Steam Basket

Cooking game
1 player
Phones and computers

Steam Basket is a cooking game that plays in the browser on phones, tablets and computers, for one player.

Run a dumpling cart: read each ticket, fold the fillings, steam them to the right time, add the sauce and serve before the customer leaves. The steamers keep running while you fold, so timing is a juggle. Seven days bring new fillings, sauces and shop upgrades, and the week ends with a food critic's one-to-five-star review.

Play Steam Basket

How to play

Read the ticket, then tap that filling
Tap the board to pleat until the dumpling is folded
Fold as many as the ticket asks, then tap a steamer to load the tray
Soft or firm: take the basket out when the needle is in that band
Tap the ticket's sauce, then tap the plate to serve

The game shows these steps as you play, the first time.

Steam Basket gameplay — Steam Basket in play

Controls

Tap a filling, tap the board to pleat, tap a steamer to load or unload, tap a sauce, tap the plate to serve

Tips

Soft dumplings are in the band from 4.5 to 6.5 seconds and firm from 8 to 10.5; anything still steaming at 14 seconds is burnt.
A tip worth up to half the base pay is added for patience left, and the Brass bell, 240 coins in the shop, multiplies it by 1.5.
Extra dumplings on a plate cost little, paying 0.9 of the base, while too few pay only 0.6, so fold one more rather than one fewer.

What are the shop upgrades and what do they cost?

Between days the shop offers a Third steamer for 120 coins, Quick hands for 160 (three pleats instead of four), Lantern and stools for 140 (customers wait 30 per cent longer), a Fourth steamer for 300 once you own the third, and a Brass bell for 240 (a busier cart and bigger tips).

How is the critic's review decided?

Each day earns one to three stars against a coin goal of 30 plus 12 times the day number: reaching the goal is two stars, 1.6 times the goal is three. After day 7 the average of the seven day scores is mapped to a one-to-five star review, and a new cart then starts over.

About this game

Made by Sucia in Houston, Texas. Built with AI assistance, designed and tested by Sucia. Last updated October 4, 2026. It plays in the browser on phones, tablets and computers, with no download and no sign-in; your best scores and progress stay in this browser on this device. Without a pass, every game is free for 5 minutes a game and 30 minutes a day; an Arcade pass removes the limit. How Sucia makes and tests its games.

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