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Makarychev Danila · Published by Makarychev Danila
Positive — 100% positive (22 reviews)
Last updated 28 Sept 2026
Help Red the Cook chase his dream - quit his dull job and open the best restaurant in town! Balance time and resources, serve delicious dishes to every kind of customer - fluffy or not. Chop, fry, mix, and hustle your way through busy shifts in this cozy cooking simulator with a pinch of humor.
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Indie, Early Access · 2026 · More under £5 games
Step into Red's kitchen and master the art of balancing time and resources to satisfy every customer. With early access, dive into this indie gem filled with laughter and culinary challenges.
About this game
Quit your soul-sucking job, take a risky loan, and chase your culinary dream with Red the Cook!
Chop, fry, mix, and hustle your way through the day in a cozy cooking simulator that blends restaurant and time management, ingredient crafting.
Key Features
Cook and serve under pressure before your guests lose patience.
Combine fresh produce and spices to unlock all recipes.
From fluffy regulars to strange locals - everyone’s got an appetite.
Lighthearted humor and a warm, slightly odd world to explore.
Are you ready to cook, serve, and build Red’s dream restaurant - one plate at a time?
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- OS: 10, 11
- Processor: 2.0Ghz
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: 1Gb Video Memory
- Storage: 1 GB available space
Supported Languages
Latest news
Patch NotesOfficial
Update 1.3.1
Bug fixes:The part of the randomizer that makes randomness less random now works correctlyLevel 2 rebalance:The pig's patience has been increased from 50 to 60The sick bull's ability cooldown has been increased from 30 to 40Read full article on Community Announcements (McCable)AnnouncementsOfficial
Difficulty settings
The game now offers several difficulty levels to choose from:Story ModeEasyNormalHardThe original difficulty has undergone some minor changes and is now called Hard. The other difficulty levels have been made easier.I hope you enjoy it. See you in the next updates!Read full article on Community Announcements (McCable)AnnouncementsOfficial
Red the Cook - Early Access! 🦊🎉
Early AccessYou've been waiting for a long time (and so have I), and Red the Cook is finally in Early Access! Thank you so much for your patience and support, it means a lot to me! 🦊🤝🦊A New LevelAnd now, let's get to the update! Early Access comes with new content:a new adventure that continues the story and introduces new characters4 new visitorsnew gameplay mechanicsQuality-of-life improvements:automatic progress saving (not very smart yet)a button to skip the time until the next ingredient is spawnedFeedbackI've already gathered the first wave of feedback! My plans for further development:adding easier difficulty levels (high priority)the ability to choose which stage of a level to start from in the main menuAnd, of course, new levels!Once again, thank you so much, and see you in the next updates!Read full article on Community Announcements (McCable)AnnouncementsOfficial
WE'RE RUNNING LATE, AND WE'RE SORRY 🦊💦
The game is ready for Early Access, and the two promised levels have successfully passed their first round of testing. However, Steam hasn't reviewed our build yet (and we can't publish the game until they do). To be honest, we don't know how much longer the review will take. The expected 3–5 day review period has almost passed, and as soon as we receive approval, the game will be available immediately. As a small apology, we'd like to introduce you to the one who inspired the game—this is Kennedy (photo below): Thank you so much for your support and for waiting for our game!Read full article on Community Announcements (McCable)AnnouncementsOfficial
1 500 WISHES!!!
I’ve been grinding away on my game Red the Cook for over six months already, and I just wanna say a huge thank you to all 1500 of you legends who slapped it on your Steam wishlist. That’s actually a massive win for me, I’m low-key buzzing about it And yeah, on 31 July the game is finally dropping into Early Access!!! Feels like maybe I’m not wasting my life after all. Right now I’m deep in the trenches polishing new characters, levels, and cooking up the release trailer. If you wanna support me and actually steer where the game goes (like voting on new character designs and stuff), swing by my Patreon https://www.patreon.com/cw/RedtheCook. Oh, and if you haven’t touched the demo yet or played it ages ago - I’ve updated the customer spawning mechanics, it feels way better now.Read full article on Community Announcements (McCable)
