Automachef

Rhombico Games · Team17 Digital Ltd

Released: Jul 23, 2019
Platforms: Windows
Last updated: 05 Sep 2026, 05:55 GMT

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08 Nov 2025Developer post
A few important clarifications about Rhombico
This past week, I’ve received so many kind words, personal messages, and stories from people who have played our games. I can’t thank you enough for the warmth and all the words of support! And now, a few important clarifications to answer some of the questions that have been pop
31 Oct 2025Developer post
Thank you for playing!
Hello everyone, I have made the incredibly difficult decision to begin winding down Rhombico Games. It’s a bittersweet moment, for sure. I am, at the same time, filled with pride for everything we’ve built, gratitude for everyone who’s been part of the journey, and some sadness f
04 Oct 2025Developer post
❗Update Required
We want to let you know about an important update. A recently identified security vulnerability within Unity has been spotted, and while there is currently no evidence of impact on users, we’re taking all relevant steps to ensure you’re on the latest and safest version of the gam
19 Aug 2021PCGamesN
Epic's next free game is basically Factorio meets Overcooked
It's Thursday, and you know what that means - another round of free PC games from the Epic Games Store. This week, you can grab Yooka-Laylee and Void Bastards , and as ever, Epic has revealed next week's freebie, too. Next time around, you'll be able to grab Automachef, which bri
28 May 2020Developer post
Automachef 50% off in the Team17 Publisher Sale
Humans! 🤖 Get your cook on and take over the culinary world! Automachef is 50% off for a limited time in the Team17 Steam Publisher Sale! A resource management puzzler where you design kitchens, program machinery and watch your genius come to life! It’s time to engineer tomo
24 Jan 2020Developer post
Automachef Lunar Update
Hello Fellow Humans, Happy Lunar New Year! We're extremely excited to share that the free Automachef Lunar Update is now live! Watch the trailer here: Here's all of the new content coming: New Recipes Kung Pao Chicken Dumplings Serving Steamed Rice Serving (side dish) New machine
Hello Fellow Humans, Happy Lunar New Year!
We're extremely excited to share that the free Automachef Lunar Update is now live!
Watch the trailer here:
Watch on YouTube
Here's all of the new content coming:
New Recipes

Kung Pao Chicken
Dumplings Serving
Steamed Rice Serving (side dish)
New machines

Food Steamer
New Levels

Level 1: Going Soy Well
Level 2: What A Filling!
Level 3: Wok On By
New ingredients

Bell Pepper
Chicken Stock
Chopped Bell Pepper
Dried Chili
Dumpling Filling
Dumpling Wrapper
Ginger
Grated Ginger
Minced Pork
Pork
Rice
Soy Sauce
Water
Thanks for reading everyone!
We hope you all enjoy the new content and wish you good luck in your path to world domination... of cuisine!
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29 Nov 2019Developer post
Steam Awards 2019 - Vote for Automachef - The Best Game You Suck At Award
Hello fellow humans! We hope you've all been enjoying the free Thanksgiving update that went live yesterday, be sure to let us know how you are finding all of the new content. Thank you all for your support so far! Today we humbly ask you to vote for Automachef as your nomination
28 Nov 2019Developer post
Automachef Thanksgiving Free Content Update!
Welcome fellow humans! Thanks for all of your support so far, today we are thrilled to announce the release of a free Thanksgiving content update for Automachef! Watch the trailer now: This update brings with it a whole host of content including a new machine, the Oven. Three new
Welcome fellow humans!
Thanks for all of your support so far, today we are thrilled to announce the release of a free Thanksgiving content update for Automachef!
Watch the trailer now:
Watch on YouTube
This update brings with it a whole host of content including a new machine, the Oven.
Three new levels and two new contracts for Contracts Mode!
Four new recipes: Cornbread, Pumpkin Pie, Roast Turkey, Sweet Potatoes Side. Finally several new ingredients: Pumpkin, Fresh Herbs, Onion, Cornmeal, Sweet Potato, Milk and more!
Here's lots more changes brought to this patch to make the game better:
QoL

Shortcuts to move machines, clone machines, create blueprints and view recipes tools.
Drag with the mouse to select parts in order to clone, move or make a blueprint out of them at any time.
Making different control machines have different connection wire colours.
Highlight connection wires when hovering over a machine with the mouse pointer.
Bugfix: the wrong preview image was displayed in some contracts.
Bugfix: while a long robotic arm's put-down range is set to "1 tile away" they used to stretch beyond their normal range to place ingredients inside an assembler.
Bugfix: connection cables in Skyscraper levels were black.
Bugfix: in the Test Site the ingredients filter dropdown in robotic arms could take a long time to get populated.
Bugfix: there was some text not wrapping correctly in the orders list while playing in German.
Bugfix: when cloning a robotic arm with operation mode set to Left or Right its arrow would sometimes not be displayed correctly.
Bugfix: if the simulation was stopped while a Sprinkler was active, it would start operating again when restarting the simulation.
Bugfix: several issues regarding the Contracts Mode screens when playing with a controller.
Modding Support

