Mixed Spirits: Bartender

Mixed Spirits: Bartender is a bartending simulation set across an evening shift in a small bar. Players greet customers, chat with them and take drink orders, which may be either specific items from the menu or loosely described requests such as something sweet with a slightly bitter edge. The game is split into three main scenes: the bar itself, a mixing station and a home area used for ingredient preparation.

Drinks are built from scratch at the mixing station by combining ingredients that carry attributes such as Sweet, Bitter, Spicy or Relaxing. How closely the finished drink matches the customer’s request determines the size of the tip received. Beyond the ingredients, players can choose glass size, ice type, decorations and garnish. Experimenting with combinations can unlock hidden recipes, which are then added to the menu for later orders. The game has no timers.

Once the bar closes, the player returns home to prepare for the following day, with minigames covering tasks such as growing mint and cutting lemons. Ingredients and equipment can be restocked or upgraded at several shops, including a liquor store, glassware shop, fruit market, decoration and garnish store and a recipe book merchant. Conversations with guests take place before and after their drinks are served, and the presentation uses low lighting, piano music and animated drinks.