Summary
A new game dubbedENA: Dream BBQis quickly finding favor on Steam, earning near-universal praise from players and skyrocketing to the echelon of the platform’s highest-rated releases in 2025. In addition to the extensive critical acclaim,ENA: Dream BBQis completely free forSteamusers to download and play.
Developed by ENA Team,ENA: Dream BBQis asurreal exploration adventure gamethat launched quietly, but has taken off thanks to an overwhelmingly positive response from thousands of Steam players. Its success hasn’t manifested entirely out of the blue, though, asENA: Dream BBQis based on the beloved animated YouTube series created by Joel G, who also published the game. Thanks to its offbeat art style and dreamy, often bizarre storytelling,ENAhas built up a loyal fanbase over the years, and it’s set to gain many more from Steam.
Less than a month after its March 27 launch,ENA: Dream BBQhas racked up over 18,000 player reviews on Steamat the time of writing, with a staggering 98 percent of them rating the game positively. This turnout has earnedENA: Dream BBQSteam’s coveted Overwhelmingly Positive rating, the highest badge of quality a game can achieve on the platform.ENA: Dream BBQis not only one of thehighest-rated free games on Steamright now, but also one of the most well-received titles overall in 2025 - free or otherwise. It’s worth noting thatENA: Dream BBQis available only on Steam at the moment, with no word on a console release in the near future.
ENA: Dream BBQ Players on Steam are Loving the Game’s Bizarre Story, Characters, and Gameplay Mechanics
Speaking of the game itself,ENA: Dream BBQputs players in the shoes of ENA, a character from the animated series, as she embarks on a quest to find a mysterious figure known only as the Boss. The gameplay features first-person exploration and puzzle-solving in strange, dream-like environments filled with offbeat characters, and manyENA: Dream BBQplayers have raved about how charm, creativity, and peculiar story beats take center stage over conventional mechanics. Since its graphics are quirky and simplistic,ENA: Dream BBQcan easily run on most PCs and is evenverified for Steam Deck.
While there’s no price tag attached to the standard version of the game, aSupporter Edition ofENA: Dream BBQcan be purchased on Steam for $9.99, which includes bonus content like developer commentary, in-development screenshots, pre-production animations, animatics and concept art, and lots more. Interestingly,ENA: Dream BBQis the first entry in a longer-running series of planned games, which could end up being paid titles.
