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Ale & Tale Tavern
Run a fantasy tavern with friends, sharing kitchen work, gathering ingredients and taking quests outside.
Online co-op for up to 6 players.
- 6 online
Where to buy
Playing together
- Online co-op6 players
- Local co-opNot confirmed
- Not confirmedFriends on different platforms, such as PC and PlayStation, can play together.
- Not confirmedA friend can join or leave while you are already playing, without starting over.
- Not confirmedFriends play free with a Friend's Pass or similar.
- Steam DeckPlayableValve's own rating
About the game
You restore an abandoned tavern in a small fantasy world. Cook meals, brew drinks, take orders and wash the dishes before the next customers arrive. Away from the tables, you gather ingredients, tend crops, keep animals and meet characters with quests. Money and experience open more recipes and equipment, while decorations let you change the rooms.
Up to six players share the work online. One person can prepare food while another serves customers or heads outside to collect supplies. You decide when to open the tavern, so you can stock the kitchen before a busy shift. Owl helpers can take over routine tasks. The pace moves between serving, gathering and occasional fights with the creatures outside.
How it feels
Kind of game
You play on the same side through shared levels, matches, missions or jobs. Progress comes from combining your actions toward the same objective.
- Now and then
- Laughter and chaos
- Tension and danger
- Story
- Building and creating
- Fighting
- Getting better
- Planning ahead
- Sessions
- Ongoing world
Rated on our own feel scale. 5 sources back these ratings.
Screenshots
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What they share
- Kind of game
- Shared team objectives
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- Cooking and Everyday work
- Notable in both
- Calm and coziness, Time to hang out, Working in sync, Unlocks and progress
- Sessions
- Ongoing world
- Co-op
- Online co-op
How Roadside Research differs
- Less exploring than Ale & Tale Tavern
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But less exploring than Ale & Tale Tavern.
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- Kind of game
- Shared team objectives
- About
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- Calm and coziness, Time to hang out, Working in sync, Unlocks and progress
- Sessions
- Ongoing world
- Co-op
- Online co-op
How Supermarket Simulator differs
- Less exploring than Ale & Tale Tavern
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Why it scores 81%
What they share
- Kind of game
- Shared team objectives
- About
- Everyday work
- Notable in both
- Calm and coziness, Time to hang out, Working in sync, Unlocks and progress
- Sessions
- Ongoing world
- Co-op
- Online co-op
How Car Service Together differs
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All co-op facts
Last checked 24 October 2026. The small numbers link to the page that states each fact.
Co-op
- Fewest players online
- Not confirmed
- Local co-op
- Not confirmed
- Most players on one screen
- Not confirmed
- Split or shared screen
- Not confirmed
- Separate-device co-op
- Not confirmed
- Most players on separate devices
- Not confirmed
- Free base co-op
- No
The checked computer full-base edition has a paid base-game access model. Demos, trials, guest passes, platform sharing and temporary grants do not establish ongoing free base co-op.
- 1
- Confirmed free setups
- Does not apply
- Crossplay
- Not confirmed
- Crossplay between
- Not confirmed
- Friends can join mid-game
- Not confirmed
- Only one of you needs to buy it
- Not confirmed
- Voice chat by distance
- Not confirmed
Sources
7 pages
store.steampowered.comStore page, read 24 October 2026
Backs Online co-op, Most players online, Platforms, Release status, Release date, Genres, Sessions, About, Building and creating, Unlocks and progress, Free base co-op.
- Online co-op: The publisher describes cooperative play, alongside the Online Co-op feature.
- Most players online: The current description explicitly supports up to six people. The maker home page retains the older four-player statement.
- Platforms: The current requirements name Windows.
- Release status: The full base game has a purchase offer separate from its free demo.
- Release date: The product release date is September 5, 2024.
- Genres: The publisher describes simulation, action and adventure activities.
- Sessions: Players develop the same tavern, choose activities freely and continue serving customers.
- About: Cooking and service, running the business and a fantasy world are all explicit premises.
- Building and creating: Furniture, decoration and crafting supplement service rather than free building.
- Unlocks and progress: Recipes and tavern development provide lasting unlocks.
- Free base co-op: The checked computer full-base edition has a paid base-game access model. Demos, trials, guest passes, platform sharing and temporary grants do not establish ongoing free base co-op.
store.steampowered.comStore data, read 24 October 2026
Backs Steam app ID, Platforms.
- Steam app ID: Steam identifies Ale & Tale Tavern as app 2683150.
- Platforms: Steam lists Windows only.
store.steampowered.comStore data, read 24 October 2026
Backs Steam Deck.
- Steam Deck: Valve rates the game Playable on Steam Deck.
scienartgames.comOfficial site, read 24 October 2026
Backs Online co-op, Genres, About.
- Online co-op: The maker describes friends cooperating to restore and operate the tavern.
- Genres: The maker calls it a fantasy tavern simulator.
- About: Cooking, orders, tavern management and quests in a fantasy setting are explicit.
indiegamereviewer.comPress, read 24 October 2026
Backs Kind of game, Tension and danger, Calm and coziness, Exploring, Time to hang out, Planning ahead.
- Kind of game: Indie Game Reviewer, November 2, 2024, describes friends sharing service, deliveries and resource collection.
- Tension and danger: Busy service and dangerous trips interrupt preparation and quiet work. Players can close service to prepare.
- Calm and coziness: The review describes a relaxing shared environment with a cycle of preparation and service.
- Exploring: Deliveries and finding supplies take players around the surrounding map.
- Time to hang out: The review describes relaxed time with friends between busier work.
- Planning ahead: Managing the menu around supplies and preparing for service require some planning.
gamegrin.comPress, read 24 October 2026
Backs Laughter and chaos, Story, Working in sync, Fighting, Getting better.
- Laughter and chaos: GameGrin describes comic dialogue and mistakes, without making uncontrolled disasters the main activity.
- Story: Character quests introduce mechanics through a light sequence of errands and jokes.
- Working in sync: The reviewer and their partner divide hunting and gathering tasks.
- Fighting: Simple fights and a final boss interrupt gathering and tavern work.
- Getting better: The review describes a gradual introduction to simple service systems and more recipes to manage.
player2.net.auPress, read 24 October 2026
Backs Working in sync, Unlocks and progress.
- Working in sync: Player2, September 30, 2024, describes three friends splitting cooking, cleaning, brewing and service.
- Unlocks and progress: Quests and experience unlock more tavern content and mechanics.