Idle Cooking Emperor
Free-to-play idle cooking game about recipes and restaurant takeovers
Shugasu GmbH · Released Apr 28, 2019
- Reviews
- Mixed
- 55% of 163
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 12
- daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update on Steam
- 1 year ago
- Oct 22, 2025
What is Idle Cooking Emperor?
In a world centered on cooking, you train to become the best cook by dueling rivals and taking over their restaurants. You create and improve recipes, manage restaurants, and adjust ingredients and themes to increase profits while much of the game progresses automatically. You can also retire and train a new pupil with boosts based on your previous cook.
For you if...
- +you enjoy idle progress with occasional management decisions
- +you like adjusting recipes and running multiple restaurants
Not for you if...
- −you want hands-on cooking rather than automated progress
- −you dislike optimizing recipes to increase profits
What players say
55% of 163 reviews are positive
Players praise creating recipes and managing restaurants, but some say progression feels like a slog.
Screenshots and trailer
Idle Cooking Emperor system requirements
Minimum: Graphic with DX10 (Shader…, 2 GB RAM, 0.5 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Idle Cooking Emperor?
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- OS
- Windows 7 and newer
- Processor
- Intel Dual-Core Duo 2.4GHz or faster processor
- Graphics
- Graphic card with DX10 (Shader-Model 4.0) abilities
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM
- Storage
- 500 MB available space
Does Idle Cooking Emperor have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Idle Cooking Emperor run on Steam Deck?
Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- Achievements
- 15
- Steam features
- Family Sharing, In-app purchases
- Languages
- Text only: English.
Does Idle Cooking Emperor use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 25, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
