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inbento
A cooking puzzle game about arranging beautiful bento lunches! Solve 120+ recipes, play with food, think inside the box and enjoy a heartwarming story in this culinary brain-teaser!
View on Steam ↗ $4.99 (US · as of 2026-09-05)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
46 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“I liked this game, its easy to learn. I do feel as though it gets a bit repetitive after a while but its entertaining until then.”
“A very creative and original puzzle game with a great concept and execution. The puzzles are well-designed, with later levels offering a solid challenge. Highly recommended.”
“inbento is a charming little puzzle game that combines food, logic, and storytelling in a really unique way. The bento-box mechanic is simple at first, but it gradually introduces clever twists that make you stop and…”
40 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“A charming puzzle game with a heartwarming art/story. The early levels feel a bit too simple and might make you bored at first. However, once you reach around level 9, the puzzles become more challenging and satisfying…”
“extremely cute little puzzle game!! i love the graphics and the difficulty level feels really good.”
33 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“A charming puzzle game with a heartwarming art/story. The early levels feel a bit too simple and might make you bored at first. However, once you reach around level 9, the puzzles become more challenging and satisfying…”
25 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“A charming puzzle game with a heartwarming art/story. The early levels feel a bit too simple and might make you bored at first. However, once you reach around level 9, the puzzles become more challenging and satisfying…”
“inbento is a puzzle game about a kitten growing up. After every level, you get a glimpse of the kitten’s life — from being in its mother’s arms to starting a family of its own. I loved every moment of it.”
“inbento is a charming little puzzle game that combines food, logic, and storytelling in a really unique way. The bento-box mechanic is simple at first, but it gradually introduces clever twists that make you stop and…”
6 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“A charming puzzle game of making bento lunches. It has a story that is simple and straightforward but wholesome regardless and the music is calming. The puzzles do get fairly hard near the end but that's just how life…”
“first time opening this game, i thought i was gonna get bored, but didn't notice i was fully attached to this game. simple background music, relaxing yet challenging puzzle. yea.”
“A cozy little puzzle game. The last few chapters were really hard though. Cute art and nice chill soundtrack”
25 of the 102 reviews raise this · 22 of them still recommend the game.
“made me feel really stupid after a couple dozen levels and i was never able to think in the way the game expected me to”
“A charming puzzle game with a heartwarming art/story. The early levels feel a bit too simple and might make you bored at first. However, once you reach around level 9, the puzzles become more challenging and satisfying…”
“I liked this game, its easy to learn. I do feel as though it gets a bit repetitive after a while but its entertaining until then.”
9 of the 102 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“made me feel really stupid after a couple dozen levels and i was never able to think in the way the game expected me to”
“this is a cute puzzle game with a tiny bit of story told through pictures you unlock as you complete levels and 'worlds' those levels are in. the story is as said - tiny so don't expect it to evoke lots of emotions in…”
“I liked this game, its easy to learn. I do feel as though it gets a bit repetitive after a while but its entertaining until then.”
7 of the 102 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“I got this game on sale, it’s a cozy relaxing cute puzzle game that tells its story through pictures. I do recommend if you’re looking for something to complete in under 2 hours with a cute and cozy art style (I…”
“A cute puzzle game about making bento boxes. The game is alright, but I think it has too many levels (+ 120) because the variety of mechanics doesn't justify that many, and it feels like the game isn't reaching its full…”
“Short and sweet puzzle game :3 took longer than I would like to admit because at first I was too stubborn to google up guides when I got stuck until I eventually caved and had to follow guides to beat certain levels.…”
4 of the 102 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“this is a cute puzzle game with a tiny bit of story told through pictures you unlock as you complete levels and 'worlds' those levels are in. the story is as said - tiny so don't expect it to evoke lots of emotions in…”
“A cute puzzle game about making bento boxes. The game is alright, but I think it has too many levels (+ 120) because the variety of mechanics doesn't justify that many, and it feels like the game isn't reaching its full…”
“Where's the dad?”
3 of the 102 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“Such a cute, cozy game. Very low energy, but makes you really wrap your brain around the puzzles. I'd grab it on sale again!”
Counted across 102 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 96.7% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13
“funny and challenging but probably not going to run in every pc!”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“A cute, short, chill game about cats and food that makes you think to solve little puzzles. If you are into that, this is for you. Worth every penny. Loved it.”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“calmed me down in the most stressful of moments... ( ˘ ³˘)♥︎”
— a player, Steam review · 6 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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Thanks for 2000 reviews!
It's hard to believe, but recently inbento has passed the 2000 reviews threshold on Steam (while still keeping an Overwhelmingly Positive score)! We're extremely grateful to everyone who left a kind w
inbento v2.53 (5 Nov 2025)
Updated Unity engine version to 2022.3.62f2,The engine was updated to fix the CVE-2025-59489 security vulnerability,Minor localization fixes,
Check out the Sit Back & Relax Bundle featuring other cozy games!
Hi, we just teamed up with other cozy game developers to bring you the Sit Back & Relax Bundle: https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/54180/Sit_Back__Relax_Bundle/ Featuring: inbento, SCHiM, Sticky Bu
inbento v2.51 (12 Nov 2024)
Update: added a new section for upgrading from v2.50 to v2.51 and preserving your progress. Hi, This hotfix for inbento is meant to fix an issue where returning players lost their in-game progress aft
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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 | Casual, Indie |
| Player tags | Casual · Cute · Puzzle · Funny · 2D · Nature · Relaxing · Simulation · Top-Down · Stylized · Linear · Female Protagonist (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Camera Comfort · Color Alternatives · Custom Volume Controls · Adjustable Difficulty |
| Languages | English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Dutch, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Swedish, Slovak |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 15 |
| Official site | http://afterburn.games/inbento/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: i3 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 5000 Storage: 200 MB available space