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A super cute and tasty roguelite-flavored dungeon crawler! Explore a lush world and defeat monsters with your trusty spatula and some boba tea, then gather delicious ingredients and bring them home to cook and serve at your restaurant!
Cuisineer is a action roguelike, cooking and anime game
developed by BattleBrew Productions
and published by Marvelous Europe and XSEED Games.
Released on November 09th 2023 is available only on Windows
in 9 languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese.
It has received 1,825 reviews of which 1,411 were positive and 414 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.5 out of 10. 😊
The game is currently priced at 24.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for less on Instant Gaming.
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Windows
- OS: Windows 10 x64
- Processor: Intel Core i5-6600K (4 * 3500) or equivalent / AMD Ryzen 5 2500U (4 * 2000) or equivalent
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics: GeForce GTX 960 (4096 MB) / Radeon RX 560X (4096 MB)
- DirectX: Version 12
- Storage: 7 GB available space
- Sound Card: PT2001 (NVIDIA High Definition Audio)
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I have conflicting opinions on Cuisineer. Initially the gameplay loop is short, sweet, and addictive. Combining action roguelite elements with a rudimentary cooking/serving minigame that never veers into overly complex or demanding. The goal here is for it to be a cozy, engrossing experience, a vibe, than it is looking to be complex. The visual art is very appealing. Lots of different kinds of recipes to collect each with highly detailed art to accompany the dish. If you like a bit of highly detailed food in certain anime, you might like this. Issues arise, however, in how it becomes progressively grindy. Requiring large amounts of materials. At a certain point you will have to make the choice to go on purely restaurant material upgrade runs, and cooking ingredient runs, as limited inventory space will make it difficult to do both at the same time. The cooking/serving side of the game is underdeveloped, as well. You simply click on the appropriate kitchen device that a customer has ordered a corresponding dish for, and then wait as a bar fills up. There is no "cooking minigame" here in which the preparation of food takes center stage. Combat, too, is underbaked. With a handful of items and "builds" that can change your playstyle a bit, but combat never reaches a level of being satisfying like other action-roguelites. You could say that it dips its toes into both of these arenas of gameplay, but underserves them both in the process. For what its worth, it is a very cute game. And if you play on the standard difficulty and just want a mindless, cute game to vibe with, I can recommend this game. If you're looking for something more complex in the area of roguelites or restaurant management, this might not scratch this itch.
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Cuisineer - 100% Completion Review Score: 8/10 Cuisineer is a RPG, Cooking n' Management and Combat game where you play as a Catgirl Chef who commits merciless destruction of innocent food critters to create dishes for her restaurant and to pay off debt, after fully completing this game i'll give some Pro, Neutrals and Cons Pro's: -Clearly inspired by the old Recettear game, so that's a plus in my book -Well designed protagonist -Great character designs with a lot of charm, unique appearance -Good character customization with lots of different outfits and hats -Great restaurant customization's with tons of floors, wallpapers, floor and wall decorations -Cooking is great, kinda the main point of the game so that's a given -Boba Tea as a health recovery was certainly a unique idea -Can eat your own cooked dishes for buffs -Good Music, even has a Gramophone you can buy to play different soundtracks from the game in your restaurant -Festivals are a huge boon that give you free resources, a huge rush hour and lots of decorations to buy -Good town design that's charming and changes depending on season and festival -Enemies are food which was a really neat idea -No time limit on debt repayment, can repay anytime -Has difficulty options for combat if your not the best at games -Has a tournament arc after paying off the debt so a 'lil end game content -Good performance, didn't encounter issues with bugs or lag Neutrals: "No Score Change From These" -Level Design is fine, neither good nor bad, bit maze like -Npc's always come in to restaurant alone which is a bit of a shame, would have been cool if they came in as couples or family units -Eating sounds can be turned off if that triggers you Cons: -Enemies have a bit too much health -Siege enemies range is ludicrously far, can basically snipe you from another area -Nobles arrive a bit too early and demand dishes you can't possibly make yet unless your rushing to the next area -No clue what Tea Time does, there's no rush or difference in dishes ordered or anything -Having to wait a day for weapon and mod upgrades is unnecessary padding Overall Cuisineer was a very unique and stylish game about maintaining a restaurant, it knew what it wanted to do and did it very well, so if you like cooking, maintaining a restaurant or isometric games then this is definitely worth a buy but as always, It's.. Up.. To.. You, and i'll leave it at that. (^_−) (Capitalism Ho!).
