Delicious - Emily's Message in a Bottle

Casual· Adventure· Indie· Time Management

Released Dec 2016

Enjoy an amazing story while you cook divine dishes in Italian kitchens!

93% positive · 148 reviews

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Evaluation

Delicious - Emily's Message in a Bottle is the 13th installment in GameHouse's long-running Delicious cooking story series, released on December 10, 2016. The store description presents it as a self-contained story game with a fixed set of content: 65 story levels, 30 challenge levels, 200+ dishes, and a complete narrative arc following Emily's quest to reunite her family in Italy. There is no season pass, DLC, or post-launch content of any kind listed. The game launched as a complete, packaged product in a series where each entry is a standalone episode. The only post-launch developer activity was a Steam Cloud Saving feature added on March 12, 2024 — a quality-of-life improvement that doesn't indicate new story content. No additional content has ever been announced or shipped for this specific title, which is consistent with how GameHouse structures the Delicious series: each numbered season ships complete and self-contained.

Evidence

Store description presents a fixed, self-contained package: 65 story levels, 30 challenge levels, 200+ dishes, and a complete narrative. No mention of DLC, ongoing updates, or future content.

description · Dec 10, 2016 source content shipped

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Developer added Steam Cloud Saving so players can sync progress across devices. This is the only post-launch developer communication — a technical quality-of-life improvement, not new story content.

news post · Mar 12, 2024 source ambiguous

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Details

Developer

GameHouse

Publisher

GameHouse

Achievements

Platform

Windows, macOS

Controller

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Steam Deck

Playable

Players

Single-player

Casual Adventure Indie Time Management Cooking

About this game

Discover the message in a bottle that will change Emily’s life forever, while cooking divine dishes in Italian kitchens! With Paige fully recovered from her fever, life has settled down again in Snuggford. That is, until the entire Napoli family is shocked when they hear that Emily’s missing grandfather, Vitto, is still alive and might be in Italy. Especially Emily’s father, Edward, is overwhelmed by the news. He and his five brothers haven't seen their father, or each other, in years. Reuniting them is going to be quite a challenge... Will Emily succeed in bringing everybody together at the big family dinner?

ENJOY THE 13TH SEASON OF DELICIOUS, the award-winning cooking story game series
RUN YOUR DINERS and serve food in 65 story levels in different kitchens, plus 30 challenge levels
PLAY IN ITALIAN RESTAURANTS and cook 200+ divine dishes in exciting time management levels
UNLOCK REAL MESSAGES by winning trophies while you dash through lovely locations
COLLECT DIAMONDS and help Emily reunite her entire family through the power of cooking
ENJOY HIDDEN OBJECT ELEMENTS and see if you can find all mice