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Automachef

Rhombico Games · Team17 Digital Ltd · 2019-07-23

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IndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Jul 22, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Jul 23, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Welcome to Automachef, a resource management puzzler where you design kitchens, program machinery and watch your genius come to life! It’s time to engineer tomorrow’s kitchen, today!

Automachef is an Indie and Simulation game released in 2019, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (72% of 922 reviews).

7
playing now
72%
positive of 922 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (12 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (72 downloads)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

7 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 7 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 14 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 55% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (111 reviews).
  • · Top 11% of 49,851 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 23k–55k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 922 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$1.90-87%
IndieGala$2.24-85%
GamersGate$2.25-85%
Steam$2.62-85%
GOG$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.00 at Fanatical (2021-11-08) · bundled 9×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 165 of 209 observed days · $1.62 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
878720192026Week of 2019-07-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2332026-09-15 18:00 — 23 players2026-09-17 03:00 — 13 players2026-09-18 10:00 — 10 players2026-09-19 18:00 — 7 players2026-09-21 01:00 — 6 players2026-09-22 09:00 — 5 players2026-09-23 16:00 — 4 players2026-09-25 00:00 — 4 players2026-09-26 07:00 — 6 players2026-09-27 15:00 — 8 players2026-09-28 22:00 — 7 players2026-09-30 06:00 — 5 players2026-10-01 13:00 — 8 players2026-10-02 21:00 — 9 players2026-10-04 05:00 — 10 players2026-10-05 13:00 — 8 players2026-10-06 20:00 — 11 players2026-10-08 04:00 — 3 players2026-10-09 11:00 — 9 players2026-10-10 19:00 — 9 players2026-10-12 02:00 — 4 players2026-10-13 10:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 7 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2893Jul 2019Aug 2026Jul 2019 — avg 289 · peak 492Oct 2019 — avg 18 · peak 60Jan 2020 — avg 10 · peak 34Apr 2020 — avg 9 · peak 23Jul 2020 — avg 9 · peak 29Oct 2020 — avg 28 · peak 71Jan 2021 — avg 20 · peak 45Apr 2021 — avg 9 · peak 21Jul 2021 — avg 14 · peak 39Oct 2021 — avg 11 · peak 30Jan 2022 — avg 13 · peak 29Apr 2022 — avg 11 · peak 29Jul 2022 — avg 11 · peak 27Oct 2022 — avg 8 · peak 17Jan 2023 — avg 8 · peak 18Apr 2023 — avg 5 · peak 16Jul 2023 — avg 7 · peak 24Oct 2023 — avg 6 · peak 21Jan 2024 — avg 8 · peak 19Apr 2024 — avg 6 · peak 18Jul 2024 — avg 7 · peak 21Oct 2024 — avg 4 · peak 12Jan 2025 — avg 6 · peak 18Apr 2025 — avg 5 · peak 15Jul 2025 — avg 24 · peak 78Oct 2025 — avg 6 · peak 15Jan 2026 — avg 5 · peak 14Apr 2026 — avg 4 · peak 10Jul 2026 — avg 4 · peak 11Aug 2026 — avg 4 · peak 11
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$0.002019-07-232026-10-152019-07-23 — best price $10.892019-11-05 — best price $10.502019-12-30 — best price $10.042020-02-16 — best price $14.612020-05-06 — best price $9.292020-07-23 — best price $7.002020-09-28 — best price $7.042020-12-22 — best price $5.092021-02-26 — best price $14.992021-05-08 — best price $14.992021-07-23 — best price $3.172021-10-05 — best price $3.742021-12-13 — best price $3.652022-02-16 — best price $12.492022-04-28 — best price $14.992022-08-03 — best price $2.992022-11-19 — best price $3.392023-02-02 — best price $12.292023-05-27 — best price $14.992023-09-18 — best price $2.692023-12-21 — best price $2.832024-03-13 — best price $14.992024-05-22 — best price $2.992024-08-19 — best price $2.552024-11-14 — best price $2.242025-02-02 — best price $14.992025-04-17 — best price $1.912025-07-12 — best price $14.992025-09-23 — best price $14.992025-12-01 — best price $2.042026-02-23 — best price $14.992026-04-30 — best price $14.992026-07-14 — best price $14.552026-08-29 — best price $1.932026-10-03 — best price $2.392026-10-15 — best price $2.62
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

11
achievements tracked
63.3%
earned "Native Machine Code"
2.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

7 supported languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Japanese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2020-01-20 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5,4772%11
Switch (Nintendo)250%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

FunnyIndieCasualPuzzleCookingBuildingStrategyTacticalAutomationManagement

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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