Noun Town Language Learning

Released: May 20, 2026
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Last updated: 14 Sep 2026, 06:46 GMT

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30 Jul 2026Developer post
Noun Town Idler released!
Want a new way to recap your vocab? Try Noun Town Learn & Chill! We just launched a language learning idler on Steam! The game uses the content from our existing language learning game, Noun Town: Language Learning (Very Positive, ~700 reviews), but presents it in a new idle
20 May 2026Developer post
Noun Town is leaving Early Access 🎉
Noun Town is leaving Early Access 🎉 When we launched Noun Town in Early Access back in November 2023, we said we'd be in EA for three months to a year. It's been a bit longer than that - and honestly, thank you for sticking with us. We used that time well to deliver on all of ou
Noun Town is leaving Early Access 🎉
When we launched Noun Town in Early Access back in November 2023, we said we'd be in EA for three months to a year. It's been a bit longer than that - and honestly, thank you for sticking with us.
We used that time well to deliver on all of our Full Release guidance. Here's what we shipped:
Grew from 6 languages to 12, adding Korean, Russian, Greek, Spanish (MX), Egyptian Arabic, and the ability to learn English from your native language
Built out LINK (in Settings), syncing your progress across the Noun Town ecosystem
Added full Steam Deck support
Kept expanding the world with new content like no-speech input, furigana for Japanese learners, achievements, added progress tracking, and hundreds of bug fixes and quality of life improvements
None of this would have happened without the players who bought in early, left reviews, posted in the forums, and joined our Discord. You shaped what Noun Town became.
Since we started, over 200,000 people have played across the Noun Town ecosystem. We've picked up 3 awards and 7 nominations, been featured in The Guardian, TheGamer, and two IGN showcases, and even been selected for a Steam "Daily Deal". For an indie language learning game, that still blows our minds.
We also launched Noun Town for Schools - bringing the same approach to classrooms. If you know a teacher who'd find it useful, send it their way.
Leaving Early Access doesn't mean we're done. The Noun Town ecosystem is something we're continuing to think about and grow. With that we're delighted to announce a change to the LINK feature...
Keep up to date with your revision on-the-go with LINK🔗
After linking your account on our website you can now access your SRS via an internet browser. This means you can revise what you've learnt, anytime, on your mobile phone / tablet / PC / Mac OUTSIDE of the Noun Town game.
Thank youuuuuu!
The Noun Town Team
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19 May 2026Developer post
Revise anywhere
We just dropped two free updates to the Noun Town ecosystem... Your SRS - now in your browser! You can now log in at noun.town/link and access your Spaced Repetition System from any device, phone, tablet, or PC. No need to be in-game to do it! That means the words you've been lea
14 Mar 2025Developer post
Own Noun Town? Unlock WET for -20%
As a valued member of the Noun Town community, you can grab our brand-new puzzle game, WET, for -20% with our exclusive bundle deal! Immerse yourself in a world where manipulating terrain and guiding water is the key to both relaxing challenges and tricky trials. Shape the landsc
31 Oct 2024Developer post
