Monster Menu: The Scavenger's Cookbook

About

Survival strategy RPG where you balance exploration, tactical combat, and cooking. Build a team with custom classes, looks, and voices. Navigate a dungeon, scavenge for ingredients, and use them in battles. Each encounter requires planning, positioning matters, and meals affect stats. Progress by solving environmental puzzles and managing resources. The cooking system stands out, craft dishes to boost abilities or weaken enemies. Developer Nippon Ichi Software known for quirky RPGs. Released January 2023 on PS4, PS5, Switch. Single-player focus with replayability through different class builds and recipe combinations. Fans note the humor in character interactions and the challenge of keeping your group fed in a hostile dungeon.

Storyline

When a group of adventurers plunge into the depths of an uncharted dungeon, they quickly realize they’ve bit off more than they can chew. Hopelessly lost, they must find whatever food they can while searching for a way out.