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The Cooking Club

The Cooking Club is a Slice-Of-Life // Dating Sim visual novel that is produced in the Ren'Py engine! Ready to start cooking? High school can be a drag—especially when you’re stuck in classes you can’t stand…

29 January 2026

The Cooking Club is an indie, released 29 January 2026 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What The Cooking Club is

The Cooking Club was released in 2026. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Ren'Py Visual Novel Engine.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The Cooking Club is a Slice-Of-Life // Dating Sim visual novel that is produced in the Ren'Py engine! Ready to start cooking? High school can be a drag—especially when you’re stuck in classes you can’t stand. Looking for an easy escape, our protagonist.. YOU! (Yes - You!) stumbles upon the only club with an open spot: The Cooking Club. What starts as a simple excuse to ditch class quickly turns into something far more delicious. Between chopping, stirring, and whisking up new dishes, unexpected sparks begin to fly. Will you master the recipe for love, or will things boil over? With a cast of charming clubmates, secret ingredients of romance, and just a pinch of chaos, The Cooking Club is…
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are romance. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

The Cooking Club launched on 29 January 2026, within three weeks of Reanimal, Hytale, Cairn and Mewgenics.

Released around the same time: Reanimal, Hytale, Cairn, Mewgenics.

Official trailer

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When did The Cooking Club come out?
The Cooking Club was released on 29 January 2026 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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