Fans of cooking adventure games will soon be able to get a deeper look at Vertigo Gaming’sCook Serve Foreverwhen it releases in early access on PC storefronts in April. Vertigo has released a number ofcooking gamesover the years, beginning withCook, Serve, Delicious!in 2013, which was followed by two sequels.
While it shares a similar name to previous releases, Vertigo’s upcoming cooking game is an entirely new IP.Cook Serve Foreverputs players in the role of Nori Kaga, a self-taught cook who dreams of becoming a superstar chef. To start, she only has a food cart, and it’s the player’s job to help Nori make a name for herself in Helianthus, the “solarpunk” city where the game takes place. Nori will need to manage her menu, learn and perfect new recipes, and will (hopefully) eventually achieve her culinary dream.
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Cook Serve Deliciouswill be available in early access on PC digital storefronts like Steam and Epic Games Store beginning in April, though the specific date hasn’t yet been announced. Theimmersive cooking gamemay also be released on other platforms, but that will be confirmed at a later date. The adventure title will be featured in the February Steam Next Fest as well, which runs from February 6-13. In the meantime, a demo forCook Serve Deliciousis currently available for download on Steam.
Theindie gamepromises dozens of hours of gameplay that “simulates the rhythm and tactility of cooking.” Players will get to handle hundreds of ingredients and recipes as they help Nori become a celebrated chef, and along the way, a series of optional side quests will give the foodie protagonist the opportunity to meet an interesting lineup of characters.
Vertigo’s catalog of releases also includes a match-3 title calledSpirits of Metropolisand another cooking game,Chefsquad,which was developed specifically so thatTwitch chat members could play together, cooking and running a restaurant.
Cooking games have been popular for decades, and it’s become the norm and almost expected for some releases, particularly RPGs, to include at least food to eat and maybe even the ability to cook meals. There’s something oddly satisfying about cooking delicious foods in a video game, with none of the mess or potential hazards of reality. Of course, some of the foodstuffs in games seem so tasty that people have found ways to recreate them in real life, and franchises likeHalo, Skyrim,and evenGod of Warhave released official cookbooksfor those more chef-oriented fans.
Cook Serve Foreverwill be available in Early Access in April 2023 on PC.
