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Potato Peoples · Published by Potato Peoples · Official site ↗
Last updated 28 Sept 2026
We're a staffing agency. We send cooks to kitchens. The cooks are you. Today, a bubble tea kiosk. Tomorrow, an economy flight galley. Contract Cooks is a co-op cooking roguelite where you go where the agency sends you and try not to get fired.
Indie, Simulation, Early Access · 2026 · More free games
Take on diverse culinary challenges in Contract Cooks, an indie simulation where you navigate the unpredictable kitchens of future foodservice. Will you master the bubble tea kiosk or crash the economy flight galley?
About this game
You're a contractor in the food industry. The agency cares about one thing: whether you can hold down a midnight shift at a diner or a heatwave at a coffee shop where everyone suddenly wants ice. You pick the jobs off the board. Sometimes you walk into a clean kitchen. Sometimes the last cook ran out the back door an hour ago.
Each contract gives you a location, a stint of three to seven days and a set of conditions that fit the place. Office cafes get rush hour. Fine dining gets critics. Airlines get... whatever's wrong with airlines. You start with one dish on the menu and it's usually something simple. Then it gets worse.
Cooking is grounded but quick. A coffee is grind, pull, froth, pour. Bread is mix, shape, prove, bake. Every step is something a cook would recognise, none of them take longer than they need to.
You've got two hands, your co-op partner has two more. Hand things off, top each other up or just work on the same dish together. At least when the milk frother gets left on, there's someone else to blame.
At the start of each day you pick a modifier. Some make your life harder (blackouts, impatient customers, a new dish on the menu you've never made before). Some make it easier (auto stock subscriptions so you're not reordering ingredients every morning, loans for better equipment at the cost of your revenue). Want a chill shift? Stack the easy ones. Want a massive payout? Work for it.
Stock doesn’t refill itself. Order resupplies, collect deliveries from a very reliable delivery company, organise things on shelves or let the boxes pile up. We're not going to tell you how to run it. Rearrange the space, upgrade stations, put in an open fridge if you're tired of opening the fridge. Just don't mind the electricity bill.
Every contract pays. The harder you make it, the more you get. The money builds your resume and unlocks new dishes, cuisines, locations and special contracts. The unlocks carry over. The kitchens don't.
Take a casual contract for chill cooking - no timers, forgiving on mistakes. Take a heroic contract for the chaos - patience timers, real consequences, a payout that reflects it.
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10 - 64 bit
- Processor: Intel i5-4590 equivalent or greater
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 970 / AMD equivalent or greater
- DirectX: Version 9.0
- Storage: 3 GB available space
- Additional Notes: Internet Connection for Multiplayer
Recommended
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10 - 64 bit
- Processor: Intel Core i7 6700K equivalent or greater
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 1060 / AMD equivalent or greater
- DirectX: Version 9.0
- Storage: 3 GB available space
- Additional Notes: Internet Connection for Multiplayer
Supported Languages
Latest news
Community & EventsOfficial
Steam Next Fest - Demo Gameplay by devs!
We'll be streaming some developer and friends footage of Contract Cooks gameplay during Steam's Next Fest! Feel free to join. Demo is available now!Read full article on Community Announcements (Bacon)Community & EventsOfficial
Steam Next Fest - Demo Gameplay by devs!
We'll be streaming some developer and friends footage of Contract Cooks gameplay! Feel free to join. Demo is available now!Read full article on Community Announcements (Ave)Patch NotesOfficial
Demo Patch Notes 0.368 - Added tutorial and general fixes
Added a step by step tutorial on the training levelFPS mode is now set by default (change in options or press V for 3rd person)Fixed rejoining games mid sessionLocalization tweaksAdded feedback sounds to customersClosed the training room in the hubAdded Patience, your manager in Contract CooksIf playing for the first time, spawn in changing room right awayWe've also added affix videos so it gives an idea of how to make the food/drinkRead full article on Community Announcements (Ave)AnnouncementsOfficial
Demo out now!
Hi!Contract Cooks Demo is out now on Steam! The demo includes only the coffee cuisine in a few hand picked maps. Level up to unlock them. Casual mode is recommended as the standard game mode. Proceed with heroic mode at your own risk.If you have any feedback, please let us know on our webform - https://forms.gle/CqgtencaFYBFQWm1AYou can also let us know on our discord!Thanks for playing!Read full article on Community Announcements (Ave)AnnouncementsOfficial
Hello from Potato Peoples
Hello. I'm jakayaki, one half of Potato Peoples, a two person team making Contract Cooks (a co-op cooking roguelite, where contracts send you to different kitchens). Slapunas handles the tech and I do art. We've been working on this game for two years and only full time recently.A bit about us: We worked on All Hail the Cook-o-tron 6 years ago - our first ever released game. Why cooking? I love it. I just want a game where I can cook stuff with a friend and so we're making it.This is the first post on our Steam page. You'll see updates here from time to time, with bigger announcements when we have them, like trailers, demo drops and release news.So far we've mostly worked on coffee and refining the core gameplay. But it's not going to be only coffee I promise. Here's a peek at upcoming dishes. We've also got a Discord if you want to lurk and share feedback.Thanks for being here. (And if you haven't wishlisted, that helps a ton!)— Slapunas & JakayakiRead full article on Community Announcements (Ave)
