Best Served Cold v05052025

Best Served Cold drops you into an alternate-history Europe where your speakeasy, The Nightcap, is the last haven for weary souls hungry for jazz, gossip, and something stronger than the daily ration. By day, you’re a bartender mixing cocktails; by night, you’re a detective untangling a conspiracy that reaches from the glittering dance halls down into Bukovie’s darkest alleys. As tensions rise across the city—labour strikes, looming war, corrupt cops and criminal kingpins—your bar becomes the only place where secrets still spill as easily as the drinks you pour.

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Every customer who slips onto your barstool carries a story: a lavish spender with hidden pain, a crooked officer angling for favors, or a streetwise lowlife desperate to survive. To get at the truth, you’ll need more than a steady hand—you’ll need the art of conversation. Choose when to charm, cajole or threaten your patrons, and pay close attention to every detail. One wrong move could tip the scales of trust, turning an ally into an enemy overnight.

Over the course of five tense cases, you’ll sift through clues, question suspects, and piece together a mystery that spans all levels of Bukovie society. The game features 22 unique characters—each with their own motives and secrets—so every interaction can open new paths or slam doors shut. Your bar isn’t just a backdrop, it’s a character in itself, and keeping it afloat means balancing your investigative work with running a business under constant threat.

Crumbling opulence, smoky parlors and a soundtrack of late-night jazz set the mood as the world around you teeters on the brink of chaos. In a city living in the shadow of unrest, your speakeasy is more than a refuge—it’s a beacon of warmth and intrigue. When the lights go down and the sign flips to “open,” it’s up to you to serve more than just drinks. It’s time to pour justice… Best Served Cold.

Key Features
• Dual gameplay: Mix and serve cocktails while conducting investigations
• Deep narrative: Five interwoven cases and twenty-two fully realized characters
• Choice-driven dialogue: Charm, intimidate or outwit patrons to extract the truth
• Atmospheric setting: An alternate 1920s Europe on the brink of turmoil
• Bar management: Keep The Nightcap running amid strikes, shortages and shady deals
• Unravel secrets: Collect clues, follow leads and expose a conspiracy that spans Bukovie’s social strata