Hungry Horrors

About Hungry Horrors

Hungry Horrors is a roguelite deck-builder with turn-based strategy elements that swaps swords for spatulas. Clumsy Bear Studio’s 2026 release tasks you with surviving mythical British and Irish beasts by cooking them traditional dishes instead of fighting them. As a princess navigating a kingdom overrun by ravenous folklore creatures, you scavenge ingredients, build recipes, and serve meals to calm monsters. The game blends resource management with deck-building, where each playthrough reshapes ingredient availability and monster encounters. Set in a whimsically dark fantasy world, it’s a single-player strategy game that leans into humor and absurdity, letting you “defeat” dragons and other beasts through culinary skill rather than combat.

Gameplay

Each session starts with gathering ingredients from the environment, which you combine into recipes. You face a monster in a turn-based duel where your moves are determined by the dishes you serve. For example, a dragon might crave rare meats, while a banshee prefers symbolic offerings like salted bread. You manage a hand of ingredients, discarding and drawing based on terrain and monster behavior. Mistakes, like serving a wrong dish, can trigger attacks, forcing you to flee or reset. Progression involves unlocking new recipes, improving cooking efficiency, and collecting story-specific items. The roguelite structure means each run reshapes ingredient placement and monster types, with permadeath looming if your princess starves or gets eaten. Controls are point-and-click, with a focus on quick decision-making between turns.

What Players Think

Hungry Horrors holds a 4.2/5 on PlayPile, with 78% of players finishing the base story. Average playtime is 13.5 hours, though 32% of completers hit 20+ hours due to New Game+ modes. Community moods skew 60% “amused,” 25% “frustrated,” and 15% “curious.” Critics praised its creativity, with one review calling it “a deck-builder that redefines ‘strategy’, weirdly brilliant.” The game has 45 achievements, 62% of players unlocking at least 20. Steam reviews highlight the “addictive recipe system” but note a 28% drop-off rate after three hours due to repetitive early-game gathering. 68% of players say the monster designs and British folklore references are “refreshing,” even if the difficulty curve dips in Act 2.

PlayPile's Take

Hungry Horrors is a niche but clever pick for strategy fans who enjoy resource management and deck-building twists. Priced at $24.99, it offers moderate replay value through its roguelite elements and 45 achievements. While the first 4-5 hours can feel slow as you learn ingredient synergies, the payoff comes in later acts with complex monster interactions and recipe combos. Not for players seeking fast-paced action, but those who relish slow-burn strategy and dark humor will find it satisfying. If you’ve enjoyed games like Slay the Spire but want to swap combat for cooking, this is a $25 experiment worth trying.

Storyline

When a fearsome dragon seizes control of the princess’s kingdom, it unleashes a wave of dark magic, leaving mythical creatures from British and Irish folklore ravenously hungry. As the brave princess, your mission is to satisfy these monstrous appetites with traditional dishes, using your culinary skills to calm their wrath and survive their wrathful demands. But it’s not just about feeding the beasts—you must gather your strength, conquer the dragon, and rescue your kingdom from the grip of hunger and chaos.