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Tavern Talk - A Cozy Visual Novel

Gentle Troll Entertainment · 2024-06-20

Steam

AdventureCasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 20, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 20, 2024 (Nintendo Switch), Jun 20, 2024 (Mac)

A cozy visual novel about running a tavern in a D&D-inspired fantasy! Gather rumors, serve magical drinks, and meet adventurers on a life-changing quest.

9
playing now
89%
positive of 1.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$17.99
steam price (US)

9 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Tavern Talk is a visual novel developed by Gentle Troll Entertainment, and released on June 20, 2024 for Nintendo Switch and Windows. Players take control of a fantasy innkeeper who serves drinks and interacts with adventurers in a magical medieval setting.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 9 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 132 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~17/week).
  • · Review velocity down 30% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (511 reviews).
  • · Top 23% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 35k–79k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,760 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $9.89 at Steam (2026-05-28) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $17.99 · on sale 11 of 22 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
47247220242026Week of 2024-06-01: 472 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1732026-08-17 06:00 — 7 players2026-08-17 22:00 — 17 players2026-08-18 14:00 — 12 players2026-08-19 06:00 — 3 players2026-08-19 21:00 — 15 players2026-08-20 13:00 — 11 players2026-08-21 05:00 — 8 players2026-08-21 21:00 — 10 players2026-08-22 12:00 — 12 players2026-08-23 04:00 — 12 players2026-08-23 20:00 — 15 players2026-08-24 12:00 — 6 players2026-08-25 04:00 — 7 players2026-08-25 19:00 — 15 players2026-08-26 12:00 — 9 players2026-08-27 04:00 — 8 players2026-08-27 20:00 — 9 players2026-08-28 11:00 — 5 players2026-08-29 03:00 — 6 players2026-08-29 19:00 — 14 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 9 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$17.99$9.892024-06-202026-08-032024-06-20 — best price $16.192024-08-12 — best price $16.192024-09-25 — best price $16.192024-11-04 — best price $14.392024-11-27 — best price $14.392024-12-19 — best price $14.392025-01-03 — best price $14.392025-02-26 — best price $14.392025-03-13 — best price $14.392025-04-11 — best price $13.492025-05-27 — best price $12.592025-06-27 — best price $12.592025-07-17 — best price $12.592025-09-09 — best price $11.692025-09-29 — best price $11.692025-11-13 — best price $11.692025-12-18 — best price $11.692026-01-09 — best price $10.792026-02-23 — best price $10.792026-03-19 — best price $10.792026-04-14 — best price $10.792026-05-28 — best price $9.892026-06-25 — best price $9.892026-07-20 — best price $9.892026-08-03 — best price $17.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3742026-06-01 — 21 pageviews2026-06-04 — 37 pageviews2026-06-07 — 31 pageviews2026-06-10 — 36 pageviews2026-06-13 — 31 pageviews2026-06-16 — 16 pageviews2026-06-19 — 17 pageviews2026-06-22 — 23 pageviews2026-06-25 — 17 pageviews2026-06-28 — 25 pageviews2026-07-01 — 11 pageviews2026-07-04 — 12 pageviews2026-07-07 — 24 pageviews2026-07-10 — 4 pageviews2026-07-13 — 11 pageviews2026-07-16 — 6 pageviews2026-07-19 — 16 pageviews2026-07-22 — 16 pageviews2026-07-25 — 11 pageviews2026-07-28 — 12 pageviews2026-07-31 — 16 pageviews2026-08-03 — 14 pageviews2026-08-06 — 7 pageviews2026-08-09 — 12 pageviews2026-08-12 — 9 pageviews2026-08-15 — 10 pageviews2026-08-18 — 7 pageviews2026-08-21 — 8 pageviews2026-08-24 — 13 pageviews2026-08-27 — 11 pageviews2026-08-29 — 19 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

49
achievements tracked
92%
earned "First Step"
10.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportAdjustable Text SizeColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsMouse Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller Support8 DLC

6 supported languages: English, German, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Korean, French

Player tags

CozyAnimeLGBTQ+FantasyCartoonyColorfulLife SimRelaxingSimulationAtmospheric

Census log

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

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