The Chef's Shift: First Course

The Chef's Shift: First Course is a free-to-play prologue/demo for the full game "The Chef's Shift." It launched on February 7, 2025, and the developer explicitly positioned it as a standalone free appetizer — covering the Italian restaurant — designed to drive wishlists for the paid full game. The full game (Steam App ID 2390230) launched on March 31, 2025, per NEWS-1, with 6 restaurants and a complete storyline. This prologue's own purpose was fulfilled at launch: it is a fixed slice of content meant to showcase the full product. Following the February 7 launch, the developer issued a handful of patches through February 23, 2025, addressing bugs, difficulty balancing, and adding language support (Russian and Japanese). The last developer communication for this app was on February 23, 2025. There are no unreleased DLC entries, no announced future content for this prologue specifically, and no sustained post-launch content cadence. The game launched as a complete, self-contained free prologue experience and has received only maintenance and polish updates since. No further content development is expected for this title — players interested in the full experience are directed to the separate full game release.