Best Served Cold
Speakeasy detective visual novel about serving drinks and solving mysteries
Rogueside · Released May 5, 2025
AdventureCasualIndieRPGSimulation
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 88% of 742
- Recent reviews
- Very Positive
- 94% of 18 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 6
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- 1 year ago
- Jul 18, 2025
Free demo available, 0 playing it now: get the demo.
What is Best Served Cold?
In this dialogue-heavy detective visual novel, you play a bartender trying to keep a speakeasy open in alternate-history Bukovie. Across five cases, you mix drinks, question patrons, and connect clues to investigate a mystery involving people across the city.
For you if...
- +you like character-focused mysteries with recurring patrons
- +you enjoy questioning suspects and linking clues
- +you want a speakeasy setting with jazz and cocktails
Not for you if...
- −you prefer action to lengthy conversations
- −you expect romance choices to shape the ending
What players say
88% of 742 reviews are positive · 94% of 18 in the last 30 days
Players praise the writing, characters, art, and speakeasy atmosphere. Common complaints are repetitive drink mixing and clue linking that can feel rigid or require trial and error.
Screenshots and trailer
Best Served Cold system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 10
- Processor
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- Graphics
- Geforce GT 430 (1024 MB) / Radeon HD 5570 (1024 MB)
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 700 MB available space
Recommended
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS
- Achievements
- 25
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing
Steam Deck: Playable
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Text only: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese.
Tags
- Visual Novel
- Detective
- Choices Matter
- Story Rich
- Dialogue Heavy
- Investigation
- Cozy
- Interactive Fiction
- Atmospheric
- Adventure
- RPG
- Fantasy
- Simulation
- Relaxing
- Indie
- LGBTQ+
Recent updates
- Jul 18, 2025 · Patch Notes - July 18 2025
- Jul 3, 2025 · Patch Notes - July 3 2025
- May 9, 2025 · Patch Notes - May 9 2025
- Feb 13, 2025 · Patch Notes - Demo
