First we get you speaking, then we make you better. A story RPG where the microphone is the controller: a full A1 and A2 German course, 15 role-play rooms, 6,100 spoken sentences, every meaning in your own language. Fully offline, one-time purchase.

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Coming Soon To Early Access

The developers of this game intend to release as a work in progress, developing with the feedback of players.

Note: Games in Early Access are not complete and may or may not change further. If you are not excited to play this game in its current state, then you should wait to see if the game progresses further in development. Learn more

What the developers have to say:

Why Early Access?

“You do not learn German at a desk. You learn it by talking. That is why Play and Learn: German grows in Early Access, together with the people who actually need German: at the doctor, at the town hall, in the supermarket or at work.

Everyone learns differently. The pace that feels right for you is too fast or too slow for someone else. In Early Access we see which lessons, rooms and conversations help you most, and we build the game around that.

The foundation is already in place: offline speech recognition, the complete A1 and A2 course, role-play rooms and the card system all work. Now it is about polish and new content, shaped by your feedback.”

Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?

“We expect about 8 to 12 months of Early Access. If the community asks for different priorities, that may shift. We would rather release a truly finished full version than a fast one.”

How is the full version planned to differ from the Early Access version?

“• More role-play rooms with everyday situations in Germany
• More practice conversations and rooms for key sentence patterns
• The B1 course as the next step after A1 and A2
• New vocabulary classes and more quiz battles
• More escape rooms
• Even more accurate speech recognition and better pronunciation feedback
• Topics you ask for”

What is the current state of the Early Access version?

“Here is what you can play right now:

• Offline speech recognition for German: your voice stays on your computer, nothing is uploaded
• A complete German course at levels A1 and A2 (CEFR): 79 chapters, 237 lessons and 79 checkpoints
• 15 role-play rooms with more than 6,100 sentences to speak
• More than 21,000 voiced German sentences, spoken by four voices
• The meaning of every sentence in your language, 32 languages to choose from
• A school with nine vocabulary classes and quiz battles
• Escape rooms, practice conversations, sentence pattern rooms and free talk
• Card system: every word you have learned turns green everywhere in the game

Still in progress:

• More rooms and conversations
• Translation polish in some languages
• Graphics and controls”

Will the game be priced differently during and after Early Access?

“The price will rise step by step during Early Access as more content arrives. If you join now, you pay the least and get every update for free. A moderate price increase is planned for the full release.”

How are you planning on involving the Community in your development process?

“Your feedback shapes how the game grows. Here is how we stay in touch:

• Update notes and discussions in the Steam Community Hub
• A Discord server (link on the store page) for questions, wishes, ideas and beta tests
• Regular roadmap updates: we show openly what comes next
• You help decide: the most requested topics from Discord and the forums come first
• A clear way to report bugs and suggest improvements

Our goal: you should feel that you helped shape this game.
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Planned Release Date: October 2026

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About This Game

FIRST WE GET YOU SPEAKING, THEN WE MAKE YOU BETTER

You do not need a hundred thousand words. About 850 everyday words cover almost everything you say in a day. Play and Learn: German has you saying them out loud in German on the first evening, and builds from there.

A COMPLETE A1 AND A2 COURSE

Two full courses run through the world, each along its own island road. You walk from chalkboard to chalkboard: every board teaches eleven German sentences, shows what they mean in your language, says them aloud, then asks you to use them. Each chapter ends at an examiner's board that mixes everything you just learned — meaning, listening, spelling, gap-filling, and "what would you say here?".

A1 has 37 chapters, A2 has 26: 189 lessons and 63 checkpoints, from introducing yourself to sitting a job interview, renting a flat, taking something back to a shop and missing a connecting flight.

YOUR MICROPHONE IS THE CONTROLLER

Not the keyboard — your voice. Speech recognition runs on your own machine and listens to what you actually say. Words you get right turn green, and before long you will be playing just to watch the screen go green.

EVERY SENTENCE IN YOUR OWN LANGUAGE

You are never left guessing. Under every German sentence you are asked to say, the meaning appears in your language — 5,583 sentences translated into 32 languages. Words, example sentences and lesson notes are translated too, so a complete beginner can start without needing any German to read the instructions.

