Critical risk detected
Domain is only 49 days old. Multiple independent checks — antivirus engines, browser safety blocklists, and threat databases — flagged this site. Don't enter personal information, deposit money, or download files.
Is townscaperapk.com legit or a scam?
Unofficial Townscaper APK site on a 49-day-old domain that clones the official game branding and offers no verifiable business contact.
These checks passed — but they don't clear the site. A clean antivirus result, valid SSL, and a calm server only mean it isn't hosting malware; they say nothing about whether the business is real. This verdict is based on the site's conduct and content, not a malware detection.
Analysis Summary
Website Preview
Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site. See full visual analysis →
Visual analysis
We capture a fresh screenshot of the live page and ask a vision model to look for scam visual patterns — fake trust badges, countdown timers, overlay pop-ups, and visual clones of legitimate brands.
Visual red flags detected in the screenshot
The site offers an unofficial APK download for a known paid game, which is a common vector for distributing modified or malicious software.
What our vision model saw
5 signalsProminent 'Download APK' button for a paid commercial game
Unofficial distribution of 'Townscaper' by Raw Fury
Generic landing page template used to host mobile app files
Lack of official store badges (Google Play or Apple App Store)
Minimalist site structure with only 'Home' and 'Blog' navigation
Intelligence
The page promotes a direct APK download for Townscaper, a commercial game sold on Google Play, Steam, and the App Store by Raw Fury. The domain townscaperapk.com was registered only 49 days ago through Spaceship with no owner details listed. No business registration exists for the site or its operator. The page contains zero contact email, phone, or address, and the visual analysis flags it as an unofficial distribution channel. Our sandbox was unavailable, but the combination of a brand-new domain, clone indicators, and missing legitimacy signals outweighs the clean antivirus scan. The evidence package found no scam reports, which is common for low-traffic new sites but does not offset the red flags.
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for townscaperapk.com, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- Domain townscaperapk.com registered 2026-05-20 (49 days old as of July 2026).
- Page title and description match exactly the site's own content promoting 'Townscaper - Download Latest APK V1.20 For Android (Official)'.
- ScamAdviser lists the site with a fair trust score, notes very young domain age and low Tranco rank, but concludes 'probably not a scam but legit'; SSL valid via Let's Encrypt.
- Official Townscaper game developed by Raw Fury AB (Sweden), available on Google Play (com.OskarStalberg.Townscaper), Steam, App Store; official sites include townscapergame.com and rawfury.com.
- Multiple third-party APK sites (apkvision.org, liteapks.com, an1.com, etc.) host similar Townscaper APK downloads; no direct mentions or complaints tied specifically to townscaperapk.com.
- No scam reports, complaints, Trustpilot/ScamDoc entries, or Reddit discussions referencing townscaperapk.com found.
- Site hosted on Cloudflare; WHOIS via Spaceship, Inc.; no owner details public.
Domain name mimics official Townscaper branding and offers APK download; official game by Raw Fury available on Google Play, Steam, App Store, and townscapergame.com / rawfury.com.
We searched scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, and general web sources for townscaperapk.com and didn't find scam reports or complaints. For a new or low-traffic site this is expected and is not by itself a sign of trust.
Domain Timeline
- May 20, 2026Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 49 days old today.
- Jul 9, 2026Latest security review — Flagged as dangerous
This scan re-ran every check; the current findings are detailed above.
townscaperapk.com was registered very recently and is already flagged. Freshly-registered domains are disproportionately used for scams, and a young domain with active threat signals warrants extra caution.
Threat Detection
Scam Network
Antivirus Engines
Security Scans
Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.
Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
Technical Details
domain · encryption · redirects · server reputation · referencedContact Verification
We fetched the page and looked for real-world contact details. Legitimate businesses almost always publish an email on their own domain, a phone number, and a postal address. Scam shops usually don't.
- No contact email found anywhere on the page.
- No phone number listed on the page.
- No postal address visible on the page.
Domain & Encryption
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://townscaperapk.com/
- 2200https://townscaperapk.com/
Server Reputation
Referenced Domains
Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.
What to do
Avoid this site
Our automated review flagged enough risk that you should treat this site as unverified.
- Do not interact with townscaperapk.com
Do not enter credentials, deposit money, download files, or install browser extensions from this site.
- Verify the business through independent channels
Check the company's social profiles, registry records, and search for recent news or reviews that are not hosted on the site itself.
- Never use irreversible payment methods
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Final Verdict
The site offers an unofficial APK download for the paid Townscaper game. The domain is only 49 days old, lacks any business registration, and mimics the official branding while providing no contact details.
Safety FAQ
Common questions about this site, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers always reflect the latest verdict on this page.
- Our automated security review flags townscaperapk.com as dangerous. Multiple threat indicators were detected — treat the site as a scam until proven otherwise.
- No — townscaperapk.com scored 25/100 on our trust scale. We detected active threat indicators, so we recommend avoiding the site entirely.
- Yes. townscaperapk.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · E8, expiring in 41 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
- townscaperapk.com is 1 month old, registered on 5/20/2026 through Spaceship, Inc.. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
- No. All 92 antivirus engines in our malware network report townscaperapk.com as clean.
- No. townscaperapk.com is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
- townscaperapk.com resolves to an IP operated by Cloudflare, Inc. in US (usage type: Content Delivery Network). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad, but unusual geography for a brand's claimed country is one of many signals we weigh.
- This is a permanent record of the scan run on July 9, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around townscaperapk.com have changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan, which re-runs every check from scratch and publishes an updated report.
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