Update on the development progress
It's been some months since our last game update for Star Chef Simulator. Due to less available time we've slowed down the development speed. At the moment there is no outstanding update in our "pipeline". The development of the game has been paused, but not stopped.
Roadmap changes
However, we'll need to make some changes on our planned roadmap for Star Chef Simulator. We're canceling both The Dessert Update which was planned for Q2, and the The Pizza Update (Q3). There will be one last update to fix everything up, add some last features, and make it out of Early Access - but with less content than originally intended. If possible we'll try making sure to add the last employee type cook to the game, so you can automate your cooking process partially.
It's not certain that there will come The Bakery DLC for the game. Maybe in 2026?
So why?
Star Chef Simulator was a spontaneous project started early 2024. In only 8 month we've prepared the game from a prototype up to the the Early Access release on August 30th.
We admit that the game wasn't in a good state at this time and we should have taken more time to release it in a more playable state. However, it still was and is an Early Access title - originally with big plans.
We're a small team with me as the main developer working on the whole game. I've got support from many nice people who made 2D and 3D content for the game to help with its development. Our publisher gave us the opportunity to release Star Chef Simulator on Steam. As first Steam release ever, I've made many mistakes in terms of marketing and community work. Better luck next time I guess! xD
It's been a pleasure to make this game and watch it growing. I've learned so much in terms of game development and who knows, maybe in future I'll try making a new, better cooking and restaurant simulation.
But there could be more to come. I've been working on a prototype for a new project for the last few weeks and I got many more ideas. I don't know whether this one will become an actually game, but stay tuned~
35% off during Autumn Sale
We're offering a 35% discount on the game during the Autumn Sale starting tomorrow at 10am CET. Even if the game didn't receive any updates since March, maybe someone still wants to try it!
Adrenaline Cooking Bundle
We've released a bundle for Star Chef Simulator containing our game and Adrenalinkick - a project of a dev friend. Its soundtrack is included as well. So if you already own Star Chef Simulator and want to buy Adrenalinkick, you can save some money with buying the bundle.
Star Chef Simulator Soundtrack
Yeah, we did it! Want to listen to the beautiful melodies of a kitchen? You can add the soundtrack for free to your Steam library and hear it whenever you want! It does include the main music soundtrack (Culinary Groove by Udio), the Asian Food Update trailer music (Harmony of Flavor by Udio) and the Halloween music (Spooky Halloween by Misterbates).
Your feedback is crucial to the further development of Star Chef Simulator. If you have any suggestions, comments or discovered bugs in the game, please feel free to share them with us using the Steam forum or our Discord server.