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Ale Abbey - Monastery Brewery Tycoon

Ale Abbey - Monastery Brewery Tycoon

Build and expand your monastery, craft recipes and brew holy ales in this unique brewery tycoon. No pre-made recipes in Ale Abbey, oh no. It's a canvas for true beer alchemists. It's as simple as: brew, sip, repeat. Welcome to Ale Abbey!

Released Sep 17, 2025 Developer Hammer & Ravens Publisher Shiro Unlimited Platforms Windows Early AccessCasualManagementSimulationStrategy
View on Steam ↗ $9.74 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

92.2%positive525 reviews
Recommended · 8 found this helpful

“It's okay. The beer system needs reward aging more as it does laagering. The last achievement is just a unnecessary time sink, especially without automation. How I suggest they do automation is allow a certain amount of breweries to be set under management of the Church and the…”

— a player, Steam review · 38 hrs played
Recommended · 4 found this helpful

“🍺 Ale Abbey – Monastery Brewery Tycoon ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆ (8/10) Ale Abbey es un curioso simulador donde gestionas una abadía medieval dedicada a la elaboración de cerveza. Construyes salas, organizas monjes y experimentas con recetas para convertir tu monasterio en un referente cervecero.…”

— a player, Steam review · 56 hrs played
Not recommended · 15 found this helpful

“The pixel art looks really nice. The medieval monastery atmosphere is calm and cozy and the idea of monks brewing beer is very creative and fun. But after playing for a while the gameplay starts to feel repetitive. You also end up managing too many small things and when the…”

— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 01:30 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

13playing at last check
4824-hour peak
903all-time peak
0 250 500 2026 250 avg · Feb 2025

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

56achievements
8.7%median completion
0.5%rarest: Ale Overlord
57.3% of players 51.5% of players 44.3% of players 42.7% of players 41.7% of players 34.8% of players 34.4% of players 33.8% of players 29.4% of players 29.2% of players 25.6% of players 25.0% of players 22.2% of players 21.9% of players 20.0% of players 18.2% of players 17.7% of players 16.3% of players 15.4% of players 13.3% of players 12.1% of players 11.3% of players 11.2% of players 11.1% of players 10.7% of players 9.6% of players 9.5% of players 9.3% of players 8.7% of players 8.2% of players 7.9% of players 7.5% of players 7.0% of players 6.9% of players 6.2% of players 6.0% of players 4.9% of players 4.9% of players 4.7% of players 4.6% of players 4.3% of players 3.9% of players 3.0% of players 3.0% of players 2.9% of players 2.4% of players 2.3% of players 2.2% of players 1.8% of players 1.7% of players 1.4% of players 1.4% of players 1.3% of players 1.3% of players 1.0% of players 0.5% of players 57.3% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
57.3%First Hops — Brew 100 liters of Ale in one game
51.5%Bishop’s BFF — Complete 10 Bishop's tasks
44.3%Scrub-a-Dub Monk — Manually clean 20 rooms
Rarest badges of honor
0.5%Ale Overlord — Brew 1000000 liters of Ale in one game
1.0%Jack of All Pints — Complete with at least Bronze, all the competitions in the 3 leagues
1.3%Law-Abiding Fermentine — Complete successfully all the Edicts once in one game

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-25. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$9.74−35% right nowcurrent · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$14.99base price
$9.74lowest since tracking began2026-07-25
US9.74 USD−35%
EU9.74 EUR−35%
UK8.31 GBP−35%
Australia14.26 AUD−35%
Canada12.66 CAD−35%
Japan1,105 JPY−35%
Brazil30.54 BRL−35%
China37.70 CNY−35%

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$5.6 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia UK EU≈$11

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Dec 05, 2025
Requiem for a Brew 🍺

Hear ye, hear ye Fermentines📯 The monastery has been quite busy over the past weeks, and today we bring you the update that brings Ale Abbey to its 1.1, Requiem for a Brew ! A hearty update that we ha

Oct 14, 2025
Patch Notes for 14/10/2025

v.1.0.5 A major fix that broke the saving (TL:DR, it happened if you let an ale expire in the brewery, and then you sold by chance the specific barrel from the cellar that was assigned to it when the

Oct 08, 2025
Patch Notes for 08/10/2025

v1.0.4 Gameplay Fixes 🎮 Fixed a major issue preventing saves from loading when laymen were constructing or moving rooms Fixed rare edge case where laymen got stuck if a room was moved during construct

Sep 29, 2025
A pint for the Autumn Sale?

Brewers! Following its 1.0 update, Ale Abbey is part of the Autumn sales ! For the occasion, the base game is 35% off its original price so grab a pint and enjoy the monastic life! Get the base game a

Sep 27, 2025
Patch notes for 27/09/2025

v1.0.3 We made two patches in two days, and then we though: do we really want to leave some of those saves-breaking bugs pending? Of course we don't! Hence, new patch! ːdrunkmonkː ːalemugː A tiny perc

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresCasual, Indie, Simulation, Strategy
Player tagsEarly Access · Casual · Management · Simulation · Strategy · Building · Capitalism · Colony Sim · Base-Building · Medieval · Comedy · Crafting (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Italian, Russian
Achievements56
Estimated owners50,000 – 100,000 (SteamSpy)
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows Vista/7/8/10 Processor: 1.7+ GHz or better Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: Must support OpenGL 2.1 or higher. Intel HD 3000 or better Storage: 1 GB available space