Secret Care Cafe
A downloadable game for Windows and macOS
Secret Care Cafe
Everyday seemed like nothing was changing. Go into your cubicle, put in numbers to the sheets, prepare presentations, hope for bonus every quarter. Only to see your manager get all the credit for your work. Was it your fate to spend the rest of your days at the same place, being just an insignificant pawn in your own life? No!
You've had enough! With the help of your loyal girlfriend Cynthia, you took a loan, left your old workplace behind and opened a Maid Cafe! Cynthia and two of her good friends become maids that will help you with everyday struggles!
What kind of cafe will you have? It's up to you!
You can be the owner of a cafe where your customers will feel at home, have pleasant conversations with the maids and drink coffee in peace, while you learn more about your maids. If you spent enough time with them, they even might develop a romantic interest in you.
Or you can go with the naughtier option for your cafe. If you buy a special items in the shop and give them to your maids, you can order them to take special care of the clients. Ask them to meet with clients after work to know them better, help them with their issues or even serve them in a sexy way. That can even provide your maids with special benefits and unlock special interactions in the cafe with said clients.
Clients coming to your cafe will ask for their preferred drinks and dishes. Your job is to stock up on the items a day before while during the day you assign to each client a maid, preferably the one they like the most, and prepare the orders, while the maids entertain the guests, making them order more than they could ever eat or drink. Getting more and more tips for you is their specialty.
After each work day it's time to prepare for the next day. You can choose to spent time with your girlfriend to deepen the relationship or you can learn more about your new colleagues. If maids gain enough information from the client, you can look through client's book to learn more about guest's preferences and special abilities. Remember to stock up on the items and if you have some cash laying around, why not buy some special items for your new friends or for the cafe?
While talking with your maids you can encounter some sweet scenes, where you learn more about them, maybe a funny event where something stupid and cliche happens. But if your maids get lewd and your relationship with them is deep enough, scenes can get more and more risky and sexy.
Instead of talking with your favorite maid, you can ask them to meet up with clients, learning more about them. But if maids are lewd enough there will be a moment during the meeting with the client where maids will ask you how far should they go with a client. It's all up to you.
Your actions and decisions have an impact.
After you'll get comfortable with basics of the game, you'll unlock new maids for your cafe and special rooms where there are new ways for you and your maids to improve and serve the clients. Keep your cafe clean and your maids rested to avoid Bad Endings.
Random events might trigger after each day of work. This makes sure you will get different experience everyday.
Game has both NSFW (not safe for work) and SFW (safe for work) mode. Thanks to that option, if you are not interested in lewd content or if you just aren't in the mood right now, you don't have to worry about it popping out on you. SFW mode has some scenes changed but most of nsfw events just doesn't show up while SFW is turned on.
Hunt for specific events to fully fill the CG gallery by encountering them during gameplay! Buy and earn new skins for your cafe and maids!
Game is updated every week on Patreon! Public releases are published at later dates.
Please consider supporting me on PATREON or SUBSCRIBESTAR. You can also visit our community on Discord and help me get rid of the bugs or be a part of a creative process for the game. There you can post your ideas for the game, events and changes! I look at all of them and consider carefully each one of your ideas!
See you soon!
Rare Alex
Download instructions:
- For those using the segmented downloads, you need to download all files ending with Public.7z. In this case, Public.7z.001, 7z.002, 7z.003, and 7z.004. Extract all files in one folder then you can play the game by double-clicking the .exe file.
- Other external links (Google Drive, Mega, etc) have the game in one package file. Use any Zip program (7zip or WinRAR) to extract the files then you can play the game by double-clicking the .exe file.
- If you have the previous version, you can download JUST the update file. Just extract or copy-paste the files of the update into the game folder with the previous version. Remember to click "yes" when asked to replace files with the same name. Also, please double check that your game's version number and update version file. Otherwise, you will have visual bugs and will have to redownload the game completely.
Public versions of the game are free. No need to pay anything.
If you have further questions, you can ask away in comments below or on our Discord channel.
