Wrap House Simulator Review

When you think there’s a simulator experience for everything in the gaming world, another one comes along that takes you by surprise. There are plenty of cooking sim-style games out there, and I’ve tried and tested the majority of them. Wrap House Simulator has you taking control of a kebab shop/sit down resteraunt. The game is now available to purchase for Xbox Series X/S and Xbox One consoles after spending a year or so out in the wild on PC.

Gameplay

Wrap House Simulator sets you off in a run down building with the simple premise of starting up your own kebab wrap establishment. You commence with a low budget, enough to start ordering the basic stock you require to get going. As you work through the days and earn more money, you can start ordering additional items to flesh out your menu. Instead of a kebab with just lettuce, you can start adding sauce, pickles, cheese and more. Stock up the fridges with drinks and even introduce fries later on.

If things get tough, you can loan some money from the bank but it will need paying back. Once you’re in a comfortable spot you can hire staff to help you out, this can be done with real life players if you play online with friends. Whilst the game handles well with a controller after being clearly ported from PC, it took a good hour or so for me to get familiar with how to get to grips with everything. After I got used to the layout and how to function day to day, it did become quite addictive.

Eventually though, it does hit a brick wall once you’ve seen and done everything the game has to offer. There is no need to return to the game beyond this stage. However, the game does offer some replayability if you touch on the online aspect of the game.

Visuals & Audio

I was pleasantly surprised by the visuals in Wrap House Simulator if I’m being honest. Lots of simulator experiences have tight budgets and plenty have visual bugs and glitches. Pleased to say that here there is quite a bit of attention to detail. Animations whilst carrying out simple tasks like chopping, wrapping and placing everything out ready to be served are pretty decent. You can change the aesthetics of your resteraunt through upgrades as you progress. Customer interaction and movement is robotic, but I kind of expected that in this genre.

Audio does what is intended, sound effects are as you’d expect. Music became very repetitive for me and I did have to turn it off eventually.

Final Thoughts

I became strangely addicted to Wrap House Simulator, and I almost frustrated myself into turning it off within the first hour. The game won’t hold your hand much when getting to grips with how to carry out some of the most simplistic tasks, but once you learn everything, the gameplay loop consumes you. Personally, I enjoyed managing the finances, ordering the stock, ensuring I didn’t waste food and using my revenue to grow the business and speed up processes.

It doesn’t really move the needle in comparison to other cooking titles out there, but overall it’s a pretty solid port from PC. Sadly, I didn’t test the co-op experience out, which is possible with up to six of you working together, which I can imagine being a real-life version of Overcooked. For the very reasonable price point of £12.49, it’s a steal with the amount of content and replayability on offer.

Play Anywhere With Xbox!

If you fancy bagging a copy on Xbox Series X/S and even the trusty old Xbox One, you can do so HERE. The game also supports Xbox Play Anywhere functionality, so it’s possible to play on PC through the Xbox App and also on handhelds where you can access your Xbox library!

Big thanks to the team at ID@Xbox for providing us with the review code. Also thanks to Broken Lyre Entertainment / Console Labs S.A. & PlayWay S.A