A town nobody runs and everyone lives in.
Viewerville is a live town that grows with every viewer who moves in. Everyone gets a home, a job and neighbors, and the town lives on in real time, day and night, whether you are watching or not.
Watch the town
The stream runs around the clock. You can watch without an account and without doing anything.
Prefer Twitch itself? Open the channel on Twitch.
How to move in
Moving in is always your choice. Following the channel on its own does nothing: nobody becomes a resident without typing !join themselves.
Type !join in the chat
That is your clear yes. By typing it you accept the terms of use and the privacy notice.
Arrive in town
A bus brings you to town. You get a home and a job, and your little person starts living its life. No more commands needed.
You stay in control. !leave moves you out and keeps your state for 60 days, so you can come back where you left off. !forget deletes all your data right away.
Life in the town
Viewerville is a small simulation with a real economy. Nobody steers it: the town builds, earns and decides on its own. It is under construction, and new features arrive step by step.
A home and a job
New residents get a house or apartment and a job that fits the town's open positions, from baker to nurse.
Real time
The town clock runs 1:1 in real time (Europe/Berlin), with real weekdays, seasons, holidays, shifts and night life.
A town that grows
The more residents, the more the town builds: new streets, houses, shops, schools and hospitals, all connected by roads.
Coins and a living economy
Wages, rent, prices and taxes. Coins are only for the game and have no real-world value.
Friends and neighbors
Residents meet, become friends or rivals, move in together and, if they choose to, fall in love. Romance is always opt-in.
Mayor elections
Every few weeks the town elects a mayor who sets taxes and chooses the next big project.
Commands
Type these in the Twitch chat. Apart from !join, you never need a command to take part. Your card is also on your own page at viewerville.com/me: sign in with Twitch (we ask for no permissions) to see your home, your money and your people, and to press buttons instead of typing the commands.
| Command | What it does |
|---|---|
| !join | Move in. You need to follow the channel. You accept the terms and the privacy notice. |
| !leave | Move out. Your state is kept for 60 days, then deleted. |
| !forget | Delete all your data right now, including the archive. This cannot be undone. |
| !me | Show your card: home, job and coins. |
| !where | The camera visits your little person, and a ring marks it for ten seconds. |
| !bubble | !bubble off keeps your chat lines out of the speech bubbles above your person, !bubble on brings them back. |
| !pet | !pet dog Rex or !pet cat Mimi takes in a pet (30 coins, then a few coins a day for food). Dogs go along on your walks, cats sit in front of your house. !pet shows it, !pet release gives it away. |
| !wear | !wear shows what your person wears. !wear red cap puts on something that is yours (skin tones cost nothing, and what you bought or took off stays yours). Names: light, tan, brown and dark skin; the hairstyles short cut, buzz cut, long locks, bob cut, ponytail, bun, curls, spiky cut, mohawk, pigtails, side part and bald head; the hair colours dark brown, brown, blond, black, red, grey, white, blue, pink and green hair; red, blue, green, yellow, purple, navy, cream, orange, teal, pink, black and white shirts, striped navy shirt, striped red shirt, checked green shirt, grey hoodie, black hoodie, denim jacket and leather jacket; navy, brown, black, grey, green, red and beige trousers, blue jeans, denim shorts, khaki shorts and black shorts; brown, black, white, red, blue, yellow and green shoes; no hat, red cap, blue cap, straw hat, top hat, party hat and wizard hat. |
| !buy | !buy top hat pays for something new and puts it on: a hairstyle 30 to 100 coins, a hair colour 40 or 120 coins, a shirt, trousers or shoes 30 to 120 coins, a hat 80 to 200 coins. The coins leave the town. You always keep a reserve of 40 coins, so nobody spends their last money on a hat. |
| !wave | !wave Anna waves at a resident (without a name: at whoever is closest). Once a day per person. |
| !friend | !friend Anna asks to be friends. Residents who know you a little say yes at once, another viewer says yes with !friend back. !friends counts your friends, !unfriend ends a friendship. |
| !peace | Residents who share a workplace or a house and do not get along can fall out a little: they glare at each other instead of waving. !peace on keeps you out of all that and forgets old quarrels, !peace off lets it happen again. |
| !block | !block Anna ends all contact with a resident, for both of you: no waves, no greetings, no friend requests. !unblock Anna lifts it. Your blocks are stored with your data and deleted with !forget. |
| !romance | Off for everybody until they ask for it. !romance on lets you date a friend, !romance off ends it again (and a partnership, if you have one). It stays family-friendly: hearts, walks and a coffee together. |
| !date | !date Anna asks a friend to be a couple. It only works when both of you have !romance on and both say yes (the other asks you back); a resident who likes you and is open to it can say yes at once. Couples go out together and show two hearts when they meet. |