New version of the SDK to allow players to specify the result of baking ingredients in the oven.
New version of the Mod Creation Guide that lists the new ingredients and dishes and explains how to set up the result of baking ingredients in the oven in the SDK.
Thanks for reading everyone!
We hope you all enjoy the new content and wish you good luck in your path to world domination... of cuisine this festive period!
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16 Oct 2019Developer post
Save up to 80% in the Team17 publisher sale!
Our Steam publisher sale is now live, offering up to 80% on various games, DLC and even soundtracks! Click here to check out what's on offer! Included in this sale are the recently released Blasphemous and Overcooked! 2 'Carnival of Chaos' DLC, early access titles Hell Let Loose
26 Sep 2019Developer post
Kitchen Confidential #8 - Top Developer Tips!
Welcome to yet another Kitchen Confidential, my good old carbon-based friends! Today I am going to be sharing some of my top tips so you can be successful entrepreneurs, taking over the world of fast food, just like me. Things can get very tricky under certain conditions, so it’s
Welcome to yet another Kitchen Confidential, my good old carbon-based friends!
Today I am going to be sharing some of my top tips so you can be successful entrepreneurs, taking over the world of fast food, just like me.
Things can get very tricky under certain conditions, so it’s important to pay attention and make an effort to increase the efficiency of your kitchen in order to deliver food to your beloved customers as quickly as possible. Here are some of the common pitfalls and some thoughts on how to get them sorted out, so machines will continue serving us, humans, in a predictable and non-world-conquering way.

Adjusting the time between ingredients in your dispensers can be an easy way to get the ingredient ratios right and avoid the use of expensive order readers. If your recipe, for example, requires two patties but only one bun, make sure that the time between ingredients in the bun dispenser is set to twice the one in the patty dispenser. You can also adjust the timing based on the number of customers that you are expecting.
Restaurants with more than one type of customer (like drive-thru and take-out) can get tricky sometimes. In those cases, it might be a good idea to have a constant flow of dishes being stored in a storage unit. Then you can use order readers to control a robotic arm to take the food from the storage unit and redirect it to the proper conveyor belt to be delivered to the correct section of the restaurant.
A good way to handle rush hours is to have a small buffer of production in a storage unit. You can even use a counting machine to turn dispensers on or off depending on the number of dishes you have in your storage unit, so you won’t overproduce.
If used properly, programmable computers can end up replacing up to four different order readers. They are particularly good if you combine them with repeaters in order to increase the number of effective outputs. Remember you can find the reference guide for computers on our website.
Are you experiencing frequent blackouts because you exceed the limit of power consumption? Besides setting machines so they use the power saving mode, you could also use a computer to turn assemblers, grills and other high power usage machines on and off alternately, so they are not all on at the same time.
You cannot deliver dishes quick enough because your good old assembler is taking a long time to make them? Consider replacing it with an advanced assembler, which is significantly faster!
Now go forth my fellow organic lifeforms and become the automated kitchen entrepreneur you've always dreamed of being!
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03 Sep 2019Developer post
Kitchen Confidential #7 - Mod Creation!
Hey everyone, Welcome to Automachef's 7th Kitchen Confidential! This week the definitely human Robert Person has graced us with their presence! Robert shall be explaining how Mods work and how you can make your own to play and share on the Steam Workshop. Let's get stuck in shall
Hey everyone,
Welcome to Automachef's 7th Kitchen Confidential!
This week the definitely human Robert Person has graced us with their presence! Robert shall be explaining how Mods work and how you can make your own to play and share on the Steam Workshop.
Let's get stuck in shall we?
Mod Creation
Hello fellow humans, welcome to yet another “Kitchen Confidential”. This time we are going to talk about one of the features that sets Automachef apart: the tools that allow players to create their very own recipes, ingredients, dishes and levels and then share them with the rest of the community!
In order to see some of the creations you could make using the Automachef Software Development Kit, check out the Steam Workshop, particularly the following mods, which are extremely fun to play:

Danish Food (frikadellesandwich, flæskesteg and other traditional Danish foods)
Delicious Desserts (ice cream, cakes, pancakes and more)
High Steaks (steaks of different types and different degrees of doneness)
Getting started with making your own mods is quite easy. We suggest that you check Automachef’s website and download the mod creation guide for more detail, but here are the basics:
1. Download and install Unity 2018.3.7f1. You can get it through the Unity Hub that you can download from Unity’s website for free.
2. Download the Automachef SDK from Automachef’s website.
3. Think about the recipes, ingredients and dishes you want to make.
4.Fire up your favourite 3D modelling software (like Blender) and start making the 3D models for your food. Don’t forget to prepare a square icon for each one of the ingredients and dishes you make!
5. Set up all the required data, like the recipes for your dishes, how the different cooking methods affect each ingredient, what recipes players need to prepare in each level, and so on and so forth.
6. Build the mod into a file from the SDK, copy it to the corresponding folder and start up Automachef to give it a try!
7. When you are happy with your creation you can post it to the Steam Workshop from within the Mods screen in the game.
We can’t wait to see the exciting and creative mods that our fellow humans are going to produce in the future!
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16 Aug 2019Developer post
Kitchen Confidential #6 - Contracts Mode!
Hey everyone, Welcome to our sixth Kitchen Confidential! Have you conquered Campaign mode? Built the craziest kitchens in Test Site? Are you hungry to build your own business to spread the joy of fully automated kitchens? Then Automachef’s Contracts Mode is for you! Contracts Mod
14 Aug 2019Developer post
Patch #1 - Live Now!
Hey everyone, Today we're releasing our first patch for Automachef! This patch focuses on some quality of life improvements and bug fixes based on your feedback, so thank you to everyone who took a moment to share their feedback with us here on Steam and on our various social med
Hey everyone,
Today we're releasing our first patch for Automachef!
This patch focuses on some quality of life improvements and bug fixes based on your feedback, so thank you to everyone who took a moment to share their feedback with us here on Steam and on our various social media channels.
The Patch Notes!
Quality of life

Key Rebinding.
Save prompt before returning to the main menu, allowing you to store successful designs for the future.
Added a button to skip the robot's speech at the beginning of a level.
Music playlist is now less repetitive when playing for an extended period of time.
Ultra-wide support for extreme aspect ratios.
“Efficiency” metric has been improved, allowing 100% efficiency to be achieved in most levels if the layout doesn't waste ingredients or energy.
Default value of order readers will be lowered to “perform 1 action” instead of 3.
Various tweaks and improvements to Robert Person’s text box.
Your highest efficiency score will be displayed in the level selection screen.
Mouse cursor will no longer be blocked from reaching certain areas after changing screen resolution.
Bug Fixes!

Mouse cursor is no longer blocked from reaching certain areas after changing the screen resolution to a different aspect ratio.
Warning and prompt dialogues now scale accordingly to the player's screen resolution.
Issues fixed where long robotic arms would work inconsistently with conveyor belt bridges.
Multiple robotic arms next to an assembler output now function correctly.
The "edge pan" option no longer cause the camera to pan even when the game window did not have focus.
Various other minor big fixes.
That wraps up today's patch notes! We hope they aid you on your quest for culinary kitchen perfection.
Rest assured we're still reading and collating your feedback, it's appreciated.
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04 Aug 2019PC Gamer
Automachef and Wonder Boy among four free games for Twitch Prime subscribers
Alongside some Madden NFL 20 goodies , Twitch Prime members are getting four games as part of their subscription this month, including recently-released automated cooking puzzler Automachef and shapeshifting Metroidvania Mable and the Wood . Twitch Prime membership is automatical
01 Aug 2019Developer post
Kitchen Confidential #5 - Upcoming Patch Insight!
Hello everyone, Thank you all so much for your support during Automachef’s launch, we really appreciate it! The team have been avidly reading through your forum comments and Steam reviews taking note of what you like, as well as bugs and what you feel could do with some tweaks. W
Hello everyone,
Thank you all so much for your support during Automachef’s launch, we really appreciate it!
The team have been avidly reading through your forum comments and Steam reviews taking note of what you like, as well as bugs and what you feel could do with some tweaks. We’re now in a position where we’re almost ready to release our first patch based on this feedback…
Automachef's First Patch - Coming Soon!
We’re pleased to share that Automachef’s first patch is coming soon! Built around what we learned from the community, you can expect the following when the patch goes live:

