Vacation Cafe Simulator Multiplayer: How Co-op Works

What carries over from solo play

The core jobs remain familiar: cleaning, ingredient prep, cooking, serving, buying supplies and exploring the town. Co-op footage shows players splitting those tasks naturally between kitchen and supply runs.

Menu and workflow

One player can prepare food while another handles drinks, dishes or shopping. The relaxed “no timers” design means the group can close the cafe, reorganize and reopen after a supply run.

Player-observed issues

• Long co-op footage shows occasional short freezes / “thinking” moments while multiple interactions are happening.
• Players report delivery orders may request dishes removed from the dine-in menu.
• Some participants discuss different progression timing between solo and multiplayer, but those exact numbers are not treated as official until verified.

Co-op party size

Steam officially confirms Online Co-op. The exact player count in the game UI is the current source of truth for party size.

Version 1.0.3 (Aug 27) — co-op that actually comes back

Official notes: late-game network rework when the world is full of objects; a version mismatch warning if you and the host are on different builds; auto-reconnect after a brief drop. Cafe visitors and their food return in the same state. Delivery orders survive disconnects. Crashes on lobby return and in the achievements zone were fixed.

Version 1.0.4 (Sep 3) — Get Unstuck

Official notes call this a hotfix, but it adds a pause-menu Get Unstuck button if you clip into geometry. Getting stuck behind the vendor counter is listed as fixed. See All Shops for the new order board and Shift bulk-buy, and Restaurant Level Unlocks for exterior wall paint.

Version 1.0.5 (Sep 4)

Warehouse quantity display and shop multi-tabs. Bait quest marker fixed. Not a co-op systems patch, but hosts and clients should match this build.

Version 1.0.6 (Sep 10)

Two multiplayer-specific fixes: a guest could not collect a cancelled order in multiplayer (fixed), and a NullReference error when entering customization mode while a second player was connecting (fixed). The rest of the 1.0.6 feature list (exterior wall materials, sign editor, fish station hints) is covered in All Shops & Locations.

Version 1.0.7 (Sep 24) — the co-op fix list

Official notes:

• Clients can once again serve dishes after reconnecting.
• Clients can now open doors in the second building.
• Fixed connection errors when a client joins a lobby.
• The host’s voice chat volume mixer works again.
• The client’s skin no longer gets stuck on the Vespa.
• Skills from a multiplayer lobby no longer carry over into the client’s single-player save, and acquired skills are now kept after a game update.
• Fixed an error when loading certain player saves.
• The winery cellar door works in multiplayer — either player can move between the cafe and the cellar.

Version 1.0.8 (Sep 25)

Official hotfix, multiplayer relevant: you can no longer sell a trash can while another player is actively throwing trash into it, and there is a new warning when interacting with a wall another player is currently customizing.