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Tavern Talk - A Cozy Visual Novel

Gentle Troll Entertainment · 2024-06-20

Steam

AdventureCasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Text

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.

Tavern Talk - A Cozy Visual Novel is an Adventure Casual Indie Simulation game released in 2024, priced at $17.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (89% of 1765 reviews).

14
playing now
89%
positive of 1.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$17.99
steam price (US)

14 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 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
  • · 14 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 10% of 28,838 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 35k–79k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,765 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 9 of 18 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

1922026-09-15 06:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 14:00 — 7 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 11 players2026-09-19 05:00 — 6 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 8 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 7 players2026-09-23 04:00 — 5 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 4 players2026-09-25 19:00 — 13 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 5 players2026-09-28 10:00 — 8 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 8 players2026-10-01 01:00 — 6 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 3 players2026-10-03 16:00 — 15 players2026-10-05 00:00 — 16 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 13 players2026-10-07 15:00 — 10 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 11 players2026-10-10 06:00 — 9 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 13 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 12 players2026-10-14 05:00 — 9 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 14 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
28110Jun 2024Aug 2026Jun 2024 — avg 281 · peak 564Jul 2024 — avg 71 · peak 205Aug 2024 — avg 41 · peak 80Sep 2024 — avg 27 · peak 67Oct 2024 — avg 20 · peak 48Nov 2024 — avg 41 · peak 130Dec 2024 — avg 31 · peak 79Jan 2025 — avg 31 · peak 83Feb 2025 — avg 17 · peak 46Mar 2025 — avg 27 · peak 64Apr 2025 — avg 17 · peak 51May 2025 — avg 16 · peak 70Jun 2025 — avg 25 · peak 80Jul 2025 — avg 20 · peak 42Aug 2025 — avg 12 · peak 27Sep 2025 — avg 14 · peak 35Oct 2025 — avg 10 · peak 33Nov 2025 — avg 12 · peak 29Dec 2025 — avg 11 · peak 29Jan 2026 — avg 17 · peak 41Feb 2026 — avg 11 · peak 27Mar 2026 — avg 17 · peak 53Apr 2026 — avg 12 · peak 37May 2026 — avg 12 · peak 38Jun 2026 — avg 26 · peak 84Jul 2026 — avg 16 · peak 41Aug 2026 — avg 12 · peak 37
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

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

3142026-06-01 — 21 pageviews2026-06-05 — 20 pageviews2026-06-09 — 30 pageviews2026-06-13 — 31 pageviews2026-06-17 — 19 pageviews2026-06-21 — 24 pageviews2026-06-25 — 17 pageviews2026-06-29 — 18 pageviews2026-07-03 — 22 pageviews2026-07-07 — 24 pageviews2026-07-11 — 15 pageviews2026-07-15 — 15 pageviews2026-07-19 — 16 pageviews2026-07-23 — 14 pageviews2026-07-27 — 22 pageviews2026-07-31 — 16 pageviews2026-08-04 — 12 pageviews2026-08-08 — 8 pageviews2026-08-12 — 9 pageviews2026-08-16 — 16 pageviews2026-08-20 — 6 pageviews2026-08-24 — 13 pageviews2026-08-28 — 9 pageviews2026-09-01 — 15 pageviews2026-09-05 — 14 pageviews2026-09-09 — 10 pageviews2026-09-13 — 15 pageviews2026-09-17 — 4 pageviews2026-09-21 — 4 pageviews2026-09-25 — 15 pageviews2026-09-29 — 9 pageviews2026-10-03 — 9 pageviews2026-10-07 — 9 pageviews2026-10-10 — 11 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

Post-launch support: 8 DLC released, first 2024-06-20, latest 2025-11-12 (Steam store data)

Player tags

CozyAnimeLGBTQ+FantasyCartoonyColorfulLife SimRelaxingSimulationAtmospheric

Census log

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

Recent updates

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