Ale & Tale Tavern

First-person fantasy tavern simulation with cooperative cooking and exploration

Scienart Games · Published by GrabTheGames, UpgradePoint · Released Sep 5, 2024

Action Adventure Casual Indie Simulation

Reviews: Very Positive; 89% of 10K
Recent reviews: Very Positive; 81% of 125 in 30 days
Playing now: 127; peak 24h 167
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update: 3 days ago; Sep 20, 2026

Free demo available, 3 playing it now: get the demo.

What is Ale & Tale Tavern?

A first-person fantasy tavern simulation set in a small open world. Alone or in online co-op for up to six players, you restore an abandoned tavern by cooking and serving orders, gathering ingredients, farming, raising animals, fishing, hunting, decorating, completing quests, and fighting monsters.

For you if...

+you enjoy hands-on cooking, serving, farming, and decorating
+you want online co-op for a group of six
+you like mixing management tasks with fantasy exploration

Not for you if...

−you prefer focused games over broad sandbox activity lists
−you want demanding combat to drive progression
−you want a linear campaign instead of open-world freedom

What players say

89% of 10,452 reviews are positive · 81% of 125 in the last 30 days

Players praise the cooperative tavern rush, particularly dividing cooking, serving, cleaning, and gathering among friends. Common complaints describe repetitive quests and preparation, shallow combat, limited content, and a solo workload that becomes tedious.

Screenshots and trailer

Ale & Tale Tavern system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Windows 10 x64
Processor: Intel core i5-4440 or Ryzen 3 1200
Graphics: Nvidia GTX 1060 or equivalent
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Storage: 7 GB available space
DirectX: Version 11

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Full controller support
Platforms: Windows
Achievements: 69
Steam features: Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards

Steam Deck: Playable

Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
Shows Steam Deck controller icons
Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

Multiplayer and co-op

Languages

Full audio: English. Text only: Russian, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Hungarian, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Romanian, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Czech, Japanese, Vietnamese, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America.