Best Served Cold

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In an alternate history Europe, “The Nightcap” is the last speakeasy in town, and you’re pouring the drinks… while your customers spill their secrets. Mix and serve cocktails with a twist, as you become a detective while trying to save your bar.

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Developer:
Rogueside
Engine:
Unity
Release date:
05 May 2025
Recent Steam reviews:
Very Positive (28)
All Steam reviews:
Very Positive (589)

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Description

In an alternate history Europe, “The Nightcap” is the last speakeasy in town, and you’re pouring the drinks… while your customers spill their secrets. Mix and serve cocktails with a twist, as you become a detective while trying to save your bar.

Listen to your clienteles’ stories and learn about their lives as you unravel a mystery that touches every layer of Bukovie society, from the drunken dandies splashing cash on cocktails, to the crooked cops and seedy lowlifes who try to rope you into their shady schemes.

A good bartender knows the art of conversation is just as important as the ability to pour libations, so listen carefully and keep your wits about you as you delight, charm or even threaten your patrons to get the information you need. With a cast of 20 unique and engaging characters it’s up to you to choose who you can trust, who will have your back… and who will stab you in it!

Over the course of five cases, you’ll have to explore every clue and question every suspect to save lives… and save your business. It’s time to flip that sign to open, turn up the jazz and welcome your first customers of the night.

Bukovie may be a city in strife, with labour strikes, rationing, unrest and the shadow of war looming, but instead of cowering in fear, the citizens flock to dance halls and speakeasies. Crumbling grandeur might inspire melancholy, but that’s nothing a stiff drink won’t cure.

In a world of dwindling light, your speakeasy is a bonfire in the night. Though the city may soon burn, cocktails are always…

Best Served Cold.

Recommended system requirements

minimum*

Requirement 1:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS:
Windows 10
Processor:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
Memory:
8 GB RAM
Graphics:
Geforce GT 430 (1024 MB) / Radeon HD 5570 (1024 MB)
Storage:
700 MB available space

recommended*

Requirement 1:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system

User reviews

sunlightbender
Recommended | 25 Apr 2026
11.5h played

What a great game! Beautiful art, fun characters, and interesting gameplay all wrapped up with a neat little bow. 9.5/10 my only criticism is that there's no scene of making out with our lovely detective sloppy style,

Helpful: 1
Jaygurrl
Recommended | 24 Apr 2026
64.6h played

This is such a fun game, the characters are great and the story is intriguing. Even though I know the outcomes I still replay it just to revisit the story, and to see what happens if I do things differently. The art is

Helpful: 0
Poison
Recommended | 22 May 2026
18.8h played

I love this game so much!! its a mix of two of my favorite genres of games: detective and visual novel!! i hope for more games like this from the developers in the future. i HIGHLY recommend if someones lookin into this

Helpful: 0
epiphaniamh
Recommended | 14 Apr 2026
28.0h played

I really really enjoyed Best Served Cold, it's so up my alley with the mechanics of talking to people and influencing them to tell you about their secrets, then linking them together to produce new deductions and

Helpful: 4
Jester
Recommended | 23 May 2026
34.6h played

I had a lot of fun with this, I wasn't sure what to expect going into it. I was pleasently surprised right away. The drink making "minigame" did get a little old, but that is a small price to pay for this hidden gem

Helpful: 0
DemiseKey
Recommended | 21 May 2026
18.8h played

what a fantastically crafted narrative. i enjoy the writing, characters and plot pacing. i, to be honest, do not really like Sandra, but that's all. a bit bland, that one. to be honest, it could have been better if we

Helpful: 2