Discussion Over Dinner

Simulation· Indie· Horror· Text-Based

Released Apr 2025

You receive a dinner invite from an awkward new neighbor and things go great.

93% positive · 277 reviews

Done

All announced content has been released

High confidence

Done

All announced content has been released

High confidence

Where to get it

Free on Steam

Steam Free

Evaluation

Discussion Over Dinner is a free-to-play casual indie game released on April 4, 2025 by solo developer Eli Stevens. The store description presents it as a self-contained narrative experience — a single dinner conversation with a neighbor that ends in one of two outcomes. There is no mention of planned updates, additional content, seasons, or a post-launch roadmap. No DLC has been listed, and the description contains no language suggesting ongoing or future development. The game appears to have launched as a complete, finished product with no post-launch content cycle intended.

Evidence

Store description frames the game as a self-contained dinner conversation experience with a fixed set of outcomes, with no mention of updates, DLC, or future content.

description · Apr 4, 2025 source development ending

high

Short description confirms the game is a single focused scenario: a dinner invite from a neighbor.

store metadata · Apr 4, 2025 source development ending

medium

Media

Details

Developer

Eli Stevens

Publisher

Eli Stevens

Achievements

Platform

Windows

Controller

—

Steam Deck

Not rated

Players

Single-player

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About this game

Discussion Over Dinner is a simple, snappily paced experience which forces you to quickly formulate coherent responses to your new neighbor's almost interrogatory questions in real time.

As you keep the conversation flowing, study your host's body language for any sign of irritation while remembering to keep your own physical mannerisms in check.

Depending on your social skills you may be able to leave the table good friends!

Or you might become another secret he'll have to hide from a future dinner guest.

Discussion Over Dinner is designed specifically to be played on computer with a keyboard and requires every key to be working properly in order to play.

Please only play the game if it's running at a smooth framerate to avoid any potential softlocks or sequence breaks!