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Overcooked! 2: Madness, Mayhem, and Chaos

The perfect game for running around yelling “Yes, Chef!” and having a total blast

Elvia M.
The Ugly Monster
Published in
5 min readNov 21, 2024

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Finding a quality multiplayer game that can rope four people to play is surprisingly difficult. Price points, game genre preferences, or general disinterest in a game can make this search nearly impossible.

Once again, an extremely convenient Steam Store promotion has saved the day. Enter Overcooked! 2, the perfect answer to the problem at hand. This game covers all the basics of a good game night: food, friends, and a healthy dose of video game chaos.

There’s even a small story to follow among the chaos — saving the Onion King and his dog Kevin from hungry Toast Zombies.

Overcooked is a completely charming game. Forget all other icebreakers and training exercises — this game is all you need. To succeed in fulfilling recipes, your group must coordinate different roles on the fly. Some recipes require multiple steps that need a different machine on the other side of the map. Thankfully, cleanliness is not this game’s top priority. Items can be thrown around and…

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Elvia M.
Elvia M.

Written by Elvia M.

Rambler of video games, books, television, film, media, and whatever idea comes to mind next. More from me: https://em-writing.kit.com/9f97f2ff60

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