- Patch v1.0.26 - 22 January 2026
Chefs from every far corner of the universe! We are here to deliver a fix for a bug preventing progression when serving orders in your restaurant. Order Serving Rewards: Fixed a bug where serving an order occasionally caused an error that prevented players from receiving their rewards. The following will now update correctly upon serving: Money and XP. Gastropedia "Served" counts. Achievement progress (including Serve 500 Customers and Serve All Recipes). Optional Goal progress (e.g., Serve Common Dishes). Additionally, we fixed an issue where a group of 2 or more customers would sometimes order an item when you only had one left in stock. Now, they will leave if you don't have enough servings to match the group size. Thank you to all the chefs that helped us gather bugs! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1272290/Space_Chef Join our Discord server and follow us on social media at @Spac…
- The Quality Of Life Update - 11 December 2025
We’re excited to roll out a major post-launch update for Space Chef, packed with fixes, polish, and quality-of-life improvements based directly on your feedback. From the moment we launched, you’ve been helping us track bugs, suggest changes, and share both what you love and what could be better. This update is our way of saying thank you.We’ve been overwhelmed (in the best way!) by the positivity in your reviews. It means the world to our small team to see thousands of players enjoying the game we’ve poured nearly seven years into.A lot of you wrote a positive review hoping that we would fix some things in a future update, and that's what this update is all about. We've really tried to read and analyze all reviews, both positive and negative, all forum posts and all Discord threads. Can't wait to play? Then play right now!The update is out as you read this. Just start Steam and let it…
- Sit back, relax, and nominate Space Chef in this years’s Steam Awards - 24 November 2025
Chefs, it’s time to vote! Give Space Chef your support in the “Sit Back and Relax” category at the 2025 Steam Awards! We welcome any category you think Space Chef fits into and there’s no pressure (cooker) to select the Six Back and Relax one, but we feel it might be the best fit! The Sit Back and Relax category is for those games that are the antidote to a busy day. They're smooth, they're relaxing, they help your worries melt away. The games are a moment of zen in this busy world. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwLIi2XAqig So why do we think Space Chef belongs in this category? Space Chef at its core is a sandbox or rather a galaxy of your culinary dreams, where you can begin your own chef’s journey. Out in the vastness of space, you run a small delivery business from your floating space trailer, your very own gastronomic getaway among the stars. Cooking all your favourite home comfo…
- Space Chef will feature in Cozy Quest! - 17 November 2025
We’re excited to announce that Space Chef will feature in this year's Cozy Quest, which runs from the 17th November through to the 20th November! We'll also be in the Cozy Quest Opening Showcase on November 17 at 10:00 PT/13:00 ET/18:00 GMT/19:00 CET! Why are we at this event? Space Chef lets you explore the universe all from the safety of your very own restaurant-spaceship! Discover alien worlds teeming with (edible) life, win the hearts of your customers, and build your culinary empire. Make your restaurant a cozy home base for both you and your hungry patrons! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1272290/Space_Chef Join our Discord server and follow us on social media at @Spacechefgame to share your recipes and cosmic journey!
