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闇鍋人狼 cover art

闇鍋人狼

uracon · Waku Waku Games · 2023-11-15

Steam

CasualSimulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Aug 28, 2022 (Android), Aug 29, 2022 (iOS), Nov 15, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Nov 15, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Hodgepodge Hunch is a who-done-it game where everyone chips in to make a hotpot dish. Collaborate with your buddies to collect ingredients in the dungeons and whip up a delicious feast. There's just one problem... A backstabber may be lurking among you who'll throw your dinner plans awry...

92%
positive of 155 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$3.49
steam price (US)

After an unexpected turn of events, former hero Cocotte changes occupations and finds himself working at a hotpot shop, vying for victory in the Hotpot Contest—a festival where participants flaunt their hotpot-preparation prowess. However, when honing his cooking skills alongside his fellow staff, Cocotte discovers that their precious hotpot has been transformed into a dreaded Hodgepodge. Could there be a traitor among them…? The Staff members grow suspicious of one another, but their shop is simultaneously invaded by demons, stalkers, and all sorts of assassins. Is there truly a Spy? If so(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 19 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 27% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 45% of 11,677 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.1k–7.0k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 155 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
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Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Completion

20
achievements tracked
97.5%
earned "First Shining Hotpot"
5.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Cloud2 DLC

7 supported languages: Japanese, English, Korean, Italian, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, French

Player tags

PvPCo-opFunnyCasualSurvivalTop-DownDetectiveParty GameRogue-likeMultiplayer

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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