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Building to the Sky for Windows PC

The game is coming to Steam. Wishlist it to hear the moment it's out, and try the free demo when it arrives.

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Building to the Sky

The whole game: build a tower in 2D or 3D from a single lobby to a five-star skyscraper, run it, and grow it.

Career mode with goals, a guided tutorial, a sandbox with unlimited funds, and four ready-built scenario towers
Classic 2D towers, and 3D towers you can grow on every axis, slice open floor by floor, and see in the Section and Basement views
165 rooms and facilities and seven kinds of elevator
62 kinds of people with daily routines
The rendered, blueprint, and CAD views; day and night, weather, holidays, and optional disasters
Graphs of the tower's history, photo mode with pictures and GIF clips, and eight pieces of original music
Game Stats Modification, to change any number the game runs on, plus mods and the Steam Workshop

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Free demo · Coming soon

The demo

The whole game, 2D and 3D, in every drawing style, with one limit: towers go up to three stars (80 floors, and the rooms three stars unlock).

Play each tower for as long as you like
Every tower you save in the demo carries over: the full game opens it and lets it grow past three stars
Mods, and the four- and five-star towers, rooms, and scenario, come with the full game

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System requirements

Windows only. Building to the Sky needs a graphics card with Vulkan support and up-to-date graphics drivers.

Minimum

OS: Windows 10 64-bit
Processor: Quad-core, 2.5 GHz
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: Vulkan 1.0 GPU with 3 GB of video memory (GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB or Radeon RX 570 class)
Storage: 3 GB available space
Notes: The largest towers use the most memory; 3D towers over 100 floors need the recommended PC.

Languages

English (interface). The game has no voice-over.

Modes

Career: start at one star with the basic rooms and earn the rest, with goals along the way.
Tutorial: a relaxed first tower with a step-by-step checklist.
Sandbox: unlimited money, every room unlocked, and tenants who move in the moment a unit can be reached.
Scenarios: four ready-built towers to explore or run.
Difficulty: Relaxed, Standard, or Tough sets your starting money and how much tenants pay.

Accessibility

The interface scales from 75% to 250% (Auto fits the screen)
Color-blind palettes for red-green and blue-yellow color blindness
Reduce motion, and reduce flashing
Every key can be rebound, two keys an action
Master, music, effects, and ambience volume
Save anytime, pause anytime, adjustable game speed, and play with just a mouse

The keys to start with

Every key can be changed in Options > Settings > Controls.

Space Pause
1–4 Game speed
WASD or arrows: Pan
Q/E or mouse wheel: Zoom
V Drawing style
X Demolish
F5 Quicksave, F9 Quickload
H Graphs
P Photo mode
F12 Screenshot, F8 Record a clip
F11 Full screen
R Turn the view (3D towers)
F1 The Player's Guide, in the game

Questions

What kind of game is Building to the Sky?

A tower-building management sim. You're the architect, the manager, and the foreman: plan a skyscraper, build it floor by floor, and keep it running for the thousands of people who live, work, and play inside. Fill it with homes, offices, shops, hotels, and restaurants, program its elevators, keep its power, water, and air running, and earn five stars.

Should I build in 2D or in 3D?

Either. When you start a new tower, pick a classic side-on 2D tower or a 3D tower on a 100-meter-square city block that grows wider, deeper, and taller. The choice is permanent for that tower, but you can have as many towers as you like. Both run the same simulation: tenants, money, elevators, building systems, stars, and events.

Can I switch between rendered, blueprint, and CAD while I play?

Yes, any time. Press V or choose a style in the Control window, and the whole tower redraws itself while the simulation keeps running. The main menu has the same three buttons, and it remembers your choice.

When does it come out, and is there a demo?

Building to the Sky is coming soon to Steam. Wishlist it to hear the moment it's out. A free demo is coming too: the whole game, 2D and 3D, in every drawing style, with towers up to three stars. Every tower you save in the demo carries over to the full game.

What happens if I run out of money?

There's no bankruptcy. If your cash runs short, you simply can't build anything until more comes in. Upkeep and the utility bill keep coming out every night, though, so keep an eye on the Finance window.

Will it run on my PC?

You need Windows 10 or 11 (64-bit) and a graphics card with Vulkan support and at least 3 GB of video memory, such as a GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB or a Radeon RX 570. See the system requirements. 2D towers run well on any settings. In a tall 3D tower, people and shadows cost the most: the Graphics settings can show fewer people in crowds, lower the shadows, and lower the 3D resolution.

Can I mod it?

Yes. Game Stats Modification changes any number the game runs on, from rent and construction costs to how much noise and elevator waits bother people, and one click restores the defaults. Mods can add rooms, pricing, blueprint and CAD color schemes, exteriors, lots, and scenarios, including 3D room models made in Blender or any other 3D tool. Subscribe to mods on the Steam Workshop, or put a mod's folder in %APPDATA%\Building to the Sky\mods, then turn it on in Options > Mods. You can publish your own to the Workshop from the same window.

Is there a tutorial?

Choose TUTORIAL on the title page for a relaxed tower with a step-by-step checklist. The whole Player's Guide is in the game too (press F1), and you can read it here or download it as a PDF.

Which languages does it support?

The interface is in English. The game has no voice-over.

Where are my saves?

Saves, settings, and key bindings are kept in %APPDATA%\Building to the Sky (paste that into the File Explorer address bar). Uninstalling the game keeps them. Pictures and clips you take in the game go to Pictures\Building to the Sky.

Coming to Steam for Windows PC

Wishlist Building to the Sky to hear the moment it's out. A free demo is on the way too: build towers up to three stars, for as long as you like, and every tower you save carries over to the full game.

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