Overcooked 2


Overcooked 2 is a cooperative cooking simulation video game developed by Team17 alongside Ghost Town Games, and published by Team17. The sequel to Overcooked, it was released for Linux, macOS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One on August 7, 2018. The game was released for Amazon Luna on October 20, 2020.
Overcooked: All You Can Eat, a compilation game that includes both Overcooked and Overcooked 2, was released for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S on November 12, 2020. The compilation came to Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One on March 23, 2021 and on Google Stadia on May 5, 2022. A Nintendo Switch 2 edition released on November 6, 2025.

Gameplay

In the cooking simulator game Overcooked 2, teams of up to four players cooperatively prepare and cook orders in absurd restaurants. Players gather, chop, cook ingredients, combine them on plates, serve dishes, and wash dishes. Between coordinating short orders and bumping into each other's characters, the game tends to overwhelm. The sequel builds upon the original game, which was released in 2016, with new interactive levels, restaurant themes, chef costumes, and recipes. Some levels have moving floors and other obstacles that complicate the cooking process, including portals, moving walkways, and impassable fires. Other levels transition between settings and recipes, such as one that begins with preparing salads in a hot air balloon and ends crash-landed in a sushi kitchen. The sequel introduces ingredient tossing, such that players can throw uncooked items to another chef or pot from far away, and online multiplayer, in which teams can connect either across a local wireless network or through online matchmaking.

Development

Overcooked 2 was released on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One platforms on August 7, 2018. It was developed by Team17 alongside Ghost Town Games, and published by Team17. It was announced a month prior, at E3 2018. Atop the base game, the developers created cosmetic add-on content, such as a platypus character costume exclusive to the Nintendo Switch release and a pack of other character costumes as pre-order bonus.

Process

The development of Overcooked 2 utilized a "laundry list" of ideas previously cut from the first game due to time and budget constraints. Ghost Town Games described their process as "psychological experimentation," studying player behavior to ensure levels were built around distinct elements like "pinch points" or player separation. To address issues where players were left idle during map transitions, they introduced a throwing mechanic to facilitate faster cooperative play. Additionally, the team partnered with Team17, utilizing 15 additional developers to implement online multiplayer and provide technical polish that the original two-person team could not achieve alone.

''All You Can Eat''

Overcooked: All You Can Eat is a compilation game containing both Overcooked and Overcooked 2. It includes a remastered version of Overcooked, utilizing the Overcooked 2 game engine, as well as all downloadable content released for both games. All You Can Eat first released as launch titles for the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S on November 12, 2020, and later released on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One on March 23, 2021, and Google Stadia on May 5, 2022.

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