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Chef: A Restaurant Tycoon Game

Innervoid Interactive · Digital Tribe · 2020-08-20

SteamGOG

Simulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 20, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Chef is a Restaurant Management game in which you create your own character, acquire supreme cooking skills, customize restaurants, design unique menus, and devise innovative recipes with a realistic editor.

Chef: A Restaurant Tycoon Game is a Simulation game released in 2020, priced at $2.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (73% of 1497 reviews).

25
playing now
73%
positive of 1.5k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$2.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 25 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 24 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 37% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (107 reviews).
  • · Top 12% of 16,638 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 30k–67k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,497 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.99-85%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2024-11-11)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 20 of 65 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
818120182026Week of 2018-12-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek 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: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2522026-09-15 02:00 — 8 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 8 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 9 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 7 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 7 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 9 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 5 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 4 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 10 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 6 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 5 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 5 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 7 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 7 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 5 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 11 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 6 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 12 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 13 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 21 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 25 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
645Dec 2018Aug 2026Dec 2018 — avg 36 · peak 128Mar 2019 — avg 6 · peak 17Jun 2019 — avg 11 · peak 38Sep 2019 — avg 13 · peak 35Dec 2019 — avg 14 · peak 37Mar 2020 — avg 31 · peak 92Jun 2020 — avg 21 · peak 64Sep 2020 — avg 31 · peak 72Dec 2020 — avg 30 · peak 76Mar 2021 — avg 40 · peak 230Jun 2021 — avg 42 · peak 162Sep 2021 — avg 14 · peak 32Dec 2021 — avg 19 · peak 43Mar 2022 — avg 17 · peak 43Jun 2022 — avg 13 · peak 38Sep 2022 — avg 14 · peak 30Dec 2022 — avg 17 · peak 42Mar 2023 — avg 14 · peak 45Jun 2023 — avg 10 · peak 27Sep 2023 — avg 9 · peak 25Dec 2023 — avg 10 · peak 32Mar 2024 — avg 12 · peak 33Jun 2024 — avg 14 · peak 39Sep 2024 — avg 8 · peak 19Dec 2024 — avg 23 · peak 66Mar 2025 — avg 10 · peak 32Jun 2025 — avg 11 · peak 32Sep 2025 — avg 6 · peak 16Dec 2025 — avg 8 · peak 18Mar 2026 — avg 7 · peak 17Jun 2026 — avg 8 · peak 25Aug 2026 — avg 6 · peak 19
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$2.992018-12-062026-10-142018-12-06 — best price $17.992019-06-26 — best price $14.992019-10-21 — best price $14.992020-01-23 — best price $13.992020-06-25 — best price $13.392020-11-25 — best price $13.392021-01-04 — best price $19.992021-03-30 — best price $19.992021-09-30 — best price $11.992021-12-01 — best price $19.992022-01-31 — best price $19.992022-04-04 — best price $19.992022-11-29 — best price $19.992023-06-29 — best price $4.992023-09-11 — best price $4.992023-11-29 — best price $19.992024-01-08 — best price $4.992024-05-07 — best price $4.992024-07-30 — best price $3.992024-11-11 — best price $2.992024-12-19 — best price $2.992025-03-11 — best price $2.992025-06-27 — best price $2.992025-10-20 — best price $2.992026-03-19 — best price $2.992026-06-25 — best price $2.992026-08-29 — best price $19.992026-09-04 — best price $19.992026-09-10 — best price $19.992026-09-16 — best price $2.992026-09-22 — best price $2.992026-09-28 — best price $19.992026-10-04 — best price $19.992026-10-10 — best price $19.992026-10-14 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

14
achievements tracked
58.8%
earned "New Opening"
8.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing3 DLC

15 supported languages: English, Italian, Russian, French, Portuguese - Portugal, Polish, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Turkish, German, Portuguese - Brazil…

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2021-05-26, latest 2023-05-15 (Steam store data)

Player tags

3DIndieCookingEconomySandboxModdableRelaxingIsometricCapitalismManagement

Census log

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

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