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Lemonpepper Games · Published by Lemonpepper Games
Very Positive — 99% positive (173 reviews) · 39 achievements
Last updated 27 Sept 2026
Kitchen Sync: Aloha! is a cozy, story-driven cooking RPG. As head chef of your family's restaurant in Hawaii, build a trusty team of chefs and dish up tasty Hawaiian food. Manage kitchens, build friendships, find romance, explore tropical venues, and discover the power of cooking together.
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Indie, RPG, Simulation, Strategy, Casual · 2025 · More £15 - £30 games
Manage kitchens and build friendships as head chef in Kitchen Sync: Aloha!, an engaging story-driven cooking game where you create tasty Hawaiian dishes and explore tropical venues.
About this game
Cozy cooking and relationship building meets RPG depth, story, and strategy. Adventure across the lush Hawaiian island of Maikai and lead a team of chefs to meet the demands of your hungry customers. Make new friends, build new relationships, and save this foodie paradise with the power of good eats!
Befriend and recruit a cast of colorful chefs, each with their unique personalities and specialties. Watch them grow alongside you and your restaurant and uncover their own personal stories. As you and your chefs collaborate, bonds will deepen and friendships will form… some even result in romance. That goes for you as well as your team - play matchmaker!
Familiar kitchen management with a strategic twist. Cook by coordinating a crew of chefs and a timer that helpfully pauses whenever you need it. Craft your menu and customize your recipes by adding your own Twists. Optimize your kitchen layout, upgrade your appliances, and level up your chefs' abilities to fully master every kitchen. Whip up some mouthwatering Hawaiian dishes as you explore Maikai's various venues and overcome challenges!
Need a break from the kitchen? Strengthen your bond with your team and enjoy what the island has to offer. Go on a fishing trip or a nature hike. Each mini-game lets you grow your relationship with the chefs you befriend on your journey.
Play as either Kai or Kala, two siblings on their quest to bring their family’s restaurant back to life. Along the way, you’ll complete meaningful side quests, experiment with recipes, and craft dishes as unforgettable as the people you’ll meet. Start as the new eatery on the island and grow your restaurant into a local gem.
On Maikai, cooking is more than just preparing meals. It’s about growing relationships and embracing the spirit of community.
Cozy Cooking RPG - The narrative focus of visual novel meets strategic kitchen management. Level up characters, customize kitchen layouts, and build relationships to uncover stories.
Over 30 Different Kitchens - Cook at beaches, restaurants, malls, food trucks, resorts, and more, all set against the beauty of a lush Hawaiian island.
Wholesome and Heartwarming Story - A journey of food, family, and discovering joy in the connections that bring people together.
No Stress Kitchen Management - Play at your own pace with a timer that pauses.
Grow Relationships - Build stronger bonds between party members or find love with different romantic endings!
Mini-games - Participate in island activities like fishing and hiking with fellow chefs.
3 Different Difficulty Settings - Turn off all timers and relax with Cozy mode or test your skills with Hard Boiled mode.
Join our community, report issues, or follow news for the game on Discord!
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: 2.3 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo or better
- Memory: 1 GB RAM
- Graphics: DirectX 9 compatible video card with at least 512MB of VRAM
- Storage: 1 GB available space
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Latest news
AnnouncementsOfficial
More Kitchen Sync?!
