Travellers Rest

5 years and still in EA. Its a demo at best. You have 2 areas: inn and town. There are roads in the inn towards the mountain and opposite the town, but you character states its too late to venture out in these areas so I assume all of these areas are unfinished. You can only buy food, to sell in your inn, from the townspersons. Your character has no available weapons. I assume the unfinished areas allow you to gather plants and game from animals on your own. How many more years till this is finished? Im assuming it will never be finished. Like I said, it only has 2 areas, town and inn. 5 years would have been plenty to add dozens of areas even if there is only 1 developer. Stardew Valley has confirmed this is possible. But only 2 pixel look areas in 5 years really is a joke. There are also no RPG elements where you can specialize in gameplay you want. Your character never gets better. Cannot recommend.

I'm actually paused and in-game (in the middle of the Sat pm rush with a keg full of Pineapple Juice and a killer Lager on tap) as I am writing this review... This is a good game. It goes particularly well with an IPA or two IRL as well ;) . I do recommend it but I have a few thoughts - for what they are worth. My number one observation was that the intro/tutorial was pretty long and did not allow for ANY creative freedom. By the time the tutorial was over, I found myself hoping to NEVER cross paths with that mystical damn cat again. Truly though, I would have felt sooooo much more attached to my tavern if I had actually been part of the grind to get there. For example, I was REALLY excited to begin in a run-down tavern grinding and selling rat meat kabobs and (basically) bat piss beers in a tavern with broken windows, broken doors, broken floorboards... However, the tutorial skipped me all the way into a beautiful tavern with no broken windows, no broken doors, no broken floor boards. I would have liked to have a bit more grind and a bit more customization in that way. I greatly respect the concept as is but I would love to be able to have a no tutorial mode where you start dirt poor and grind to get the beautiful tavern. An option to pay off the loan to buy the place might be a nice difficulty modifier too. But overall Devs, thank you for this little gem. I hope you find my and others' feedback useful. I'm excited to see the full concept in action when all is said and done. Cheers, Slainte, and Skal.

It's quite funny, but unfortunately not Stardew Valley in my opinion, so I don't really feel like playing any more. Plus there are a lot of walking routes and weird and sometimes clunky controls with a controller. You have to be up for it, definitely different.

The game might be fun when they finish it, I dunno. The story is a bit weak and ridiculous, the graphics are pretty great, but after you get through the reasonably fun content they've made setting the tavern up and starting to open things for business there's next to nothing to do aside from play the tavern mini-game over and over and watch numbers go up. There's a weak stardew valley clone going on in the background, too; maybe once the game is more done that'll be a bit better, but as things stand it's a pale imitation of the original that's too similar to not compare them.

Not recommended (for now) – but full of potential I played this game for around 40 hours with a friend, and we had a lot of fun building up our tavern. Still, I can't recommend Travelers Rest in its current Early Access state. This review is not meant as punishment, but as motivation – because the game could truly shine if it evolves into a more complete experience. The good first: Decorating and expanding your tavern is engaging and flexible. The freedom to choose when and if you open the tavern is a well-designed mechanic that gives the game a relaxing rhythm. The building system is intuitive, though it lacks flexibility when it comes to rearranging purchased structural parts – it would be great if we could move or adjust those without tearing them down completely. Now to the main issue (as others have pointed out): Despite a world that clearly hints at it, there is no story, no progression, no act structure. Not even a single area of the map is finalized as a functional "chapter." At least one or two acts should be completed by now to give players a long-term goal and a reason to keep playing. Another point of criticism is the overwhelming number of crafting stations, many of which could easily be combined or streamlined. It feels clunky to juggle so many. Also, limiting the crafting queue to just five items is unnecessarily restrictive and slows down the flow of the game. And honestly, it's hard to understand why there are so many recipes, when most of them bring roughly the same amount of profit. It ends up feeling like superficial variety rather than meaningful choice – fewer but more impactful recipes would improve the sense of progression and strategy. We played one full in-game year, and there wasn’t even a simple summary screen to wrap it up. Something like: - Total gold earned - Most profitable product - Best month or day - Unique achievements or stats would go a long way to make the passage of time feel meaningful. (Yes, you can check some stats in the menu, but starting a new year with zero feedback feels wrong.) A small but noticeable improvement would be to allow farming grass anywhere, not just in your tavern zone. In summary: If the developers finalize at least part of the map, offer clear goals or acts, and reduce station clutter, Travelers Rest could be one of the best cozy management games out there. But in its current state, I wouldn’t buy it again.

