Tokyo indie studio Wild Dog Inc. released Japanese Ramen Simulator in Steam early access on 9 October 2026 at 17:00 Japan time, Denfaminicogamer reported. The co-op management game is about running a ramen shop, from preparing ingredients to cleaning up after customers.
The game is on Steam for Windows only, according to Wild Dog’s 21 August announcement. It costs 1,900 yen including tax in Japan, with a 15% launch discount to 1,615 yen, and the Steam store page lists the introductory offer until 23 October. The store page also gives the rest of the details:
- Languages: Japanese, English, Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Korean, French, German, Italian, Spanish (Spain) and Brazilian Portuguese.
- Early access: expected to last about six months. Wild Dog plans to raise the price gradually as major content is added; people who buy during early access will not be charged more later.
Up to six players can run a shop together online, and solo players can hire part-time staff instead. Noodles and soup have to be prepared and cooked, toppings are placed with physics, and the menu can be expanded with gyoza, rice bowls and beer. Players can rearrange the kitchen and seating, and a ‘My Design’ feature puts their own artwork on posters, noren entrance curtains, bowls and staff uniforms. Random events include a demanding ramen critic, thieves at the till and kitchen fires.
Wild Dog unveiled the game on 21 August with a September release window. In mid-September the early-access launch was set for 28 September, Automaton reported on 16 September, and then postponed; the studio has not given a reason. When it announced the new date, the developer said wishlists had passed 200,000, according to 4Gamer on 6 October.
Wild Dog was founded in October 2024. Its earlier online co-op game, Keep Digging, sold 450,000 copies worldwide, according to the company.