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Midwest 90 Rapid City Opens Its Monster Diner in Steam Early Access

Published

4 days ago

November 11, 2026

Isometric gameplay screenshot of the Midwest 90: Rapid City diner by day, showing tables, a counter and staff serving customers

Midwest 90: Rapid City gameplay screenshot. Image: Hidden Chest Studios / Rising Tide

Running a roadside diner is hard enough without monsters on the menu, and that is exactly the job Midwest 90: Rapid City hands players as Hidden Chest Studios’ simulation, tower defense and diner management game arrives in Steam Early Access after more than five years of development.

Midwest 90: Rapid City by Hidden Chest Studios is out now in Early Access on Steam for $16.99, published by Rising Tide.

Rapid City, South Dakota, 2034. The New Great Depression gutted the town, and now there are monsters. No one is sure where they came from, but us regular folk still need to survive. So you find yourself running a roadside diner converting dead monsters into relatively edible meals.

Endless Mode offers dozens of hours of gameplay, combining simulation, tower defense and diner management for as long as you can survive. The Prologue and Chapter 1 of Story Mode are also available in Early Access, with the remaining story coming in via updates until 1.0 delivers the conclusion.

You set the menu and price every dish, work out new recipes from whatever the monster raids bring in, hire the crew, and spend the take on bear traps and booby traps to survive. Add Missourite to a dish and it sells better, though the side effects may include addiction and… well, you’ll see.

Hidden Chest put together a 6-minute video on running your first shifts. The trailer, screenshots and key art are in the press kit linked in the source release.

On the menu

Endless Mode, from day one
Prologue and Chapter 1
Monster recipes and daily specials
Dish traits and Missourite (side effects vary)
Hire the crew (slapping optional)
Bear traps and barricades, $10 to $150 in-game
A shotgun, for emergencies

What’s next

December 31: custom Endless Mode scenarios and a new monster (maybe two)
January 28: Chapter 2, free
Early 2027: full release, final chapter included

Every update is free for Early Access players, and the price goes up slightly at full release.

“I’m a big fan, I’ve enjoyed the absolute heck of this game. I’ve had an absolute whale of a time.” — Orbital Potato, YouTube

Request a review key and send feedback at risingtidepublishing.com/midwest90review

About Hidden Chest Studios

Hidden Chest Studios is a Malaysian developer crafting thoughtful, system-driven games, championing ethical employment and helping put the Malaysian games industry on the global stage.

About Rising Tide

We champion games with sincerity. Developers with a peculiar and singular vision.

Project Hail Mary: Journey Among the Stars Is Out Now on Quest, PICO and Android XR

Published

15 minutes ago

November 15, 2026

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Rocky, a rocky alien crewmate, reaches out with a stone fist inside the Hail Mary spaceship in Project Hail Mary: Journey Among the Stars.

Rocky, the rocky alien crewmate, inside the Hail Mary in Project Hail Mary: Journey Among the Stars. Photo by Maze Theory

Humanity’s last hope is now a mission you can step inside. Project Hail Mary: Journey Among the Stars is out now, a mixed-reality adventure that tells a previously untold chapter of Andy Weir’s bestselling sci-fi universe.

The immersive mixed reality experience launched on PICO, Android XR and Meta Quest 3/3S. It comes from Maze Theory, the award-winning London-based immersive entertainment studio behind Peaky Blinders: The King’s Ransom and Doctor Who: The Edge of Time.

Players step into the role of Ryland Grace. Ryland Grace and his friend and crewmate Rocky must work together in the face of disaster to keep the Hail Mary intact and bring their world-saving cargo to Eridani — Rocky’s home planet, and Grace’s new home.

It is a story of trust and communication between species. As this mixed-reality experience blends your physical environment with the Hail Mary itself, players diagnose problems, improvise solutions and push the limits of science and engineering to keep the mission alive.

Along the way, players work alongside Rocky to keep the mission alive, diagnose failing systems and improvise scientific solutions, and manage their ship and its precious cargo as they travel through the stars — experiencing humanity’s last hope firsthand.

Watch the launch trailer below.