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Little Dragons Café
Developer Aksys Games, TOYBOX lnc., Picola Inc.
Little Dragons Café opens with a twin brother and sister learning to cook and manage a small café with their mother. All was routine until one morning when the twins discover that their mother won’t wake up. Suddenly a strange old man appears and tells them that they must raise a dragon to save her. From the Steam store page
73 reactions from 2 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky) · newest Jul 4, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
50
Mixed
36 positive · 36 negative
95% range 39–61%
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| Steam reviews | 36 | 36 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
1 newer reactions are still waiting for a label.
Steam's own rating
Mixed
69 of 116 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
Summary pending — the reactions are listed below.
Reactions
60 of 73 · most liked firstGot the game at half-price for the steam winter sale because I've read alot about how bad it was but still thought it looked cute and I wanted to try it. For a finished game with an A list price tag it's incredibly bad (from the staff running into you constantly in your cafe, to a 30 second jump timer, also now my dragon just does his emotion animations 24/7 ) has NO MAP, a repetitive soundtrack, and the crappiest draw distance I've seen in a long time. With no side-questing to keep you busy…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Don't let the graphics and reviews fool you, sigh. I started out by loving this game. It was cute, simple and very relaxing. The controls drove me a bit nuts in the beginning, but you get use to them pretty fast. This game is story-rich, repetitive and flawed. You'll get stuck on every corner, stone and NPC. You'll be doing the same thing over and over, exploring the same land again and again, never having enough time to collect ingredients or help in the café. The story is boring, long and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →too many food/drinks item, didn't know what to choose as menu :) This game is like harvest moon minus the farming (it's mostly like My Time at Portia gathering mechanics) There is variety of food/drinks item you can choose for your cafe. You can run full Korean cafe, all drinks cafe, all cold food cafe, seafood cafe, whatever you want. The game focus on gathering so if you don't like running around the map trying to memorize the specific location of ingredient, this game is not for you.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This review has been edited to reflect new information. Update: Since My Time at Portia fans/marketing are review bombing this game (and other, similar titles) to try to destroy Portia's competition? I wanted to draw attention to how both Portia and Little Dragon's Cafe have the same Metacritic score (I'm using the Switch version of LDC as the PC version doesn't have enough reviews to be comparable). [url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/switch/little-dragons-cafe]Little Dragon's Cafe - 70…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →After playing this game for like 20 hours, I gotta say, the reviews are too harsh. If you're interested but unsure, definitely go for it on sale. The $20 CAD I paid was a good deal imo. (I'd personally value this game at around $40, maybe $50) THINGS TO NOTE: The game is slow. It's close to Harvest Moon in pacing out chores. A lot of the reviewers that are complaining about the 'grind' on here are people that I suspect didn't bother learning the game patterns and chore allocating. You can't…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →When their mother comes down with a mysterious illness, it’s up to a set of twins to find a cure with the help of an unlikely friend; a dragon. The twins must raise a baby dragon on the side while figuring out how to create delicious recipes to further their mother’s café in her absence. Meet and greet quirky characters in your island town. Adventure awaits in Little Dragon’s Café! Originally a title for Nintendo Switch and Playstation 4, Little Dragon’s Café finally makes its debut on Steam.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Too expensive for a shallow-story and terrible control game. Just another annoying game which keep you running around to find ingredients and recipe fragments. Don't get me wrong, I'm the fan of original Harvest moon until they change to the Story of seasons. I have them all, so I thought this might be my new fav but it's obviously not. Disappointed. What I really hate : 1. Too much NPC in a tiny cafe. I can't run around without bumping in to someone and the NPC just drag me around the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As a lover of relaxing games like Harvest Moon and Animal Crossing, I thoroughly enjoyed this game. The world is adorable, as are the characters. Being able to fly freely is something I’ve really wanted in a game, and Little Dragon’s Café has a great mechanic for flying. Although I didn’t like that the characters make wide turns, I quickly got used to the controls. In fact, this helps during battle because you can buy your dragon time to kill the creature by making it do a wide turn. The…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hello friends, Today i will review the game Little Dragon's Cafe. This game is a very casual game. It involves raising a baby dragon to a adult, all while taking care of a cafe and cooking dishes. Technically, there is almost no farming in this game, mostly you collect ingredients from bushes and other things. You basically go out and collect everything. You need to get ingredients from bushes in the wild, look for egg laying birds to let them lay eggs in the next day, and try to collect new…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A weird old man appears in your mom's bedroom while she's sleeping and tells you to make him breakfast and call him Pappy. He then proceeds to make you work in an inn as a kitchen slave. When you express doubt that you're too young and can't do it, he tells you your mom will die if you don't do a good job. All joking aside, this game costs more than most AAA titles. It is not a AAA quality game. I expect if they had priced this game somewhat reasonably, it would have done well and they would…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →DNFed at 15 hours. Got this