Battle Chef Brigade

Battle Chef Brigade is a brawler and puzzle video game developed by Trinket Studios and published by Adult Swim Games. The game was released for Windows and Nintendo Switch in November 2017.

Battle Chef Brigade
Developer(s)	Trinket Studios
Publisher(s)	Adult Swim Games (original, Microsoft Store) Trinket Studios (current)
Engine	Unity
Platform(s)	Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4
Release	20 November 2017
Genre(s)	Brawler, puzzle
Mode(s)	Single-player

Gameplay

Battle Chef Brigade is a video game that combines gameplay from tile-matching puzzle video games and side-scrolling brawler games.^[1]

The cooking phase is performed by dropping ingredients into the cookware.^[2] With the ingredients in the 4x4 cooking zone, the player can rotate them like in Puyo Puyo.^[3] When flavor gems of the same colour are aligned, they combine to increase their rank and the quality of the dish.^[1] As ingredients are matched and gems rank up, the player's dish increases its quality. Once finished cooking, the player has to deliver the dish to the judge before time runs out.^[2]

The cooking gameplay with tile-matching. There is different cookware and a match timer.

Development and release

Battle Chef Brigade was developed by Trinket Studios. In 2014, the developers crowdfunded over US$100,000 through a Kickstarter campaign.^[4] The studio was founded by former employees of Wideload Games.^[4]

Battle Chef Brigade was published by Adult Swim Games and released for Windows via Steam, GOG.com, and the Microsoft Store and for Nintendo Switch on 20 November 2017. It is currently self-published by Trinket Studios except on the Microsoft Store, where it remains published by Adult Swim Games.^[1][5]

Reception

Aggregate score

Aggregator	Score
Metacritic	80/100[6] 81/100 (NS)[7]

Review scores

Publication	Score
Destructoid	8/10[1]
Game Informer	8.25/10[8]
GamesRadar+	[2]
IGN	8/10[9]
Nintendo Life	8/10[10]
Nintendo World Report	9/10[11]
Polygon	7/10[12]
USgamer	[3]

Reception

Battle Chef Brigade received "generally favorable" reviews from professional critics according to review aggregator website Metacritic.^[6][7] GamesRadar+ ranked it 24th on their list of the 25 Best Games of 2017.^[13]

The game was nominated for "Game, Puzzle" and "Performance in a Comedy, Lead" with Erica Mendez as the character Mina at the National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers Awards.^[14][15]