Poltergeist @ Button Mash

This is a cooking sim for people who have struggled with mental health issues and/or worked in a kitchen (ha ha, redundant). The gameplay is your basic singleplayer cooking game. Orders come in from annoying, unseen customers, and it's your job to make them - perfectly, otherwise the annoying, unseen chef will yell at you - in a timely manner. As you progress through the seven stations of the kitchen (Bar, Dodger Night, Oven, Fryer, Saute, Salads, Code Red) you will unlock new characters with unique abilities, get paid for each dish you make correctly, and shop for things you don’t need. Do drugs (or, preferably, don’t) to manage your mental health and affect gameplay elements. If you make it far enough, you'll get to unlock the recipes from the actual restaurant.
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Release date:10 Jan 2026
Last update:17 Dec 2025 (on Steam, public branch)
Developers: Ruthless Productions
Publishers: Ruthless Productions
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