Heian City Story

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"Travel back to olden times and become Director of your own city! Attract new residents and try to become the greatest city in the land! Add buildings like restaurants and teahouses to make your town a place where samurai and commoners alike will want to live."
- Official Game Description

Heian City Story (Japanese: 平安京ものがたり) is a management game that consists of developing and expanding a Japanese village during the Heian period dating back from 794 to 1185.

Official Artwork available at the Kairo Art Museum (カイロ美術館) for Heian City Story.

Being based on the last division of Classical Japanese History, most of the structures are based on traditional architecture, among the historical buildings that the player can build in the game are Buddhist temples (Japanese: お寺).

Other tasks in the game include the creation of tea houses or the development of crop fields for the villagers. The game's setting is based specifically on the historical city of Heian-kyō, currently located in Kyoto Prefecture within the Kansai Region, which was the official imperial capital of Japan from 794 to 1868. One of the mechanics of this game is to defend the city from various monsters that time to time will attack it, additionally the player can perform cultural events of the time as it is Sumo Wrestling and Poetry Competitions.

Structures

Main article: Structures (Heian City Story)

The structures in Heian City Story range from crop stalls and shops to traditional temples and buildings dedicated to the teaching of calligraphy and music. Most of the buildings were based on ancient Japanese architecture including temples and shinto shrines. Certain structures can be obtained by performing certain actions such as completing requests or by increasing the popularity/land prices of certain buildings.

Rides

Main article: Rides (Heian City Story)

Rides in Heian City Story are the main method of transport for your Residents. Once unlocked, they greatly increase their move distance and speed across the map.

To purchase the Ride, the resident must have the required job active, have enough savings, and visit the facility. It may take multiple visits for them to purchase the item. If trying to give a certain resident a specific ride, it can be advantageous to place the facility close to their home or in a central location that is frequently walked by and give them a high paying job for a few months to increase their savings before switching to the required job.

Once a Ride is unlocked, their move distance will match whichever is their highest rated unlocked Ride, however they may visually be riding any of their unlocked Rides at random. For example, if a Resident has both Cow and Spirit Cart, they may sometimes be seen riding the Cow (+15 distance), but will in fact have Spirit Cart's move distance (+30).

Guardian Spirits

Main article: Guardian Spirits (Heian City Story)

The Guardian Spirits in Heian City Story fulfill the function of protecting the city from invading enemies ranging from bandits to ghosts, as well as animals that often appear when you have to expand the city grounds into the forest. These Guardians can attack the enemies in different ways such as using swords and fighting them melee or alternatively they can attack the invaders through the use of arrows that can be fired within a specific range. Alternatively, there are also guardian spirits that employ magic to perform their attacks within a specific range of space.

In addition, some types of Guardian have the ability to heal others within a certain range, among them are the Clerics, who are tasked with partially healing nearby Guardians who have been attacked by enemies.

Residents

Main article: Residents (Heian City Story)

The Residents in Heian City Story fulfil different functions in the game, being one of the main sources of income for the city, they maintain the local economy through the use of available facilities, and they also have other functions depending on their work, such as rice harvesting by the farmers. At the end of each year, each of the residents will pay their taxes, depending on the quality of their house, they will have to pay much more money to the local government.

Another important aspect regarding residents of the game is that they can apply for certain jobs if they meet certain requirements, so it is key to improve their stats to obtain their degrees, jobs that require physical exertion require a good degree of ‘Stamina’ while careers that are related to academics require a level in the stat of ‘Smarts’.

Cultural Events

Main article: Cultural Events (Heian City Story)

The player can perform different cultural events to partially increase the stats of the residents. The player can unlock new events after investing research points to research ‘Picture Scrolls’. In the event that the player performs an event correctly, this will impress the High Nobles, who will donate a certain amount of money to the player.

Additionally, by successfully completing one of the events in the game, the player will be able to unlock new requests in the Bureau.

Releases

In late April 2024, Kairosoft officially released the Japanese versions of the game for both Android and iOS devices. In July 2024, Kairosoft officially launched the English localizations for Android devices. In December 2024, Kairosoft officially released the game for the Nintendo Switch. In mid-March 2025, Kairosoft officially released the PC version of Heian City Story.

Gallery

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  Japanese Game Cover
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  Promotional Banner
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  Promotional Banner

Events

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  Emergency Fund Event

Tournaments

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  Sumo Wrestling Event
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  Poetry Competition Event

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Game Trailer

External links

• Official Page ^(Translate)
• Japanese Wiki ^(Translate)

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iOS App Store

Nintendo Switch

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