Idle Cooking Emperor
Released Apr 2019
You live in a world where cooking is everything. You start out weak and then train with the goal to become the best cook in the world. Fight cooking battles, raise fairies, own restaurants, become rich!
53% positive · 151 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence
Where to get it
Free on Steam
Evaluation
Idle Cooking Emperor launched on April 28, 2019 as a free-to-play idle game. The developer's news history shows only a single post on record — a version update on February 17, 2024 (v1.03.1448) that added new story chapters, a fairy dust purchase bonus, and bug fixes. This is the most recent known developer communication, and there is no further content announced, no unreleased DLC listed, and no roadmap or developer statement indicating future updates are planned. With only one tracked post across the game's full history and no communication since February 17, 2024 — over two years ago as of today — there is no sustained update pattern to suggest ongoing development, and no commitments pointing to future content. The game appears to have been released as a finished product that has received occasional maintenance, with the February 2024 update representing the last known activity.
Evidence
Version 1.03.1448 update added new story chapters, a fairy dust purchase bonus, and several bug fixes. This is the most recent and only tracked developer communication.
Store description describes the game's feature set without referencing any planned future content, upcoming updates, or ongoing development roadmap.
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
Shugasu GmbH
Achievements
15
Platform
Windows, macOS, Linux
Controller
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Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player
About this game
You live in a world where cooking is everything. You start out weak and then train with the goal to become the best cook in the world.
This is an idle game which means you can play it in the background while doing something else. Much of the game progresses automatically but you can manually adjust many things to improve your gains faster. Optimize your recipes and set the right theme for every restaurant.
- Challenge other cooks to a cooking duel and ~~steal~~ win their restaurant.
- Let the cooks you beat work in now your restaurant.
- Create your own dishes and sell them in your restaurant for maximum profit.
- Challenge, and win against stronger cooks for up to 30 restaurants you can own.
- Research and improve your recipes.
- If you feel like you can't progress anymore, retire and grow a pupil with growth boosts depending on your own stats.
- Get more ingredients and make better dishes (ingredients have combination boosts with other ingredients, so try to find the best combination!).
- Get some fairies and creatures to improve your stats and profit!
- Build some buildings in the areas where your restaurants are so the people can spend more money for your delicious dishes!
- Challenge wandering cooks with increasing difficulty for huge gains (or losse but you probably want to prevent losing the duel).
- Become rich, do challenges, ect, ect...
This is an idle game which means you can play it in the background while doing something else. Much of the game progresses automatically but you can manually adjust many things to improve your gains faster. Optimize your recipes and set the right theme for every restaurant.
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Last evaluated Jun 26, 2026
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