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Development log
- Secret Care Cafe 0.8.42 - Release notes19 days ago
- Woah! It's Fourth Anniversary of Secret Care Cafe!43 days ago
- Secret Care Cafe 0.8.41 - Release notes62 days ago
- Secret Care Cafe 0.8.40 - Release notes82 days ago
- Secret Care Cafe 0.8.39 - Release notesAug 02, 2024
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I really love this game but after all this delay I expected a big update! What happened to adding a new maid?
Understandable, unfortunately the delay was mostly because of coding problems and life issues I have lately. Sorry for that, hopefully there won't be next delay like that.
New maid is coming!
Can you make it easier to download a Mac ?
How would you like me to make it easier? Also seperate it to 4 parts?
Could you put more options to downloaded.Cuz for me and probably others It is too complicated or won't work.
Ok, with next update I'll put 2 more options to download, from Pixeldrain and gofile.
Just wondering when the next update would be then. And thanks
43 days without updates. I can't feel my legs anymore...
Update is out
It didn't help, in fact, the update is 1 event that is not available to free users, and everything else is just recycling.
Don't worry, next one will be a nice one
Top notch.
Four years of progress and it shows. There's so much content here. Gameplay is unique as far as H-games go and does a great job of making it feel like running a cafe. The UI is a bit overwhelming at first but it's aesthetically pleasing overall. MC and the girls have their own charms and no one's been outright annoying so far. I'm a little sad the character I initially found most attractive is my least favorite archetype, but I've found more than enough comfort in the other girls.
Some feedback:
- The hotkey layout for food/drink is a bit tough to adopt. Even with all the keys mostly memorized, 7 of each food/drink extending out to U/J means the left hand can't stay on ASDF, making hotkey use fairly frustrating.
- It'd be nice to have the important stats (cash, cleanliness, maid energy%) visible on the action menu as well as in the Backrooms menu. In the latter, money is shown but despite being able to move girls around, energy and cleanliness seem to require going back and forth between Chat and Shop respectively.
- An in-game log for both dialogue and cafe events would be awesome. There's been a few times I missed a conversation detail and couldn't go back to fully understand the situation.
Overall, I'm really glad I found this gem. Looking forward to more. Please keep up the awesome work!
For some reason Ame events is not coming for me, i have takeout 5, but have 1/12 unlocks, and i am not getting any more, what to do?
Hey, can you come over to discord and print screen me exactly what do you mean, because I don't think I understand. Sorry for the issue.
figured it out myself, had forgotten to put on the pin ( or it was removed as i did it to early)
Ok, so i may be stupid, but when you finish sending messeges to a client, the book says that it is unlocked in the maid's client chat menu. Where is this menu? Do I have something else to see the scene? I'm feeling like the biggest idiot...
Hey, that's okay, game still needs a tutorial that I plan to implement as one of the last things before final releases.
Client chat menu is in the same place where you can chat with the maid, in the locker room at the end of the day menu.
korean language update plz
I'll try my best!
When is the next update??
Hey, sorry for late reply, new update will be this week.
just joined in on everything and woohooo 4th anniversary!! I was shook when I saw 4th like has it really been 4 years!? So I went to check on updates and gaaaahdamn! you guys have gone through a lot! Glad I came across your game ^^
Excited for how far we can go! yipeeeeeee
Haha thank you! Glad you like the game <3
Buddy, why not add more animation to the game during gameplay? For example, Sergil comes into glory hall and watches how the girls work. Or add a room for sex. So that the girls can serve the customers after the dance. Individual events from pictures and animations are of course good, but this is not a RenPy game, I would like more elements in the gameplay.
Hey, yup, that's something Im working on, for example when you'll use flirt or special care, it will be represented in animation during gameplay. VIP room will be also redone and have added seggs animations and a couple of more things like that.
Thanks for the reply, I look forward to similar updates in the game. Your game is unique, brother, and it is the gameplay and the netorase atmosphere that are unique. Congratulations on the 4th anniversary of the game!
can you add a way to take screenshots in game? also a window to re-read what was said before?
