Hungry Horrors Leaves Early Access With Full 1.0 Release On October 13
A two-person, self-funded UK studio spent two and a half years on a folklore cooking roguelite, and the 98 percent Steam rating across 200-plus reviews turned that niche premise into a full commercial release rather than a stalled early access project.
Key Facts
- Clumsy Bear Studio announced on October 9, 2026 that Hungry Horrors will launch its full 1.0 version on October 13, 2026.
- Hungry Horrors is priced at 1,700 yen, with a one-week launch sale reducing it 20 percent to 1,360 yen.
- The full 1.0 version of Hungry Horrors includes 8 areas, 34 monsters, 62 dish cards, and 13 legendary characters.
- Hungry Horrors has received over 200 Steam reviews since early access began in January 2026, with 98 percent rated positive.
- Hungry Horrors supports Japanese and is rated Verified on Steam Deck.
Reporting from 2 sources: 4Gamer.net, Game Spark.
Clumsy Bear Studio announced on October 9, 2026 that Hungry Horrors will leave Steam Early Access and launch its full 1.0 version on October 13, 2026. The deck-building adventure is priced at 1,700 yen, with a one-week launch sale dropping it 20 percent to 1,360 yen. Players control a selfish princess who serves dishes to monsters instead of fighting them, reading each creature's hunger and flavor preferences to fill its belly before it eats her. The full version adds 8 areas across the British Isles, 34 monsters drawn from English and Irish folklore including the Dullahan, Jenny Greenteeth, and Queen Maeve, 62 dish cards based on traditional recipes, and 13 legendary characters. Two modes ship with it: Campaign, with Classic and Spicy difficulty, and Banquet, a shorter high-difficulty run. The game has drawn over 200 Steam reviews since early access began in January 2026, 98 percent of them positive.
Two developers built the game over two and a half years at Clumsy Bear Studio, a self-funded team based in the UK. The full version also adds the Book of Taliesin, a system that lets growth carry across repeated runs, and 33 unique death animations for when a monster catches the princess.
- Areas: 8 regions across the British Isles, from grasslands to dim highlands.
- Monsters: 34 folklore creatures, among them the Dullahan, Jenny Greenteeth, Queen Maeve and the Ulfhednar.
- Characters: 13 legendary figures, including Herne the Hunter.
- Dishes: 62 cards drawn from real recipes such as cranachan, Yorkshire pudding and jellied eels.
- Modes: Campaign and Banquet, each with its own difficulty settings.
- Music: an original score by Henry Taylor.
- Controls: Steam Deck Verified, with support for controller, mouse-only and keyboard-only play.
The premise follows a spoiled princess who takes up the task after a curse spreads famine through the kingdom and awakens a dragon, watched by a sharp-tongued cat. Dishes are served based on the monster's hunger and preferred flavors, and card order plus spice upgrades shape each run. The official website FAQ states that PS5, Xbox and Nintendo Switch versions are planned as full releases, with timing still unclear.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.