Midwest 90: Rapid City Opens November 10: Run a 1990s Diner Serving Monster Meat in a Monster Apocalypse, Plus the Early Access Roadmap

Midwest 90: Rapid City opens in Early Access on Steam on Tuesday, November 10, 2026. It's a tycoon survival sim set in a monster apocalypse: you run a 1990s roadside diner whose main ingredient is monster meat, set traps to defend it from monster attacks, and choose between profit and the city's survival. Endless Mode is complete on day one, with the Prologue and Chapter 1 of Story Mode. It's made by Hidden Chest Studios and published by Rising Tide, and more than 15,000 players have wishlisted it.

Midwest 90: Rapid City at a glance

When is the Midwest 90: Rapid City release date?

Early Access opens on Tuesday, November 10, which Hidden Chest confirmed on November 3. No launch time or price has been announced yet.

What is Midwest 90: Rapid City?

It's a tycoon game about running a business under extreme pressure. You build, optimise and expand a roadside diner in a collapsing 1990s economy where the meat comes from monsters. The Steam page splits it into four parts:

• The food empire: research dishes from harvested monster ingredients, design your menu around customer behavior, buffs and risk, and experiment with additives such as missourite that boost profits but may have side effects.
• Running the place: hire and train staff, balance supply chains, pricing and customer satisfaction, and decide what matters most: margins, safety or reputation.
• Defense: set traps and prepare defenses around the restaurant, and protect customers and staff from monster incursions. Defense is part of your running costs, not just combat.
• Choices: your business decisions affect Rapid City. Support the community or exploit it, in a branching story that uncovers the truth behind the outbreak. Fighting monsters comes with a risk: you might become one.

What's in Midwest 90 at Early Access launch?

Two modes. Endless Mode is complete on day one: simulation, tower defense and diner management for as long as you can keep the lights on, with dozens of dishes and lots of monsters. Story Mode starts with the Prologue and Chapter 1, and the rest of the story arrives in free updates.

What's on the Midwest 90 roadmap?

• December 31: new content, customised Endless Mode options and scenarios, a new monster ("maybe 2") and a few surprises.
• January 28: Chapter 2 in full, where the developers say most of the story's twists happen.
• Full release, early 2027: the final chapter, with branching endings based on your decisions. Every update is free for Early Access players.

The October roadmap post gave March 2027 for the full release, and the November 3 update says "early 2027".

What are the Midwest 90 PC requirements?

Windows 10 or 11 (64-bit), an Intel i5-6500, an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 and 5 GB of storage, for both minimum and recommended. It's English only at launch. In August, Hidden Chest said the extra demo languages were temporary AI-assisted translations while the story is still being written; the Steam page itself has no AI-generated content disclosure.

Where can I see Midwest 90 next?

Hidden Chest will be at the Unity Indie Demo Zone at G-STAR in Busan from November 19 to 22.

Watch the Midwest 90: Rapid City Early Access trailer

The official Early Access trailer is on Rising Tide's YouTube channel.

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