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BBQ Simulator: The Squad cover art

BBQ Simulator: The Squad

CubeCube Sports Ltd. · 2022-05-25

SteamMicrosoft Store

CasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Battle Royale · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Feb 16, 2024 (Xbox One), Feb 16, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S), May 25, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 18, 2023 (Mac)

Dive into a hilarious sandbox BBQ experience with friends! Grill, serve, and manage mayhem as meats soar and sizzle. Craft your grill, cook steaks, and feed everyone before hunger strikes!

80%
positive of 1.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$3.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 24 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 47% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (159 reviews).
  • · Top 8% of 26,927 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 22k–49k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,090 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$3.99
Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.79 at Steam (2025-09-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 18 of 22 observed days · $3.20 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
14914920212026Week of 2021-12-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$9.99$0.792021-12-122026-10-082021-12-12 — best price $1.692022-02-28 — best price $1.492022-04-18 — best price $1.992022-05-25 — best price $2.992022-07-11 — best price $2.542022-08-22 — best price $2.992022-10-24 — best price $1.192022-11-29 — best price $2.992022-12-22 — best price $1.792023-01-30 — best price $2.992023-03-16 — best price $1.492023-05-08 — best price $2.992023-07-24 — best price $1.492023-09-25 — best price $2.792023-11-28 — best price $3.992024-02-12 — best price $2.392024-03-21 — best price $3.992024-08-19 — best price $1.392024-10-07 — best price $3.992024-11-27 — best price $1.592025-01-02 — best price $3.992025-03-13 — best price $1.792025-04-21 — best price $3.992025-06-27 — best price $0.992025-08-11 — best price $3.992025-12-01 — best price $1.192026-01-05 — best price $3.992026-04-27 — best price $0.792026-06-22 — best price $3.992026-07-27 — best price $0.992026-09-14 — best price $3.992026-09-30 — best price $9.992026-10-08 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

26
achievements tracked
73%
earned "First Urine."
16.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportFamily Sharing

8 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Turkish

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,0872%26
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)3898%26

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

Player tags

3DFunnyCasualComedyCookingPhysicsSandboxLife SimRealisticSimulation

Census log

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

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