News Tower

News Tower is a newspaper management game set in 1930s New York. You build a newsroom, lead its staff and prepare an edition for publication every Sunday, making editorial decisions that affect your readers, sales and the future of your newspaper.

Build your newsroom

Start with a blank floor and develop your tower into a working newspaper office. As the newspaper grows, you unlock new levels and turn them into hubs for journalism, with printing stations, compositing desks and a legal corner for damage control. Walls, elevators and pneumatic tubes affect how efficiently your team works under pressure.

Your staff includes reporters, photographers, janitors and an ads salesperson, among more than 30 job roles. Each employee has their own traits, needs and expertise, and you manage hunger, focus and logistics to keep the newsroom productive. Coffee machines, posters, indoor plants and dozens of upgrades, including gramophones and slot machines, can improve the workspace and employee well-being.

Prepare the Sunday edition

Each week, you assign leads to reporters, choose an editorial approach, set the newspaper’s tone and tags, and compose the edition before Sunday’s deadline. You cover topics such as crime, politics and sports, choosing story angles that suit your editorial line. Well-researched articles and attention-grabbing headlines can help you pursue respect or reach; your choices shape readers’ perceptions and reactions, as well as sales.

Editorial dilemmas, newsroom breakdowns and political pressure complicate the work. A strong edition can increase profits, while a poor fit with readers can lead to backlash, lawsuits or visits from the mob.

Factions and rival papers

Four factions take part in New York’s power struggle: the Mayor, the Mafia, the Military and High Society. They pursue their own agendas and offer deals in exchange for cash, influence, exclusive rewards and connections across the city.

You publish across NYC districts, from Harlem to Wall Street. Each borough has different reader profiles, preferences and rewards, so you can tailor stories to local tastes as you grow your subscriber base. The Empire Observer and Jersey Beacon compete for scoops and readers; targeting the right interests can help you win their audiences and become New York’s most influential publisher.