in that Fanatical bundle. Despite the mixed reviews I really thought that I'd probably enjoy this enough to get my money's worth. I like shop/restaurant management games, I like cooking games, I like harvesting/farming games, and I like grindy games. But, to be honest, I just found it boring. Long but shallow. Is it meant for young children maybe? After the first hour or two I was just waiting for the gameplay to evolve or the story to get interesting, and neither…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →TL:DR - Not worth full price, if you really want it wait for 75% at least + Art style + Flying - Bland & repetitive game play - Graphical bugs - Slow paced story The art style is lovely for the game specially on the dragon however this is all the game has going for it. You do the same 1-3 things everyday which are - Collect ingredients - Help the cafe - Explore new area once unlocked You have no real time to relax the moment your dragon grows to the 2nd stage because you either have to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I decided to grab this on sale - I'd played the Switch version previously and enjoyed it but it was laggy on there, and since I built a new rig, I figured I would enjoy it better on PC. The UI is wonked sometimes tho. When I was cooking, I got three screens up at once so I can't even choose my ingredients. Had no idea how this glitched out. Had to restart the game a couple times to get the cooking screen to work again. Also somehow the pacing felt weird? I'd get massive story jumps when the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you like repetitive tasks and a slow going this game is great to play (if on discount), if you like a bit of activity while playing a game do not get this one. This game gives me mixed feelings, I did like it at the beginning but around chapter 5 (out of 12) it became a drag. There is no management for the cafe (besides you can change recipes everywhere if you run out of ingredients) and there is a point you can not explore more area's. By chapter 8 all I did was do the minimum to get the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Update: Just picked it up at Argos for the Switch (new) for £6. Go check your Argos. ---------------------------- DO NOT BUY THIS AT FULL PRICE. DO NOT BUY THIS AT FULL PRICE. DO NOT BUY THIS AT FULL PRICE. DO NOT BUY THIS AT FULL PRICE. DO NOT BUY THIS AT FULL PRICE. DO NOT BUY THIS AT FULL PRICE. == THIS GAME IS NOT WORTH OVER £25. == I am an avid Harvest Moon fan and have been since 1998. I had heard bad things about this game, but came to see it anyway, so when the steam sale came I…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →First: the game is sooooo overpriced! Second: for me it's just... boring. I liked the story a bit, but game mechanics and controls are just bad. Also you are very limited in this game world. If you like Harvest Moon/Stardev Valley kind of games like me and want to give LDC a chance, then don't do it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game has a little bit of everything, including management, cooking, exploration, and raising a dragon. Rather than feeling like a refined or deeply layered simulation game, it feels like a storybook where that very ambiguity becomes a gentle kind of warmth.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So after lunch I do my research on any game titles that interest me, was looking at another title when someone in the comments was saying this game was more what they were looking for. So I looked up Little Dragon's Cafe and it did look cute, kind of bare bones, graphics meh and sixty dollars, I was like nope, but then out of curiosity I looked at some third party sites I regular and found it for only eight dollars so I had to try it. It is cute cooking game with a wonderful story and a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The primary reason of me not recommending this is because of the steep price. 50 euro for a repetitive game like this is way too much. I expected something way more polished with way more content. It's a fun, little game but it definitely needs like a 50% or more pricedrop.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A potentially good game brought down by exceptionally poor pacing and an unhealthy focus on micromanagement. The premise seems nice at first even if slow, go out and gather ingredients with your growing dragon to make dishes and play a Diner Dash-esque minigame to keep your cafe running. You even get solid progression in the first couple hours with NPCs joining you to help you out around the kitchen, your dragon growing and gaining new abilities, and areas opening up. However, progression…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Little Dragons Cafe is a game that I would WANT to recommend, but in the end really can't. It's a game that should have everything a fan of laidback management games (such as Harvest Moon) would want, but it falls short on so many places. When I first started the game I was drawn in by the cutesy estethics and quirky characters and decided to try and overlook shortcommings other reviewers have mentioned, but the longer I have played, the more these design choices are really starting to affect…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I picked this up in a bundle at $4 and still feel like I wasted that. The game feels like a chore, the exploration is heavily gated and everything is static. Running the inn is just kinda tedious because there has not been all that many customers then you just have to keep going out and grabbing stuff so you can cook. I know the later game is supposed to change but I have been almost falling asleep playing this.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →cute game but the 50€ price ist kinda insane. got it cheap from bundle
