When someone writes the story of your life, how will it begin? A demo for wholesome puzzle game A Storied Life: Tabitha is available now on Steam, giving you the chance to sort through the belongings of a deceased loved one and write two early chapters of their memoir ahead of the game’s launch in 2026.
The demo will introduce players to two rooms in the home – the entrance and the dining room – allowing you to sift through the belongings that made up Tabitha’s life. Pack away the items you want to keep, sell what might have value, and give away the rest as you clear the house ready for new memories to be made within its walls.
After tidying through the items, you’ll then be given the chance to fill in a few pages of Tabitha’s memoir, using words associated with the items you’ve packed to fill in the blanks. Find specific themes to uncover more of Tabitha’s layered past or write an entirely new story based on your own feelings from what you’ve found.
The demo for A Storied Life: Tabitha is available for free now on Steam. The full game is set to launch in early 2026.
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.