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Chef RPG
Craft your culinary adventure in a beautiful pixel art world. Manage your restaurants, forage and hunt for ingredients, befriend locals, and grow your culinary empire. What kind of chef will you be?
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
What reviewers agree on
63 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“I want to love this game because it's beautiful, the soundtrack is great, the systems are all great and the art is outstanding but as it currently stands I cannot recommend it. The control scheme when using a controller…”
“I LOVE ITTT! it was a bit confusing for me at first, but when I get the hold of it, OMG it was soooo funnnn! I'm not that far yet in game, but i hope i could get married and the partner able to help at the restaurant too”
“This game has reinvigorated my love for gaming... I haven't enjoyed anything this much since the last Animal Crossing or Hello Kitty Island Adventure game!! 20/10 would recommend... it's more approachable than Stardew…”
24 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“I want to love this game because it's beautiful, the soundtrack is great, the systems are all great and the art is outstanding but as it currently stands I cannot recommend it. The control scheme when using a controller…”
“A decent game that I wish I liked more than I do. It has a lot of great stuff going for it, so I'm willing to chalk this up to a personal taste issue - to me, the gameplay loop is not as fun as I want it to be, but it's…”
“This game has reinvigorated my love for gaming... I haven't enjoyed anything this much since the last Animal Crossing or Hello Kitty Island Adventure game!! 20/10 would recommend... it's more approachable than Stardew…”
18 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“SLIGHT SPOILERS AHEAD so read at your own discretion. These are just my own first impressions of the game so far at around 25hrs of game play. So far I really, really, really enjoy the game, the game play, the map, the…”
“A cross between a Restaurant Management Sim and a Farm Sim, it mixes both the enjoyable aspects of Chef Sims, Shop Management Sims, and Farm Sims, all three cozy genres combined into one. I very much enjoy this game and…”
“Overall great game with amazing story lines. However the thing that really puts me off the game is the well ... repeated dialogue. After some point the dialogue is just the NPC's continuously saying the same thing…”
12 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“What a lovely game! It's got some quirks and kinks to work out, but the dev seems to be putting in a good amount of effort, and it's already playable and fun.”
“One of my favorite games ever. Lots of recipes, customization, and all the usual cozy rpg mining/gathering/growing/crafting that you'll want! Wish the background music didn't just stop for long stretches of time,…”
“The game is very fun and satisfying to play. The Devs seem to care the players and are consistently rolling out major updates and hot fixes. If you like management type games with a touch of rpg mechanics then…”
8 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“It's hard for me to get sucked into most single player games due to the way that they can feel like they're forcing you down a path "you must play this way." Chef RPG even as an early access game at the moment was such…”
“Omg I'm obsessed!! This is the closest thing to Stardew Valley while also feeling very original. I love the cooking aspect and the fact that I grind for ingredients instead of wood, stone, etc like most games that are…”
“Yessss, recommended. Lots of meat on these bones: Ingredient growing, gathering, purchasing and ordering; extensive recipe and technique research and enhancement; interesting skill tree; solid alcohol brewing system…”
21 of the 103 reviews raise this · 12 of them still recommend the game.
“The farm-to-table restaurant angle on the Harvest Moon/Stardew genre is such a great idea, and clearly there is an audience for it, but this was underwhelming. And it's easy to make the comparisons to those games, but…”
“Chef RPG feels very generic and derivative borrowing heavily from Stardew Valley and Dave the Diver for gameplay design but doing them worse. Your progression in Chef RPG all over the place, you can get more recipes but…”
“A decent game that I wish I liked more than I do. It has a lot of great stuff going for it, so I'm willing to chalk this up to a personal taste issue - to me, the gameplay loop is not as fun as I want it to be, but it's…”
16 of the 103 reviews raise this · 12 of them still recommend the game.
“I like this game. Played it to test it out over a year ago and have been waiting for the finished product. Though I agree with it needing fixes and more content, for a $20 beta and even cheaper if it goes on sale, there…”
“What a lovely game! It's got some quirks and kinks to work out, but the dev seems to be putting in a good amount of effort, and it's already playable and fun.”
“I'm so confused. Is this really a restaurant management game? 😢 1. There are so many mini-games! 😡 For example: ① Puzzle mini-games. Why do I have to do puzzles to unlock recipes? Shouldn't I only have to do it once? ②…”
16 of the 103 reviews raise this · 9 of them still recommend the game.
