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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.

Cafe Owner Simulator is a 2022 Casual, Indie, Simulation game priced at $18.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (63% of 1111 reviews).

11
playing now
63%
positive of 1.1k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
3.73★
PlayStation Store rating (396 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$18.99
steam price (US)

11 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 11 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 8% of 29,056 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 22k–50k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,111 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

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 77 of 115 observed days (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

1402026-09-15 06:00 — 3 players2026-09-16 14:00 — 5 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 4 players2026-09-19 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 13 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 5 players2026-09-23 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 6 players2026-09-25 19:00 — 5 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 10:00 — 3 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 3 players2026-10-01 01:00 — 5 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 9 players2026-10-03 16:00 — 14 players2026-10-05 00:00 — 7 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 6 players2026-10-07 15:00 — 7 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 06:00 — 4 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 10 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 05:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 11 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1257Dec 2022Aug 2026Dec 2022 — avg 125 · peak 382Feb 2023 — avg 29 · peak 104Apr 2023 — avg 25 · peak 71Jun 2023 — avg 29 · peak 158Aug 2023 — avg 20 · peak 60Oct 2023 — avg 21 · peak 57Dec 2023 — avg 19 · peak 48Feb 2024 — avg 21 · peak 73Apr 2024 — avg 29 · peak 69Jun 2024 — avg 39 · peak 140Aug 2024 — avg 20 · peak 62Oct 2024 — avg 15 · peak 41Dec 2024 — avg 15 · peak 47Feb 2025 — avg 20 · peak 58Apr 2025 — avg 15 · peak 46Jun 2025 — avg 11 · peak 31Aug 2025 — avg 9 · peak 21Oct 2025 — avg 14 · peak 40Dec 2025 — avg 10 · peak 33Feb 2026 — avg 10 · peak 26Apr 2026 — avg 10 · peak 26Jun 2026 — avg 8 · peak 28Aug 2026 — avg 7 · peak 18
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$18.99$3.062022-12-052026-10-082022-12-05 — best price $17.092023-04-12 — best price $13.292023-07-20 — best price $12.342023-11-21 — best price $10.442024-01-08 — best price $9.492024-03-14 — best price $9.492024-04-08 — best price $17.082024-04-29 — best price $18.992024-06-01 — best price $18.042024-07-18 — best price $9.492024-08-21 — best price $5.582024-10-08 — best price $18.992024-11-18 — best price $18.992025-01-02 — best price $14.302025-02-11 — best price $18.992025-03-24 — best price $16.902025-05-21 — best price $18.992025-06-30 — best price $5.592025-08-04 — best price $5.692025-09-09 — best price $13.952025-10-07 — best price $6.552025-11-05 — best price $4.202025-12-12 — best price $4.852026-01-16 — best price $3.522026-02-17 — best price $3.532026-03-30 — best price $6.642026-04-22 — best price $18.992026-05-18 — best price $14.302026-06-02 — best price $18.802026-06-24 — best price $13.902026-07-14 — best price $18.802026-08-24 — best price $3.062026-10-08 — 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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2024-05-20 (Steam store data)

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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