Kokoro Kitchen

Kokoro Kitchen

Released Oct 2025

In this delightful farm-to-table cooking game, you’ll restore a cozy Japanese restaurant, cultivate a bountiful garden of fresh ingredients, and prepare mouth-watering Japanese dishes for hungry locals. Use your culinary skills to help bring a little life back to the spirit world!

80% positive · 106 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence

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Steam $11.99
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Evaluation

Kokoro Kitchen launched on October 17, 2025 as a complete, finished product. The developer (Mango Leaf Games) released a series of post-launch patches addressing bugs, quality-of-life improvements, and tutorial clarity — the last of which was a small maintenance update on May 17, 2026. There are no unreleased DLC listings, no announced future expansions, and no roadmap pointing to upcoming content. The developer has not indicated any plans for additional content beyond maintaining the base game. The post-launch update pattern consists entirely of bug fixes and polish patches, not new content releases. As of today (July 23, 2026), the last developer communication was on May 17, 2026, and there is no signal of future content being planned.
Evidence
Launch day patch (v1.0.2) fixing tutorial and cow upgrade bugs. Developer noted they would 'take a little break' after launch to celebrate and recover.
news post · Oct 17, 2025 source content shipped
high
v1.3.1 small QoL and bug fix update — the most recent developer communication, with no mention of future content or updates.
news post · May 17, 2026 source ambiguous
medium

Media

Details

Publisher
Mango Leaf Games
Achievements
17
Platform
Windows, macOS
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player

About this game

Welcome to the spirit world! You might not remember how you got here, but don’t worry—Alan, the cutest (and grumpiest) poultry-geist, has a plan! In this farm-to-table cooking game help Alan restore a rundown Japanese restaurant, serve delicious meals, harvest fresh crops, and prepare special ingredients to meet all your customers’ needs.

 

Manage Your Restaurant:

  • Choose the menu that you want to serve each day. Experiment with new recipes and cater to what you think your customers will enjoy the most!

  • Balance your time and quality of each dish to keep your customers happy and earn money for future upgrades!

  • Prepare meals to put on your takeaway tables and meet the needs of customers on the go!

Farm-to-Table Cooking: 

  • Water and harvest ingredients from your very own garden! Use these ingredients to create the freshest meals for your ghostly friends.

  • Make sure to take special care of your cows and chickens so that you can have fresh milk and eggs everyday!

  • Play mini-games to prepare certain ingredients for your recipes. Ferment soybeans to make your own soy sauce, dry green tea leaves to create your own matcha powder, and more!

Purchase Items & Upgrades:

  • Make sure to manage your finances so that you have enough funds to make purchases for your shop and yourself. Purchase new plants for your farm, decorations for your bedroom, and more!

  • Spend points to purchase upgrades to restore your shop, add extra elements to your kitchen, and activate other elements that make running your restaurant even easier!

Explore the NPCs:

  • Something has been missing from this restaurant for a long time. Learn about Alan’s history with the restaurant and help him find his missing piece!

  • According to Alan, this restaurant used to have some regulars. When they come into the restaurant, complete their challenge to learn more about the history of your store!

Last evaluated Jul 23, 2026
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