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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!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-04 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
What reviewers agree on
38 of the 71 reviews raise this.
“When the trailer referenced the way medieval people used base 12 (referencing the brewers' "dozens and dozens" of years of experience) as opposed to how we would say "decades" today (due to the advent of the metric…”
11 of the 71 reviews raise this.
5 of the 71 reviews raise this.
4 of the 71 reviews raise this.
“Very easy to lose yourself in and sink a lot of time into making delicious ales”
4 of the 71 reviews raise this.
“Cozy small game, very pleasant, not so difficult”
14 of the 71 reviews raise this · 8 of them still recommend the game.
“I would like to see better detalized stats and automations. For now more you grow — more you suffer drown in details”
6 of the 71 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
4 of the 71 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“I would like to see better detalized stats and automations. For now more you grow — more you suffer drown in details”
3 of the 71 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
3 of the 71 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
Counted across 71 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 89.2% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13
“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“🍺 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“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 playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-05.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
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
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
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
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
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 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Casual, Indie, Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Early Access · Casual · Management · Simulation · Strategy · Building · Capitalism · Colony Sim · Base-Building · Medieval · Comedy · Crafting (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Italian, Russian |
| Achievements | 56 |
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