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Ale & Tale Tavern
Developer Scienart Games
Get ready for a thrilling mix of genres: a cooperative, first-person, open-world fantasy tavern simulator, action, fishing, hunting, exploration, and completing fun and diverse quests. And, of course, COOKING! Play with friends, feed and quench the thirst of the entire world! From the Steam store page
338 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Oct 6, 2026 · last updated Oct 7, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
76
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204 positive · 66 negative
95% range 70–80%
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Steam's own rating
Very Positive
9,343 of 10,488 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
Summary pending — the reactions are listed below.
Reactions
60 of 338 · most liked firstI'd love this game if the story wasn't voiced by AI, it pulls me out of the immersion and makes the game less enjoyable as a whole. Also the rooms you unlock from leveling early on can barely be used for anything, they have almost no space. I'm playing this game coop with my girlfriend and even now it feels like we are barely keeping up with the upkeep and we only have 2 tables.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This was fun near the beginning, but a lot of the quests got very repetitive. There's also not an automation system to prep food. This is most obvious when picky "special" guests arrive and want things you can technically make but don't have the supplies for and thus don't have on your menu, so it can be really frustrating to accommodate for them unless you want to fill almost every last space you have with back-to-back ovens/grills/stoves. I did play solo, so that likely didn't help, but much…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →AI doesn't really bother me that much, but the fact that the game *does not* notify you on the steam page that it uses AI is scummy.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →While fairly enjoyable when playing with a friend, there are many issues with this game. Quests range from boring to irritating and I strongly suspect generative ai was used in writing or dialogue or both. The lack of credits given to any voice actors lends some credence to this. Even if it isn't ai, the dialogue is often nonsensical, unfunny, and voiced by the most stilted voice actors you've ever heard. The gameplay is basically the same for several hours until you finally unlock the inn…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is an absolute gem, and before I even talk about the gameplay, I want to address something that is really getting to me. The accusations about the developers using AI are honestly frustrating to watch. People are making claims with no proof, while completely ignoring the fact that the developers have repeatedly and transparently provided proof that they do NOT use AI. Their responses get buried in discussion threads, and then more people pile on with assumptions that make the devs…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ale & Tale Tavern isn't really a BAD game. I like multiple things about it including the addition of exploring outside the tavern and combat. If this was the only tavern/inn simulator game then it would be... fine. I'm writing this after only a few hours of play and though I'm disappointed and frustrated with it already, I will play it a little while longer, because again this isn't AWFUL. The issue is that there are multiple tavern themed simulator games on the market and ALL of the ones I've…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →On paper, this game has an incredible concept. The idea of splitting your time between running an inn and heading out to explore, scavenge, and progress through the world is exactly what drew me in. That balance, management paired with adventure, sounds like it should be the heart of the experience. Unfortunately, in practice, the systems don’t quite support that vision yet, especially for solo play. Right now, the game falls into a very repetitive loop. You buy food items so you can craft…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Really fun game overall. Pretty relaxing concept. I would like to make a suggestion for a future update though. Since there are owls to serve customers and owls that clean up, I was getting a bit overwhelmed with having to cook everything as well as gather ingredients, what I'm trying to say is that I think there should be a chef owl and little accessories for the owls. But overall that's the only thing I would change about it! Hope this helps!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really love this game! The dialogue is funny and the missions are full of great story line. I would love to see more updates! Obviously game development/making is pretty hard, but I would love to see some of these things: - Being able to visit the king/kingdom - Stacking chests - More guests rooms - More decor/paintings/furniture - Even having precise placement for furniture would be cool Keep up the great work!