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Released: June 21, 2016
Anniversary: Turned 10 on June 21
Genres: Simulator · Adventure · Indie · Visual Novel
Platforms: PlayStation 4 · Linux · PC · iOS · Mac · PlayStation Vita · Nintendo Switch
Developer: SUKEBAN
Publisher: Ysbryd Games
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Where to buy

Digital: GOG Steam itch.io Nintendo PlayStation
Physical: Search on Amazon

Affiliate links: GOG, Fanatical, Green Man Gaming, ININ Games and Amazon

Is it still worth playing?

Sukeban Games' 2016 bartending game for Windows, macOS and Linux, in which you tend a dive bar in the dystopian Glitch City, 207X. You mix drinks from five ingredients to fill orders, with no time limit and the option to reset a drink. Conversations are scripted with no dialogue choices, and the story branches by which drinks you serve, with at least seven endings. Between shifts you visit the apartment of Jill, the bartender. The world comes through patrons' confessions, a news app and shopping trips. A world told through confessions and small details, rather than exposition, still makes each shift a conversation worth listening to today.