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i think every "cozy game" review should seek to answer the question: is this game still playable when you're cross faded and decide you're going to play that game you haven't touched in months? Cuisineer passes with flying colors. i still have a lot more content to unlock though ~
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Cuisineer is better described as the low stakes version of whatever you get if you mix Mystia's Izakaya and Hades together. It's good, not excellent, but the art direction and very, very welcoming and accessible mechanics raise it to more than the sum of its parts. The designs of both the world and characters, and the catchy dungeon music stay with, and absorb, you. You'll be spending your time battling deep into the handful of roguelite dungeons Cuisineer's got to hunt for ingredients, and once you've got enough, you'll be using them to give the cutest customers ever delicious looking meals. Both sides of this cat paw shaped coin are quite simple, the combat is very forgiving, your dash is unlimited because there's no stamina tracking of any kind, but there's like a one second cooldown. Bigger abilities have a longer cooldown, but there isn't a secondary bar besides your HP to manage. The restaurant itself also requires little brain power. Customers will pick up their order at the bar, except for nobles, so you've got to only worry about interacting with the right cooking station and, once they're done eating, receiving your pay. Decorations have influence over the different types of customers that will visit your restaurant, but it won't hinder you from decorating how you want. The story is there. The typical debt repayment plot that comes with almost all of the career focused cozy life sims out there. In this, Cuisineer is also extremely forgiving. There aren't time limits of any kind, not for the main quest nor the fetch quests that other NPCs can give you. Instead, paying the debt opens new areas, and delivering the stuff other NPCs request of you gives you more recipes of better quality. You'll be wanting to do both to see those numbers go up. So, Cuisineer is simple. If you're looking for something more involved, a la Recettear (because you can haggle with clients in that one and also choose what and when to sell or buy), then just go play Recettear. If you want something that focus more on the minutiae of managing a restaurant, Mystia's Izakaya would also be a better choice (you also choose what to add to the menu and when to make a dish better or not) Why play Cuisineer, then? It's still a solid game about a cat girl repaying her parents' debt through hunting monsters with a giant spatula and then managing a restaurant, serving the stuff she killed with a giant spatula. The art and music direction carries Cuisineer to the finish line, running on top of what has been a very smooth experience. Specifically, the piano that plays while you run through the first dungeon has that ZUN-y feeling that Touhou's got, and the character designs in general are also very Touhou like in concept. Execution is miles better, if only because these aren't Zun's charming drawings (they're iconic in their own right). Some people also try to run away from your restaurant without paying and, like, I've never felt so offended before. No one's running from my super honest establishment without paying, nuh huh. Also, the wolf carpenter? He's my husband. Oh, is he your husband too? We can share, I don't mind. So yeah, this is a very good wind down game or an introduction to gaming sort of game. Works like a charm on Steam Deck, I'm loving it quite a lot. for reviews about cozy or creepy (or both!) games, consider taking a look at my curator page https://store.steampowered.com/curator/44079361-Ghostly-Ramblings/
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The restaurant management and dungeon crawling loop is pretty engaging and I really like the overall cute art style. Strong points: - cute art style - pretty good dungeon run/restaurant management loop - good amount of cosmetics/restaurant decor to unlock Only thing I find annoying is the inventory/bag size, as you are constantly full of items even before finishing half of a dungeon (even with maxed out backpack, would definitely welcome more upgrades to the backpack)
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Cuisineer is currently priced at 24.99€ on Steam.
Cuisineer is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 24.99€ on Steam.
Cuisineer received 1,411 positive votes out of a total of 1,825 achieving a rating of 7.45.
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Cuisineer was developed by BattleBrew Productions and published by Marvelous Europe and XSEED Games.
Cuisineer is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Cuisineer is not playable on MacOS.
Cuisineer is not playable on Linux.
Cuisineer is a single-player game.
There are 2 DLCs available for Cuisineer. Explore additional content available for Cuisineer on Steam.
Cuisineer does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
Cuisineer does not support Steam Remote Play.
Cuisineer is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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Online players
17
Developer
BattleBrew Productions
Publisher
Marvelous Europe,
XSEED Games
Release
09 Nov 2023
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