By Distant Neon Games · Windows
ReleasedA co-op horror cooking game for 2 to 4 players, also playable solo. Grill burgers and fry tenders at a roadside diner in the Appalachian hills. By day it's a rush. After dark, cryptids come to the window, and something in the woods is waiting for the lights to go out.
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Steam edition · Researched Nov 9, 2026 · Guide updated Nov 9, 2026.
You can manage the diner alone or team up with up to three friends for co-op gameplay. The game supports online co-op, allowing you to coordinate cooking and serving duties with your crew during the night shift.
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Your goal is to keep the grill running as long as possible. You must cook, stack, and serve orders to both human customers and cryptids. There is no final level, only the challenge of surviving increasingly busy shifts.
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Cryptids like the Jersey Devil hover at the pickup window with their jaws open. You must physically throw the burger directly into their mouth. Missing your target causes the lights to die, forcing someone to reset the breaker.
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Every customer you fail to serve properly lowers the crew's collective nerve. As this meter drops, the proportion of customers with too many teeth increases, making the shift significantly more dangerous and difficult to manage for the remaining staff.
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When the night ends, ensure all crew members are inside the diner. You must slam the shutter and lock the doors. You will then need to patch the doors and keep the lantern lit while creatures from the woods try to enter.
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Yes, the game features a save-anytime mechanic. This allows you to pause your progress during your shift and return to it later, which is helpful given that each shift becomes progressively busier and more demanding than the last.
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The game includes proximity voice chat, which allows you to hear the panic and communication from your teammates across the kitchen. This mechanic is essential for coordinating complex orders while managing the chaos of the drive-thru and counter.
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Cryptids require special food that is stored in the back of the walk-in freezer. Be aware that the back of the freezer is further away than it appears, so plan your trips carefully to avoid delays during busy service hours.
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If a crewmate dies, they will spectate the remaining team until dawn. While they can talk to other dead players, the living crew members cannot hear them, effectively removing their ability to assist with cooking or communication for the rest of the night.
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Yes, the game includes a specific setting that makes it playable without timed input. This allows players to focus on the physics-based cooking mechanics, such as stacking and throwing burgers, without the pressure of strict timing requirements for every action.
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For Grinner's Diner · Steam edition.
Decision guide updated 2026-10-29. Based on the publisher listing checked 2026-11-09; this is not a firsthand review.
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▶ Watch the official trailer on Steam ↗Minimum: OS: Windows 10 64-bit Processor: Intel Core i5-6600 or AMD Ryzen 3 1300X Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti or AMD Radeon RX 570 (4 GB) DirectX: Version 11 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 2 GB available space
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