iam8bit, in cooperation with publisher Annapurna Interactive and developer Ivy Road, will release a physical edition of narrative-centric cozy game Wanderstop for PlayStation 5 and Switch 2 on August 28, the companies announced.
Wanderstop first launched for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC via Steam on March 11, 2025, and is coming to Switch 2 and Switch on June 25.
The PlayStation 5 physical edition will cost $39.99, while the Switch 2 physical edition, which includes the full game on the card, will cost $49.99. It will be available at participating retailers, with an iam8bit Exclusive Edition with an exclusive outer sleeve also available via iam8bit’s online store (PlayStation 5, Switch 2) for the same price.
In addition to the physical game, iam8bit will also release the vinyl sets Wanderstop 2xLP and Wanderstop FM 2xLP for $42.99 each. Both are also expected to ship on August 28.
Here is an overview of the game, via iam8bit:
Wanderstop is a narrative-centric cozy game about change and tea.
Playing as a fallen fighter named Alta, you’ll manage a tea shop within a magical forest and tend to the customers who pass through. But Alta does not want to be here. And if she gets her way, the tea shop will be nothing but a brief and painful memory.
Wanderstop is a tea shop management ritual. Grow and harvest the ingredients needed for tea, and then mix them together in an unusual tea-making contraption. Along the way, speak with the many travelers who pass through the shop, learn their stories and make tea that’s just right for them.
In your downtime, you might tidy up around the clearing, decorate the shop in your style, or just sit on a bench with a cup of tea and listen to your own thoughts. Maybe doing nothing at all is okay. The shop demands patience, it rejects those who have come only in the pursuit of growth unchecked.
And that’s why Alta can’t be here. It’s why she’ll never make it. This isn’t who she is. No, she’s a fighter! Why would anyone insist on turning the world’s greatest championship warrior into a docile shopkeeper?! With everything she’s capable of?? No no no, she won’t, she won’t do it… she can’t…
Watch a new trailer below.