Elisa: the Innkeeper
Released Mar 2017
Inspired by the Italian culture and taking place in a western Fantasy setting, our visual novel introduces the story of Elisa, a beautiful owner of an inn, struggling with the amorous proposal of honorable Knights, high born Princes and rich Merchants.
69% positive · 162 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Where to buy
Steam $6.99
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Evaluation
Elisa: the Innkeeper launched into Early Access on February 17, 2017 and graduated to its full 1.0 release on March 28, 2017. At launch, the developer explicitly stated that the main story was complete and promised additional free standalone story DLCs were coming. However, those promised standalone DLCs never materialised as separate store listings — no unreleased DLC appears in the store. The developer was active through mid-2017, shipping several patches (1.2 on May 11, 1.5 on June 21, and 1.7 on July 14, 2017) that added visual improvements, bug fixes, and bonus content. The last recorded developer communication was the July 14, 2017 patch. Since then — nearly nine years as of mid-2026 — there have been no further updates, announcements, or developer posts. The one DLC listed (the Artwork Collection) was released on February 16, 2017, predating the full launch. All activity points to a game that wrapped up its post-launch improvements in mid-2017 and has been dormant ever since. The promised standalone story DLCs were never delivered and there has been no communication about them in over eight years, so they are best treated as abandoned plans rather than forthcoming content.
Evidence
Patch 1.7 ships with engine improvements, UI overhaul, and additional content fixes. This is the last recorded developer communication.
Version 1.0 released, graduating the game out of Early Access. Developer explicitly states the main story is complete and promises future free standalone story DLCs.
Content
1 of 1 released · no outstanding content
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
Neoclassic Games
Achievements
19
Platform
Windows, macOS
Controller
partial support
Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player
About this game
"If I married all those who said they want me, now I would have so many of those husbands. All men who stay at this inn immediately fall in love with me..." Elisa
Our visual novel tells the story of Elisa, a beautiful owner of an inn, struggling with the amorous proposal of honorable Knights, high born Princes and rich Merchants.
It will be the Player to decide Elisa's fate and his/her choices may even influence her destiny for the better or the worse.
The Player is -not- the protagonist of this story, however.
His/Her judgements affect every character and their actions, like a god that watches everything from above.
Obviously, there is much more! Other than making good and bad choices, the player will have the chance to unlock specific personality traits for each character, as their behavior is shaped.
Enjoy discovering and collecting our 25+ available traits!
Each artwork and background of our Visual Novel is available in 4k ULTRA HD resolution, which offers clearer and more detailed images even at lower resolutions.
Other than this, we are planning to publish new downloadable content (which we will just call Season Pass), that is, quests and additional acts to expand our story and improve our game's longevity even more.
It goes without saying, all the additional content is and will ALWAYS be free.
Our visual novel tells the story of Elisa, a beautiful owner of an inn, struggling with the amorous proposal of honorable Knights, high born Princes and rich Merchants.
It will be the Player to decide Elisa's fate and his/her choices may even influence her destiny for the better or the worse.
The Player is -not- the protagonist of this story, however.
His/Her judgements affect every character and their actions, like a god that watches everything from above.
- Our game offers more than 40 primary and secondary choices. These choices will positively and negatively influence how the story unfolds.
- Take control of our characters; be the one to decide their dialogues and achieving "good" or "bad" karma for them.
Obviously, there is much more! Other than making good and bad choices, the player will have the chance to unlock specific personality traits for each character, as their behavior is shaped.
Enjoy discovering and collecting our 25+ available traits!
- 100+ artworks and backgrounds, available up to 4k resolution, crafted by our artists Bicio (winner of the "2015 Latin American Manga contest") and Ria (winner of the "2015 Last Draw" nationwide anime-style illustration competition).
- Unlock and listen to our music tracks, written by the composers Adrian von Ziegler and Brunuhville.
- English
- Italian
- Russian
- French
- German
Each artwork and background of our Visual Novel is available in 4k ULTRA HD resolution, which offers clearer and more detailed images even at lower resolutions.
Other than this, we are planning to publish new downloadable content (which we will just call Season Pass), that is, quests and additional acts to expand our story and improve our game's longevity even more.
It goes without saying, all the additional content is and will ALWAYS be free.
Are these done yet?
Last evaluated Jun 27, 2026
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