Kitchen Rush

A real-time cooperative kitchen simulator where hourglass workers and a nonstop stream of orders turn dinner service into genuine teamwork chaos.

👥 1–4 playersapprox. 45 min🪄 A round to warm up10+
🤝 Cooperative🧩 Solo mode6.6 · BGG #1,157

Who it's for

Cooperative gamers who thrive under real-time pressure and love a good simulation theme like running a restaurant together.

Not for you if…

Real-time timers stress you out rather than excite you, since the sand is always running here, no thinking breaks allowed.

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Vibe's take

frantic, cooperative, time-pressured, coordinated, satisfying

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About this game

Kitchen Rush drops your team into an inherited restaurant and turns your evening into an honest-to-god dinner rush. Hourglasses stand in for your kitchen staff, and once you place one on an action, whether that's taking an order, prepping a dish, hitting the market or scrubbing plates, it's locked in place until the sand runs out, so every assignment is a real commitment under a real clock. Orders keep arriving, wages keep coming due, and success depends entirely on how well your team times its chaos together. Playable solo or fully cooperative, it's real-time pressure that somehow stays friendly, the sweet spot between panic and teamwork.

Hourglasses as real-time workersNonstop restaurant order pressureSolo or full cooperative play

By the numbers

Players

Best at 4 playersWorks with 1–4

Duration

30–45 min

Ages 10+

Complexity

2.2 / 5 — Light

BGG Rating

6.6/10

Rank #1,157

4.3k ratings

Published

2017

Language

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