Rock Paper Shotgun previews Hips N Noses, an upcoming indie title blending a cafe management sim with a Vampire Survivors-style roguelike, set in a world where only the player character can sleep. Players run a coffee shop by day and descend into dream-based combat by night, giving the game an unusual hybrid structure that combines cosy daytime service work with action-focused nocturnal battles.

By day, players take the role of Mela, a barista working for a character called Beri, brewing magical coffees in an Overcooked-style system that restores customers' lost memories by mixing ingredients to match specific requests. By night, Mela enters dream sequences where she fights waves of enemies to earn powers and gather flowers needed for her coffees, aided by support characters whose usefulness depends on relationships built during the day. The reviewer found the demo's combat and management mechanics competent but somewhat derivative, while praising its distinctive lo-fi visual style, soundtrack and thematic pairing of coffee with memory; the game is heading to early access, though no release date has been confirmed, and it can be wishlisted on Steam.