
In Taphouse VR, you are the bartender! Run your own taphouse, give drunk dwarves their fill of delicious ale or drench the bunch by mixing delicious cocktails! Everything around the counter is yours to mess with - including your paying customers.
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In Taphouse VR, you are the bartender! Pour glasses, mugs and shots of all kinds of beverages to thirsty dwarves. Mix and match recipes to make drinks that dazzle your patrons. Be careful with your customers - some will get angry if served the wrong thing or if you take your time. Get ready to break up some fights as well! With an exciting cast of drunk dwarves and a cast of lovely drinking holes to work in you'll get to experience what it truly feels like to be a tavernkeep. And when your mind starts to wander, play the slot machine or throw out some troublemakers!
🍺 Use your motion controllers to pour drinks to glasses, operate the taps and to send away customers too drunk to stand!
🍷 All kinds of drinks like tap beer, rum, long drink, cola, milk, energy drinks, vodka and more to pour for your thirsty customers!
🍹 Make recipe drinks to earn more tips - Cuba Libre, Tequila Sunrise, White Russian...we've got quite the collection!
🥂 Mess around the counter with plenty of stuff to fiddle with, including your paying patrons!
💲 Earn gold by being fast, efficient and careful when serving - spend your hard earned extra coins on the slot machine and win big!
🤔 Intelligent drunkard AI knows to start fights, argue over the slot machines and drink until they pass out!
👌 Two game modes: do a real shift in Bartender Mode or go with Sandbox Mode if you feel like playing around (or showing off)!
Note: While Taphouse VR is a perfect entry point for VR, we highly recommend it for older audiences. There's lots of alcohol, dwarves passing out and even some mild fisticuffs about - VR responsibly.
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Абсолютный must-have для VR! Taphouse VR - редкая смесь идеальной физики, бесконечного угара и приятного менеджмента. Наливать, смешивать, жонглировать бокалами, вышвыривать буянов и разруливать барный хаос под ор дварфов - кайф с первых секунд. Рецепты работают чётко, прогресс чувствуется, режимы «Бармен» и «Песочница» дают и челлендж, и чистое веселье. Идеальная VR-игра на долгие запои вечеров.
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in this game you will -kill a drunken old lady -get to mess someones order up -cause bar fights -watch someone lose at slots then cry -play slots yourself using the money that should be going to the store -steal from the bar -get to run a VERY popular bar -watch someone sleep on the floor after being knocked out -and screw around. very good.
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Taphouse VR'da barmen sizsiniz! Kendi meyhanenizi işletin, sarhoş cücelere leziz biralardan ikram edin ya da leziz kokteylleri karıştırarak herkesi ıslatın! Ödeme yapan müşterileriniz de dahil olmak üzere tezgahın etrafındaki her şey sizindir.
A week ago I was diagnosed with a terminal illness and the doctors have given me a year at best. I'm so glad I was able to play this before I go. I don't know how many people will see this; but I recommend to you to play this game if you do see it. Gameplay, atmosphere, graphics. everything is masterfully crafted. If you read it, thank you and good bye.
Taphouse VR takes an amusing approach to virtual reality by transforming players into the proprietor of a bustling fantasy tavern filled with boisterous dwarves and endless mugs of ale. Developed by Catland and published by Catland and Adjective Animal, the game leans heavily into comedy and interactive VR mechanics rather than attempting to be a deeply realistic business simulator. Its premise is straightforward: keep customers satisfied, prepare drinks efficiently, and prevent the establishment from descending into complete disorder. Despite its age, the title retains a certain charm thanks to its accessible gameplay loop and playful interpretation of tavern life. At its core, the experience revolves around physical interaction. Players use VR motion controls to pour beverages, mix cocktails, and hand completed orders to impatient patrons. The game's catalog of drinks extends beyond simple pints, featuring various liquors, mixed drinks, and specialty combinations that encourage players to learn recipes while under pressure. This creates an engaging rhythm where speed and accuracy become equally important. The tactile nature of grabbing bottles, operating taps, and reaching across the counter remains one of the game's strongest qualities, successfully demonstrating why VR is such a fitting platform for simulation-style experiences. The fantasy setting is elevated considerably by its cast of rowdy dwarven customers. These patrons do far more than stand in place waiting for service. They gamble at slot machines, become intoxicated, argue among themselves, and occasionally create enough chaos to derail an otherwise successful shift. Their exaggerated personalities inject humor into every session and ensure that no two rounds feel exactly alike. Combined with the game's physics-driven interactions, players are free to experiment with their surroundings, whether that means tossing mugs across the room or dealing with troublesome guests in less-than-professional ways. Beyond its standard bartender gameplay, Taphouse VR offers alternative modes that broaden its appeal. Players seeking structure can focus