Key Rebinding.
Save prompt before returning to the main menu, allowing you to store successful designs for the future.
Ultra-wide support for extreme aspect ratios.
“Efficiency” metric has been improved, allowing 100% efficiency to be achieved in most levels if the layour doesn't waste ingredients or energy.
Default value of order readers will be lowered to “perform 1 action” instead of 3.
Various tweaks and improvements to Robert Person’s text box.
Your highest efficiency score will be displayed in the level selection screen.
Prompt dialogues will scale to screen resolution
Mouse cursor will no longer be blocked from reaching certain areas after changing screen resolution.
When the patch goes live in the near future the full notes will have further details on the changes listed above.
Thanks again for your support during launch, it’s been awesome seeing how you’ve been tackling the various challenges in Automachef, as well as how helpful you’ve been in assisting your fellow robotic kitchen entrepreneurs.
Order Pending
We’ll be in touch again soon when the patch goes live, so in the meantime why not treat yourself to some steak with minotaur2k12’s ‘High Steaks’ mod available here:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1819352602
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26 Jul 2019Rock, Paper, Shotgun
Wot I Think: Automachef
Developer: Hermes Interactive Publisher: Team 17 Digital Ltd. Release: Out now On: Windows From: Steam , GOG , Humble Price: 11/$15/ 15 I was doing it all wrong. My first few hours with Automachef had me proper wound up because, basically, it wasn’t Factorio, and thus has differe
24 Jul 2019Developer post
Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair – Alternate Level States
On your quest to defeat Capital B, you’ll discover secrets and solve puzzles in the overworld to unlock alternate level states! Spark some change by hooking up electricity, flood chapters with running water or literally flip them upside down for radically altered challenges! Chec
24 Jul 2019PC Gamer
Automachef, the game about churning out automated meals, is out today
Food prepared by robotic arm and conveyor belt may lack the warmth of grandma's goulash, but at least it's convenient. In Automachef, you're tasked with slotting automation equipment together in order to streamline the creation of *Italian gesture of blissful approval* automated
23 Jul 2019Developer post
Automachef – Out Now!
Hello fellow humans, Welcome to Automachef, the kitchen designing, robotic machinery programming resource management puzzler! We’re incredibly excited to be launching today and wholeheartedly welcome you to the community. Check out the launch trailer below to get a look at what w
Hello fellow humans,
Welcome to Automachef, the kitchen designing, robotic machinery programming resource management puzzler!
We’re incredibly excited to be launching today and wholeheartedly welcome you to the community.
Check out the launch trailer below to get a look at what we’re all about:
https://youtu.be/sJMCSfFdd9g
Key Features
What can you get up to in Automachef? Allow us to elaborate below…

Design and build automated restaurants and then program them to run as efficiently as possible!
Take on challenging puzzles and scenarios that have multiple solutions using a combination of spatial awareness, resource management and problem-solving skills.
Play three different modes! Take on the story levels in Campaign, create and sell blueprints to the business world in Contracts Mode, or just go nuts and bolts in our Sandbox Test Mode and play until you’re full!
Take advantage of Automachef’s Steam Workshop support to create new scenario levels, ingredients and recipes and share them with the world!
Launch Stream – Come Say hi!
As part of our launch day, we’re streaming live over on our Steam Store page at 7.15pm BST / 11:15am PT / 2:15pm ET!
We’ll be streaming for an hour and a half, so feel free to stop by here and say hi!
Supporting the community!
We’re looking forward to seeing our players come together, sharing build ideas, playing each-other’s workshop creations and just generally chatting all things Automachef.
To aid with this we’ve just opened a shiny new Discord server for the game, to give you a social space to talk robotic kitchens alongside Steam. Both Team17 and Hermes Interactive will make time to be there too, so if you fancy a chat feel free to join the server.
You can also find us on the Automachef Twitter and Facebook pages!
That’s enough talking for now, lets go make some robotic fast food kitchens!
Launch Week Discount!
For the first week of launch you can get Automachef at a 10% discount!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/984800/Automachef/
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18 Jul 2019Developer post
Kitchen Confidential #4 - Efficiency!
Hello fellow humans, Welcome to our fourth serving of Kitchen Confidential! As humans and definitely not robots, we love efficiency! But what is efficiency in Automachef and how can you make sure you’re always operating at 100% and maximising your profit margins? Maximum Efficien

Updates & announcements

New Recipes

New machines

New Levels

New ingredients

Our Steam publisher sale is now live, offering up to 80% on various games, DLC and even soundtracks!

Mod Creation

Contracts Mode

Starting and growing your company

Risk / Reward

Post Patch Feedback

The Patch Notes!

Quality of life

Bug Fixes!

Automachef's First Patch - Coming Soon!

Order Pending

Team17 x PlayTonic Games Livestream

Key Features

Launch Stream – Come Say hi!

Supporting the community!

Launch Week Discount!

Maximum Efficiency!

Tips for the top!