$19.99Chef RPG Run the seaside restaurant your way
Revive a famous restaurant in a seaside town: forage, hunt and shop for ingredients, cook through fun little minigames, hire staff, befriend the locals and grow Le Sequoia into a culinary empire. A colorful pixel art life sim where you choose what kind of chef to be.
Is Chef RPG worth it?
Chef RPG is worth it if…
- you like life sims built around running a restaurant instead of a farm
- you want a relaxing game with gorgeous pixel art and a calm seaside mood
- you enjoy foraging, hunting and fishing to stock your own kitchen
- you liked Stardew Valley or Travellers Rest and want a culinary twist
- you prefer playing at your own pace and do not mind a slow one
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Running the kitchen at Le Sequoia
Your restaurant opens, the customers come in, and the cooking begins. Dishes are made through short minigames that raise their quality, and you can skip them by letting staff or auto-cooking take over, at the cost of some consistency. As the evening gets busier, you can hire chefs and waiters to share the load and expand Le Sequoia from a struggling relic into a place with real staff. One moment you are plating a dish yourself, the next you are managing a small crew through a full house. The rhythm of a working kitchen is the heart of the game, and the food itself is drawn in gorgeous, detailed pixel art that makes new recipes worth chasing.
Out in the wilds of White Ash
Ingredients do not just appear in your fridge. You forage plants around town, fish the waters, shop the local stores, and hunt animals for meat with a smooth, easy-to-pick-up mechanic. There is combat too, plus mining in the caves when a recipe or an upgrade calls for ore. The town itself is a former tourist hotspot gone quiet, and the game wears it well: a colorful seaside world with atmospheric music that makes a slow walk through town part of the appeal. The seasons turn as you play, and end-of-season events bring special activities and items to earn.
Building a business, your way
This is the management side for anyone who likes running a place: you decide how Le Sequoia grows, and there is more than one road to success. Become a master chef whose dishes speak for themselves. Play the adventurer and impress customers with rare ingredients you brought back yourself. Or build a network of friends and let charisma and connections carry your reputation. You can even open a second restaurant, the teahouse, once the first is humming. Decorate your dining room, unlock perks, and shape a career that fits the chef you want to be rather than a fixed path.
What should you know before playing?
Is there a story?
There is. You play a young chef tasked with reviving Le Sequoia, and the story quests reveal more about your character's past as you go. You befriend the town's locals along the way, with gifts and daily conversations, and there is a dating mechanic too. The story moves at a comfortable pace, and you can continue it whenever you like.
Is the game finished?
Not yet: Chef RPG is in Early Access, and it shows in places. The core loop of gathering, cooking and running the restaurant is solid and looks beautiful, but some systems are still being tuned, and progress can feel slow at times. If you prefer a polished, complete game, it may be worth waiting for the full release.
How does cooking actually work?
You gather or buy ingredients, store them in your fridge, and cook dishes through short minigames when the restaurant is open. Doing the minigames yourself raises dish quality, while hiring staff or using auto-cooking skips them. There is no ingredient prep step: ingredients go straight from the fridge to the plate.
