The Boba Teashop is a narrative-driven simulation game where you run a small bubble tea store over the course of a single week. You take orders, prepare drinks, and interact with a range of customers who come and go each day. At first, everything feels ordinary—measuring ingredients, sealing cups, and wiping down the counter. But with each passing shift, something starts to feel off. Subtle shifts in behavior, sound, and imagery begin to suggest there’s more to this shop than meets the eye.

Daily Tasks With Unusual Interruptions

Each day begins with a quiet routine: you greet customers, remember their usual orders, and build drinks using basic components like milk, tea, and tapioca pearls. The simplicity of the gameplay mirrors real-life repetition, which makes the gradual disruptions more noticeable. There’s no sudden jump into horror. Instead, you’re made to feel comfortable first—so when the atmosphere changes, it hits harder.

The core activities include:

•         Preparing and combining tea, toppings, and flavors
•         Using machines to seal and serve drinks
•         Cleaning up spills and organizing supplies
•         Listening to background sounds and conversations
•         Noticing when details in the environment shift

These repeated actions serve both gameplay and narrative, slowly becoming more unsettling as time goes on.

Shifting Mood And Design

The visual presentation is minimalist, with soft textures and slightly distorted angles. It’s enough to represent a cozy store—but just unnatural enough to raise questions. Occasionally, something in the scene will blink out for a second or shift when you’re not looking. Sounds are equally restrained: machines hum, doors open, and quiet footsteps echo. But then there’s silence, static, or the wrong sound coming from the wrong place. The tension builds not from what you see, but from what you almost see.

Choices And Endings

As the days unfold, you’re given small chances to respond to the strange events around you. You can ignore them and keep working, or investigate by staying late, checking behind the counter, or lingering on unsettling conversations. The game branches based on how much you engage with the oddities. Some endings show everything returning to normal. Others hint at deeper truths. And a few offer no resolution at all—only questions.

The Boba Teashop presents a quiet, focused experience that blends daily tasks with psychological tension. It does not rely on loud surprises or dramatic twists. Instead, it encourages close attention to detail, patience, and a willingness to let something strange unfold naturally. Behind the familiar setting is something unspoken—and the game trusts you to decide whether to look for it.