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Tchia
A Tropical Open-World adventure. Climb, glide, swim, and sail your boat around a beautiful archipelago in this physics-driven sandbox. Take control of any animal or object you can find, and Jam on your fully playable Ukulele.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
What reviewers agree on
39 of the 71 reviews raise this.
“I dont think I have ever played any game that immersive and just makes me just slow down and enjoy . I'm someone who likes to travel in real life. This game scratch that wanderlust for me . I love exploring every part…”
19 of the 71 reviews raise this.
“I dont think I have ever played any game that immersive and just makes me just slow down and enjoy . I'm someone who likes to travel in real life. This game scratch that wanderlust for me . I love exploring every part…”
“I feel a bit conflicted about Tchia. It’s a solid indie game with a beautiful world. The graphics are nice, and the music stands out in a good way. It clearly takes inspiration from the culture of New Caledonia, and…”
13 of the 71 reviews raise this.
“It's heartbreakingly beautiful. At least once per session I'll find myself choked up as a result.”
“A short, but thoroughly enjoyable game with a lot of soul (pun kinda intended). A love note to New Caledonia and it's islands, the game is steeped in that culture. The decision to have the spoken languages in the game…”
10 of the 71 reviews raise this.
“I feel a bit conflicted about Tchia. It’s a solid indie game with a beautiful world. The graphics are nice, and the music stands out in a good way. It clearly takes inspiration from the culture of New Caledonia, and…”
“Tchia is a mixture of a few things. There's a story, though nothing too deep. It's a sandbox world where you are given all sorts of mechanics to explore and uncover parts of the world. It's a culture game which…”
“เล่นแล้วเหมือนได้ไปเที่ยวเกาะจริงๆ เกมเปิดกว้างให้ทำหลายอย่างมาก เสียงพากย์เพลงประกอบ ทุกอย่างดีงาม เกมน่ารักแนวอุบอุ่นฟีลกู้ด เป็นเรื่องราวสมมติของเด็กสาวที่มีพลังวิเศษที่อยู่เกาะที่มีอยู่จริง ชื่อ New Caledonia…”
6 of the 71 reviews raise this.
“I feel a bit conflicted about Tchia. It’s a solid indie game with a beautiful world. The graphics are nice, and the music stands out in a good way. It clearly takes inspiration from the culture of New Caledonia, and…”
“A short, but thoroughly enjoyable game with a lot of soul (pun kinda intended). A love note to New Caledonia and it's islands, the game is steeped in that culture. The decision to have the spoken languages in the game…”
7 of the 71 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“I feel a bit conflicted about Tchia. It’s a solid indie game with a beautiful world. The graphics are nice, and the music stands out in a good way. It clearly takes inspiration from the culture of New Caledonia, and…”
“Tchia is a mixture of a few things. There's a story, though nothing too deep. It's a sandbox world where you are given all sorts of mechanics to explore and uncover parts of the world. It's a culture game which…”
5 of the 71 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“It was a very serene game, but I wonder how faithful it was to the local culture, which it claimed to do to an extent. Like are those tribals ok with homosexual relations? I hated destroying the totems though, which…”
5 of the 71 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“A short, but thoroughly enjoyable game with a lot of soul (pun kinda intended). A love note to New Caledonia and it's islands, the game is steeped in that culture. The decision to have the spoken languages in the game…”
4 of the 71 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“I find Tchia a relaxing quirky game, with a nice landscape to explore, and things to do and find, that I use to unwind. Only dislike (minor) found so far is that sometimes the game locks up or crashed such that I have…”
“There are definitely some annoying glitches here and there (especially if you're trying to 100% the races), but such an adorable game where you just get to run around and explore to your heart's content (and save…”
“Wasted potential because of technical issues 1. Sound seems to stutter, gets broken and some weird noise appears at random moments 2. The interactive elements while playing guitar are lagging, they teleport forward and…”
4 of the 71 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“Wasted potential because of technical issues 1. Sound seems to stutter, gets broken and some weird noise appears at random moments 2. The interactive elements while playing guitar are lagging, they teleport forward and…”
Counted across 71 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 87.8% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13
“Tchia is an amazing adventure game where you play a girl named Tchia who's her father been abducted and you'll have to save him. With her powers, you can transfer your soul into animals and objects, you can explore islands with your boat, discover boxes full of clothes and…”
— a player, Steam review · 40 hrs played“I'm gonna say something crazy. This game is basically a cozy pacifist version of Just Cause 3. You play as an indigenous child instead of a mercenary, and instead of hijacking vehicles you turn into animals, and instead of killing people and blowing stuff up, you help your…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“Tchia is a great game. You play as a young girl in a fantastical world where magical fruit makes you stronger and cars actually stop for pedestrians. The soul jump mechanic is super fun and makes gameplay feel very dynamic. As mentioned in some other reviews, the game mechanics…”
— a player, Steam review · 25 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-07 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-19.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Update notes May 21
Fixed some performance issues, especially one occurring during the rain Made some texts more readable, especially on SteamDeck
Tchia is coming to Nintendo Switch!
Tchia is releasing on Nintendo Switch on June 27th, and is available to pre-order on Nintendo Switch from today! We are so excited to bring our journey of self-discovery into the hands of Switch Playe
Tchia is OUT NOW!
Tchia is now available to play on Steam - and on the anniversary of our original release! Join over 1.4million people who have explored the open-world tropical adventure since our release in March 202
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Adventure · Open World · Sandbox · Colorful · Physics · Exploration · 3D Platformer · Singleplayer · Character Customization · Third Person · Lore-Rich · 3D (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 21 |
| Official site | https://www.awaceb.com/tchia |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Windows 10/11 Processor: Intel Core i5-7600 / AMD Ryzen 5 1600 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB / AMD Radeon RX 580 / Intel Arc A380 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 15 GB available space