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Naraku No Kitchen Combines Auto-Battle With Cooking At Bitsummit
At BitSummit 2026, Pico Games showed Naraku no Kitchen, a PC action game where players gather ingredients and cook while auto-battle handles combat.
Reporting from 1 source: 4Gamer.net.
Why it matters
The game offers a novel twist on the auto-battle genre by making cooking the active, player-driven loop that runs alongside automated combat.
Key Facts
- At BitSummit 2026, Pico Games showed Naraku no Kitchen, a PC action game where the player's character auto-battles enemies while the player gathers ingredients and cooks.
- The game is designed so there is no downtime: combat runs automatically while the player manages ingredients and recipes.
- Pico Games has not announced a release date for Naraku no Kitchen.
- The game is listed for PC and supports single-player.
The game aims to keep the player busy at all times, with no downtime between fighting and cooking.
The game was playable at BitSummit 2026, where writer Aono Sugiura filed a play report for 4Gamer.net. In Naraku no Kitchen, the player's character auto-battles enemies while the player separately gathers materials and cooks dishes. The core loop is designed so that there is never a lull: combat runs automatically, but the player is always busy managing ingredients and recipes.
Pico Games, the developer, has not announced a release date. The BitSummit demo gave attendees a hands-on look at how the cooking and auto-battle systems interact. The game is listed for PC and supports single-player.
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