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Lunch Lady
Up to four students search a school for stolen exam answers while a possessed lunch lady hunts them.
Online co-op for up to 4 players.
- 4 online
Where to buy
Playing together
- Online co-op4 players
- Local co-opNot confirmed
- Not confirmedFriends on different platforms, such as PC and PlayStation, can play together.
- Not confirmedA friend can join or leave while you are already playing, without starting over.
- Not confirmedFriends play free with a Friend's Pass or similar.
- Steam DeckPlayableValve's own rating
About the game
You sneak into school to collect ten pages of exam answers, then try to leave before the lunch lady catches you. Pages, keys and medical supplies change places between matches. Locked doors send you looking through more rooms, while your pursuer grows faster and stronger as the search continues.
Up to four players share the search online. You can spread out to check different corridors, call out useful finds and use medkits to help an injured friend. Built-in voice chat carries nearby voices and distant screams. The challenge comes from searching under pressure and escaping a chase. Repeated matches give you experience and unlock more playable characters.
How it feels
Kind of game
A group of friends, loose goals and a lot of messing around. Failing is part of the fun, and the best moments are the ones nobody planned.
- At its heart
- Now and then
- Story
- Time to hang out
- Getting better
- Unlocks and progress
- Planning ahead
- Sessions
- Repeatable runs
- About
- Monsters
Rated on our own feel scale. 3 sources back these ratings.
Screenshots
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If you liked Lunch Lady
You will probably enjoy these too. Each one says why.
PANICORE
Why it scores 92%
What they share
- Kind of game
- Chaotic friend hangout
- Core to both
- Fear
- About
- Monsters
- Notable in both
- Laughter and chaos, Working in sync, Exploring, Tension and danger
- Sessions
- Repeatable runs
- Co-op
- Online co-op
How PANICORE differs
- More figuring things out than Lunch Lady
- Fits a bigger group than Lunch Lady
- 10 online
Both are chaotic hangouts for a group of friends. Both are often scary. Both are about monsters that hunt you.
But more figuring things out than Lunch Lady.
PILGRIM
Why it scores 91%
What they share
- Kind of game
- Chaotic friend hangout
- Core to both
- Fear
- About
- Monsters
- Notable in both
- Laughter and chaos, Working in sync, Exploring, Tension and danger
- Sessions
- Repeatable runs
- Co-op
- Online co-op for up to 4 players
- Early access
- 4 online
Both are chaotic hangouts for a group of friends. Both get loud and silly when plans go wrong. Both are often scary.
No big difference from Lunch Lady.
Backrooms: Escape Together
Why it scores 89%
What they share
- Kind of game
- Chaotic friend hangout
- Core to both
- Fear
- About
- Monsters
- Notable in both
- Laughter and chaos, Working in sync, Exploring, Tension and danger
- Sessions
- Repeatable runs
- Co-op
- Online co-op
How Backrooms: Escape Together differs
- More figuring things out than Lunch Lady
- Early access
- 6 online
- Crossplay
Both are chaotic hangouts for a group of friends. Both are often scary. Both are about monsters that hunt you.
But more figuring things out than Lunch Lady.
All co-op facts
Last checked 24 October 2026. The small numbers link to the page that states each fact.
Co-op
- Fewest players online
- Not confirmed
- Local co-op
- Not confirmed
- Most players on one screen
- Not confirmed
- Split or shared screen
- Not confirmed
- Separate-device co-op
- Not confirmed
- Most players on separate devices
- Not confirmed
- Free base co-op
- No
The checked computer full-base edition has a paid base-game access model. Demos, trials, guest passes, platform sharing and temporary grants do not establish ongoing free base co-op.
- 1
- Confirmed free setups
- Does not apply
- Crossplay
- Not confirmed
- Crossplay between
- Not confirmed
- Friends can join mid-game
- Not confirmed
- Only one of you needs to buy it
- Not confirmed
Sources
5 pages
store.steampowered.comStore page, read 24 October 2026
Backs Steam app ID, Online co-op, Most players online, Voice chat by distance, Platforms, Release status, Release date, Genres, Sessions, About, Fear, Tension and danger, Story, Working in sync, Exploring, Getting better, Unlocks and progress, Planning ahead, Free base co-op.
- Steam app ID: The exact product is app 1571440.
- Online co-op: The maker describes native online cooperative matches.
- Most players online: The summary and key features both explicitly cap online play at four.
- Voice chat by distance: The maker names proximity voice chat and describes hearing friends scream at a distance.
- Platforms: System requirements list Windows.
- Release status: The released game has a current purchase offer.
- Release date: The product lists 2021-04-15.
- Genres: The maker calls the game survival horror.
- Sessions: Repeat matches change the locations of pages, keys and medkits.
- About: A possessed pursuer hunts students through the school.
- Fear: The maker centres survival horror and being chased through dark corridors.
- Tension and danger: The pursuer gets faster and stronger during the match.
- Story: Stealing exam answers provides a simple setup for repeated searches.
- Working in sync: Players share the page search and heal each other with medkits.
- Exploring: Players search multiple school maps with changing item locations.
- Getting better: Three difficulty settings and an unpredictable pursuer reward learning the search and escape routine.
- Unlocks and progress: Experience levels unlock playable characters.
- Planning ahead: Finding keys and preserving medkits give the group small shared decisions.
- Free base co-op: The checked computer full-base edition has a paid base-game access model. Demos, trials, guest passes, platform sharing and temporary grants do not establish ongoing free base co-op.
store.steampowered.comStore data, read 24 October 2026
Backs Release status, Platforms.
- Release status: Steam lists the game as released.
- Platforms: Steam reports Windows as the PC platform.
store.steampowered.comStore data, read 24 October 2026
Backs Steam Deck.
- Steam Deck: Valve rates the game Playable on Steam Deck.
downrightcreepy.comPress, read 24 October 2026
Backs Kind of game, Laughter and chaos, Time to hang out.
- Kind of game: Downright Creepy review dated 2021-05-03 describes an amusing group chase rather than a complex character campaign.
- Laughter and chaos: The review finds comedy in the oversized pursuer throwing utensils during panicked hallway escapes.
- Time to hang out: The described social activity is reacting together during a simple search. Evidence does not establish sustained unrelated conversation.
abgames.ioPress, read 24 October 2026
Backs Fear, Tension and danger.
- Fear: ABGames supplies a second review-style page describing threatening school rooms and frightening audio. It names no author or publication date and is supplemental evidence, not a verified independent group playtest.
- Tension and danger: The page describes searching while avoiding an increasingly dangerous pursuer. Its introductory friend count is inconsistent with its later total-player wording, so no cap is taken from it.