Townsmen is a medieval city-building simulator developed by HandyGames, released in 2012 for iOS, Android, Windows Phone, and PC. Players establish and expand a settlement by managing resource production — mining ore, harvesting crops, and collecting taxes — while constructing a wide variety of buildings including marketplaces, taverns, jousting fields, and decorative structures such as statues and gardens. The game features complex production chains and an economy system built around keeping the population content. A military layer introduces an element of threat: bandits periodically target the settlement, requiring players to construct barracks and guard towers and maintain a standing force of soldiers. Inhabitants follow their own daily routines, giving the town a degree of life and personality. The game offers both structured scenario-based play with defined objectives and an unrestricted sandbox mode for open-ended city building.