v2.30 Progress tracker, SRS improvements + Steam achievements!
📢 MAJOR UPDATE 📢 NEW -> Progress page added! - You can now track your progress on a dedicated screen - Stay motivated and keep learning with this extra info - It also shows you what content you still need to discover in the game NEW -> Steam achievements added - can you u
18 Sep 2024Developer post
v2.29 Furigana added + more...
📢 MAJOR UPDATE 📢 NEW -> Furigana added! - You can now see Furigana throughout Noun Town when learning Japanese - This was one of our most requested features - Check it out here: > Object info (Tab button on keyboard to access) > Dictionary > Lessons > All NPC dia
03 Sep 2024Developer post
v2.28 Mini-game improvements!
In this update we've made some changes to how the Directions and Numbers mini-games work following feedback from our community. Directions - Made the delivery bot waaaay easier to drive - Removed the time penalty on making a wrong choice - "Play again" button added to final scree
05 Aug 2024Developer post
v2.24 No-speech input, LINK + more...
📢 MAJOR UPDATE 📢 NEW -> No-speech input method added! - You can now choose to input via text or the original voice recognition method - This provides a whole new way to learn! - Pick between phonetic input units to learn words and phrases - Get hints and quickly find out whe
04 Jul 2024Developer post
v2.2 Bug fixes + updated demo
14 more bug fixes as reported by our awesome community! - All voice files for Arabic items replaced - Arabic NPC Question dialog lines now correctly read right to left - Updated demo released - Ordering of Greek school lessons corrected - UI for lesson console test phase improved
13 May 2024Developer post
v2.19.3 Save backup + minor fixes
Introduction of a save backup system to prevent issues if a player's system crashes whilst the game is saving. Also some bug fixes reported by our community: - Enabled directions game words to be reviewable in the spaced repetition system (SRS). - Resolved issue where NPCs didn't
22 Apr 2024Developer post
v2.17 Fixes + speech recognition changes!
Welcome to our latest update! In this update we've fixed lots of bugs, and made some major enhancements to the speech recognition! HUGE THANKS to our community for suggesting improvements and reporting bugs! You can join us on Discord here . If you're enjoying Noun Town, a rating
06 Mar 2024Developer post
v2.13 Hide romaji + fixes!
Welcome to our latest update! As ever, a HUGE THANKS to our community for suggesting improvements and reporting bugs! Join us on Discord here . ...aaaaand if you're enjoying Noun Town, a rating and a review are always incredibly appreciated! NEW FEATURES: 1) We've added a Romanis
09 Jan 2024Developer post
v2.1 HUGE languages update!
📢 HUGE LANGUAGES UPDATE 📢 Not one, not two, not three, but SIX new learnable languages added ! > American English > Egyptian Arabic > Greek > Spanish Mexican > Russian > Ukrainian As well adding new languages we've also localised the menus and user interface t
01 Dec 2023Developer post
v1.0004 Small updates + fixes!
Some small fixes in this launch (our time is mainly being spent putting in the ability to learn ENGLISH, which should come out in a week or two!) Anyway, here are the notes - as every, come join us on Discord to discuss more! KIOSK - When you 100%'ed a room, the noun kiosk would
Some small fixes in this launch (our time is mainly being spent putting in the ability to learn ENGLISH, which should come out in a week or two!)
Anyway, here are the notes - as every, come join us on Discord to discuss more!

