Monster Cuisine: Hunt, Butcher, Bon Appetit is in a closed Steam playtest called Taste Test that runs October 13 to October 20, 2026. The game has no release date or price.
Team Machiavelli announced Monster Cuisine: Hunt, Butcher, and Enjoy on September 8, 2026, and opened a Steam store page with wishlist and playtest registration. The dot-pixel action RPG pairs monster hunting with tavern management. Players explore five biomes, fight creatures from goblins to minotaurs, butcher and cook what they kill, and serve dishes to customers. Each monster defeated expands the recipe book. The tavern side runs on minigames for taking orders, filling mugs, and serving plates. Publisher TARK is handling the release.
On October 13, 2026, Team Machiavelli opened the closed playtest Taste Test through the Steam store page's Request Access button. The test runs from October 13 to October 20 at 2:00 AM Japan time and is tied to Steam Cooking Fest 2026. Participants can fight two boss monsters, cook five kinds of dishes, and run the early tavern system.
What has changed between the two stories is the name. The announcement title reads Monster Cuisine: Hunt, Butcher, and Enjoy, while the playtest story calls the game Monster Cuisine: Hunt, Butcher, Bon Appetit. Both stories describe the same hunt-and-cook loop, and the playtest story gives the first concrete scope for a build: two bosses, five dishes, and the early tavern. A release date and price remain unannounced.
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Team Machiavelli began the closed playtest "Taste Test" for its action RPG and tavern management sim Monster Cuisine: Hunt, Butcher, Bon Appetit on Steam. Applications run through the store page's Request Access button. The test, tied to Steam Cooking Fest 2026, runs from October 13 to October 20 at 2:00 AM Japan time. Players can fight two boss monsters, cook five kinds of dishes, and run the early tavern system.
Team Machiavelli announced Monster Cuisine: Hunt, Butcher, and Enjoy on September 8, 2026, opening the Steam store page with wishlist and playtest registration open. The dot-pixel action RPG pairs monster hunting with tavern management. Players explore five biomes, fight creatures from goblins to minotaurs and other mythical beasts, and gather ingredients. Prey is butchered, seasoned, and grilled into dishes served to customers, and each monster defeated expands the recipe book. The tavern side runs on minigames for taking orders, filling mugs, and serving plates. Combat offers weapon and playstyle choices plus customizable armor sets including Iron, Minotaur, and Cockatrice. Dishes carry Gold, Happiness, and Reputation values, so the menu affects earnings and customer satisfaction. Publisher TARK is handling the release. The game is single-player on Steam with Japanese, English, Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Korean, German, French, Turkish, and Portuguese support. Release date and price are unannounced.