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Recipe for Disaster

Restaurant management sim with menus tailored to demanding customers

Dapper Penguin Studios · Published by Kasedo Games · Released Aug 5, 2022

CasualIndieSimulationStrategy

Reviews
Mostly Positive
70% of 612
Recent reviews
Not enough recent
Players
0
daily peak, Oct 28, 2026
Steam Deck
Playable
Last update on Steam
2 years ago
Dec 15, 2023
Minimum PC
GTX 780
8 GB RAM · 2 GB disk
Full requirements

What is Recipe for Disaster?

A single-player restaurant management game with preset scenarios about rescuing struggling businesses and a freeplay mode for building your own. You design kitchens and dining rooms, hire workers, and direct service through manual task assignments or a customizable priority system.

For you if...

  • +you like experimenting with ingredients to create your own dishes

Not for you if...

  • −you prefer hands-on cooking to overseeing a business

What players say

70% of 612 reviews are positive

Players praise how employee personalities and breakdowns affect restaurant operations. Recent reviewers commonly report bugs and say development has stopped; some also find longer play sessions repetitive.

Screenshots and trailer

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Recipe for Disaster system requirements

Minimum: GTX 780, 8 GB RAM, 2 GB of disk space.

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Minimum

OS
Windows 10
Processor
Intel i5-4690 / AMD FX 4350
Graphics
Nvidia GTX 780 / AMD Radeon R9 280X
Memory
8 GB RAM
Storage
2 GB available space
DirectX
Version 11
Notes
Default API is Vulkan 1.1. Directx11 API is provided.

Recommended

OS
Windows 10
Processor
Intel i7 4770k / AMD Ryzen 5 1500x
Graphics
Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB / AMD RX580
Memory
16 GB RAM
Storage
2 GB available space
DirectX
Version 11
Notes
Default API is Vulkan 1.1. Directx11 API is provided.

Does Recipe for Disaster have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Does Recipe for Disaster run on Steam Deck?

Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.

  • Default controller config not fully functional
  • Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
  • Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
  • Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
  • Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Keyboard and mouse
Platforms
Windows
Steam features
Workshop, Cloud saves, Family Sharing
Languages
Text only: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Japanese.

Does Recipe for Disaster 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 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

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