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Tavern Keeper 🍻 cover art

Tavern Keeper 🍻

Greenheart Games 💚 · 2025-11-03

Steam

IndieRPGSimulationStrategyEarly Access

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 03, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

From the creators of Game Dev Tycoon comes Tavern Keeper 🍻, a cosy-chaotic management sim, featuring a powerful decoration sandbox and a magical storybook RPG!

94%
positive of 4.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

A good tavern is the heart and soul of a community - a place for drama and intrigue, shoddy deals and outrageous meals. A place for peasants to relax, travelers to rest and heroes to plan their next daring adventure. But what of the unsung heroes of it all - the tavern keepers?(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 93 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~12/week).
  • · Review velocity down 43% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,347 reviews).
  • · Top 9% of 18,104 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 92k–208k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,617 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $23.99 at Steam (2025-11-03)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 8 of 16 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.3k1.3k20252026Week of 2025-11-03: 1,290 positiveWeek of 2025-11-03: 57 negativeWeek of 2025-11-10: 692 positiveWeek of 2025-11-10: 51 negativeWeek of 2025-11-17: 382 positiveWeek of 2025-11-17: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-11-24: 622 positiveWeek of 2025-11-24: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-12-08: 70 positiveWeek of 2025-12-08: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-15: 74 positiveWeek of 2025-12-15: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-22: 108 positiveWeek of 2025-12-22: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-12-29: 106 positiveWeek of 2025-12-29: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-01-05: 117 positiveWeek of 2026-01-05: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-12: 76 positiveWeek of 2026-01-12: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-19: 56 positiveWeek of 2026-01-19: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-26: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-01-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-02: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-02-02: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-09: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-02-09: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-02-16: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-02-16: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-23: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-02-23: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-02: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-03-02: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-09: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-03-16: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-03-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-23: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-03-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-30: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-03-30: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-06: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-04-06: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-13: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-04-13: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-20: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-04-27: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-04-27: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-04: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-05-04: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-11: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-05-11: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-18: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-05-18: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-05-25: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-05-25: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-08: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-06-08: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-15: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-06-15: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-22: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-06-22: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-29: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-06: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-07-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-13: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-07-13: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-20: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-07-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-27: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-03: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-08-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-10: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-17: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$29.99$23.992025-11-032026-07-292025-11-03 — best price $23.992025-11-17 — best price $29.992025-12-18 — best price $23.992026-01-19 — best price $29.992026-02-18 — best price $23.992026-03-04 — best price $29.992026-03-19 — best price $23.992026-03-26 — best price $29.992026-04-04 — best price $23.992026-04-18 — best price $29.992026-05-18 — best price $23.992026-06-01 — best price $29.992026-06-25 — best price $23.992026-07-09 — best price $29.992026-07-15 — best price $23.992026-07-29 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

52
achievements tracked
91.7%
earned "First Steps"
6.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportAdjustable Text SizeCamera ComfortColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyPlayable without Timed InputDualShock Controller Support1 DLC

14 supported languages: English, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese, French…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,9910%52

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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