Lunch Lady

Horror· Survival Horror· Dark· Psychological Horror

Released Apr 2021

Lunch Lady is a 1-4 player online co-op survival horror game. The school final exams are coming up and the best idea you and your friends had was to steal the test answers. Find all 10 pages and don't get caught by the murderous Lunch Lady!

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Evaluation

Lunch Lady launched on April 15, 2021 and has received a sustained series of major free content updates from its solo developer ("Beepbep" at Manic Mice). The major content drops have been: Burcksley High School (August 26, 2021), Melbury High School (December 20, 2021), Manic University (August 13, 2022), Hibashi High School (June 26, 2023), Nightmare High (October 22, 2023), Community Swimming Hall (October 21, 2024), and the Paranormal Cleanup Crossover Event (September 6, 2025). That is 7 distinct major content releases post-launch across approximately four years, establishing an average cadence of roughly 6–8 months between major updates, with the longest recorded gap being approximately 14 months (August 2022 to June 2023). As of today, October 1, 2026, approximately 12.5 months have passed since the most recent major content drop on September 6, 2025. This sits within the historical range of the developer's release cadence (the longest gap observed was about 14 months), so we remain inside the established window. The developer has not announced the conclusion of development, and no "final update" language has been used. No specific future content has been announced either, so this is best characterized as an ongoing update pattern rather than a concrete upcoming commitment.

Evidence

Patch 1.10.3 launched a Paranormal Cleanup Crossover Event (double EXP) and introduced a bug fix. Most recent developer communication.

news post · Sep 6, 2025 source development ongoing

high

Patch 1.10.2a added a new map (Community Swimming Hall), new achievements, and quality-of-life features.

news post · Oct 21, 2024 source content shipped

high

Media

Details

Developer

Manic Mice

Publisher

Manic Mice

Achievements

114

Platform

Windows

Controller

partial support

Steam Deck

Playable

Players

Single-player · Multiplayer · Co-op

Horror Survival Horror Dark Psychological Horror Team-Based Action Procedural Generation Choices Matter Exploration FPS PvE Collectathon First-Person Walking Simulator Action-Adventure

About this game

SUMMARY

GAMEPLAY

In 'Lunch Lady' you will roam around the dark hallways of your school in the hopes of finding the answers for your upcoming finals. You will get chased through the whole school by an evil and possessed Lunch Lady. You have to collect all 10 pages and get the hell out of there as fast as possible.

Each game will be different. The Lunch Lady will look for you in different locations and every collectable item will be hidden somewhere else.

As the game progresses the unpredictable old Lady will get even faster and stronger.

The clock's ticking.

Find keys to unlock doors. Heal eachother with medkits. Play smart and work together.

Or get whacked with a pan.

KEY FEATURES

Up to 4 Player Online Co-op - Play together with your friends or struggle alone, if you have none
Proximity Voice Chat - Nothing better than hearing your "friends" scream in the distance
3 Difficulty Modes - Normal, Hard & Insane
Replayability - Multiple Maps in which Pages, Keys and Medkits will always spawn in different locations
Gain Experience - Level up and unlock new playable characters
Scaling Difficulty - The Lunch Lady will get stronger as the match progresses
Unpredictable AI - At this point not even I know what she will be up to
Immersive 3D Audio - Enjoy the atmosphere while getting chased around the whole school

This game contains flashing lights that may make it unsuitable for people with photosensitive epilepsy or other photosensitive conditions. Player discretion is advised.