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Run Bukovie’s speakeasy, serve drinks that draw out secrets, and investigate a series of murders in an alternate-history Europe.
Released 05 May 2025
Run a Secret Speakeasy
Serve Drinks, Shift Moods
Question Murder Suspects
Can 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!
Developed by Rogueside · Published by Rogueside







At the Nightcap, a speakeasy in the troubled city of Bukovie, you serve as bartender while helping investigate crimes that threaten the bar. Patrons from across the city bring their secrets, motives, and personal troubles with them.
Each day, welcome customers, mix drinks by tracing a pattern, and choose how to talk with them. Drinks can affect patrons’ moods and level of intoxication, while questions and conversations help uncover information. Collect clues and connect them on a board to develop deductions and present evidence.
The story unfolds across five cases, with recurring customers and their relationships changing over time. Conversation choices and how you serve patrons can shape rapport and access to information as you work through suspects, motives, and evidence.
Players who enjoy the game often highlight its memorable cast, character development, stylish artwork, and cozy noir speakeasy atmosphere, along with the appeal of following patrons’ stories across multiple cases. Some also enjoy collecting and connecting clues. Reviews frequently criticize the repetitive drink-making and a deduction process that can feel predictable or reliant on trying combinations; some players also wanted more substantial romance and ending follow-through.
In an alternate history Europe, “The Nightcap” is the last speakeasy in town, and you’re pouring the drinks… while your customers spill their secrets. Mix and serve cocktails with a twist, as you become a detective while trying to save your bar.

Listen to your clienteles’ stories and learn about their lives as you unravel a mystery that touches every layer of Bukovie society, from the drunken dandies splashing cash on cocktails, to the crooked cops and seedy lowlifes who try to rope you into their shady schemes.
A good bartender knows the art of conversation is just as important as the ability to pour libations, so listen carefully and keep your wits about you as you delight, charm or even threaten your patrons to get the information you need. With a cast of 20 unique and engaging characters it’s up to you to choose who you can trust, who will have your back… and who will stab you in it!

Over the course of five cases, you’ll have to explore every clue and question every suspect to save lives… and save your business. It’s time to flip that sign to open, turn up the jazz and welcome your first customers of the night.
Bukovie may be a city in strife, with labour strikes, rationing, unrest and the shadow of war looming, but instead of cowering in fear, the citizens flock to dance halls and speakeasies. Crumbling grandeur might inspire melancholy, but that’s nothing a stiff drink won’t cure.
In a world of dwindling light, your speakeasy is a bonfire in the night. Though the city may soon burn, cocktails are always…
Best Served Cold.
| Platforms | Windows, macOS |
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| Achievements | 25 |
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| Controller support | Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| Demo | View demo on Steam |
| Website | Official website |