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Alternative name for this game: "when exposure DOES pay the bills..." There's so much wrong with this game - which is vexing, because it could be so good! It hasn't been tested thoroughly, and it shows. A lot. So why recommend? 1. I got it at a discount. If I hadn't, I would have refunded or probably be quite angry. Because at this stage, it's grossly overpriced. And I have played a lot of Harvest Moon/Rune Factory - I do not mind paying 50 $ for a game that I spend so many hours with.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As much fun as I have playing this game, it really truly is not worth the $60 price tag. GET IT ON SALE. There's visual glitches (clipping of terrain, characters, etc) and minor gameplay issues (jumping around the outdoors is pretty tricky, it's easy to miss your mark and get stuck on the side of what you were jumping over for a few seconds). None of the issues are game breaking, and the story is sweet-- just what you'd expect from the creator of Harvest Moon/Story of Seasons. The music is…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Concept isn't bad, but the game purposely padded out the gameplay, forcing player having to spend time to progress the story. You literally can't progress the story until the reputation is at a milestone, and story cannot be triggered within same day. once past chapter 4, you start to feel the timegate developer put in place. There's literally nothing to do but having to wait the day out, gain reputation, the sleep to trigger next story activity. your helpers are mostly useless, they slack…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Usually, I'd wait longer to write a review, but I don't think my opinion on this one will change. I wouldn't necessarily recommend it, not because the game is bad, but because playing it is painful. It's absolutely not worth full price - I got it 70% off, so $26AUD, and even then, I think that's a bit more than it's worth considering the lack of effort that's been put into some aspects. On the one hand, I really like the game itself. It's a little lacking in some areas, but it's cute and fun…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →While is cute, the game has multiple problems. The biggest issue is progress, the game is slow...a lot. The popping in this game is hell and the shadows in many case do weird stuff al around. Even for a game that is destined to relax is quite boring to repeat empty days just to progress so 4h is all the time I'm gonna give it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Has a really bad input delay, whether playing on controller or keyboard and mouse. Couldn't get used to it and ended up quitting the game 30 minutes in.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Boring characters. Super boring story. Ultra super boring gameplay.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →one of the most boring games ever. walk around, walk around, walk around, find recipe, cook, see story, repeat.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →got this game for about 3$ the entire game boils down to see a bit of story find recipe find food for recipe cook recipe see a bit of story repeat the part that kills this is the rest of the game is always locked behind the one bit of story your on. always only working on one thing at a time stuck trying to find one type of fish based on RNG that has yet to show up. 6 hours and im still fishing away... looked it up online and i know where it spawns, it just wont..... - some bugs - sometimes…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game has many game mechanics in common with the indie game Calico 'A Cat Cafe'. The Cafe is able to run itself while the player is out exploring the world, and you only need to make a dish's recipe once and add it to the menu for it to be made by the Cafe workers over and over again. You have a good sized world to explore, and the world is filled with things to discover, but in order to explore the world you need to progress through the story over time by accomplishing various things and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Terrible controls. Movement feels like an 8 bit game. Nooooope.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Its cute and chill at first but as you progress in the game, the game actually feels like more of a chore than relaxing. You as the character don't even get to sleep anymore, you spend your entire night and early morning gathering ingredients and when you're done gathering all your ingredients to keep up with how many dishes you serve a day. You have to manage it while its open because heaven forbid your workers can't work for more than 20sec without them slacking off. So you're doing all the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →★✯☆☆☆ The game is extremely boring and slow, the basic loop of the game is: go harvest ingredients (maybe kill a boar or two and go fishing) and then go back to the cafe and maybe help out with orders (which amounts to getting the order, give it in at the cash register, pick up the food when it's completed, take it to the customer and then take the dish to the sink when they are done with it) and well, that’s the whole game. There are “daily” events that happen at certain times or after doing…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a great game. I took a chance on this new release title, with little reviews and having heard nothing about the game, I was quite surprised to find that this game is great. The graphics are cute and remind me a lot of storybook pages, the music is very light and catchy in a way that I never find myself getting bored of it. So far I have only been able to play just under 2 hours and are not terribly far into any kind of storyline, and what storyline is there, starts quite abruptly, but…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Little Dragons Café is a handheld/console (Switch) ported third person adventure game where you are challenged with endless harvesting quests while trying to raise a dragon. In some ways this is a bit of an attempt at ripping off Stardew Valley, but with better graphics and much worse, shallower gameplay. A Stardew Valley ripoff with better graphics and the ability to raise your own little dragon from an egg should be a slam dunk, right? Nope. Let's see how the managed to snatch defeat from…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i waited till i seen it in a cheap bundle to give it a go due to a poor review i'd read years ago...i wish i didn't get it . its hard to say how the game is honestly cause soon as i booted it up and started playing it the movement just felt bad. when you let go of the controls it keeps walking for a sec like theres too much momentum or something. if a game can't even get that right i don't want to see what else it does bad sadly. which is a shame cause it seemed like it could be a decent little…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you enjoy playing relaxing game such as animal crossing or harvest moon , you'll probably like this game, but don't expect too much. There isn't much content as Animal crossing or harvest moon. You just collect ingredients and recipes, and cook foods based on what you have obtained. You'll also manage cafes but the task is really simple and easy. I wouldn't recommend this game in original price. If you want to try this game, it would be better if you buy it when it's in sale.