Hey, screenshot in game I don't think I will. Can you maybe explain to me why would you want it? You can actually already re-read what was said if you use your mouse wheel up to scroll up.
In the boss3 event, when you give a number to the men in the white jacket, then you talk to them and then agree, what happens after that? 😕
Nothing yet, there will be a series of events that I'm currently making.
What's the new event😕?
I sadly still have to mention that the Mac version still won't work with olders versions of MacOS. The last version I could use was v0.8.31.
Any new discoveries/updates on the matter?
When is the next update??
Hopefully tomorrow!
I see spaces for 6 maids, can anyone tell me how to get 5th and 6th maids?
Not available yet ☹️ I hope soon
Very Soon™
Please tell me what I can do to reduce the cleanliness level. I want to solve Ame's task, but no matter what I do, my cleanliness level cannot drop below 50%.
Send any girl to the glory hole and let her work. And make sure there is no one in the back room.
Wheres the android option at?!
I can't start a new event with cookies. the favor is 200+ and it seems like the relationship is already sexual, but nothing happens.
Hey, there also a couple of more triggers you have to fullfill that are basically progressing their story.
you have to see cookie's drinking event (the point and click one), have a drink night with cynthia and cookie and then see the event where cynthia is teasing you and cookie about 'something'. Hope it helps!
I have all the events open except for this one and I have reviewed all the events with Cookie and all the events in which she participated. I played for about 50 days, hoping for a random one. But the event never started.
This one is a chat event, not a random one.
If this problem still happens, can you come over to Discord and send me your save file so I can check it and try to fix it in game? Sorry for the issue.
Waiting Room Version 0.8.40
Waiting over! Sorry for that!
And sorry for stupid question, but after ~40 hours I still don't understand how to unlock «Synth-IA» perk for Blondie.
Max up all her other perks? Max up all other perks of her and other girls? End all storylines of her and clients ? Reach some point at main story?
Can't even find answer from net :/
Synth-IA is a perk that unlocks after seeing certain event from Cynthia. It is basically telling you why and what kind of person Cynthia is, so this perk becomes avaliable. Hope it helps!
Also wanna say smth about balance and money management. Maybe I'm wrong, but... Is that OK, what for lots of hours I upgraded girls, abilities and act and had only 2000, 3000 and at least 5000$ per day and thought, that I'm a great lucky if make 7k, but, science I just buy wolf ability for Amy and from next day make 15-20k??? Wtf? Isn't it imbalance? Well.. maybe usual cash should be 20~30% more, but Yandere make 2.5~3x tip? Or something like that. Because without using (abusing??) her ability you literally have no add money, but with it... you lost any reason to PLAY in maid gameplay after 5~10 days
Don't need the reason to explain about that simple «Wolf» abuse, but if you need, I'll do
p.s. Sorry for my English :/
Yeah, you are right, it's quite unbalanced yet, but balance will be more of the issue near the final version of the game, for now it's just adjustments, but thanks for letting me know about Ame Wolf skill!
Well, hello )
For now, I spent about 30 (50?) hours and wanna thanks for your great work!
But I want to tell some thoughts about game. I understand , that you don't want to make your game in visual novel (however you create a skip day stone 😅), but what about those, who wants just play "maid simulator"? Don't wanna say fk this story or smth, but.. Sometimes just want to grind and don't spend time on reading. You create a simple story and pers, but quite interesting dialogues!! So when I skip something for playing, I regret for skipped something interesting :/
Maybe.. at least you should make one more button for «chat»? For example, «spend time with» will just add some stats and show random usual meeting, but second button «new»(any name) will follow the history with selected girl (and add stats). Second button will be active if you follow the main history or smth like that
I'm glad you are enjoying the game! Sorry for late reply, I had very stressful couple of weeks.