- Sink your teeth into the Space Feast Bundle! - 28 October 2025
We’re thrilled to announce that we’ve fused with Star Trucker to deliver a new bundle! The Space Feast bundle includes - Space Chef A three-course meal of an adventure: restaurant manager, light survival RPG, and life sim, all set in the zany universe of the Horseshoe Nebula. As the galaxy's (soon to be) premiere chef, it's up to you to seek out the finest ingredients from alien planets, cook delicious dishes, and serve them to customers in the comfort of your fully-customisable space trailer. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1272290/Space_Chef Star Trucker Hop into the driver's seat of your rocket-powered big rig as you haul cargo, scavenge for salvage and interact with an eclectic cast of star-hopping truckers in this Americana-infused journey on the ultimate open road - space! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2380050/Star_Trucker If you already own Space Chef or Star Trucker, you…
- Special of the day: The Cook, Space?! Delicious! Bundle - 28 October 2025
We’re thrilled to announce that we’ve fused with Cook Serve Forever to deliver a new bundle! The Cook, Space?! Delicious! Bundle includes - Space Chef A three-course meal of an adventure: restaurant manager, light survival RPG, and life sim, all set in the zany universe of the Horseshoe Nebula. As the galaxy's (soon to be) premiere chef, it's up to you to seek out the finest ingredients from alien planets, cook delicious dishes, and serve them to customers in the comfort of your fully-customisable space trailer. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1272290/Space_Chef Cook Serve Forever Chop, stir, and sauté your way through the bustling solarpunk city of Helianthus. You play as Nori Kaga, a food cart chef aspiring to make it big like her role model, the Culinary Queen, Chef Rhubarb. Alongside your partner Brie, you'll cook over 80 foods and master more than 400 different recipes. https://…
- Space Chef is OUT NOW! - 28 October 2025
That's one small step for a chef, one giant leap for mankind because Space Chef is OUT NOW!!! It’s finally time to join the family business in the Horseshoe Nebula! With the help of your loving grandma, you’ll begin your journey as a celestial chef. Start from scratch and build a culinary empire among the stars, explore strange planets, abandoned space stations, and face monstrous creatures that harbor stellar ingredients and recipes to fuel your rise to becoming a five-star chef! Explore Alien Worlds There's a whole universe of ingredients out there... if they don't eat you first. Explore distant planets, derelict space stations, and your own basement for plants, critters, and other tasty morsels. Along the way, you'll come across space pirates, ancient ruins, and a suspiciously high number of recently abandoned restaurants. Keep an eye out for rare resources (and bits of random junk)…
- Win a One-of-a-Kind Space Chef Plushie! - 16 October 2025
Looking for a companion to accompany you on your cosmic adventures? Then we’ve got you covered! To celebrate our big upcoming launch on October 28th, we’re running a special giveaway where you could win a one-of-a-kind Space Chef plushie. Read on to find out more about what the prizes are and how to enter. The winner of our launch giveaway will receive their choice of either the Gnibbet or Graffle plushie (shown above), and a free copy of Space Chef on the platform of their choice. The first runner-up will receive the other plushie (the one not chosen by the winner) and a free copy of Space Chef on the platform of their choice. And the third runner-up will receive a copy of Space Chef on the platform of their choice. To enter the giveaway, all you need to do is follow this LINK HERE and complete at least one of the activations. The more activations you complete, the more likely you are…
- Space Chef Launches October 28th 🚀 - 2 October 2025
It’s almost time to finally cruise the cosmos! We are excited to announce that Space Chef will launch into homes across the galaxy on October 28th. A three-course meal of an adventure: restaurant manager, light survival RPG, and life sim, all set in the zany universe of the Horseshoe Nebula. As the galaxy's (soon to be) premiere chef, it's up to you to seek out the finest ingredients from alien planets, cook delicious dishes, and serve them to customers in the comfort of your fully-customisable space trailer. There's a whole universe of ingredients out there... if they don't eat you first. Explore distant planets, derelict space stations, and your own basement for plants, critters, and other tasty morsels.Along the way, you'll come across space pirates, ancient ruins, and a suspiciously high number of recently abandoned restaurants. Keep an eye out for rare resources (and bits of random…
- We’re cooking up a storm at Next Fest! - 9 June 2025
