Foodstars: Merge & Cook

Foodstars is a casual merge game focused on cooking and restaurant development. The core mechanic is merging: players combine identical ingredients, kitchen items, and dishes to create more complex and valuable elements.

Description

Players take on the role of an aspiring chef, working their way up from a humble kitchen to a Michelin-starred restaurant. Throughout the game, the protagonist travels to cities around the world, mastering cuisines ranging from Italian and French to Japanese and Thai. Each location features its own story, chef characters, and signature recipes. The main goal is to earn recognition from chefs, build recipe collections (with over 500 recipes featured in the game), and expand a restaurant chain. The narrative unfolds through quests, chef challenges, and order chains, creating a sense of a chef's career progression.

Features

1. Merge mechanics with upgrade chains;
2. Limited game board and spatial planning;
3. Dual progression: cooking and restaurant development;
4. Short 5–15 minute gameplay sessions;
5. Opportunity for strategic planning;
6. Chef challenges and country-specific "cooking schools";
7. Recipe collections and seasonal events;
8. In-game economy and boosters.