Return From the Tavern
A downloadable game for Windows and Linux
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Story
You are the commander of a company of soldiers who spent quite some time at the tavern. But it's now time to go back to the camp before the general notices your absence and imposes any sanction. Prolong enjoyment at the tavern makes it difficult for soldiers to think straight. They can at least walk straight, but that's about it. You'll need to give them precises orders to guide them back to the camp. Unfortunately, for some "unknown" reason, your voice is a bit hoarse and thus you can only shout a limited number or orders.
Gameplay
Return From the Tavern is a puzzle action strategy game where you lead soldiers back from the tavern to their military camp. Soldiers move straight, die at lethal obstacles and bounce off non-lethal ones. You can re-direct them and assign them tools (that might be deadly to their comrades).
Controls
* Arrow keys to move the menu selector
* To shout a direction order, put the mouse cursor over a soldier and press the key of the direction to go.
* To swing an ax click on a soldier.
* Return to confirm in the menu or show the next dialogue
* Escape to cancel or empty the timer
* F2 to decrease the screen resolution when not in fullscreen
* F3 to increase the screen resolution when not in fullscreen
* F4 to toggle fullscreen on/off
* F5 to decrease audio volume
* F6 to increase audio volume
The settings menu lets you fully remap the control keys.
Your configuration will be stored in the file "Settings.bin". Deleting this file restores the default settings.
Languages
* English
* Brazilian Portuguese
* European Portuguese
* Dutch
* French (Canada)
* French (Europe)
* German
* Greek
* Italian
* Polish
* Romanian
* Russian
* Spanish (LatAm)
* Turkish
* Vietnamese
| Updated | 3 days ago |
| Status | Released |
| Platforms | Windows, Linux |
| Rating | Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars (5 total ratings) |
| Author | Irog |
| Genre | Strategy, Action, Puzzle |
| Made with | Tiled, GIMP, SDL |
| Tags | 16x16, 2D, DRM Free, Pixel Art, Singleplayer, Tactical, Top-Down |
| Average session | About a half-hour |
| Languages | German, Greek Modern, English, Spanish; Latin America, French, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese (Portugal), Portuguese (Brazil), Romanian Moldavian Moldovan, Russian, Turkish, Vietnamese |
| Inputs | Keyboard, Mouse |
| Accessibility | Configurable controls, High-contrast |
| Content | No generative AI was used |
Development log
- Multilingual Tavern99 days ago
- Portable tavernAug 10, 2025






Comments
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Hey! How can I contact you for work? I just finished the Viet localization and need to send it to you :)
Thanks! The contact info is in the ReadMe in "Feedback and bug reports". I saw you found it :-)
Thank for letting me work on your game. It was great working with you :)
Feel free to reach out if you ever need Viet localization for your future projects :D
Hi Craw,
Thanks for your interest in my game and for your quick action!
It seems you mailed the English text. Could you send the Vietnamese one. :-)
Kind regards,
Irog
I did send a file with the same name after you replied to my email the other day :)
I didn't receive it. Could you mail it again. And copy the content of the file as the mail message (just in case attachment fails).
I played and finished this game, and it kept me entertained from start to finish. It's very well-made both mechanically and visually, with just the right amount of challenge. Highly recommended!
Thanks a lot for your feedback Bluh !
I've played up to the second level with the axe so far, which allowed me to see the guys die after falling down, I love it. The game is very cool.
Thanks for your comment. I'm glad you like my game :-)