Dead Plate

Dead Plate is a narrative survival game that mixes time management, quick decision-making, and unsettling horror into a single gameplay loop. You play as a server in a strange restaurant where something feels off from the start. Instead of taking ordinary food orders, you’re dealing with dangerous ingredients, unpredictable guests, and strict rules from management. The goal is simple: survive each shift. But how you do that is entirely up to how well you can manage suspicion, ingredients, and your sanity.

Balancing Orders and Fear

Each shift begins with customers entering the restaurant. You are expected to prepare dishes based on vague and cryptic instructions. Ingredients are laid out in the kitchen, but choosing the wrong combination could anger a guest—or worse. Some ingredients are clearly not safe, and others may be essential to keep yourself alive. The longer you work, the more twisted each order becomes, and the higher the risk of making a fatal mistake.

• Guests react differently depending on what is served and how fast it’s prepared.
• Each order must be fulfilled with precision to avoid suspicion or violence.
• Using unsafe ingredients may grant survival benefits, but increase danger.

Progression Through Shifts

Dead Plate progresses over multiple in-game nights. Each night adds new complications—stricter orders, hostile guests, and mysterious interruptions. You’re given subtle guidance through cryptic messages and visual hints, but no clear instructions. At any point, failure to follow protocol could result in being fired, punished, or worse. Players must observe patterns, learn which guests to fear, and decide when to follow orders versus when to prioritize survival.

• Nightly events reveal more about the restaurant’s hidden rules and secrets.
• Experimenting with ingredients helps you discover new endings or mechanics.
• Guest behavior changes if you take too long, break routine, or serve the wrong item.

Managing Uncertainty and Survival

Dead Plate isn’t just about completing tasks—it’s about surviving them. Every customer interaction is a threat. Some guests leave tips, others leave warnings, and some just stare at you without blinking. Your choices determine how each shift ends. Will you obey blindly, or take risks that might reveal more of what’s really happening? There are no extra lives, no guides, and no second chances. Each action locks in your path forward.

Dead Plate challenges players to think under pressure, question instructions, and adapt to horror rooted in routine. It’s not just about what you cook—it’s about how long you can keep serving without becoming part of the menu yourself.