Coney's

Scoop, serve, survive

Coney's puts you behind the counter of an ice cream parlor that specializes in cones, and asks you to bake, scoop, and serve with a smile while something is very clearly not right in the back room. It's a sequel to the developer's earlier game Cuppy's, and reviewers who played the original are unanimous that this one is the better game. "This game takes all the good parts of the 1st one (Cuppy's), and elevates them in every way! Now with Multiplayer!" one returning fan wrote, and that addition of co-op is the headline change reviewers keep coming back to.

The tone is the game's biggest hook: equal parts cute and unsettling, and reviewers say it threads that needle well. "Coney's is such a delightful experience from start to finish! It starts out silly & fun, just as ice creaming should be," one review put it, before the shop's cheerful surface starts to crack. Another reviewer summed up the whole pitch in one line: "Simple and fun ice cream simulator, spooky & sweet!"

Ice cream duty under pressure

Underneath the horror dressing, Coney's is a genuinely demanding order-management game, and reviewers who dug into it describe real depth in the juggling. "Extremely fun game-play meets great horror and the cherry on top is the bonus mini-games & sweet secrets that lay deep in the ice cream shop," one review said, and another reviewer got more specific about what makes the loop tick: "its really fast paced and keeps you on your toes," they wrote, describing "the challenge of trying to keep up with all the customers" as something that "was really well done" and forces you to "maximize your time and efficiency."

That intensity is clearly the appeal for the co-op crowd in particular. "Had a great time playing with my twin," one reviewer wrote, and another described the format bluntly: "Played this co-op and man stressful and hilarious." The comedy and the stress aren't at odds here — reviewers consistently describe both hitting at once, which seems to be exactly what the game is going for.

Craft that shows

The presentation earns its own share of praise separate from the gameplay loop. "This game is so much fun, lovely art and great soundtrack!" one reviewer wrote, and the audio side gets a specific nod for doing double duty: "Music is great, sound effects are fun and scary." Several reviewers describe the whole thing as a labor of love rather than a cash-in sequel — "feels like a labor of love and its just a fun ride" was how one review put it — and the amount of hidden content reinforces that read. "There are SO many little secrets around every corner," one reviewer noted, echoing several others who mention finding bonus content tucked away in the shop.

Rough edges around a sweet core

The complaints that do show up are mostly about onboarding and difficulty spikes rather than the core concept. New players are left to figure things out largely on their own: "I wish it gave a tutorial to show how to do stuff but its simple to learn," one reviewer noted — a mild complaint softened by the admission that the systems aren't hard to pick up once you're in. Solo players hit a harder wall. "The final bits of the game are difficult solo, and I had to change to Casual difficulty to complete it," one reviewer admitted, without any embarrassment about needing the assist — a reasonable trade-off for a game clearly designed with co-op in mind.

The more pointed criticism comes from the single negative review in the batch, which pushes back against the game's near-uniform praise: "It's kinda like what a kid thought a scary game would be," the reviewer wrote, adding a specific bug report — "the last level is bugged in multiplayer and there is no saving." That combination, an unforgiving final stretch with no mid-run save and an outright bug in co-op, is a legitimate frustration worth flagging even against an otherwise glowing reception, and it's the kind of thing worth checking on before committing to a full multiplayer run.

A theme players want more of

The ice cream conceit clearly landed with people beyond just the horror crowd. "This game is wild! I was not expecting so much from this, very much worth the price in my opinion," one reviewer wrote, adding a nod to a specific in-game item: "Try the Coney Special!" Another reviewer took the theme even further into real-world fandom, joking that "Ben and Jerry's should collab with Coney's and make a Coney's Special ice cream." It's a small detail, but it's a good sign when a game's central gimmick is charming enough that players start pitching real-world tie-ins for it unprompted.

A sweet, stressful little co-op gem

At six dollars, Coney's punches well above its price point. It's got real craft in its art and sound, a horror-comedy tone that reviewers say actually works, and a core loop with enough depth to reward the players who lean into the chaos. The lack of a tutorial and the reported save/bug issues on the final level are worth knowing going in, especially if you're playing solo, but neither seems to have dampened the enthusiasm from the players who've already worked their way through the shop. If you liked Cuppy's, or just want a fast, funny, occasionally frightening co-op time-waster, this is an easy recommendation.