Sous Raccoon 1.0 is out now, and Chef still hasn't fired the raccoon

Press Release  •  01 Oct 2026 16:00

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BANGKOK, Thailand, October 1, 2026 - Novice Flow and Rising Tide Publishing today released Sous Raccoon 1.0 on Steam. The adorably hardcore cooking roguelite is out of Early Access with Endless Mode, a final boss, a brand new bar with three minigames, 13 new skins and online co-op for up to four raccoons.

You're Elmo, a raccoon thief turned sous chef, working for a Chef with a very short fuse. Cook the orders, serve the customers and keep the monsters off them long enough to finish the shift. Drop the ball and Chef fires you. Every run changes the restaurant, the upgrades and the kind of chaos walking through the door.

Sous Raccoon 1.0 is out now on Steam for $14.99.

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What's new in 1.0

Endless Mode: keep the restaurant open for as long as you can take it. Every day brings more customers and more monsters. When the run ends you get a score summary and a spot on the Steam Leaderboards, so you can settle who really runs the better kitchen. The final boss: kept under wraps the whole way through Early Access. It's waiting at Stage 4. That's all we're saying. The bar: a new bar in the Lobby with three minigames, solo or in co-op. Mix Food, Tower Stack and Barrel Blast each have their own leaderboard and save your best. 13 new skins: 21 in total, and some of them only unlock through Steam Achievements. Your own room: buy furniture and swap styles and colors, with a preview before you spend. In co-op every raccoon keeps their own room. A new soundtrack: music for every stage that shifts with the mood in the restaurant, from easy service all the way to the moment Chef loses it. Controller and co-op polish: menus on the D-pad or stick, Steam On-Screen Keyboard support, a new co-op tutorial and a long list of fixes from Early Access players.

Online co-op

Online co-op takes up to four raccoons into the same kitchen. Split the cooking, split the fighting, and argue about whose fault it was when the customers got eaten.

About the game

Sous Raccoon is an adorably hardcore cooking roguelite set across four restaurant worlds, each with its own enemies, hazards and kitchen layout. Earn upgrades and abilities between shifts, build a run that can handle the next rush, and prove to Chef that hiring a raccoon wasn't a terrible mistake.

Press quotes

"There is a surprisingly enjoyable little game hiding underneath all the shouting."James Luff, LadiesGamers

"Sous Raccoon looks ready to turn ordinary dinner service into complete mayhem."Deepak Chongtham, COGconnected

Review keys and interviews with the team are available on request.

About Novice Flow

Novice Flow is a team of eight students in Bangkok who came together to build the kind of game they'd love to play themselves. Sous Raccoon is the game they always dreamed of making.

About Rising Tide Publishing

We champion games with sincerity. Developers with a peculiar and singular vision. risingtidepublishing.com

Press contact: Justin Paulsen, justin@risingtidepublishing.com

SOUS RACCOON SERVES UP ITS FULL STEAM RELEASE OCTOBER 1

Press Release  •  24 Sep 2026 15:00

The adorably hardcore cooking roguelite leaves Early Access with a brand new Endless Mode and online co-op for up to four players.

BANGKOK, Thailand, September 24, 2026 | Game developer Novice Flow and Rising Tide Publishing are thrilled to announce Sous Raccoon will leave Steam Early Access on Oct 1, 2026.

Players step into the kitchen as a raccoon sous chef, juggling orders, ingredients and contending with monsters determined to interrupt dinner service. Prepare meals, serve hungry customers and fight off baddies while trying to survive another shift without getting fired by the chef!

Across four restaurant worlds, different enemies, hazards and kitchen layouts keep things unpredictable. Players earn upgrades and abilities to help handle the next rush. Take on the challenge alone or recruit friends for online co-op, with up to four playable raccoons sharing the cooking and combat bedlam. 

The game also introduces Endless Mode, giving players a way to keep the kitchen chaos going for as long as they can handle the heat. Check out the trailer below:

“The Sous Raccoon team is just like their game, adorably hardcore,” said Justin Paulsen of Rising Tide Publishing. “They’ve obsessed over every detail, from the pacing of a shift to how much trouble a raccoon can cause in a kitchen. You can feel that care when you play. Hours go by, your friends should have logged off ages ago, and someone still says, ‘One more round.’”

With one week until launch, Rising Tide Publishing is inviting press and content creators to roll up their sleeves and get hands-on with the full release ahead of Oct 1. Review and creator keys are available upon request, including extras for Twitch Drops.

Sous Raccoon Steam PageSous Raccoon/Novice Flow Press Kit

ABOUT RISING TIDE PUBLISHING

Rising Tide Publishing is a boutique publishing house focused on gaming concepts that demonstrate sincerity through a distinctive creative vision. Linktree.

ABOUT NOVICE FLOW

Novice Flow is a team of 8 students who came together to build the kind of game they'd love to play themselves. With a style that's unmistakably their own, Sous Raccoon is the game they always dreamed of making.

PRESS CONTACT

Dustin HucksPublicistRising Tide Publishingpr@risingtidepublishing.com