Tidehaven: Ale & Trade

Tidehaven: Ale & Trade

Early access since Apr 2026

Medieval sim meets smart idle play. Build and automate your tavern into a lively town. Make it yours with tons of decorations. Dig for ore, gamble, breed rare horses, or take risks with smuggling quests. Watch your little world grow and have the medieval town of your dreams!

72% positive · 116 reviews
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In early access, content still planned
High confidence
Content Planned
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In early access, content still planned
High confidence
Content Planned

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Steam $5.99
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Evaluation

Tidehaven: Ale & Trade entered Steam Early Access on April 20, 2026. The developer, Bunch'o'Nerds, is a small indie team actively building toward a 1.0 release. Since launch, they have shipped two meaningful updates: a large Week 1 patch on April 25, 2026 that added the Blacksmith building, a new mining clicker mechanic, a Warehouse UI overhaul, and economy changes; and a feature patch on May 10, 2026 that reworked the Tunnel area and addressed progression and UI issues. A day-one patch also shipped on April 21, 2026. On launch day the developer published a roadmap describing planned additions including expanded mining systems, new gambling mini-games, outdoor mini-games, a dynamic weather system, and further decoration content. The May 10, 2026 patch explicitly confirmed that the Tunnel building — intended to be a hub for smuggling missions, new materials, and cosmetics — is being completely reworked and will ship in a future version. This represents a concrete, publicly stated upcoming content commitment directly from the developer. The developer has been consistently communicative throughout the game's pre-release and early access period, with 14 news posts spanning from August 2025 through May 2026. The most recent communication was on May 10, 2026. The studio is actively engaged with player feedback via Steam and Discord, and the game's own version numbers (v0.82 at launch, v0.94 in May) signal ongoing iterative development well short of 1.0.
Evidence
Patch v0.94 confirms the Tunnel building is visible but unpurchasable and undergoing a complete rework, with smuggling missions, new materials, and cosmetics coming in a future update
news post · May 10, 2026 source content planned
high
Week 1 patch shipped the Blacksmith building, new mining clicker mechanic, Warehouse UI overhaul, and economy changes — first major content drop after launch
news post · Apr 25, 2026 source content shipped
high

Media

Details

Developer
Publisher
Bunch'o'Nerds
Achievements
27
Platform
Windows
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player

About this game

A sim and idle medieval town management game that thrives while you're doing your stuff. Craft hearty meals and bold brews to keep your patrons coming back while your inn quietly grows into a full-blown medieval town.

Build, Brew & Belong.

Tidehaven: Ale & Trade is a cozy yet authentic medieval inn management & automation & design game designed to fit your day. Just let your tavern hum along while you work or jump in to micromanage rush hours, strike shady deals, and expand a sleepy inn into a lively town, and if you want simply make it work at the bottom of your screen with the compact mode.

From Inn to a Town 

Start small and grow room by room: kitchen, bedroom, market, stable, a secret meeting room for under-the-table trades, and more. Grow your village beyond the inn, build stable, butcher, blacksmith and more to shape your town.

Customize Everything

Unlock tons of decor and decorate your space in any style you like, you can even paint each tile on the floor! And some of these decoration items have a surprising bit of lore and talent tree too! 

Talent Tree & Building with Perks

Every gem you pull from the earth is a decision waiting to be made. Invest in shadier income streams, a more efficient kitchen, or a bloodline of legendary horses. Your place, your call.

Cozy Medieval Vibe

Set between the 15th-17th centuries, Tidehaven pairs crackling hearths and clinking tankards with medieval tunes that makes time drift by. Strengthen your economy while expanding your tavern in most fashion way!

Is this game something for you?

  • Playing Full Screen or “bottom-of-screen” with the Compact Mode for effortless second-screen play sound appealing?

  • Inn to town: Do you enjoy developing your place in your own style and discovering different mechanics and dynamics with each new building?

  • Try side events & mini-games, gamble that spice up your routine with risks and rewards.

  • Pets? Oh, we like pets. Name your dog, breed horses, and if you’re lucky keep a rare parrot in your room too. Fishing? Hmm… Soon.

And here is no punishing gameplay with constant difficulties that need perfect planning. Faster, chiller, relaxing, min-maxing, every way is a right way here. No plague carts, no witch hunts, no non-stop raids! Put your fireplace, take a fresh ale, and do a little automation.

Last evaluated Jul 1, 2026
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