Perfect Tides: Station to Station is a graphic adventure game and the stand-alone sequel to Perfect Tides, both of which were developed by Three Bees. The game was released on Steam on 22 January 2026.
This new chapter in the Perfect Tides series follows the protagonist, Mara, through her university life.
Perfect Tides: Station to Station, Mara’s choices
Perfect Tides: Station to Station catapults us into the chaotic and complicated life of 18-year-old Mara, a university freshman experiencing new things in the big city for the first time.
Mara dreams of becoming a talented writer, but the road is long and winding. Often, it leads the protagonist to doubt her choices and wonder if she will ever find her place in the world.
Becoming an adult doesn’t only mean making decisions about your career, but also dealing with moral questions and handling relationships.
It is up to us to guide Mara to make the right choices, or simply to make her choices less “painful“.
Introspective storytelling
Perfect Tides: Station to Station catapults us into a past common to all millennials (when you had to use a CD player or cassette deck to listen to music, and MSN and SMS to chat with others). Nostalgia for that time draws older players closer to Mara, drawing them into the heart of the narrative. Meanwhile, younger players discover a world in which social relationships and communication worked slightly differently to how they do today.
Whether they are nostalgic or not, players will find themselves empathising with Mara, feeling what she feels and identifying with her choices.
Mara is a commuter who travels daily to attend classes and work. However, the distance from the city does not stop her from enjoying a “city” lifestyle. In fact, she often relies on friends to host her for the night so that she can enjoy university life to the fullest by going to parties and attending lectures on literature.
The gameplay of Perfect Tides: Station to Station focuses less on Mara’s daily activities, such as classes and work, and more on her interactions with other characters and her writing.
Throughout the game, players interact with other characters, discussing topics and, in some cases, choosing what to say. For instance, we can decide whether to confide in our best friend about our romantic concerns and doubts, or keep everything to ourselves and claim that everything is fine.
As well as having dialogue lines predetermined by the plot, we can start conversations based on topics and people that interest Mara. This system enables us to talk to anyone about anything, and sometimes expand our knowledge on certain topics.
We can also exchange books with people, which will help us to expand our knowledge. Based on our knowledge, we will also be able to write better, thus improving our writing skills. During gameplay, both professors and other characters will ask us to write something for them. Sometimes we will have to write compositions on a predetermined topic; at other times, we will choose the topics ourselves. Based on our knowledge, we will produce texts of high or low quality. However, we must vary the topics covered to avoid sounding monotonous.
In Perfect Tides: Station to Station, the focus is on interacting with people and writing rather than collecting objects and solving puzzles, as in classic point-and-click games. Instead of a traditional point-and-click game, we play a narrative-based adventure.
Overall, we had a positive experience and were satisfied with the game. We also really enjoyed the karaoke section, which we thought was epic and hilarious.
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