Lunch Lady

Co-op survival horror with a murderous lunch lady in pursuit

Manic Mice · Released Apr 15, 2021

Reviews: Very Positive; 85% of 13K
Recent reviews: Mixed; 57% of 78 in 30 days
Playing now: 28; peak 24h 48
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update: 1 year ago; Sep 6, 2025

What is Lunch Lady?

This survival horror game lets you play solo or online with up to four players, searching a dark school for answers to upcoming exams. In each match, you collect ten pages, find keys to unlock doors, and evade the lunch lady; teammates can heal each other with medkits. Item locations change between games across multiple maps, and the pursuer grows faster and stronger.

For you if...

+you like chaotic group chases and jump scares
+you enjoy replaying maps with changing item locations

Not for you if...

−you need varied objectives beyond collecting scattered pages
−you prefer exploring without an escalating chase

What players say

85% of 13,065 reviews are positive · 57% of 78 in the last 30 days

Players praise the chaotic chases and jump scares with friends, and some enjoy replaying maps at different difficulty settings. Common complaints are repetitive objectives, hard-to-find keys or pages, and frustrating difficulty.

Screenshots and trailer

Lunch Lady system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Windows 7 - 64bit
Processor: Intel i5 or new-gen i3 / AMD equivalent
Graphics: ATI HD7900 series or NVIDIA equivalent.
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Storage: 5 GB available space
DirectX: Version 11
Notes: This is the lowest tested hardware that could run the game on medium settings.

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows
Achievements: 114
Steam features: Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards

Steam Deck: Playable

Default controller config not fully functional
Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
External controllers are not supported for the primary player

Multiplayer and co-op

Languages

Full audio: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Dutch, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Swedish.