Taster's Table
Launches 1 October 2026 · PC · Strategy, Early Access
A light puzzle and comical dialog game where you get served bad food. The foods are in different shapes. Fill your dish. Make the meal's poison stronger or healing by matching foods. Trick chefs into eating their own dishes. Who will be the first to fall? Who's behind it? It's a detective mystery.
Story
A mysterious rash of food poisonings has the city on edge There was something rotten about this city, and I didn't mean the blue cheese factory. It was the restaurants that went bad, serving bad food made by even worse chefs. My job was to solve the case of the poisonings for the benefit of my unknown (but wealthy) benefactor. The city needed to eat. Were people expected to cook for themselves? Move food items on your plate to hurt or heal whoever eats it I would visit each chef, let them serve me terrible food, and rotate the food pieces to fit my plate. The restaurants all serve deadly food, sure, but some foods are healing. As the only (and therefore the best) detective in the city, I had to stop the chefs, one way or another. Placing foods next to each other would strengthen or weaken the poison, maybe even heal whoever eats it. Sorry, mother dear, but I would have to play with my food. Trick chefs into eating their own food, or convince them to quit A bit of light conversation with the chefs wouldn't hurt. My plan was to have a nice dialog with each chef in between food servings. After a talk, they might try some of their own food from my plate (if I chose the best...
Gameplay
A mysterious rash of food poisonings has the city on edge There was something rotten about this city, and I didn't mean the blue cheese factory. It was the restaurants that went bad, serving bad food made by even worse chefs. My job was to solve the case of the poisonings for the benefit of my unknown (but wealthy) benefactor. The city needed to eat. Were people expected to cook for themselves? Move food items on your plate to hurt or heal whoever eats it I would visit each chef, let them serve me terrible food, and rotate the food pieces to fit my plate. The restaurants all serve deadly food, sure, but some foods are healing. As the only (and therefore the best) detective in the city, I had to stop the chefs, one way or another. Placing foods next to each other would strengthen or weaken the poison, maybe even heal whoever eats it. Sorry, mother dear, but I would have to play with my food. Trick chefs into eating their own food, or convince them to quit A bit of light conversation with the chefs wouldn't hurt. My plan was to have a nice dialog with each chef in between food servings. After a talk, they might try some of their own food from my plate (if I chose the best dialog option). If they ate enough of their own bad food (health down to zero), they would be out for the count, assuming I was still on my feet. Or maybe there was another way to solve the case, by...
Features
- Single-player
- Steam Achievements
- Family Sharing
Developed by Michael Balamotis. Published by Michael Balamotis.