Rice & Rest

Rice & Rest

Released Nov 2025

Rice & Rest is a cozy narrative game where running a food truck leads to unexpected friendships. Cook meals and chat with quirky, heartfelt, and weird characters in a modern-fantasy city. Stuck far from home, you’ll soon find that food has a way of bringing people together.

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Details

Publisher
Squirreled Away Games
Achievements
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Platform
Windows
Controller
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Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player

About this game

A cozy cooking experience

Serve hot and tasty meals to your customers. As you cook unlock 11 Japanese-inspired recipes some with multiple variations. Cooking opens the hearts of those around you as you cook you will meet friendly faces.

Small moments that matter

At The Rice & Rest, you do more than just cook you create a space for connection. A warm meal and a friendly ear can brighten someone’s day, ease their worries, or even spark new friendships. Some moments are lighthearted and fun, others thoughtful and introspective.

The friends you make along the way

8 characters for you to cook for, chat with, and befriend. As you expand your menu and earn loyal customers you will learn more of their lives and stories. You might also learn more of why you are here and about the world you are in.

There’s a wide variety of characters to meet from a robot trying to understand humans, your new demon boss (literally she's a demon, she's not that bad), to a wizard detective and his junior investigating a magical crime, and more.

Features

  • 8 Characters to meet

  • Hand drawn art

  • Chill vibes - With jazz music from Ovani sound

  • A story you are part of, the main character is directly involved in the story of Rice & Rest

  • 11 Meals to cook with over 20 raw ingredients that can be prepared in different ways

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