Hail Head Chefs! I've got some exciting Kitchen Sync news to share today: I've officially announced Kitchen Sync: The Flying Tavern - the next game in the Kitchen Sync series. The steam page just launched today, and I'd love for you to see what I've been working on!https://store.steampowered.com/app/4512650/Kitchen_Sync_The_Flying_Tavern/Kitchen Sync: The Flying Tavern takes the Kitchen Sync gameplay that you're familiar with and transports it to a cozy fantasy world of adventurers, monsters, magic, and mystery! Answer the call and head to Rosolare, take command of the kitchen of the Flying Tavern, and become a heroic head chef with the power to reunite the world!Thank you for all the feedback and support for Kitchen Sync: Aloha! over the years - the Flying Tavern would not be happening without it. I'll do my best to make the things you loved about KSA! even better with your feedback and add plenty of cool new stuff to keep the gameplay fresh. If the game looks interesting to you, make sure to Wishlist it or join our discord to keep up with announcements and updates and get notified when playtests or beta builds are coming.Mahalo from Maikai and Grazie from Rosolare!-Lemonpepper FineRead full article on Community Announcements (matt.lemonpepper)Patch NotesOfficial
KS:A! 1.2 - End of Summer Update
With summer's end upon us (or winter, as your case may be!), I felt it was a good time to add some additional content to Kitchen Sync: Aloha! Thank you to the community for your support and suggestions, and I hope you all enjoy this free update! The game's been live for almost six months now and it's been such a joy to see so many people cooking (and matchmaking) on Maikai!If you enjoy KS:A! or cooking RPGs in general, why not register for our mailing list (sign up here!), join us on Discord, or follow us on our socials? Be the first to see the tastiest morsels of news from Lemonpepper Games, such as sneak peaks and private playtests for my next game (~‾⌣‾)~.Thanks!- Lemonpepper FineKS:A! 1.2.1 Patch NotesLono and Ku can now progress their bond up to Level SNew support quest at Level ANew Sync StyleS level support sceneNew Relationship AchievementNew map now available (unlocked through Lono/Ku's support mission)New end game request type, Challenges. High difficulty end game missions that give bonus coins based on mission score. Unlocked upon completion of Welcome to the Club.Sync Style and Ability Balance Updates. With the game out for a little while now, I've got a better idea of what's working for players. Here are some changes to hopefully give a few more options for Styles and Abilities.Sync StylesPot of Gold, Braise of Glory, Low-and-Slow, Sweet Lightning, and Orchard Overflow duration increased (~30% each). It's hard to focus a strategy around just a station type or two, especially in larger kitchens, so it should be easier to reap the rewards of these styles now.Unbreakable Vow and Sashay charge up quicker. Hopefully should help these Hazard management Styles be available when you need them.Market Fresh quality buffs and duration increased. Should feel a bit more significant and give you a chance to fully utilize the effects, especially in larger kitchens where it was designed to shine.Ohana Forever charges up a bit faster. Given Uncle already increases charg...Read full article on Community Announcements (matt.lemonpepper)Patch NotesOfficial
Minor Update 1.1.4b
Minor update with some bug and typo fixes including:More definitive fix for ability books not loading. Looks like it was rare but possible to unintentionally get a book that taught Pele's "Great Criticals" and that was causing an issue. If you have the book already, the book should no longer break the ability picker UI, but I've fixed the drop tables to no longer generate the book.Typo in the final mission dialogueThanks!-Lemonpepper FineRead full article on Community Announcements (matt.lemonpepper)Patch NotesOfficial
Minor Update 1.1.4a
Minor update with some bug and typo fixes including:Possible fix to skill books not populating for some charactersText scaling issues for long mission textSome trend descriptions referenced incorrect stationsPlease note, this update briefly had an issue if downloaded from Steam immediately after it was uploaded. If you're running into a fatal error dialogue about a failure to load mono, please try updating the game again (you can force steam to find the full update by closing steam and launching it again). Sorry about that!Thanks!-Lemonpepper FineRead full article on Community Announcements (matt.lemonpepper)Patch NotesOfficial
Minor Update 1.1.4
Kitchen Sync: Aloha! has been updated to version 1.1.4. Patch notes below include changes from 1.1.2-1.1.4:KSA is now steam deck certified! Several UI surfaces and font sizes have been tuned to better work across devices sizesBroken Heartstone price has been reduced to 10 (most folks just buy one and save/reload with it anyway, but I think it could be a little lighter on the wallet now that other high value items exist 🌙)Flavor Trick skills now apply before Expert allowing the first to immediately affect the secondInspiration and Coins can now be converted between each other at a certain special location after receiving the restaurant's fourth HokuA reset button has been added to the menu planner to fully clear the menuBug fixes includingA bug should hopefully be fixed with the sync bar disappearing after charging up to fullSome bad bugs fixed related to the credits scene potentially causing epilogue to fail to play and end game to fail to saveThank you for your feedback, bug reports, and of course for playing the game! Mahalo!-Lemonpepper FineRead full article on Community Announcements (matt.lemonpepper)
