Steam Up: A Feast of Dim Sum

Collect sets of dim sum from stacked steamers on a turntable in a famous mountain restaurant.

Designers: Haymen Lee, Pauline Kong, Marie Wong
Published by: Hot Banana Games
Editions by: Broadway Toys LTD, Fabrika Igr, Kobold Spieleverlag, IFROM Games, Guf Studios

Welcome to Steam Up, a mountain dim sum restaurant with three Gold Ingots, famous for five favorites: juicy shrimp dumpling, tender meat dumpling, soft BBQ meat bun, flavorful sticky rice and the exotic phoenix claw. At the start, steamers filled with different dim sum are stacked on a turntable, and you compete to collect the right sets with managed actions. A 2023 set-collection game of light-medium weight for two to five players, best with four, with variable set-up and player powers and about an hour of cultural, food-themed play.

Dim sum steamers on a turntableFive famous dishes including phoenix clawSet collection with action management

Who it's for

You like food themes and light-medium set-collection games for two to five, with a cultural flavor.

Not for you if…

You want heavy strategy or lots of conflict. This is a gentle set-collection game.

Vibe's take

Cozy, food-obsessed and light on its feet. You pick what to take from the spinning steamers, and the table talk quickly turns to which dumpling you are hungry for.