on maximizing earnings and improving efficiency during their shifts, while Sandbox Mode removes many restrictions and embraces experimentation. This flexibility allows the game to cater to multiple playstyles. Some will enjoy chasing higher scores and mastering drink preparation, while others will simply appreciate the opportunity to create absurd situations within a fantasy tavern setting. The abundance of interactive objects helps maintain interest, particularly during shorter play sessions. However, Taphouse VR is not without flaws. As an early-generation VR title, it shows its age in several areas. Visual fidelity is relatively basic, environments lack significant variety, and animations occasionally appear stiff by contemporary standards. Extended sessions can reveal the repetitive nature of the gameplay loop, and certain mechanics lack the level of polish found in more recent VR simulations. Additionally, compatibility quirks may arise depending on the headset being used, which is an unfortunate consequence of the rapid evolution of VR hardware over the years. Even with these shortcomings, there is an undeniable enthusiasm behind the project. The game's fantasy atmosphere, complemented by lively sound effects and tavern ambience, creates a welcoming environment that encourages players to immerse themselves in their role. More importantly, Taphouse VR understands that virtual reality thrives on interaction. Nearly every object serves a purpose, and the constant need to physically engage with the environment keeps the experience entertaining long after the novelty of serving drinks wears off. Taphouse VR may not compete with the most sophisticated VR titles available today, but it remains a memorable example of the creativity that characterized the early years of consumer virtual reality. Its blend of bartending mechanics, fantasy humor, and physics-based antics results in an experience that is easy to recommend to players looking for something lighthearted and unconventional. For VR enthusiasts interested in revisiting one of the platform's more charming curiosities, this tavern adventure still has plenty of ale left to pour. Rating: 8/10
"Taphouse VR" is a somewhat unpolished VR tech demo from Finland where you sit behind a bar and serve rowdy Dwarven patrons by waving your arms around in VR. I almost thought this was a student project because apart from a couple of moves you can do, the game is incredibly shallow and repetitive with almost no replayability. There's also a slew of bugs that don't seem to be like they're going to get fixed. What do you do in the game? It's mostly the same kind of gameplay you get from mobile apps... short order drink preparation (but in VR), but there's a few things you need to do handle problems in the bar. The graphics in this game are passable, but could be better. And while it's vital for any game to have impressive visuals (gaming is a visual medium, after all), there's more to a game than just the graphics. To be worth a gamers time, the game must match top tier visuals with top tier gameplay, and that's not happening here. It's VR exclusive, and that shows the developer failed to understand the most basic axiom of VR game design... if the only cool thing about your product is VR support, your product is not cool. This game is fairly dated at 8 years old... and even back then it looked old and busted compared to contemporary, professionally made 3D games of the same period. It looked bad then, it looks worse now. On the important matter of pricing and value for gamers, there's a lot going on here with monetisation, so this really shouldn't be considered a truly free product because of that. They have their hand out for a $2 USD "donation" for this as you're expected to give them money from buying empty DLC from Steam... digital panhandling. Like the homeless guys who splash dirty water on your windscreen at the traffic lights. No thanks. In terms of public reception, the "free" price tag didn't help. This peaked at a handful of players and then immediately cratered. With a peak count of less than 50 gamers (out of over 130 million gamers and over 40 million daily logons), it�s safe to say the PC gaming community has collectively decided to ignore this, probably because of the reasons supplied in this review. Bearing in mind that free games don't add +1 to your game collector count, should you bother adding this to your library and downloading it? Pass on this one. There's no immediate financial commitment, but there are thousands of more compelling games on the platform that will give you a lot more enjoyment for your time. Finally, I write these reviews to try help people navigate the thousands of games on Steam so they don't waste time on low quality products. There's over 140,000 games on Steam... Steam Direct is allowing an influx of around 40-50 new games [i]every day![/i]. If you think I'm wrong about this one, go ahead and add it to your library, download it, install it, play it and see for yourself. Maybe you'll come to agree with me after wasting your time. Either way, consider writing your own reviews too. I'm just glad if my review helps give gamers enough info to make a better informed choice.
одноразовый экспириенс на полчаса пять уровней, одноклеточный геймплей, за бесплатно не на что жаловаться чувствую больший потенциал, если бы подтянули стилёк, ассеты и разнообразили механики а так оставаться в бесконечный режим не вижу прикола
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