In Space Lunch, you take alternating turns and collect food cards until only six food cards remain in the grid, or until a player completes three sets of three food cards of the same type.

Each turn is divided into two phases: The beverage phase and the food phase. At the beginning of your turn, during the beverage phase, players can use three beverage cards of the same type to use the corresponding beverage ability.

During the food phase, players must take one food card from the column where the pick token is placed and its corresponding beverage. After performing this action, the player moves the pick token to the next column to the right. If the pick token is placed below the rightmost column, move the pick token to the leftmost column.

The first player to complete three sets of three food cards of the same type wins. If no one does this and only six food cards remain in the grid, the player with the most pairs of cards of the same type wins, considering that a set of three food cards does not count as a pair.