ROLE-PLAY ROOMS — TALKING IS THE GAMEPLAY

Step into a real scene and the room gives you tasks. Order at the café, buy fruit at the market, describe your symptoms at the doctor's, open an account at the bank, get through customs, sit a job interview, buy a phone, book a holiday, view a flat. Say each task in German and it turns green in your journal; finish the room and take your reward at the door.

15 rooms and 6,100 spoken sentences, with new rooms added over time.

GRAMMAR PATTERN ROOMS

"Ich möchte...", "Ich muss...", "Ich werde...", "Es gibt...", "Lass uns..." — step into a room, hear the pattern, then say your own version out loud. You build real German sentences, not isolated words.

SCHOOL, CLASSES AND QUIZ BATTLES

The school opens onto nine vocabulary classes. Each teaches a themed set of words and then puts you in a quiz battle against the teacher: a right answer earns gold, a wrong one costs health. A joker reveals the German word when you are stuck.

ESCAPE ROOMS

A chain of locked rooms that only language opens. Find the code, hunt down the missing objects, answer the riddles, say the sentence out loud, pick out the line you just heard, win the quiz battle. Every door asks for a different skill.

PRACTICE CONVERSATIONS

Scripted scenes — customs, hotel, pharmacy, bar, restaurant, directions, greetings, an interview — where you play one side of the conversation and the game plays the other.

FREE TALK — JUST SPEAK

No quiz, no right answer. Say anything in German and the game writes down what it understood, line by line on your notepad. The most honest mirror of your speaking, and it never leaves your computer.

THE CARD SYSTEM

Walk up to any object and its German word, icon, meaning, example sentence and pronunciation appear. Say you know it and it goes into your notebook. From then on you see that word in green wherever it turns up, so your progress is visible and countable.

EVERY LINE IS SPOKEN

More than 21,000 lines of German audio are recorded into the game with natural voices — four speakers, young and old, male and female. Nothing is streamed and nothing is generated while you wait.

FEATURES

• A full A1 and A2 German course: 63 chapters, 189 lessons, 63 checkpoints
• 6,100 spoken sentences across 15 role-play rooms
• Sentence meanings in 32 languages, interface in 33
• 21,000+ pre-recorded German voice lines, four voices
• Nine vocabulary classes with quiz battles
• Escape rooms, practice conversations, grammar pattern rooms and Free Talk
• Speech recognition that runs offline — nothing leaves your computer
• Fully offline: no account, no data collection, no internet needed
• One-time purchase, no subscription

CONSTANTLY GROWING

New chapters and rooms are added regularly, and the topics are shaped by what players ask for.

WHO IT IS FOR

• Anyone who has never said a full sentence in German out loud.
• Anyone who has started and quit, year after year.
• Anyone who says "I understand it, I just cannot speak it."
• Anyone moving to, working in or travelling to Germany, Austria or Switzerland.
• Anyone who wants real speaking practice instead of another flashcard app.
• Beginners at A1 — with a complete A2 course waiting after it.

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

Some of the pre-made content in this game (such as artwork, audio and/or text) was created with the help of generative AI tools and was reviewed and edited by the developer. No AI content is generated during gameplay.

System Requirements

Windows
macOS
    Minimum:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS: Windows 11 (64-bit)
    • Processor: Dual-core 2.0 GHz
    • Memory: 8 GB RAM
    • Graphics: DirectX 11 compatible
    • Storage: 2 GB available space
    • Sound Card: Any sound card with microphone input
    • Additional Notes: A working microphone is required for speech-recognition features.
    Recommended:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    Minimum:
    • Requires an Apple processor
    • OS: macOS 15.6 or later
    • Processor: Apple M1 or newer
    • Memory: 8 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Apple M1 integrated GPU or better
    • Storage: 3 GB available space
    • Sound Card: Any sound card with microphone input
    • Additional Notes: A working microphone is required for speech-recognition features.
    Recommended:
    • Requires an Apple processor
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