Grace Tao died 3 years ago. This is her quiet ghost story.
VANCOUVER – August 12, 2026 – Remaining Grace, an intimate non-linear ghost story about chosen family, human connections, and the mosaic of quiet moments that bind them, is set to release on PC and Mac via Steam. This is the debut project from developer ambedo studios, formed by the Lead Designer of Dreamfall Chapters, Quintin Pan. Remaining Grace will also be playable for the first time at PAX West 2026!
Explore the untold ghost story of Grace Tao through the interconnected lives of those she left behind. Piece together a non-linear mosaic of lives and relationships, and unravel the mystery surrounding Grace’s death across three time periods. Through the eyes and perspectives of a diverse ensemble, explore a multi-layered tale that delves into a beautiful mess of complex relationships and chosen family.
Grace’s ghost shifts bodies through physical contact. Guide her spirit across a constellation of relationships: her Chinese immigrant parents, her adopted sister, the father of her child, her dad’s new wife, and the childhood bestie that never got over her. Roam with Grace’s spirit through parks, tea houses, and her childhood home while exploring the intricacies of this ghostly world. Conveyed through a pencil sketch art style, the world of Turtle Island is an alternate-history North America that was never colonized. In this timeline, Christopher Columbus failed in his westward mission, and we re-imagine a multi-cultural Turtle Island where the ethnic mix of Indigenous and diaspora live under a very different set of cultural norms from our world.
“Our goal is to create an intimate, raw, and honest exploration of complex lived experiences, and use an alternate-history setting to ask pointed and provocative questions,” said Quintin Pan, Creative Director at ambedo studios. “Remaining Grace is the culmination of our immigrant stories, our Indigenous stories, our wrestlings with faith, race, gender, and culture all into a complex non-linear narrative tapestry for the player to unfold.”
Remaining Grace will release on PC and Mac via Steam. A hands-on demo will be playable at PAX West as part of the PAX Rising booth! Follow ambedo studios on X, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and Bluesky, and subscribe to the official YouTube and Twitch channels for the latest updates.
About ambedo studios
ambedo studios is an indie arthouse studio focused on creating heartfelt, interactive narrative experiences. Based in Vancouver, Canada, on the unceded lands of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations, the team hails from a wide range of cultures, ethnicities, and faiths, and aims to tell the untold stories of lived experiences that are often overlooked on our screens and pages.
