Tavern Manager Simulator on Xbox doesn’t arrive with a sweeping cinematic or a dramatic hook; instead, it hands you a derelict tavern that looks like it’s been abandoned since the last plague and quietly asks you to make something of it. The opening hours are slow, almost intentionally mundane, as you sweep floors, repair broken furniture, and drag debris out of corners that haven’t seen daylight in years. Yet there’s a strange charm in this simplicity. The game wants you to