Grab that frying pan and sharpen that machete, we’re about to cook up the next big feast at Next Fest! The chefs may still be cooking up the full release but, in the meantime, we’ve got a public demo as a starter before the main course arrives later on this year. A three-course meal of an adventure: restaurant manager, light survival RPG, and life sim, all set in the zany universe of the Horseshoe Nebula. As the galaxy's (soon to be) premiere chef, it's up to you to seek out the finest ingredients from alien planets, cook delicious dishes, and serve them to customers in the comfort of your fully-customisable space trailer. There's a whole universe of ingredients out there... if they don't eat you first. Explore distant planets, derelict space stations, and your own basement for plants, critters, and other tasty morsels. Along the way, you'll come across space pirates, ancient ruins, and…
- Space Chef Livestream 🍳 - 6 June 2025
Curious about how we like our dish best served? Then look no further! We’ve set up a pre-recorded livestream of our resident chef, Mattie, playing through the Space Chef demo and serving up a storm. And if you can’t wait to get your oven preheating, check out our latest public demo that’s available now. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1272290/Space_Chef/ Want to keep up-to-date on the latest cosmic cuisine? 🍲 Then don’t forget to mosey on over to our Discord to shoot the breeze with us and follow our exploits on social media at @SpaceChefGame 💬
- Chef Update: Summer supper update! - 6 June 2025
Grab your ladles and tell your squad - Steam Next Fest is right around the corner, and the Space Chef Demo is crash-landing onto the front page like a flaming souffle on June 9! This is the biggest chance yet to get new players hooked on cooking, looting, space-scootering, and (accidentally) setting the grill on fire. So do us a favor and spread the word like spilled gravy: Tell your friends Tell your coworkers Tell that one cousin who only plays fishing simulators Tell your cat (they won’t care, but still) Every wishlist, every playthrough, every thumbs-up helps our spicy little indie game stand out in a galaxy full of bland gruel. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1272290/Space_Chef/ Oops! I dropped it again - Death drop system Lost all your ingredients cause you messed with the wrong Graffle? Again!? No more! Now when your health hits zero, you'll just take a quick nap. Don't snooze…
- Galactic Guides: Zlurkas - 29 May 2025
Exploring the cosmos is a thirsty job, and there’s no better way to quench your thirst than at Zlurkas Bar! This zany bar is host to a variety of unusual characters, some funky decorations, and Zlurka himself, who is definitely human. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1272290/Space_Chef/ The Characters: Zlurkas Bar is a great place to socialize with the locals and get to know what’s happening around the cosmos. One of the first locals you’ll meet is the top-tier gamer, J’sie, reigning champ of Zlurkas with her unbeatable Space Inhalers high score. This abrasive character is a biologist with a knack for unravelling mysteries about the Horseshoe Nebula's life-forms. Once you’ve made your way around and met the characters dotted throughout the bar, it’s time to meet the bartender himself, Zlurka! The ill-fitting fake nose and glasses might be a slight giveaway that might be bending the tr…
- Galactic Guides: Cyclonia - 24 April 2025
Cyclonia is a dry, rocky planet, but that doesn’t mean it’s barren! Cyclonia is a rough planet with strong winds and even stronger rocks. The critters on this world are a sturdy bunch, with tough exteriors but delicious interiors. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1272290/Space_Chef/ The Creatures & Critters: With the planet being so dry and borderline inhospitable, the creatures that dwell here need to be a sturdy bunch and as tough as the planet itself. The Scorching Desert is home to quite a few of these tough critters. The Tentacolon seems to be some kind of subterranean monster. No one quite knows how far down it goes, not that you’d want to know with that fiery display it’s putting on! Spraying flames like a BBQ gas canister gone rogue! Not everything in The Scorching Desert is an immediate threat though. The Flapperdash is correctly named with how ear-flappingly fast it is! A gr…
- New Demo Flying Into a Cosmos Near You! - 15 April 2025
The oven has been pre-heated, the grill is oiled up, and the kitchen is now open to the public. Check out the demo, now available to everyone! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1272290/Space_Chef/ Curious about the cuisine and lifestyle in the Horseshoe Nebula? No need to look to the stars for answers, check out our brand new gameplay trailer here 👇 A three-course meal of an adventure: restaurant manager, light survival RPG, and life sim, all set in the zany universe of the Horseshoe Nebula. As the galaxy's (soon to be) premiere chef, it's up to you to seek out the finest ingredients from alien planets, cook delicious dishes, and serve them to customers in the comfort of your fully-customisable space trailer. There's a whole universe of ingredients out there... if they don't eat you first. Explore distant planets, derelict space stations, and your own basement for plants, critters, an…
