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The Chef's Shift
The Chef’s Shift is a fast-paced typing game in a restaurant setting, where you’ll both cook & serve food to hungry customers, all done by TYPING.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-04 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-14.
What reviewers agree on
80 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“The Chef's Shift has quickly become one of my favorite games and perhaps my favorite typing game of all time (which is hard for me to say, because that means it's beaten Neopets' Typing Terror from back in the day).…”
“I just finished the storyline of the game - the frantic kitchen meets typing game would have been enough for me, but the story was GRIPPING! At first I was annoyed there was story - I thought I just wanted to play - but…”
“sometimes the game glitches to were you cannot type anything in. I would still recommend this game because it does help you get accustom to typing faster and you get to learn dishes of other cultures.”
61 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“I just finished the storyline of the game - the frantic kitchen meets typing game would have been enough for me, but the story was GRIPPING! At first I was annoyed there was story - I thought I just wanted to play - but…”
“Well this escalated quickly... At first the game was cute, it started with funny silly story and meme music (hail Kevin MacLeod). And then POOF, it became dramatic and chaotic. Lots of stuff happened, and I was hooked…”
“I have found this game through Typing Fest and never expected this game to have such a hooking storyline. I could not stop typing and wanted more content until I 100% the game and its achievements. Such a good game.…”
17 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Pretty chill game :) The difficulty and actions weren't excessively repetitive. Some levels required more attention, the difficulty gradient felt alright. Wish there were even more levels, but I guess that's always the…”
“This game was sooo delicious If you like the trailer, the game is that and some more. The character puppeteering and fast paced restaurant service scratched a Paper Mario and nostalgic something itch. I played entirely…”
“I got this game just because it looked cute and thought it would be a nice chill game to pass some time. Instead I ended up losing my mind with cramped fingers because of how absolutely intense this game is. Became my…”
7 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“This game had a lot more to it than I was expecting. I love typing games but obviously the little typing tests online become very lacking so when I saw this I was like oh unique mechanic, plus cooking! First of all, the…”
“So how do I get some of this happy paper? In all seriousness, I was expecting to just turn my brain off while I played this game, but like everyone else said: the story is so interesting! The DRAMA! You play at…”
“The Chef's Shift introduces its mechanics in a very good pace, the difficulty i played (hard) in felt very good for me and i really enjoyed the plot and the characters. It's very charming and fun.”
7 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“I read some other reviews before playing the first couple of levels in the demo & ultimately buying the game, but even then I felt unprepared for how wonderful it actually is. I'm a certified crybaby & sad game…”
“This game is so cute! All of the minigames are so creative and take the concept places I could never have thought of. The story is also so crazy and I love it.”
“This game is an absolute hidden gem masterpiece! I haven't really explored the world of typing games, but I enjoy typing, and it certainly provides a game that makes you feel like you made progress with a skill at the…”
5 of the 103 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“Well this escalated quickly... At first the game was cute, it started with funny silly story and meme music (hail Kevin MacLeod). And then POOF, it became dramatic and chaotic. Lots of stuff happened, and I was hooked…”
“I've played a couple of typing games: Glyphica: Typing Survival, Type Knight, and of course the classic arcade game The Typing of the Dead! This one holds up! It's not crazy stressful like the others I just mentioned,…”
“Story felt like I was watching a telenovela from the 2010s in my home country tbh 🌀PLOT TWIST🌀 after 🌀PLOT TWIST🌀 after🌀PLOT TWIST🌀 But despite the story sounding like a telenovela or wattpad stories, I really did enjoy…”
4 of the 103 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“Apparently I'm in the minority here, but I really did not enjoy this game. So I'll detail where it fell short in case this helps anyone else avoid asking for a refund the way I did. Art and story wise, this falls way…”
“It feels like overcooked but slightly less chaotic and slower, but that maybe because I am slow typer. to only think missing for me would be custom words list, current vocab list is a bit lacking. I am definitely…”
4 of the 103 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“It feels like overcooked but slightly less chaotic and slower, but that maybe because I am slow typer. to only think missing for me would be custom words list, current vocab list is a bit lacking. I am definitely…”
“I really love this game. It's stressful, but in a good way. The gameplay loop is mentally stimulating. Some of the minigames are a bit more frustrating than I'd like (looking at you, grate replacement in the BBQ house),…”
“Very fun and simple game if you enjoy typing! It's very interesting to have no mouse capability at all, really emphasizing the only typing aspect of the game. Only thing I sometimes struggle with is seeing the correct…”
4 of the 103 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“Apparently I'm in the minority here, but I really did not enjoy this game. So I'll detail where it fell short in case this helps anyone else avoid asking for a refund the way I did. Art and story wise, this falls way…”
“I really love this game. It's stressful, but in a good way. The gameplay loop is mentally stimulating. Some of the minigames are a bit more frustrating than I'd like (looking at you, grate replacement in the BBQ house),…”
“Fun use of typing as an input device. Story is cute, but kind of goes on for awhile. You can skip it. I usually do if having to replay a mission to get all the stars on it.”
4 of the 103 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“Apparently I'm in the minority here, but I really did not enjoy this game. So I'll detail where it fell short in case this helps anyone else avoid asking for a refund the way I did. Art and story wise, this falls way…”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 97.5% positive rating · as of 2026-05-14
“Got this game because of the Steam Typing Fest and started playing it the same day. Could. Not. Stop. The gameplay is simple yet challenging, the story is rich and humorous. Had to pull myself away after the first chapter to leave this review it's that good. I look forward to…”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played“this game was so much fun to complete! perfect combo of the typing and cooking genres :3”
— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs played“Bought it for the gameplay, stayed for the story. I really enjoyed the twists and turns the story had, they were pretty interesting and, seeing them unfold as the chapters went on, was great. Pretty solid game if you enjoy this type of gameplay and, if you've never tried one of…”
— a player, Steam review · 18 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.
Polish Language Added, In Game Achievement, Visual Bug Fix - v1.1.4
Hey everyone, we are on the road to 2000 wishlists! 🎉🎉🎉 And we will soon have another daily deals and Cooking Fest in October... I hope this game will have wider audience. And talking about wider audi
Dutch Language Added, Improvement for English and Portuguese - v1.1.3
Hi everyone, we are glad that we got 1000 Overwhelming Positive reviews! Thank you for everyone that spent the time to leave the reviews for us, it means a lot! And I'm glad that the community helping
New Languages & Daily Deal
🧑🍳 Fresh Out of the Oven — The Chef’s Shift v1.1.0 Adds New Language Support and Daily Deal Steam Discount! Order up! The kitchen just got a global upgrade! 🌎 The Chef’s Shift, the fast-paced typing
Changelog v1.0.36
Hi everyone, sorry for really late update. We have fixing several bugs, and rebalance several stuff. Major Bugs When cancelling some Minigame, the game stucks, and cannot type anything. It seems the a
Community Items now available for The Chef's Shift!
Hey everyone, We're happy to announce that Steam Community Items are now available for The Chef's Shift! We've added 7 trading cards, 3 profile backgrounds, and 5 emotes . The profile backgrounds and
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-14.
| Genres | Casual, Indie, Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Cooking · Typing · Time Management · Crime · Simulation · Difficult · Singleplayer · Narration · Management · Dark Humor · Arcade · Cute (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Steam Leaderboards · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Portugal, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean |
| Achievements | 34 |
| Official site | https://panitiagamedev.carrd.co/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7/8/10+ Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: GPU with at least 256MB of VRAM Storage: 200 MB available space