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I bought this once it went on sale at a significant discount. I played through the first virtual day and admit the game seems cute. Sadly, however I stopped not long after because of motion sickness. If you are very sensitive like myself, I recommend looking up a video of uncut gameplay - indoors and outdoors - to see how you fare before purchasing. Additionally, my first impression of the game is that there is a lot dead space without the graphics to compensate enough to pull it off…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I was lucky enough to get this while it was on sale and honestly, I really, really enjoy the game. The art style is really cute and endearing, and the gameplay is something I find really enjoyable as there always seems to be something to do. Particularly later in the game there are definitely very few dull moments, and with the choice between working in the cafe and exploring for ingredients, and the size of the world/variety of places to search, there's definitely plenty of variety between…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Being a Nintendo fan since childhood i've been playing harvest moon and story of seasons game since they came out. This game is not that bad. I like it
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun, gets a little long, but pays off.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →There're plenty altenatives for this price, kinda boring
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Nice little chill game, quite a charming feel to it. If you like your crafting and farming and etc games, give this a little bash, smaller than other games, but means it doesnt feel bloated with grind :)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →DO NOT BUY THIS GAME AT FULL PRICE and I cannot stress this enough, it's not worth this at all, barely worth 10€ I really wanted to like this game, it's really cute, I like the story even though it's simple, musics are nice, but the gameplay is really too repetitive for me, start is engaging when you discover everything but after that it's always the same, everyday, waiting for new characters but they take forever to come and until then it's just the same everyday, fetch for ingredients (which…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Aw beans, this game is bad! :(
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Little Dragons Cafe is a great game with very new mechanics when compared to other similar games. You have very little to do with crops available to you, as they grow wild or auto plant. They act more like spawn locations as you will get onions and carrots from the same plant. You can reseed these spawns with dragon manure, so feed that dragon. You collect as many ingredients for the recipes on the menu as you can in between shifts at the cafe. Don't have the ingredients, no problem. You will…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A fun, casual game with cute graphics. The gathering mechanic can get a bit dull but the exploration part is great.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is charming and cute; the art style, character design, and the idea of the gameplay is what drew me in to buy it, plus it was recommended by a friend. Thankfully I got it on sale during the Steam Summer Sale though, because I have yet to see how this game is worth $60-$70??? The pacing is slow but that's not the main issue, the issue is that the game/world feels incomplete. It doesn't run very well; the NPCs bump into you and halt your movement constantly, and the render distance is…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →@aksysgames.bsky.social Hello! :D Do you have any official localization for this map of Little Dragons Café?🤔 www.marv.jp/special/game... It would be neat! 👋
unlabelledView post →Went to play and got a black screen with music every time. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling multiple times but nothing helps. I've never had this happen with any game on Steam and when I pair that with the reviews, it doesn't look good - especially with this massive price tag. It's not me, if my system can run BG3 on ultra settings, it should be able to open this game. Hopefully I can get a refund considering I could never actually get it to run.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →HUGE waste of money. If you're on the fence, do not buy.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is very wholesome. It's sweet and funny with many adorable characters. There are lots of fun cooking ingredients and recipes to find and new places to explore. It's safe for young children, but exciting for all ages to play.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →only 6 hours in so far - at the time of review. Honestly 'll say get this game on sale like I did, and I'm glad I did. I wouldn't spend $60 on it, $30 max. Anyway now for the review So far, its definitely a cute game. The story isn't that bad. And your dragon can change colors depending on what you feed it. The art style is really cute tbh. And its a fun game. Besides rushing to gather materials. I kinda enjoy the cooking mini game. But the gameplay can get repeptive or you love it. Depends on…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Simple game with charming graphics. Those who don't want linear gameplay would do best to look elsewhere. You spend most of your day fetching ingredients. Bits of storytelling is woven between daily ingredients foraging, but not to the extent I'd like. The characters aren't as interactive as one would expect. Definitely pick this title up on a hefty sale to make it worth your time in case you're on the fence about anything I've written.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →not what I hoped it would be, but the art was great
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great! My 7 year old daughter loves it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →plays fine on Steamdeck
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →
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