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game has good bones but that's it. It is only bones. It has a combat system, but its not good. it has animations, they're not good. It has progression, its OK not good. Save for the designs everything is just barebones and OK at best. I do appreciate the map and the art style, but theres a long way to go. It needs a lot of polish.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It was a great idea that could have combined medieval themes with simulation, but with unnecessarily annoying monsters, bad combat mechanics, and gameplay that becomes monotonous way too quickly, my friend and I couldn’t find anything else to do after just three hours and had to quit the game. I would understand if it were a newly released early access game, but this is definitely not the performance I would expect from any game’s full version.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It is ultimately a game of a dozen underbaked mechanics taped together and lacks the polish I was hoping for in a fully released game. The voice acting is bizarre and the writing feels like it was done with AI.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So I'm a bit conflicted on how I feel about this. It's not a *bad* game per se as I had some fun with it, but it's also certainly not a good game. It has a bunch of different components, but none of it feels particularly well thought-out and some of the systems are tedious or seemingly randomly tacked on. On paper the game has a fair few things to do, even a story of sorts. But in practice all of this falls flat. Cooking is just gathering materials and waiting for timers, combat is... just…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →While a really fun game with some fun game mechanics, it's even more fun while playing with friends. Especially when things are getting chaotic and you get to shout at your friends with little to no repercussions. However, the AI voice acting is a big drawback, as I hate AI in all its way, shapes, and forms. Will not recommend until you pay voice actors or do it yourself.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →"I'm going to give it the thumbs up." What starts as a simple endorsement quickly unpacks into a complex, yet enthusiastic, take on a very nice game that offers a fantastic core experience but struggles with some deeply frustrating quality-of-life (QOL) issues. At its heart, this game has a lot going for it. The learning curve is surprisingly easy to get your head around once you wrap your mind around the core mechanics. It’s accessible, which is a huge win in a market filled with overly…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Excellent! ☐ Very Good! ☑ Good! ☐ It's just gameplay! ☐ Mehh! ☐ Watch paint dry instead! ---{ Graphics }--- ☐ Reality looks disappointingly ugly in comparison! ☐ Gorgeous! ☐ Good! ☑ Decent! ☐ Bad! ☐ Bus Simulator 16 Ultra Low settings! ☐ $1 Budget game! ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm! ☐ Very good! ☐ Good! ☑ Manageable! ☐ Bad! ☐ My ears! ---{ Audience }--- ☐ Fresh out the womb & up! ☐ 8 & up! ☐ 13 & up! ☐ 18 & up! ☐ 30 & up! ☐ 60 & up! ☑ You will never be old enough! ---{ PC…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great concept but heavy AI throughout all of it, which was super noticeable from the script to voice acting and made the game significantly less enjoyable.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →WARNING: Severe optimization issues can kill older hardware. My graphics card ran perfectly fine for 4 years across dozens of demanding games, but Ale & Tale completely destroyed it. The game has known optimization bugs that lock the GPU at 100% maximum capacity and cause sudden, massive transient power spikes. https://steamcommunity.com/app/2683150/discussions/search/?q=GPU&gidforum=4336483930453930308 If your hardware is a few years old, be extremely careful. The game pushed a massive…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ale & Tale Tavern is a complete joke in the early game. Running the tavern barely makes any money, and most of my income comes from selling chickens, pigs, and doing stupid quests. Managing the tavern is so tedious and unrewarding that it feels like a garbage game inside another garbage game. Side quests constantly send you across the map to kill random monsters, and the enemy spawn rate is so ridiculously low that it honestly feels like the game intentionally lowers it the moment you accept…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I was wrong about AI in Ale & Tale Tavern. I previously wrote a review about how there was AI in the game and it wasn't labeled. Someone commented though and made me question my observation. I did some research, saw a community post with the Dev's comments and voice actors for their NPC's. I said if I was proven wrong, I would change my review, and I meant it. Even though I suspected AI for the NPC voices, I did still enjoy this game with that in mind. It's satisfying, it's got good flow, and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A Wonderful game, If a little short. We played with 4 of us and I found that around 8-12 hours we had run out of things to do besides running the tavern. There wasn't really a reason to go out and gather stuff outside of making dishes, but there wasn't much of a reason to go out to gather items needed to make the most expensive dishes either. The quests had run out and there wasn't much of an incentive to keep playing. Not to say we didn't enjoy our time because we did, I just wish it was…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →ALE & TALE TAVERN IS NOW IN CROWD CONTROL EARLY ACCESS! Let your chat mess with time and money, spawn a ton of stuff or even KILL YOU. 💀 🍻 crowdcontrol.live/game/ale-tale-tavern
