
Run a tea shop in the British countryside in this heartfelt visual novel voiced by Bethan Dixon Bate (Baldur's Gate 3) and Lenval Brown (Disco Elysium). Play as Ms Meadows as she prepares for her best friend’s long-awaited visit. Brew tea, listen to customers’ stories, and craft poems.
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Reviews, worldwide (the counter carries no country): 0/day in the week to Aug 7 → 0/day in the week after.
For scale, across Steam · Top Sellers · Brazil over the last 30 days: the 25 chart moves that followed a price cut of more than 20% went a median of 10 places towards #1, and the 2,413 moves with no price cut behind them went 2 away. One store, one chart, one country — it is the only place we have enough observations to say even that.
Prices outside the United States have been collected since 6 August 2026 and chart positions since 19 July 2026, so a cut older than that has no market to compare and a market that joined later has no history yet. Nothing here is converted between currencies.
About

In a quiet English town, Ms. Meadows runs a cozy tea boutique. Once an accomplished journalist, she used her modest savings to open the shop. With no family and a few customers, Ms. Meadows fills her days listening to the stories of those willing to share. Each night, inspired by her encounters at the tea shop, Ms. Meadows writes her latest poem, after the nurse arrives to administer her medication.

Be a nice old lady. The "nice" part is not optional.

Make a variety of teas. Learn more about each kind of tea as you play!
Chat up customers from all walks of life.
Draw inspiration from your daily interactions with your clientele to write your latest poem!
Your choices matter! Choose wisely and see all multiple endings!
Fully voiced acted with talents from Baldur's Gate 3 (Bethan Dixon Bate) and Disco Elysium (Lenval Brown).
About 2-4 hours of gameplay.
Multiple endings.
Several minigames.
Original soundtrack.
Inspired by our personal experiences with local tea shops across the United Kingdom, as well as countless wholesome interactions with kind and wise role models in our lives, this heartfelt visual novel tells a side less told, of a life well lived, and a youth come and gone.

Sips and Sonnets is brought to you by Blue Tango Street, the same team that gave you the brief and humble experience of Backspace Backspace Backspace. This visual novel was made possible thanks to collaborating with a group of talented artists!
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Reviews
Themes across 42 recent reviews and how positive each mention is. A keyword signal, not full sentiment analysis.
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Chill game, fully voice acted which is cool
Very lovely art & storytelling. An excellent conversation starter for live community playthrus~ Learned a lot about tea ♥ Wonderful voice acting! Voice volume was a quite low when maxed, at time of playing.
this game was so good. i did not expect to be hit with such a hard-hitting, deep story about life and mortality coming into this. the endings were well-rounded too. really recommend it.
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Languages: English**languages with full audio support
Hours played at review time, across 42 reviews with recorded playtime.
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I adore this game, like a really adore this game. its also ingenious, like who could expect a visual novel to hide a memory game mechanic in it? its brilliant and is good at creating a meaningful story that got me to cry.
I feel like I am in a cozy book, full of soul. The voice acting really brings it together and the music really sets the atmosphere. There is also an air of mystery, and the writing and pacing feels very intentional. Can't wait to finish it. I hope to be as interesting as some of the characters in my older age.
Sips and Sonnets is an ambitious and refreshing work of interactive literature. As I played it, I had this strange sense of "feeling alive." The game's characters opens your eyes to new worlds with different levels of sophistication. This is not a game trying to hack your dopamine, but a challenge to the players to make thoughtful and good choices in the game as well as in their lives. The game graciously gives back as much as you give the game, so steep it with some time, play slowly, listen to the great voice acting, deliberate your choices, and savor the wonderful efforts of everyone involved in making this game.
Absolutely adored this game - the music and art style paired with a good cup of tea makes for such a good cosy evening. I even managed to snag all 34 achievements, thank you for making such an enjoyable game!
despite being tea propaganda, loved how cozy and introspective it was.
Tea, charm, and an introspective look at what it means to be human. Sips & Sonnets beautifully captures the many facets of life we experience as we age, painting each with warmth and depth. Highly recommended.
What a lovely game it ended up being! I am so glad you decided to add voice acting to it, it elevated the experience a lot. The art, the music, the characters - the game clearly has passion behind it, and good, well measured and mature writing. Through simple remarks from the main character reminscing back on her life, the game easily makes you reminisce back on your experiences and ponder about a lot of topics. Coming after the lovely 3 X Backspace, this game is a solid step up, I am excited for what the team creates in the future (in the meantime, I'll go get the different endings on this one).
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