This game is really addicting and trust me when i say addicting i mean it i told myself ill play for an hours and ended up on here a total of 11 hours, not to mention its so much more advanced from Stardew Valley I love that game with ,my whole heart but this is just a tiny bit more organized and better for everyday differences you never have to worry about what can do the next day because all you have to do is run a tavern and make sure you have he resources for it! it may seem hard to understand at first but it will become noticeable when you start doing things alone after the tutorial. FAIR WARNING it just throws you into it.

at the price the game has a lot to be desired. Basically for 17$ you can get your bar marginally better and then youve run out of things to do or buy. There really is no progression of a plot or story. The one cool character that helps you in the beginning just vanishes from the game.. All the NPC seem like theyre going to have cool stories and plots then there is nothing. There clearly areas that you can eventually get to but are currently blocked. I just can't recommend it at this point. Ill check back in later and update my review.

i'm a bit confused, honestly. this game has been in development for multiple years and no one stopped to tell them forcing the player to do exactly what he's ordered to do for over two hours straight is not engaging gameplay? it's a tutorial, at the end of which your tavern is restored, you got every crafting option ever available to you, 75 recipes unlocked and the beacon has been lit to show you're worthy of tending to the tavern. you get free seeds, food and tools. anything you could ask for. i am now through the intro of extreme handholding and am just left not knowing what there's even left that i want to do. like, do i just stay in the gameplay loop of selling things forever? there's no quests for me to do either. i've decided what i wanted to do is quit the game and play something else. part of the appeal of these kinda games for me is starting with nothing and slowly building a comfy place to call my own; explore and figure things out on my own. even if you ignore the not needing to buy tools etc; there's 0 plot characters exist but are shallow as hell you can't interact with 90% of nps who look very cool but are jut animating idly. a world outside of your tavern and the cardboard city is nonexistent it's very buggy and barebones so there's nothing really to explore and the things you do get are unsatisfying to interact with. you can't even save manually, nor does it explain to you how the saving system works. i had to find out through discussions. and even then - it doesn't allow you to sleep during the tutorial. so i had to soldier on until i passed out due to staying up too late to be able to quit the game without losing progress. everything takes way too long - there's no need to pause for two seconds where you freeze my game before a speech bubble pops up. i'm not gonna get jumpscared if it happens immediately. all of this game feels like purely decoration. it's clear the devs care about vibes; the portraits, animations and music are very nice. but i don't think they know how to write interesting characters or stories or actually make a game that's fun.

i actually bought and played this game over a year ago, i did not like it. but given that it is an early access game i decided instead of writing a review ti wait a while and come back and see if the game is better. it got worse. first of all i must say the Art and World Design are astonishing. absolutely love them. the main problem with the game is the lack of real gameplay the game starts with a long and frustrating story and dialog mostly of the lore. and then the tutorial... you start with nothing on hand and in about 45 min (way longer then a tutorial should be) you have 15 crops 7 work stations 6 tools 75 freaking recipes and tons of resources. and you get all of this because your cat tells you what to do you are actually not progressing yourself at all. and by the time the tutorial is done you have so many new things and actually no memory of what any of them do or how to use them because it was such a long explanation and so many reading that you basically dont know what you're doing anymore. i do see a lot of people here saying the game has שמ extremely slow pacing which i i dont get cause again from my experience the game shoves you into the deep water in the first hour and if after that it becomes slow-paced and boring, I’m honestly glad I didn’t make it that far... i wish the game could have been taking it a lot slower and give the player the actual progress and Independence it needs for us to spend a lot of time and take things at our own pace. pls fix it oh and why the hell do you have such a small space around the tavern and every work station takes so much space??? (yes i continued to play after the tutorial still didnt like it)

You really have to just do your own thing, there was only 2 quests available to complete and i was enjoying it until the second quest kept crashing on me then i just had enough. It has great potential but its not there yet, bugs are bad enough that i just gave up as could not progress.

