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Heroes of the Monkey Tavern is a first-person dungeon-crawling game designed as an introduction to the genre : simplified rules, balanced puzzles and challenges. An independent project developed solo.

Heroes of the Monkey Tavern is a dungeon crawler, rpg and grid-based movement game developed and published by Monkey Stories.
Released on September 22nd 2016 is available only on Windows in 7 languages: English, French, Spanish - Spain, Italian, Russian, German and Japanese.

It has received 398 reviews of which 294 were positive and 104 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.0 out of 10. 😐

The game is currently priced at 7.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 1.26€ on Eneba.

The Steam community has classified Heroes of the Monkey Tavern into these genres:

Dungeon Crawler RPG Grid-Based Movement Action First-Person Indie Adventure Party-Based RPG Fantasy Magic Singleplayer Real-Time Retro Atmospheric Character Customization Turn-Based Combat Turn-Based

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System requirements

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Windows
  • OS *: Windows 7
  • Processor: 2 Ghz
  • Memory: 3 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Shader Model 3.0 GPU ; NVidia GeForce GTX 260 or AMD Radeon HD 5670
  • DirectX: Version 9.0
  • Storage: 1 GB available space

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Feb. 2026
My experience of 'blobbers' (that is, first-person dungeon crawlers where your party moves as a single 'blob') is pretty limited. I've dabbled in a handful but never got to the end of one. It's a genre that I like more in theory than in practice - although I like the idea of them, I find many of them too long, too punishing, or both. Enter Heroes of the Monkey Tavern, which captures most of the key aspects of a good blobber (including both non-trivial combat and some environmental puzzles) but streamlines the whole thing. In some ways this is a bad thing - you choose your characters' classes but after that have no say in what happens when they gain levels - but mostly works out as a net positive, at least for me. You only ever have quite a small number of abilities and consumable items. Combat is mostly one-to-one (or one-to-blob, at least) with none of the ridiculous being mobbed by 396 enemies that you get in some games (that's not an exaggeration either). While the game isn't easy and it does make you work for some of your wins, with even routine grunts presenting a credible danger to your party, it's not so difficult than even an inexperienced novice like me can get through it with some effort and cunning cheese tactics. It also has an easy mode (which I probably should have used, in hindsight). A playthrough clocked in at just under 8 hours for me, thereby managing to avoid not only excessive difficulty but excessive length too. Is it a classic of the genre? No, probably not. But not every game has to be. What it does manage to be is a mostly enjoyable few hours of first-person dungeon crawling that's accessible enough for people who haven't spent countless hours honing their skills in the likes of Wizardry.
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Jan. 2026
I'm an old head unc and I have to admit this is the first time I've ever played a dungeon crawler of the type. I have to leave a positive review since it was a completely new experience so I might be biased. It's short, sweet and what I feel a good introduction to the genre. I don't get the negative reviews criticizing the fleeing? It's a good game mechanic. Every fight is to the death, you have to face it head on and always be prepared. That being said the big negative for me is that it's all too similar. The secrets are almost always a torch or pushing a stone in the wall. The traps are always some lion heads spitting fireballs or spikes coming through the floor but they get progressively more difficult, the enemies are goblins, lizardmen , orcs very stereotypical. Same strategy for all of them. The only thing that really changed were the walls so after the halfway point now secrets are more difficult to find. If it was going to be like that it needed more variety or depth.
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Dec. 2025
Short simple dungeon crawler, I liked it ^^ Nice visuals, for normal the difficulty was okay, although I cannot imagine not having a healer. I also liked not having to deal with levelling up and picking skills as it is pre-designed for each class. The only thing I struggled with was the spell management - could not drag and drop onto the character in the lower bar, but only in the inventory.
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Aug. 2025
Pequeno, mas muito legal pra quem gosta do estilo.
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May 2025
If you're a fan of the first Legend of Grimrock and you've grown tired of playing mods with the same tileset, this game is for you. The game isn't long and it's simpler in all aspects from mechanics and progression to puzzles and map layouts, but it's still pretty fun. Dungeons are filled not just with monsters, but with secrets and traps, atmosphere is eerie, graphics are good and the music is great. One common misconception I see in a lot of reviews is that you're forced to fight enemies head-on, because they damage you when you try to move. That is simply not true. Enemies can attack you only when they've finished moving, so you absolutely can lure them into wider spaces and then strafe and attack, while evading damage. Only few bosses lock you in a fight, and this is where you'll need those potions you saved up.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Heroes of the Monkey Tavern is currently priced at 7.99€ on Steam.

Heroes of the Monkey Tavern is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 7.99€ on Steam.

Heroes of the Monkey Tavern received 294 positive votes out of a total of 398 achieving a rating of 6.99.
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Heroes of the Monkey Tavern was developed and published by Monkey Stories.

Heroes of the Monkey Tavern is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Heroes of the Monkey Tavern is not playable on MacOS.

Heroes of the Monkey Tavern is not playable on Linux.

Heroes of the Monkey Tavern is a single-player game.

Heroes of the Monkey Tavern does not currently offer any DLC.

Heroes of the Monkey Tavern does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Heroes of the Monkey Tavern does not support Steam Remote Play.

Heroes of the Monkey Tavern is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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