Hungry Horrors

Early access since Jan 2026

Hungry Horrors is a story-driven deckbuilder set in the folklore of the British Isles. Cook real traditional dishes, chain flavour synergies, meet mythical characters, and feed legendary Horrors before they feed on you.

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Steam Updated 11 Oct 2026 $14.99

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Evaluation

Hungry Horrors is currently in Early Access and has been actively developed since launching on January 19, 2026. The studio has shipped a consistent stream of major content updates throughout the Early Access period: the Seashore biome (April 16, 2026), sweeping gameplay overhauls including Spicy, Culinary, and Gourmet modes (May 5, 2026), Banquet Mode (June 19, 2026), the Loch biome (July 2, 2026), and the Megaliths — described as "our final biome" — made available on the beta branch on August 20, 2026. Further feature patches followed on September 18 and September 22, 2026. On September 23, 2026, the developer announced that Hungry Horrors will leave Early Access and launch as version 1.0 on October 13, 2026. The announcement outlines the complete 1.0 content package: 8 biomes, 34 folklore Horrors, 62 playable dishes, 13 legendary characters, two game modes (Campaign and Banquet), the Book of Taliesin meta-progression skill tree, and original music. This 1.0 launch has not yet happened as of today (September 26, 2026), so the game remains in Early Access with its full release and all associated content still pending delivery. Earlier in development (October 2025), the two-person studio disclosed they were running low on savings and launched a Kickstarter campaign to seek funding ahead of their Early Access launch — they successfully moved forward into Early Access in January 2026, indicating that funding concern was resolved.

Evidence

Developer announced Hungry Horrors will leave Early Access and launch as version 1.0 on October 13, 2026, detailing the full content package: 8 biomes, 34 Horrors, 62 dishes, 13 legendary characters, two game modes, and the Book of Taliesin skill tree.

news post · Sep 23, 2026 source content planned

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Update 0.4.6 shipped with VFX overhaul, Hall of Vanquish feature, and extensive bug fixes. Post states this is not the last patch before release and adds the October 13 release date to the title screen.

news post · Sep 18, 2026 source content planned

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Media

Details

Developer

Clumsy Bear Studio

Publisher

Clumsy Bear Studio

Achievements

Platform

Windows, macOS, Linux

Controller

full support

Steam Deck

Verified

Players

Single-player

Card Battler Lore-Rich Roguelite Dungeon Crawler Cooking Roguelike Deckbuilder Turn-Based Card Game Roguelike Fishing Strategy Funny Female Protagonist Deckbuilding Turn-Based Combat

About this game

You are a spoilt princess whose favourite hobbies are leisure, rest, and sleep, and who thinks manual labour is an activity for servants. Unfortunately, your kingdom has fallen under a ravenous curse, and every creature of British and Irish folklore has turned into a “Hungry Horrors”. With no prince showing up to save you, you reluctantly take matters into your own hands and set out to break the curse, feeding strange creatures one meal at a time. You are, predictably, not happy about it.

Cook traditional dishes, master five tastes, satisfy legendary Horrors, and unlock the secrets of a cursed kingdom. Season your cards, equip cookware, find powerful potions, rescue familiars, fish in mysterious waters, meet folkloric characters, and carve your own path through a kingdom built on old legends.

BUILD YOUR CULINARY DECK

Craft a deck of authentic British and Irish recipes, from Cranachan and Yorkshire Pudding to Jellied Eels and Toad in the Hole. Collect ingredients on your travels to cook new dishes and grow your deck. Season your cards to change their flavour and unlock powerful abilities. Equip cookware that bends the rules of every encounter, and shape your deck around the flavour chains you want to pull off.

FACE MYTHICAL MONSTERS

Encounter Jenny Greenteeth, Marool, Dullahan, Y Fad Felen, and other Horrors drawn from English, Irish, Scottish, and Welsh legends. Each one has its own appetite, preferences, and hatreds. Learn about their origins and the folklore behind them. Read them right and they leave full. Read them wrong and the princess becomes the next course.

MASTER FLAVOURS AND CRAVING SYNERGIES

Every dish carries one of five flavours: salty, sour, savoury, bitter, or sweet. Match each Horror's cravings, chain the right flavours in the right order, and watch hunger snowball. Every Horror has favourites and things they despise. Learn them, exploit them, and serve the perfect meal.

EXPLORE THE BRITISH ISLES

Travel through dark woods, gloomy meadows, spooky bogs, and the misty loch. Meet legendary characters with quests to complete, trade with merchants, and uncover artefacts and cookware hidden across the kingdom. Unlock fishing to reel in new ingredients and loot. Find a familiar to follow you on your journey and sniff out potions along the way.

CHOOSE YOUR WAY TO PLAY

Take the long road in the main campaign with persistent progression, where unlocked recipes, abilities, and seasonings carry between runs. Play Vanilla for the standard experience or crank it up with Spicy mode. Stack modifiers like Culinary and Gourmet to twist each run further.

Hungry Horrors is a pixel art card game where food and fear collide. Made by two people, shaped by the community, served with a generous helping of folklore.