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A relaxing idle village-building simulator nestled in the corner of your screen! Build, Craft, and Trade to guide your village from humble beginnings to a thriving trading hub, it's time to write your own Village Tale!

Village Tale is a desktop companion, casual and idler game developed and published by Knight Owl Games.
Released on July 27th 2025 is available only on Windows in 12 languages: English, German, Arabic, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, French, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America and Spanish - Spain.

It has received 320 reviews of which 264 were positive and 56 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.7 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 3.53€ on Steam with a 40% discount.

The Steam community has classified Village Tale into these genres:

Desktop Companion Casual Idler Farming Sim Automation Pixel Graphics Management Organizing Decorating Simulation Relaxing Strategy City Builder Resource Management Colorful Building 2D Atmospheric Sandbox Trading

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • OS: Windows 10,11
  • Processor: Intel Core i3
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000 or equivalent, Integrated cards also work
  • Storage: 300 MB available space

Steam Price & Best Deals

-40% 5.89€ 3.53€ Buy Now

User reviews & Ratings

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64 hours played
Aug. 2026
8.5/10: This is one of those idle games that actually kept me hooked. It leans into a light city management vibe, You build whatever your little village needs, whether that’s a blacksmith, a mall, or some other specific building they can’t live without. A lot of actions happen automatically, and I get why some players might raise an eyebrow at that. But it feels intentional imo. The developer clearly leaned into the “idle” part of the genre. Instead of micromanaging every tiny detail, you’re more like a relaxed overseer watching your village grow itself while you play along. It’s simple, cozy, and satisfying if you enjoy watching systems unfold without having to babysit every mechanic. Not the deepest city builder out there, but definitely one of the more enjoyable idle hybrids I’ve played. =)
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45 hours played
March 2026
It's a cute game. The progression is pretty smooth. You can easily finish the game (i.e., build all structures and unlock all goods) in 10 hours or so, if you play actively. But it's pretty fun. If you play idle more, it takes longer. But this is the kind of game where you have to let go of optimization and just let it flow. Place your buildings and decorate around them. Once your village is making steady money, you can do whatever you want and build something new whenever it unlocks.
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92 hours played
March 2026
Very quick game to 100% if you have it running on a computer that runs over night. In less than 3 days having it running in the background and you have 100% of the achievements, just remember to do the festival runs later since they are time limited and should be ran as often as you can. After you get certain buildings, you can easily just let it idle to complete most challenges, I barely ever did click the wagons and try to bring up the price, was not worth getting a measly 50% increase to the price....and if you activate the auto accept quest, the game just keeps running and generating money for you. As far as the review of it goes though: I want to start off with mentioning that this IS a casual game, so I get why some people can find my review a bit over the top for this type of idler, but I see a lot of potential in the game, but it feels like it was rushed or they lost interest in the concept. It's a fun cute village simulator, works well, no issues with settings. Gameplay mechanics were a bit boring, but it is in the end just a simulator. I wish there were more interactions with the villagers themselves though and that you had to recruit and maybe name them, maybe they had some personality that affected their performance at certain jobs and such so you could min-max the game a bit. Decorations does not affect the game in the slightest (as the name suggests), people don't get happier around them and so on like in some other city builders, so there is no challenge in where to place objects other than roads which improve the walking speed of the villagers. You could easily mash everything as close together as you see fit and it would be just as efficient. They had a building that would improve efficiency even further for the haulers, but I did not need it. I feel there are better simulation games out there with more management needed, this one was a little too passive, but otherwise an okay title.
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10 hours played
Jan. 2026
Very nice chill game to keep in the corner of my screen, I enjoy the customisability and the development
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45 hours played
Dec. 2025
This game is absolutely lovely, relaxing, cozy, and genuinely enjoyable It’s well worth the price, and the progression feels smooth and fair without any unnecessary grind I especially loved the NPCs wandering around and the trading system, both add a charming and entertaining touch to the game This was actually my first experience with an idle game, and it definitely didn’t disappoint I didn’t get to play it for very long, unfortunately, but I’d still rate it a solid 9.5/10 My only wish is that the game were a bit more flexible when it comes to screen movement, for example, being able to shift the view with arrows while browsing or doing something else in the background, so the game stays visible and easy to navigate
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Frequently Asked Questions

Village Tale is currently priced at 3.53€ on Steam.

Yes, Village Tale is currently available at a 40% discount. You can purchase it for 3.53€ on Steam.

Yes, Village Tale received 264 positive votes out of a total of 320 achieving a rating of 7.68.
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Village Tale was developed and published by Knight Owl Games.

Yes, Village Tale is playable and fully supported on Windows.

No, Village Tale is not playable on MacOS.

No, Village Tale is not playable on Linux.

Village Tale is a single-player game.

Yes, there is a DLC available for Village Tale. Explore additional content available for Village Tale on Steam.

No, Village Tale does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

No, Village Tale does not support Steam Remote Play.

Yes, Village Tale 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.

You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Village Tale.

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Village Tale
-40% 5.89€ 3.53€ Buy Now
Rating
7.7
264
56
Game modes
Features
Online players
22
Developer
Knight Owl Games
Publisher
Knight Owl Games
Release 27 Jul 2025
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