| !breakup | Ends a partnership, one side is enough. The two do not greet each other for two weeks and cannot start again before that. |
| !marry | Asks your partner to marry you (after a week together); your partner says yes by typing !marry too. The wedding is held on the town square two days later at 15:00, and everybody can come and cheer. The bot names both of you in the chat, and !me only says that you are married. |
| !roommate | !roommate Anna asks a friend to share a home. It only works when both of you ask (the other asks you back); you move in together at midnight, into the home that has the room for you both or into a free one, and up to four can share. A sign at the door shows everybody's name, and the rent is shared. |
| !moveout | Moves you into a home of your own at midnight, the nearest free one; the others keep the home. Housemates who fall out are sent to homes of their own by the town. Neighbours in an apartment block who turn into rivals or enemies may move apart, too: one of them is moved to a free home far away at midnight, at most once a month (NPCs go first). |
| !run !vote !mayor | The town elects a mayor every two weeks once 25 residents live here: two days to stand, two days to vote. !run [taxes green safety culture growth] <slogan> puts you on the list (up to three programme points; !run off withdraws), !vote lists the candidates and !vote 2 or !vote <name> votes in secret (you can change it until the voting ends). !mayor tells who is mayor and where the town is in its term. The mayor's name shows under the resident count in the stream. If nobody gets a vote, the autopilot runs the town. |
| !tax !budget !project !motto | What the mayor decides. !tax shows the rates; the mayor sets the income tax (5 to 25 %), the sales tax (4 to 12 %) and the property tax (3 to 10 %) with !tax sales 9, each once a day. !budget shows how the budget is split between education, health, safety, culture and infrastructure, the mayor moves a share with !budget health 30, and the planner builds more of what has a big share. Every week the town is offered three building projects: !project lists them, the mayor orders one with !project 2 or lets the town decide with !project town (then everybody votes in secret with !vote 2). !motto shows the motto of the town, which the mayor can change. After a few unhappy days the town can vote the mayor out (!vote remove or !vote keep). |
| !events | Shows the town event that is on right now (and the command to join it) and the next ones with their times. Several times a day the town holds a short event: a treasure hunt, a duck race, a quiz, a community fund, fireworks, a dance floor or a rescue mission. Every Saturday there is a market on the town square, every fourth one a festival, and a wedding or the inauguration of a new mayor is an event of its own. A banner on the stream counts down to it. |
| !search !pick 1-4 !answer A-D !donate 1-50 !cheer !dance !rescue !browse !party | Take part in the event that is open (each one has its own command, once per event). !cheer also cheers on a wedding and the oath of a new mayor; !browse is for the Saturday market and !party for the town festival, both on the town square. The town answers with a word above your head, not in the chat. Winners get a few coins. |
| !achievements | !ach shows what you have earned (Bronze, Silver, Gold), what comes next and how many are still hidden. |
| !help | Short help and a link to this page. |
Your data at a glance
We keep this to the minimum the game needs. The full details are in the privacy notice.
What we store
Your Twitch user ID and display name, your join date and your in-game state (home, job, coins, friends, achievements). Only if you typed !join.
What we do not store
Your profile picture, your follow date, your chat messages, your e-mail address. No tracking on this site, and a cookie only if you sign in to your own page.
How long
While you live in town. After moving out, 60 days in an archive, then it is deleted automatically. !forget deletes it immediately.
Questions and answers
Do I have to move in to watch?
No. Everyone can watch the stream without an account. Only people who type !join become residents, and we store nothing about the others.
Why do I have to follow the channel?
Following is the entry ticket: the town grows with the channel. If you stop following, your resident moves out after a short while (about one to two hours) and its state goes to the archive. Follow again and type !join to continue where you left off.
How do I leave or delete my data?
Type !leave to move out (your state is kept for 60 days) or !forget to delete everything immediately. You can also write to us, see the privacy notice.
Can my name end up in a recording?
We have switched off past broadcasts and clips on Twitch, so the channel keeps no recordings. Nobody can stop viewers from making their own screen recordings of a public live stream, though. See the privacy notice.
Is it free?
Yes. Taking part costs nothing. If optional cosmetic extras like hats or fireworks are offered one day, they will never give an advantage in the game.
Who runs Viewerville?
The town runs itself. The project was created and is operated by Epyx, see the imprint.
Is Viewerville part of Twitch?
No. It is an independent project that runs on Twitch and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Twitch Interactive, Inc.