Kitchen Wars: Appetiser

Shooter· Top-Down Shooter· Beat 'em up· 3D

Released Feb 2025

Kitchen Wars: Appetiser is the limited first taste of a fast-paced party game with 2-8 players that plunge players into the chaos of a restaurant, where they must engage in strategic fights and theft while catering to their clients.

73% positive · 142 reviews

Done

All announced content has been released

High confidence

Done

All announced content has been released

High confidence

Where to get it

Free on Steam

Steam Free

Evaluation

Kitchen Wars: Appetiser is a free prologue/demo for the full game Kitchen Wars. The store description explicitly states it is "the prologue version of the full game Kitchen Wars" offering approximately 60 minutes of gameplay. It was never intended as a standalone game with its own content roadmap — it exists solely as a free taste of the full product. The full game, Kitchen Wars, launched on Steam on April 16, 2025, as confirmed by a developer news post. This means the Appetiser has fulfilled its purpose as a pre-release sampler. There is no announced additional content for this prologue, no unreleased DLC, and no indication that Silent Owl intends to expand the Appetiser beyond its original scope. It shipped as a complete, intentionally limited product.

Evidence

Kitchen Wars full version launched on Steam with new features, maps, and unlockables — the product this Appetiser prologue was designed to lead into

news post · Apr 16, 2025 source content shipped

high

Store description explicitly states this is the prologue version of the full game Kitchen Wars, limited to approximately 60 minutes of gameplay

description · Feb 6, 2025 source development ending

high

Media

Details

Developer

Silent Owl

Publisher

Perfect Gen

Achievements

—

Platform

Windows

Controller

partial support

Steam Deck

Not rated

Players

Multiplayer · Co-op · PvP · Local/Split Screen

Top-Down Shooter Beat 'em up 3D Cute Cooking Funny Action Casual Family Friendly Management Heist Physics Combat Local Multiplayer Local Co-Op

About this game

Kitchen Wars: Appetiser is the prologue version of the full game Kitchen Wars.

The Appetiser version is just a 60-minute gameplay of the full game.

Serve your clients: Quickly prepare and deliver meals to keep customers happy.
Purchase upgrades and items: Improve your kitchen, unlock boosters, and get the edge on your opponent.
Attack the opposing restaurant: Use melee weapons to disrupt your rival's operations and steal their resources.
Steal chairs: Sabotage the other restaurant by swiping their chairs, reducing their seating capacity.
Upgrade your restaurant: Earn money from satisfied clients to invest in your kitchen and improve your chances of winning.