Barbecue

Barbecue is a co-op party game for 1 to 4 players. You host a backyard barbecue: light the fire, grill food, serve guests and earn money to improve your setup. What starts calmly can quickly descend into fire, smoke and panic.

Manage the fire

Choose between wood, charcoal and gasoline, each with its own risks. Too much wood can cause a wildfire, too much charcoal produces toxic smoke, and gasoline can speed up the fire with dangerous consequences.

Cook and shop

Grill sausages, merguez and steaks to earn money. Spend it on better equipment or items that are not useful. The shop is across the road, where traffic does not stop for you, so you have to run and dodge to reach it.

Keep the party going

A day/night cycle changes the conditions: at night you grill in the dark, the road becomes more dangerous and guests remain impatient. You can buy lamps, drink beers that affect your controls, spray friends with the garden hose or revive a downed friend by putting a sausage in their mouth.

There is no unfair game over; the aim is to keep the party going as long as possible. The shop catalogue has items to unlock, making each session different, and a barbecue that burns down is part of the night rather than a failure.