unlabelledView post →The art direction is pretty decent with the exception of human models. The tech behind it seems dated, but most of the models and textures are pretty well done. However, everything else about the game is just sloppy and lazily made. Just because it's a working sim, doesn't mean you can get away with putting in zero effort. I don't want to imagine what the added "dungeon crawling" is like as the game doesn't seem capable of much more that "click to attack" In a crowded market full of better…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I want to start this by saying I enjoyed 80% of the game, and I would recommend buying it when it’s on sale (as of now it’s on sale for $6). I put just about 20 hours in the game and up until hour 18, I was having a blast. This game does not hold your hand which is sometimes very frustrating when you have no idea what something is for or how something works, but it also makes it clear that you can play your way. For myself personally, that meant prioritizing the tavern and not dealing with…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I mostly play solo. I've somehow racked up 246.2 hours since August. The Dungeon Fast update has only just come out so I can't really speak to the changes, but pre update I'd say the combat is easy apart from the bosses (there are two in the game before the update and they give you items but you can still play without fighting them). In terms of exploration the map is pretty small. In terms of customisation you can paint the walls, choose where the furniture goes, place paintings, rugs and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →AI voice acting. use of AI not disclosed anywhere on store page. Would not have purchased had i known.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I liked my time with the game but the issue it has is that it's just not balanced for solo players. There is way too much to do for one person and I didn't get any option to hire people to help out in the less than 2 hours I played. If you've got even one other person to play it with, I can see you enjoying it. If you're a solo player looking for a chill experience this is not it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →type game that bro convince you to buy it only for you to play it for 2 hours and never play it again.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good game, a bit repetitive, but it's fun. 100% better with friends, playing alone, as I progressed through the levels, I started having problems with the inventory. With friends, this problem doesn't exist. The combat is mediocre, the story is basic, but it's fun.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Chill and casual game with a lot of recipes to prepare along ingredients to gather, you will spend most of your time preparing to open the tavern and do a dinner rush. It also has some missions with silly side quests which are clearly produced by an AI and also the voice acting is AI which is not neccesarily a bad thing but it eliminates VA jobs and also makes every AI asset used within games look very much alike and is noticeable.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Leveling scaling feels like it needs adjustment. Late levels, I was serving food/drink for a day and I gained 3 levels very quickly. When you unlock items from the merchant and new recipes and new meat types so you won't have the ingredients to make the new recipes. You can select which recipes you want to serve but the VIP customers can order whatever they want. Inventory management also sucks. At the tavern, I had to drop items on the ground because I didn't have inventory space while…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One of the best games to play with your friends imho, and not with 3-4 in one party but up to 6 people, which is instantly a plus for me. Good mix of management, cooking, fighting, questing, with a pinch of silliness, and simple yet really nice graphics. I hope they will continue adding new stuff to it (like forest dwellers with quests, recipes, and holiday themed cosmetics), fixing bugs (nothing major noticed so far), and supporting the game in general. P.S. Finally, somebody did a really cool…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →🖤‧₊˚ Schedule for the week of 1-27 ~ 2-2-25 ‧₊˚🖤 Hello darlings~!!! WE GOT A PACKED WEEK! Ale & Tale Tavern collab w/ @chaibells.co @akinorus.bsky.social & WinterRainVT! A game night with the gays! And the start to Momodora: Moonlit Farewell! #Rinistream #PNGTuber #VTuber #VTuberUprising
