Arctic Eggs

First-person cooking game about flipping strange ingredients for hungry residents

The Water Museum, cockydoody, abmarnie, Cameron Ginex · Published by CRITICAL REFLEX · Released May 16, 2024

Reviews: Overwhelmingly Positive; 96% of 6,174
Recent reviews: Very Positive; 90% of 98 in 30 days
Playing now: 6; right now
Steam Deck: Verified
Last update: 1 year ago; May 16, 2025

What is Arctic Eggs?

In a surreal sci-fi setting, a poultry peddler stripped of rank for forgotten crimes feeds local residents. You explore in first person, talk to inhabitants, and flip unusual ingredients in a physics-driven frying pan to fill their orders.

For you if...

+you like short, surreal games with a bleak mood
+you enjoy practicing tricky, physics-based cooking

Not for you if...

−you dislike repeating cooking attempts to master the controls
−you expect a detailed plot and straightforward dialogue
−you want a long game with varied activities

What players say

96% of 6,174 reviews are positive · 90% of 98 in the last 30 days

Players praise the eerie atmosphere, music, and unusual cooking challenges. Many find the pan controls frustrating or repetitive, and some say the dialogue feels random rather than revealing. Recent players also report a white-screen graphics bug.

Screenshots and trailer

Arctic Eggs system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Windows 7 and up
Processor: ntel® Core™ i5-3470 or newer
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 or newer
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Storage: 1 GB available space

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Full controller support
Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux
Achievements: 16
Steam features: Family Sharing, Trading cards

Steam Deck: Verified

All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
Shows Steam Deck controller icons
In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
External controllers are not supported for the primary player

Multiplayer and co-op

Single-player

Languages

Text only: English, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, French, Italian, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian.