Developer Meredith Gran’s narrative point and click sequel to the critically acclaimed Perfect Tides, Perfect Tides: Station to Station lands on NPR’s list of best games of 2026!
Perfect Tides: Station to Station is a story-based point and click game that follows Mara, now 18 years old and in college as she navigates life and becoming an adult. The award-winning story comes as a standalone title, so there is no need to have known the story of the first game. Just jump right in and help Mara with the added pressures of juggling a romantic life and all the pressures that come with college life. Using the mass transit system is a huge part of gameplay as that’s how she gets around. Visit over 60 locations over the course of gameplay and shape a story from start to finish.
Cartoonist, animator and game developer Meredith Gran has made a gem, a quintessential New York game. In this point-and-click adventure set in 2003 NYC, you play as Mara Whitefish, a neurotic and naive college freshman who fancies herself a writer. With its well-constructed set pieces, witty dialogue and endearing cast, Perfect Tides: Station to Station rivals the best sitcoms. Heartbreaking and hilarious, prepare for twists and turns in both story and gameplay.
Explore New York, meet new people and forge friendships and relationships that carry Mara throughout the four seasons experienced in the game. Over the course of gameplay, Mara can increase her knowledge of certain topics via items found in game, this will affect how she speaks about them with people and further changes how her relationship to them evolves. Branching paths keep things fresh and encourage multiple playthroughs, seeing how Mara’s connection with different people changes with each choice or how she interacts with them.
Perfect Tides: Station to Station is available now on PC via Steam, Nintendo Switch!
