Steam Early Access since 2026-10-09 (v0.1.50.17746). First-day flow: layout, mise en place, noodles, menu board, counter service, solo part-time staff. Seven steps from the official trailer and store clips; Day 1 changes in the card below and on /changelog.
Day 1 patch v0.1.48.17626 (2026-10-09) affects day-one play. Full notes: Steam Day 1 patch notes, /changelog.
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The first-day loopRead the shop layout → prep toppings and stock → boil and strain fresh noodles → paint your menu board → open the doors and work the counter → close out the day.
Opening the doors before mise en place is done. Once customers sit down there is no pause button — have chashu, toppings, and noodles portioned first.
Stacking every crew member on one station. Up to six players share one shop, so split cooking, noodles, and counter service into separate roles.
Ignoring shop safety. The developer confirms thieves and kitchen fires — keep a fire extinguisher within reach during service.
The seven steps and shop footage come from the official 46s trailer, seven in-engine clips in the Steam store description (2.5–6.3s each), and press coverage — mostly pre-release material, so the live build may differ. For unannounced timings (shop-day length), see creator preview observations on /guides/first-week-walkthrough (release build may differ).
Trailer and preview-era notes are “pre-release preview observations; the release build may differ.” Day 1 official facts sit in the card above and on /changelog.
This is an unofficial fan wiki. Each claim carries a source label so you can tell what the developer confirmed from what we estimated.
Before your first customer sits down, walk the whole floor. Counter seats line an L-shaped counter facing an open kitchen, with a back kitchen for broth and prep. Up to six players share this space, so agree on who owns the cooking line, the noodle pot, and the counter before doors open.
Do your prep while the shop is still quiet: slice and portion chashu, green onion, and toppings, and keep your soup base hot. When the first wave walks in, a bowl should need only assembly — not cooking from scratch.
The trailer shows the noodle work done by hand: portion fresh noodles into a wire basket, boil, and shake them dry. Noodles set the pace of every bowl — in co-op, keep one owner on the noodle station so timing stays consistent.
The game ships with a full drawing board: brushes, color sliders, and vertical text tools for designing your own shop sign and menu board. Use it — a clear board tells customers what you sell before they even sit down.
Customers take counter stools and order; you boil, assemble, and slide bowls down the counter. The loop is: take the order, build the bowl, serve it hot, and free the seat for the next guest. In co-op, hand bowls to a teammate instead of running them yourself.
Your exterior works too: the wall plaque hangs on "preparing" until you are ready, then flips to greet guests, while the lanterns and street front give the shop its identity. Check the entrance before every shift so passers-by never mistake your shop for closed.
You do not need five friends to run this shop: the developer confirms solo owners can hire part-time staff to cover empty stations. In the trailer a full crew streams through the front door with name tags over their heads — online, those are friends; solo, hired help fills the same slots.
The official in-engine store clip catches the exact moment a shop day starts: a staff member hangs the wooden "open" sign by the entrance while name-tagged customers dash inside (image below). That sign is the start of the core loop — flip the sign, greet the rush, take orders, boil and build bowls, serve, clear, reset the seat, and keep it spinning until close. Two things come before anything else on day one: hang the sign, and get the pots hot.
📸 From the official clip: the wooden open sign going up on the entrance wall — the daily loop starts here.
OBSERVED★ Shop-day length: no fixed official hours published. Creator preview runs often opened at 10:00 and closed around 21:00 — the release build may differ. See /guides/first-week-walkthrough and /guides/level-unlocks-guide.
Yes. Steam Early Access went live worldwide on 2026-10-09; the Day 1 update v0.1.48.17626 shipped the same day per official Steam news. You need a Windows PC and a Steam purchase.
Yes. Online co-op supports 1–6 players, and the Steam store page confirms solo owners can hire part-time NPC staff. Day 1 added dish-clearing staff for plates and empty bottles.
Yes — 1 to 6 players online. Connection issues: /guides/multiplayer-troubleshooting. Other common questions: /guides/player-faq.
Both appear in the official announcement materials: a shuriken-throwing thief targeting the shop, and kitchen fires you put out with a fire extinguisher. Treat them as service-day hazards and keep the extinguisher close.
Unreal Engine 5. It is developed by Wild Dog, a Tokyo studio whose previous title is Keep Digging.
As of our 2026-10-10 store check we have not seen a demo announcement. Pre-purchase questions: /guides/player-faq and /is-it-worth-it.
No fixed official hour count. Pre-release creator preview observations often show 10:00 open and ~21:00 close, roughly 15–20 real minutes uncut early on — the release build may differ. Hour-by-hour notes: /guides/first-week-walkthrough; unlocks and Day 1 tweaks: /guides/level-unlocks-guide and /changelog.