- Galactic Guides: Lush - 20 March 2025
Whether it’s the malicious Melonmonster or the wholesome Lil Hopper, the planet Lush is a world teeming with life of all sorts! This planet is so full of flora and fauna that I’m drooling at the mouth for all the flavour combinations. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1272290/Space_Chef/ The Creatures & Critters: Lush is home to many strange lifeforms, including the Beefle, but those are everywhere (even in my trailer!). Some are friendly and others will attack the first opportunity they get. Although some of these creatures are aggressive in nature, we’re not ones to back down from a challenge here in the Horseshoe Nebula, especially when we’re hungry. The Snapper is a great example of a plant with a bad attitude but some delicious beans! Excellent for a snack on the go. Not everything on this planet is trying to kill you. The Polka Snake is a critter living deep within the Luma Jungl…
- Chef Update: Cooking up a Love Story - 14 February 2025
Space is often a lonely voyage, where a sole space chef can find themselves longing for an interplanetary partner. This Valentine's Day we’re looking at romance in Space Chef and how you can make the void of space a lot more romantic. If this all looks a little familiar to our last announcement, then read to the end for some exclusive tips on how to romance the scrappy, Zoe! There are over 30 NPCs that are now complete, boasting around 30,000 words of dialogue and a whole bunch of interesting sounds and emotions to go with their colorful personalities. Each NPC has a distinct personality and storyline, with five of them being romanceable. The romance system has been expanded to include a unique progression path for each character - woo your favorites by gifting them their unique loved dishes. Besides romance, each character has their own interests and plots and quests which also is a gr…
- Chef Update: It's Looking Sunny Side Up! - 15 November 2024
Hello, amazing Space Chefs! We’re back with a fresh batch of updates, improvements, and sneak peeks to share with you. Your feedback and support have been fantastic and are helping shape the final version of Space Chef. What’s next: Polish, polish, polish! We’re thrilled to announce that Space Chef has officially entered a proper Alpha stage, meaning that all main features and content are complete. There are still a lot of bugs to squash, and even more polish to be made. We're also doing tweaks to the UI and feedback, to increase the satisfaction when you've worked like crazy to get a unique and mythical recipe to another happy customer. The delicious Shimmerspores on Caveron can only be harvested by walking nearby and triggering an explosion. But watch out, the Splittler isn't too happy to see you in the caves! Right now we’re focusing on making the first 30 minutes of the game as exci…
- Space Chef is in Cooking Fest - 11 November 2024
The clouds have parted and the stars have aligned. We’re featuring in Cooking Fest! A festival full of mouth-watering, eye-ogling, and kitchen-envying cooking games. Steam Cooking Fest celebrates cooking games - all of the fun and creativity of cooking, but none of the real-life mess to clean up! Space Chef is a 2D open-world action adventure where you’ll get to explore alien planets, harvest exotic ingredients, and cook cosmic cuisine. Conquer the final frontier with nothing but your grandma’s recipe book and your trusty spatula! Are you ready to build your own galactic food empire? Travel to alien worlds in search of the freshest ingredients (which may or may not cooperate) and use them to cook stellar snacks for your hungry customers. Upgrade your base into a one-stop-ship for all your needs, from farming and frying to fabricating helper bots and fighting off space pirates. https://s…
- New Romance Options Await in Our Latest Dev Update - 5 September 2024
Good food is made with love, which is why we've beefed up the romance options for NPCs ❤️ Read on to hear a tale of love, mystery, and some Steamy action! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1272290/Space_Chef/ Are You Ready for Love? Yes we are! We're excited to announce that all 30 NPCs are now complete, boasting around 30,000 words of dialogue and a whole bunch of interesting sounds and emotions to go with their colorful personalities. Each NPC has a distinct personality and storyline, with five of them being romanceable. The romance system has been expanded to include a unique progression path for each character - woo your favorites by gifting them their unique loved dishes. Besides romance, each character has their own interests and plots and quests which also is a great way to get to know them better. Each romanceable character has five unique dishes they love, with each person lov…
