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A burned-out champion runs a tea shop in a magical forest, growing ingredients, brewing custom cups, and hearing travelers’ stories.
Released 11 Mar 2025
Brew Custom Teas
Grow Tea Ingredients
Serve Forest Travelers
From the creator of The Stanley Parable and The Beginner’s Guide comes Wanderstop, a narrative-centric cozy game about change and tea.
Developed by Ivy Road · Published by Annapurna Interactive






You play as Alta, a once-renowned fighter who finds herself running a tea shop in a magical forest. As travelers stop by, she serves them while adjusting to a role she never wanted.
Grow and harvest tea ingredients, gather other supplies, and use an unusual brewing contraption to make drinks for customers. Between orders, you can tend the garden, tidy the clearing, decorate the shop, explore, or simply take a break.
The story progresses through chapters as you meet visitors and learn about them through conversations and tea-making. There are no deadlines, and most activities can be done at your own pace; seasonal chapter changes reshape the shop and clearing, and much of the garden and décor is temporary.
In the supplied reviews, players often praise the story’s treatment of burnout, change, and learning to rest, saying it feels personal and emotionally affecting. The gentle pace, memorable characters, tea-making, art, and music also receive recurring praise. Some reviewers find the gameplay too light or repetitive, and others are frustrated by seasonal resets, unfinished character arcs, or a story that does not provide the resolution they wanted.





| Platforms | Windows |
|---|---|
| Achievements | 11 |
| Age ratings |
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| Controller support | PlayStation, Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| Demo | View demo on Steam |
| DLC / extras | 1 listed on Steam |
| Metacritic | 80/100 View on Metacritic |
| Website | Official website |