Tavern Keeper 🍻

Tavern Keeper 🍻

Early access since Nov 2025

From the creators of Game Dev Tycoon comes Tavern Keeper 🍻, a cosy-chaotic management sim, featuring a powerful decoration sandbox and a magical storybook RPG!

94% positive · 4,771 reviews
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Evaluation

Tavern Keeper launched into Early Access on November 3, 2025, and Greenheart Games has been actively developing it ever since. The studio shipped over 70 updates in the first six months after launch, culminating in Major Update 1 ("A New Hue") on May 19, 2026, which added a color picker tool, controller and Steam Deck support, an automated ordering system (Arcane Orders), a community workshop, new stories, new meal types, and major performance improvements. On June 16, 2026, the developer posted a roadmap update confirming that Major Update 2 is actively in development and targeting Q3 2026 (July–September 2026). The update has been in production for years, according to the developer's own words, with most features already completed. The delay from the original Q2 2026 window was caused by a scope expansion: the team added expandable taverns — the single most-requested feature from players — after deciding it made sense alongside the new systems coming in Update 2. Update 2 will introduce an entirely new scenario set in a dwarven underground kingdom, a tavern shop system, new mechanics, and a raised star-level cap. Bug fix patches have continued after Update 1's release, with updates on May 21, June 10, and June 24, 2026, showing the team remains actively engaged. The developer has been consistently transparent throughout Early Access, regularly posting detailed roadmap updates and explaining their development process. The game currently holds a 94% positive rating from over 4,600 reviews.
Evidence
Developer confirms Major Update 2 is targeting Q3 2026, delayed from Q2 due to the addition of expandable taverns. Describes the update as introducing a new dwarven scenario, tavern shop system, new mechanics, and a raised star-level cap.
news post · Jun 16, 2026 source content planned
high
Major Update 1 ('A New Hue') launched, delivering color picker, controller/Steam Deck support, Arcane Orders, community workshop, new stories, new meal types, and major performance improvements.
news post · May 19, 2026 source content shipped
high

Content

1 of 1 released · no outstanding content

Media

Details

Publisher
Greenheart Games 💚
Achievements
71
Platform
Windows
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Verified
Players
Single-player

About this game

Create Your Cosy Haven

Build and decorate your tavern, hire staff, stock your larder, meet the locals, be the boss and run the show! Whether you keep a cosy neighbourhood taphouse or a lean, mean gold-minting machine, the choices - and consequences - are yours.

Chaos Comes Knocking

Dozens of intertwined game systems create unpredictable emergent situations. Dirt, heat, noise, flammability, sickness and of course, a parade of colourful customers all keep the unexpected coming.

Today’s situation: Half of your staff are in bed with sleep-sickness. Orders are piling up and patrons’ tempers are getting heated. So is the tavern - because it’s on fire! A spark from a broken lantern landed on just the wrong patch of dirt with no one around to notice. Oops, perhaps it’s time to call the fire brigade...

An Unusual Journey Begins

An expansive narrative campaign lets you build taverns across a vibrant world full of your favourite fantasy cultures. Each new location brings fresh challenges and surprising stories. Meet immortal elementals, outwit halfling philosophers and aid a crazed orc inventor.

A Witty RPG Full of Choices

Experience a magical storybook fully-narrated by Steven Pacey. Encounter hundreds of bite-sized stories with a surprise at every turn. There’s always someone needing the guidance of a Tavern Keeper like you. What choices will you make?

Design Mode - Get Inn-Spired

Decorate every nook and hollow of your tavern to create everything from bustling taprooms to relaxing reading corners. Place and manipulate thousands of items anywhere with complete creative freedom and make the tavern of your dreams.

Your Own Item Workshop

Go beyond decorating and become a master artisan by using Tavern Keeper’s powerful Design Mode to craft unique furnishings. Combine pieces, add magical effects, then share your creations with the Tavern Keeper community.

Your Game, Your Way

Play the single-player campaign your way with adjustable game mechanics and storyteller settings or play in Freeplay for a custom challenge. Pick Challenging and strategize over every decision, barely making it through each day, or play a Relaxed game running the tavern of your dreams without pressure. The choice is yours.

Our Love Letter to Management Games

Made by Greenheart Games 💚 (Game Dev Tycoon), a tiny independent team, Tavern Keeper is a passion project more than a decade in the making. Every detail is handcrafted, from the art, sound, writing, animations, down to the 3D user interface and many quality-of-life features. We took no shortcuts to bring you an experience like no other. Come on Inn!

Last evaluated Aug 18, 2026
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