Chef RPG Gets Early Access Release Date

In December 2021, the Youtuber known as Pixel Architect kickstarted a game called Chef RPG. The hybrid RPG, Life-Sim, Restaurant development game earned (roughly) $124,366 USD and passed all of its announced stretch goals. Now, Chef RPG has been formally announced for Early Access on Steam so that community feedback can shape the final period of time that Chef RPG is in development.

According to the Steam page, the game is predicted to be in Early Access for roughly “1.5” years. The developer hopes to use Early Access to get community feedback, shape the story and RPG mechanics, and finish polishing the mechanics and concepts already available. Here is what the press release notes about the release:

“Chef RPG (coming first to Steam early access for PC and Mac) is an open-world, restaurant management RPG. Gather ingredients, cook, meet locals, and build the restaurant of your dreams! The project is started by Noah, a former architectural designer. Noah runs the YouTube channel “Pixel Architect,” where he creates game development content [for] an audience of 175,000 subscribers. The game is primarily solo developed by Noah, assisted by several part-time team members for art, animation, writing, and music.

The game has been in development for 4 years, and was successfully funded on Kickstarter back in December of 2021. The first trailer since the Kickstarter has been unveiled, showcasing brand new gameplay, completely overhauled art, and a peek into the main story of Chef RPG.

Chef RPG’s concept was initially inspired by Gordon Ramsay’s Great Escape, and draws inspiration from games like Stardew Valley, Restaurant City, and Habbo Hotel. It aims to reinvent the cooking genre by adding a heavy focus on open-world exploration and ingredient gathering, as well as integrating social and slice-of-life gameplay seen in games like Stardew Valley.

Above all else, this game is an open-ended RPG. Players can master the culinary arts and create the most delicious dishes for their customers. Or they can choose to become a brave adventurer and impress their customers with rare ingredients. Or maybe, create a network of friends and grow their business through charisma and marketing.”

Chef RPG will be available on September 12^th in Early Access on PC. At a later date, presumably once the Early Access period is done, the game will also be released on Nintendo Switch. I’m looking forward to seeing how Chef RPG develops from here, it looks really interesting so far.