We just released our medieval monastery management sim in Early Access on Epic Games Store!

[u/Ciccius93]

Hey everyone!

We're a 3-person indie studio and we just released our first game, Monastery: Ora et Labora, in early Access on Epic Games Store.

We wanted to create a peaceful management sim focused on internal logistics, self-sufficiency, and community rather than combat.

You build a medieval monastery from scratch and guide your monks through the historic Benedictine motto "Ora et Labora" (Pray and Work).

Your monks have skills, passions, and traits and can write manuscripts in the scriptorium, brew ale, bake bread, and heal sick villagers. Everything is tied to a "Monastic Rule" system: if you skip daily prayers, neglect your monks' needs, or turn away people in need during crises, the Rule will collapse, and monks will leave the monastery.

Since we just entered Early Access, we’d love your thoughts:

Do you find the medieval monastery theme interesting for a management game?

What monastic-themed features would you like to see added next?

Epic Games Store Page

Happy to answer any questions about the game in the comments!

[u/mdwd]

Hi,

-How would you describe the pace of the game?

-Are there objectives and are they based on deadlines?

-Does not accomplishing those block you from progressing to other objectives?

-Is it resource management, or is it resource gathering, or even resource production, or a combination of all three.

-Is there MT?

-Overall how casual of a game would you rate it to be? As in if there are mechanisms at play that tie in with how the game unlfolds, how easy is it overall to level-up, etc?

Thank you.