Canvas City is a grid-based simulation SRPG for Steam where a skate team claims territory through graffiti and trick-based movement. A demo is available on Steam, and the game was shown at BitSummit PUNCH in 2026.
Canvas City is a grid-based SRPG from Disc 2 Games, a New Zealand studio supported by Black Salt Games, the team behind DREDGE. The game was first shown at BitSummit PUNCH in May 2026, where the press played a build that blends skate culture with turn-based strategy. Players control a skate team called the Roller Bakers, using tricks to gain resources and painting graffiti to claim territory, with the visual style and culture drawing heavily on Jet Set Radio.
A Steam demo later appeared, giving a fuller look at the combat loop. Movement builds attack cost, graffiti marks Claim Spots for territory control, and the unit roster swaps classic SRPG archetypes for skaters and artists. Game Spark, which played the demo, noted the design puts street culture at the center of the grid combat, a real departure from the usual tactical RPG formula, though the current build still tends to settle into familiar clumping and carries balancing concerns.
What stands across both reports is the same core pitch: a turn-based strategy game that treats movement and street art as its combat language. The demo confirms that pitch is real, even if the execution still has rough edges. The game is confirmed for Steam, and the demo is already available to play.
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Game Spark played the demo of Canvas City, a grid-based SRPG on Steam where street youth fight the ACU organization. Movement builds attack cost, graffiti marks Claim Spots for territory, and skaters and artists replace knights and mages. The demo shows promise but has balancing concerns.
Disc 2 Games, a New Zealand studio supported by Black Salt Games (DREDGE), showed the simulation RPG Canvas City at BitSummit PUNCH. Players control a skate team called the Roller Bakers, using tricks to gain resources and painting graffiti to claim territory. The game is heavily influenced by Jet Set Radio. A Steam demo is planned.