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Deadwater Saloon Prologue

Deadwater Saloon Prologue

Dive into the wild west as a saloon owner with this Free Prologue version of Deadwater Saloon. Customize your character and face the consequences of your choices as you forge friendships and enemies of townsfolk, travellers, outlaws and lawmen all while building your saloon business.

Released Aug 4, 2022 Developer Tanglefoot Games, Creative Storm Entertainment Publisher CreativeForge Games, PlayWay S.A. Platforms Windows SimulationBuildingManagementRPGLife Sim
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-09-27)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-27.

79.2%positive154 reviews
Recommended · 33 found this helpful

“Looking through the previous reviews listed for this game it comes across as fairly negative, listing several problems the game has. After playing the game myself, I can confidently say I didn't experience any of the problems listed. Most likely because they've updated the game…”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
Recommended · 22 found this helpful

“The prologue to Deadwater Saloon is a promising start. It sets up an intriguing world and has a lot of atmosphere for a short experience the art style and setting immediately give it a unique personality. I liked how it introduces the main characters and hints at the story to…”

— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played
Not recommended · 113 found this helpful

“It's a free 25 day prologue, so there is that part to consider (the fact that it's free). Otherwise, it's a pretty hard no for me. TLDR: Everyone hates you, and you get so stressed you kill yourself, even if you're making money and doing okay. Positive reviews are pretty fishy…”

— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-27.

64achievements
4.1%median completion
2.8%rarest: Don't Let Booth In
33.7% of players 30.6% of players 26.4% of players 25.4% of players 25.2% of players 22.1% of players 21.3% of players 16.8% of players 16.4% of players 15.0% of players 14.6% of players 13.0% of players 11.4% of players 11.2% of players 10.6% of players 10.6% of players 9.5% of players 8.6% of players 8.4% of players 8.3% of players 7.3% of players 6.1% of players 6.1% of players 6.0% of players 5.2% of players 5.2% of players 4.9% of players 4.4% of players 4.4% of players 4.4% of players 4.3% of players 4.2% of players 4.1% of players 4.1% of players 4.0% of players 3.9% of players 3.8% of players 3.8% of players 3.5% of players 3.5% of players 3.4% of players 3.4% of players 3.4% of players 3.4% of players 3.3% of players 3.3% of players 3.3% of players 3.2% of players 3.2% of players 3.2% of players 3.1% of players 3.1% of players 3.1% of players 3.0% of players 3.0% of players 2.9% of players 2.9% of players 2.8% of players 2.8% of players 2.8% of players 33.7% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
33.7%First Shipment — Purchase First Supplies
30.6%Hello — Hire A Staff Member
26.4%Get Your Swerve On — Sell Your First Drink
Rarest badges of honor
2.8%Don't Let Booth In — Attend A Play
2.8%Monopoly — Own Every Business In Town
2.8%Largeville — Reach Maximum Town Level

Latest official news

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

Mar 27, 2024
Announcement: Sector Unknown - A Sci-Fi cRPG

As one of the developers on Deadwater Saloon, I would like to take a moment and announce my next game, a cPRG titled Sector Unknown. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2734270/Sector_Unknown/ After cr

Nov 28, 2022
November 28th, 2022 - Update

Small update. Key mapping now added to options screen. Players can now adjust controls for camera movement, zooming, furniture rotation, level/story views, and more. UI Elements will work now for ultr

Sep 16, 2022
September 15 Update

Latest round of changes for the day - thanks again everyone. Added hide wall functionality - this can be done with the new button in the build panel or with the H button. Optimized NPC movement script

Sep 14, 2022
September 13 Updates/Fixes - First Day Live Of The Full Release Game!

It's been one heck of a first day! Thank you all for purchasing the full version of the game, as well as your amazing feedback so far. Pretty exhausted, but will be at it again tomorrow. Here are the

Sep 13, 2022
Deadwater Saloon Has Launched!

Deadwater Saloon is now live on Steam for purchase. We hope you enjoy the full game! As always, please feel free to leave any feedback you have in the discussion forums - we will continue to make chan

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-27.

GenresSimulation
Player tagsSimulation · Building · Management · RPG · Life Sim · 3D · Sandbox · Colony Sim · Grand Strategy · Strategy RPG · Choose Your Own Adventure · CRPG (Steam store community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * *
Achievements64
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 8 Processor: 3.1 GHz Dual-Core - Intel i3 2100 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: 1 GB VRAM, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti / AMD Radeon HD 5850 Storage: 3 GB available space