About This Demo

A cozy, idle medieval inn and town management game that thrives while you're doing your stuff. Dock it at the bottom of your screen, grow your tavern into a bustling town, and keep the ale flowing.

Build, Brew & Belong.

Tidehaven: Ale & Trade is a cozy yet authentic medieval inn management & automation & design game designed to fit your day. Dock it at the bottom of your screen and let your tavern hum along while you work or jump in to micromanage rush hours, strike shady deals, and expand a sleepy inn into a lively town.

From Inn to a Town

Start small and grow room by room: kitchen, bedroom, market, stable, a secret meeting room for under-the-table trades, and more. Grow your village beyond the inn, build stable, butcher, blacksmith and more to shape your town.

Customize everything

Unlock tons of decor and decorate your space in any style you like, you can even paint each tile on the floor! And some of these decoration items have a surprising bit of lore and buff system too!

Cozy medieval vibe

Set between the 15th-17th centuries, Tidehaven pairs crackling hearths and clinking tankards with a medieval-to-lo-fi soundtrack that makes time drift by. Strengthen your economy while expanding your tavern in most fashion way!

Is this game something for you?

• Docked “bottom-of-screen” mode for effortless second-screen play sound appealing?

• Inn to town: Do you enjoy developing your place in your own style and discovering different mechanics and dynamics with each new building?

• Let staff automation & supply chains that keep the ale (and coins) flowing.

• Explore tons of stylish decor and perk-granting items to style and optimize your build.

• Try side events & mini-games that spice up your routine with risks and rewards.

• Pets? Oh, we like pets. Name your dog, breed horses, and if you’re lucky keep a rare parrot in your room too. Fishing? Hmm…

And here is no punishing gameplay with constant difficulties that need perfect planning. Faster, chiller, relaxing, min-maxing, every way is a right way here. No plague carts, no witch hunts, no non-stop raids! Put your fireplace, take a fresh ale, and do a little automation.

Whether you’re here for cozy decorating and “olden days” vibes or for laid-back economic tinkering, your story begins in Tidehaven.