Wholesome puzzler A Storied Life: Tabitha opens its pages with playable demo

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Wholesome puzzler A Storied Life: Tabitha opens its pages with playable demo

Write two chapters of Tabitha’s memoirs ahead of the full story in 2026

Publisher: Secret Mode | Developer: Lab42 Games
Formats: PC | ETA: Early 2026 | Players: 1

Leamington Spa, UK – 9 October 2025: When someone writes the story of your life, how will it begin? A demo for wholesome puzzle game A Storied Life: Tabitha is available now on Steam, giving you the chance to sort through the belongings of a deceased loved one and write two early chapters of their memoir ahead of the game’s launch in 2026.



The demo will introduce players to two rooms in the home – the entrance and the dining room – allowing you to sift through the belongings that made up Tabitha’s life. Pack away the items you want to keep, sell what might have value, and give away the rest as you clear the house ready for new memories to be made within its walls.

After tidying through the items, you’ll then be given the chance to fill in a few pages of Tabitha’s memoir, using words associated with the items you’ve packed to fill in the blanks. Find specific themes to uncover more of Tabitha’s layered past or write an entirely new story based on your own feelings from what you’ve found.

The demo for A Storied Life: Tabitha is available for free now on Steam. The full game is set to launch in early 2026.

About A Storied Life: Tabitha

A Storied Life: Tabitha is a cozy narrative game about memory, legacy, discovery, and joy.

An elderly loved one has died, leaving you their estate and a letter encouraging you to sell any valuables. But when a mishap spoils their soon-to-be-published memoirs, you set out to repair the damage, piecing together their hidden past using the items you inherit.

House clearing with care

Explore a picturesque country house and pack away its contents, room by room. Move furniture, lift rugs, and open cupboards to uncover hidden and forgotten objects.

What separates cherished items from rubbish? Slowly sift through fragments of someone's past and decide whether to keep, auction, or discard each object.

Relaxing packing puzzles

You can't keep everything. Move and rotate items to fit them into boxes. Limited space and weight considerations mean you must let some things go.

Strengthen boxes with tape and vacuum pack soft goods to fit more in. Don't forget to bubble wrap fragile objects or they may break when unpacking.

Restore your loved one's memoirs

Every item you save unlocks a set of associated words. Use these to mend the gaps in the damaged memoirs, completing the sentences to reveal a storied life.

You determine how the past is recorded. Uplifting, silly, shocking, funny, sombre... the memoirs have many potential branches, and every decision is yours.

A Storied Life: Tabitha will launch on PC in early 2026. A demo is available on Steam now.

About Secret Mode
Secret Mode is an independent publisher and the winner of the MCV/Develop Indie Publisher of the Year 2025 award, Ukie Best UK Publisher 2024 award, and the Debug Indie Game Best Influencer Marketing 2025 award. Our titles include triple-BAFTA-winner Still Wakes the Deep, A Little to the Left, Wobbledogs, Loddlenaut, and Empyreal. We believe that games are for everyone, and that creativity has no limits. We believe quality and fun are everything.

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About Lab42 Games

Founded in 2015, Lab42 became a Sumo Digital studio in 2020. The studio has worked on a range of projects for console, PC, VR and mobile for clients including Sega, Activision, Microsoft, Klei Entertainment, Aspyr, Ripstone, Dovetail Games, and Payload Studios. Lab42 holds an exclusive licence to use the World Snooker Tour brand. Recent projects from Lab42 includes porting services for Sonic Mania, Forza Motorsport, A Little to the Left and Metal: Hellsinger VR.

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