Vacation Cafe Simulator is an upcoming cozy management sim from Alice Games, set in a small Italian coastal town in the 1990s. You run a cafe, serve tourists, cook traditional Italian dishes, and slowly build the kind of place people actually want to come back to. There are no timers, no stress mechanics, and no pressure to optimize anything. You just run your cafe at whatever pace feels right, with an in-game glass of Prosecco nearby if things get too hectic.
The cooking side of things is handled through mini-games built around traditional Italian recipes: pizza, pasta, bruschetta, and more. You shop for ingredients, prep the food, serve your customers, handle payments, and clean up after. It’s the full cycle of cafe life, just without the actual sore feet. As you earn money, you reinvest it back into the cafe through new equipment, menu expansions, and interior upgrades, gradually turning your modest coastal spot into something worth writing home about.
What makes Vacation Cafe Simulator a bit more interesting than a straight cafe management game is everything that happens outside the counter. You hop on a Vespa and ride across a large open map to visit local farms, wineries, and markets for ingredients and inspiration. You can even dive underwater to harvest oysters and other fresh ingredients for the menu. It’s a relaxed take on sourcing that gives the game a little more texture than just cooking and serving in one spot.
A free demo is already up on Steam if you want to spend an afternoon by the Italian coast before the full game lands. Alice Games hasn’t locked in a release date yet, but the full PC release is targeting sometime in 2026.
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