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Cafe Owner Simulator

Second Reality · RockGame S.A. · 2022-12-05

SteamPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

CasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 18, 2024 (PlayStation 4), Jan 10, 2024 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 18, 2023 (Xbox One), Oct 18, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S), Dec 05, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Open your dream restaurant at FPP. Create a unique exterior and interior, hire the best workers and chefs, create a place where people will love to eat, spend time and spend their money. Simulation of the restaurant business.

3
playing now
63%
positive of 1.1k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$18.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 60 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~8/week).
  • · Review velocity down 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (173 reviews).
  • · Top 19% of 9,562 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 22k–50k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,109 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$3.88-80%
Microsoft Store$18.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.13 at Fanatical (2026-08-03) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $18.99 · on sale 89 of 125 observed days · $15.86 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
12312320222026Week of 2022-12-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1312026-08-12 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 20:00 — 10 players2026-08-13 12:00 — 4 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 5 players2026-08-14 20:00 — 11 players2026-08-26 12:00 — 5 players2026-08-27 04:00 — 4 players2026-08-27 20:00 — 13 players2026-08-28 12:00 — 7 players2026-08-29 03:00 — 3 players2026-08-29 19:00 — 7 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$18.99$3.062022-12-052026-08-272022-12-05 — best price $17.092023-03-16 — best price $13.292023-06-13 — best price $18.992023-09-14 — best price $11.392023-11-28 — best price $18.992024-01-08 — best price $9.492024-03-04 — best price $7.602024-04-01 — best price $14.302024-04-15 — best price $15.822024-05-06 — best price $15.822024-06-01 — best price $18.042024-07-11 — best price $18.992024-08-04 — best price $18.992024-09-07 — best price $18.992024-10-10 — best price $4.932024-11-18 — best price $18.992024-12-19 — best price $4.932025-02-03 — best price $14.302025-02-24 — best price $18.992025-03-28 — best price $18.992025-05-21 — best price $18.992025-06-28 — best price $4.932025-07-25 — best price $4.082025-08-22 — best price $13.952025-09-17 — best price $18.422025-10-07 — best price $6.552025-11-03 — best price $4.742025-12-01 — best price $14.302025-12-30 — best price $18.992026-01-19 — best price $3.982026-02-17 — best price $3.532026-03-26 — best price $4.652026-04-13 — best price $18.992026-05-07 — best price $14.302026-05-21 — best price $3.582026-06-02 — best price $18.802026-06-19 — best price $3.322026-07-03 — best price $17.492026-07-23 — best price $3.062026-08-27 — best price $18.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

28
achievements tracked
97%
earned "BUSINESS OWNER"
25.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

11 supported languages: English, Russian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Turkish, French, Italian, Ukrainian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)7322%28
PS4 (PlayStation)3087%30
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)2545%29
Switch (Nintendo)10%0

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

Player tags

CasualCookingEconomySandboxBuildingLife SimManagementSimulationFirst-PersonSingleplayer

Census log

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

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