PlateUp!

PlateUp!

Released Aug 2022

Cook and serve your dishes, design and decorate your restaurants, and expand your culinary kingdom with new unlocks, abilities and dishes in procedurally-generated locations. Classic cooking action with permanent roguelite progression. Hire your friends - or do it all yourself!

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Evaluation

PlateUp! launched on August 4, 2022 and has received a consistent stream of major free content updates ever since. Six major updates have shipped to date: the Bakery/Anniversary update (August 4, 2023), the Pasta Update (February 12, 2024), the Fully Loaded update (August 8, 2024), the Buffet Update (December 11, 2025), and most recently the "Turning Up The Heat" update on August 4, 2026 — the game's fourth anniversary — which added a new Heat/Chill difficulty modifier system, a new Fajitas dish with a unique sizzling mechanic, and a Greenhouse lobby feature with collectable plants. The developer followed this up with a hotfix on August 5, 2026 and a patch on August 11, 2026, showing continued active engagement. This establishes a strong, sustained cadence of major updates roughly every 6-12 months, with no indication from the developer that content development is concluding. The December 2025 Buffet Update explicitly stated the team was "looking forward to cooking up more updates, more frequently," and that commitment has now been fulfilled with the August 2026 release. The game is clearly still receiving substantial ongoing content.
Evidence
Turning Up The Heat update launched on the game's fourth anniversary, adding Heat/Chill difficulty modifiers (10 stacking challenge levels), a new Fajitas dish with a sizzling mechanic, and the Greenhouse lobby feature with collectable plant buffs.
news post · Aug 4, 2026 source content shipped
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The Buffet Update shipped, adding Sandwiches, Ice Cream Sundaes, Buffet appliances, a new Banquet Hall map, and seasonal content. Developer stated they were 'looking forward to cooking up more updates, more frequently.'
news post · Dec 11, 2025 source content shipped
high

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Details

Developer
Publisher
Yogscast Games
Achievements
26
Platform
Windows
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Verified
Players
Single-player · Multiplayer · Co-op · Local/Split Screen

About this game

Up to four players build and run a restaurant from scratch, choosing dishes, buying and placing appliances – some of which can be daisy-chained together to create ambitious automatic kitchens – cooking food and serving customers.

Players have free rein to design their restaurant which will expand and develop between shifts – with additional content and challenges unlocked through progression.

Can you cook, serve and manage your way through 15 hectic days in your restaurant and unlock a brand-new franchise?

  • Classic co-op cooking action, with a wide selection of mains, sides, sauces, toppings, desserts, and starters.

  • Choose your equipment, lay out your kitchen, curate your menu and plate up your dishes.

  • From bubbling soups to sublime salads, tender steaks to hearty pies, there's something for everyone.

  • Look after front-of-house: seating customers, delivering orders, and managing patience.

  • Equip your restaurant to handle the most fickle of customers and deliver them what they need, right when they need it.

  • Co-operate with your team like a well-olive-oiled machine or build a name for yourself going it alone.

  • Exceed your goals and take your franchise to greater heights at a new location, bringing with you new unlocks and upgrade

  • Upgrade and rearrange your restaurant to your personal taste: when the restaurant closes for the day, the planning begins!

  • Decide what new equipment to purchase, and place it wherever you want.

  • Want to go high-tech? Install the turbo-ovens, crank up the conveyors, and make way for the robo-kitchen of the future.

  • Fancy something a little more... fancy? Curate your art collection, fix up that wallpaper, enlist a friend as a maître d' and get ready to provide the culinary experience of a lifetime.

  • Exceed your goals and start over at your next location, bringing with you new unlocks and upgrades.

  • Tailor your brand towards gourmet dining, or fine-tune your fast food franchise.

  • Every restaurant is procedurally-generated with its own climate, customers and conditions.

  • Return to your franchise HQ to view your achievements, customise your characters and upgrade your kit, ready for your next adventure!

Last evaluated Aug 19, 2026
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