unlabelledView post →If WoW was done by decent devs and was only about running a tavern in Goldshire, then this'd be it. And it's infinitely better with friends. 10/10 no notes. Highly recommend. (Ok 1 note. Would love to see other races coming in other than human tho)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →cool game with cool ideas. unfortunately: AI slop. all of the voices and the promo art, and potentially a few textures. devs please stop ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ putting this ♥♥♥♥ in your game. its awful quality
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I played coop only and I feel like solo may be harder and more frustrating then playing with friends, but, it may be fun for some, it is cozy and overall cooking is decent. However, questing, empty world and voice acting is so bad I cant recommend this game, its like a fine dish badly garnished and poorly served - no matter the quality the distaste remains. There are better games in this genre, but if you played many already, sure, go ahead and try it, but the questing and VA leaves bad…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →No dragons to be slain, no war cries to be heard, Just gentle sound of stories in every whispered word. Legendary developers who just dropped a HUGE update (added recipes, item loot tier and procedural dungeons) on a two-year old game making good on promises. This team deserves all the love and praise in the world. I will be closely following the developers as a lifelong customer.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Loved playing this with my boyfriend, we had so much fun running our little tavern :3 The rarer achievements are very long to get through, lots of grinding.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I bought this for a dear D&D friend and DM, hoping it would be a fun little game for him to relax with. After sitting on it for a few months, we and a couple more D&D pals finally gave it a shot after an intense D&D session. And before we knew it, we were a dozen levels in, running around like headless chicken, serving customers, washing dishes, brewing ale, celebrating every little upgrade and expansion to our tavern. HOW IS THIS SO RIDICULOUSLY GOOD?? It somehow ticks all the right boxes and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I love those kind of games, but Ale & Tale Tavern is just lackluster in my opinion. It may be fun with some friends, but alone it gets dull and boring after just 10h. The game requires alot of manual work like cooking specific foods, changing up recipes, tending the small garden, and there's pretty much nothing in the game that makes it easier or less manual. There are helpers for cleaning and serving, but it still leaves alot of work for producing what the customers need and to me this is…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I had alot of fun with my gf with this hidden gem. It by no means is perfect in any specific way but the whole package just feels genuine as if the devs wanted to have dumb fun with their game. I think the thing they got right were the tone (characters, stories, dailogue) and tavern management (cooking, cleaning, serving, rooms). For 15 dollars i had a ton of fun. Would love to see you all return the the tavern management you get right with a more fully fleshed out game around it. Also…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Let's not abuse the "recently updated" section to promote discounts when you haven't actually pushed an update, eh?
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Personally, my favorite tavern style game. I mean look at the hours I put in. I honestly spent majority of my time prepping food and serving customers, it brings me joy. My little tavern became so cramped with serving tables as i was big into prepping. Staying on top your our menu and ingredients is a must. I had so many meals prepped I could leave my tavern open while i went to go get ingredients. As there isn't an obvious timer on guests (which I appreciate), you can make these super cozy…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Stream is officially set for 8pm EST! Come in while I show you my current chill vibe game, Ale & Tale Tavern! Might have some visitors on stream, too! Come watch! www.twitch.tv/agentmagnetar
