Best Served Cold

Best Served Cold

Released May 2025

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!

87% positive · 741 reviews
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All announced content has been released
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Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence

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Evaluation

Best Served Cold launched on May 5, 2025 as a self-contained narrative murder mystery with five cases and a cast of 20 characters. After launch, the developer issued several bug fix patches through July 2025 to address issues with achievements, dialogue, and controller support — typical post-launch maintenance for a story-driven game. There are no unreleased DLC items and no announced future content for this game itself. The most notable recent development is a news post from April 23, 2026 announcing a standalone sequel called "Last Night, Last Call," featuring five brand-new murder cases in the same setting. This is a separate game, not additional content for Best Served Cold. Its announcement does not indicate that Best Served Cold itself will receive further updates or expansions — it confirms the developer is moving forward with a follow-up title rather than continuing to build on the original. Best Served Cold appears to have shipped as a complete, finished product on its release date, with only standard post-launch bug fixing following. The store description matches a fully self-contained experience, and no content beyond what launched on May 5, 2025 has been announced for this game.
Evidence
Best Served Cold launched on Steam as a complete narrative murder mystery with five interconnected cases.
news post · May 5, 2025 source content shipped
high
Final known patch addressed achievement bugs, dialogue corrections, and a tutorial softlock — standard post-launch maintenance. Last update to the game as of the available record.
news post · Jul 18, 2025 source development ending
medium

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Details

Developer
Publisher
Rogueside
Achievements
25
Platform
Windows, macOS
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player

About this game

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.

Last evaluated Jun 19, 2026
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