Coffee Talk

Dialogue-heavy visual novel about serving drinks and hearing stories

Toge Productions · Released Jan 29, 2020

Adventure Casual Indie

Reviews: Very Positive; 95% of 13K
Recent reviews: Very Positive; 95% of 68 in 30 days
Playing now: 43; right now
Steam Deck: Verified
Last update: 2 years ago; Nov 14, 2023

Free demo available, 0 playing it now: get the demo.

Metacritic: 76/100 (critic reviews)

What is Coffee Talk?

A pixel-art visual novel set in a late-night café in an alternate Seattle, where humans and fantasy races live together. As the barista, you prepare drinks from available ingredients and listen to customers’ problems; what you serve determines how the story branches.

For you if...

+you prefer relaxed, dialogue-heavy stories over mechanical challenge
+you enjoy modern fantasy settings and character-focused drama
+you like lo-fi music and 1990s-inspired pixel art

Not for you if...

−you want frequent action or complex café management
−you expect to choose your character’s dialogue responses
−you dislike reading long, largely predetermined conversations

What players say

95% of 12,594 reviews are positive · 95% of 68 in the last 30 days

Players most often praise the lo-fi soundtrack, pixel art, relaxed atmosphere, and character stories. Common complaints focus on stilted or clichéd writing, little control over dialogue, and shallow drink-making mechanics.

Screenshots and trailer

Coffee Talk system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Windows 7 SP1+
Processor: 2.4 GHz or faster processor
Graphics: 512 MB display memory
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Storage: 600 MB available space
DirectX: Version 9.0c

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Full controller support
Platforms: Windows, macOS
Achievements: 24
Steam features: Workshop, Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards

Steam Deck: Verified

All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
Shows Steam Deck controller icons
In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

Multiplayer and co-op

Single-player

Languages

Text only: English, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, French, German, Traditional Chinese, Spanish - Spain, Turkish, Russian, Portuguese - Brazil, Indonesian.