Welcome To The Housewarming Party: The Tenants Version 1.0 Launches Today!

20 October 2022

After over a year of renovations and refurbishments, the innovative property-management sim game has left the nest, entering full release on PC via the Steam Store

Developer Ancient Forge Studio and publisher Frozen District are proud to share that The Tenants has officially left Early Access and entered wide release, available for purchase on the Steam Storefront. From its humble beginnings in March 2021, to the cultivation of a collaborative community of players whose feedback directly influenced the game’s development, the colorful and endearing property-management sim is ready to move out of Early Access.

Watch the release trailer

The Tenants is a single-player property-management sim with a focus on renting apartments, houses and other homes to prospective residents. Spend and save to maximize property value and build your way to becoming one of the biggest land-owners in town! A detailed customization system allows you to construct and decorate spaces according to specific tastes and designs. Will you create the ultimate luxurious home for a single tenant? Or a communal living space for a group of gaming enthusiasts? The choices are endless, and the challenges of managing multiple properties at once allows for consistently satisfying problem-solving.

“The Early Access journey for The Tenants has been an incredible experience. When launching the game back in March of 2021, we couldn't have foreseen the level of attention and interest the game would garner among players from all over the world," said Maksymilian Strzelecki, Co-Founder and Technical Director at Ancient Forge Studio. “We're beyond excited to finally have everyone try the full release of the game.”

“We can't help but feel grateful for the support we've received from our awesome community over the course of Early Access,” said Dushan Chaciej, Co-Founder and Creative Director at Ancient Forge Studio, before adding that “by no means is this the end of The Tenants development. We have big plans for the game's future and we will share some of them soon!”

Included in the 1.0 release will be several new features, including Twitch Integration, new Elite contracts, and voice-overs. Find the full list below:

New Features Coming to 1.0:

Voice-overs: Voiced dialogues for Uncle Steve and Elite contracts.
Twitch Integration: Allows Twitch audiences to directly impact gameplay positively and negatively in various ways through periodic votes depending on settings set by the Twitch streamer. Will your audience aid you in your management efforts, or thwart your best-laid plans?
New Elite Contracts: Five additional Elite contracts across the three districts, including Fortune Teller, Sushi Bar, and Motion Capture Animation Studio.
Upgrade System Changes: Utilities, water, electricity, and heating have been removed from Uncle Steve’s tasks and moved into renovation mode.
Open House Options: Removed marketing options for open houses and added a feature to target specific demographics to invite to open houses based on gender, age, likes/dislikes, and more.
Agent Mechanics: Agents can be used to run open houses for the player and can be sent to training to level up their skills.
Tenant Levels: Tenants will gain levels through player interaction with rewards including rent increases, custom archetype items, customized tenant clothing, and many more.
New Worker Characters: Three new worker characters, each with unique talents that can affect the game in different ways.
Additional Achievements: Over 20 new achievements.

Support the game by buying or gifting The Tenants to friends on Steam, GOG, and Epic Store.

Are you interested in joining Uncle Steve in this one-of-a-kind world of providing and handling tenancy? Join us in The Tenants Discord community, follow us on Twitter and Facebook, and find out more information on our official website.

Get The Tenants assets here.

About Ancient Forge Studio:
Ancient Forge Studio is a video game development studio from Poland, founded in 2018 by Max Strzelecki and Dushan Chaciej. Led by experienced game developers with a strong passion for mechanics-heavy games, the studio specializes in premium PC games. The studio's core principle is to build games that the team themselves want to play, as showcased by the release of Glorious Companions in 2019 on Steam Early Access and now their new main title, The Tenants, developed in partnership with Frozen District.

About Frozen District:
Frozen District is a group of gamers - personalities full of passion for virtual entertainment. Regular people who are still ready to pull some all-nighters playing their favorite titles. We know what gamers need, as we are a part of the gaming community, and through creating our own projects, which we would play ourselves, we fulfill our ambitions.
At the same time, all of us want to be the best at what we do, still trying to reach the peak of our performance by polishing our skills and seeking innovative solutions. That is why in our midst, you can find experts in programming, marketing, graphics, design, and many more. Our main priority is constant improvement and crafting all the valuable experience gathered this way into the uniqueness present in our current and upcoming titles.