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Inherit your grandmother’s meatball shop, cook around fussy orders, befriend locals, and challenge rival chefs to culinary duels.
Released 07 Apr 2026
Solve Fussy Food Orders
Compete in Meatball Brawls
Impress Rotating Judges
Prep your stations for a cozy cooking game with attitude! Prepare unique meals for quirky small-town locals, upgrade and customize your shop, compete in thrilling cooking battles to become top chef, and protect your family’s long-running restaurant alongside a cast of curious companions!
Developed by Gambir Studio · Published by Raw Fury
You take over your grandmother’s meatball restaurant in the town of KuloNiku and work to restore its standing while facing competition from rival chefs. The story follows your place in the town and your connections with its residents.
During restaurant shifts, prepare and serve customer orders by chopping, boiling, frying, and combining ingredients to meet requests about what goes in each dish and how it should taste. Earn money and reputation, then unlock recipes, ingredients, kitchen tools, and restaurant decorations.
Between shifts, spend time with townsfolk, develop friendships, and take part in festivals or Meatball Brawls—cooking contests where you try to impress judges and spectators. Choose partners whose skills can help in a brawl, and switch on cozy mode to cook without time pressure.
Players who praise the game often enjoy its relaxed cooking, cute art, and cast of characters, as well as the option to remove time pressure. Some also highlight the variety added by friendships and cooking contests. Recurring criticisms say that daily orders and story progression can become repetitive, especially later in the game, and that some customer requests feel overly long or nonsensical.
Ready to battle for the title of top eatery? Yes, Chef!
You’ve just inherited your grandma’s once-famous meatball restaurant in the cozy town of KuloNiku. Now it’s up to you to bring it back to glory as the top eatery! Take on eccentric orders from townsfolk, serve delicious meals, and restore your family’s legacy.
Beware—there’s fierce competition from the town’s flashiest rival: Souper Starz, run by the menacing rockstar chef, Stella!
Chop, boil, fry, torch, pour, sizzle, slice, and skewer, and more with immersive, tactile controls that make every action tickle your brain and make your mouth water.
Want to add an extra punch of garlic or a sprinkle of salt? Go for it. You’re the chef – find multiple ways to prepare your customers the perfect dish and rack up those juicy tips! 💰
But your customers aren’t just customers. Some may become your friends 🤝, rivals ⚔️, or even part of your story 📖.
Rival chefs want the top spot, and there’s only one way to settle things: Meatball Brawls!
In these thrilling culinary duels, you’ll go head-to-head to impress a panel of rotating judges. It’s not just about speed - it’s about strategy, creativity, and mastering every step of the cooking process.
Play mini-games to impress both the judges and the crowd watching live, who will issue on-the-spot requests to boost your score!
Keep things fresh! Unlock new tools, purchase higher-quality ingredients, and discover brand-new recipes to keep your menu exciting.
Personalize your restaurant with fun decorations in a variety of styles - even buy full sets! Decor isn’t just cosmetic; some items give gameplay perks to impress your customers.
Unlock special decorations by playing in special festivals or raising your friendship level with town residents!
An eclectic cast of characters awaits you in KuloNiku - No matter friend or rival (or both??), they've all got stories to tell!
Raise your friendship level with a cast of companions to unlock special illustrations and decorations.
Uncover the mystery of your eye-raising past and save your grandmother's restaurant alongside your friends!
| Platforms | Windows, macOS |
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| Achievements | 50 |
| Age ratings |
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| Controller support | PlayStation, Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| Demo | View demo on Steam |
| DLC / extras | 2 listed on Steam |
| Website | Official website |
