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Press release:
Tokyo-based Wild Dog Inc. (CEO: Hiroto Chujo) announces that Japanese Ramen Simulator, its ramen restaurant management game in Early Access on Steam, has sold over 200,000 copies in its first month since launching on October 9, 2026. Here is a look at the main content and features added through post-launch updates.
Thank you to everyone who has bought the game, shared videos and streams, or sent us feedback. With your input, we will keep making ramen restaurant management more enjoyable, whether you play solo or with friends.

Growing through Early Access with our players
Japanese Ramen Simulator lets players experience the work of running a ramen restaurant, from preparing ingredients and cooking to serving, cleaning and designing the shop. Up to six players can share the work in online co-op, or players can hire NPC staff and build their business solo.
Throughout Early Access, feedback from the Steam Community Hub, official Discord and other channels will help guide improvements and new content.

One month of new dishes and more ways to build your shop
Since Early Access began, player feedback has helped shape new dishes, equipment and staff, as well as improvements to shop customization and controls. Here are the main additions so far.

Highlights from our updates

Karaage, new ingredients, staff and equipment
Updates have added Karaage Chicken, the Fryer and Cooking Oil, along with Lemons, Extra-Thick Noodles, Chili Peppers and Mizuna. Serving Staff bring prepared food to customers, Ticket Machines handle orders and payment, and Self-Service Water Dispensers let customers get their own water.
Staff and shop customization, plus a higher level cap
Players can now change staff faces, body types and clothing, including clothing colors, patterns and My Design artwork. Walls, floors, ceilings, lighting and entrance curtains can be recolored, with new decorations such as blackboards, aquariums and houseplants. The shop level cap has increased from 30 to 35, introducing a new critic: the Competitive Eater.

Text chat, World Settings and gameplay improvements
New features include multiplayer text chat and World Settings for customer arrivals, patience, payment multipliers, menu orders and time progression. Players can adjust the third-person camera, pause in solo play, and cook or plate food on the top dish of a stack without separating the dishes.
The launch-day Day 1 update also added Tantanmen, Chinese Chives and Dish-Clearing Staff.

About Japanese Ramen Simulator
Japanese Ramen Simulator is a ramen restaurant management simulator for up to six players.
Prepare ingredients, cook, serve customers and clean up while building a restaurant of your own. Create a signature menu and design the shop to suit your style.
Switch between an immersive first-person view for cooking and a third-person view of your character and surroundings. Players who find first-person games uncomfortable can choose the view that suits them.

Prepare, cook and serve
Make broth, boil noodles and arrange toppings to prepare each customer’s order.
Noodle doneness, broth temperature, the aroma and umami of ingredients, and serving time all put your skills to the test. Ingredient combinations and physics-based plating help make each bowl different.

Recreate a favorite ramen or try a bowl nobody has seen before. Experiment to create your shop’s signature dish.

More than ramen
Serve gyoza, karaage, rice bowls, beer and other dishes alongside ramen.
Judge when the gyoza is cooked and pour beer with the right balance of foam. Ingredients prepared for ramen can also be served over rice to make dishes such as chashu rice bowls.

Unpredictable events
Demanding ramen critics may visit the restaurant. Experiment with aroma, umami and toppings to serve a bowl that wins them over.
Thieves may target the till, and fires can break out during service. Use tools such as shuriken and fire extinguishers to deal with trouble in the shop.
You can even try your luck at the gambling den.

Arrange the space and build a shop of your own
Place cooking equipment, furniture, storage and decorations to design the kitchen and dining area. Build for efficient service or create a distinctive shop worth sharing.
My Design lets players use their own artwork on posters, entrance curtains and ramen bowls. Visit friends’ shops and leave a signature. Interactive fixtures include toilets and gas cylinders.
Customize clothing, body types, emotes and even noodle-draining animations. Use original artwork on clothing to make matching uniforms with friends.
New ingredients and equipment unlock as the shop levels up. Reinvest earnings to expand the restaurant, menu and seating.

Online multiplayer
Share preparation, cooking, serving and cleaning with friends to keep up with incoming orders.
Spatial voice chat changes how voices sound with distance and walls, creating the feeling of working in the same shop. NPC staff also make it possible to enjoy running the restaurant solo.

Your ideal bowl, in your ideal shop
Perfect the flavor, improve your workflow or build a busy restaurant with friends.
Create a ramen restaurant that reflects your own ideas.

About the developers
Japanese Ramen Simulator is made by a small Japanese indie team whose members have worked on AAA and independent games.

The team visited ramen restaurants and repeatedly made ramen themselves, bringing that knowledge and experience into the game. Recorded cooking sounds and scans of real ingredients help capture the feel of making ramen.
Staff credits (Japanese): https://wilddog.jp/japaneseramensimulator/credit?lang=ja

About Wild Dog Inc.
Wild Dog Inc. is an independent game studio based in Japan, focused on enjoyable, user-friendly games. Japanese Ramen Simulator is the latest game from the studio behind Keep Digging.