Hey everyone,
We are beyond thrilled to announce that the Palettopia beta playtest will run from July 16th through July 23rd, right alongside our spot in the Secret Sauce Steam festival! This is your very first chance to jump in, explore infinite islands, and start painting your way to paradise.
If you’re new here, Palettopia is our cozy city-builder and puzzle game where you create minimalistic cities with the stroke of a paintbrush. You'll explore serene, procedurally generated islands and build synergy between the natural landscape and bustling urban districts.
For this first playtest, we’re handing over the brush and giving you access to Creative Mode. We want you to play exactly how you want to play, so we’ve included two distinct ways to experience it:
Guided Building: Leave the "need pips" turned on to satisfy the connection requirements of each district, giving you a gentle guide on how to optimize your city layout.
Pure Creativity: Turn the pips completely off and just paint the wildest, most colorful city you can imagine!
🌴 Two Vibrant Biomes: Get cozy in two of our four base game biomes. You can explore the lush rainforests and gentle rainstorms of the Tropical Biome, or unwind with the sloping hillsides and falling leaves of the crisp Temperate Biome.
🗺️ Infinite Canvases: Our procedurally generated islands mean you'll never run out of space to create. Build across six different terrain features: Mountains, Grasslands, Rivers, Lakes, Woodlands, and Wetlands.
🏙️ Scale to Any Size: Want to cover the entire island with one massive, sprawling city? Go for it! Prefer a scattering of tiny, peaceful villages? You can do that too. You can work around the natural landscape and critters, or simply paint right over them.
This playtest is just a small slice of what we have planned for Palettopia (dedicated puzzle and exploration modes are coming soon!), but we absolutely cannot wait to see what kind of utopias you build. There are no complex systems here—just pure, relaxing city building.
The playtest will be open from 7/16/26 to 7/23/26 11:59PM Eastern Time. As a reminder, this is a playtest and will just grant temporary access to the game for us to gather feedback. You can look forward to a demo coming soon.
If you haven't already, please Wishlist the game, and come join our official Discord community! We’d love for you to share your island screenshots, give us feedback on the beta, and follow along on our journey to launch.
Happy painting!
– The Oh Wow Games Team