Controller enhancements make 2026’s earnest can’t-miss tale feel right at home on handheld
PHILADELPHIA – May 14, 2026 – Perfect Tides: Station to Station, the coming-of-age narrative adventure from developer Three Bees and winner of the 2026 IGF Award for Excellence in Narrative, embraces life in the big city on Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 today.
Guide Mara Whitefish’s unforgettable journey through her first year of college and independence in a story full of meaningful relationships, authentic mid-2000s experiences, and a trusty brick cellphone. As a fledgling writer, soak up everything higher education and the big city have to offer – captivating classes, ponderous works of literature, and the whirlwind emotions of young adulthood.
Balance Mara’s time between educational pursuits, new (and old) relationships, and personal development as she searches for her place in a changing world. Explore the city using the public transit system and draw from the books Mara reads, the conversations she has with her peers, and her hard-earned life lessons to complete writing assignments. Help decide whether she blossoms into a promising young author or languishes in obscurity and mediocrity.
Mara’s choices won’t always be the ‘right’ ones, but they’ll always be authentic. Meredith Gran, creator of the hit webcomic Octopus Pie and the award-winning Perfect Tides, has filled every chapter of Perfect Tides: Station to Station with memorable, sharply observed characters and heartfelt moments to form the stage for Mara’s competing desires to be successful as a writer and loved by others.
“The Switch has always felt like a natural home for Perfect Tides: Station to Station, so we’ve worked with our friends at Clickpulp to make sure the handheld controls feel perfect,” Gran said. “I think Switch players will agree that it was worth the wait.”
Perfect Tides: Station to Station is available now on Nintendo Switch and Switch 2. It is also available on PC and Mac via Steam. For more information, please visit the official website, follow the team on Bluesky and Twitter/X, join the community on Discord, and search #PerfectTides on all social media platforms.
About Three Bees
Three Bees is an independent game development studio founded by cartoonist and animator Meredith Gran. From 2007-2017, Meredith wrote and illustrated the webcomic popular Octopus Pie, amassing more than 100,000 readers over its 10-year run.
In 2022, Three Bees released its first title, Perfect Tides, a conduit for explorations of time, love and sexuality, creative drive, and the buried past. Its next title, Perfect Tides: Station to Station, is out now. It further meditates on the early years of adulthood, of moments both scarring and sublime.
