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76% positive1,052 reviews
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Price
US$17.99

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2022 · Auroch Digital · Indie · Simulation

Brewmaster: Beer Brewing Simulator

Discover, learn, and master the art of homebrewing in the ultimate celebration of craft beer. From perfecting authentic, chemistry-driven brewing techniques to bottling and labelling, and entering competitions, become an ultimate brewmaster in the first ever realistic beer brewing game.

Released
29 September 2022
Platforms
Nintendo SwitchPlayStation 4PlayStation 5WindowsXbox OneXbox Series X/S
Genres
IndieSimulation
Developers
Auroch Digital
Publishers
Fireshine Games
Modes
Single-player
Perspective
First person
Themes
BusinessSandboxEducational
Country
United Kingdom
Age ratings
GRAC ALLPEGI 18ESRB MUSK 18CERO A
Languages
Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), English, French, German, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Russian, Spanish (Spain)
Time to beat
3.5hmain story90hcompletionist

About

Brewmaster: Beer Brewing Simulator is a 2022 simulation video game developed by Auroch Digital and published by Fireshine Games.

›Story

Discover, learn and master the art of homebrewing in the ultimate celebration of craft beer.

From perfecting authentic, chemistry-driven brewing techniques to naming, bottling and labelling - refine your craft to become the ultimate Brewmaster in the first ever realistic beer brewing experience. With all the tricks of the trade and the best equipment at your disposal, follow a recipe, or experiment with a huge variety of real-world ingredients to hone your skills. Enter friendly competitions, earn beer tokens, and upgrade your equipment to become an even better brewer.

Choose to experience the story-led Brewmaster mode or throw yourself into Creative Mode, a sandbox with everything unlocked.

Set up your home brewery

Create the ideal space to spend relaxing hours making your perfect beer. Unlock your favourite equipment and decorate your brewing space. Use beer tokens to buy better equipment to truly make it your own space.

Create your recipe

Concoct a variety of different types of beer, including wheats, blondes, stouts, IPAs and more while improving your brewing skills. Perfect recipes, improve the taste, design your own labels, and then submit your beers to local competitions and breweries to gain reputation and beer tokens. Built for complete beginners to beer aficionados alike; learn the basics of the beer brewing process with a range of recipes to choose from, or get creative with total freedom to brew your own unique flavours.

Brew your dream beer

Mash malts, boil hops, and pitch yeast to kick-start fermentation. Build your repertoire of homebrewing skills with a variety of brewing techniques to master a range of craft beer styles. This relaxing and deeply satisfying sim will let you experience the rewarding and unhurried pleasure of homebrewing, without worrying about money or space.

Realistic and authentic

Brewmaster is a detailed, authentic game driven by a simulation of real brewing chemistry, and a deep understanding of the real-life fermentation processes.

That doesn’t mean you have to have a degree in chemistry. The hard formulas happen behind the scenes, allowing you to focus on the best bits of beer brewing fun.

Refine your craft

Once you’ve produced your ideal brew, do your beer justice with an eye-catching label and a memorable name. Tweak and personalise every element of your beer and boost your renown at beer festivals. As your work becomes respected, you’ll submit to local breweries for batch production, expand your network, and unlock bigger jobs and more challenging recipes. A true Brewmaster is always learning!

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Gameplay

Players brew their own beer in a realistic simulation. Brewmaster is played first-person and has two modes: a sandbox mode in which there are no goals or restrictions, and a story mode in which players progress through scripted challenges. Each step of the brewing process is simulated, and players are guided through it by a friend, who leaves them notes on the proper techniques. There are no failure states.

Development

Auroch Digital, a British independent video game developer, focused on making a realistic simulation. To do this, the development team spent time researching brewing and became certified brewers. They said learning about and joining the beer brewing community helped them avoid incorrect assumptions about their target demographic. When players complained about some of the uncompromising realism, Auroch compromised by making the simulation obey the laws of physics while speeding up some aspects of gameplay.

Fireshine Games released Brewmaster for Windows on September 29, 2022. The PlayStation 4 and 5, Xbox One and Series X/S, and Switch versions were released on October 27, 2022.

Reception

Reviews praised the simulation aspects, though PC Gamer found it frustrating to not be able to taste the beer itself. Push Square gave it 7 out of 10 stars for its laid back and enjoyable gameplay. GameStar praised the game's attention to detail and relaxing atmosphere. Push Square and GameStar both enjoyed the educational quality.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
Windows29 September 2022Worldwide
Xbox Series X/S29 September 2022Worldwide · North America 27 October 2022
PlayStation 429 September 2022Worldwide
PlayStation 529 September 2022Worldwide
Xbox One29 September 2022Worldwide · North America 27 October 2022
Nintendo Switch27 October 2022Worldwide

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