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Chef Life: A Restaurant Simulator

Cyanide Studio · Nacon · 2023-02-23

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Simulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 28, 2023 (Xbox One), Mar 28, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S), Feb 23, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 23, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Feb 23, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Mar 28, 2023 (Nintendo Switch)

Create and manage your dream restaurant! Menus, purchasing, décor, staff, equipment, customers… and don't forget the actual cooking! Experience the daily life of a restaurateur and earn your awards from the Michelin Guide.

136
playing now
84%
positive of 2.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
61/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

136 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 136 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 296 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~37/week).
  • · Review velocity up 12% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 18% of 6,674 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 56k–126k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,789 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

IndieGala$2.99-90%
GameBillet$4.31-86%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$4.31-86%
Humble Store$4.49-85%
Microsoft Store$39.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.98 at GameBillet (2025-09-29) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 131 of 174 observed days · $1.33 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
17317320232026Week of 2023-02-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

270612026-08-11 19:00 — 138 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 201 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 98 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 139 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 180 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 103 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 188 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 270 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 102 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 156 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 180 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 76 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 151 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 174 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 61 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 191 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 195 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 75 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 239 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 148 players2026-08-24 23:00 — 82 players2026-08-25 14:00 — 222 players2026-08-26 07:00 — 134 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 64 players2026-08-27 15:00 — 198 players2026-08-28 07:00 — 132 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 76 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 240 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 136 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$2.992023-02-072026-08-302023-02-07 — best price $29.992023-03-28 — best price $24.322023-05-11 — best price $20.092023-06-17 — best price $23.892023-07-18 — best price $23.892023-08-07 — best price $19.492023-09-12 — best price $20.992023-10-20 — best price $23.992023-11-28 — best price $17.742023-12-30 — best price $25.472024-01-23 — best price $23.892024-02-21 — best price $13.762024-03-28 — best price $12.002024-05-03 — best price $11.992024-06-07 — best price $26.112024-07-15 — best price $8.992024-08-20 — best price $8.352024-09-24 — best price $22.042024-10-30 — best price $8.382024-12-05 — best price $5.992025-01-16 — best price $5.992025-03-06 — best price $5.322025-04-21 — best price $7.492025-05-26 — best price $5.212025-07-21 — best price $29.992025-08-26 — best price $4.792025-10-08 — best price $2.992025-11-24 — best price $4.162025-12-22 — best price $29.992026-02-03 — best price $29.992026-03-19 — best price $4.492026-04-22 — best price $4.492026-05-14 — best price $4.492026-06-14 — best price $29.992026-07-08 — best price $22.462026-08-03 — best price $3.892026-08-19 — best price $2.992026-08-30 — best price $4.31
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

40
achievements tracked
56.7%
earned "The Big Day"
5.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsIn-App PurchasesPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing4 DLC

13 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,1741%40
PS5 (PlayStation)6456%41
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)2903%40
PS4 (PlayStation)13917%41
Switch (Nintendo)360%0
Switch (Nintendo)20%0

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

Player tags

CasualCookingCartoonyColorfulLife SimRelaxingStylizedManagementSimulationReplay Value

Census log

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

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