Strange Scaffold's catalog speaks for itself. Life Eater, Clickolding, and I Am Your Beast have proven the team's ability to deliver exceptional experiences across a variety of genres. The developers deliver a mix of razor-keen satire and straightforward brutality, and that's what we get from Co-Op Kaiju Horror Cooking. Players who clicked their way to 1,000 in Clickolding will have some idea of the surreal valley they're descending into here. Except, here the goal is to feed monsters via a catapult. An intentionally absurd 2-4 player multiplayer horror game about culinary giants? CKHC might be the next thing to satisfy those Lethal Company hunger pangs. Fork and bib time.
If proximity chat and a slew of traps aren't enough to help you, there are always Gregorian chants and superior cooking skills. In CKHC, you'll need to navigate a reality-defying labyrinth, prepare ingredients, and feed your kaiju overlords. Ignore the smooth-faced monks. The jank, gore, and goofs are measured like the spices they are. How deep or fun the resulting gameplay will turn out to be remains to be seen, of course. As Co-Op Kaiju Horror Cooking approaches its July 29, 2025 Steam release, however, there are reasons for hope. Not least among them is Strange Scaffold's track record of backing good ideas.
Co-Op Kaiju Horror Cooking release trailer makes the bake time worth it:
Strange Scaffold has already given players an early peek at the game via an Open Playtest. One early highlight is the game's OST, composed by David Mason (Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3, Dredge). Between the eerie monks and skyscraper-sized monsters, the soundtrack has a lot of ground to cover. It does so with style, resulting in a sonic landscape far grander than you'd expect in a game about catapulting minced chicken into the mouth of a big blue bear. Co-Op Kaiju Horror Cooking is a pleasure to listen to, even if your screams keep disrupting the monastic chill. Plenty of co-op games deliver big laughs. Delivering impeccable jams is rarer.
One-note games aren't something Strange Scaffold has ever seemed interested in making. From the seedy voyeurism of Clickolding to the kinetic bloodbath of I Am Your Beast, every game has attempted something new. Unexplored corners of genre and lore have paid off big for other games. Scaffold has a habit of packing big worlds in small spaces. The team's first multiplayer game, CKHC is a different breed of monster. Still, it's exciting to see the team's new project stretch its batwings and fly. Garlic and terror will be in the air when Co-Op Kaiju Horror Cooking releases on Steam on July 29. Season with a co-op antics to taste.