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Castle Rowan on its crag above a sea of red and gold autumn trees, with its banners out

An autumn castle town to explore

Rowanmere

A castle on a crag, crooked wizard towers
and a town where every lantern keeps a story.

Actual gameplay · Castle Rowan

See it in motion

Watch
the trailer.

Thirty seconds, captured in the game.

The Harvest Fair is on

Wander a fairy-tale
town in autumn.

Rowanmere is a little castle town built block by block, in the middle of the best week of autumn. The leaves are coming down, the market square is full of stalls and the banners are out on Castle Rowan for the Harvest Fair.

There is nothing to win and nobody to fight. Walk the streets, talk to the people who live here, ride the coach round the Ring and stay for the lanterns on the loch.

Free to playBrowser or downloadOver 150 named residentsNothing to install
Actual gameplay: the Market Square full of fair stalls, with the Hundred Steps climbing to Castle Rowan behindKing’s Rise

Built block by block,
leaf by leaf.

Half-timbered houses, an abbey with a long nave, a gothic spire over a crêpe kiosk, a river gorge with an old stone bridge and a quay on Loch Rowan. Doors open, so you can go inside the castle, the shops and the hall.

  • A castle, an abbey, a market and a wizards’ quarter
  • Rooms to walk into, from the Throne Room to the Great Hall
  • Deer, sheep, ducks, ravens and owls

Three ways to see it

Walk it, ride it
or fly over it.

Walking through the market square in third person, with fair stalls and townsfolk all aroundExplore on foot

Take the
long way round.

Stroll the streets and lanes, step through open doors and talk to the people you meet. Everyone has a name and something to say.

E to talk and to open doors.

The Rowan Coach, a red four-horse coach, at the Ferry Stage stopRide the Rowan Coach

Six stops
round the Ring.

Board the coach-and-four at any stop and watch the town go by, or take the reins of a pony cart and drive yourself.

E to board, C to change seat.

The Wizards’ Quarter from the air: tall striped towers, pointed roofs and a green observatory domeFly over

See it all
from the sky.

Lift off and glide over the rooftops, zoom all the way down to street level, and double-click anywhere to land there.

Tab puts you back on foot.

The town map open over the game, with places you can select to travel to

A map that
takes you there.

Press M for the map of Rowanmere and select a place to go straight to it: the castle, the kirkyard, the Hermitage, the loch.

Press F for Film, a guided tour of twenty views made for watching or recording, and P for picture mode.

Stay until dark

Golden hour, dusk
and lantern light.

The day moves on while you explore. Stay past sunset and the windows light up, the moon rises behind the castle and the northern lights come out over the towers.

Castle Rowan in late afternoon light above the autumn trees
The same town, from afternoon to midnight.

Every corner holds something

Go on.
Have a look around.

From the Rowan Gate to the falls in the gorge, there is a view round every corner and a story behind every door.

The stone stair climbing the crag to the castle gatehouse

The Hundred Steps.

The long stair to the Rowan Gate.

Striped wizard towers with pointed roofs above the trees

The Wizards’ Quarter.

Crooked towers and the Archmage’s Spire.

Townsfolk among the striped stalls of the fair, with the castle beyond

The Harvest Fair.

An avenue of stalls up to the castle.

The abbey church with its rose window, seen from above

Rowan Abbey.

The long nave and the crossing tower.

A dark gothic spire behind a crêpes and waffles kiosk in the gardens

The Thorn Spire.

Crêpes, waffles and a carpet of leaves.

A river running through a wooded gorge of red and gold trees

The Hermitage.

The River Rowan in its gorge.

An old stone bridge over the river, seen from the gorge floor

The Old Bridge.

One stone arch over the falls.

A round stone hall among red beech trees

Ossian’s Hall.

A round folly at the end of the red path.

The loch quay with half-timbered houses along the water

Loch Rowan.

The quay, Fishers’ Row and the ferry stage.

Every screenshot on this page is captured in the game. Select one for a closer look.

The doors are open

Step inside.
The King is in.

Climb to the castle and walk right in. A feast is laid in the Great Hall, and in the Throne Room you can meet King Aldric and try on the crown.

The Great Hall laid for a feast, with candles, banners and a hammerbeam roof
The Great Hall
In the Throne Room of Castle Rowan, standing before King Aldric on his throne
The Throne Room

A peaceful world to exploreActual gameplay

Always one more lane

A town
to keep.

The whole town is a single HTML file. Explore it right here in your browser, or download a copy and it works offline.

WASD
Walk
Mouse
Look
E
Talk / use
M
Map
Tab
Fly / walk
F
Film
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The view from the balcony of Ossian’s Hall over Rowan Falls
The balcony over the falls
Paper lanterns floating on Loch Rowan at night, below the lighthouse
The Lantern Festival

The gate is open

Autumn is waiting
in Rowanmere.

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Explore in your browser or download a copy to keep.