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Village Tale cover art

Village Tale

Knight Owl Games · 2025-07-27

Steam

CasualIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 27, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A relaxing idle village-building simulator nestled in the corner of your screen! Build, Craft, and Trade to guide your village from humble beginnings to a thriving trading hub, it's time to write your own Village Tale!

83%
positive of 321 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
$3.59
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (129 reviews).
  • · Top 37% of 9,647 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 6.4k–14k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 321 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$3.59-40%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.59 at Steam (2026-08-24) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 11 of 22 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
10710720252026Week of 2025-07-28: 107 positiveWeek of 2025-07-28: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-08-04: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-08-04: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-11: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-08-11: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-18: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-25: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-08: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-15: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-15: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-22: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-29: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-27: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-03: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-24: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-08: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-08: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-15: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-22: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-19: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-26: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-16: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-02: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-09: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-16: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-04: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-18: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-08: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-29: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-06: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-06: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-03: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-17: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$5.99$3.592025-07-282026-08-242025-07-28 — best price $4.792025-08-10 — best price $5.992025-09-11 — best price $4.792025-09-18 — best price $5.992025-09-29 — best price $4.792025-10-06 — best price $5.992025-10-23 — best price $4.792025-10-30 — best price $5.992025-12-03 — best price $5.992025-12-04 — best price $4.792026-01-05 — best price $5.992026-01-19 — best price $4.492026-02-02 — best price $5.992026-03-04 — best price $4.492026-03-18 — best price $5.992026-03-19 — best price $4.492026-03-26 — best price $5.992026-04-28 — best price $4.192026-05-12 — best price $5.992026-06-25 — best price $4.192026-07-09 — best price $5.992026-07-16 — best price $4.192026-07-25 — best price $5.992026-08-24 — best price $3.59
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

54
achievements tracked
95.9%
earned "First Haul"
47.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsAdjustable Text SizeCustom Volume ControlsPlayable without Timed InputSave AnytimeSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

12 supported languages: English, German, Arabic, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, French, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America, Spanish - Spain

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)23042%54

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

Census log

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

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