About Midnight Cafe

Midnight Cafe is a free, cozy night cafe that runs in your browser. You get a small character, walk around isometric rooms, chat in speech bubbles and build a room of your own. It is made for indie developers, makers and freelancers, and anyone is welcome.

Play free in your browserFree. No download. Guests welcome.

The Plaza in Midnight Cafe, with a player character, the barista bot and two chat bubbles

What you can do

Walk, sit and talk

Click to walk, double-click a seat to sit, type to talk. Your line appears above your head and stays in the room.

Visit public rooms

The Plaza, The Coffee Bar, The Cozy Corner, The Reading Nook, The Garden Lounge, The Grand Hall and The Long Bar. The map shows where people are.

Build your own room

Furnish it from the shop, keep pets, hang up pictures and sticky notes, and connect it to a friend's room with a teleporter.

Show your project

Put a project stand with a pitch and links in your room, and let visitors ask questions on a Q&A board.

Play music

A record player plays its discs for everyone in the room. Records range from lo-fi and jazz to bossa nova, and rooms can tune a radio.

Earn beans

Beans pay for furniture, displays and records. You earn them by playing: chatting, coming back each day, placing furniture, fortune cookies and achievements. There are 144 achievements.

Also in the game: friends, trading furniture with other players, dancing and other emotes, bots you can talk to with @, and a barista bot you can hire for your room. A seasonal Halloween furniture set is on sale for a few weeks around Halloween.

Good to know

  • Free. No download, no payment. Guests can play without an account. A free account keeps your room and beans on every device.
  • Desktop browser. It is built for a computer with a mouse and keyboard.
  • New. It is about to launch publicly, so expect quiet rooms at first.
  • Text chat only. No voice, no video.
  • Players write the content. Rooms, messages and project cards come from the players. If you find something that should not be there, write to the address on the imprint page.

Who makes it

Midnight Cafe is a private project by Philipp Schickling in Berlin. The imprint has the contact details and the privacy page says what data the game keeps.

Questions people ask

What is Midnight Cafe?
A free multiplayer hangout in the browser, set in a cozy night cafe. You walk around, chat with speech bubbles, furnish your own room and meet other people.
Is it connected to Habbo?
No. It is an independent project. If you know Habbo, the games like Habbo Hotel page explains what is similar and what is not.
Do I need to pay for beans?
No. Beans are earned by playing.
Can I play on my phone?
It is built for desktop browsers.

Related

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  • Cozy browser gamesCozy games that run in a browser and have other real people in them. What to look for, and Midnight Cafe, a free cozy cafe hangout. Not a different game with a similar name.
  • A virtual cafeA free virtual cafe in your browser. Walk into a warm night cafe, sit down, chat with the people there, and furnish a corner of your own. No download.
  • Virtual coworkingWork next to other people in a virtual cafe. Midnight Cafe is a free, quiet browser hangout, not a timed session service. What it does and does not do.
  • For indie makersA small, free indie game and indie dev community in a browser cafe. Show your game, app or project in your own room, meet other makers and collect questions.
  • Lofi cafe ambienceLo-fi and jazz records, a warm night cafe and a few people sitting nearby. Midnight Cafe is a free browser room you can leave open while you work or study.

Come in and look around

No download. As a guest you can walk into a public room straight away; a free account keeps your room and beans.

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