decorations, giving you even more ways to shape the town.

When you finish a location, frame the shot, take a pic, then add it to your dossier before moving to your next blank canvas.

Each location presents a unique set of objects and a limited space to build within. Whether it’s food trucks, neon signs, or industrial smokestacks, players must carefully fit everything together to create a dense, living space that feels right.

This is a casual game through and through. There are no wrong answers here. Remember to make each placement personal, and every messy little corner adds to the charm.

With ShantyTown's added Creative Mode, you have unlimited building options with every unlocked location and item that you've acquired throughout your journey through ShantyTown.  Stack buildings hide, wide, and in any direction. We've also included a Blankspace with an enormous sandbox space to design custom towns and shops to your heart's desire. Design custom creations with no restrictions whatsoever.

• Unique decorations across every map

• Discover each location’s story as you build

• A warm, relaxing soundtrack crafted by vaporwave artist Macroblank

• Optional goals to guide your creativity

• Peaceful, atmospheric scenery to unwind with

• In-depth camera settings to frame your creations

• Hidden objects waiting to be found

• No time or pressure. Please, enjoy everything at your own pace.

“ShantyTown managed to get me invested in a way I never really thought I could be.”
8/10 – DualShockers

“If you enjoy building games but get decision fatigue, ShantyTown is the perfect game to pick up and mellow out to.”
Game Sandwich

“I give it a perfect 10 out of 10! For me, it's the ideal game!”
10/10 – 2pJeuxVideo