Contract Cooks is an indie developed by Slapunas and Jakayaki, released 12 October 2026 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Contract Cooks is
Contract Cooks is an indie game developed by Slapunas and Jakayaki and released in 2026. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
You're a contractor in the food industry. The agency cares about one thing: whether you can hold down a midnight shift at a diner or a heatwave at a coffee shop where everyone suddenly wants ice. You pick the jobs off the board. Sometimes you walk into a clean kitchen. Sometimes the last cook ran out the back door an hour ago. Each contract gives you a location, a stint of three to seven days and a set of conditions that fit the place. Office cafes get rush hour. Fine dining gets critics. Airlines get... whatever's wrong with airlines. You start with one dish on the menu and it's usually something simple. Then it gets worse. Cooking is grounded but quick. A coffee is grind, pull, froth…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.
What it launched against
Contract Cooks launched on 12 October 2026, within three weeks of Control Resonant, Silent Hill: Townfall, Star Wars: Galactic Racer and Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve.
Released around the same time: Control Resonant, Silent Hill: Townfall, Star Wars: Galactic Racer, Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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