It was fun in earlier iterations, but now it crashes way, way, way, way too often. It took 4 tries to get through the tutorial. So many soft locks from just - not realizing the tutorial was advancing and trying to talk to someone/do something. Or accidentally doing something out of order. I'm just tired of redoing things when you can't save mid-day. Calling it quits on this game.

Good idea but wait until bugs worked out. Also, it needs a unstuck button. That is main reason for thumbs down. After unlocking 10% run speed perk I occasionally run inside of a wall or terrain corner and get stuck. This results in a reset day. I'll play again in a few months. If problems are fixed easy recommend.

Crashes often. When it works it's good game for those who like to get lost in chores. Kinda bad but still better than Hunt: showdown 1896

nice game, but it took so long for the major updates, really needs main plot/story developement

every update adds more to love! support the developers by grabbing it in early access, on sale if that's all you can afford. great to kick back and relax, the gameplay loop is very fun, and the art style is charming as all hell. been playing after every update and supporting for years, and i'm proud of it, because this game is wonderful. drink up!

Stardew like, i see social addition is coming soon, very addictive... love this game

Fun, addictive, and once you've got the hang crops and brewing, you'll find hard to stop. This game is so good. You get so invested that when the game day ends, you'll always have something you have to do the day after. You'll be so hooked that when you want to stop playing for a bit, you'll always find a reason to play one more day.

cozy game! a little bit of a slow burn but it lets you play at your own pace and you don't feel bad about it. The game is very free-form so sometimes I feel a little lost on what to do but there's no pressure. I can't wait for more updates :)

I love the game, and would recommend it. Not much gameplay, but what there is is fun to play with. I would be excited for certain upcoming updates.

I was not ready for how hooked i would be to this game. 63 hours in a little over a week is not normal for me. The mechanics, in my opinion, are very well thought out. You have a decent amount of choice in how you want your tavern to run. I will warn new players to not expect things to happen quickly. This game requires patience.

I got so addicted SO fast to this game! Fantastic pixel art, making all the food and drinks to serve is surprisingly super fun, and the game doesn't punish you for taking it at your own pace and spending days just exploring and doing your own thing.

Ok, so, I love games like Stardew Valley, Fields of Mistria, and now Travellers Rest. The only thing about this game is it CAN/is a little bit overwhelming when you first start, BUT, keep in mind that you cannot fail. You will need to learn how to properly manage, and figure out what is bottle capping you from getting income as you try and progress the game. This game is SUPER good once you get a good start/feel for it, and it's the best bar/inn management game I've played!

I saw that just getting to when the game really starts only 41% of players made it. This game is really fun honestly! However do be ready for a LONG tutorial giving how the basics work and lots of eye rolling cause of thew cheese in the start XP however, if you give it a chance this game is a lot of fun and I can't stop playing it and want to continue playing! Give it a chance it is worth it!

I cant wait for more updates to expand on the story and location but so far ive been having a ton of fun. 10/10

If you like stardew valley this is a game for you! Nice mechanics but it can be a bit stressfull if you focus too much on increasing seating in your tavern before hiring people or playing co-op.

I think this game has a lot of potential and it's quite fun to play. After a long session today, I've gotten to level 5. Took a teensy bit of googling to clear up some confusion I had, but the game itself is enjoyable once you get into the groove of things. Checked out the roadmap, too, and needless to say I'm excited to see where it'll go!

This is super fun. im a little confused on how to obtain some things, but i'm sure with a little googling, i'll be able to find someone on redit with the same issue. graphics are sick, customization is fleshed out well, fishing mechanic is eh but i don't really like any fishing in any game every so no surprise there

Controller support sucks and navigating the game with a controller is awful.

A great game to chill out in. Add more achievements cus that's the only thing that keeps people playing the game, only then you know that you still have something to do, and when you've achieved everything then in theory you've beaten the game. A good project and it's great to see how it develops.

