Best Served Cold
May 5, 2025
an you mix a cocktail while eye-to-eye with a criminal? Find out in Best Served Cold, a murder mystery set in a bustling speakeasy where you serve customers, make friends and enemies, and solve crimes. At the Nightcap bar, prohibition is a killer… and so are some of your customers!
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80.7
9 critic reviews
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Critic Reviews (9)
Graphics
60.0
Gameplay
45.0
Story
85.0
"Best Served Cold is a digestif. A perfect palate cleanser to play after a larger more involved experience. Some elements don&s;t quite compliment one another, and there is certainly work here to improve the recipe. But these characters and world …"
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75.0
Gameplay
70.0
Story
80.0
"If you like the detective genre (e.g. you loved franchises like Ace Attorney), give Best Served Cold a chance: you are the bartender of a ‘speakeasy’, an establishment that illegally offers alcohol during the prohibition era. Your job is to …"
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75.0
Gameplay
60.0
Story
85.0
"Overall, Best Served Cold is a must-play. Every second with this game has been nothing but a delight. The developers have clearly put a lot of effort into delivering a smooth experience, and you can see it everywhere in the …"
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68.0
Gameplay
82.0
Story
73.0
"Best Served Cold is an investigative visual novel which merges bartending detective work to create a novel cocktail."
Read original review"Best Served Cold has its merits as a story, but its poorly built gameplay keeps the title from being more than a mere curiosity. More time in the fridge would have made these fine drinks ice-cold — the final product, …"
Read original review"A cocktail of mystery elements, engaging characters, and some drink mixing makes for a refreshing treat for the right audience"
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85.0
Gameplay
95.0
Story
96.0
"Best Served Cold masterfully blends tense detective work with inventive bartending mechanics, delivering a stylish, immersive noir experience. While the lack of voice acting is noticeable, its rich atmosphere, compelling characters, and smart gameplay make it a standout indie gem."
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60.0
Gameplay
40.0
Story
80.0
"All in all, Best Served Cold delivers a unique blend of detective storytelling and bartending mechanics, creating an experience that is both engaging and thought-provoking. Its strategic approach to conversation and investigation challenges players to think critically, while its richly …"
Read original review"If you like detective adventures with Sherlock Holmes or Hercule Poirot style, you will definitely enjoy Best Served Cold. It offers quite interesting detective cases, even with a little drop of alcohol."
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