Regarding your question, the most important thing I want to make is a 'Game'. Not a visual book (VN) and not just gameplay, I want to connect gameplay and story, have visual representations of progressing in story in gameplay etc. I understand sometimes you don't care about the story (Sometimes I have it the same), but for now you don't have to worry, because we are still in development phase of the game, so things might change. But I don't think I'll be changing the way we are progressing the story (right now its based on Popularity points).
I hope you'll enjoy even more! <3
Don't worry, sometimes, shit just heppends ^)
I hope you will fine :)
Apout "progress based on Pop points" and other things... Maybe, I eyeless but..
I read the training over and over again, but I saw nothing about it. Maybe you should make a couple of additional slides indicating the purpose of the characteristics of the heroines? How to say... Yes, there was almost no need for this while pumping the skills of the girls, but after that it becomes unclear whether they need to be improved further? For example, if I continue to pump the girl's charm, will she attract customers from the street faster? Maybe some kind of tip ratio is more from this? Will they want more in special rooms?
The more I write, the more questions))
Is there any difference in who I send to the guys in the VIP room or to the hole? Does preference affect income if you send a guest's favorite to the VIP hall?
Yes, I had that thought. IN general, I do not ask for anything and do not insist, but if the development continues to be long and thorough, then it would be possible to add a blind dating room. Just thinking out loud:)
I read the training over and over again, but I saw nothing about it. Maybe you should make a couple of additional slides indicating the purpose of the characteristics of the heroines? How to say... Yes, there was almost no need for this while pumping the skills of the girls, but after that it becomes unclear whether they need to be improved further? For example, if I continue to pump the girl's charm, will she attract customers from the street faster? Maybe some kind of tip ratio is more from this? Will they want more in special rooms?
The more I write, the more questions))
Is there any difference in who I send to the guys in the VIP room or to the hole? Does preference affect income if you send a guest's favorite to the VIP hall?
Yes, I had that thought. IN general, I do not ask for anything and do not insist, but if the development continues to be long and thorough, then it would be possible to add a blind dating room. Just thinking out loud:)
I hope that they will add animations from the camera to the VIP room
I will! But focusing on few other things first <3
Really had a good time with this game. It's got fun premise and characters and the visuals are pretty solid. However the cafe mini game takes up a lot of your active play time and suffers from some poor UI/UX. Really would've like to continue but when the back rooms got added with a bunch of other things to worry about without really simplifying the existing systems I couldn't stick with it.
I agree with you there. That's unfortunately why i ended up dropping it too. It definitely was a fun experience up till the backrooms were added, at least for me.
Same bro, it's too overwhelming
looks great but I have to ask does this have a choice to skip gameplay content since I'm more interested in story and don't like the grind and stress of management games
Hey, sorry but no, it doesn't have skip gameplay button, it's for a reason though. I don't want to make just visual novels, I want to make engaging gameplay in both current game and my next one. So even if I'm okay with cheating by modifying the save of the game, I won't be making anything to make player skip gameplay entirely.
There is a ''skip day' button that you can't overuse or bad ending appears (if you are close to overusing you just need to play one day fully to reset it) and you can't skip bosses, so that's the minimal of gameplay I really do want to keep.
Sorry if its asked before but will there be an android version soon? The game looks interesting i cant wait to play it !
Hey, android version should be closer to the final release of the game as that version requires a lot of more work from me.
May I ask when the Android version will be released?
how do you unlock backrooms
Hey, after beating 2nd boss just progress the story by couple of days and it should unlock.
what day does second boss spawn? im on day 20+ and the objective just says "more content coming soon"
Hey, It's an end of the day event after setting up a date with Ame.
it's not working for me either
This game is really great, with a rich system, high-quality storyline, and perfect original graphics that perfectly match my preferences. I hope the author can add more NTR content and Chinese language.
What are idea points? AND HOW DO I GET THEM?????
You get them in the self-care backroom, where there are books, you can read about those in the Backrooms upgrades
Sorry if this sounds repetitive. But are there any plans to update the Mac download to work with the mentioned Ventura version of Macs?
Hey there!
