In-game event20 Jul 2026The Rapid City Chronicle, Vol. 3Hello Rapid City! The world outside might be getting stranger, but running your monster meal diner is about to get a little bit easier. We have been listening to your feedback and have been working hard to address these highly requested quality of life improvements in time for release. Rearming All Traps Made Easy You asked for it, and it is finally here. We have officially implemented a "Reloa…
Hello Rapid City! We have several big updates rolling out over the next three weeks. This is the first one. New hires on the floor Rapid City's diner just brought in fresh staff. New female server variants are working the tables now, aprons on and order pads ready, trying to keep service moving while the world outside gets stranger. The booths are filling up Customers no longer arrive one by on…
Demo Update Coming for Steam Next Fest On February 24, 2026 , we’ll be updating the demo with improvements based on all the feedback we’ve received from our Scream Fest build (thanks to everyone who contributed - You guys rock!) This build represents a stronger and more rounded taste of what we want to achieve with the experience. This means tighter systems, clearer tension, fleshed out story a…
Hi Everybody (insert image of Dr Nick Riviera ) We’ve made a small but exciting change in our plans. Instead of updating the Open Playtest like we originally announced, we’ve decided to temporarily retire the playtest and launch a limited-time demo instead! This demo will be available during Steam Scream 4 Fest (Oct 28 – Nov 4) , The Shop Keepers Event (Nov 2 – Nov 16) , and the DevGAMM Awards…
We’re excited to announce that Midwest 90: Rapid City will be part of Steam Scream 4 Fest this Halloween season! An updated version of our Open Playtest will go live on October 27, featuring new content and gameplay tweaks for you to sink your teeth into. For those who’ve joined our earlier playtests, thank you. This new update may not seem massive, but that’s by design. We’re keeping some secr…
Something’s different in the air lately. The nights feel longer. The wind carries whispers. And some customers… just don’t look quite right anymore. We’ve been quietly working on a new feature for Midwest 90: Rapid City - one that adds a little more chaos to your operations. You’ll need to watch your staff, your traps, and most importantly, your customers. Let’s just say: not everyone who comes…
Awesome News @everyone ! Midwest 90: Rapid City has been selected as one of the winners of Indiequesting - FeedbackQuest 8! We ranked #1 for Art / Graphics! and overall #9 out of 148 submissions. We're just so happy and motivated right now, and that's helping so much with the work. Check out the results for IndieQuesting FeedbackQuest 8 here:
Hi everyone! This is a small but important announcement. Hidden Chest Studios is an indie game studio based in Malaysia, and because of that we were given the opportunity to participate in 2 awesome Steam events: · The Hungry Ghost Festival 2025 · Level Up KL 2025" Steam events. I really do recommend you check out these events as they feature games from the thriving game dev region of South Eas…
Hi Restaurateurs! Midwest 90: rapid City will be part of the Southeast Asian Games Showcase on June 6-June 11! If this comes as a surprise - yes, we are a Southeast Asian game development studio. If you are wondering why a Southeast Asian indie studio is making a game about the Midwest, well here's a video of Kesh talking about it to Kotatv back in 2021! : Yup.. we've been working on the game f…
Hi Restaurateurs! The team at Hidden Chest Studios would like to thank everyone who shared their feedback with us from the Halloween ’24 Open Playtest – it has been truly insightful and motivating. There have been over 800 downloads, far more than we anticipated! For that we must give special thanks to the following Youtubers for introducing the Midwest 90: Rapid City playtest to everyone: • Th…
Hi everyone! As the title informs, Patch 3 for the Halloween '24 Open Playtest is now live. We have addressed all the save/load issues we could find, and the issues below: Bug Fixes · Fixed "Gone Home" employees not returning when loading a save file Incursion: · Fixed monsters spawning at paths that do not lead to the Restaurant · Fixed doors automatically opening after an Incursion · Fixed cu…
Hi everyone, A major issue with loading games has come to our attention. We truly regret this and wished we had identified it before the release of this playtest. Your support has been so vital for us here at Hidden Chest Studios and we are dedicated to creating a truly unique and unbroken experience with Midwest 90: Rapid City. But for now, please bear with us as we address the problem. Hidden…
Hi everyone! Patch 2 is Live! **IMPORTANT** There is a rare bug that we are still trying to figure out. If in-game time stops at 5:59pm for you, running the traps simulation will fix it. **END** Sorry for not announcing patch 1 and the delay for patch 2, we had our hands full and as I mentioned before, we are a tiny team who are dedicated to making a great experience.. but we need to improve ou…
Happy Halloween! It's been a while since we have had an open playtest for Midwest 90: Rapid City, over a year actually. We're a tiny team who faced a lot of challenges throughout the year but we kept going and we'll keep going until M90 is ready. We wish could have made this announcement sooner, we released the playtest on the 24th of October and haven't set an end date for the playtest but we…
Hello Restaurant Tycoons and Base Builders! My name is Kesh and I am the Game Director for Midwest 90: Rapid City and this is our first community update on Steam! It's a big deal for us, as we always shied away from drawing attention on Steam because we just didn't feel ready to show off Midwest 90: Rapid City (M90RC). But thanks to the Level Up KL 2023 Games Showcase featuring M90RC, we have d…
—
Announcements are the developer’s own posts to the game’s Steam news feed: updates and their patch notes, in-game events, releases and sales. The important ones are marked on the players chart.