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Necrobarista
In a back-alley cafe, the dead are granted one last night to mingle with the living. Necrobarista follows a dynamic and diverse cast of characters as they navigate Melbourne's hipstery coffee culture, the questionable ethics of necromancy, and the process of letting go.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“I think I bought this pretty close to release, waited for it to finish and then... forgot. XD Oop. Well! I found it again! :D REVIEW TIME The type of storytelling this is requires understanding character development in quiet and subtle ways. If you don't want to notice it in…”
— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played“A fairly short visual novel that really grew on me. At first I was not a big fan of the art style at all but it's alright and suffices as a medium for the story and the characters. Speaking of characters, they are really solid and I am surprised how far they grew on me. The…”
— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played“Good idea about the purgatory as a coffee shop, themes of loss and acceptance, and an interesting presentation of a visual novel in full 3D. However, the writing is extremely boring and bland, reminding me of Haibane Renmei but even more boring and poorly written. The writer…”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:53 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Necrobarista v1.0.8p1 Patch Notes
Hey everyone! Delivering a minor patch to address a few issues in the Final Pour update that were brought to our attention via the Necrobarista Discord. If you're loving Necrobarista and/or appreciati
FINAL POUR: OUT NOW! Patch notes v1.0.8
G'day everyone! We're proud to announce that our major update, Necrobarista: Final Pour is OUT NOW for free on Steam! To celebrate the occasion, we're putting the game on a whopping 50% discount! Fina
Developer Live-stream AMA
Come join us in our celebration of Necrobarista: Final Pour's launch with a live developer stream! We'll be showing off the new Studio Mode by having one of our developers commentate as they put toget
Walking to the Sky
G'day! We've got something special for you today: a major narrative content addition, at the low, low price of... zero dollars. This update is titled Walking to the Sky, and brings a beautiful and hea
The Midnight Interlude
G'day! Today marks the release of a major free update to Necrobarista, titled The Midnight Interlude. This update, the first of three planned content additions, brings a great new feature to the game:
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Indie |
| Player tags | Visual Novel · Story Rich · Indie · Female Protagonist · Supernatural · Anime · Atmospheric · Beautiful · 3D · Stylized · Great Soundtrack · Cute (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese * , Traditional Chinese, Turkish * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 11 |
| Estimated owners | 20,000 – 50,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.necrobarista.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 or Newer Processor: 2.5+ GHz Quad core Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 660 or better, ATI 7950 or better DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 3 GB available space