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Cafe Master Story cover art

Cafe Master Story

Kairosoft Co.,Ltd · 2023-10-15

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

CasualIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jun 28, 2023 (Android), Jun 30, 2023 (iOS), Oct 15, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 17, 2025 (Xbox One), Apr 17, 2025 (Xbox Series X|S), Aug 15, 2024 (PlayStation 4)

Serve up food, drinks, and smiles in this retro cafe management sim!

97%
positive of 447 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
4.70★
PlayStation Store rating (57 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$12.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 150 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~19/week).
  • · Review velocity up 131% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 14% of 28,025 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 8.9k–20k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 447 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$12.99
Microsoft Store$13.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.48 at Steam (2026-05-14)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $13.99 · on sale 11 of 17 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
585820232026Week of 2023-10-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 14 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$13.99$5.482023-10-162026-10-082023-10-16 — best price $8.092023-11-21 — best price $7.912023-12-22 — best price $7.642024-02-11 — best price $7.552024-03-14 — best price $7.192024-06-27 — best price $6.922024-08-31 — best price $6.832024-11-27 — best price $6.742024-12-19 — best price $6.652025-01-21 — best price $6.472025-03-13 — best price $6.382025-04-28 — best price $6.292025-06-26 — best price $6.202025-08-15 — best price $6.022025-09-29 — best price $5.932025-11-26 — best price $5.842025-12-18 — best price $5.752026-02-26 — best price $5.662026-03-19 — best price $5.572026-05-14 — best price $5.482026-06-04 — best price $12.992026-09-22 — best price $13.992026-10-01 — best price $7.792026-10-08 — best price $12.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

6
achievements tracked
87.6%
earned "What kind of cafe can we do?"
37.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam Input API SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)20535%6
PS4 (PlayStation)5860%19
Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)2030%18
Switch (Nintendo)150%0

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

Player tags

2DCuteRetroCasualCookingSandboxBuildingLife SimStrategyTop-Down

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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