Burn City · Live Alpha

Melbourne after dark.Drive the districts. Chase the gigs.

Burn City turns the real Melbourne map into a playable nightlife game. Cruise venue corridors, drop into live districts, and move from the landing page straight into the run.

Scanning district servers...

Street Map

Browser-first entry

Jump straight into the Melbourne map in one click. No setup, no lore wall, no dev manifest.

Avatar Core

Identity before login

Forge a custom player, callsign, role, and district signature before Riverun sign-in binds it to your run.

RiverPay

Real ticket rails

Gig discovery and checkout stay tied to real venues and same-day settlement flows.

Player entry

Enter the city under your own name.

Riverun login unlocks named play, synced quests, and RiverCoin rewards.

Guest mode works instantly, but Riverun login is the cleaner onboarding path if you want a named player run and reward sync.

Tonight's pressure

CBD

Concrete pulse, neon drift, late exits.

Inner North

Warehouse energy, guitar smoke, all-night gigs.

Collingwood

Terrace rows, alley runs, gang money moves east.

Southbank

Waterfront lights, faster money, cleaner runs.

Docklands

Port freight, cold grids, ghost-town after midnight.

Richmond

Bridge territory, contested corners, tram shortcuts.

Brunswick

Studio blocks, open mics, slow heat building north.

Carlton

Uni lanes, late-night diner fronts, deep lore.

Choose your entry lane

Street Map WebXR Tactical 2D

8Melbourne districts

5Driveable vehicles

30Story missions

24Real venues

4Gang factions

100%Real OSM map

About the game

Burn City turns Melbourne's real street grid into a playable open-world. Using live OpenStreetMap geometry, the game places 24 actual venues — Corner Hotel, Croxton Bandroom, The Tote, Forum — as mission anchors across 8 districts. Gang territory bleeds across the same laneways locals actually walk.

Drive a tram on its real line. Lean a motorbike through Carlton lanes. Escape police across Docklands. Every chase, every deal, every race happens inside a city that exists outside your window.

Engine: Unreal 5 + browser twin (Next.js / MapLibre)

Platforms: PC (Steam) · Browser (WebXR) · Mobile (Expo)

Multiplayer: GameLift session broker (crew system)

Economy: RiverCoin in-game currency tied to real venues

Music: Laprus FM — live ICURUS tracklist (King Thunder)

Press kit

↓Press sheet (PDF)↓Logo pack (.zip)↓Screenshots ↓Gameplay trailer

Press enquiries

Riverun — Music · Games · Melbourne
press@riverun.com.au

Coming to Steam

Wishlist Burn City on Steam

The full Unreal Engine 5 client — native physics, Laprus FM radio, crew multiplayer via GameLift — is targeting a Steam Early Access release. Wishlisting keeps you first in line for the launch discount and beta invites.

Wishlist on Steam Play browser build now

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Unreal 5 native

Full physics, lumen lighting, ray-traced Melbourne nights

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Laprus FM

Live ICURUS tracklist by King Thunder plays in-car

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Crew multiplayer

GameLift session broker — real crews, real rivalries

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RiverCoin economy

In-game economy tied to real Melbourne venues and events

Beta Access

Lock in your spot.

Steam Early Access drops first to the list. District devlogs, launch discount, and crew invite codes — all gated behind this form.