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Ale & Tale Tavern
Give it 3 hours
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 10h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 21% of players who started
Started playing 97% of owners
Steam reviews 89% positive of 10,533
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (35%); after 10h it's 1 in 16 (6%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- 21% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Hail the Magic weed!” (Scarecrow quest is complete) and “I need a vacation” (All quests are complete): from 84% to 21% of starters.
- 96% of owners got the first achievement.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 10,646 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 14.8h for positive, 10.3h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (96.5% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- So what's next? Tutorial is complete 92% −8
- Hail the Magic weed! Scarecrow quest is complete 85% −7
- I need a vacation All quests are complete Most players quit here 21% −64
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (69)
story milestone ending side
- It's a little burnt The first dish is cooked 100%
- Say no to alcohol! A drunken customer was chased away 98%
- Middle class Earned 1000 money 96%
- Almost not burnt 50 dishes cooked 94%
- No pay, no food! A zombie wave has been repelled 93%
- Let the light in! Turn on the light in the Tavern 92%
- So what's next? Tutorial is complete 92%
- Wet work Washed 50 dishes 91%
- I'll feed the whole world! 100 dishes cooked 89%
- The afterlife exists Die 89%
- Culinary Served 100 dishes 88%
- Gardener of the month Harvested 25 plants 86%
- Hail the Magic weed! Scarecrow quest is complete 85%
- Gardener of the year Harvested 50 plants 81%
- Dad taught me Fixed 5 devices 80%
- Wealthy Earned 10000 money 77%
- It's much more comfortable this way A decorative element is placed 76%
- Culimator! Served 250 dishes 74%
- Go home, fiend Killed 25 enemies 73%
- The greatest gardener in history. Harvested 100 plants 72%
- Golden hands Fixed 10 devices 66%
- Invisible walls. Not surprising! Reached the map border 66%
- I should not drink at work Drink alcohol 65%
- I said, go home, fiend Killed 50 enemies 61%
- Only male deer grow antlers Forest spirit quest is complete 60%
- Too smart to become a sausage Cow quest is complete 58%
- I let the music speak Bought a jukebox 58%
- Culinosaurs Rex! Served 500 dishes 57%
- It's not about the cabbage? 10 animals were born 54%
- The wild boar population is under threat Killed 25 boars 50%
- Full pockets Broke 50 loot crates 49%
- The wait wasn't that long Give the dish to the customer at the last moment (5 seconds) 46%
- It was worth it Ate an amanita 45%
- Got a bunch of blisters Delivered 10 orders 43%
- And where is the goldfish? Caught 10 fish 43%
- Fiend! Disappear Killed 100 enemies 43%
- Yeah, I'm going, I'm going! 100 bell rings 40%
- Don't look under the pot Herbalist quest is complete 40%
- High price for natural urges Coachman quest is complete 38%
- Talking fish! Mermaid quest is complete 37%
- It’s not about the cabbage... 25 animals were born 36%
- Wanted to fry the meat, but fried the house Hermit quest is complete 31%
- The Good Samaritan Rescue hostages from an orc cage 31%
- I still need my 3 wishes Caught 25 fish 31%
- Why do all potions smell so bad? Created 10 potions 28%
- Full house All rooms occupied 26%
- Oligarch! Why do you need so much? Earned 100000 money 26%
- Fake fairy Fairy quest is complete 26%
- Guys, calm down, it's just me, and there are many of you! 20 simultaneous customers 26%
- Royal Delivery Complete Frog Charming quest 22%
- Flophouse 10 inn guests 22%
- You are a new dungeon master! Kill the cave boss 21%
- I need a vacation All quests are complete 21%
- Top service! All rooms are 3 stars 20%
- Got shrooms? Fluffy quest is complete 19%
- The classic 33 misfortunes Died 33 times 16%
- Wore my feet out Delivered 25 orders 15%
- The smell doesn’t matter when the potion’s done right Created 25 potions 12%
- Looks like I'm going to live forever Big MaxHP potion + Physical damage resist potion 11%
- Really scary Scarecrow Kill the Scarecrow boss 8.7%
- Uninvited guest Lure an enemy into a room 8.0%
- Now it's not scary! All torches in the cave were fired 7.4%
- Peacemaker Open 5 orc cages with hostages 7.3%
- Is that you, Rapunzel? Jump to someone in the tower 6.7%
- Ready for the school of mages! Created all the potions 5.5%
- Hostel 50 inn guests 4.8%
- House painter All the walls are painted 3.2%
- Hero! Open 10 orc cages with hostages 2.4%
- Hotel 100 inn guests 2.4%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.