Plum Road Tea Dream
Samuel Baidoo ยท 2026 ยท LGBTQ+, Exploration, Walking Simulator, Lore-Rich, First-Person
PC
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About Plum Road Tea Dream
A deeply personal story
Plum Road Tea Dream tells the semi-autobiographical story of 'S', a young queer game designer of color who creates virtual spaces that reflect their own introspective journey. As you delve into 'S's life, you discover the complexity of pain, joy, grief, celebration, self-actualisation and the need for new rituals. Plum Road Tea Dream invites you to slow down. Awakening in you the urge to confront your own thoughts, to question and to feel. Deeply.Features:
- Rest, sanctuary and comfort
- Based on autobiographical experiences, and real-world events
- A short narrative experience
- Inspires real-world reflection on topics such as grief, identity, crying, human touch and rituals
Seven unique chapters, spaces, games, sanctuaries
Discover seven sanctuaries created by the mysterious โSโ. These structures hold untold stories, memories, the need for a safer world and the potential for healing. Each sanctuary offers a distinct gameplay style: Collect tablets to create animistic gods with a futuristic machine and encounter challenges in empathy to be able to manifest the Sword of Sadness and shape its myth. Meet the guardians that portray multiple selves of 'S' as they reveal the secrets of their surroundings.Queer & POC perspectives
Centering queer narratives and characters of color, Plum Road Tea Dream celebrates diversity, self-expression, and acceptance, offering stories and perspectives rarely explored in games.From hyper realism to PSX-era graphics
You travel through an eclectic range of landscapes and thought-provoking mini-games, with visual styles ranging from hyper realistic modern graphics to the nostalgic pixelated charm of PSX-era games.Slow down & Take your time
With the main action in the game being walking, sitting and listening, Plum Road Tea Dream is an invitation to slow down and wonder, that is best enjoyed with a warm cup of tea.Healing & Hope
Plum Road Tea Dream acknowledges pain that needs to be felt but aims to surpass the hardships. Itโs a transformative journey of self-acceptance & resilience, culminating in an uplifting and hopeful conclusion.A note from the developer
Hello, my name is Samuel Baidoo.I am a Belgian-Ghanaian creator based in Antwerp. I have a background in dance, visual arts, performance and a big love for collaborating. Across all of my work, I explore how personal experiences can become shared experiences, and how fragments of memories, images, music, games, films, anime, manga and everyday life can be gathered together and transformed into something meaningful.Plum Road Tea Dream grew from that process. I created it alongside a group of game developers and many generous collaborators. In some ways, I am 'S'. But 'S' also holds the stories, thoughts, hopes, and dreams of many people who helped bring this world to life. 'S' is the long hours spent writing code, the hands that modeled and textured this world, the voices that offered feedback, and the friendships that sustained the project. 'S' is the result of countless conversations, shared experiences, and collective care. Though the story begins with me, it does not belong to me alone. My hope is that playing Plum Road Tea Dream, gives you space for grief, reflection and rage. And perhaps, in following 'S's journey, you may discover something of your own story within it. ๐What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam โ separate from playze.io community reviews below.
Premise This review reflects my personal experience with the game. While I aim to write thoughtfully and as fairly as possible, my reviews are subjective in nature and should not be used as objective metrics to assess/critique a game. I also curate a steam group which focusses on reviewing BL/Bara/MxM VNs. Feel free to join if you would like to see more reviews! :) [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/46061383-Gay-Games-Vault] Gay Games Vault[/url] [code] SECTION | SCORE --------------------|------- Writing & Story | โ โ โ โ โ Representation | โ โ โ โ โ Gameplay | โ โ โ โโ Art & Direction | โ โ โ โ โ Recommendation | โ โ โ โ โ Completion: 5-7 hours. [/code] Writing & Story โ โ โ โ โ โ Plum Road Tea Dream is difficult to discuss as a conventional game because much of what gives it meaning exists outside the usual expectations of one. There is no grand adventure to complete, no romance to pursue and very little interest in challenging the player. Instead, it uses the video game medium to tell a deeply personal, semi-biographical story about trauma, grief, guilt and the difficult process of learning how to live with what has happened to us. We experience โฆ5 found this helpful
Do you know ENA: Dream BBQ? Well, this game is the same but wierd differently. It is a surreal walking simulator, a journey into a very twisted psyche, and that makes it a unique experience to recommend. But beware, it needs openness and patience to reach the end and see what it can offer. (Also, the prologue is quite boring and somewhat narcissistic; just give it more than 5 min, and you will be ok ;) ) Also, also, it needs faster mouse speed. I have a gamer mouse with a DPI setting, so I got it covered, but the original speed is painfully slow. [quote]Follow us for more [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/45113328-Awesome-Adventure-Friends/] Awesome Adventures![/url] [/quote]2 found this helpful
First I will say if a personal art project of a black queer individual as a walking simulator that takes cues from beginner's guide and undertale with a lot of reading sounds unappealing to you then you will not have a good time here. It is what it says on the tin, A game where you find out how S. deals with the world through their art. It has slow walking speed, a lot of reading, and deliberate oddities. Fortunately I like all those things and find S. trying to reach through the screen with their thoughts and history remarkably compelling. There are things in this game that do set it apart from other games where you walk around a space and take everything in. The create a god mechanic, Writing in your diary that you share with S., and the collectathon element do make this feel more like a game and less of an interactive museum piece (even if there is an interactive museum piece). There are also many QOL features that show they were trying to make sure that the friction that does exist was on purpose. Falling off ledges almost instantly brings you back where you were, they have a focus point so you can avoid motion sickness in a game you can't run (just in case, love that), and aโฆ2 found this helpful
this game is so generous. i'm helping s. process grief, AND there is a ton of space for my own โฅโฅโฅโฅ. sneaky. maybe the parts of them i "freed" were the witnesses to my own healing. i loved journaling in the game, everything became so personal. and the journal appeared just as i was thinking how nice would it be to have it. a big thank you to everyone who worked on it <31 found this helpful
an immense privilege to bear witness :)
This game is beautiful; I discovered it on the new Steam Calendar feature and loaded it up one day when I felt restless and inert at the same time. It explores the role of grief in the development of identity, both metaphysically and in an embodied way. The writer and designer of this game is queer and of color, and the game dwells on a different sort of "found family," those people who you feel in community with that you'll never meet. The interactions in this game are meaningful but the mechanics are light to non existent, making this more of an art experience or a walking simulator than a traditional game. What surprised me was how intelligent Plum Road Tea Dream is - like you can tell a very moving story but this one was also full of genuine insight that I found very engaging. I am glad I played.
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