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Monastery: Ora et Labora
Lead your monks in prayer and labor to build a thriving medieval monastery. Manage resources, brew ale, craft manuscripts, and face trials like war and weather. Customize, expand, and guide your brotherhood to achieve spiritual and economic prosperity.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-10-04 · quoted reviews as of 2026-09-28.
“The AI usage for the art is unfortunate and its noticeable, however I've been waiting for a game like this for a good while and I'm enjoying it so far despite that. I hope to see more content expanding on the faith aspect in the future and possibly more challenges, exploration…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“There's a lot of AI art in here but I enjoy the game loop. I'm hoping that as they move closer to release they can actually pay artists.”
— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs played“I love the premise, the scope is just right, and there's a cozy little game in there. However, it's gonna be a "no" for now. Not because of the AI art assets. Not because of lack of content. But because of a number of annoying game design decisions. Let me tell you of those. 1.…”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players, self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Patch 0.37.6 — Bug Reporter, Improvements & Fixes
📋Highlights New In-Game Bug Reporter: Found a bug? You can now report issues directly from the Main Menu or while playing! The new Bug Report panel lets you submit reports with save files, screenshots
Mac version is now available
The Mac version of Monastery: Ora et Labora is now available on Steam! This is the first release of the Mac version, and while we have tested it ourselves, we know that there are many different Mac co
Patch 0.37.5 — Save Fixes & Improvements
Version 0.37.5 This update includes an important fix for an issue that could prevent the game from saving, along with several gameplay fixes, progression improvements, and quality-of-life changes. Sav
The Monastic Life Bundle is now available
Blessings, Brothers and Sisters! If you enjoy managing a monastery and brewing a good drink, we have something you might be interested in. We’ve teamed up with Hammer & Ravens to put together the Mona
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-28.
| Genres | Indie, Simulation, Early Access |
| Player tags | Early Access · Management · Simulation · Building · Sandbox · Colony Sim · Resource Management · Base Building · Medieval · Economy · Colorful · Relaxing (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, Italian, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Windows 10 version 21H1 (build 19043) or newer Processor: Intel Core i3-8100 or Ryzen 5 1400 Memory: 6 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GT 1030 (2 GB) or AMD Radeon RX 560 (2 GB) or Intel UHD Graphics 630 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 8 GB available space