“The farm-to-table restaurant angle on the Harvest Moon/Stardew genre is such a great idea, and clearly there is an audience for it, but this was underwhelming. And it's easy to make the comparisons to those games, but…”
“Chef RPG feels very generic and derivative borrowing heavily from Stardew Valley and Dave the Diver for gameplay design but doing them worse. Your progression in Chef RPG all over the place, you can get more recipes but…”
“TL;DR: If you’re not super invested from the start, you’ll get tired of it real fast. I don’t recommend this game, and trust me, I love my cozy farming and management sims. But this one just feels weird and clunky. The…”
11 of the 103 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“I want to love this game because it's beautiful, the soundtrack is great, the systems are all great and the art is outstanding but as it currently stands I cannot recommend it. The control scheme when using a controller…”
“Awesome game and great music but when i played it my xbox controller did not work well with all aspects of the game and it felt weird to play with mouse and controller. I hope it gets fixed and the controls And ui feel…”
“TL;DR: If you’re not super invested from the start, you’ll get tired of it real fast. I don’t recommend this game, and trust me, I love my cozy farming and management sims. But this one just feels weird and clunky. The…”
7 of the 103 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“I want to love this game because it's beautiful, the soundtrack is great, the systems are all great and the art is outstanding but as it currently stands I cannot recommend it. The control scheme when using a controller…”
“Awesome game and great music but when i played it my xbox controller did not work well with all aspects of the game and it felt weird to play with mouse and controller. I hope it gets fixed and the controls And ui feel…”
“-Early Access Review- So much fun. Really nail the RPG aspect of it, researching recipes, managing ingredients, the decor. I am having a blast. The art style is beautiful as well, i hope we could see more of the town…”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 87.8% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13
“Picked up this game and was expecting to manage a restaurant, do story quest, enjoy the cozy environment, its music and sure, all of that is there. But none of it matters anymore. Why? because this game has poker. Honestly, this game has: -Cooking ✔️ -Exploration ✔️…”
— a player, Steam review · 47 hrs played“DO NOT RUSH WHILE PLAYING THIS GAME. I lost track of days playing this damn game. The only other game to give me the same sense of enjoyment was Dave The Diver. Great story, great mechanics especially after the last update and the talent trees. Whole world of depth with the…”
— a player, Steam review · 69 hrs played“THIS REVIEW IS WRITTEN AS OF EARLY ACCESS VERSION 0.6 [hr][/hr] Chef RPG is a mix of Traveler's Rest and Stardew Valley (yes, I know every cozy life sim game with farming, romance, combat, etc. gets compared to it, but that isn't a bad thing in my eyes because I love SV). It…”
— a player, Steam review · 76 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-05.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Patch #24 - Storage Increase and Improvements
Hi Chefs! This patch introduces a few more improvements and fixes. Storage Increase To accommodate the new items recently introduced into game, the storage unit has been slightly expanded. Here are th
Patch # 23 – Fixes and Improvements
Hi Chefs! We hope you have been enjoying the Tidehaven update. We have uploaded a couple patches over the past week, and just wanted to provide a brief summary. Fixes in this latest patch: Fixed certa
Tidehaven Major Update
Towards Tidehaven . Learn about his past and uncover his dark connection to Tidehaven. Towards Tidehaven This new main story quest unlocks after you complete The Source of Inspiration . Partial comple
Tidehaven Update Coming August 21!
Hi, Chefs! Chef RPG’s largest update yet— Tidehaven —will be available on August 21 at 10 a.m. PST! Drop in and visit Tidehaven, a fishing outpost built on a rocky outcrop in the middle of the sea. Ti
New Roadmap and Planned Gameplay Changes
Hi Chefs!We are excited to reveal our new roadmap for Chef RPG towards the eventual 1.0 release. The early access and feedback from players has helped reshape development, and we have diverted course
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Adventure, RPG, Simulation, Early Access |
| Player tags | Early Access · RPG · Cooking · Pixel Graphics · Life Sim · Management · Open World · Building · Exploration · Immersive Sim · Action RPG · Simulation (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 30 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 8 or greater Processor: 2.0GHz Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with 512 MB of RAM Storage: 5 GB available space