The Way of the Tray: Japanese Restaurant Simulator
The Way of the Tray is a waiter simulator with action puzzle elements in a Japanese spirit world setting inspired by Ghibli studio films. Your task is to master the skill of serving dishes and earn the trust…
The Way of the Tray: Japanese Restaurant Simulator is an adventure, released 25 August 2025 on Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What The Way of the Tray: Japanese Restaurant Simulator is
The Way of the Tray: Japanese Restaurant Simulator was released in 2025. It was published by Targem Games. It is available on Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The Way of the Tray is a waiter simulator with action puzzle elements in a Japanese spirit world setting inspired by Ghibli studio films. Your task is to master the skill of serving dishes and earn the trust of yokai patrons. Will you be able to prove yourself and find your way home?
How it plays
Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
The Way of the Tray: Japanese Restaurant Simulator launched on 25 August 2025, within three weeks of Hollow Knight: Silksong, Mafia: The Old Country, Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater and Hell is Us. It arrived 8 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Hollow Knight: Silksong, Mafia: The Old Country, Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, Hell is Us.
Official trailer
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