The Chef's Shift: First Course
A fast-paced typing game in a restaurant setting, where you’ll both cook & serve food to hungry customers, all done by TYPING. Play through the Italian restaurant and get a taste of The Chef's Shift!
- Release Date:2/7/2025
- Franchise:Catoptric Games
- Developer:Panitia GameDev
- Publisher:Catoptric Games
- Last Updated:2/25/2025
- Steam App Id:2516920
Steam Charts, Stats, and Live Player Count
At the moment, The Chef's Shift: First Course has 65 concurrent players online and in-game. This is 88% lower than its previous all-time peak of 521 players achieved on 2/8/2025.

The Chef's Shift: First Course Review
The Chef's Shift: First Course has achieved a Steambase Player Score of 94 / 100. This score is calculated from 86 total reviews on the Steam store — giving it a Very Positive rating. These are split between 81 positive reviews, 5 negative reviews, and will be updated in real-time as more players leave their feedback.
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About The Chef's Shift: First Course
The Chef's Shift: First Course is a Simulation, Indie, Casual, and Free to Play game developed by Panitia GameDev. On 2/7/2025, it was released on the Steam Store by Catoptric Games.
It can be played and ran on both Windows and Mac systems. At the moment, there is no confirmed information regarding Steam Deck support for this game.
It also supports 6 languanges in-game including English, French, German, Chinese (Simplified), and Japanese. Each language comes with varying levels of support for the in-game interface, audio, and fully translated subtitles.
According to Steam’s category system, The Chef's Shift: First Course supports the following features:
- Single-player
From the Steam community, The Chef's Shift: First Course has been tagged with the following user tags:
- Difficult
- Text-Based
- Management
- Typing
- Narration
- Dark Humor
- Cooking
- Simulation
- Cute
- Crime
- Time Management
- Funny
- Arcade
- Top-Down
- Strategy
- Indie
- Casual
- Colorful
- Singleplayer
- 2D
Media & Sceenshots
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Supported Languages
The Chef's Shift: First Course is available in 6 different languages with varying levels of support for the in-game interface, audio, and fully translated subtitles.
Name | Interface | Audio | Subtitles |
---|---|---|---|
English | Yes | No | Yes |
French | Yes | No | Yes |
German | Yes | No | Yes |
Chinese (Simplified) | Yes | No | Yes |
Japanese | Yes | No | Yes |
Russian | Yes | No | Yes |
More Steam Charts
Track historical trends for The Chef's Shift: First Course community hub members and its growth over time. It currently has 137 followers in its community.
Frequently Asked Questions
Soures & References
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The Chef's Shift: First Course data has been sourced from:
- Valve Corporation. (2025, February 25). The Chef's Shift: First Course on Steam. Steam Store. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2516920
- Valve Corporation. (2025, February 25). The Chef's Shift: First Course. Steam Community Hub. https://steamcommunity.com/app/2516920
- Panitia GameDev. (2024, December 5). The Chef's Shift: First Course. The Chef's Shift: First Course. https://panitiagamedev.carrd.co/