Deadwater Saloon

Deadwater Saloon

Released Sep 2022

Dive into the wild west as a saloon owner in a volatile frontier town. Customize your character and face the consequences of your choices as you forge friendships and enemies of townsfolk, travellers, outlaws and lawmen. Build the most famous saloon in the territory, or be overwhelmed and destroyed.

65% positive · 209 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
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Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence

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Evaluation

Deadwater Saloon launched on September 13, 2022. In the weeks following launch, the developer shipped several patches and feature updates, including a bounty system added on October 5, 2022. The launch post noted they would "continue to make changes and improvements for a long while after launch," which is consistent with the post-launch patch activity observed through late 2022. The only developer news post directly referencing Deadwater Saloon's future comes from March 8, 2024, when the lead developer announced their next project — a sci-fi cRPG called Sector Unknown — explicitly framing it as their next game after Deadwater Saloon. This is a strong signal that active development on Deadwater Saloon has concluded and the developer has moved on. All news posts from 2024 onward (NEWS-1 through NEWS-3, NEWS-5, NEWS-10) are publisher (CreativeForge Games) announcements for entirely different games — Builders of Greece, Restaurant Owner, DeathOmen, Slender Reborn, and Black Gold. None of these reference Deadwater Saloon. The last substantive update to the game itself appears to have been in late 2022. The only DLC listed is the soundtrack, which was released on September 20, 2022 — no unreleased DLC exists. The store description makes no mention of planned future content, seasons, or ongoing updates. With the developer publicly pivoting to a new project and no post-launch content cadence beyond the initial 2022 patch period, the game appears to have shipped as a complete product.
Evidence
The Deadwater Saloon developer announced their next game, Sector Unknown, framing it as their new project after Deadwater Saloon — a clear signal that development on Deadwater Saloon has ended and the developer has moved on.
news post · Mar 8, 2024 source development ending
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Deadwater Saloon launched on Steam. Developer noted they would continue making improvements after launch.
news post · Sep 13, 2022 source content shipped
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Content

1 of 1 released · no outstanding content

Media

Details

Publisher
CreativeForge Games
Achievements
64
Platform
Windows
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player

About this game

Create Your Character

Playing as a rich and dynamic character in the old west, you will be able to fully customize your attributes to fit your playstyle, such as Mixology, Seduction, and Sneakiness. You will manage your life as well as your saloon, such as maintaining your reputation and getting married. You will struggle with the effects of disease, aging, sanity, and addictions.

Form Relationships

Provide travellers with a distinct drink parlour, gaining legendary stories to regale and build your legend. Interact with townspeople as they populate the town, forging friendships with blacksmiths, sheriffs, and preachers, romance prospective partners, or blackmail, abduct, and murder those who threaten you.

Build

Build your saloon from the ground up. Expand the walls, build bordellos, opium dens, high stakes gambling rooms, and railed porches. Buy and place spittoons, tables, chairs, handcrafted bars, pianos, chandeliers, and diamond dust mirrors.

Manage

Thrive within a complex economy system, stockpiling booze, food, guns, and opium. Research a diverse array of drinks and foods to serve customers. Hire and manage staff from within the town populace, including barkeeps, cooks, servers, prostitutes, croupiers, pianists and bouncers. Help them reach their full potential, or fire and replace them with those more skilled.

Exist Within A Town

Start with a strip of land and watch as a western town builds up around you, bringing in a myriad of citizens and businesses.

Hundreds of Events

Face the forces of nature, meddlesome customers, firebrand Preachers, rival outlaw gangs, and much more. At some point, you will be tested by stronger and more formidable nemesis in longer event chains. Whatever you choose, you will face the consequences of your choices. The frontier is an unforgiving place.

Last evaluated Jun 22, 2026
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