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Tavern Keeper ๐Ÿป

From the creators of Game Dev Tycoon comes Tavern Keeper ๐Ÿป, a cosy-chaotic management sim, featuring a powerful decoration sandbox and a magical storybook RPG!

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November 3, 2025
317 days ago
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About the 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.

Todayโ€™s situation: Half of your staff are in bed with sleep-sickness. Orders are piling up and patronsโ€™ tempers are getting heated. So is the tavern - because itโ€™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 itโ€™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. Thereโ€™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 Keeperโ€™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 ๐Ÿ’š (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!

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