Great fun in co-op with friends
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“Solo, it’s calm and meditative, but with friends the game opens up as a generator of little stories.”
Steam review · 3.5 h played ↗
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Very Positive · 93%Very Positive · 93%ArtDock2026Life Sim · Cooking · Management
−40%$14.99$8.99
US Steam price, checked 54 min ago
The verdict
A cute, cozy Overcooked-meets-Stardew restaurant life sim that shines in co-op and feels polished for Early Access. Skip it if you want long days or hardcore Overcooked challenge.
Great for
Co-op players who like cozy life sims with light Overcooked-style restaurant chaos
Main risk
Very short in-game days feel rushed; tool wheel, fishing bugs and KB/M controls can frustrate
What players love
Many activities beyond cooking
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“There are lots of things to do, getting ingredients, farming, customizing, fishing, getting to know your NPCs and giving gifts like you would in Animal Crossing.”
Steam review · 8.2 h played ↗
Cute, cozy atmosphere and art
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“A beautifully warm and cozy experience. The gentle atmosphere and lovely visuals make it the perfect game to curl up with after a long day”
Steam review · 2.6 h played ↗
Polished and smooth for Early Access
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews
“I forgot several times that this game is EA, because it honestly plays extremely smoothly.”
Steam review · 5.2 h played ↗
Engaging story and charming characters
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews
“The game actually have a story (and it's mystery!)”
Steam review · 4.8 h played ↗
Runs well on Steam Deck and weak PCs
Mentioned in ~1 in 21 positive reviews
“Game runs/works/looks amazing on the SteamDeck.”
Steam review · 2.3 h played ↗
What players complain about
Too demanding when playing solo
Mentioned in ~2 in 3 negative reviews
“Would also like the options to customise difficulty of the customers that enter the restaurant, so that this feels less demanding when you are playing solo.”
Steam review · 0.8 h played ↗
In-game days are too short
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“the time for day just seems way to short. Would love a setting where I can make the days longer”
Steam review · 0.8 h played ↗
Clunky tool wheel for farming
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“They decided to put all tools in one wheel menu which makes foraging/farming extremely annoying and unfun.”
Steam review · 5.9 h played ↗
Bugged fishing can hard-lock progress
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“The bugs have hard locked me about 6 hours in by requiring me to make a dish with a certain fish that I don’t have the option to buy”
Steam review · 6.5 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: UnknownController support14 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10/11 x64
ProcessorIntel Core i3-10100
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
Storage14 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10/11 x64
ProcessorIntel Core i5-12400
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Storage14 GB available space
OSWindows 10/11 x64
ProcessorIntel Core i3-10100
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
Storage14 GB available space
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