The Chef's Shift: First Course on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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A fast-paced typing game in a restaurant setting, where you’ll both cook & serve food to hungry customers, all done by TYPING. Play through the Italian restaurant and get a taste of The Chef's Shift!

The Chef's Shift: First Course is a cooking, simulation and typing game developed by Panitia GameDev and published by Catoptric Games.
Released on February 07th 2025 is available on Windows and MacOS.

It has received 405 reviews of which 396 were positive and 9 were negative resulting in a rating of 9.0 out of 10. 😎

The game is free to play on Steam.

The Steam community has classified The Chef's Shift: First Course into these genres:

Cooking Simulation Typing Time Management Crime Difficult Narration Singleplayer Management Dark Humor Arcade Funny Cute 2D Indie Colorful Text-Based Casual Top-Down Strategy

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • OS *: Windows 7/8/10+
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: GPU with at least 256MB of VRAM
MacOS
  • OS: macOS Mojave
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: GPU with at least 256MB of VRAM
  • Storage: 200 MB available space

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Frequently Asked Questions

The Chef's Shift: First Course is free to play on Steam.

The Chef's Shift: First Course is not on sale because is already free to play on Steam.

The Chef's Shift: First Course received 396 positive votes out of a total of 405 achieving a rating of 8.99.
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The Chef's Shift: First Course was developed by Panitia GameDev and published by Catoptric Games.

The Chef's Shift: First Course is playable and fully supported on Windows.

The Chef's Shift: First Course is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

The Chef's Shift: First Course is not playable on Linux.

The Chef's Shift: First Course is a single-player game.

The Chef's Shift: First Course does not currently offer any DLC.

The Chef's Shift: First Course does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

The Chef's Shift: First Course does not support Steam Remote Play.

The Chef's Shift: First Course does not currently support Steam Family Sharing.

You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for The Chef's Shift: First Course.

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The Chef's Shift: First Course
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Rating
9.0
396
9
Game modes
Online players
5
Developer
Panitia GameDev
Publisher
Catoptric Games
Release 07 Feb 2025
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