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Chef: A Restaurant Tycoon Game

Restaurant management sim where you design menus and create recipes

Innervoid Interactive · Published by Digital Tribe · Released Aug 20, 2020

Simulation

Reviews
Mostly Positive
72% of 1,458
Recent reviews
Not enough recent
Players
7
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Unsupported
Last update on Steam
3 weeks ago
Oct 13, 2026
Minimum PC
GT 630
2.9 GB RAM · 6.4 GB disk
Full requirements

What is Chef: A Restaurant Tycoon Game?

A single-player restaurant management sim where you start with a small restaurant and work toward becoming a well-known chef. In sandbox or story mode, you choose a location, lay out and decorate the restaurant, hire staff, set policies, and build menus from recipes you create.

For you if...

  • +you enjoy experimenting with ingredients to create dishes
  • +you like choosing menus, decor, and staff for your restaurant
  • +you prefer relaxed management over constant pressure

Not for you if...

  • −you need thorough tutorials and a gentle start
  • −you want management systems that stay demanding later on

What players say

72% of 1,458 reviews are positive

Players praise the recipe creator and the freedom to shape their restaurants. They criticize the limited tutorials and slow start; some also find the management shallow or the later game too easy.

Players over time

▼ -20% vs a month ago

Players online on Steam, one sample a day.

Highest since Sep 2026: 21 players on Oct 14, 2026.

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Sep 23, 20265
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Screenshots and trailer

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Chef: A Restaurant Tycoon Game system requirements

Minimum: GT 630, 2.9 GB RAM, 6.4 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

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Minimum

OS
Windows Vista SP1+ (64 bit)
Processor
Intel Core 2 Duo @ 3.0GHz or AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+ @ 3.2GHz
Graphics
NVIDIA GT 630, AMD Radeon HD6570, or equivalent
Memory
3000 MB RAM
Storage
6500 MB available space
DirectX
Version 9.0c

Recommended

OS
Windows 7/8/10 (64 bit)
Processor
Intel i7 920 @ 2.7 GHz, AMD Phenom II 945 @ 3.0 GHz
Graphics
NVIDIA GTX 960, AMD Radeon R9 295, or equivalent
Memory
6000 MB RAM
Storage
6500 MB available space
DirectX
Version 12

Does Chef: A Restaurant Tycoon Game have co-op or multiplayer?

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

Does Chef: A Restaurant Tycoon Game run on Steam Deck?

Unsupported No: Valve rates it Unsupported on Steam Deck.

  • Not supported on SteamOS

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Keyboard and mouse
Platforms
Windows
Achievements
14
Steam features
Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Languages
Text only: English, Italian, Russian, French, Portuguese - Portugal, Polish, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Turkish, German, Portuguese - Brazil, Hungarian, Spanish - Spain, Spanish - Latin America.

Does Chef: A Restaurant Tycoon Game 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

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Recent updates

3 DLC available.

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