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About Burger Shop 3
Burger Shop 3 arrives as an early‑access sequel, thrusting you 500 years into the future after a cryogenic mishap and a billion‑dollar library fine. You must rebuild a restaurant empire from the ruins while piecing together how you ended up frozen.
The title adds five cuisine styles, 30 distinct customer personalities, and a large collection of levels across several play modes. It is a single‑player experience for Windows and macOS, supporting Steam Cloud saves and Family Sharing.
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Story Mode
Story Mode contains 375 levels that follow the narrative of waking from cryogenic sleep and confronting the library fine. The levels follow the narrative of rebuilding the restaurant empire and uncovering what happened.
Progress through these levels gradually reveals background information, giving context for the other modes and showing how the restaurant chain evolves over time.
- Watch the opening dialogue of each level for clues about the unfolding story.
- Take note of recurring obstacles; they often foreshadow later plot points.
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Expert Mode
Expert Mode provides 250 levels that increase difficulty beyond the main story, demanding faster decision‑making and tighter timing. The same restaurant and customer variety is used, but the challenges are tougher.
Playing Expert Mode can sharpen the skills needed for other high‑speed challenges, as it emphasizes precise timing without altering the core mechanics.
- Start with lower‑difficulty levels to become comfortable with the timing demands.
- Focus on consistent performance rather than perfect scores on every level.

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Restaurant Types
Five restaurant types are available: Mexican, Italian, Diner, Dessert, and Asian Fusion. Each type provides a distinct menu that influences which customers are satisfied.
Choosing a restaurant type determines the strategic options you have for serving the diverse customer base across all game modes.
- Try each cuisine in a short level to see which aligns with your preferred approach.
- Consider switching types when a level features many customers that favor a particular cuisine.
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Customer Variety
The game features 30 customer types, including familiar faces and newcomers such as the telephone, hipster, indecisive customer, and thief. Each customer type brings its own quirks to learn while serving.
Learning the quirks of each customer helps you prioritize orders and avoid penalties, especially in faster modes.
- Observe early appearances of new customers to learn their patterns before they appear in harder stages.
- Give priority to customers with low patience to keep the order flow steady.
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Additional Game Modes
Beyond Story and Expert, Burger Shop 3 includes Challenge, Relax, Blitz, Puzzle, and Know‑Your‑Customer modes. These provide varied pacing and objectives, from casual play to rapid‑fire ordering.
These modes offer different ways to experience the game’s restaurant and customer gameplay.
- Use Relax mode to become familiar with new customers without time pressure.
- Try Blitz mode after mastering basics to test your speed.





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