{"rewrite":{"id":"r_15b9d0ec91ea227d74bdb716","clusterId":"c_5d51b2f2d78a7d24c0a12c63","slug":"free-horror-game-cucina-stellata-earns-overwhelmingly-positive-on-steam","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Free Horror Game Cucina Stellata Earns Overwhelmingly Positive on Steam","summary":"Cucina Stellata, a short free psychological horror game built around cooking, released on October 21 and holds an Overwhelmingly Positive rating on Steam. As of October 27, 613 reviews were posted, 97 percent of them positive. Filthy Eden developed the game and CRITICAL REFLEX published it. Set in 19th-century Italy, it has the player chop ingredients and apply heat while a man pursues gourmet food, until an uninvited ingredient turns the pursuit into madness. It clears in about one to two hours.","whyItMatters":"The rating arrives on a game given away free at one to two hours long, with the only paid item attached to it a 600-yen pack of recipes and background notes rather than the game itself.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003ePlayers who finish the story can buy the 600-yen \u0026#34;Cucina Stellata - Supporter Pack: Curiosities and Recipes,\u0026#34; which covers the game\u0026#39;s inspirations, its setting and the culture behind it, and includes recipes for dishes from Italy\u0026#39;s Romagna region, which the development team has a connection to.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReviews on Steam single out the cooking detail and the violence. One player wrote that the process felt like actually making the dish, another that the gore is merciless. The man at the center of it starts as an ordinary cook in a 19th-century Italian kitchen, chopping and heating, before the uninvited ingredient redirects him.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Cucina Stellata runs one to two hours. Nearly everyone leaving one of its 613 Steam reviews finished the game, so the 97 percent measures a complete playthrough rather than a first impression.","twitterPost":"Cucina Stellata's 97 percent positive rests on 613 reviews, a sample small enough that a few negative ones would move it.","threadsPost":"Cucina Stellata holds 97 percent positive across 613 reviews, six days after launch. Filthy Eden made a game that ends in one or two hours and CRITICAL REFLEX published it free. Most reviewers reached the ending before rating it, a narrow window for a horror game's build to land.","newsletterBlurb":"Cucina Stellata, a free psychological horror game about cooking, released October 21 and sits at Overwhelmingly Positive on Steam with 613 reviews, 97 percent positive as of October 27. The player cooks Italian dishes in 19th-century Italy until an uninvited ingredient turns the pursuit of flavor into madness. A 600-yen supporter pack carries the recipes and background material.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Denfaminicogamer\",\"url\":\"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/261027l\",\"title\":\"【Free】'Cooking' Horror Game 'Cucina Stellata,' Depicting the Madness of a Man Obsessed with Gourmet Food, Gets Off to an 'Overwhelmingly Positive' Start on Steam; Retro Visuals Depict the Abnormal Behavior of a Man Captivated by the Taste of an 'Uninvited Ingredient'\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":5199,"outputTokens":3365,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1793069605,"createdAt":"2026-10-27T02:48:12.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-27T02:51:44.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-27T02:51:44.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_5d51b2f2d78a7d24c0a12c63","canonicalTitle":"【無料】美食に執着する男の狂気を描く“お料理”ホラーゲーム『Cucina Stellata』がSteamで“圧倒的に好評”スタート。“招かれざる食材”の味に魅了された男の異常行動をレトロなビジュアルで表現","representativeArticleId":"a_e5fbc430c8254cc71b969181","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Cucina Stellata\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"release\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-27T01:39:23.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-27T01:39:23.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-27T02:51:44.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Denfaminicogamer","url":"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/261027l","title":"【無料】美食に執着する男の狂気を描く“お料理”ホラーゲーム『Cucina Stellata』がSteamで“圧倒的に好評”スタート。“招かれざる食材”の味に魅了された男の異常行動をレトロなビジュアルで表現"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Cucina Stellata"],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"release","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null,"pageLinks":{"healthSlugs":["cucina-stellata"],"storySlugs":[],"entities":[{"slug":"cucina-stellata","supported":0,"disputed":0,"contradicted":0,"unverified":6,"overall":"unverified","story_count":2,"has_dossier":false}],"stories":[],"entitiesOk":true,"storiesOk":true}}