Overview

ENA: Dream BBQ is a surrealist adventure video game based on the animated YouTube web series ENA, created by Joel Guerra. The game was announced in 2021 and the first chapter was released on March 27th, 2025, garnering overwhelmingly positive reviews. The game inspired fan content online, including fan art, memes and Let's Play videos.

Online History

On September 22nd, 2021, Joel G. posted the announcement teaser for ENA: Dream BBQ to YouTube^[1], a video game based on his animated web series ENA, garnering over 3.5 million views in around four years.

On January 27th, 2023, Joel G posted the game's first trailer to YouTube,^[2] garnering over 5.3 million views in two years.

On February 23rd, 2025, Joel G posted a trailer announcing the game's release date of March 27th, 2025 to YouTube,^[3] garnering over 960,000 views in a month. On March 27th, the first chapter of the game was released, including on Steam,^[4] where it gained over 9,000 reviews in four days, earning the game "Overwhelmingly Positive" reviews overall.

Play as ENA as she searches for the Boss that everyone wants to be. Explore strange worlds, take on side gigs, and meet both sweet and sour characters along the journey.

Online Presence

Fan art and content about ENA: Dream BBQ became notably popular online after the game's release. For example, on March 28th, 2025, X^[5] user @yescking posted a piece of fan art depicting ENA and Coral Glasses, garnering over 6,100 likes in three days.

Later that day, X^[6] user @usagimarumei posted a piece of artwork depicting ENA that gained over 5,400 likes in the same span of time.

On March 29th, YouTuber^[7] ManlyBadassHero posted a Let's Play video covering the entire game, garnering over 250,000 views in two days.

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