The Way of the Tray: Japanese Restaurant Simulator 🍙
The Way of the Tray is a waiter simulator with action puzzle elements in a Japanese spirit world setting. Your task is to master the skill of serving dishes and earn the trust of yokai patrons. Will you be able to prove yourself and find your way home?
- Price:$9.99
- Release Date:8/25/2025
- Franchise:Targem Games
- Developer:Who is Terry?
- Publisher:Targem Games
- Last Updated:1/27/2026
- Steam App Id:3373830
The Way of the Tray: Japanese Restaurant Simulator 🍙
- Windows
- Mac
- Linux
- Steam Deck (Verified)
Steam Charts, Stats, and Live Player Count
At the moment, The Way of the Tray: Japanese Restaurant Simulator 🍙 has 1 concurrent player online and in-game. This is 93% lower than its previous all-time peak of 14 players achieved on 8/27/2025.
Review History Chart
Track historical review trends and overall ratings for The Way of the Tray: Japanese Restaurant Simulator 🍙. It has received a total of 73 reviews on the Steam store and achieved a Player Score of 74 (Very Positive).
Price History Chart
Track historical price changes and trends for The Way of the Tray: Japanese Restaurant Simulator 🍙. Right now, it costs $9.99 in the Steam Store.
Community Hub Members & Followers Chart
Explore the cumulative breakdown of Steam community hub members for The Way of the Tray: Japanese Restaurant Simulator 🍙 and its growth over time. It currently has 736 followers on its community page.
About The Way of the Tray: Japanese Restaurant Simulator 🍙
The Way of the Tray: Japanese Restaurant Simulator 🍙 is an Indie, Casual, and Simulation game developed by Who is Terry?. On 8/25/2025, it was released on the Steam Store by Targem Games.
Players have rated The Way of the Tray: Japanese Restaurant Simulator 🍙 as "Very Positive" out of 73 total reviews on the Steam Store. These are split between 61 positive reviews and 12 negative reviews — an overall 84% positive review rating.
It is available for gamers to download and play for $9.99. It can also be purchased through Chef's Tray, Trailer Park Tycoon: Raccoon Ranch + The Way of the Tray: Japanese Restaurant Simulator, Tavern Manager Simulator 🍻 + Abra-Cooking-Dabra + The Way of the Tray: Japanese Restaurant Simulator 🍙, and Omelet You Cook + The Way of the Tray: Japanese Restaurant Simulator 🍙 which give a discount off its base price.
It can be played and ran on Windows systems. It is verified by Valve as playable on the Steam Deck and will run well.
It also supports 10 languanges in-game including English, Russian, French, German, and Spanish (Spain). Each language comes with varying levels of support for the in-game interface, audio, and fully translated subtitles.
According to Steam’s category system, The Way of the Tray: Japanese Restaurant Simulator 🍙 supports the following features:
- Partial Controller Support
- Family Sharing
- Single-player
- Steam Cloud
- Steam Achievements
From the Steam community, The Way of the Tray: Japanese Restaurant Simulator 🍙 has been tagged with the following user tags:
- Management
- Roguelite
- Story Rich
- Pixel Graphics
- Comedy
- Cooking
- Simulation
- Job Simulator
- Family Friendly
- Time Management
- Funny
- Top-Down
- Strategy
- Cartoon
- Casual
- Colorful
- Cartoony
- Singleplayer
- 2D
- Physics
Media & Sceenshots
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Related Bundles
The Way of the Tray: Japanese Restaurant Simulator 🍙 is included in 4 bundles in the Steam Store.
Related Packages
The Way of the Tray: Japanese Restaurant Simulator 🍙 is referenced by 1 package in the Steam Store.
| Name | Price | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| The Way of the Tray | $7.99 | View |
Supported Languages
The Way of the Tray: Japanese Restaurant Simulator 🍙 is available in 10 different languages with varying levels of support for the in-game interface, audio, and fully translated subtitles.
| Name | Interface | Audio | Subtitles |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Yes | No | Yes |
| Russian | Yes | No | Yes |
| French | Yes | No | Yes |
| German | Yes | No | Yes |
| Spanish (Spain) | Yes | No | Yes |
| Japanese | Yes | No | Yes |
| Korean | Yes | No | Yes |
| Portuguese-Brazil | Yes | No | Yes |
| Chinese (Simplified) | Yes | No | Yes |
| Italian | Yes | No | Yes |
Frequently Asked Questions
Soures & References
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The Way of the Tray: Japanese Restaurant Simulator 🍙 data has been sourced from:
- Valve Corporation. (2026, January 27). The Way of the Tray: Japanese Restaurant Simulator 🍙 on Steam. Steam Store. https://store.steampowered.com/app/3373830
- Valve Corporation. (2026, January 27). The Way of the Tray: Japanese Restaurant Simulator 🍙. Steam Community Hub. https://steamcommunity.com/app/3373830
- Who is Terry?. (2025, March 4). The Way of the Tray: Japanese Restaurant Simulator 🍙. The Way of the Tray: Japanese Restaurant Simulator 🍙. https://targem.com/project/the-way-of-the-tray/