
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.
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 unlockedTonight'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

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.
CATGROUP cat litter
From a nine-cat household, Inspired by everyday life with our cats, we share products we would use for our own pets.
Our range includes tofu pellet litter, fine tofu litter, mineral litter, pine and ball-shaped litter. Visit our website to compare the options, and find the right litter for your cat.
Specifications, prices and availability are listed on the CATGROUP website.

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Try indoor archery in West Central District, Tainan. Bows, arrows and protective gear are provided, Our instructors start with safe handling; Come solo, with family or friends, and discover archery.
Address: No. 12, Aly. 8, Ln. 277, Sec. 4, Hewei Rd., West Central Dist., Tainan, Taiwan
Phone: 0973-770-682
See the official website for venue and booking details.
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.