KIOSK - When you 100%'ed a room, the noun kiosk would break. Now it says 100% complete!
SPEECH REC: SR has been adjusted in Japanese to fix a bunch of small errors, such as 17 not working correctly
LESSON - Sometimes, getting answers wrong in the test still allow you to pass it. Now you must get them all right! Hohoho.
NUMBERS- Second stage of finding robot parts wouldn't take controller inputs automatically. Now does!
LESSONS - Clothes store and Supermarket lessons did not appear for users. Now do!
CAFE - Unable to correctly learn CD due to word being in lowercase when spoken. Fixed!
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09 Nov 2023Developer post
Fixes for v1.003!
A few more fixes from bugs picked up by players this week, as well as some UX tweaks: Numbers robots: halved speed and add small explosion radius when trying to hit them Animals: too many caused framerate drop. Fixed! CAFE: Possible to get stuck behind the Learning Rush machine.
A few more fixes from bugs picked up by players this week, as well as some UX tweaks:

Numbers robots: halved speed and add small explosion radius when trying to hit them
Animals: too many caused framerate drop. Fixed!
CAFE: Possible to get stuck behind the Learning Rush machine. Fixed!
Streak calculation is incorrect: now streaks are correctly counted (no data lost)
SPORTS HALL - “bat”s (animal) seem to spawn from boxes + break things. Now spawning "bat" (as in baseball) not bat (as in vampire)
SPANISH DATA: cleaned up the formatting of some learning tips
LEARNING KIOSK: On the "All items" page, you can now play the object's audio!
JAPANESE SPEECH: "Futari desu" was returning as "ninin desu". Fixed!
JAPANESE SPEECH: Swan was always returning as "White bird" (Shiratori) instead of "Swan" (Hakucho). Fixed!
INBOX: Inbox alert now only shows when unread mail is in inbox
JAPANESE DATA: Romaji error in a cafe lesson now resolved
ISLAND RESORT AREA: Collider by bridge now fixed, no falling in the hole for you guys.
RESORT CHROMOEMITTER: Player can glitch into a stuck location. Not anymore!
ISLAND BEACH: Gap allows player to get stuck in water. Not anymore!
LEARNING KIOSK: "Learn more words" button now becomes active after completing all your daily goals, without having to reload the scene
ZOO: Noun Summary ticks were missing
DICTIONARY: Can now play the audio of the word from within the dictionary
TUTORIAL: Japanese text was getting cut-off on the mic check. Fixed!
JAPANESE ROMAJI x2: Some questions had incorrect romaji (nani instead of nan). Fixed!
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06 Nov 2023Developer post
v1.0002 Update notes
Another hotfix patching bugs players have let us know about. Please keep them coming! NOUN LEARNING FOR LAST WORDS: The game would ask you to learn five learns, but sometimes there were only 4 or fewer left to do. Now it is dynamic and shows the correct number. OBJECT HIGHLIGHTIN
Another hotfix patching bugs players have let us know about. Please keep them coming!

NOUN LEARNING FOR LAST WORDS: The game would ask you to learn five learns, but sometimes there were only 4 or fewer left to do. Now it is dynamic and shows the correct number.
OBJECT HIGHLIGHTING UI: This would sometimes show when you were in other screens. Now fixed
SCREEN TEARING for some users: You can now set your VSYNC in SETTINGs.
UI: If your mouse was hovering over a button, you couldn't used WASD to select another option. Now fixed.
AUTOPASS Disable: Autopass sometimes would not turn off when the user turned it off. Now it does!
SPEECH REC FEEDBACK: Sometimes we showed players "NOT HEARD", when we met to show "NOT QUITE". So, we were hearing the word, but the sound was not quite the right word, rather than the mic not working.
FABRICATOR 4 TOUCHPAD: Some players couldn't open the fabricator as they don't have a middle mouse button. Now you can push F to open it!
SPEECH REC ISSUE WITH "CD": the word CD had issues, now resolved.
WORKSHOP SCREEN: We were showing the wrong number of bolts per number. Now fixed.
PIG OBJECT: The pig object had problems. Now it doesn't.
NOUN REVIEW "MAYBE LATER": Clicking “Maybe Later” now shows a default button for controller users
LEARNING RUSH SCORE: Could clip in front of characters. Now doesn't.
SPEECH RECOGNITION FEEDBACK: Object name + feedback would get cut-off. Now doesn't.
DELIVERY GAME: Exiting vehicle after waiting for delivery fail timeout will lock the player from moving. Now fixed.
DELIVERY GAME VFX: Re-added VFX for exiting car when reaching checkpoint
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02 Nov 2023Developer post
v1.0001 Cooker item glitching Learning Rush + Constructor mode hotfix
The cooker item was causing the Constructor mode and Learning Rush game to glitch. Now resolved!
02 Nov 2023Developer post
Noun Town is out now!
NOUN TOWN IS OUT NOW! 🎉 You can check it out here: And join the Discord here We hope you love it! 😁 This is just the start for Noun Town and we plan to add more and more content and languages over the coming months and years. The Noun Town team
01 Nov 2023Developer post
Watch the developer play!
Watch the developer play Noun Town! Join our Discord to be part of the community:
25 Oct 2023Developer post
Noun Town launch trailer reveal!
THE NOUN TOWN DESKTOP TRAILER IS HERE! Like, comment, and share to support! 🙌 See it here: Available to Wishlist here: We hope you love it! 😁 The Noun Town team