Coffee Talk

TechRaptorSamuel Guglielmo

8.5/10

Coffee Talk is an adorable little slice of life game where you can serve coffee and listen to some great stories.

None of the characters or situations in Coffee Talk are simple or black-and-white. Rather, the world is a beautiful, complicated shade of grey. People aren’t “good” or “bad,” they’re just trying to do their best. The message is hopeful. The pace is soothing. The music is well-suited to the environment. Coffee Talk really delivers on all fronts, and even offers more game time post-story. Now, it’s time for me to return to my customers, I think the orc has arrived…

Checkpoint GamingTom Quirk

8/10

Sometimes, after mowing down hordes of enemy goons and exploring massive fantasy worlds, you just want an experience where you can relax and listen to a good story. Developed by Toge Productions, Coffee Talk aims to provide that kind of slower-paced experience, placing you in the shoes of a barista at a late night cafe in a version of Seattle inhabited by shapeshifters, elves and vampires.

XboxEraAustin Ford

7.8/10

Coffee Talk does so much right and only manages to miss the mark in ways that I selfishly wish it hadn’t. Regardless of its weak points, Coffee Talk is a wonderful, mellow, melancholic yet hopeful experience that anyone with a Saturday morning, and a pot of coffee to kill, should enjoy. Its a great addition to GamePass, and I cannot wait to pour myself another cup with its sequel in 2023.

PSExtremeB McCarthy

7.7/10

Out now for PSN & Microsoft Store. Meet, chat with and serve a colorful host of fantastical characters. PSXE reviews Coffee Talk for PS4.

DualShockersMichael Ruiz

7.5/10

Coffee Talk is such an odd gem. It certainly has its problems, but none of them really hinders the game in a significant way. It's an incredibly relaxing and thoughtful experience that anyone can enjoy thanks to its fictitious take of a very familiar setting. It may not have been the coffee shop simulator I expected, but had a good time playing nonetheless.

Game InformerKimberley Wallace

7.5/10

When life gets tough, people often reach for what comforts them and provides the extra boost to endure. For a lot of people, that can just be a good cup of coffee; they develop routines around when to get it, find favorite cafes that cater to their style, and get to know the baristas who are serving their beverage of choice. Toge Productions taps into this concept in Coffee Talk, an interactive experience that shows the powerful relationships that can form around a cuppa joe. While this theme makes for some engaging conversations, the writing falls into a tangle of clichés that go exactly wher...

Pure NintendoJennifer Sheffield

7/10

If you’re looking for a relaxed game, Coffee Talk is the one. Set in a present-day Seattle coffee shop, full of characters straight out of an urban fantasy, C

Gamer EscapeJosh McGrath

7/10

The problem is, everything here has been done before, and better. It does feel like Toge Productions wanted to craft a homage to Valhalla, but doing so puts them right up against a cult classic. I truly think that they should have done more to differentiate themselves, to stand out more in this burgeoning genre.

DestructoidChris Moyse

6/10

Coffee Talk is very much a mismatched brew. Without strong focus, the surface-level approach to a catalogue of important issues hampers the writing, the principal element of all visual novels. But while its casual philosophies can sometimes be hard to swallow, great visuals, fun side modes, and a budget price point suggests that, for some readers, Coffee Talk will still go down smooth.

The VergeAndrew Webster

Unscored

Coffee Talk for the Nintendo Switch, PS4, Xbox One, and Steam is a visual novel that combines elements of Netflix’s Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories with supernatural creatures like vampires and elves.

Rock Paper ShotgunSin Vega

Unscored

Feeling comfortable and provided for is important. That's not really a truth that Coffee Talk explicitly gets into, but it's fundamentally what it's about. It could have been longer, it could have been more substantial and dramatic. But it's a good way to relax for a few hours.