Publisher Yooreka Studio and developer Star Chess Studio have announced The Immortal Mayor is now available for PC.

The ancient China city-builder The Immortal Mayor is now available for PC (via Steam), as an Early Access release. The game is currently 15% off its regular $19.99 price, down to $16.99.

Here’s a new trailer:

Here’s a rundown on the game, via its Steam page:

The Immortal Mayor puts players in the powerful shoes of a local god with a mission to build and manage a burgeoning city with Chinese cultural inspirations and architecture. Players must carefully plan out how each villager is utilized and manage the resources they gather carefully to prepare for seasonal changes and challenges. Everything from farming and mining to city planning and defense building are crucial elements of surviving the everchanging weather conditions and onslaught of monster enemies.

Players can befriend other gods and use magic to help residents build and grow the town. For example, the Moon Elder can greatly increase people’s willingness to get married and have kids, while the Weather Master can help with control the weather.

The Immortal Mayor also provides hundreds of unique decorations, each with its own style. As players decorate the town, they will find that some decorations have unique effects on villagers’ overall stats. Decorating the town is crucial to keep everyone productive, happy and, of course, aesthetically pleased.

Features

• Town Construction – As the local land god, your primary task is to watch over and guide your people as you build the town from scratch. Collect natural resources, build production and living facilities, and produce essential supplies to bring peace and prosperity to your people.
• Residents and Life – The residents have their own preferences and emotions. They are happy when they have nice houses to live in, and will become distressed if they don’t have any entertainment. Try to observe them and build housing, arrange jobs, and provide education and necessary leisure and entertainment. Make their wishes come true to earn their worship and trust.
• Gods and Magic – As a local land god, you have access to some basic magic like changing the location of things in town. If you want to use stronger magic, you’ll have to use the offerings of your people to meet other gods that can lend you their power and help develop your town. For example, the Moon Elder can greatly increase your people’s willingness to get married and have kids, while the Weather Master can help you control the weather…
• Buildings and Decoration – You can build and upgrade dozens of different buildings to provide your people with a better living and working environment. In addition, this game also provides hundreds of unique decorations, each with its own style. As you decorate your town, you’ll find that some decorations have unique combination effects. Try out different combinations to trigger effects that will make your town more beautiful and prosperous.
• Monsters and Puppets – The town isn’t always a peaceful place. Prosperous towns attract monsters that will come to destroy your buildings and take away your resources. You can build city walls and towers to delay monster attacks, and can also use spells as you lead your residents in battle to repel the monsters with the help of battle puppets.