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Hotdog Hustler

🍖 Fry meat, stack buns, and serve sketchy customers fast. 💵 Set prices, upsell extras, or pocket shady bribes. 🕶️ Handle weirdos who want ketchup… or chaos. 📼 A gritty, lo-fi PS2-style hotdog sim with janky charm.

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brok
Publisher
brok
Release
June 29, 2025
1 year and 34 days ago
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About the Game

Hotdog Hustler is a gritty, retro-style food truck sim where you run a dodgy hotdog stand in the backstreets of a crime-ridden city.

🧅 Serve sketchy customers – Each customer has unique preferences and behavior. Some are aggressive, some hilarious, and some... deeply unsettling.

🍖 Grill, stack, and sauce – Cook hotdogs to order, slap on condiments, and assemble meals fast before customers get angry.

💸 Manage your stand – Set prices, accept bribes, upsell extras, and avoid getting robbed.

📼 PS2-era aesthetic – Janky animations, lo-fi visuals, and a VHS-tinted interface capture a nostalgic early 2000s vibe.

🧃 Day-by-day survival – You’ll unlock new ingredients, encounter strange events, and try to keep your stand afloat while chaos unfolds around you.

This game focuses on reaction-based gameplay, light strategy, and weird customer interactions.

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