Dead Dine

The only café where the staff is already dead

Welcome to Dead Dine. Your waiters shamble, your Chef has a ladle and a grudge, and the guests just keep coming. Seat them, feed them, keep them happy... and maybe take a little bite. Just a small one. For later.

By day: run the café

Seat guests, cook, serve and clean up — and when the queue gets long, grab a plate and serve it yourself. Hire 8 kinds of undead staff: the Fast one, the Chef, the Strong one who carries three plates, the Clumsy one who... tries. New: the Ghost Janitor, who cleans twice as fast, and the Mummy Guard, who takes the hits in raids. Every night, set tomorrow's menu board. One dish of the day sells for ×1.5 — if you remember to put it on the board.

Bite now, recruit tonight

Spend toxins ☣ on four infections. Each one is a choice:

Foggy Mind — the guest forgets they already ate and orders seconds at +25%. Generous Rot — pays ×1.6 for the food and the tip. Night Bite — if the guest leaves happy, they rise in your cellar tonight as a fighter. Leave them angry, and the bite doesn't take. Viral Bite — bites the whole table at once. The tablemates get a little jumpy.

Money now or muscle tonight? It's your café.

By night: raid the district

Your bitten guests become the Night Squad. Who they were decides who they become: Brawler, Rusher, Thrower, Feeder or Boss — plus the rare Hunter. You see the role before you bite. Every recruit rises with a random trait — Tough, Vicious, Nimble, Stubborn or Hungry. VIP guests come back as elite. Check the district map: squad power against danger. Pick the right counters and you can beat the odds. Take 12 rival cafés across three blocks, steal their recipes and hang their flags on your Trophy Wall. Then settle the score at The Stiff's for the Great Zombie Cocktail. After the finale, the endless Night League gets meaner with every win.

A café full of stories

8 regulars with their own stories: Marfa and her secret recipe, Count Nosferanov, Doctor Rot, Hunter Stepan and more. Finish a story to earn a reward, from a Golden Till to a crossbow over the counter. Watch out for the health inspector, the food critic and the zombie hunter. 5 night challenges — Rush Hour, Blackout, Full Moon and more. Take the risk, win toxins and XP.

Grow your restaurant

29 dishes, from Bloody Fries and the Burger of Doom to Eye Jelly and VIP Blood Sausage. 8 recipes can be stolen in raids; all but the Cocktail also unlock with levels, so nobody gets stuck. New décor that actually works: the Brain Aquarium, the Neon Sign, the Organ, the Crypt (+1 cellar spot) and the "Necro" coffee machine. Expand the hall, add tables and raise your rating to five stars.

Made for a quick shift or a long night

A shift takes a few minutes, a raid even less, and there is one clear goal every evening. Nothing is lost while you're away. For fans of cooking and management games who like their cozy with a side of horror and a pinch of dark humor.

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