# Idle Brewery: Beer Tycoon

> Build your brewing empire!

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1660298536](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1660298536)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1660298536`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Tiny Gigantic Games LLC
- **Category:** Simulation
- **Rating:** 4.90 / 5 (1,764 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.2.162
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-24
- **First published:** 2023-04-29
- **Size:** 327 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-23
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/idle-brewery-beer-tycoon/id1660298536)
- **Website:** [https://www.tinygiganticgames.com/](https://www.tinygiganticgames.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.tinygiganticgames.com/privacy-policy](https://www.tinygiganticgames.com/privacy-policy)

## Description

Idle Brewery: Beer Tycoon invites you to brew craft beer, plot your takeover, and grow from a microbrewery into a full empire. It’s an idle/incremental game with surprising depth: manage production, upgrade facilities, run marketing, and outsmart Big Beer as you reinvest for bigger gains.

Key features include three growth strategies—Taprooms, Wholesale, and Merchandise—over 100 experiments, and nearly 50 beer recipes (ales, stouts, IPAs and more). Build and upgrade your factory and HQ, hire staff, win medals, and unlock late‑game twists like robot bartenders, guild membership, and flagship beers as your empire expands.

## Rankings

- #41,832 — Overall
- #22 — variety

## Review summary

Players praise Idle Brewery: Beer Tycoon for its deep, beer-themed economy and rich progression, along with a favorable monetization model (no forced ads, optional ads, not pay-to-win) and solid indie/solo developer quality. Common downsides are slower pacing that can feel grindy and occasional bugs that disrupt progress. Overall, it stands out among idle games for depth and replayability, with a supportive community and continuous updates.

### Pros

- Deep, in-depth business-management mechanics and progression (pricing, production, and prestige).
- Player-friendly monetization with no forced ads; ads are optional and there are no pay-to-win IAPs.
- Engaging beer-themed setting with unique systems and a satisfying set-and-forget idle flow.
- Well-executed for a solo indie developer with a polished feel and thoughtful balance.

### Cons

- Slow pacing and grindy progression at times, especially early to mid-game.
- Bugs that can halt or disrupt progress (for example, tanks not filling after prestige or other progression issues).

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