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Heroes of the Monkey Tavern cover art

Heroes of the Monkey Tavern

Monkey Stories · 2016-09-22

SteamGOGPlayStation Store

ActionAdventureCasualIndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Sep 22, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 28, 2017 (PlayStation 4), Nov 07, 2017 (Nintendo Switch)

Heroes of the Monkey Tavern is a first-person dungeon-crawling game designed as an introduction to the genre : simplified rules, balanced puzzles and challenges. An independent project developed solo.

Heroes of the Monkey Tavern is an Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie game released in 2016, priced at $7.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (74% of 432 reviews).

1
playing now
74%
positive of 432 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (4 downloads)
4.01★
PlayStation Store rating (230 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$7.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

After countless days and nights celebrating within the infamous Monkey Tavern, our team of adventurers have spent every last penny... Their fates, however are about to change... Like a gift from the gods, in walks a mysterious stranger who points them towards a high tower full of invaluable treasures . It doesn't take much more to rouse their thirst for adventure.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 18 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 64% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 22% of 27,841 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 11k–26k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 432 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$3.99-50%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.19 at Steam (2026-09-14) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 85 of 92 observed days · $0.80 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
141420172026Week of 2017-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 18:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 16:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$3.992016-09-232026-10-152016-09-23 — best price $7.992016-12-22 — best price $6.992017-07-27 — best price $4.992018-01-04 — best price $9.992018-06-08 — best price $5.002018-09-13 — best price $9.992019-01-04 — best price $4.992019-07-10 — best price $9.992019-11-21 — best price $4.992020-01-22 — best price $4.992020-04-21 — best price $8.282020-07-23 — best price $4.992020-12-07 — best price $4.992021-04-05 — best price $9.992021-11-03 — best price $9.992022-02-14 — best price $4.992022-08-01 — best price $9.992022-11-10 — best price $4.992023-02-02 — best price $4.992023-05-23 — best price $9.992023-09-12 — best price $9.992023-12-21 — best price $4.992024-02-29 — best price $9.992024-06-13 — best price $9.992024-08-26 — best price $4.992024-11-18 — best price $9.992025-01-24 — best price $4.992025-05-01 — best price $4.992025-08-08 — best price $9.992025-10-15 — best price $4.992026-01-23 — best price $4.992026-04-03 — best price $7.992026-06-25 — best price $3.992026-09-01 — best price $3.992026-09-13 — best price $3.992026-09-25 — best price $3.992026-10-07 — best price $3.992026-10-15 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

28
achievements tracked
72.5%
earned "First blood"
28.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

6 supported languages: English, French, Spanish - Spain, Italian, Russian, German

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)7199%28
PS4 (PlayStation)14022%11
PS4 (PlayStation)12821%11
Switch (Nintendo)70%0
Switch (Nintendo)0—0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

RPGIndieMagicRetroActionFantasyAdventureReal-TimeAtmosphericFirst-Person

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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