Shawarma stall in a Taiwanese night market
TONIGHT ONLYMake every cut countFRESH CUT · GOOD NIGHT
Slice boldly. Release wisely.
Taiwan Night Market・The slicing challengeYour stall is waiting.
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NIGHT MARKET ARCADE · OPEN

ShawarmaCore

A free night-market slicing game

Hold to slice. Release to regrow. Stock up and serve for points.
Thin cuts. Big points. One fragile core.

Play with touch controls or the space bar. No download or login needed. Race through twelve 45-second rounds, serve customers before they leave, and chase a high score with thin cuts and streaks. Practice in Free Play or compete on the Top 100 leaderboard.

The story behind the game|Taiwan's Shawarma Core legend

Why does the shawarma at a night-market stall never seem to run out? Taiwanese internet users turned that everyday question into a wonderfully absurd legend about immortal meat.

In a tongue-in-cheek story shared on PTT, a Taiwanese online forum, shawarma is a living creature with a hidden Shawarma Core. As long as its core survives, sliced meat grows back. Damage the core, and the creature dies. The story spread widely during Taiwan's 2017 shawarma meme craze.

Shawarma Core turns that Taiwanese internet joke into a game of timing: hold to harvest, release to regrow, and risk thinner cuts for more points. The meat can grow back. The core gets only one chance.

The Shawarma Core is a fictional internet meme. This game's twelve forms and challenge rules are our own playful extensions of that idea.

Read the 2017 report on DailyView (Chinese)

01 Hold to slice02 Release to regrow03 Release before the red zone

Start at round 1 and play twelve 45-second rounds. Completed runs upload automatically to the leaderboard.

Which form will you try tonight?

12 forms / All unlocked

Tonight's top chefs

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Skill season · Harvest for points・Thin cuts earn bonus points・Streak ×5 · Device rankings/Online rankings · Challenges upload automatically・No nickname? Play as Guest Chef

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A note from the creators

Thanks for playing, We are CATGROUP.

We made this little night-market game. We hope slicing, releasing and chasing records, brings a moment of focus and fun. Enjoy the game, and get to know our cat litter brand and indoor archery range.

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Anonymous cookies count visits and game sessions for administrators. No login is required; raw IP addresses and email addresses are not stored. Finished challenges upload automatically: your nickname, score and connection region are public. Without a nickname, you appear as Guest Chef. The offline edition sends no records.

Shawarma Core NIGHT MARKET OPEN
Round01 / 12
Time left45 sec
One ruleNever hit the core
ClassicServed 0 / 5 orders Need 3 orders
Difficulty: 1 / 6Release before meat drops below 25%
Waiting 1Stock 0 g (unlimited) Kept warm this roundScore 0
Orders are served automatically when stock is ready
0 pts0 Streak ×1.00 · Precision 0/3Next goal: 100,000 pts
FIRST SHIFTTake your time, Find your rhythm.
Full-meat scorch: 0%Full meat burns if left too long
Plenty of meat, Ready to slice100%
⚠ Release before the red zoneRelease to regrow
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Slice with care, Know when to stopHold to slice · Release to regrow
Served 0 orders · Missed 0 ordersDevice best: 0 pts
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