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Chef Knight

Clover Bite · 2026-06-01

Steam

ActionCasualIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jun 01, 2026 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Cook what you kill in this cozy fantasy incremental game! Dive into dangerous dungeons, harvest fresh monster ingredients, and serve delicious dishes to hungry adventurers. Slay, cook, sell and upgrade your way to a sprawling dungeon-food empire!

Chef Knight is an Action, Casual, Indie, and Simulation game released in 2026, priced at $5.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (95% of 2194 reviews).

95%
positive of 2.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,498
twitch viewers (latest)
2498.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$5.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 925 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~116/week).
  • · Review velocity down 19% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 10% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 53k–119k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,646 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $4.79 at Steam (2026-08-24) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 0 of 3 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
60260220262026Week of 2026-06-01: 602 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2026-06-08: 268 positiveWeek of 2026-06-08: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-06-15: 218 positiveWeek of 2026-06-15: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-22: 182 positiveWeek of 2026-06-22: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-06-29: 164 positiveWeek of 2026-06-29: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-07-06: 131 positiveWeek of 2026-07-06: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-13: 103 positiveWeek of 2026-07-13: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-07-20: 98 positiveWeek of 2026-07-20: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-07-27: 72 positiveWeek of 2026-07-27: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-08-03: 68 positiveWeek of 2026-08-03: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-10: 57 positiveWeek of 2026-08-10: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-17: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-08-17: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Completion

9
achievements tracked
95.2%
earned "Bolt of Lightning!"
88.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportCamera ComfortCustom Volume ControlsKeyboard Only OptionMouse Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller Support

8 supported languages: English, German, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Japanese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,23978%9

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Census log

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

Recent updates

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