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Folk Tale
Folk Tale is a single-player fantasy village builder RPG game. Grow your village from nothing, recruit heroes, explore dungeons, battle bosses, and take home a big bag of sweet loot.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“Do not buy this game”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“Abandoned with little finished stuff”
— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played“Abandonware!”
— a player, Steam review · 18 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-23 23:43 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Folk Tale Alpha 30
Overview Folk Tale Alpha 30 rolls ten patches from the experimental build into the main stable version on Steam. Please see the incremental patch links at the bottom of this post for more info. http:/
Folk Tale Alpha 30
Overview Folk Tale Alpha 30 rolls ten patches from the experimental build into the main stable version on Steam. Please see the incremental patch links at the bottom of this post for more info. http:/
Experimental (0.5.3.4)
http://www.gamesfoundry.com/images/FolkTaleRecentlyUpdatedPatch0534.jpg EXPERIMENTAL BUILD (0.5.3.4) The primary changes in this patch are memory/loading time optimizations and bug fixes. Where can I
Experimental (0.5.3.4)
http://www.gamesfoundry.com/images/FolkTaleRecentlyUpdatedPatch0534.jpg EXPERIMENTAL BUILD (0.5.3.4) The primary changes in this patch are memory/loading time optimizations and bug fixes. Where can I
Experimental (0.5.3.2)
http://www.gamesfoundry.com/images/FolkTaleRecentlyUpdatedPatch0532.jpg EXPERIMENTAL BUILD (0.5.3.2) The primary changes in this patch include an engine upgrade that may deliver performance improvemen
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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.
| Genres | Indie, RPG, Simulation, Strategy, Early Access |
| Player tags | City Builder · Strategy · Simulation · RPG · Fantasy · Sandbox · Medieval · Indie · Early Access · Survival · Singleplayer · Resource Management (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Workshop · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Estimated owners | 100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.gamesfoundry.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: 64-bit Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10 Processor: Intel® CoreTM2 Duo 2.4 Ghz or better, AMD AthlonTM X2 2.8 Ghz or better Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 / ATI Radeon HD 5850 or better* Desktop Resolution: 1280x720 DirectX®: 9.0c Hard Drive: 1.4GB HD space Sound: Windows compatible sound card *Intel HD 4000 cards have a known problem and are not supported