I've only played this game for a little over 5 hours, but I thoroughly enjoy it. I was looking for a more relaxing game and I found it. Sort of gives me Stardew Valley vibes.

very good game, a lovely simulator with lots of mechanics and a fun gameplay loop. this is more for the devs; please keep doing your good work, i rarely see games like this. the update frequency the update quality the love in the craft frickin splitscreen, i mean u dont have to but u did and my friend and me really appreciate that. animals we only want more, its really difficult to clarify a relevant flaw or issue, its just not enough. man i really glad to see this game grow, its the best tavern simulator and i am so excited to see your vision when u are done. thanks

It is awesome game. different variety of drinks and food it's great, however if game went much more into detail of drinks like not call all different type of whisky as the same like when you make corn whisky game should call it bourbon and change it icon i hope dev's make those changes in game and make it much more realistic. also game need more quests events and whole lot of more recipes to discover.

perfect farming sim mixed with tavern and inn keeping gameplay, still have room to grow, totally love it!

tavern mechanics are satisfying but i wish i could get the materials through random gen dungeons like a stardew valley type. the way itbis now gets boring for me really fast.

I've been playing the game for days straight now, and honestly it has been addicting. Although, I feel like there's not much to explore outside other than to focus on the tavern itself. So I can't wait for the further updates that would include more to what's around, than just collect ingredients or necessities to keep the tavern afloat. Could also work more on the controller options, since I had a hard time adjusting my settings and playing the game with it. Either way, I really recommend this to anyone who likes to play cooking related games. Despite being early access, it definitely has a lot of content that already makes the game very enjoyable and feel like a good investment.

Cute pixelated tavern game. I enjoyed exploring the different recipes and i enjoyed the function of the rooms.

HELP BUG BUG so i try to launch the game and i have a touchscreeen laptop and i launch it and it just freezes on a certian frame and if i swipe up on my pc to do a certian action it jumps to the one it should be on otherwise i cant do anything help plz

One of the best cozy games i've ever played aside from stardew valley. You can play at your own pace, there's no deadlines for anything. I really like that you have to farm your own ingredients, it gives the game more purpose aside from just running the tavern itself. I also like that there's a plethora of recipes that you can learn, and sometimes obtaining the ingredients can be challenging, however its not impossible. It gives you something to work towards, which personally keeps me from getting bored. The only thing I don't like about the game is the fishing mechanics, I find it extremely difficult and I have yet to figure out what I'm doing wrong, but luckily fishing isn't a necessity. You can purchase fish from one of the shops in town, so I don't really bother with the fishing myself. Overall though, I absolutely love this game! I've put in 110 hours on a different account, and the game never gets old to me. It's definitely a game that you can play for long periods of time, without even realizing how much time has passed.

played this for years, basically when it lauched, and my god did it changed so much over the years! Its a really good game, cant wait to see what comes from the full product!

This game is very fun but it can have issues with crashes.

Love this game. 10/10 recommend. Similar to stardew valley but a bit more complex with the cooking and management

Was looking for another cute, casual game…. Instantly lost 60+hrs of my life and it’s not even a finished game yet. Highly recommend.

it has a nice game loop and flow. It's nice to get lost in it and the things they're adding have been great so far. Only complain is that some of the controls can be a little wonky on keyboard and mouse. Otherwise, super solid!!

Fun game, very stardew Valley like, but in it's own interesting and unique stories. It's still being updated, but I'm excited to see what they add next.

Very fun little sim game reminds me of Graveyard Keeper. Lots to do and figure out. Couple bugs could be fixed like animation of sweeping happening elsewhere in the tavern. Also a little finicky on controller, but overall really fun so far.

EDIT- I have recently learnt that this is an extrememly early in release game(V. 0.7) so that explains a TON of the things i was curious about in my initial review. with this knowledge its an incredible game so far and the devs are very active in their updates and plans, looking forward to continuing to play Original -Good game all around definitely a lot of wandering and side tracking you can do but as long as you get a handle on the controls its very fun to decorate and cook. the days are quite long so there's plenty of time to do a lot around town and in the tavern, im still meeting a lot of the non-town NPCs. The only gripe I may have is that if you choose a male tavern keep there is no option for him not to have a beer gut and a slouch, but that may simply be on par for the course.

I really love this game. Fun and chill with friends. I can build my own tavern. Hope that we can have full version of wiki, maybe more clear and easy to understand for beginner. Anyway. Love that game so much!!! Thank you for the coop

Very cozy game play. I quite enjoy the music and the vibe overall. Can't wait for more content :D

LOVE THIS GAME! I have a lot of fun playing it. Its chill but still very engaging and brings out creativity.

Fun game if you like survival crafts (which I do). Highly suggest you play.