Happy's Humble Burger Farm tasks you as a newly hired restaurant employee to survive numerous shifts at the titular restaurant. Taking cues from Five Nights at Freddy's, this game is downright bizarre and terrifying but also features a ton of fun gameplay to keep you hooked. There is a lot of meat to this game, pun intended, to sink your teeth into.RELATED: Five Nights At Freddy's: Scariest AnimatronicsIf you are a fan of horror adventure games with a unique twist then Happy's Humble Burger Farm might just be a game to play night after night when the lights are off. While the game does ease you into its mechanics and systems, there is still a lot to get to grips with, especially if you want to survive your shift. Here are the best things to know when first starting out.Updated on April 7th, 2022 by Geoffrey Martin: Happy's Humble Burger Farm is a pretty intricate horror-adjacent game with some truly landmark gameplay mechanics. While they don't always work perfectly, the game's blend of cooking, time management, and horror elements make for an experience that gets deeper the more you play. This list is being fleshed out with a couple more things to help get beginners up to speed when first starting out in this harrowing restaurant-themed world.

12 Take Time To Explore Off The Beaten Path

a coffee shop customer in dining area in happy's humble burger farm

The dark and moody cityscape you find yourself in might not outwardly scream to be explored, however, if you take the time to walk around your apartment block and the city, you will be rewarded with lore, extra mysteries to discover, and maybe even some items.

The city you live in isn't a particularly beautiful place, mostly because it just comes across as a derelict, dingy, and spooky city. Despite that, exploring every nook and cranny makes the game more rewarding, especially in the case of the various NPCs you can interact with. Often their blank stares and off-putting looks make you wonder if all of this is just a strange nightmare.

11 Prep Your Cooking And Serving Areas

cow mascot holding burger order in happy's humble burger farm

The fact that this game manages to be scary while mostly just being a cooking game similar to that of Overcooked, is quite remarkable. In order to be successful at the eponymous restaurant, you are going to want to have a plan of attack prior to opening the door to the ravenous customers.

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There are multiple surfaces and areas to utilize in the restaurant, most of which can be used to layout food bags, drinks, buns, and the like. A good thing to keep in mind when starting out in this game is to prep your various cooking and serving areas prior to any customers entering. This early setup will allow you to better manage the restaurant order time constraints, and, of course, the horrors that haunt you during your shift.

10 What Type Of Game Is This?

happy's humble burger farm main menu logo

Happy's Humble Burger Farm is a hard game to nail down in terms of genre. At first glance, you might think you are jumping into a game similar to the older versions of Five Nights at Freddy's, however, this game is a completely different beast.

In essence, Happy's Humble Burger Farm is a horror cooking sim. Your main objective is to go to work every day, make money, rinse and repeat. Along the way you will have to contend with all sorts of terrifying encounters. This game is equal parts first-person horror and frantic cooking simulation.

9 Cheap Energy

vending depot candy bar in happy's humble burger farm

Your day-to-day actions in this game are dictated by energy. You have an energy meter in the lower-left corner of the screen. This energy can be lowered by running, completing cooking tasks, and simply going about your daily life in the game.

While it does deplete slowly, you will still need to top up your energy from time to time. One of the easiest ways to do this is by sleeping. You can head to your apartment at the end of the day to sleep to regain your energy. If you are on the go, however, you can buy a candy bar from a vending machine to top it up as well.

8 You Can Always Call The Bus

bus stop button in happy's humble burger farm

At the start of each new day you are expected to leave your apartment to go to work at the harrowing restaurant. If you want, you can simply walk or sprint to work, however, it's much easier to call a bus. Calling a bus acts as a fast travel between your apartment complex and the restaurant.

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Calling the bus isn't that obvious, with the bus stop simply being a sign with a button, one that is very easy to miss. If you walk out of your apartment complex and head across the street and to the right, you will find the bus call button there.

7 Hanging Out At The Coffee Shop

coffee shop location in happy's humble burger farm

Apart from your apartment and the restaurant, you can also hang out at the local coffee shop before or after your shift. This coffee shop is a cozy place filled with cups of coffee, a warm fireplace, and a small jazz band.

There isn't necessarily a reason to hang out here but it's a nice break from the stressors of the spooky restaurant. Plus, you can even buy a cup of coffee from a vending machine to boost your movement speed.

6 Utilize The Steal And Sell Shop

steal and sell shop in happy's humble burger farm

You might be wondering what to do with the money you earn from your shifts at the Humble Burger Farm. Aside from buying a burger meal, a cup of coffee, or a candy bar, you can also head on over to the Steal and Sell Shop.

This shop, apart from looking very creepy and dank, is a great place to spend some coins. The best things to buy here are the collectible mascot figurines. You can bring these back to your apartment to display in all of their off-putting glory.

5 Avoid Infractions At All Costs

restaurant info board in happy's humble burger farm

Each and every shift at the Humble Burger Farm is an exercise in controlling chaos and maintaining your composure in order to successfully provide food for the paying customers. If you mess up or take too long during a shift you will incur an infraction.

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Simply put, infractions are bad and will result in a terrifying version of Happy the Heifer pulling you into an otherworldy dimension to cause you grief. In order to satiate her evil desires, you must feed her an evil patty. Things can go from normal to off the wall in a matter of seconds in this game.

4 Daily Duties For Extra Cash

daily duties chalkboard in happy's humble burger farm

Right next to the employee timesheet station in the restaurant is a chalkboard with a short list of daily duties. These daily duties include things such as cleaning up trash or putting delivery boxes on some shelves.

While they don't necessarily make for exciting gameplay, you are rewarded for your efforts. If you complete all of the daily duties during a shift, you receive a bonus for that day. Plus, you might even get a shot at being the next employee of the month.

3 You Must Ring The Bell

food bagging station in happy's humble burger farm

Happy's Humble Burger Farm has a lot of gameplay mechanics, especially when it comes to your shift at the restaurant. Aside from cooking food, filling drinks, and putting out fires, you also need to ensure each customer receives their bagged meals.

After you put the required food items in the bag, make sure to ring the bell. If you don't ring the bell then you can pick up the bag to sling to the customer. It's a simple thing to miss but is incredibly important.

2 Don't Forget To Turn On The Appliances

appliances button in happy's humble burger farm

This should sound obvious but you always need to ensure the appliances button is turned on after clocking in for your shift. At the hectic start of your shift, you might forget the order in which to do things. Turning on the appliances is a critical point to remember.

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Also, as paranormal events start happening during your shift, oftentimes the spooky specters will turn off the appliances which can completely mess up your shift. If you notice the red lights on any of the appliances, quickly run over to the power button and turn them all back on.

1 You Can Hold Multiple Items At Once

sandwich assembly station in happy's humble burger farm

One of the best things to remember as you go about your daily shift in the restaurant is that you can actually hold up to four items at a time. This control mechanic helps out in a big way when you need to cook fries, fill a shake, and assemble a burger.

However, you need to keep in mind that the items will be distributed in the order you picked them up. The bottom left corner of the screen shows how many items you are holding just in case you forget.

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