Home / Games / The Brew Barons
The Brew Barons
A tranquil world becomes ever more corrupt by the day, spoiled by a pirate organization that forcefully impose their brewing monopoly over the lands. It's up to you to explore, forage, craft, sell and deliver your brews to overthrow the corrupt pirate organization and restore peace.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“The Brew Barons is a solid game with some rough edges. The flying is genuinely fun and that's the piece that had to be done right, so it helps one look past some of the janky bits. It's arcade-y but does have a degree of proper physics to contend with. It strikes the right…”
— a player, Steam review · 41 hrs played“It's very easy to get lost in the game world. It's incredibly well realised and owes a lot to former open world RPGs for it's gameplay. Fundamentally, your mission is to raise the fame of the Brew Barons as this will put the pirates out of business. If you've played games like…”
— a player, Steam review · 232 hrs played“It looks good, stylized, but uses AI voices. Ethical concerns of using AI aside, it makes the voice acting extremely flat. I'd have preferred just text or amateurish voices than flat AI.”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 01:13 UTC · history 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 2026-07-25.
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.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
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.
Small update 4/10/2026
- Fix bug reporter - Fix softlock at the end of the tutorial that was affecting some users (if you still experience this please let me know) - Controller bindings can now map one control element to mo
Japanese and French subtitles now available
Japanese and French translations have now been released, you can change the display language in the Settings menu.
Japanese and French versions coming soon!
The French and Japanese version are currently in the works and coming soon! If you already own the game and are interested to help us proof read the French or Japanese versions, please feel free to re
Unity security patch
This update contains only a patch to address a security exploit that was discovered in Unity (the engine used to build the game). Information about the issue can be found here. There should be no func
Update 09/27 Fixes and Fighters
A few fixes and new things: - Magnus wing pitch tuning - Refuel plane day/night glow adjusted - Upgrade costs balance - Sensitivity slider for manual mode orbital and lookaround camera speed - Reverse
Games like The Brew Barons
From our knowledge graph — ranked by shared traits, not a black box. Each card says why it's here.
EVERSPACE™ 2
87.4% · 7,695 reviews
shares Looter Shooter, Flight, Action RPG, Open World
Saleblazers
89.8% · 1,330 reviews
shares Inventory Management, Economy, Crafting, Action RPG
Teddy's Haven - A Fantasy Inspired Shop Simulator
96.7% · 2,222 reviews
shares Inventory Management, Economy, Crafting, Management
Ys X: Nordics
76.2% · 731 reviews
shares Pirates, Action RPG, Open World, Action Adventure
Stranded Sails - Explorers of the Cursed Islands
78.0% · 531 reviews
shares Pirates, Crafting, Open World, Exploration
Tiny Terry's Turbo Trip
94.9% · 1,512 reviews
shares Flight, Collectathon, Cartoony, Open World
Seablip
81.1% · 783 reviews
shares Pirates, Open World, Combat, Action Adventure
Achilles: Legends Untold
76.0% · 991 reviews
shares Inventory Management, Action RPG, Open World, Combat
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, Casual, RPG, Simulation |
| Player tags | Flight · Action · Open World · RPG · Simulation · Crafting · Adventure · Casual · Management · Exploration · Pirates · Combat (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 29 |
| Estimated owners | 20,000 – 50,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://www.lifetapstudios.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: Intel i5-6500 Memory: 12 GB RAM Graphics: GTX 960 or equivalent DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 4 GB available space