unlabelledView post →Played almost to the end with friends and then all the way to the end solo, 20.9 hours in all. It's decently fun and I like the visual style, but having essentially reached the end, it still feels kind of half baked. Nothing truly pops out as fantastically good or bad and in the end it feels rather generic and ends far too soon (think about 10 hours with no prior knowledge of the game), with not enough to do or variety throughout. Some micromanaging aspects got tedious and a tad boring as well…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun quirky take on a rpg game mashed with an almost sim-like one. This is a game you want to bring your squad with, as it not only makes it easier but more fun! Controls - Controls are little basic. They're mostly fine but at times can feel clunky during combat, and unrefined during some inventory management. They get the job done though. Graphics - Nothing fancy, but nothing bad. Don't go into this game expecting some Expedition 33, or Elden Ring style graphics. It is a quirky fun game…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The mechanics of this game are interesting but I realized shortly after beginning to play that the game heavily uses AI generated dialogue and voice acting. It is painful to listen to and the quest conversations are repetitive and way too long. I am against the use of AI in video games and would rather support the creators and artists that are putting their work and heart into game play.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's stressful af if you play it solo but cute and cozy when played with friends.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →𝓦𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐥𝐲 𝐏𝐢𝐩𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬: Feb 3rd – 9th, 2025. #ThePipnews ⚓️ ✦ Ale & Tale Tavern #2 Collab ✦ Get to Work ✦ Game of Sisyphus ✦ Heavenly Bodies w/ Rosco ✦ Yuppie Psycho ✦ Lethal Company w/ Cass #GaleGalleon #Avaletter
unlabelledView post →Live Now! Today on Art Block Thursday we are playing Bar game with @termirexia ! Time to play Ale & Tale Tavern ! READY FOR FUN! <3 #vrartist #aleandtale #vtuber www.twitch.tv/dulldummy
unlabelledView post →Been a bit since me and @sammybelle.bsky.social played some Ale & Tale Tavern but I think we might be somewhat close (maybe?) to the end of the game. So we will see how far we get. #vtuber #lewdtuber #cowtuber #Ale&Tale #collab
unlabelledView post →I honestly don’t know why some of the reviews are so negative on this game it has so much content in it and it’s even voiced for god sake! If you can get it on a sale as well you really shouldn’t be complaining it’s a great game especially to play with friends
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I dunno.. its a mix of ideas and mechanics which seem ripped off almost 1:1 from other games. Even the style is a ripoff from Warcraft and I swear some of the textures I have literally seen while playing WoW. Add some generic assets from the usual stores and throw a dash of gen AI in the mix and you get a half-baked game that feels kinda low effort, weirdly hollow and soulless. Seriously, this game not having an AI disclaimer is wild. I refuse to believe that no gen AI was used here, since…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Really fun coop game where you run a tavern!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is cute and fun but if you intent on playing single player, the balancing is awful imo. Combat is an absolute nightmare as you can't actually sprint and you have no ability to wear armor or permanently increase your health. You can do a little "dodge" but I'll "dodge" a bear's attack and be fully away and still get hit for an unreasonable amount of damage. The block function claims that when you block it'll negate 100% of damage and I've died several times while blocking. Fishing…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →POV: Hey, wanna try this game? its only 5 bucks. --Sure. *Installed the game* 20 minutes later - holy f its 3 AM i gotta go sleep i got work tomorrow. How many hours of playtime do we have..? --17 hours... Safe to say i got my 5 bucks worth out of the game in the first "20 minutes".
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very fun with added stress. No real punishments for failure to manage the tavern. Easy achievements. Kind people who like to help you manage your tavern :) Only downside is limited content and potentially a malicious player could join if you leave your tavern public.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A game where you manage a tavern while doing quests for people. It's a fairly enjoyable game that I would recommend and here's the ProCons about it Pro: - Tavern simulator: I like it, it's enjoyable. you can set up your kitchen, distillery, and tables similar to plateup and I really like plateup. - Tavern mechanics: I like that you can control your food menu options, being able to change a customer's order for various reasons, open or close the tavern whenever you feel like it, etc. These are…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great co op game, 100% the game and would have continued playing if there was more to it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Introduction: Ale & Tale Tavern is a "casual" "management" game where you, or with friends, cook food/pour drinks for your patrons, gather ingredients in the wild, empty out Orc camps, follow quests... die a bunch of times. CASUAL my scrotum! MANAGEMENT my ass! THRILLING my handkerchief! This oddball mix of genre game is nothing short than an abomination... so let us descend! Starting off with- Character creation:2 / 5 Almost feels like creating a WoW character, but instead of selecting a…
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