On Monday I added a Mac build to the Release Post on Patreon/Subsribestar. I’ve spent some time on it, searching through documentation and reinstalling the game's engine and applying apple key’s again. I think I fixed the issues with previous versions of Mac System not wanting to start. Do notice that Engine supports only from 10.9 MacOS forward, and all previous versions are not guaranteed to work and there is nothing I can do about it. Mac ventura beeing version 13.0 should work now. Public update should be in a day or two.
Sorry to bother you, I figured out that I have the 14.5 sonoma mac version. The new update still is not compatible. Is there anything I am able to do on my side?
Is it still not working for you
Hey, to be honest it should work on 14.5, as the GMS engine (the thing im working on) supports versions from 10.9 allegedly. Can you send me on discord what error exactly do you get?
Sorry for the issue.
Hey there.
I'm also still having the same issue with the latest version of the game.
The error that pops up is:
"You can’t open the application “Secret_Care_Cafe” because this application is not supported on this Mac."
I'm running Ventura 13.6.8 (cannot upgrade to Sonoma any further).
I haven't been able to update the game version beyond v0.8.31 so it's an issue that's been present for the past few updates.
Thank you for your time and efforts!
Hello, I haven't played for quite some time to allow for new things to get added and I have a question. Since the number of random events is slowly but surely starting to become quite important, would it be possible to affect how random they are in a way ? if we want to lean towards seing new ones for instance. Cause I know i have a save where I tried to play at some point but didn't see new random scenes (iirc, i might be wrong) but ones I've already seen.
Other question cause i'm just not sure : will I miss the gloryhole service up dialogue if I already levelled it up before a new one got added ? I realy liked the few one I saw and thought it'd be quite sad to miss any other. Are they replayable in the gallery ? even if i haven't seen them ?
Keep up the good work, Cynthia will always be my number one and the one i'm habing the most NTS fun with
Hey there, I'm happy you are enjoying the game, Thank you!
Regarding your questions, actually random events are right now being affected and events you didn't see have higher chance to show up. If you saw all the events, then the highest chance to show up is the event the longest that wasn't played. You probably are talking about Aruto/Exhibitionism events that I didn't do that to, but they are already taken into consideration too.
And if I will add new gloryhole dialogue I will make sure people who didn't see it will be able to see it by clicking the perk again (even if it's bought already).
Maybe I didnt notice because it's been quite some time haha, and some events i like more than others so I'd like to see more of them (always this damn Cynthia obsession I stg). Glad you handled the eventt this way then, maybe i was just biased.
Glad to know we'll be able to see all events, although I would argue clicking the perk doesnt sound obvious ? Maybe a new tab like the one with the clients for each girl ? Idk you're the boss
Always happy to see an update pop up for this game
How far along is the story so far in comparison to what your final vision is?
Hard to tell to be honest.
I have story points we have to get to, but I don't have numbered events needed to get to them.
will we ever get a shop item to reset the third boss like the other two?
yup!
Pretty characters, friendo. <3
I cry for android ver not being a thing 🥲
hi i just downloaded the game and the loading is taking like super long and the game never loaded for me...? any fix anyone
Hey, sorry for the issue. Which link did you download, can you try again from other link listed here? Can you try going into game settings and try out performance options there? If neither will work, can you come over to discord?
i first downloaded public7z then i switched to the google drive one and now it works! i dont know what happened but the public7z doesnt work for me
Hey, looks and appearance are the same stat (just like charm and chat), I'm just being stupid and forgetting to update all the places to have the same naming. Sorry for the problem.
Hahaha. It is moment «not a bug , but feature» if you don't fix it yet, please, don't!! Even me, who knows eng .. quite bad .. thinks that "style" «different naming of same things» is great cute feature!
Hi, i bought the glory hole however it doesnt't work? For the spot on "select action" or something like that i have no option, and yes i upgraded the skill of service. I think i'm doing something wrong because clients shows up, but i cant drag any maid to the room or anything. i Bought a Couch but still i cant drag them. Can someone help me?
Hey, can you come over to discord and send me your save so I can look into it? Sorry for the issue.