Japanese Ramen Simulator Crosses 100K Sales in 7 Days, Reveals Roadmap

Japanese Ramen Simulator, the Steam Early Access cooking sim from Japanese indie studio Wild Dog, has crossed 100,000 sales just one week after its October 9 launch, the developer announced on October 16. The studio also published a short-, mid-, and long-term roadmap adding karaage, yatai ramen, a beer service role, and a photo mode.

The cooking sim launched in Early Access on Steam on October 9 at ¥1,900 (about $12.65), and is currently 15% off at ¥1,615 through October 24 as part of a launch sale. It holds a 91% “Very Positive” rating on 372 Steam reviews. Early Access is Steam’s program that lets players buy and play a game while the developer continues adding features and content before the full 1.0 launch.

Wild Dog, a small Tokyo-based indie team that previously made Keep Digging, built Japanese Ramen Simulator around 1-6 player online co-op. Players take on the full ramen shop workflow: prepping ingredients, simmering broth, boiling noodles, plating toppings, serving customers, and bussing tables. The game also supports solo play with NPC staff, a 1st/3rd person toggle, a “ramen critic” event system, and a soundtrack by Tatsuya Yano, whose credits include Palworld, Craftopia, the Atelier series, and music for KAF and Idolmaster SideM.

Yatai are the open-air ramen stalls that set up at Japanese festivals and night markets.

The roadmap is split across three phases:

• Short-term: a new karaage menu, a ticket machine, a self-serve water station, and the first character creator for NPC staff, plus a level cap raise to 35.
• Mid-term: gyoza and beer part-timer roles, fried rice menu, an in-store BGM and custom SFX toggle, a security turret for shop robberies, a tutorial bestiary, and a level cap raise to 40.
• Long-term: new ramen types, a yatai (street stall) ramen mode, a noodle-making feature, a gambling mini-game, a photo mode, and a level cap raise to 50.

Yano’s prior credits include Palworld and Craftopia, according to the same Denfaminicogamer press release.

Can you play it in English?

Yes. The Steam version lists Japanese, English, Simplified and Traditional Chinese, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and Korean as supported text languages. It is Steam only (Windows 10/11) and no console port has been announced. Players can track the game on Pixel Herald’s release calendar and check the Coming West? Japan localization tracker for any future Western news.

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