A Storied Life: Tabitha announced for PC
Secret Mode and Lab42 Games will launch a brand-new cozy puzzle game next year.
Revealed today, A Storied Life: Tabitha will be released in early 2026 on PC (via Steam). In the puzzle game, the player has to fix a memoir written by someone close to them who passed away. An announcement trailer can be seen here.
A synopsis for the game reads:
A Storied Life: Tabitha is a cozy narrative game about memory, legacy, discovery, and joy.
An elderly loved one has died, leaving you their estate and a letter encouraging you to sell any valuables. But when a mishap spoils their soon-to-be-published memoirs, you set out to repair the damage, piecing together their hidden past using the items you inherit.
House clearing with care
Explore a picturesque country house and pack away its contents, room by room. Move furniture, lift rugs, and open cupboards to uncover hidden and forgotten objects.
What separates cherished items from rubbish? Slowly sift through fragments of someone's past and decide whether to keep, auction, or discard each object.
Relaxing packing puzzles
You can't keep everything. Move and rotate items to fit them into boxes. Limited space and weight considerations mean you must let some things go.
Strengthen boxes with tape and vacuum pack soft goods to fit more in. Don't forget to bubble wrap fragile objects or they may break when unpacking.
Restore your loved one's memoirs
Every item you save unlocks a set of associated words. Use these to mend the gaps in the damaged memoirs, completing the sentences to reveal a storied life.
You determine how the past is recorded. Uplifting, silly, shocking, funny, sombre... the memoirs have many potential branches, and every decision is yours.
A Storied Life: Tabitha can be wishlisted on Steam right now here.
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