Crunchyroll Adds Roguelite Restaurant Management Game Cuisineer to Its Android Vault
There’s also crafting and exploration.
Cuisineer
Released Nov 9, 2023
Rating 73/100
Critic score 73
Perspective Bird view / Isometric
Rated ESRB: E10+
Developer BattleBrew Productions
Publishers XSEED Games, Marvelous Europe Ltd.
Where to play
Story
Welcome to the world of Cuisineer, a wholesome food-focused game where you play as Pom, a young adventurer turned restaurateur. One day, you return to your hometown of Paell to manage your parents’ restaurant only to find it closed for business and deep in debt. The only way to pay your debt is to re-open the restaurant and make it thrive. And to do THAT you've got to go dungeon-delving! Pursue adventure in the world outside Paell, wielding your cooking utensils against giant chickens, artillery shrimps, fire-breathing peppers, and other pesky perils, sipping boba tea along the way. Collect ingredients from the land, then take them home to cook up a frenzy and grow your derelict eatery into a sensational restaurant that will make your parents proud. Just watch out for that lunch rush!
Cuisineer blends restaurant management with roguelike mechanics, adding exploration and crafting systems to create a hybrid indie experience. Players run their own dining establishment while navigating procedurally-generated challenges across multiple platforms since its November 2023 release. The game recently expanded its reach through Crunchyroll's Android Vault, bringing the title to mobile audiences alongside its existing availability on console and PC. The roguelite structure suggests players will face repeated runs with incremental progression, distinguishing it from traditional restaurant sims by emphasizing replayability and discovery over open-ended management.