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The Chef's Shift

Fast-paced restaurant typing game with impatient customers and distractions

Panitia GameDev · Published by Catoptric Games · Released Mar 31, 2025

CasualIndieSimulationStrategy

Reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
97% of 2,235
Recent reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
97% of 230 in 30 days
Players
110
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Playable
Last update on Steam
1 month ago
Sep 9, 2026
Minimum PC
GPU with at least 256MB o…
4 GB RAM · 0.2 GB disk
Full requirements

What is The Chef's Shift?

This single-player typing and time-management game spans six chapters in restaurants serving different cuisines. You type to navigate menus, prepare and serve dishes before customers lose patience, and choose dialogue while dealing with rats and unruly customers. A continuing story connects the restaurants and their characters.

For you if...

  • +you enjoy typing under restaurant time pressure
  • +you want a dramatic story alongside cooking tasks
  • +you like increasingly difficult levels in varied restaurants

Not for you if...

  • −you prefer cooking games without constant typing
  • −you want restaurant play with little story dialogue
  • −you would rather click menus than type through them

What players say

97% of 2,235 reviews are positive · 97% of 230 in the last 30 days

Players praise the typing-based kitchen tasks and the soap-opera-style story. Some find the dialogue excessive or poorly written, while others complain about words hidden by characters, awkward symbols, and frustrating late-game difficulty.

Players over time

▲ +123% vs a month ago

Players online on Steam, one sample a day.

Highest since Sep 2026: 199 players on Oct 25, 2026.

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Nov 7, 2026110
Nov 6, 202684
Nov 5, 202674
Nov 4, 202680
Nov 3, 202682
Nov 2, 202699
Nov 1, 2026163
Oct 31, 2026151
Oct 30, 2026128
Oct 29, 2026135
Oct 28, 2026145
Oct 26, 2026111
Oct 25, 2026199
Oct 24, 2026132
Oct 23, 2026138
Oct 22, 2026142
Oct 21, 2026134
Oct 20, 2026174
Oct 18, 2026152
Oct 17, 2026137
Oct 16, 2026142
Oct 15, 2026120
Oct 14, 202683
Oct 13, 202660
Oct 11, 202653
Oct 10, 202639
Oct 9, 202641
Oct 8, 202646
Oct 7, 202642
Oct 6, 202656
Oct 4, 202655
Oct 3, 202653
Oct 2, 202649
Oct 1, 202623
Sep 30, 202632
Sep 29, 202620
Sep 27, 202632
Sep 26, 202640
Sep 25, 202623
Sep 24, 202633
Sep 23, 202633
Sep 23, 20269
Sep 22, 202615
Sep 21, 202618

How many players finish The Chef's Shift?

25% of Steam players have unlocked «Rice and Shine!», the achievement for finishing the main story.

Share of everyone who owns the game on Steam, including those who barely played it. Updated weekly.

Screenshots and trailer

The Chef's Shift screenshot 1

The Chef's Shift system requirements

Minimum: GPU with at least 256MB o…, 4 GB RAM, 0.2 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

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Minimum

OS
Windows 7/8/10+
Graphics
GPU with at least 256MB of VRAM
Memory
4 GB RAM
Storage
200 MB available space

Recommended

OS
Windows 7/8/10+
Graphics
GPU with at least 512MB of VRAM or better
Memory
8 GB RAM
Storage
200 MB available space

Does The Chef's Shift have co-op or multiplayer?

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

Does The Chef's Shift run on Steam Deck?

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

  • Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
  • Not fully functional without an external 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
Achievements
34
Steam features
Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Languages
Text only: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Portugal, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Polish.

Does The Chef's Shift 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 Nov 6, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

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