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Messy Recipe: A Hidden Object Game

Time to get cooking in a chaotic kitchen! Search for the ingredients you want, customize the recipe, then mix things together and hope for the best. Make friends with the shy ghost who hides your ingredients every night, and cook through family recipes in this cozy hidden objects game.

94%

of 47 reviews

$2.39

$2.99

-20%

Released: Apr 9, 2026 • Developer: DarZal Games • Publisher: DarZal Games

Hidden Object

Interactive Fiction

Point & Click

2D

Cute

Isometric

Cooking

Relaxing

Story Rich

Dialogue Heavy

Casual

Cartoony

Stylized

Colorful

Family Friendly

Supernatural

Singleplayer

Cozy

Wholesome

Indie

The Developer Says...

SEARCH for ingredients in a cluttered kitchen that changes as you play:

COOK through 10 unique recipes, each with 3+ variants! And CUSTOMIZE each recipe, including or omitting ingredients

GET TO KNOW the shy ghost who haunts the kitchen and is a total foodie

Play at your own pace, and pick the ingredients you like. Messy Recipe is around 1-2 hours long.

Back of the Box Details

Steam Deck

Playable

DLC

None

DRM/EULA Notices

None

Achievements

None

Ratings

None

Demo

Play the Demo on Steam

Metacritic

None

Content Notices

None

Controller Support

Xbox