Play Monster Cuisine’s Hands-On Taste Test Throughout Steam Cooking Fest 2026
Feeling hangry? Then slake your bloodlust in the first playtest for Monster Cuisine, the upcoming action-RPG from Team Machiavelli where you cook what you kill and serve it up to the ravenous patrons of your very own fantasy tavern. Interested players can register today for the game’s closed playtest, where they can sample a taste of its hybrid dungeon crawler/tavern sim gameplay for the very first time. The Taste Test is available throughout Steam Cooking Fest 2026, from October 12 @ 10:00am PDT to October 19 @ 10:00am PDT. This appetizer includes:
2 distinct enemy bosses, each of which drop unique loot that can be crafted into armour and recipes
5 cookable meals, along with a variety of kitchen tools and cooking interactions
An introduction to the tavern management gameplay loop
The joy of feasting upon the slain corpsemeat of your fallen foes
Clear dangerous wilds and foreboding dungeons of the monsters that dwell therein, then haul back the spoils of the hunt to concoct delicious recipes, craft unique armour and grow your burgeoning business. Battles, booze, blood, and belly dancing-all of this and more come together in a vibrant pixel art style that brings the world of Monster Cuisine to life…so you can bring its creatures to death.
Monster Cuisine provides a generous helping of unique combat and management sim mechanics to create a flavour all its own:
Cook What You Kill - Butcher, season, sear, and serve delicious dishes for your customers and master a recipe book that grows as your kill count climbs and prices soar
Run Your Fantasy Tavern - Satisfy a colorful cast of patrons with cozy, addictive mini-games where you keep the mugs full and the chaos controlled
Fierce & Fast-Paced Fighting - Select your favourite tool of destruction and refine your playstyle before going head-to-horns with mythical creatures in glorious combat
Slay In Style - Experiment with your customizable armor sets as you forge the perfect build for your hunts
To Be the Boss, Eat the Bosses - Hunt, forage and fight across 5 unique biomes, defeating the most dangerous denizens of the Forbidden Forest and bringing them home for dinner