Moonstone Tavern - A Fantasy Tavern Sim!

RPG Maker strikes again! Moonstone Tavern - A Fantasy Tavern Sim! is one of hundreds of low effort retro-pixel RPG Maker asset/construction kit flips spamming the Steam catalog, made with the RPG Maker video game construction kit... in their own words, "Our easy to use tools are simple enough for a child." Like all RPG Maker "games", this is essentially a bunch of low quality/canned assets from RPG Maker coupled with a cringeworthy high school anime club fan fiction. While the premise of this RPG Maker asset flip is that you run a tavern, that's not exactly what it's about, you run dungeons to progress in the game, and they're terribly, horribly unbalanced. If you die, you suffer a permanent HP loss that you can't recover... the game design here just sucks completely. It's a pretty incredible achievment to be worse than most RPG Maker asset flips, which in turn are some of the worst things on Steam, but here we are. As with all RPG Maker games, the poor quality engine displays badly in fullscreen and doesn't have full HD support or any graphics tweaking options, making this unacceptable for any dedicated modern PC gamer. The point can be made that the intention of RPG Make…

I can understand some of the bad reviews. Personally, I have fun playing the game. I just played about 10 hours and will play some more until my tavern is in better shape. Sure, it was bumpy at first, but I am a perfectionist, so the first round (a few in-game days) is always to learn the basics and some strategies to make it better on the second start. Some feedback to the bad reviews or advice for potential new players: After "get the barkeeper back"-quest and getting some silver coins from the cat: go to the stables and rebuild the fountain, the familiars will learn the spell "heal". The familiar will use it automatically on you both or you can press the button "4" to activate heal (unlimited), just to be sure. You won't die anymore on "easy" quests. Hire a basic cook for human meals and try to get a standard egg. With standard familiars, you can clear "medium" quests and with rare familiars "hard" quests" (though I have to press "4" repeatedly). I didn't get very rare yet, but that's for "impossible" quests. If the familiar gets stuck somewhere, press "1" to call it back to you. It get's stuck if it can't reach the focused enemy on the other side, if you are too fast or somet…

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time moves very fast, there is no real point to the game? the tavern runs itself after you get a cook, there is no point in upgrading the tavern other that the arena rooms. the fight are easy when you repair the houses for the adventurers, to the point you don't need a weapon as you have 6 or 7 party member, 4 adventurers, 1 dark beast, 1 pet, and one offspring. your role is to go gather stuff for the cooks so you can pay tax's, that's it. its a mobile game really and a unfinished one at that

Moonstone Tavern: A Fantasy Tavern Sim is an engaging hybrid of tavern management, role-playing, crafting, and exploration that invites players to restore a neglected inn to its former prestige. Developed and published by Trevor Jones, the game revolves around inheriting the rundown Moonstone Tavern from a quirky relative and transforming it into a thriving destination for travelers, adventurers, and townsfolk. Rather than limiting itself to business management alone, the experience expands into a fantasy adventure where nearly every activity contributes to the tavern's long-term success. This combination of genres gives the game a distinctive identity, offering players far more than the typical management simulator. At its core, the game revolves around rebuilding and expanding the tavern through careful planning and resource management. Players begin with only a small, deteriorating establishment that requires extensive repairs and upgrades before it can attract larger crowds. Profits earned from renting rooms, serving guests, and improving customer satisfaction can be reinvested into expanding the building, decorating interiors, and unlocking new amenities. Watching the humble …

fun and quite an interesting game